Last week we asked for your favorite dive (among the nominees: El Chapultepec, Lancer Lounge, Squire, PS Lounge, BarBar, Berkeley, Charlie Brown’s Lion’s Lair). Now it’s time to prove your devotion: Write a love letter/tribute to your favorite dive bar, professing sincere fidelity to its wood paneling and nicotine-stained ceiling…
Last weekend, Elise Wiggins, executive chef at Panzano (909 17th Street), held a cooking class at Bear Mountain Ranch, home on the range to the Black Angus steer that ranch owners Debbie and John Medved are raising for Wiggins, who is using the beef at Panzano. The cooking class, which…
This is part two of Lori Midson’s interview with Frank Bonanno, executive chef-owner of Osteria Marco, Mizuna, Luca d’Italia and Bones. You can read the first part of Midson’s interview with Bonanno here. Culinary inspirations: My mother and my sister. When I was six, seven, maybe eight, my mother and…
“I love the gastropub concept, I love the word ‘gastropub’ and I love Leigh Jones,” declares Brendon Doyle, the former exec chef of Campo de Fiori who’s now in command of the kitchen at Jonesy’s EatBar, the gastropub at 400 East 20th Avenue, as Jason Sheehan reports here. Doyle didn’t…
Back in the day — and I’m talking way back in the day — there was only one word to describe a place where a stranger could stop, sit down and, for two bits or so, get something to eat. That word was “restaurant” — based on the word restaurer…
Jing has one of the sexiest rooms in Greenwood Village — which is roughly equivalent to having the hottest car on the Hyundai lot. But it also has one of the city’s up-and-coming young chefs: Jay Spickelmier, an American kid in a Chinese restaurant (like the Korean family running the…
It has been a long time since I stood a shift in any kitchen. By my own (admittedly poor) accounting, it has been 2,650 days since I last picked up a knife, pulled on my whites or stood before a stove in any sort of professional capacity. I’ve missed it,…
The sandwich: ‘Atsa Turkey Meatball What’s on it: Sage and cranberry turkey meatballs, melted provolone and marinara sauce on a roll. Where to get it: Larimer Hot House (2810 Larimer Street, 303-292-3008) How much: $7 for the sandwich; $10 for a meal deal A couple of years ago, I started…
Just got off the blower with Leigh Jones from Jonesy’s EatBar (a self-proclaimed gastropub that I loved despite the label when I reviewed it back in May), and she let me know that things are again changing over at her half-eponymous restaurant. Chef Matt Brown, who came on late last…
The sign on the door announces that Chedd’s Gourmet Grilled Cheese, 1906 Pearl Street, is “closed for remodeling until further notice,” but a call to the joint’s local headquarters resulted in a more concrete announcement — namely a disconnected phone line. And a peek through Chedd’s dirty windows shows a…
“Look, I see a lot of things in restaurants that I think are really unacceptable, and it pisses me off, because I think that Denver diners deserve a lot better than what a lot of places are doing, and if that view makes me seem too outspoken, that’s okay with…
Directly across the street from Swing Thai, less than a block away from Fontana Sushi, exactly one block from Thai Basil and a short three-block walk from Crazy Asian Cafe, sits the future home of Asian Diner. And once it opens at 295 South Pennsylvania Street, that will make five…
The Denver Five — Tyler Wiard, Keegan Gerhard (D Bar Desserts), Troy Guard (TAG), Matt Selby (Vesta Dipping Grill and Steuben’s) and Jamey Fader (Lola and Big Red F Restaurant Group) will convene tonight at Elway’s Cherry Creek, 2500 East First Avenue, Wiard’s home turf, for the fourth in a…
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Back in the day–and I’m talking way back in the day–there was only one word to describe a place where a stranger could stop, sit down and, for a franc or two, get himself something to eat. That word was restaurant (based on the word restaurer and taken, like everything…
Nothing says fall like a new menu filled with root vegetables — and pork belly. Guess where we’re eating, and toasting to autumn…
The holidays are enough to drive anyone to drink — so this year, why not help everyone out by giving wine? For $250, Water 2 Wine will help you craft a case of 28 bottles with custom labels — which breaks down to about $9 a bottle. “Most of the…
Noodles & Company, the Colorado-based, quick-casual joint that serves oodles of noodles, salads and sandwiches from around the globe, is opening its 38th store tomorrow at 1737 East Evans Avenue in the location formerly occupied by a Blockbuster Video store. The store makes its debut at 10:30 a.m., when it…
Larkburger is making a name for itself with such menu items as hand-cut fries seasoned with parmesan and truffle oil — but Larkburger president Adam Baker hopes that with the switch to wind power for 100 percent of its energy use, the company will also become known for its eco-friendly…
At this relatively new Mexican restaurant, the menu is a mash-up of the usual suspects — carne asada, burritos, fajitas and huevos rancheros — and more interesting south-of-the-border foodstuffs like posole poblano, nopales and shrimp ceviche, the shout-out dish in the above photo. Splashed with fresh citrus juices and vivid…
Opus, Michael Long’s long-standing restaurant at 2575 West Main Street in Littleton, just introduced a new autumn dinner deal that runs Sunday through Thursday from now until Thanksgiving. The deal, which includes three courses, is $33 per person; wine pairings are available for an additional $12. Here’s a peek at…
Downtown’s Italian restaurant scene just grew by one with the opening of Mangiamo Pronto!, a sleek and modern cafe out of Santa Fe, in the former Common Grounds space at 1601 17th Street. “We had soft openings Friday and Saturday just to do some test runs and opened the floodgates…
