Empanadas are coming to the Denver Tech Center. Lorena Cantarovici, chef/owner of Maria Empanada at 1298 South Broadway, is opening a second location of her Argentinian bakery/cafe at 8000 East Belleview Avenue, in the Belleview Promenade shopping center. Cantarovici says she plans to open the first week of September in…
Just over a decade ago, we were so enamored of the happy hour burger at McCormick’s Fish House & Bar downtown that we gave it an award for Best Burger in a Fish House. For $1.95, you could load up on the tasty (if not very big) burgers before settling…
No 72: The Tuna Poke Bowl at Ohana Island Kitchen The owners of Ohana Island Kitchen are onto something with their little lunch window that welcomes the lunchtime crowd on the side of the Truffle Table in LoHi. Louie Colburn is a native Hawaiian who has a sweet, decadent and…
On Sunday, August 14, Westword will host Tacolandia, a celebration of the city’s street tacos in all their tortilla-wrapped glory. Join us at Sports Authority Field to enjoy unlimited samples from many of Denver’s top taquerias, cantinas, Mexican restaurants and food trucks, including one Denver favorite that’s more known for…
If you haven’t headed to Jefferson Park for your last supper at La Loma, you have yet another reprieve: It’s staying put through September. Since 1981, the massive Mexican restaurant has been perched at 2527 West 26th Avenue — just down the hill from the little bungalow where Savina Mendoza…
The Halcyon Hotel opened on Monday in Cherry Creek North, joining the Curtis downtown and the Crawford at Union Station in Sage Hospitality Group’s Denver lineup. And last night, Departure Restaurant & Lounge launched dinner service on the ground floor of the Halcyon at 249 Columbine Street. Already a big…
No. 73: The Alfred Packer Salad at MAD Greens While many eateries tout their use of seasonal ingredients, it’s not often that you can find a dish that truly represents what’s coming out of Colorado farms right now — especially at a quick-service restaurant. Never fear; with the special Alfred…
On Sunday, August 14, Westword will host Tacolandia, a celebration of the city’s street tacos in all their tortilla-wrapped glory. Join us at Sports Authority Field to enjoy unlimited samples from many of Denver’s top taquerias, cantinas, Mexican restaurants and food trucks. Joining the fun will be the family-owned La…
Andrea Davis, a weather-worn forty-year-old ex-library clerk turned farmer, has rescued abused and doomed-to-die animals for most of her life. Davis’s goals for her Broken Shovels Farm in Henderson are to create an oasis of health in a food desert that is more than two miles from the nearest grocery…
Raquelita’s Tortillas has been making corn and flour tortillas for Denver restaurants since 1960 and is dedicated to wind-generated energy and traditional tortilla-making methods. Join us live on Facebook at 1:45 p.m. today as we talk to Rich Schneider, whose father started the business more than fifty years ago. If…
On Sunday, August 14, Westword will host Tacolandia, a celebration of the city’s street tacos in all their tortilla-wrapped glory. Join us at Sports Authority Field to enjoy unlimited samples from many of Denver’s top taquerias, cantinas, Mexican restaurants and food trucks. Joining the fun will be Antojitos La Poblanita,…
When Ryan Witcher set out on the increasingly well-beaten path that leads from the coasts to Colorado, he did so for the same reasons that I’m here, and maybe why you’re here, too: work and quality of life. “The offer to partner with one of the best chefs in one…
If you’re like many Americans introduced to Mexican cuisine in the 1980s and ’90s, you grew up with hard-shell tacos hiding miserly amounts of ground beef and shredded lettuce. Then came grilled chicken swaddled in soft flour tortillas and the revelatory steak tacos — sometimes bearing the seemingly exotic moniker…
Cobbler’s Corner, at West 44th Avenue and Alcott Street in Sunnyside, has slowly been filling its retail gaps — but since Cheese + Provisions and Bacon Social House opened there last fall, we’ve been keeping our eye on one conspicuous restaurant vacancy. As it turns out, Brendan McManus, owner of…
No. 74: Tahini Chocolate-Chip Cookies at the Preservery Lunch at the Preservery on Blake Steet is a relaxed and tranquil affair, with tables taken up by solo diners on laptops, small groups in business meetings who have eschewed the three-martini lunch in favor of something a little more modern, and…
Marriese “Mo” Jones has been putting in plenty of sweat equity at the little shack that once housed Country Time Barbecue at 2504 West Hampden Avenue, and the results have finally paid off. On Saturday, Jones opened Anointed BBQ & Soul Food to the neighborhood, serving Florida-style barbecue along with…
On Sunday, August 14, Westword will host Tacolandia, a celebration of the city’s street tacos in all their tortilla-wrapped glory. Join us at Sports Authority Field to enjoy unlimited samples from many of Denver’s top taquerias, cantinas, Mexican restaurants and food trucks, including Berkeley neighborhood favorite, Tacos Jalisco Mexican Food…
On Sunday, August 14, Westword will host Tacolandia, a celebration of the city’s street tacos in all their tortilla-wrapped glory. Join us at Sports Authority Field to enjoy unlimited samples from many of Denver’s top taquerias, cantinas, Mexican restaurants and food trucks. Joining the taco action is East Colfax Avenue…
On Sunday, August 14, Westword will host Tacolandia, a celebration of the city’s street tacos in all their tortilla-wrapped glory. Join us at Sports Authority Field to enjoy unlimited samples from many of Denver’s top taquerias, cantinas, Mexican restaurants and food trucks. Rolling up to the stadium will be La…
This may have been the slowest week for restaurant activity in the past two years, since before Union Station had its grand opening ceremony on July 26, 2014, ushering in a frenzied 24 months that has seen an average of more than twenty openings a month. Only one new place…
Unlike certain high-profile bakers in Colorado and Oregon, Sam Slade, owner of the recently opened Valhalla Cakes, is clear about one thing: She wouldn’t shy away from making a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. In fact, she doesn’t shy away from much: A veteran of Le Bakery Sensual, Slade…
Back when John Hickenlooper and his partners founded the Wynkoop Brewing Company, Hickenlooper was insistent that Colorado’s first brewpub pronounced its name “WINkoop.” As he would tell anyone who would listen, “After all, we don’t produce WINE.” But Colorado definitely does, and its current governor – one John Hickenlooper –…
