When news hit that Colorado Boulevard’s soul-food haven, CoraFaye’s Cafe, would be losing its lease this summer, many were worried that Denver would lose a culinary treasure. But owner Priscilla Smith put our minds at ease by finding a new address for her nationally known eatery. She reopened CoraFaye’s this…
The LoHi neighborhood welcomes a new kind of tap room with the opening of American Cultures. This watering hole isn’t your typical craft brewery tap room; instead, the cool and newly renovated spot on the corner of West 32nd Avenue and Tejon Street pours kombucha. Stop in for a glass,…
June saw a bounteous harvest of restaurant openings, with a variety of flavors to match Denver’s increasingly diverse scene. Cuban sandwich shops, tiny taquerias and even a Mexican-Korean fusion joint joined spacious new downtown dazzlers, Sicilian trattorias and a health-centered vegetarian eatery. Familiar names dotted the landscape, with the the…
When Gayor Geller and his family opened cozy breakfast spot, Maddie’s, at 2423 South Downing Street three years ago, they already owned the former service station next door and had plans to convert it into a restaurant space. That construction project started earlier this year and Geller says he hopes to move…
Arcana 909 Walnut Street, Boulder 303-444-3885 Arcana opened in Boulder in February with an ambitious menu designed to tell the story of early American cuisine through regional ingredients. But opening chef Matthew Lackey, a Tennessee native and student of celeb-chef Sean Brock’s return-to-roots cooking style, was let go in April…
Where was Jelly? Elaine McCarthy O’Neill The Eggs Benedict with their incredible hollandaise sauce at Snooze is beyond amazing. By far our favorite place for brunch, totally worth any wait! Like · Reply · Message · 2 · Yesterday at 8:47am Alex Morquecho Alex Morquecho Anna Marie Coronado-Ramos here’s some…
We get hit with an avalanche of announcements every day, promising everything from new shake flavors at popular burger bars to products from national food manufacturers who don’t even sell their products in the Denver area. The one that particularly caught our eye this morning had this subject line: “Teriyaki…
Grilled chicken or steak, pork carnitas, beef barbacoa: From day one at the original Chipotle at 1644 East Evans Avenue, those were the only protein options. And it remained that way for years until the company added soy-based sofritas as a vegetarian option three years ago. But today Chipotle will…
Vegan soul food? Isn’t that concept a little odd, like baseball without a seventh-inning stretch, or a backyard barbecue without beer? Not to Lonni Byrd, chef and co-owner of Love, Peace & Sol Cafe, a vegan soul-food restaurant that opened in Park Hill this winter. “We knew the anomaly of…
Restaurateur Robert Thompson has spent the last four years growing his group of Punch Bowl Social restaurants in Colorado and beyond. With six of the gastro-tainment spots already offering food, bowling and booze in as many different states and with several more planned for later this year and into 2018,…
Noodle cravings can sneak up at the oddest of times, but when temperatures slither into the upper 90s, the thought of a hot bowl of ramen or a steaming mound of chow fun could curtain such desires. Some soup lovers advocate consuming hot broth to induce a cooling sweat, but…
At the end of 2014, we talked with two hopeful butchers, Chad Nelan and Alex Windes, who had just launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund the opening of Elevation Charcuterie, their wholesale sausage and cured meats company. While the fundraiser wasn’t successful, Nelan and Windes kept at it, raising…
Does every newly hot Denver neighborhood need a nickname? LoHi was just part of Highland — or was that the Northside? — until Lola helped start the transition that turned that area into a major dining destination almost a decade ago. The Butcher Block was one of the few spots…
Yesterday morning a car smashed into Cigars on Sixth, which we called the “ultimate man cave” when we awarded it Best Cigar Bar in the Best of Denver 2013 (which was the last year we gave that award). Although the cigar store has seating just on the other side of what…
Brunch is definitely Denver’s favorite meal, but breakfast burritos may be this city’s favorite dish. Is there another town in the country where breakfast burrito vendors go from office to office every weekday morning? Is there another city in the country where cars line up so that their drivers can…
This week we said hello to new restaurants from familiar names, including Moxie Eatery, a surprise on Broadway from chef Dylan Moore, who helped popularize this strip that marks the eastern edge of the Baker neighborhood with Deluxe and Delight, two adjoining restaurants he ran for nearly ten years. A…
As a restaurant and bar destination zone, Larimer Street just keeps getting better and better, especially in the blocks northeast of Park Avenue. The Populist was an early favorite when it opened in 2012, but others have joined in, including our Best New Restaurant, Hop Alley; our readers’ choice for…
Nearly a year has passed since Robert Tournier served the last bowl of mussels at his 34-year-old French restaurant, Le Central. But a new lease has finally been signed for the vacant space at 8th Avenue and Lincoln Street; Denver newcomer Christopher Fehlinger expects to unveil Clyde — a wine…
Hipsters are popping up all over the place, including discussions of two recent Food stories: our report on the opening of Chuey’s Fu’s Latin-Asian Grub, and our list of the Ten Best Falafel Spots in Denver. First stop, Santa Fe Drive, where Chuey’s Fu’s just landed — and one reader…
When Amar and Autumn Singh switched up the concept of their already successful fast-casual eatery, Bombay Bowl, to the slightly more upscale Taja Indian in April 2015, they did it with the goal of making Taja easily scalable for potential franchisees. The result is a streamlined menu, some behind-the-scenes technology, and…
After blending the flavors and street-food stylings of Mexico, Korea and other Asian and Latin American countries at his food truck, Chuey Fu’s, for years, Joe Knoblich finally has a permanent home for his efforts. Chuey Fu’s Latin-Asian Grub is open at 1131 Santa Fe Drive, in a space that…
Chef Troy Guard’s restaurant empire keeps growing. The latest to take shape is Mister Tuna, which is scheduled to open in mid-July in the Industry building on Brighton Boulevard. Guard grew up in Hawaii and Mister Tuna is the nickname his father earned as an avid boater, fisherman and outdoor…
