Restaurants

Which area has better dining options? Tennyson or Larimer Square? Vote below in our Street 16 first-round match-up…

A little of this, a little of that, a little more of this, much more of that…and call it dinner. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts is entered into a pool — and…

I had a case of the munchies the other day and knew from experience that chocolate chip cookies would cure it. An old neighbor and I used to get “safe” on a fairly regular basis (for more on safety, follow my man William Breathes) and as cliche as it sounds,…

Dean Huang Super Star Asian 2200 West Alameda Avenue, #5A www.superstardenver.com 303-727-9889 This is part two of my interview with Dean Hunag, exec chef of Super Star Asian. Part one of our conversation ran in this space yesterday. What you’d like to see more of in Denver/Boulder from a culinary…

Which neighborhood has better restaurants? Cherry Creek — maybe the Duke University of Denver restaurant neighborhoods: prestigious, with a history of success and constant reinvention — or Upper Larimer, the up-and-coming Ballpark neighborhood on a hot streak? (Maybe a Murray State comparison is apt.) Cast your vote below, in this…

An old pool hall on Sheridan Boulevard at Mississippi is showing signs of new life: Construction is under way at this colorful, decrepit arcade, and a sign posted in the window — plus a liquor license application — indicates the address is becoming El Flamingo Billar. Details are sparse, although…

For more than three decades, Caldonia’s was an Aurora oasis, a beachhead of beer and barbecue. Why did Caldonia’s close after 34 years in business? Our calls haven’t been returned, and the website says only this: “We are proud to have shared our passion and services with our community for…

Tony’s Market is taking a flier tomorrow night, when chef Mark Pletcher will offer an hour-long Chicken 101 cooking class that will teach “how to utilize the whole chicken from roasting to making stock.” It won’t be hands-on instruction — liability issues, he says — but since the class will…

2914 Coffee may seem like an obvious name for a shop going in at 2914 West 25th Avenue, but it wasn’t just the address that prompted owner Anthony Davis to choose that name for his new spot. “The numbers are meaningful because they’re my anniversary,” Davis explained when he announced…

This, in my humble (or not) opinion, gets my vote for the best hummus in Denver. Smooth, nutty, tart with lemon, dusted with sumac and wreathed in olive oil, it’s so good that I always order a second one to take home. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus:…

Havana Street or South Federal Boulevard. Which of these ethnic food hot spots is tops? Vote below!…

Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market’s choicest ingredients home with them and cook up a feast. “The humble carrot…

Dean Huang Super Star Asian 2200 West Alameda Avenue, #5A www.superstardenver.com 303-727-9889 This is part one of my interview with Dean Hunag, exec chef of Super Star Asian. Part two of our conversation will run in this space tomorrow. Clad in a starched white chef’s jacket with ornate gold lettering,…

Uptown vs. South Broadway in this match-up. Show your pride, residents! Or if you don’t live in either spot, let us know which area is tops for dining out…

For Street 16, our culinary homage to March Madness, we called in the cartologists and pulled out our history books. The LoDo Historic District, for example, was created before Denver had a major league baseball team, much less Coors Field; technically, LoDo ends at the alley between Market and Larimer…

It’s been 25 years since husband-and-wife team Thai Nguyen and Ha Pham took over New Saigon, which I reviewed last week, and in their capable hands, one of the oldest Vietnamese restaurants in the city has remained one of the best. So I was stoked when the New Saigon Bakery…

Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers opened yesterday at 8234 South Kipling Parkway in Littleton, bringing the nationwide total of Freddy’s locations to 61 — and the number in the metro area to four. “It’s been crazy,” says regional franchise operator Brian Pyle. “The line’s out the door and the drive-thru…

There’s virtually nothing that you can’t buy on the streets these days, including sushi. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts is entered into a pool — and every Monday, we select one lucky…

The second match-up of our Street 16 tournament pits LoDo vs Highlands West. Read why each deserves your vote below!…

After spending the weekend scrounging for food in Lakewood — more accurately, Applewood — I was ready to give up. I’d pushed away an inedible pizza, spit out sushi, sobbed over the limp and cold fries at Smashburger…and even the frozen yogurt I got to console myself sucked. The best…

For 34 years, people have flocked to Caldonia’s Tavern and Roadside BBQ for beers and ‘cue, parking on the large patio in warm weather, huddling in front of the TVs inside to watch sports the rest of the year. But if you were looking forward to celebrating the return of…

By noon, there was a line slinking out the door of Red Star Deli, James Mazzio’s new sandwich shop that opened at 6 a.m. yesterday inside the Icehouse, 1801 Wynkoop Street, which is also home to Studio F, a behemoth space complete with a state-of-the-art professional kitchen that Mazzio will…