“It’s gonna be Mexican, but not Mexican.” So says Jorge Pingarron, who’s opening El Olvido in the former Hades Bar & Grill (and South Broadway Grill, and El Ranchito, and, long ago, Mr. Steak) spot on South Broadway. And what he means by “not Mexican” is that he’s not going…
Leigh Jones already owned Jonesy’s EatBar, the Horseshoe Lounge next door and Bar Car, which opened just last June in the former home of the Recovery Room, so she thought it might be too soon to open a fourth place. But after Steve Gelman closed the Boston Fish Shack (which…
On a recent trip to Durango, I had what may have been one of the best, most unusual food creations every to grace the fine, square state of Colorado — and it came from Texas. Now Texas, as most old-school Coloradans know, is a place to be scorned. But frankly,…
Pardon the interruption, but over on Latest Word, our news blog, we’re holding a contest for the best memory of the King Soopers at Ninth and Corona, which unveiled its new look at a grand opening today. The winner gets $50 in groceries from the neighborhood grocer: Enter here! Also,…
Lon Symensma ChoLon Modern Asian Bistro 1555 Blake Street 303-353-5223 www.cholon.com This is part one of my interview with Lon Symensma, executive chef of ChoLon Modern Asian Bistro. Part two of that interview will run in this space tomorrow. Lon Symensma talks faster than a hyped-up auctioneer, the words rolling…
Restaurants were filling up before six yesterday as Denverites got out in the good weather and into the good deals at Denver Restaurant Week. We’re collecting diners’ stories about Denver Restaurant Week here, and after it ends on March 11, we’ll award EatDenver decks to the two people who share…
Denver Restaurant Week kicked off on Saturday, and while rezzies are filling up fast, it’s not too late to snag a seat at one of the nearly 300 food temples offering multi-course feasts between now and March 11. Tonight is no exception. As of 6 p.m., there were prime time…
I love the dizzying pace at which restaurants open in this city, bringing us new culinary visions and new gastronomic possibilities from new (and sometimes not-so-new) chefs. But there are times when nothing beats a good old neighborhood joint, a place that’s settled into its surroundings over the years, an…
After ten months of renovation work — while the store remained open — King Soopers is about to officially unveil the new look of its location at Ninth and Corona. At 9 a.m. tomorrow, shoppers will be able to take part in the grand re-opening festivities, which include specials exclusive…
Seven years and lots of leopard carpet mileage later, Deluxe, Dylan Moore’s (formerly) moody restaurant on SoBo, is getting a major makeover — and a new menu. Moore, who also runs Delite, the lounge next door, as well as Deluxe Burger and the Little Orange Rocket, closed on Saturday night…
No. 66: Sea scallop and rock shrimp noodle bowl from Bones Like a lot of people, I spent the majority of my years as an undergraduate obsessed with keeping my waistline shaped to a size two (those days are long, long gone) and spending whatever leftover scholarship money I had…
In the past two weeks, our culinary escapades have taken us to two gas stations: first, to Pho Bowl, which recently opened in a Conoco in Denver. Then, this past weekend, we checked out La Choza, a taco trailer that’s practically attached to a Sinclair on the Diagonal Highway in…
When Allyson Tran opened her first pho joint, Vina Pho & Grill, in Edgewater in 2009, she’d really been looking for a spot in Boulder. “I always wanted to go to Boulder,” she says. “My first plan was to open there, but we couldn’t find a location.” Now she’s finally…
I love a hearty Mid East feast, and I wanted to love the restaurant where the above sampler platter was snapped, but aside from the tabbouleh and beef shawarma, both of which were fine — not stellar, but fine — nothing here made me want to come rushing back, least…
February saw a handful of high-profile openings, including a second Marco’s Coal-Fired Pizzeria in the upscale Vallagio project. But Denver also lost a couple of longtime restaurants, including the Rocky Mountain Diner and Deli Tech. Our Restaurant roll call for February:…
While you’ll find many of the meatier comments on our ongoing Denver Restaurant Week post (best DRW story wins an EatDenver deck), people are still talking about the beef (or lack thereof) at Taco Bell, which now has an ad with employees touting the 88 cent Crunchwrap Supreme. “The only…
By the time our entrees arrived at Carmine’s on Penn, I had a nearly irrepressible urge to turn to the next table — a gaggle of beefy men who’d just sat down — and explain that we three relatively normal-sized women had not come in to eat like pigs. We’d…
While I nursed a glass of cheap house red at the Gaetano’s bar, I watched neighbors cycle in to pick up their to-go orders. First came a couple in running gear, talking with a little too much enthusiasm about how great their workout was. They were replaced by a young…
Denver Restaurant Week kicked off on Saturday, and while rezzies are filling up fast, it’s not too late to snag a seat at one of the nearly 300 food temples offering multi-course feasts between now and March 11. Tonight is no exception. As of 5:45 p.m., there were prime time…
The growing Park Burger empire has now expanded into Highland. Jean-Phillipe Failyau, owner of Park & Co. and the original Park Burger at 1890 South Pearl Street, opened a new location at 2643 West 32nd Avenue on February 20. “We’ve had a good response from the neighborhood,” says Failyau. “It’s…
After being sued for false advertising on the grounds that its taco filling didn’t contain enough beef to be called “beef,” Taco Bell filed a countersuit, gave away ten million free tacos to Facebook fans and took out full page ads all over the country to explain that the beef…
On Friday night, Biker Jim hosted a little party inside his new brick-and-mortar at 2148 Larimer Street, inviting a few friends and a trio of motorcycle stunt riders to christen the concrete floor with the lashings of burnt rubber, the decibel levels of which made it unofficially the loudest party…
