Starbucks has been adding wine and beer to its roster of coffee drinks at select locations across the country since 2010, including several cafes in the Denver area this year. But the company ran into problems last week in Utah, when that state’s Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control board declined to…
Chef/restaurateur Justin Brunson has been expanding his meaty restaurant empire this year, with the opening of Honor Society downtown and the soon-to-open Masterpiece Kitchen in Lowry adding to his collection of two Masterpiece Delis (in Lower Highland and Uptown) and LoHi pork palace Old Major. But for his latest venture,…
Ignite Ale House and Kitchen opened on Sheridan Boulevard in July after a fast remodel job that converted it from a Woody’s Tavern outpost. But after only five months, Ignite failed to catch fire and is now closed. The Arvada Ignite was an offshoot of the popular Ignite Burgers &…
If you’re not into cooking or just don’t have the time or space for a multi-course family meal, you could head to any number of standard hotel-restaurant Thanksgiving dinner destinations. But there are plenty of other options for something a little offbeat — from holiday haute cuisine to meatless turkey…
Still scrambling for Thanksgiving recipe ideas with only a handful of hours left to shop and prep? Here are a couple of ideas from two local restaurants to help get food on the table for a great Turkey Day — even without the turkey! If you haven’t already purchased a…
Sunnyside’s new all-day eatery, Bacon Social House, opened this morning at the corner of 44th Avenue and Alcott Street. Standing on the street, you would find it hard to guess that an architecturally impressive, two-story restaurant is now part of the neighborhood landscape. But a peek inside the Cobbler’s Corner…
Denver loves pho. That much is obvious when you drive down Federal Boulevard or Havana Street and see that certain Vietnamese noodle houses are packed every night of the week; further afield, pho houses keep popping up in shopping centers in Longmont, Castle Rock and everywhere between. Part of the…
The Westin Hotel at Denver International Airport opened on Friday, featuring several new food and beverage options, plus plenty of great views from restaurants, lounges, guest rooms and special-events space. The Westin brings its Grill & Vine concept to the new hotel, the third overall, with two others in San…
No. 5: Baguettes from Babettes Artisan Breads Baker Steve Scott opened Babettes in the Source two years ago, adding a traditional French boulangerie to the mix of other specialty and artisan food producers in the factory-turned-marketplace. A peek behind the burgeoning bread counter reveals an array of flaky croissants, sugar-dusted…
Squash Pie from True Food Kitchen 2800 East Second Avenue 720-509-7661 Chef Corey Holland is baking up a tasty holiday pie at True Food Kitchen in Cherry Creek that’s not only fits in with the restaurant chain’s mission of serving an anti-inflammatory diet, but is also vegan. The dessert comes in…
1515 Restaurant has been undergoing some changes to the ground-floor lounge and bar. Owner Gene Tang is already committed to modern, cutting-edge cuisine in the kitchen, and now that modern flair is being reflected in the bar’s decor and cocktail program. The dining room at 1515 is on the second floor,…
When MOD Pizza came to town from Seattle just over a year ago, I wondered about the similarity between the name of the rapidly expanding pizza chain and Modmarket, Denver’s own fast-casual pizza, salad and sandwich empire. So I checked with Modmarket co-founder Anthony Pigliacampo, who told me, “We believe…
Cobbler’s Corner, a historic building at the corner of 44th Avenue and Alcott Street in Sunnyside, has been getting a major makeover this year thanks to co-owner Jack Pottle and restaurant and real-estate developer Paul Tamburello. The building, which originally housed a shoe shop operated by Pottle’s grandparents in the…
This weekend, the suds were in full effect as Left Hand Brewing hosted its second annual Nitro Fest in Longmont. This is the only beer festival in the U.S. with an all nitro lineup of beers — with more than 40 local and national breweries represented. Not only were the…
No. 6: Chicken and Waffles at Revelry Kitchen We’re not one to jump on food trend bandwagons just for the sake of it. Chicken and waffles, a dish that made its way from regional act to national headliner a few years ago, just seemed like two completely different food substances…
A beer expert and a chef met a few years ago while the two were working for the same catering company. The two built a friendship while talking about beer’s affinity for fine food. The beer expert was Mike Burns, who would go on to open Happy Leaf Kombucha, and…
When we think of food and Albuquerque, we tend to think of chile — red or green — and not much else, especially when it comes to exporting the culinary offerings of New Mexico beyond the state’s dusty borders. But a couple of ABQ restaurateurs are out to prove that…
The Berkeley neighborhood’s newest coffeehouse, Allegro Coffee Roasters, opens tomorrow at 8 a.m. on the corner of Tennyson Street and 41st Avenue, featuring nineteen different micro-lot coffees roasted in-house. This is Allegro’s first free-standing coffeehouse and the third Allegro Coffee Roasters (or ACR) in the country, with the other two…
Most Americans have been programmed nearly from birth to begin craving traditional Thanksgiving dishes as soon as the days start getting shorter and there’s a chill in the air. Turkey, relegated to brown-bag-sandwich duty the rest of the year, suddenly beckons us with Rubenesque curves of leg and breast provocatively…
The building that houses one of Denver’s most popular Southern food eateries, Tom’s Home Cookin’ in Five Points, is now for sale, according to news accounts this morning. Owners Tom Unterwagner and Steve Jankousky, who also run the restaurant, bought the property in 2001 for $185,000 and now have it listed for…
Denver lost one of its top hospitality professionals when Rioja server Neil Maxwell passed away over the weekend after a long illness. Maxwell had been with the Larimer Square restaurant since Beth Gruitch and chef Jennifer Jasinski opened it in 2004. His was a familiar and welcoming face to the…
Last March, we reported that El Tepehuan would be moving from its original location at 3457 South Broadway, where the Corral family opened it in 1978, to a new space just a few doors south. The move hasn’t happened yet — and now the lease is up, forcing the Englewood Mexican restaurant…
