There’s nothing quite like fresh-made pasta: pillowy ravioli, tender tagliatelle, thick ribbons of papardelle. In the best Italian cooking, the pasta isn’t just an afterthought to get the sauce from the bowl or plate to your mouth, it’s the focal point of the dish that balances flavors and textures to…
The Denver Tech Center is the happening place to be this week. Troy Guard unveiled his southern outpost of Los Chingones on Monday in the new Belleview Station development, while Gretchen Kurtz had a wine time at the Palate Food + Wine in the Landmark complex. There aren’t any 24-hour…
Beer and sausage halls are becoming a trend around town: Wurstküche brought its modern, Los Angeles interpretation of a traditional German hall to downtown in February and Frisco-born Prost Fine Beer and Sausages planted its second beer garden and bar in West Highland last year. Those come on top of…
Canadian steakhouse chain the Keg Steakhouse & Bar staked out a spot in LoDo in the early days of the 21st century, serving wallet-friendly steaks, like a signature baseball sirloin, and other family-oriented fare in the quickly growing neighborhood. But competition is now fierce in that booming restaurant market ,and…
No. 7: The Bacon Sandwich at Il Porcellino Salumi Like Cured in Boulder, which landed at No. 8 on our list for its street-style pretzel dawg, Il Porcellino is a specialty market with a deli counter and a chalkboard list of sandwiches and other lunch and dinner eats made in-house…
Lower48 Kitchen closed its dining room on November 7 after two years of serving innovative and engaging food. All is not quiet at 2020 Lawrence Street, though. Lower48’s owner, Mario Nocifera, is still taking bookings for holiday parties and chef Vincent Burns is chipping in. Burns, with a resume that…
Most Denverites think steak when they hear the name Del Frisco’s — expensive steak. But the new Del Frisco’s Grille that opens tonight in Cherry Creek only has three cuts of prime beef on the dinner menu: a filet, a New York strip and a ribeye. The rest of the…
Rosa Linda’s Mexican Restaurant shut its doors at the end of October after thirty years in business, but the community spirit that was such a big part of the Highland cantina’s appeal is far from dead. Every year, Virgil and Rosa Linda Aguirre and their five children held an annual…
Green Russell has been lurking behind its pie-shop facade in a Larimer Square basement space for five years now, pouring exquisitely designed cocktails with an eye toward historical recipes and an ear for customer requests. Barman Adam Hodak has been at the head of the program the entire time as…
Since the espresso machine was invented in Italy, heading to an Italian-style coffeehouse is a smart move when you’re searching for a good cappuccino, latte or inky black shot of concentrated coffee flavor. But Jordan Karp wasn’t interested in a single cup: He wanted to buy the whole shop. In…
Residents and commuters in south Denver now have their own hip taqueria to call home: Troy Guard’s second outpost of Los Chingones opens today at the Belleview Station development on the northern edge of the Denver Tech Center. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. today, so cut your drive home short…
How much would you pay for a hot dog — a really big hot dog? That would be somewhere In the ballpark of $1.5 million, if the hot dog in question is the wiener-shaped Coney Island Boardwalk in Bailey, which was put up for sale last month. The owners of…
The smoke continues to pour from new barbecue joints around town. GQue Championship BBQ opens at 11 a.m. today in Westminster serving Kansas City-style barbecue from competitive pit master Jason Ganahl. According to the company’s Facebook page, the kitchen will start out slowly, smoking enough meat for 200 customers today to…
The City Park Le Peep at York Street and 19th Avenue had seen better days when it closed in August; the white building with the green awnings was looking dated and shabby well before the last plate of pancakes sold. And once closed, it seemed destined for the wrecking ball,…
In the past two weeks, two markets have closed and re-opened due to accidents. Last week a crane toppled and knocked a hole in the roof at the Source in River North, and this week a driver plowed his SUV into Marczyk Fine Foods on East Colfax Avenue. Let’s hope…
Chef/restaurateur Sean Kelly recently grabbed the building vacated by Table Top in Park Hill and, after a quick turnaround, opened Desmond Bar & Grill at 2230 Oneida Street on Wednesday. Kelly’s last Denver appearance was at LoHi SteakBar, but he’s also fondly remembered for his groundbreaking restaurants Aubergine Cafe (where Mizuna…
The citywide eating orgy official known as Denver Restaurant Week doesn’t start for another few months, but we don’t need to wait until the end of February to take advantage of a multitude of three-course, $30 meals. Boulder’s First Bite begins next Friday, November 13, with more than forty participating…
No. 8: The Pretzel Dawg at CuredFriday lunch in Boulder features a completely different array of options from what you’d find in Denver. The compact city tucked up against the foothills has a reputation for crunchy offerings along the lines of vegan nibbles and organic everything, but there’s also a…
Globe Hall, a new barbecue joint and music hall in the former Sidewinder space, opened last night in Globeville. Fans of the Sidewinder needn’t worry much; owner Jeff Cornelius hasn’t changed the vintage dive bar much — a seat at the bar won’t feel much different than it did five,…
A construction crew went to work quickly to get Marczyk Fine Foods at 5100 East Colfax Avenue open less than 48 hours after an SUV plunged through the front doors. The store confirms that it will be business as usual starting at 8 a.m. this morning, A contractor on the…
We warned you that this week would be full of barbecue, with two barbecue joints opening today alone. The most eagerly anticipated is Globe Hall, a Texas-style smokehouse, dive bar and music hall that opens at 4 p.m. at 45th Avenue and Logan Street in Globeville, in the space where locals…
Southern Concepts, the franchise group that operates three Southern Hospitality restaurants along the Front Range, just launched a new fast-casual concept, Carve Barbecue. Carved opened at 11 a.m. today with a soft opening; the South Colorado Boulevard smokehouse, located in the space that was previously Bruxie (a Belgian waffle eatery),…
