Will and Coral Frischkorn opened Cured on the east end of the Pearl Street Mall in 2011 to bring imported and domestic artisan cheese to Boulder. Cured is much more than a cheese shop though, with a specialty market in the front for high-end pantry items, a deli counter for…

Marczyk Fine Foods at 5100 East Colfax will be closed today and tomorrow as a result of an automobile accident on the property. An SUV plunged through the front door of the market earlier this afternoon, taking out a light post in the process. The Denver Police Department Tweeted at…

When Trillium closed on Larimer Street at the end of September, it skewed the dining scene away from chef-driven quality to bro-friendly bar-and-grill fare. But a new tenant has already claimed the space, and promises to bring something new to the neighborhood: The owners of Aloy Thai Cuisine in Boulder…

Although the Ballpark neighborhood is losing a great restaurant when Lower48 Kitchen closes this weekend, the rest of this stretch of  2200 Lawrence Street is slowly filling out. The Inventing Room opened on Saturday and yesterday a new neighbor, Max Market, swung open its doors. More than a convenience store…

The intersection of South University Boulevard and East Evans Avenue is a constantly evolving hive of bars and restaurants, changing almost as quickly as the continuous cluster of traffic on the northeast edge of the University of Denver. Incoming freshmen may have plenty of cheap dining options, but by their…

A new cook walks into a Denver kitchen, and the first thing another cook says to him is “Don’t I know you from somewhere?” The two look at one another, trying to figure out the connection before it dawns on them both: elementary school. Although Travis Messervey and William Johnson…

Denver has a chill new dessert bar in the Ballpark Neighborhood: the Inventing Room opened on Saturday with a range of liquid-nitrogen ice cream flavors and other unique treats from chef Ian Kleinman, the city’s answer to Willy Wonka. The shop is closed Mondays, but you can indulge your inner…

After restaurateurs Hugo Matheson and Kimbal Musk opened their third Kitchen Next Door in Glendale last year, our restaurant critic, Gretchen Kurtz, compared the mini-chain to TGI Fridays in its early days — and she meant that as a compliment. In much the same way that the red-and-white, feel-good eatery…

A few years ago, poutine was everywhere. It was the junk food du jour on menus everywhere from burger joints to white-tablecloth dining rooms. Before Denverites even had a chance to figure out exactly what poutine was supposed to be, there were more variations and deconstructions than we knew what…

The dim and dingy space that was the Rustic Tavern for decades is suddenly bright and airy — a great place to rise and shine with breakfast and coffee in the morning. That’s thanks to Seth Rubin, who purchased the building last spring and turned it into Rise & Shine…

Fall is here and the smell of wood smoke is in the air — but much of it is coming from a handful of new barbecue joints testing out their smokers in preparation for opening in the next week. One has already started wafting the aroma of slow-cooked brisket over…

It’s nearly taco time for the Denver Tech Center: Troy Guard is expanding his restaurant empire with a new outpost of Los Chingones at the Belleview Station development on Denver’s southern border. The first Los Chingones opened two years ago at 2461 Larimer Street, helping to revive an area that’s…

Degree Metropolitan Food + Drink recently opened in the SpringHill Suites hotel on the Auraria campus downtown, offering a globally inspired menu, a full bar with a deep wine cellar — and an educational experience for students in Metro State University Denver’s hospitality, tourism and events program. The restaurant is managed…

One of Denver’s most desirable restaurant properties is about to go on the auction block. A sign is up at 101 Broadway — the old First Avenue Hotel that was the former home of El Diablo — stating that a bankruptcy auction will be held in December to sell the…

If you were planning on heading to the Source for lunch, dinner or shopping today, you might want to make other plans. The entire building is closed until further notice after a crane working on the site of the Source Hotel next door (at 3300 Brighton Boulevard) hit the roof…

A sushi roll met a burrito and felt a little intimidated, so it bulked up to a hefty new weight. The result is Komotodo, a new sushi burrito fast-casual eatery that opens this Saturday, October 31, on Writer Square. The idea springs from the mind of owner Alonzo Martinez, who…

Chef Elise Wiggins received a small but pricey delivery at Panzano yesterday: one pound of white Alba truffles from the Piedmont region of Italy — shipped here at a cost of $3,163. This particular species — tuber magnatum — is the rarest and most expensive of all truffle varieties, but…

No. 9: The Pregnant Burrito at Cafe Chihuahua Cafe Chihuahua doesn’t have a place in the pantheon of old-school green chile joints around town, nor is it new enough to attract the attention of trendy taco seekers. The family-run, rambling hacienda with the arched entryway and neon sign instead caters…

“The first statement I get from anyone is, ‘Oh, the mac and cheese!’” That’s what Brandon Muncy says he hears when he tells people that he’s the new executive chef at the Rackhouse Pub, which will reopen later this year on Blake Street. That macaroni and cheese had a well-deserved…