Mizu was in — and then it was out. But apparently the ground-floor space at 2930 Umatilla Street (on the same hilltop as Linger) is perfect for a sushi bar, because after the lease deal for Mizu fell through last winter, it didn’t take long for Sushi Ronin to snatch…

Colorado Springs-based Southern Concepts, which currently operates three Southern Hospitilality restaurants along the Front Range, will open Carve Barbecue at 1000 South Colorado Boulevard in the space that was formerly Bruxie. In a recent statement released by the company, CEO Mitchell Roth said that Carve “is barbecue without boundaries” and…

Gretchen Kurtz reviewed Mayan Manjar Yucateco a year ago, finding plenty of big flavors in the tiny Mexican eatery devoted to the cuisine of the Yucatan. While tacos, tamales and burritos were all part of the menu, specialties like juicy, slow-roasted cochinita pibil and dark relleno negro tipped diners off…

In our never-ending quest for good barbecue, we sometimes return to old favorites to see what’s new. At Jabo’s Bar-Be-Q off Arapahoe Road in Englewood, not much has changed over the years in terms of the home-style barbecue, customized sauces and hands-on service, but a stack of red boxes behind…

Arizona-based bar and eatery Postino WineCafe will open the doors to its new space in Lower Highland tomorrow at 11 a.m. The sunny, mid-century modern restaurant is the first to open in the renovated Denver Book Bindery building, which will soon also include Recess Beer Garden. Postino features a menu…

Brandon Bortles and Barry Dobesh — “the Bs,” to their friends — have been working at a furious pace to open their new Golden restaurant, Abejas. The only thing missing was a liquor license, but with that now in hand, they’ll open the doors for business tonight at 5 p.m…

Two teenagers became high-school sweethearts in Westchester County, New York, a few decades ago — but as happens with most young romances, they drifted apart. So how is it that years later, the two wound up running a seafood restaurant together in Denver? For Matt and Carrie Stein, owners of…

No. 24: A Hamburger at Bob’s Atomic Burger Bob’s Atomic Burgers in Golden doesn’t have a roster filled with goofy names and crazy ingredients. If you want a burger, it’s just called a hamburger. Extras are either free — like the tomato, onion and pickled jalapeños on the mountainous mouthful…

Whether you call it Antique Row or the Green Mile, the stretch of South Broadway from Mississippi to Evans avenues is seeing a business renaissance fueled in part by the recreational marijuana industry and in part by sky-high rent rates pushing small-business owners toward previously neglected neighborhoods. Mehdi and Crystal…

When Uncle owner Tommy Lee staked a claim on a building at 3500 Larimer Street at the beginning of the year, it got tagged with the temporary moniker Bar Uncle, for lack of an official name. But a new website and Faceboolk page are now up, announcing that when the place opens…

When the T-Wa Inn, the first Vietnamese restaurant in Denver, closed on Federal Boulevard last year, I felt empathy for the owners of the place, who right up to the very end provided warm hospitality and a menu equally fluent in the lively flavors of Southeast Asian ingredients and the…

Last week, we reported the sad news that Griff’s Hamburgers would be pulling out of Colorado to focus on its markets in Texas, Louisiana and New Mexico. The Arvada location was already dark at that point, but the South Broadway branch was still peddling burgers and fries, even as a…

No. 25: Baked rice with pork chop at Hong Kong Cafe Rice, tomato sauce, a breaded pork chop and a broiled layer of generic orange cheese: Maybe it’s a casserole mom threw together on the weekend from what she had on hand in the kitchen, or something in a Midwestern…

After six months in the making, sisters Vanessa Tuel and Sara Harris and their mom, Robin Harris, opened Revelry Kitchen this morning in the space that was formerly Indulge French Bistro. The quaint, homey spot will serve breakfast and lunch daily from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., with a menu…

No. 26: Xiaolongbao soup dumplings at Shanghai KitchenIn strip malls and shopping centers from the city’s heart to the suburbs, Denver is peppered with Chinese restaurants — but certain dishes are hard to find among the hundreds of plates of kung pao chicken, sweet-and=sour shrimp and beef with broccoli. Other…

We recently spotted banners hanging from the side of the Valverde Country Club, at 1319 West Alameda Avenue, announcing two conflicting messages: that the kitchen is now open and that the building is for sale. Since the Country Club is not on our regular rotation (we prefer less posh digs…

It’s still baseball season, if anyone cares, and baseball season means hot dogs. And while the Billy’s Gourmet Hot Dogs in the Ballpark neighborhood is still going strong thanks in part to fans who continue to pack Coors Field (for completely unknown reasons), the same can’t be said for the…

Honor Society, chef/restaurateur Justin Brunson’s latest enterprise, opens today at 10:30 a.m. for lunch and dinner on the stretch of 16th Street between Union Station and the Millennium Bridge. The “fast fine” eatery combines counter service with a chef-designed menu to deliver farm-fresh food (from the same sources as Brunson’s…

Restaurateur Alan Zizmor closed Hideaway Kitchen & Bar in Genesee last winter for a makeover, reopening in April with not just a new look, but also a new chef: the young but seasoned Nick Shankland. The chef, who has done time in some of Denver’s top kitchens, quickly installed a…

Habit Doughnut Dispensary and Carbon Beverage Cafe opened on Platte Street this morning, in the former home of longtime cool-kid hangout Paris on the Platte, which closed early this year. While Habit features bright colors and bold street art in a space that falls somewhere between a convenience store and…