Great tacos are a balance of flavorful fillings and a tortilla treated with respect. If a tortilla doesn’t get a quick crisp on a hot griddle, preferably anointed with a little lard, something else must be done to bring out the best of the corn flavor to meld it with…
Among this weeks openings and closings was the City Park Le Peep, surprising only because we were amazed it was still open. The building itself had taken on the aspect of a rundown country-club pool house and the menu had lost its luster among a host of newer, trendier breakfast…
Pizza Fusion opened in May 2011 not only as a pizza joint serving Colfax Avenue but as a vocational training center in partnership with the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless. Today the pizzeria announced that although the training program has been a success over the last four years, pizza sales have…
Earlier this year, Torchy’s Tacos, a Texas chain that got its start as an Austin food trailer in 2006, announced its intention to expand outside of the Lone Star State — starting with a new location at 11th Avenue and Broadway in a former Arby’s. Not much happened after that,…
The West Highland neighborhood lost a gem when chef/owner William Wahl closed Indulge French Bistro in February after seven years in business. It didn’t take long for the space to be claimed, though: In May, a new sign went up announcing that Revelry Kitchen would move in, bringing breakfast, lunch…
Pizza, burgers and barbecue are still hitting the Denver restaurant scene hard, with new fast-casual concepts falling like cheese from a shaker onto the metro area. With openings from today through the next few months, our options — in quantity, if not in variety — keep expanding. Here are few…
No. 27: The Papa Bear at Cub’s Q Barbeque The Cub’s barbecue truck has made a semi-permanent home for itself in a parking lot at the corner of South Broadway and Dakota Avenue, where mornings bring the sweet smell of wood smoke to the neighborhood and lunchtime brings piles of…
The corner of 15th and Arapahoe streets downtown has been home to a number of restaurants over the years, most recently Prime Steakhouse and Le Chateau next door, which was once La Fondue. Prime and Le Chateau are both closed now, but there’s plenty of activity inside. There’s a sign…
The northeast corner of Alameda Avenue and Downing street has been home to a string of Asian restaurants since the late 1990s — but that’s about to change. What originally opened as Stir Crazy quickly changed names to the Crazy Asian Cafe, which survived until 2012, when new owners took…
Brewers and cider makers from Boulder County gathered over the weekend at the Boulder County Fairgrounds in Longmont for the first ever Boulder County Fair Brewers’ Festival. The event was organized by the Colorado Beer Trail and featured beers from 20 brewers along with food and music for festival-goers. SInce there…
The latest biscuit kitchen/bar/pizzeria combo under the Atomic Cowboy umbrella opened at 8 a.m. this morning on Tennyson Street, completing a Denver triangle of founder Drew Shader’s three-in-one concept that started on East Colfax Avenue more than a decade ago and expanded to South Broadway in 2013. True to the other…
Jenna Berrios and Sawyer Oglesby had an idea to serve wholesome, quick breakfasts to a Denver coffee crowd ready for something more than muffins. The result is ProsperOats, which opened this summer at 2550 15th Street in Lower Highland. ProsperOats, which takes its name from the character Prospero in William…
Mezcal closed its doors in May for a renovation of the twelve-year-old kitchen and dining room — and when the Colfax Avenue cantina reopens later this summer, it will unveil more of a reboot than a remodel, with new direction from longtime owners Chris Swank and Loris Venegas, and chef…
No 28: Mysore Thali at Masalaa Masalaa in Aurora is no secret to seekers of great Indian cuisine or to vegetarians looking for well-made dishes beyond the standard range of tofu-this and seitan-that. But even for regulars, the choices can be a little overwhelming because everything on the menu entices…
The word fusion, when applied to restaurant cooking, is generally associated with overwrought combinations of French and Asian ingredients and techniques. As a culinary movement, it reached its apex years ago – although international mash-ups are still making their way onto “New American” menus as chefs search for new ways…
This week, Gretchen Kurtz told us which dishes at the hot, hot Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox left her cold, but she definitely warmed up to the brothel burger — made with ground yak. Across town in Arvada, Mark Antonation happened across a much older Ophelia’s, one that, although hardly as sexy…
Kelsey Riley is an herbalist with her own line of skincare products, and Nick Andreson has a background in chemistry and business, but the two share a passion for gin — to the extent that they decided to start a business together. Riley and Andresen formed Strongwater last winter with…
The Nickel is celebrating its one-year anniversary today. Last year, an overhaul of the Hotel Teatro reconfigured the previous restaurants in the space — the posh, Euro-style Restaurant Kevin Taylor and Prima — into a more inviting, almost rustic, dining room and bar. The menu from executive chef Chris Thompson is…
The BSide opened a year ago on East 17th Avenue and quickly earned recognition for its fried chicken and beer list. The bar was Justin Lloyd’s second project after taking Star Bar, a longtime Larimer Street dive, from a musty and decaying cavern to a hip but still down-to-earth tap…
This week Gretchen Kurtz reviews the sexy, sultry Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox, restaurateur Justin Cucci’s latest carnival of colors and flavors, which Kurtz writes is his “raciest — and riskiest — plan yet, and it’s every bit as maddening as it is genius.” But far from the late-night scene of booze…
SupperBell launched its gourmet dinner delivery service at the beginning of this year, offering a range of chef-driven entrees, appetizers, salads and desserts delivered fully assembled to your door — most requiring only a few minutes in the oven before being table-ready. Chef-restaurateur Frank Bonanno, who many know from his…
The restaurant space at the corner of South Federal Boulevard and Cornell Avenue has been accumulating layers of paint in recent years. Not too long ago, it was decked out in the bright red flames and graffiti art of Bubba Chinos. Next came the royal blue and white of Boost…
