Civic Center Eats Kickoff Pushed to Thursday

What can stop a convoy of thirty trucks on a mission to serve food to hundreds of hungry lunch-goers? An overcast day with the threat of thunderstorms. The 2015 incarnation of Civic Center Eats in Civic Center Park was supposed to kick off today at 11 a.m., but leave it…

Good Gravy at the Welton Street Cafe

Heading out the door to grab lunch at the Welton Street Cafe in Five Points, I looked down at my lawn-mowing jeans — the ones with the knees blown out — and my weekend T-shirt and realized that maybe I should change. A few minutes later, I was out the…

Rio Grande Launches Rio de Mayo Tomorrow

The homegrown Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant chain Rio, founded in Fort Collins 29 years ago, is kicking off an entire month of Cinco de Mayo specials starting on Friday, May 1, at all seven of its cantinas around the state (Rio on the Rocks at Coors Field is not included…

Osaka Ramen Opens Tuesday in River North

“I’ve done eight restaurant openings and they’re all the same,” says chef/restaurateur Jeff Osaka. “Nothing ever goes as planned.” Despite delays, and almost a year after he closed his first Denver restaurant, twelve, Osaka is finally ready to swing open the door of Osaka Ramen on Tuesday, May 5 on…

Twisted Cream to Serve Boozy Ice Cream on Colorado Boulevard

The Colorado Boulevard branch of Heidi’s Brooklyn Deli closed last fall but signs of a new tenant recently went up. Boozy ice cream maker Twisted Cream, which has been selling cocktail-based flavors to Denver restaurants for the past two years, is opening a sit-down ice cream shop next to Dae…

Chef Kris Padalino Rolls Out Dinner and Brunch Menus at Glaze

Chef Kris Padalino of Glaze After Glaze’s Heather Alcott and Sushi Sasa’s Wayne Conwell parted ways and Glaze by Sasa became Glaze again, Alcott hired Kris Padalino, a pastry chef with a reputation for creative desserts and great breads. That made sense, because Glaze had gotten its start as a bakery…

Argyll Whisky Beer Overhauls Menu, Plans to Trim Whisky List

Earlier this month, Argyll Whisky Beer completed a few seamless upgrades to its dining room and bar, opening up the walls all around the bar to improve flow from the dining room and atrium, adding more bar tables and lowering the pass-through to the kitchen to improve lighting in the…

100 Favorite Dishes: Lao Sausage at the Asian Cajun

No. 37: Lao Sausage at the Asian Cajun The Vietnamese-by-way-of-New Orleans restaurant phenomena hit Denver a few years ago but never spread much beyond the neighborhoods near the intersection of Federal Boulevard and Alameda Avenue. The Asian Cajun wasn’t the first to serve up the concept here, but it has…

Four Denver Restaurants Where You Can Get Your Goat

Earlier this week, Westword’s Juliet Wittman spoke with goat rancher Bob Stocker of El Regalo Ranch about raising goats and using the meat in recipes. Stocker explains that, depending on the cut, goat should be either cooked long and slow until it’s “falling-apart tender” or cooked quickly on the grill at high…

First Look: Fort Greene Opens Tomorrow in Globeville

The building at 321 East 45th Avenue in Globeville has been home to many businesses over the years: the Portulaca Cafe, the White Owl, Crash 45. In the 1930s it served as a meeting hall for Slovenian residents of the neighborhood. But tomorrow it begins a new life as Fort Greene,…

What Chefs Are Bringing to BruFrou This Saturday

Brüfrou, the food-and-beer extravaganza featuring pairings from Colorado breweries and chefs, kicks off its second annual festival at Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space museum on Saturday with two sessions and a separate pre-event forum called TastyTålks, where local food and beverage experts will discuss current restaurant and beer trends…

Chef Brian Laird Out at Sarto’s

When Sarto’s opened in the Jefferson Park neighborhood last October, Denver diners familiar with chef Brian Laird’s flair for Italian cuisine from his days at Denver classic Barolo Grill were excited to sample his new menu and grab a seat at the cicchetti bar, where Laird stitched together an array…

100 Favorite Dishes: Ham-and-Egg Congee at Onefold

No. 38: Breakfast Congee at Onefold Coffeehouses come along and settle in to neighborhoods without much notice or fanfare, doing more or less the same thing from place to place: a few breakfast items, some pastries and sandwiches, some hot soups or egg dishes if there’s room behind the counter…