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…

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…

Chef John Little is rolling out a new monthly food and drink pairing special at Harman’s Eat & Drink: Each month, guest will be able to order a trio of small plates with three beverages — most likely beer or wine — for $20. Each month will focus on a…

Southside Bar & Kitchen owners John Elliott and Dave Cleland have put a lot of work into the place since they bought it last fall, changing the name from Odelay Tacos/3014/Beetle Bar, sprucing up the interior, renovating the menu (those tacos are still there though), and rolling out a more…

“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…

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…

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…

The more I delve into the Korean restaurant scene in metro Denver (centered primarily in Aurora), the more I realize that Koreans and Americans have a great deal in common when it comes to ideas about food — restaurant food, at least. My first stop was Tofu House, where despite…

Mark and Kristy Dym, the couple behind the Ballpark neighborhood favorite Marco’s Coal-Fired Pizza and its younger sibling in the Vallagio development in Englewood, have plans to double the number of pizzerias in their stable by the end of this year.  A new Marco’s Coal Fired Pizza will open in…

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…

Restaurant critic Gretchen Kurtz was on vacation this week, so we took the opportunity to explore some Colorado-grown products. Juliet Wittman visited with goat rancher Bob Stocker at the Boulder County Farmers’ Market where he talked about just how smart — and delicious — goats can be. And we followed up…

Earth Day has come and gone, but those looking to extend the celebration of our planet a little longer should head to Boulder, where every day is Earth Day. Especially at Fresh Thymes Eatery, which is throwing an Earth Week bash in honor of honey and the bees that make…

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…

California chef, caterer and restaurateur Dory Ford is helping Denver revive a piece of its history by opening Baur’s Restaurant and Listening Lounge tomorrow night. The Baur’s name in downtown Denver goes back nearly as far as the city itself: The O. P. Baur Confectionery Company was established in 1872…

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,…

Biju’s Little Curry Shop is closed today for a private event, but owner Biju Thomas doesn’t want customers who show up to be completely disappointed. In a neighborly gesture, Park Burger — just around the corner in the same 2601 Walnut building in RiNo — agreed to lend a hand…

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…

Somewhere in the woods of Oklahoma, mushroom expert Graham Steinruck has uncovered another trove of blonde morels, which he’ll sort and then ship back to Denver. That’s where his business partner, Nick Martinez, uses his restaurant connections to find buyers for these Midwestern delicacies, along with other foraged mushrooms and…

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…