When the Stanley Marketplace first announced intentions to convert a former aviation factory on the southeast edge of Stapleton into a 100,000-square-foot food and retail hall, the only thing we knew for sure at the time was that restaurateur Kevin Taylor would be opening a restaurant and beer hall there…
No. 88: Biscuits and Green Chile at the Noshery The sun’s pouring through a window, illuminating the steam from a cup of coffee next to a big plate of biscuits and green chile. Two eggs, sunny-side up, fill in the remaining white space on the plate. Inside the Noshery at…
A neighborhood restaurant is one that captures the essence of its surroundings, welcomes neighbors like family and offers a cozy, intimate experience as an escape from the pressures of the outside world. Far from the lights and noise of downtown, the best neighborhood eateries blend in with the homes, tree-lined…
Denver isn’t home to many Cubans or Cuban-Americans; there are fewer than 6,500 in the entire state of Colorado, according to the 2010 U.S. Census. As a result, the number of Cuban restaurants in the metro area can be counted on one hand. There’s Cuba Cuba, the breezy, upscale eatery…
Clamato is big business in Western cities like Phoenix and Los Angeles, but the over-the top beverages called Clamatos preparados that use the clam-flavored tomato drink are just beginning to pop up around Denver. I stopped in at La Changada and Clamatos Chuper Vasos last week to check out the scene,…
The Berkeley neighborhood is about to get a taste of the Midwest in the appropriately named Midwestern Saloon, which opens to the public tonight at 5 p.m. The Midwestern is the creation of Andrea and Dan DeShano, industry veterans who grabbed the vacant spot at 4961 Tennyson Street after the…
No. 89: The Diavola Calzone at Pino’s Neighborhood Pizzeria A calzone always seems like a good idea in theory: all of your favorite pizza toppings cuddled together in a steaming pocket where flavors meld into gooey goodness with each bite. But in practice, calzones rarely live up to expectations. Rather…
Downtown Englewood gets a new bar tonight with the opening of the Englewood Grand at 3435 South Broadway Street. The simple, straightforward watering hole is the work of Phil and Erika Zierke, neighborhood residents who saw the need for a community gathering spot with an enticing but uncomplicated drinks list. The bar…
Johnny Ballen, co-owner and resident prom-tux model at the Squeaky Bean Farm + Table downtown, is pretty good at keeping a secret. After all, he landed the property at the corner of South Downing Street and East Hampden Avenue nearly two years ago and has been working on converting the…
Round one of our Readers’ Choice poll is complete and, thanks to your submissions, we’ve whittled the list down to five finalists in each category. The polls are back open, so it’s time to make your votes count. You can pick your favorite in more than eighty Food & Drink…
There are plenty of great restaurants on Colfax Avenue — check out our list of the twelve best as evidence — and then there are the quiet spots that serve the neighborhood day-in and day-out without much fuss or notice. Such was the case with Pete’s Cafe & Steak House,…
This weekend, Molly’s Spirits in Lakeside is hosting a bottle-signing event with special guest Curtis James Jackson III. You may know him better as rapper 50 Cent. The star will be on hand from 5 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 12, to sign bottles of Effen Vodka, a brand…
Is Englewood on the verge of a restaurant Renaissance? Here’s more evidence: Squeaky Bean founder and co-owner Johnny Ballen is moving into the south Denver suburb with a new eatery called Cochino, which he expects to open at 3495 South Downing Street by the end of April. Ballen’s still working…
On Monday we shared the news that The Kitchen restaurant group will be moving into Cherry Creek with a new restaurant slated for a late summer opening. This will be the fifth Kitchen, including one in Chicago, for founders Kimbal Musk and Hugo Matheson, who got their start in Boulder…
Chef and culinary instructor Stephen Kleinman, whose lengthy Denver career includes heading up Centerplate Catering and the food program for the Colorado Convention Center, has been out of restaurant kitchens for some time. But a visit to his son Ian Kleinman’s new dessert bar, the Inventing Room, last fall was…
Southern food has been in the national culinary spotlight in recent years and Denver restaurants are responding with more and more examples of heartland cooking. Grind Kitchen + Watering Hole, which opens tonight in Cherry Creek North, isn’t what you’d call a Southern eatery, but chef/owner Preston Phillips draws inspiration…
Canadians, for reasons unknown, love Clamato, especially in the version of the Bloody Mary known as the Caesar. My Canadian uncle used to mix beer and Clamato juice and call it a Red Eye. At first I couldn’t understood why anyone would want to drink a seafood-flavored beverage, but as…
Chefs around town are gearing up for spring by rolling out seasonal menu items, adding dishes inspired by travels or are taking a cue from an Oscar-winning movie. Here are three restaurants making menu changes this month. Centro Latin Kitchen & Refreshment Palace 950 Pearl Street, Boulder 303-442-7771 For the…
Kimbal Musk and Hugo Matheson are extending their restaurant empire with a new iteration of The Kitchen in Cherry Creek North. This will be fifth Kitchen (the others are located in Boulder, downtown Denver, Fort Collins and Chicago) and the ninth establishment overall for the team, which also runs three…
A little more than eight years ago, two chefs who met while working at an upscale Italian eatery took a chance on a sandwich business. Justin Brunson and Steve Allee were working at Luca d’Italia (now just Luca) when they concocted a scheme to sell deli sandwiches out of a…
No. 90: Green Chorizo at Los Compadres South Broadway from Alameda Avenue all the way down to Evans Avenue has become a stop-and-go traffic nightmare over the last year or so, with the population density along the street adding to the number of cars coming and going at all times…
Dave Query, founder of Jax Fish House and the Big Red F restaurant group (which now totals eleven eateries), has been running an annual oyster contest in some form since 1998, the year he launched the first Jax Oyster Eating Contest. The event has grown and evolved over the years…
