The Crafty Fox Taphouse & Pizzeria Opens This Weekend

When Kyle and Angelique Moyer decided to open a craft beer bar on Fox Street, a name was immediately at hand: the Crafty Fox. And now the Moyers are set to open the Crafty Fox this weekend on the eastern edge of the Sunnyside neighborhood near what will soon be a…

What’s in a Name: Wayback Burgers or the Way Back?

Delaware-based Jake’s Hamburgers has changed its name twice in its 25-year history; once in 2010 to Jake’s Wayback Burgers and again in 2014 to simply Wayback Burgers. Along the way, the eatery has expanded from a single burger shack to a chain with more than 100 locations — including a…

Voicebox Brings Private-Suite Karaoke to RiNo

The usual karaoke experience in Denver involves stumbling into some dim dive bar just before last call and wailing a few tunes in front of cringing strangers. Maybe you dragged a few friends along, but it’s hardly a social experience, but rather something akin to a round of Guitar Hero…

The Ten Best Asian Noodle Houses in Denver

Noodle bars, noodle houses, noodle joints: Call them what you will  — as long as you call them addictive and delicious. Most also offer a selection of small plates, soups and stir-fries, but the noodles are always the main attraction — a bouncy nest of ramen, a tangle of rice…

First Look: East Colfax Avenue Welcomes the Humble Pie Store

It has been more than a year since Humble Pie closed its tiny Baker neighborhood shop (now occupied by Waffle Up); since then, the bakery’s “frequent pie-ers” have had to content themselves with special orders. But now the wait is finally over for a new retail outlet: the The Humble Pie…

The Four Best Thai Khao Soi Dishes in Denver and Boulder

Pad Thai serves as nearly everyone’s introduction to Thai cuisine; the ubiquitous, peanut-y noodle dish is so common in this country that you can even find packaged versions on grocery-store shelves. Colorful curries come next in terms of popularity, but beyond those, Thai cuisine’s roster of rice and noodle bowls…

Pizza Joint Cibo Closes in LoHi

The restaurant space at 1560 Boulder Street hasn’t been very lucky for tenants. Churchill’s Public House was the first to occupy the corner spot. It opened in July 2013 and lasted just over a year, despite the neighborhood’s growth and reputation as a hot restaurant zone. Next came Cibo, a…

Did Wolfgang Puck Swipe the Kitchen Name From Kimbal Musk?

Yesterday the Wall Street Journal posted a piece by Julie Jargon — a former Westword staff writer — reporting on a trademark dispute between Kimbal Musk, co-founder of The Kitchen restaurant group, and restaurant heavyweight Wolfgang Puck, who currently runs more than fifty fine-dining, fast-casual and airport food operations around…

100 Favorite Dishes: Ocean Salad at Sushi-Rama

No 92: The Ocean Salad at Sushi-Rama A seat at the counter at Sushi-Rama can be a mesmerizing experience, with domed plates of sushi filing past on a conveyor belt like a miniature marching band blaring notes of flavor instead of music. If you freeze with indecision from the overwhelming…

Los Chingones Chef Now Slinging Pies and Oysters at Blackbird

Blackbird Public House has only been open for just over a year, but the Washington Park eatery has already lived through a decade’s worth of change. Since opening, the restaurant has seen a sewage system disaster that required replacing every inch of pipe under the building, a grease-trap explosion, a…

Boone’s Closes, Will Become the Rosedale on February 15

Boone’s Tavern has been a steadfast neighborhood sports bar near the University of Denver for years. Even after a makeover two years ago when the bar — named for DU Pioneer mascot Denver Boone — gave up part of its square footage so that the upscale eatery Atticus could open…

Chickened Out? Beef is Now on the Menu at Royal Rooster

At Old Major, it’s pork for dinner and chicken for lunch — at least ever since chef/owner Justin Brunson launched Royal Rooster to feed fried chicken sandwiches to the Highland mid-day crowd. But if poultry doesn’t please you, Brunson is pleased to announce that the Rooster is now serving burgers…

The Mystery Behind Arcana to Be Revealed Monday in Boulder

A little secret has been building in Boulder that will soon be revealed. Although the restaurant that industry veterans Elliott and Annie Toan are nearly ready to open is still lacking a street-front sign, they will open the doors to Arcana on Monday, February 15, revealing a sumptuous dining room, a well-appointed…

Four Sweet and Savory Menu Updates to Keep You Jazzy and Jittery

Nocturne Jazz & Supper Club 1330 27th Street 303-295-3333 Nocturne has been churning through the hits for nearly a year, offering jazz-themed menus to accompany classic albums played in full by some of the city’s top combos. The kitchen has paired bites with vinyl platters from Dave Brubek, Sonny Rollins…

Three Classic Chicken Dishes at Denver Chinese Restaurants

We just unveiled our 2016 list of the best Chinese restaurants in Denver last week, which included dim sum palaces, noodle houses and specialists from regions as far-flung as Sichuan, Shaanxi, Hong Kong and the island nation of Taiwan. Our goal was to not only find great cooking, but to highlight…

New Vegan Soul Food Restaurant Opens in Park Hill

Soul food is often misconstrued as fat-heavy comfort food  — or food that’s hard on the heart but good for the soul. But Lonni Byrd, chef and co-owner of Love, Peace & Sol Cafe, a new vegan soul-food eatery at the corner of 35th Avenue and Albion Street, has a…