In his review this week, Jason Sheehan lauds the food at Elway’s Downtown — but laments its lack of fun, such a critical component in the success of the original Elway’s. Still, the joint was jammed last night, with drinkers packing the lounge and diners digging into steaks. And they…
Denver’s 150th birthday is turning out to be a bust, with the financial crisis the major party pooper. Civic leaders have been brainstorming how to keep Colorado’s economy from falling any further. Yesterday, they gathered with Mayor John Hickenlooper and Governor Bill Ritter at the Denver City & County Building…
Let’s hope that the music and food at Blues on Blake Supper Club (at 1925 Blake Street, in a space formerly occupied by the Dugout) is better than the proofreading,since the new club recently posted an ad that it was IMMEDIANTELY HIRING FOR SERVERS/BARTENDERS. “We are an exciting new club,…
For many, many years, this storefront at 6901 East Colfax Avenue was home to the Drift Inn. But eventually, that classic saloon drifted into history, and the space was turned into Joe’s West of Memphis, an BBQ joint with an Elvis-heavy vibe. But Joe’s went south, too. Next up: the Spinnin’ Chicken, a family-owned rotisserie chicken…
Word just came down that Root Down, the new field-to-fork, small plates restaurant that’s recycled an old service station at1600 West 33rd Avenue, has an official opening set for Friday, December 19. And owner Justin Cucci should have no problem making that date, because the restaurant had to secure its certificate of…
The 24/7 cafeteria at Children’s Hospital has long been known for its pancakes, which survived the trip from the old facility in central Denver out to the new Children’s campus in Aurora. Years ago, Westword columnist Marty Jones flipped over the flapjacks in his Consumed column; just this fall, renowned restaurateur Frank Bonanno (of…
The Grand Lux Cafe at 8401 Park Meadows Drive is big — big concept, big menu, big space. And now, according to a court filing, it has a big bill due at the state: Colorado has hit the restaurant in Arapahoe County with a $16,014 tax lien for failure to…
One of the last vestiges of Fred Kummer’s reign as a Denver hotelier disappeared yesterday. The two mammoth horse sculptures that had reared their ugly heads in the lobby of the former Adam’s Mark Hotel for years were hauled out of the building (and not easily — they each weigh…
The Sunday before Thanksgiving, I headed up I-25 to Fort Collins and then turned east for Severance, the town “where the geese fly and the bulls cry,” to give thanks for a tradition restored. Bruce’s Bar has been serving Rocky Mountain oysters since the mid-’50s, almost without interruption — unlike…
There are far worse places to spend a snowy day than sitting inside Club 404, the saloon that Jerry Feld bought 57 years ago from a man who’d opened it on the day Prohibition ended. When he became its proud owner, Jerry was a student at the University of Denver,…
Back when this city was so concerned with being lean and green, I wondered what that health-conscious program would do to the proper preparation of Rocky Mountain oysters, Colorado’s unofficial state food (as seen on the Let’s Talk Colorado tourism page, which I took to task for its general incoherence in…
Yesterday, a Denver jury convicted Phuong Van Dang of attempted first-degree assault on a peace officer, attempted aggravated robbery and a whole one-from-column-A, one-from-column-B menu of other charges connected to an incident last fall at Ha Noi Pho, at 1036 South Federal Boulevard. Dang was armed with a shotgun and wearing a mask…
When last we saw Robert Thompson, he’d closed Brasserie Rouge, was out of Atomic Cowboy, and was selling B-52 Billiards (which would become the Real World: Denver House, then Theorie). He moved on to Chicago, where he’s now co-owner of Seasoned Development — a restaurant company that just leased 5,500 space at 1433…
Andrew Hudson is busier than a business reporter tracking the latest layoffs. That’s because he’s become the first person people call when they’re laid-off, or think they could be laid-off. Hudson has made it his job to let people know where the jobs are. And since he specializes in communications,…
The idea — letting people pay what they can (or want to) for a meal — sounded crazy from the start, but SAME Cafe just keeps going. And growing, having recently expanded into the storefront next to its original home at 2023 East Colfax. And the restaurant just rated a story in…
Every Monday through the end of March 2009 (when we unveil the Best of Denver 2009) we’ll be posting a list of some of our favorite Denver dishes/restaurants on Cafe Society. Have a request? A comment? Post it here. Jason Sheehan’s recent review of The Counter (shown here) got us thinking about…
Seconds after Scripps-Howard suddenly announced that the Rocky Mountain News was for sale last Thursday, hopeful eyes were turning to Phil Anschutz, the local billionaire who’s already saved another local institution — the Ski Train that has taken generations of skiers from Union Station to Winter Park, the city-owned resort. And unlike other…
People have been raving about Palazzo Verdi since the office building housing the Madden Museum of Art as well as the Atrium event space debuted last month. And now Mangia Bevi is giving them more reason to applaud. The European-style cafe, created by Larry DiPasquale and run by his Epicurean Catering (which also…
Echo Mountain, the ski area closest to Denver, just kicked off its third full season of operation on Friday, and while the mountain is relatively no-frills, it does have a restaurant: the Echo Cafe, located in Echo’s Garage. Fresh soups, sandwiches and pizzas have been added to the menu at this indoor/outdoor dining…
Ski lodge-style restaurants are all the rage in New York City, the New York Times reports in “Antlers and S’mores,” a piece in the paper’s December 7 edition. There’s the Pinetree lodge, “a maze of comfy rooms with so many trophy heads mounted on the walls that you’d think they’d snagged…
Cocktail party conversation isn’t easy this holiday season — if anyone’s holding cocktail parties, that is. Two safe topics: the Broncos (since the team’s still winning) and the weather — which is as Colorado-wacky as ever. A beautiful weekend, then snow today; record highs last Tuesday, record lows on Thursday…
How to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the repeal of the 18th Amendment? At Steuben’s, the two-year-old restaurant/watering hole at 531 East 17th Avenue that celebrates regional cuisines and quirks, they marked the 75th anniversary of the ratification of the 21st Amendment on December 5, 1933 — which effectively ended Prohibition…
