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Happy anniversary to Big Hoss
Big Hoss BBQ has been big since almost the minute opened the joint opened two years ago at 3961 Tennyson Street. And on Saturday, December 6,, Big Hoss will celebrate its second anniversary in a big way: with $9.99 night (that’s the price for all single ribs, BBQ plates,…
Five cents a beer at the Fainting Goat!
Tonight, and tonight only, starting at 9:30 p.m. all Smithwick’s pours at the Fainting Goat, the new bar at 846 Broadway, will be just a nickel. Until the joint runs out of the Irish ale, that is, and we’ve been assured they have at least sixty pints. Cheers!…
What Denver restaurants would you recommend to Food & Wine?
Mayor John Hickenlooper, in New York City for an appearance on Good Morning America earlier today, isn’t taking off the rest of the day. He’ll be pitching the city’s restaurant scene to Food & Wine travel editor Jen Murphy. Murphy’s most recent Denver reference was in the September issue, which…
Denver on Good Morning America
Denver’s spent decades trying to convince the rest of the country that everyone in this town doesn’t walk around singing the tunes created by John Denver, a man who a) wasn’t born in Denver (he hailed from Indiana) and b) wasn’t born John Denver (his birth name was Henry Deutschendorf)…
Wake-Up Call: A pressing engagement
Jinx. Last month, the two dailies stopped arriving at my house. The last time I’d reupped my subscription, I hadn’t been able to commit beyond six months — I simply didn’t think that both papers would be around that long. And in November, the end of one seemed so inevitable…
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Izakaya Den joins the lunch bunch
In the Best of Denver 2008, Jason Sheehan proclaimed Izakaya Den, the Japanese restaurant at 1518 South Pearl Street, as the Best New Restaurant last year. And now Izakaya’s gone one better — by adding weekend lunch, which could well be the most exotic brunch in town. The restaurant is…
Ho, ho, ho: Twigs has closed — for now
Above is the season’s greeting that Nancy Levine, our intrepid Drink of the Week columnist, found when she was out last night judging the 2008 Holiday Cocktail Competition. Seventeen restaurants — all members of the Denver Independent Network of Restaurants — had signed up to create special holiday drinks for this contest…
This just in: twelverestaurant lowers prices, not expectations
Just got this e-mail from Jeff Osaka, the chef/owner of twelverestaurant, the elegant, if pricy, place that opened exactly a month ago. “Due to the current economy, and feedback from our loyal customers, twelverestaurant has responded quickly and adjusted its price structure to reflect this demand. However, changes will not…
Warwick Denver Hotel has a new executive chef
Kristen Cofrades is the new executive chef at Warwick Denver Hotel, overseeing Randolph’s Restaurant & Bar (which has one of the best patios in town), as well as the room service and banquet departments of the hotel at 1776 Grant Street. Cofrades comes to the Warwick (and a post formerly…
Cheers! We’re not number three in binge-drinking
The report in today’s Rocky Mountain News was a real eye-opener (and we’re not talking a Bloody Mary): According to Bill Scanlan’s “State fades a little in health stats,” Colorado fell from the 16th to the 19th healthiest state in the latest report from America’s Health Rankings, largely because of a rise…
Wake-Up Call: Mr. Salazar goes to Washington?
Suddenly, all the political pundits are talking about a Salazar going to Washington. Not Ken Salazar, who’d apparently rather stay in his Senate seat than move to the Cabinet (but might be up for a future opening on the Supreme Court, where he’d be the first Latino justice), but his brother, John. And the talk…
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Oodles of noodles coming to town
In Bite Me this week, I talk about a couple of noodle joints coming to town — Bones and Happy Noodle House — and a New Yorker piece that helped fuel the fad. But Frank Bonanno and Dave Query aren’t the only local restaurant empire-builders getting in on this act. The Jet…
The Landmark Preservation Commission makes some history
For more photos of the building in jeopardy, go to westword.com/slideshow. I just watched history being made. Or at least recognized. The last time I attended a Landmark Preservation Commission meeting, the commissioners voted to remove the oldest building on my historic block from landmark protection (“The View,” May 27,…
The latest from Larimer Street, part two
While the 2000-2200 blocks of Larimer Street are jumping, things quiet down past Snooze. And a rancorous project at 2425 Broadway, on the triangular parcel of property bordering Larimer that once held an auto body shop and the late, lamented Bamboo Hut, is currently on hold. The owners of that parcel, Focus Property…
The latest from Larimer Street, part one
On Saturday morning, the Christmas carols were pouring from the pawn shops on Larimer Street, and the chile at the Mexico City Lounge was appropriately red and green. But all was too calm across the street; judging from the unopened mail inside the locked space, it looks like Larimer Kabob…
Friend or pho? Ha Noi case goes to trial
Denver’s pho restaurants have seen some tough times lately. Last month, a car crashed into Pho 7, knocking the joint out of commission for a few days. Times were even tougher at Ha Noi Pho, our Best Taste of Hanoi in the Best of Denver 2007. Soon after we bestowed…
Cheap tacos — if the Nuggets win big
Last year, Adam Cayton-Holland checked out Taco Bell’s deal offering four tacos for a buck from 4-6 p.m. the day after the Colorado Rockies scored seven runs. By carefully mapping out his course, he managed to secure 28 tacos — and a severe case of heartburn. Now Taco Bell is advertising…
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Wake-Up Call: It’s all downhill from here, Denver
The national news is full of Colorado’s vituperative lover flaming his ex on the Internet (and getting smacked by this state’s bizarre criminal libel statute) and a future vituperative lover giving dating advice at the age of nine (here’s just one international sample, from Australia, as well our October blog…
Let there be light! Chefs cook for a cause
How do chefs find time to run their own kitchens? Last night, Brandon Biederman (of Steuben’s), Jamey Fader (of Lola, shown at right) and fast fill-in Paula Lueske (Goose Sorenson was stuck at Solera) met in the big demonstration kitchen of Mise en Place, the cooking school in the Ice House…
Wake-Up Call: Refinishing the Obama cabinet
Fresh from his ten-day eco-devo trip to Asia, Governor Bill Ritter is now off on the East Coast, attending a Democratic governors’ conference, talking with the Obama team — and definitely not interviewing for a spot in the cabinet, insists his spokesman, Evan Dreyer. Shortly after the polls closed on…
Rooting around Root Down
We’re still looking for a revised opening date for Root Down, the new restaurant coming to 33rd and Osage. But in the meantime, we have two updates: Yesterday, the original opening date, they were putting in grass (!) around the former service station, which will have a great outdoor deck and…