Nothing gets people in Denver more riled up than the ongoing development in this city — and what’s happening to the Denver they remember, even though everyone remembers the city differently. Bree Davies, a Denver native, wondered how we can celebrate the new while still keeping the old, while former…
When I first moved to northwest Denver more than two decades ago, my then-neighbor provided a handy reminder of the fact that I now lived in Highland, not “Highlands,” a name that had appeared in Westword: He put a baseball bat labeled with the correct name on my front porch…
At White Fence Farm, Mother’s Day is like Christmas, Valentine’s Day and the Fourth of July rolled into one. “We’ll probably do 3,000 meals,” says co-owner Craig Caldwell. “It starts early in the morning and just goes nonstop from 10:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.” Although Caldwell is a restaurant veteran…
Gretchen Kurtz was craving a burger, so she headed to the Cherry Cricket, an institution in Cherry Creek. And although that neighborhood is changing, she found the burgers at the Cricket as good as ever. Some readers disagreed with her recent review, though, calling the place overrated. And that’s inspired…
The former JCRS shopping center, longtime home to Casa Bonita, is getting a facelift as Lamar Station. After we wrote about that, readers served up memories of other spots that were once located there, including one of “five beautiful Drumstick Restaurants” around Denver. And that brought on a flood of memories of…
This week Jenn Wohletz’s eating adventures along Havana took her to Hiro, where she found a heroic buffet that has fans across town. Including Jeff, who says: I eat at Hiro at least once a week and it’s very good. The sushi rivals any sushi restaurant in town. The food is…
Colorado’s summer tourism season is already gearing up. And no part of the state is more eager to welcome visitors than the remote mountain regions that are finally thawing out after a long, isolated winter. Places like Silverton, for example, where residents will be out in force on Saturday, May…
Something old, something new. While the venerable Cherry Cricket, which Gretchen Kurtz reviews this week, continues to be a favorite with readers, our Best Burger award in the Best of Denver 2015 went to a relative newcomer, Jimmy’s Urban Bar & Grill. But it’s getting harder and harder to find…
On April 25, the fourth anniversary of Hart’s Corner Bar & Restaurant reopening on the corner of Mississippi and Sheridan Boulevard, I drove past the old roadhouse — hailed as Lakewood’s oldest business — and saw that it had gone dark again, ninety years after it first opened. Over the…
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While Gretchen Kurtz took the week off, Juliet Wittman interviewed Bob Stocker, who raises goats on El Regalo Ranch. Stocker sells his meat at both local farmers’ markets and to some area restaurants, which inspired us to serve up a list of four places where you can get your goat…
And the hits just keep coming for Jefferson Park, where many of the new buildings featured in Denver Fugly are located. Now, in the culmination of what may have been another fugly situation, veteran chef Brian Laird — think Barolo Grill, Sketch — is out at Sarto’s. But should the…
New owners are making plenty of improvements to Lamar Station, the new name for the center that Casa Bonita has anchored for over four decades. They’re adding a coffeeshop, two galleries and a brewpub, and looking for someone to run a year-round urban market. They’ve also signed that pink eatertainment…
What’s the weirdest name for a restaurant in Denver? We thought the Fractured Prune might take the prize when that doughnut chain rolled into town, but then the Belvedere closed — and we learned that downtown joint will be replaced by The Greedy Hamster. Says theFabulousMarkT: Well, we already have…
Silas Soule was killed on the streets of Denver on April 23, 1865. No one was ever charged with his murder, but a plaque at 15th and Lawrence streets honors the captain, then serving as the young city’s provost marshal, who’d refused to let his men participate in the Sand…
Casa Bonita had been the landmark tenant of the JCRS Shopping Center, at 6500 West Colfax Avenue in Lakewood, for forty years when the property was sold last May. But new owner Broad Street has confirmed not only that Casa Bonita is staying put, but it’s on a long-term lease…
On June 13, Manny and Melissa Garza, veterans of the D.C. intelligence community who’ve settled in Colorado, will host the grand opening of Dungeons & Drafts, a geek-themed bar and restaurant in Fort Collins. The new pub owners want to create a destination for nerds in Colorado who are looking…
Gretchen Kurtz recently reviewed Block & Larder, a four-month old spot in the Berkeley neighborhood brought to us by the Forgy brothers, who are also behind Freshcraft in LoDo. But is there another influence in the kitchen? Suggests Jeff: Jeremiah Tower called from 1985. He wants his Jackson Pollock squeeze-bottle sauced…
Yes, another craft brewery is coming. This one is Little Machine, and Brett Williams, Mike Dunkly and Ben Chenard are gearing up to open later this year at 2924 West 20th Avenue, right by Sports Authority Field, an area definitely thirsty for craft beer — even in a town overflowing with…
McDonald’s introduced a new “artisan” chicken on Monday, which inspired Mark Antonation to proclaim that the word “artisan” now ceases to have any real meaning. Adds Rob: Artisan food at any restaurant is a joke. Hipster gastropubs are guilty of the same crap but because the server has a beard and…
Spring is here, which means that the Boulder County Farmers’ Market has returned — and so have Juliet Wittman’s posts about what you can find there. On Saturday she picked up fennel from Eric Skokan’s Black Cat Farm, which inspired a recipe and some writing as lovely as the fresh…
Glendale officials last week announced their plans for a 22-acre project, Glendale 180, that promises to return that little town surrounded by Denver not to its squeaky-clean origins as a dairy a century ago, but to the swinging ’70s. Glendale 180 is slated to include 25 bars and restaurants, a…
