Range opens today in the stunning former Colorado National Bank building, a circa 1915 structure that’s been transformed into the Renaissance Denver Downtown City Center Hotel. The restaurant, designed to mimic a modern-day whiskey saloon, features executive chef Paul Nagan’s “modern interpretation of Colorado cuisine built around live wood-fired cooking,…

On Monday, we shared the sentiments of a reader who can’t find good Mexican food on South Broadway. Since then, other readers have been offering their own thoughts — not just on spots to try (or avoid), but also of attitudes toward Mexican food in general. See also: Are there…

Highland already has Prost Brewing, on the very edge of LoHi. And this month, it’s also scheduled to get Prost Fine Beer and Sausage, an outpost of a Frisco-based restaurant that has no connection to Denver’s Prost…except a mile or so of pavement. The two Prosts have agreed to avoid…

Driving towards El Tejado, winner of our Best Breakfast Burrito — Eat-in in the Best of Denver 2014, we noticed that 4G’s has opened its fourth location, this one at 2200 South Broadway, in a space that was most recently home to an outpost of Zocalo, but had held many,…

The arrival of May brings mud season to the mountains — unless, of course, they’re still frozen solid. This restaurant just reopened last Saturday after a long winter’s nap — but thanks to plenty of shady days, there was no shortage of the white stuff outside. Can you guess where…

Although the first three iterations of Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar — in Boulder, LoDo and Fort Collins — made themselves at home in old buildings, for the fourth restaurant, the Big Red F restaurant group took on a completely new space, in the CitySet project at the edge…

Can there ever be too much of a good thing? That’s the question in Highland, where Prost Brewing has been making and serving beer since 2012 — and now an outpost of a Frisco concept, Prost Fine Beer and Sausages, is slated to start serving beer and sausages this month…

Before he became the chef at Jax Glendale, which Gretchen Kurtz reviews this week, Duane Walker was the chef at Lola, another Big Red F restaurant that likes to keep things in the family. After Walker moved over to Glendale, Drew Hardin became the top toque at Lola – but…

Cinco de Mayo brought the crowds to Civic Center Park this past weekend, where they listened to music, looked at lowriders, and ate such American inventions as the Pueblo slopper — an open-faced hamburger smothered in green chile. Authentic Mexican food? No — but then, Cinco de Mayo is not…

You could hear Jason Sheehan crying back in Philadelphia: The last outpost of Big Papa’s BBQ, the place that inspired his “I Believe” essay on barbecue that became a segment on NPR’s “This I Believe” series, has closed on East Evans Avenue. Back in 2005, in his review of that…

And then there were none. Ten years ago, Big Papa’s BBQ — a homegrown chain — was smoking, with several metro locations in south Denver and the nearby suburbs. But over the years, they closed up…and now the final Big Papa’s, at 6265 East Evans Avenue, is gone, too. But…

The weather will be great today, making this an ideal day to enjoy a burger on an outdoor patio — maybe a green chile cheeseburger, in honor of Cinco de Mayo. But don’t head to theFive Star Burgers at Sixth and Broadway. That link in a small, New-Mexico based chain…

Last summer Kitchen Nightmares came to metro Denver, and chef/host Gordon Ramsay gave makeovers to three long-time Colorado restaurants: The Old Neighborhood in Arvada, Mangia Mangia in Woodlawn Park and Pantaleone’s New York Pizza. Before she caught last month’s episode featuring Pantaleone’s, Gretchen Kurtz visited the Fafalios family’s almost-thirty-year-old pizzeria…

Denver’s dining scene is exploding, with hot restaurant neighborhoods all over town. But there’s none hotter than the Ballpark neighborhood, which we named Best New Restaurant Neighborhood in the Best of Denver 2014. In addition to many impressive bars and restaurants in the area, Ballpark is also home to our…

Man does not live by bread alone. There’s vegan cheese, for example, and raw crackers, all part of this cheese plate that was far from half-baked. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to a Guess Where post — on the Cafe…

The Thirsty Lion Gastropub & Grill opens today at One Union Station — no, not inside the renovated train station, but in the new building next door, just off the 16th Street Mall. Unlike the locally-owned restaurants going into Union Station, the Thirsty Lion is out of Oregon. The original…

Comrade Brewing Company opened this weekend in southeast Denver, an area thirsty for more beery options. But will the name draw many comrades? “There are lots of double meanings, but it is all in fun,” says owner David Lin. “The only thing we take seriously here is the beer. The…