Ask the bartender: Meet Karen Hoskin of Montanya Distillers

Sean Kenyon knows how to pour out both drinks and advice. A third-generation bar man with almost 25 years behind the bar, he is a student of cocktail history, a United States Bartenders Guild-certified Spirits Professional and a BAR Ready graduate of the prestigious Beverage Alcohol Resource Program. You can…

Ask the bartender: Meet Ted Palmer of Roundhouse Spirits

Sean Kenyon knows how to pour out both drinks and advice. A third-generation bar man with almost 25 years behind the bar, he is a student of cocktail history, a United States Bartenders Guild-certified Spirits Professional and a BAR Ready graduate of the prestigious Beverage Alcohol Resource Program. You can…

Passion fruit mojito at Street Kitchen Asian Bistro

When I was growing up in the suburbs southeast of Denver, my favorite restaurant was Mr. Steak — which sounds less pathetic when you realize that this was the best chain restaurant in the area at the time. Sadly, the southern ‘burbs continue to be an independent restaurant wasteland. If…

Three great reasons to think inside the box (wine, that is)

Let’s face it: Boxed wines are not exactly perceived as the pinnacle of wine-drinking chic. Don’t believe us? Just try showing up with a box of wine — any box — at next week’s graduation/barbecue/baby shower and observe the look of utter disdain creep across your friends’ faces. Yeah, they’ll…

Ask the bartender: Meet Jake Norris of Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey

Sean Kenyon knows how to pour out both drinks and advice. A third-generation bar man with almost 25 years behind the bar, he is a student of cocktail history, a United States Bartenders Guild-certified Spirits Professional and a BAR Ready graduate of the prestigious Beverage Alcohol Resource Program. You can…

Ask the bartender: Meet Todd Leopold of Leopold Bros.

Sean Kenyon knows how to pour out both drinks and advice. A third-generation bar man with almost 25 years behind the bar, he is a student of cocktail history, a United States Bartenders Guild-certified Spirits Professional and a BAR Ready graduate of the prestigious Beverage Alcohol Resource Program. You can…

Ask the bartender: Meet Rory Donovan of Peach Street Distillers

Sean Kenyon knows how to pour out both drinks and advice. A third-generation bar man with almost 25 years behind the bar, he is a student of cocktail history, a United States Bartenders Guild-certified Spirits Professional and a BAR Ready graduate of the prestigious Beverage Alcohol Resource Program. You can…

Ask the bartender: Meet Steve Viezbicke and Rob Masters

Sean Kenyon knows how to pour out both drinks and advice. A third-generation bar man with almost 25 years behind the bar, he is a student of cocktail history, a United States Bartenders Guild-certified Spirits Professional and a BAR Ready graduate of the prestigious Beverage Alcohol Resource Program. You can…

Pies and pints do the trick at Campagna

Happy Place: Campagna Salumi Bar and Pizzeria, 1120 East Sixth Avenue, 720-389-8773. The Hours: Daily from 4 to 6 p.m. The Deals: $3 wines, well drinks, and draft beer; $5 pizzas Were we happy? Flip the page to find out…

Ask the bartender: Meet Quenton Attwool, Colorado Cocktail contestant

Sean Kenyon knows how to pour out both drinks and advice. A third-generation bar man with almost 25 years behind the bar, he is a student of cocktail history, a United States Bartenders Guild-certified Spirits Professional and a BAR Ready graduate of the prestigious Beverage Alcohol Resource Program. You can…

Shangri-La Cafe now pouring Sutcliffe Vineyards wine

For the past year, Shangri-La Cafe, the tiny coffee shop wedged into the space between Lola and Vita in the Lower Highland, has built a steady following, thanks to its Lavazza espresso drinks, coffee and pressed sandwiches — sandwiches so stellar that the shop won our Best Panini award in…

Bacaro unveils a summer drink menu — with housemade cellos

Bacaro Venetian Taverna, the Italian bar and restaurant that boasts a raucous nightlife,just unleashed a summer cocktail menu filled with sangria and other fruity cocktails, perfect for sipping on the rooftop patio on the West End of Boulder’s Pearl Street, as the sun sets over the Flatirons. But while we’ll…

Get it up for Wynkoop Brewing’s Weiner’s Wood Oak-Aged IPA

First we had Odell’s Twitter Brew, a beer recipe that was workshopped and designed on Twitter. Then came Trinity’s Double Rainbow Collaborative Saison, a beer dedicated to a viral YouTube video. Now, there’s a beer named for the newly famous photo of an underpants-clad boner that New York Congressman Anthony…

Win tickets to the Colorado Cocktail Contest!

It started with a simple question: New York has the Manhattan, Kentucky the Mint Julep. But does Colorado have a defining cocktail? (Besides craft beer, that is.) Months later, our mission to determine what this state tastes like is about to culminate in the Colorado Cocktail Project. On June 26,…

Chances puts a beat down for its birthday this weekend

Chances is celebrating its first-year anniversary with a three-day bash that starts tonight and ends on Saturday. The festivities will include fifteen-plus DJs providing bass-thumping tunes well into the night, along with free food and drinks until they run out. “It’s been a great year, and getting better and better,”…