Food & Drink

Just got word that the SAME Cafe — the subject of last week’s Westword cover story — is going to be featured on the NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams tonight. Just turn to channel 9 tonight from 5:30 to 6pm. Here’s an article preview. UPDATE: Check out the video…

The Winter Park ski area is actually owned by the city of Denver — and now two familiar Denver eateries have joined the new Village project at the base of the ski hill.Lime finally opened a fourth outpost in Winter Park — and its margaritas seem particularly potent at 9,000…

The sign in the window of the new spot at 22nd and Larimer street says it all: Hi*Rise, which specializes in hand-crafted bread, will open on March 14. “Seriously.”We don’t know much more, other than the space looks very cool — and we seriously doubt there’s any relation between this…

For those of you who love mezcal, the agave-based liquor that isn’t tequila, head straight for Zolo Southwestern Grill on Thursday, March 12. The Big Red F restaurant at 2525 Arapahoe Avenue in Boulder will be doing a five-course dinner based on Del Maguey Mezcal, which is produced small-batch and…

Frosted Flakes Gold Kellogg’s Rating: Two spoons out of four Cereal description: Amber flakes made of corn, rice and wheat and baked to an ultra-hard consistency. You could practically pick a lock with them. But a mystery remains: Where’s the frosting? I mean, they couldn’t call them Frosted Flakes if…

Denver Restaurant Week is over, but there are still plenty of good meals and deals out there. Jason Sheehan offers a rundown on the top seven spots to grab a bite to eat on Broadway in The List. A week after his win on Top Chef, Tyler Nemkov finally caught up…

Troy Guard was cooking again last night, and it felt good. The former Nine75/Zengo chef had joined Jamey Fader as a guest chef for a special dinner at Lola featuring dishes inspired by the flavors of Cabo and the Yucatan. It wasn’t much of a stretch for Guard, who was…

When I last talked to Radek Cerny, he told me that his new place, Full Belly, would open in February. Well, the chef/owner of L’Atelier was off by only about a week, since his Full Belly will open tomorrow, March 7, at 2779 Iris Avenue in Boulder.According to manager Sally…

Sweet Action, the ice cream shop headed by Samantha Kopicko and Chia Basinger that I wrote about last week in Get Some Sweet Action on Broadway, opens this afternoon at 52 Broadway, in the spot formerly occupied by Fahrenheit Books, where it shares space with Twisted Sol tattoos.While many eateries…

On the kind of unseasonably warm days we’ve been enjoying this week, it’s impossible not to start thinking about Denver’s best patios. Some, like the patio at Jax, are just slivers of sidewalk with great people-watching; others are vast expanses of deck that create this city’s best approximation of a…

When Cebiche closed its doors at 2257 West 32nd Avenue right after the first of the year, its voicemail message promised that it would have news of a new location within a week.But two months later, Cebiche is still looking for a new home. And in fact, owner Sergio Iraola…

When the Candy Girls heard there was a new bakery in town crafting only bundt cakes, the first question that came to mind was this: What was its punny name? Because it is impossible to have a niche foodstuffs place and not find an appropriate pun for its name. It’s…

March 7 is National Cereal Day, and in honor of this august holiday, the Red Trolley — already a delicious gelato and coffee shop — is adding a new cereal bar, with six homemade cereals and assorted toppings, all offered in a self-serve, bottomless-bowl fashion for $5. Carpenters, plumbers and electricians…

Chef Jessica Berry and her boyfriend, Zach Jones, marked the new year by opening a new restaurant, 9th Avenue Grill, in the space formerly occupied by Carmine’s Cucina.Jones grew up working at his dad’s restaurant, the Spitfire Grill; he met Berry while the two were both working for Lola. Together…

First there was Denver Restaurant Week–a brilliant idea that boosted both the profile and the bank balances of many fine Denver restaurants.  Restaurant Week was such a good idea, in fact, that this year, when everyone is broke and every day is starting to look worse than the day before,…

Being a vegetarian sometimes means feeling like you’re always a bridesmaid and never the bride. Sure, that gnocchi entree is delicious, but meat eaters who go to to Italian restaurants get to order both primi pasta dishes and secondi meat dishes for a full three- or four-course meal. I’ve always…

The Denver Tech Center is full of movers and shakers who could probably use some sustenance to support them while they watch the market fall. Now they can find it, fast, at the Bombay Bowl. The fast-casual spot at 12023 East Arapahoe Road in Centennial opened on February 20. It’s…

For decades, Vella’s Italian Restaurant served up decent, family-style fare at 3000 South Federal Boulevard, in the heart of a somewhat restaurant-starved neighborhood.But Vella’s recently closed up shop, and a sign on the building indicates the space is available…