Angry Chicken’s soft opening on December 6, 2017, was hugely anticipated by the neighborhood — so much so that the restaurant ran out of chicken after just five hours. “We didn’t expect the first day to be so busy,” says John Kim, owner of the first Korean-based Angry Chicken franchise…
After nearly a decade at 950 Broadway, Tony’s Market is pulling out of downtown for a new home in south Denver. The company, headed by CEO/president Daniel Rosacci (son of founder Tony Rosacci), will close up shop on December 31 and open in the spring of 2018 in a new…
Some readers support Birdcall, but others agree with Gretchen Kurtz’s assessment that its chicken sandwiches won’t fly.
Here’s our complete list of bar and restaurant openings and closing for the week of December 11-17, 2017.
Have you seen that luminous new skyscraper poking up from the cityscape at 15th and Lawrence streets downtown? The one that looks just a little bit like a giant glass toaster on top? The building is called 1144 Fifteenth and it’s still vacant until construction is completed, but one of…
When the Panzano executive-chef position opened up, Nic Lebas leaped at the opportunity to move to Denver and to draw from his French roots to refine the Italian menu of the Hotel Monaco restaurant.
Those who have followed good cooking in Denver over the past decade will recognize the name Samir Mohammad, a chef who quietly wowed diners on Old South Pearl at The Village Cork and later at Black Pearl (well before it closed). Mohammad took off for a stint in Indonesia before returning…
Sometimes a new food and beverage “concept” is more difficult to describe than it is to experience. Such is the case with Beckon|Call, a new dual-identity cafe and restaurant at 2845 Larimer Street. After poking your head inside Call, the white cottage on the right half of the property (Beckon…
The Reuben sandwich is said to have been invented just over a hundred years ago, in either Omaha, Nebraska, or New York City (depending on whose story you believe). The hot sandwich is an imposing stack of corned beef (or, less frequently, pastrami), sauerkraut, Russian dressing, melted Swiss cheese and…
Birdcall is fast. It’s affordable. And it’s where the future is headed, given the pinch of high labor costs. But is it good food?
The fire has gone out at Brik on York, a wood-fired pizza kitchen and wine bar at 2223 East Colfax Avenue. The restaurant closed over the weekend, leaving this message on its Facebook page: Brik is officially closed for business my friends. It was a short and beautiful dream, but…
Thanks to Comal Heritage Food Incubator, we now have one more culinary word in our lexicon. The lunchtime restaurant at 3455 Ringsby Court in the Taxi development is named for the large, flat cooking surface used to cook tortillas and other Mexican fare. But starting this Thursday, December 14, we…
Fort Collins is long on community gathering spots; breweries fill with neighbors on nights and weekends and locals turn out in force to support a vibrant live music scene. But until this week, it was lacking an upscale hub for business meetings and lingering lunches. Enter the Emporium Kitchen and…
Denver is losing many of its iconic restaurants, including the Wazee Lounge and Supper Club.
Our metabolisms are slowing down, but our appetites aren’t. Thank god more restaurants keep cropping up to keep us fed and watered. Topping the list this week is Ultreia, the sumptuous new Iberian eatery in Union Station from the owners of Rioja and nearby Stoic & Genuine. On the casual…
Westword’s most-read food stories of 2017.
Chef Lon Symensma’s energy level clocks in somewhere between a welterweight boxer and a toddler on a sugar rush; he’s always moving, always looking at things from several angles at once. After launching two restaurants this year, Concourse Restaurant Moderne (which made our list of the best new restaurants this…
One of the premier offerings on the opening menu at Ultrieia is Cinco Jotas Jamón Ibérico de Bellota, a cured Spanish ham aged for four years before being sold. With as many delays as owners Jennifer Jasinski and Beth Gruitch have experienced since announcing their plan to open a Spanish/Portuguese “gastroteka”…
Yellowbelly Chicken is out to conquer the suburbs, one fast-casual chicken joint at a time. But this month the company is doing a two-fer by unveiling locations in Arvada and Lakewood within a week of each other. Yellowbelly was founded in Vail in 2012 by Michael Friedberg, Eric Wupperman and…
Sweet, fatty, salty, smoky, spicy: It’s not a new Chili Peppers album, it’s a bite of the huarache at Las Fajitas at 2680 South Havana Street in Aurora. A huarache ($10.50) is similar to a tostada, only the masa for a huarache is thick and lightly fried, resulting in a…
On Thursday, December 7, the next season of Top Chef will debut on Bravo, featuring a pair of Colorado-based chefs: Brother Luck and Carrie Baird, who took the reins at Bar Dough in July. Read our interview with Baird here.
As if the avalanche of new eateries that have opened over the past eleven months hasn’t been enough for 2017, there are a few restaurants and bars that could squeeze in under the deadline. Look for these seven places to debut before the end of December — although some are…
