On Wednesday we made our annual pilgrimage to the National Western Stock Show, which always includes a visit to the Cowboy Bar, the temporary watering hole that sets up in the basement of the Hall of Education, right by the stalls where the steers are getting all spiffed up for…
Last week Gretchen Kurtz reviewed Amass, the bistro that took over the Corner House space in Jefferson Park. For this week’s review, she went across town to northeast Denver, home of The Bistro at Stapleton. The two neighborhoods are very different, but the two restaurants have one thing in common:…
“The dog park has always been my favorite place to hang,” says Christine Peters. “It’s that zen feeling, all your problems go away and you’re just hanging out watching dogs play. They have no ego, no issues, no agendas.” Unlike people. Since Peters opened the Bark Bar in West Highland,…
Dear Mexican: I live in Tucson and go to Mexico frequently. I kinda like Mexicans. Many Mexicans die in the Sonoran Desert in the Tucson border sector, trying to get to el otro lado. This is because your buddies at la migra in the L.A. sector have pushed them over…
What kind of pizza is your favorite? New York-style? Chicago-style? New Haven-style? Denver has them all, along with many commendable versions of the traditional Neapolitan. Yesterday Mark Antonation ticked off ten different kinds of pizza you can find in metro Denver, including those that defy categorization, like the pies at…
Mark Antonation recently took an unplanned tour of LoHi, on a search for fois gras. He found it at Old Major, Z Cuisine and Williams & Graham — but some readers don’t think it has a place on any menu. See also: A Walking Tour of Three LoHi Eateries Serving…
After forty years, Burger King has resurrected the Yumbo — just one of the fast-food items that Jenn Wohletz had hoped would come back. The chain’s announcement that it was bringing back the breakfast sandwich drew both praise and complaints. But one reader thinks the fast-food bashers are too quick…
At the end of 2014, Jenn Wohletz served up five food trends that need to die in 2014 — including snoozy mac-and-cheese rehashes. Mac fans were quick to respond to that suggestion, while other readers trashed more trends. See also: Snoozy Mac-and-Cheese Rehashes and Other Food Trends That Need to…
Jefferson Park is an up-and-coming part of Denver — but has it arrived as a dining destination? Gretchen Kurtz just reviewed Amass, a new French bistro that moved into the spot Corner House vacated after eighteen months. And right now, she says, the kitchen lacks the critical mass needed to…
Dear Mexican: I’m in college, and I’m taking a class called Latina Pop Culture. I thought it would be educational and informative about the rich Latino/a culture, and I was eager to learn. But the moment I entered the class, it was evident that I, as a white girl, would…
What will be the big food trends in Denver in 2015? Paleo and pickling are both going strong, and hemp seeds are popping up on menus across town. And then there’s moringa, an import from Africa that’s been compared to spirulina and wheat grass. Yum! See also: Five Five Trends…
Back in the early ’80s, before the bust, the crane was considered Denver’s official bird. And now the cranes are back — in a big way. From my LoHi kitchen window overlooking downtown (and yes, I-25), the sunrise glints off the windows of all the new buildings that have been…
A flood of craft-beer businesses came into Colorado last year, and they’ll keep coming in 2015. At least ten new breweries plan to open within Denver city limits this year alone, as Jonathan Shikes reported on Friday. But is that too much of a good thing? See also: Ten Breweries…
For years, nosy neighborhood groups, restaurant-industry insiders and food-and-beverage reporters have relied on the Denver Department of Excise & Licenses website, which features a page devoted to Liquor License Public Hearings. But for most of December, that page was blank. We contacted Stacie Loucks, head of the Excise and Licenses…
Colorado’s minimum wage went up 23 cents on January 1, to $8.23. Twenty-three pennies for your thoughts? While some activists are pushing for $15 — or $10 at the bare minimum — others say minimum wage has gone high enough. The reader who says that Westword is “part of the…
Close to 300 restaurants opened in metro Denver in 2014, and while some of them introduced new concepts to the areas, many relied on new versions of tried-and-true favorites: Chicken and waffles. Burgers. Mac and cheese. See also: Restaurant Roll Call for 2014 — Nearly 300 Restaurant Openings…
Dear Mexican: How did the patron saint of Mexico get a name derived from Arabic?El Moro Judio Dear Jewish Moor: You’re referring to the Virgin of Guadalupe, the brown-skinned apparition of the Virgin Mary who tradition says appeared before the Aztec peasant Juan Diego in December 1531 just outside modern-day…
What food trends will you be happy to kiss goodbye in 2015? Jenn Wohletz offered her list of the top five fads that should die in 2015, including pretzel buns and fancy mac and cheese. Not surprisingly, some readers took issues with her hit list — while others offered their…
At this time of year, everyone gets in the prediction game — but it can be a risky business. New plans for the VC Hotel reminded us of an infamous chapter in the history of the building that started out as a Holiday Inn: It was once the hangout of…
UPDATE: After spending most of December 2014 down while the city completed an update to it, Denver’s liquor license public hearings page is up and running again. For years, nosy neighborhood groups, restaurant-industry insiders and food-and-beverage reporters have relied on the Denver Department of Excise & Licenses website, which features…
While the Nichols Partnership is looking to the future, turning the former Hotel VQ, right next to Sports Authority Field at Mile High, into 179 micro-apartments, we’ve been looking to the past of that building, whose circular design was once considered so cutting-edge. Out-of- this world, in fact, particularly when…
Baby, it’s cold outside — but a good plate of green chile could warm you up fast. Mark Antonation has been spooning up green chile all over town in this month’s Ethniche series, which most recently saw him at La Fuente, which makes a good green. By Colorado standards, at…
