Two words for you, as you contemplate what to order at Señor Bear’s hora loca, or happy hour: Gordo Crunch. The Gordo is a flour-tortilla-swaddled crispy taco shell filled with juice-oozing chorizo and topped with shredded iceberg lettuce, jack cheese and a couple of racy chilies. It’s served embedded in…
So complete was the transformation of Union Station that it’s hard to remember a time when it was once not much more than a forlorn depot for AmTrak and the Winter Park ski train. Today, thanks to a soup-to-nuts restoration of the building’s former glory — and a development plan…
If you’re a recent transplant, you’re probably tired of longer-time Denver denizens remarking with wide-eyed wonder at the changes this city has undergone in the last decade. But forgive us the earnest indulgence, because whether we were born and raised here or just moved 10 years ago, we still can’t…
Let’s all acknowledge that the only drawback to happy hour is its timing: sure, you can score rounds of food and drinks for cheap for a couple of hours a day, but that’s assuming you can cut out of work during what’s really still the afternoon. Moreover, if happy hour…
At some point in working-life trajectory, happy-hour transitions from being mostly an excuse to get sloshed and fed on the cheap to being mostly an excuse to take the last meeting of the day over a couple of drinks (or skip out on the last meeting entirely, especially on a…
Ask Denver chefs about challenges in this city’s burgeoning restaurant industry, and one theme will come up over and over: We have a major talent crunch in the kitchen.
Whew, Denver — another year, another marathon of eating. The Mile High continues to edge its way up in national prominence, riding a tide of novel ideas, high-stakes restaurants and home-grown and imported talent. The scene continues to diversify, a positive for gastronauts who like to explore. Still, some dishes,…
Three years have elapsed since Williams & Graham and Occidental owner Sean Kenyon and Matchbox proprietors Justin Anthony and Lisa Vedovelli first announced they were working together on a RiNo bar called American Bonded, but last month, the group revealed that they’re in the final phase of construction and are expecting…
Denver’s professional booze purveyors share tips on how to make the most of your New Year’s Eve.
Chef Michael Wright of Fire at the Art hotel talks about the evolution of hotel restaurants, how to get picky kids to be more adventurous, and the secret to making good chili.
Isabel Ranney, who took over the burners at Bremen’s in August, talks about her drive to consider the planet in her cooking, working at a woman-owned, women-run restaurant, and the herbs you should be eating now.
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.
Gird your loins and steel your livers; the most wonderful time of the year is upon us, bringing with it the attendant consumerism, family drama and, of course, drinking. No doubt you’ll be making a few runs to your local liquor store for supplies, but this festive season is also…
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…
Did you hear? In-N-Out Burger is planning its first Colorado location, which means you’ll soon have access to all the double-double burgers, hand-cut french fries, and secret menu items you can stomach — no flight to the West Coast required, or even a one-hour drive to Colorado Springs, since the…
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.
News came down last week that Steve Ells is resigning from the CEO position at Chipotle, closing the door on a nearly 25-year chapter during which he grew the burrito company from a tiny shop on Evans Avenue — originally intended to be a cash cow for the fine dining…
The Wazee Lounge & Supper Club moved into an old plumbing shop at the corner of Wazee and 15th streets almost fifty years ago and has held court there ever since, standing as a reminder of a bygone era as lower downtown became LoDo and Denver’s urban core gentrified around it…
When Steve Ells launched the first Chipotle in a former Dolly Madison ice cream parlor on East Evans Avenue nearly 25 years ago, it was the start of a revolution that would dramatically reshape the restaurant industry, making Denver the fast-casual capital of the country in the process. Today, the company announced that Ells’s time in the CEO role is coming to a close: Chipotle’s founder and leader is stepping down.
Bo Porytko and Dan Lasiy planted Rebel in an old dive bar at the edge of RiNo two and a half years ago, and they’ve been trying to persuade Denver to eat more adventurously ever since. Self-described opposites in their kitchen-management style, the lifelong friends nevertheless share creative control, fueled…
The Family Jones serves up a high-end bar program with spirits made in-house. Rob Masters is the distillery; Nick Touch oversees the bar. Here they pour out their story.
Just over a month ago, Sloan’s Lake Tap & Burger hosted a fundraiser to benefit the Puerto Rican victims of Hurricane Maria. Owner Juan Padró, who is Puerto Rican, used the proceeds — more than $100,000 — to distribute aid on the island with the help of Dr. Alison Thompson,…
