In the three years since Jesse Morreale bought the old First Avenue Hotel on Broadway, the two restaurants he’s opened on the bottom floor of the property — Sketch and El Diablo — with chef and partner Sean Yontz have completely transformed the corner…
We’ll pretty much grab onto any excuse that allows us to drink more wine, and while we’ve been touting its positive effects on heart health and longevity for years, now we have a new line to use as we uncork another bottle: Wine prevents sunburn…
“Gardening is very important to me and my family,” explains Rob Masters, the creator of Rob’s Mtn Gin. “I found out about Growing Gardens, which teaches teenagers about the benefits of growing produce and eating green. It sells produce at local farmers’ markets to fund the garden, and gives what…
Unlike many of my female beer-drinking cohorts, I don’t get my lacy lingerie in a bunch (mainly because I totally don’t own lacy lingerie) over the fact that Molson Coors is about to release Animée, a beer made for women. Marketing: I can dig it. But still, it’s a little…
At lunchtime on Saturday, I dragged a couple of friends east on Colfax, eager to sate my curiosity about Bourbon Grill, the walk-up window under a red awning that seems to always have an eclectic line of people waiting for an order…
Many of Stella Cordova’s dozens of grandchildren have attempted to capitalize on the matriarch’s iconic recipes introduced at the original Chubby’s on West 38th Avenue, creating spin-offs all over the city. And while none of them can use the Chubby’s name — one of the grandkids landed a federal trademark…
It’s that time of year again. Wine Spectator has just unveiled its annual list of restaurants with admirable cellars, bestowing the eateries with tiered awards of excellence — and giving anyone who chooses a restaurant for its wine list a handy place to start. Of the 3,700 places worldwide that…
In the Best of Denver 2011, we named Common Grounds the Best Coffeehouse for Finding a Date, thanks to the constant crowd of young professionals who mingle there over cappuccinos. And because we’re big proponents of ditching online dating and blind set-ups every now and then in favor of meeting…
It’s frighteningly easy to go very, very wrong with Chinese food in this city: for every Szechuan, Taiwanese or dim sum gem, there are at least two dollar-a-scoop joints, fast food outposts and restaurants that proffer nothing more than bastardized, Americanized versions of orange-flavored chicken and beef with broccoli. Still,…
Wazee Supper Club opened its doors back in 1974 under Angelo and Jim Karagas, five years after the same duo erected My Brother’s Bar just nine blocks away. Since then, the bar and restaurant, which has since been passed from the hands of the Karagas brothers to the Wynkoop Holdings…
When former TAG team (and married couple) Troy Guard and Leigh Sullivan added Madison Street to their restaurant empire, they tapped a member of the TAG kitchen, Rob Michels, to serve as executive chef, where he worked alongside Troy to revamp the menu. Three months later, after the Guard and…
For this week’s review, I headed out to Tao Tao Noodle Bar in Aurora, where David Lee and May Sung have resurrected many of the dishes they had on the menu at the original Chopsticks China Bistro on Federal and Mississippi. Not only did I like everything I ordered, I…
Lance Barto started behind the burners at Strings three years ago, working his way up to the executive chef role in 2009 after then-lead chef Aaron Whitcomb left for YiaYia’s Euro Bistro in Greenwood Village. Now, Barto’s heading over to the line at Wild Catch — the seafood restaurant that…
Chopsticks China Bistro held down the corner of Federal and Mississippi for four years, turning out stellar Chinese cuisine that spanned Szechuan specialties, Taiwanese soup dumplings and sandwiches. We loved the place, and we were sad to see it go when it ditched its digs on Federal to move to…
After experimenting with unique ice cream concoctions in a three-quart mixer in the kitchen of Crook’s Palace in Black Hawk, Matt and Mike Casarez set out to break the Guinness World Record for the highest number of ice cream flavors on display at one time. And they just got it:…
What could you buy with $117,000? A really nice luxury vehicle. Some sort of tricked-out boat. A home away from home. Or one bottle of wine…
I usually go to Star Kitchen for dim sum. And I’m not the only one. At lunch time — especially lunch time on the weekends — the restaurant is a chaotic sea of people, with families huddled around tables, the adults passing dishes back and forth on a lazy Susan…
I have never suffered food envy as intense as the first time I ate at Tao Tao Noodle Bar. I should have been satisfied. Begging for mercy, even, since I’d already polished off a steamer of eight juicy pork dumplings, then barely taken a breath before diving into a platter…
Patsy’s has been serving up red-sauce Italian fare in northwest Denver since 1921, and the bar and dining room — along with the menu itself — is a window into the neighborhood’s past. The restaurant keeps pulling in legions of diners, and now it’s added a new incentive to stop…
It’s hot outside — so hot, in fact, that two restaurants in the Kevin Taylor Group, Prima Ristorante and Palettes, are adding summer happy hours. Prima Ristorante is featuring half-price appetizers, cocktails, beers and wines by the glass daily from 4 until 6 p.m. Palettes is offering half off cocktails,…
After I ate at Bittersweet for this week’s review, I stopped by chef-owner Olav Peterson’s old stomping grounds, Bistro One, where owner Alex Waters has turned his three-year-old restaurant into a solid neighborhood joint with a menu full of Southern comfort food. And Bistro One is about to add another…
We’re approaching the heart of growing season in Colorado, and chefs at restaurants all over the city have been incorporating the very best of what’s available into their lists of dishes. Abundance means that menus are changing frequently, too, and daily specials are often brilliant showcases of produce at its…
