At the start of November 2017, Dave Query’s Big Red F group rolled out its fourth location of the Post Brewing Co., bestowing on downtown Boulder a fried-chicken joint that also brews its own beer. And it’s not likely to be the last outpost, says chef and partner Brett “Smitty” Smith.
Taos-native Hosea Rosenberg always wanted to do a New Mexican restaurant, his wife, Lauren Feder says, but until the historic space nestled next to Boulder’s Ideal Market fell into his lap, he had no plans to move forward on that desire. In fact, he was plotting an expansion of Blackbelly Market,…
It’s been nearly a year since Helliemae’s Caramel maven Ellen Daehnick first rolled out Post Oak Hall in the Wheat Ridge building at 6195 West 44th Avenue where she makes candy. There, she sells her caramels — mainstays like sea salt and the Whiskey Love Bomb, in addition to seasonal…
Nearly three years have passed since word first came down that Williams & Graham and Occidental owner Sean Kenyon was teaming up with Matchbox proprietors Justin Anthony and Lisa Vedovelli to open American Bonded in a defunct catering space at 2706 Larimer Street in RiNo. “It’s been a long difficult construction…
Tavernetta — the much-anticipated Denver debut from Frasca Food & Wine’s Bobby Stuckey, Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson, Peter Hoglund and partner Mark Falcone — was barely a week into service when tragedy struck: a fire broke out during dinner service on September 21, eventually requiring an evacuation — and forcing the restaurant to shutter. A…
Gaetano’s has an offer you can’t refuse: Seventy years of tasty history. Chef Kevin Savoy talks about how the Denver restaurant will celebrate the anniversary in November 2017.
When George Gastis sold his tech and marketing business, capping off a long career in that industry, he began casting around for a way to upend his desk-bound lifestyle and pursue his passion. “I have European roots, and food was a big part of family and celebration,” he explains. “So…
Kendra Anderson, aka Swirl Girl Denver, has been educating the Mile High on the magic of food-and-wine pairings — and unsung wine varietals — on social media for years, via hashtags (#justdrinkpink) and a regular column at westword.com, and through events she’s organized. Now she’s opened Bar Helix in RiNo,…
Over the weekend, employees of the Secret Sauce restaurant group — which includes Vesta, both Steuben’s locations and Ace Eat Serve — descended on the Union Square Farmers’ Market with company-provided gift cards to stock up on fruits and vegetables. Last week, many of those same employees came together for a…
Given their brisk expansion and unstoppable rise, it’s no surprise that the team behind Bar Dough, Highland and Sloan’s Lake Tap and Burger and Señor Bear have been contemplating a fast casual spin-off of some sort for some time. “Juan [Padro] is always pushing us in a 100 different directions,”…
When Sheila Lucero started working at the Jax in LoDo two decades ago, it was one of the few fish houses in town. Now there’s a whole school of seafood restaurants, but all five Jax locations are leaders in sustainable seafood.
When Mike Fogarty first conceptualized Choice Market a few years back, he dreamed of upending the convenience-store industry by scuttling the ubiquitous subpar foods and brands and replacing them with locally sourced grab-and-go options, premium ingredients and nicer products. Today his vision comes to life: Choice Market opened at 5…
Jamie Shotton grew up in the western suburbs of Denver. Now he’s opening restaurants in that area, to serve communities hungry for other eating options.
Rayme Rossello has steadily grown the Comida empire since launching the big pink food truck in Boulder County in spring of 2010: after opening a brick-and-mortar cantina in Longmont in 2012, she went on to build Denver and Aurora locations at The Source and Stanley Marketplace. But change is coming: Rossello is…
With rising real estate prices, a labor shortage and plenty of competition for diners, new restaurants face tough challenges in Denver. And those challenges become even tougher for optimistic entrepreneurs who’ve never owned a restaurant. Still, this city’s restaurant scene continues to explode, with no end in sight. We caught…
Development group McWhinney set out to make the Dairy Block a beacon of dining, drinking and shopping in downtown Denver, and every new tenant revelation raises the bar on that promise. On the heels of the announcement that Frank and Jacqueline Bonanno are building massive market hall Milk Market there comes…
We know, we know. Your GABF dance card is already full of events, and by Saturday night, you’re more likely to be nursing your injured liver than seeking out another party. But for those of you who can make the room — or for those of you who are avoiding…
Details about restaurants and retail in the Dairy Block development downtown keep rolling out, but a Denver restaurant family is ready to introduce something on a grand scale that will change the cityscape in a big way. Restaurateurs Frank and Jacqueline Bonanno have confirmed that they’ll join the party with…
Before moving to Boulder to open Emmerson, Michael Gibney and Jeb Breakell amassed star-studded New York résumés. Here they discuss their goals for the restaurant, what’s challenged them in their relocation to Boulder, and why you should always order dessert when you’re dining at Emmerson.
One of the biggest perks of living in the Mile High City is the easy access it affords to the Rocky Mountains; just jump in your car and you can be in the foothills in 15 minutes, and in true mountain towns not much more than 15 minutes after that…
Denver’s dining scene is not only growing, it’s diversifying. Building on 2016 trends, market halls remain popular, veggie-forward menus still reign, and New American cooking is a prime genre (though maybe that’s not so much a trend as a catch-all for the personal cooking that defines America’s restaurants at large)…
When Christian Graves and his wife decided it was time to leave San Diego, they each made a list of five places where they’d like to live. They landed in Colorado, where Graves is now heading the kitchen at Citizen Rail in the new Kimpton Hotel Born.
