This may have been the slowest week for restaurant activity in the past two years, since before Union Station had its grand opening ceremony on July 26, 2014, ushering in a frenzied 24 months that has seen an average of more than twenty openings a month. Only one new place…
Unlike certain high-profile bakers in Colorado and Oregon, Sam Slade, owner of the recently opened Valhalla Cakes, is clear about one thing: She wouldn’t shy away from making a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. In fact, she doesn’t shy away from much: A veteran of Le Bakery Sensual, Slade…
Back when John Hickenlooper and his partners founded the Wynkoop Brewing Company, Hickenlooper was insistent that Colorado’s first brewpub pronounced its name “WINkoop.” As he would tell anyone who would listen, “After all, we don’t produce WINE.” But Colorado definitely does, and its current governor – one John Hickenlooper –…
On Monday, the Crafted Concepts restaurant team announced it would be opening a new eatery called Ultreia inside Union Station. While Crafted Concepts isn’t exactly a household name, the group’s principals are well known in Denver. Chef Jennifer Jasinski won a James Beard Award for Best Chef — Southwest in…
On Sunday, August 14, Westword will host Tacolandia, a celebration of the city’s street tacos in all their tortilla-wrapped glory. Join us at Sports Authority Field to enjoy unlimited samples from many of Denver’s top taquerias, cantinas, Mexican restaurants and food trucks, including Boulder’s Centro Mexican Kitchen. While you’re at…
On Sunday, August 14, Westword will host Tacolandia, a celebration of the city’s street tacos in all their tortilla-wrapped glory. Join us at Sports Authority Field to enjoy unlimited samples from many of Denver’s top taquerias, cantinas, Mexican restaurants and food trucks, including Roxie’s Tacos. This newcomer will be dishing up…
If you were bummed when Chicago health-food fast casual eatery, Protein Bar, shuttered several locations around town earlier this year, fear not; the company was only making way for its newest project, Thrive 360 Eatery. The new Denver location at 1001 17th Street downtown, serving healthy, chef-driven food on the…
Cherry Creek North has been a cloud of construction dust for the past year or two, with new hotels, condos, apartments and office buildings popping up where quaint boutique stores, cafes and beauty salons once occupied aging buildings. The real estate boom has pushed rent prices up, and new restaurant…
On Sunday, August 14, Westword will host Tacolandia, a celebration of the city’s street tacos in all their tortilla-wrapped glory. Join us from 4 to 7 p.m. at Sports Authority Field to enjoy unlimited samples from more than forty of Denver’s top taquerias, cantinas, Mexican restaurants and food trucks, presented…
Good help is hard to find, and that’s especially true in a booming restaurant scene like Denver’s. But the partners at There, which expanded from Telluride to Denver this spring, are up for the challenge. As head chef Ben Knaus explains, their plan involves “incentivizing seasons of good, steady work…
Watercourse Bakery has been turning out vegan confections since 2004, first for Watercourse Foods when that eatery was located at 206 East 13th Avenue as well as when it moved to 837 East 17th Avenue, and then also for City, O’ City when it opened in the original Watercourse spot…
If there’s an Indian restaurant that doesn’t peddle samosas, I don’t want to know about it. And if samosas aren’t part of your regular order at your favorite Indian eatery, it’s time to get with the program — a program that dates back hundreds of years and spans thousands of…
On Sunday, August 14, Westword will host Tacolandia, a celebration of the city’s street tacos in all their tortilla-wrapped glory. Join us from 4 to 7 p.m. at Sports Authority Field to enjoy unlimited samples from more than forty of Denver’s top taquerias, cantinas, Mexican restaurants and food trucks, presented…
Stoic & Genuine, the seafood restaurant and raw bar from chef Jennifer Jasinski and Beth Gruitch, was the first restaurant to open in the renovated Union Station when the downtown landmark relaunched in 2014. And now, two years later, Jasinski and Gruitch’s restaurant group, Crafted Concepts, along with S &…
Variety was the theme for July’s restaurant and bar openings, with big-name, local restaurateurs adding to their collections, out-of-town chains moving in and intriguing new international eateries popping up. Chefs Paul Reilly and Troy Guard unveiled the Italian-themed Coperta in Uptown and the rotisserie/raw bar/seafood specialist Mister Tuna in RiNo,…
No. 75: Croque Monsieur at Fire While one may be swayed to dally over the sculptures and paintings adorning the lobby of the Art Hotel on Broadway, sandwiches trump art, so head straight for the fourth floor instead, where Fire, the hotel’s restaurant, resides. Once there, take a seat at one…
The Bronze Empire took its time opening since first hanging a sign last year at 1591 South Colorado Boulevard, but the results are worth the wait. The Chinese restaurant opened in July in the space that had been home to Red Coral for more than 25 years. The new restaurant…
Last week Mark Antonation served up five restaurant trends he’d like to see die — including spiced rims on cocktails, and Brussels sprouts on just about every menu in Denver. Our readers have a few more pet peeves. Says David: Mark certainly nailed it for me. My other issue is the trend…
Our Tacolandia celebration of street tacos was so successful at DISH last September that we’re spinning off the concept for a new event that will be the taco the town! Join us from 4 to 7 p.m. on Sunday, August 14, for the new, improved Tacolandia, presented by Estrella Jalisco, at…
Have you eaten your wings yet today? After all, it’s National Chicken Wing Day — first recognized by Buffalo, New York Mayor Stan Makowski in 1977. Whether you like your flappers done up Buffalo style or in something a little more racy, we’ve got options for you on our list…
Prodigy Coffee opens this weekend at 3801 East 40th Avenue with a staff like no other coffee shop in Denver. The nonprofit coffeehouse has taken a group of at-risk youth through a barista training course and hired them on as employees. That’s just the beginning of what Prodigy, run by…
No. 76: Duck Confit at Table 6 Duck confit — duck that’s been cured with salt and spices and slow-cooked in its own fat — pops up on menus all over town. You’ll see duck-confit tacos; shreds of the tender duck perched atop grits; duck confit eggs Benedict; and all…
