Something old, something new. While the venerable Cherry Cricket, which Gretchen Kurtz reviews this week, continues to be a favorite with readers, our Best Burger award in the Best of Denver 2015 went to a relative newcomer, Jimmy’s Urban Bar & Grill. But it’s getting harder and harder to find…
Chef Kris Padalino of Glaze After Glaze’s Heather Alcott and Sushi Sasa’s Wayne Conwell parted ways and Glaze by Sasa became Glaze again, Alcott hired Kris Padalino, a pastry chef with a reputation for creative desserts and great breads. That made sense, because Glaze had gotten its start as a bakery…
Like the rest of town, Cherry Creek is in the midst of a growth spurt, as steel supports etch the sky, giving structure to the mid-rises that are changing this part of the skyline. After a multi-year lull in which attention turned elsewhere, restaurateurs are once again moving into the…
Earlier this month, Argyll Whisky Beer completed a few seamless upgrades to its dining room and bar, opening up the walls all around the bar to improve flow from the dining room and atrium, adding more bar tables and lowering the pass-through to the kitchen to improve lighting in the…
FIND A QUOTE…
This month marks a first anniversary for WaterCourse Foods, but not it’s not a commemoration of the restaurant’s first year in business — the veteran vegetarian restaurant has been serving its meatless menu for 17 years. This anniversary marks one year as an all-vegan restaurant — a Veganniversary, as it’s…
The more I delve into the Korean restaurant scene in metro Denver (centered primarily in Aurora), the more I realize that Koreans and Americans have a great deal in common when it comes to ideas about food — restaurant food, at least. My first stop was Tofu House, where despite…
Mark and Kristy Dym, the couple behind the Ballpark neighborhood favorite Marco’s Coal-Fired Pizza and its younger sibling in the Vallagio development in Englewood, have plans to double the number of pizzerias in their stable by the end of this year. A new Marco’s Coal Fired Pizza will open in…
Axios Estiatorio, opened back in 2011, has become a Berkeley neighborhood mainstay among newer, trendier bars and restaurants that have folks flocking to the hopping stretch of Tennyson Street between 38th and 44th Avenues. Dinner is already a known and loved quantity — Axios won our Best Greek Restaurant award…
No. 37: Lao Sausage at the Asian Cajun The Vietnamese-by-way-of-New Orleans restaurant phenomena hit Denver a few years ago but never spread much beyond the neighborhoods near the intersection of Federal Boulevard and Alameda Avenue. The Asian Cajun wasn’t the first to serve up the concept here, but it has…
While Gretchen Kurtz took the week off, Juliet Wittman interviewed Bob Stocker, who raises goats on El Regalo Ranch. Stocker sells his meat at both local farmers’ markets and to some area restaurants, which inspired us to serve up a list of four places where you can get your goat…
Restaurant critic Gretchen Kurtz was on vacation this week, so we took the opportunity to explore some Colorado-grown products. Juliet Wittman visited with goat rancher Bob Stocker at the Boulder County Farmers’ Market where he talked about just how smart — and delicious — goats can be. And we followed up…
Earth Day has come and gone, but those looking to extend the celebration of our planet a little longer should head to Boulder, where every day is Earth Day. Especially at Fresh Thymes Eatery, which is throwing an Earth Week bash in honor of honey and the bees that make…
Seeds Library Cafe, the brainchild of Boulder County Farmers’ Market director Brian Coppom and the result of a collaboration between the market and the City of Boulder, held a preliminary celebration this morning before the cafe’s grand opening on Monday. In a beautifully designed, sunlight-filled space on the Boulder Public Library…
Earlier this week, Westword’s Juliet Wittman spoke with goat rancher Bob Stocker of El Regalo Ranch about raising goats and using the meat in recipes. Stocker explains that, depending on the cut, goat should be either cooked long and slow until it’s “falling-apart tender” or cooked quickly on the grill at high…
Just past the first-year mark, Atticus seems to be settling into its space and discovering what the kitchen is best at. In a family neighborhood scattered with college students, you’re not quite sure what to expect upon entering, but the welcoming atmosphere will lure you in regardless. Their menu has…
And the hits just keep coming for Jefferson Park, where many of the new buildings featured in Denver Fugly are located. Now, in the culmination of what may have been another fugly situation, veteran chef Brian Laird — think Barolo Grill, Sketch — is out at Sarto’s. But should the…
California chef, caterer and restaurateur Dory Ford is helping Denver revive a piece of its history by opening Baur’s Restaurant and Listening Lounge tomorrow night. The Baur’s name in downtown Denver goes back nearly as far as the city itself: The O. P. Baur Confectionery Company was established in 1872…
The building at 321 East 45th Avenue in Globeville has been home to many businesses over the years: the Portulaca Cafe, the White Owl, Crash 45. In the 1930s it served as a meeting hall for Slovenian residents of the neighborhood. But tomorrow it begins a new life as Fort Greene,…
New owners are making plenty of improvements to Lamar Station, the new name for the center that Casa Bonita has anchored for over four decades. They’re adding a coffeeshop, two galleries and a brewpub, and looking for someone to run a year-round urban market. They’ve also signed that pink eatertainment…
The modern day Tupperware party? Brunch, booze and bags. At least that’s what industrial chic San Francisco brand Timbuk2 would have you believe. In honor of spring cleaning, a much needed girl’s day out or just a beautiful Saturday in Denver, Timbuk2 is throwing what they call the Bad A$$…
The bagel sensation Rosenberg’s Bagels & Delicatessen is going to have a gluteny friend next door by early next year. A new bakery, The Rolling Pin, is the brainchild of Rosenberg’s current pastry chef, Jay Thomas. If all goes as planned—which doesn’t always happen when opening a new business in…
