Sometimes you find the best examples of a certain dish at a restaurant that you’d never expect would serve that dish, much less do it better than just about anyone else. But that’s exactly what happened with the chilaquiles in the above snap. Not only was it an unexpected surprise…
Aniedra Nichols Elway’s Cherry Creek 2500 East First Avenue 303-399-5353 elways.com This is part two of my interview with Aniedra Nichols, exec chef of Elway’s Cherry Creek; part one of our conversation ran yesterday. What’s the best food- or kitchen-related gift you’ve been given? I’ve had quite a few, but…
Smiling Moose Deli, which got its start in the Vail Valley in 2003, recently opened four new locations in Ohio, South Dakota, Montana and North Dakota. But this casual deli chain has not only expanded its geographic range: it’s also expanded its menu with a brand-new dish, the Mo!Mac, a…
Denver was home to the first Hooters west of the Mississippi. Although that pioneering breastaurant on South Colorado Boulevard is now gone, more curvaceous concepts have come to take its place — including Twin Peaks, which now has three locations in the metro area and its own Twin Peaks Mountain…
There’s a certain kind of restaurant that could be picked up, Wizard of Oz style, and set back down in a spot far from home without skipping a beat. Life would go on as before — chefs would cook, bartenders would pour, customers would pile in — only in a…
CitySet, the impressive restaurant project in Glendale at the intersection of Colorado Boulevard and Cherry Creek Drive, just got another big culinary boost thanks to Hugo Matheson and Kimbal Musk. Today they opened The Kitchen Next Door Glendale, the second outpost of the original spot in Boulder that resides adjacent…
Aniedra Nichols Elway’s Cherry Creek 2500 East First Avenue 303-399-5353 elways.com This is part one of my interview with Aniedra Nichols, exec chef of Elway’s Cherry Creek; part one of our conversation will run tomorrow. “Instead of watching cartoons, I was either glued to all of the old cooking shows,…
In A Federal Case, I’ll be eating my way up Federal Boulevard — south to north — within Denver city limits. I’ll be skipping the national chains and per-scoop Chinese joints, but otherwise I’ll report from every vinyl booth, walk-up window and bar stool where food is served. Here’s the…
Trader Joe’s opened in Colorado — with three locations — a dozen days ago, and our scouts report short (if any) lines down south, medium lines in Boulder, and a traffic snarl at the Eighth and Colorado store. But while the lots might be full, the shelves were laid bare…
Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar is definitely in the swim when it comes to sustainability. The restaurant recently announced its partnership with Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch, a program that encourages consumers, restaurants and distributors to make friendly choices for healthy oceans. See also: Jax Fish House named one…
For the past several months, there’s been a flurry of activity on the southwest corner of Holly and Cedar, an intersection that sits on the cusp of Crestmoor and Hilltop on a plot that was once an old gas station, now long gone. But Rob Naiman, who grew up in…
Doug Mace has gotten out of the kitchen at CY Steak, the steakhouse next to the Diamond Cabaret that Cliff Young opened five years ago. CY shares a kitchen with baRed, the bar/lounge/restaurant around the corner at 437 West Colfax that Young and his son, Zach, opened in December, and…
Ooh la la!La Cour, a French bistro with an artistic accent, is now open at 1643 South Broadway, the former home of Tavern 13 and a Heidi’s Brooklyn Deli before that. Photographer Danielle Lirette stopped by to check out the lovely decor and the equally good-looking food. Keep reading for…
As we reported a few weeks ago, Cochon555, the nationwide swine tour and chef battle that trots from city to city in an effort to ballyhoo the benefits of heritage-breed pigs, is stopping in Denver on Sunday, March 9, specifically at the Ritz-Carlton, where five local chefs — Jennifer Jasinski…
Unless there’s a beach and an umbrella in the vicinity, the likelihood of my ordering a daiquiri is slim. Still, there are exceptions to every rule, as evidenced by the daiquiri in the above snap — a proper, perfect daiquiri made a long, long way from the sand by a…
There are just four more days of Denver Restaurant Week (although some spots, like Fago de Chao, are extending the deal through the weekend), and reservations are becoming scarce at many participating eateries around town. But that doesn’t bother one of our frequent commenters. See also: Where should you eat…
When friends Benjamin Frohlichstein and Stacey Marcellus first talked about creating a gluten-free pasta company a few years ago, they wanted to create a viable business — but they never expected Cappello’s to become so successful so quickly. “All of a sudden we were on the shelves,” Frohlichstein says. And…
Walk inside this Ethiopian restaurant, and you’ll encounter a sparse dining room that has all the allure of breaking the law (and getting busted), but if you can ignore the bare bones setting to concentrate solely on the food — a huge departure from the sea of sameness that you…
Cafe Society dished out five Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a breakfast of decadent banana Fosters French toast from Fooducopia to a copper vessel of excellent chicken tikka masala from Khazana Indian Cusine to a porkarific pig burger from a place that trots out a stellar happy hour…
Denver Restaurant Week — the first of two this year — began in earnest on Saturday, and while there are plenty of foodniks (and restaurant staff) who bemoan the frenzied chaos of what some call “amateur dining week” (and “amateur diners”), Denver Restaurant Week is nonetheless a terrific opportunity for…
As Gretchen Kurtz concluded her review of Lotus Vegetarian Restaurant, “if you order carefully at Lotus, you’ll likely go home happy.” In response, a couple of readers offered their own must-order dishes, including the banh xeo “omelette” Kurtz mentioned, and the stuffed tofu in tomato sauce. And if she wants…
Rise and shine! The seventh Modmarket opens today in downtown Denver, at 900 16th Street. The fast-casual, farm-to-table concept opened its first restaurant in Boulder in 2009, and the homegrown chain is anticipating doubling in size this year. See also: 100 Favorite Dishes — curried split pea soup from Modmarket…
