It’s been a year since Gloria Nunez and her grandson, David Lopez, closed the original El Chingon, a tiny Mexican restaurant that resided in an Arvada strip mall. And months ago, they signed a lease to open a new El Chingon in the former My Sweet Bakery space on Tennyson…
A judge has ordered that Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood stop discriminating against gay couples seeking wedding cakes. The judge’s ruling (on view below) is in response to a complaint filed by same-sex couple Dave Mullins and Charlie Craig, who said that Masterpiece owner Jack Phillips refused to bake them a…
This week, Gretchen Kurtz reviewed that longtime comfort-hood haven in Highland, bang!. Ian Clark, chef at BRU handbuilt ales & eats, spoke with Lori Midson for Chef and Tell about how his career plans changed when he met a certain girl and settled in Boulder. And Mark Antonation’s trek up…
Nominees and friends packed Galvanize last night for the 2013 Westword Web Awards, our celebration of the most interesting Denverites on the Internet. With MC Jordan Doll at the helm, we handed out 21 awards across four categories, from the Best Music Video to the Best Politician on Social Media,…
“I opened this place,” says Dave Kilroy, “because I didn’t want to be that person sitting at a desk for the rest of my life, only to wake up one day and say to myself that I shoulda, woulda, coulda.” “This place” is the Kitchen Table Cafe, an unassuming, quick-casual,…
During an early weekend dinner at this restaurant, a man wobbled his way through the doorway, sat down at a table and asked for taquitos, presumably to soak up the beverages that caused him to bounce through the door in the first place. This isn’t a Mexican joint, however, and…
In just over two months, Colorado will finally get Trader Joe’s — and not just one, but three links in the California-based market chain will open on February 14. One of those Trader Joe’s will be at 790 Colorado Boulevard, and there’s already plenty of action in that area, including…
If you did any of the cooking for last week’s feast, there’s a good chance that at least one of your recipes came from a family member or a friend. My great-grandmother passed away when I was a child, but we still refer to her Pennsylvania Dutch version of baked…
Despite the cobalt blue sky, it’s a cold, cold day, but this dish is red hot and the perfect remedy for chasing away the chill. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to a Guess Where post is entered into a pool…
Ian Clark BRU handbuilt ales & eats 5290 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder 720-638-5193 bruboulder.com This is part two of my interview with Ian Clark, exec chef and head brewer of BRU Handbuilt ales & eats; part one of our chat ran yesterday. Your favorite smell in the kitchen: I have a…
Looking for a cozy spot for dinner tonight? Highland’s Garden Cafe had one of our favorite dining-room fireplaces — but when that restaurant closed for the season, it closed for good: Chef/owner Pat Perry sold the spot. Chef Mark Ferguson, a native of Denver who’s been cooking in Vail, and…
On Tuesday we offered up our list of Denver’s ten best hipster restaurant, and the comments have been flying ever since. Some took issue with the restaurants on the list, others took issue with the concept of the list itself. “Leave the hipster thing alone. It’s as annoying as having…
When you hear of a restaurant that’s been around for decades, it often sounds like a candidate for Restaurant: Impossible, because the place has been run into the ground and will require plenty of blood, sweat and tears — from restaurateurs, not militaristic host Robert Irvine — if it’s to…
Corner House reopened last night to its biggest Tuesday night ever since it opened in January 2013. And that came just a week after opening chef/partner Matt Selby departed the restaurant owned by Scott Kinsey and James Iacino, president of Seattle Fish Company. See also: Chef Matt Selby and Corner…
Every year, restaurants scramble to open before the holidays — and December has gotten off to the fastest start in recent memory. The streak began when Westminster Brewing opened this past weekend at 7655 West 108th Avenue. It’s the first independent brewpub in that town, but it won’t be the…
If you’re going to open a restaurant, there’s likely no better place to do it than just steps away from a Trader Joe’s, which, as we all know, is unleashing four stores in Colorado next year, including one at Eighth Avenue and Colorado Boulevard, currently slated to open on Valentine’s…
It’s clear from the troop of squirrels that vigorously demolished my gords and pumpkins this past week that they saw winter coming long before I did. But while they’re sleeping in this morning, their bellies plump with pumpkin flesh, bars and restaurants around Denver are still celebrating fall by pouring…
After eighteen months, Lime finally returned to downtown when Lime an American Cantinaopened on Thanksgiving in the Denver Pavilions. The original Lime was in Larimer Square, but after eleven years there, owners Curt and Pam Savage Sims closed that subterranean restaurant in the summer of 2012 and started looking for…
Ian Clark BRU handbuilt ales & eats 5290 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder 720-638-5193 bruboulder.com This is part one of my interview with Ian Clark, exec chef and head brewer of BRU Handbuilt ales & eats; part two of our chat will run in this space tomorrow. More than a decade ago,…
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…
The only thing Denverites like to dis more than hipsters (and our coverage of them) is green chile — including the dish’s various incarnations and even its spelling. And the fact that Food & Wine magazine’s list of the “Best Chili in the US” included Rocky Mountain Chili Bowl has…
No sooner had we posted our Restaurant Roll Call for November that news of more closings started rolling in. Marie’s Cafe has shut its doors after 35 years, ending a Boulder breakfast institution. The spot had been in the same family — natives of Czechoslovakia — since 1979, but after…
