Dan Landes, owner of WaterCourse Foods (which I review this week) has brewed his share of beer over the years — so to him, beer and vegetarian food have always gone together. But he’s excited to see that the craft-brewing industry is starting to agree. “Maybe when I started, a…
It’s been a rough year for local farmers. Late spring snows wiped out a lot of early crops, especially fruit, and then — when they’d started to recover and at the height of the growing and selling season — came the flood. Some acres of crops were completely wiped out,…
Small in stature, but big on flavor, these mini pupusas, stuffed with corn and shrimp and slicked with salsa, take a detour from the Salvadorian staple, but they suit me — and this Mexican joint — just fine. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the…
Samm Sherman Linger 2030 West 30th Avenue 303-993-3120 lingerdenver.com Root Down 1600 West 33rd Avenue 8500 Peña Boulevard (DIA) 303-993-4200 rootdowndenver.com This is part two of my interview with Samm Sherman, pastry chef of Root Down and Linger; part one of my chat with Sherman ran yesterday. Your five favorite…
There is no haute cuisine at 7-Eleven. Unless, of course, you count hard-boiled eggs swimming in misty liquid packs, gigantic “beef” and bean burritos, and those somewhat unethical “nachos,” for which you take the chips out of the plastic tray, fill the tray with free chili sauce, then try to…
Samm Sherman was in college when she found her calling — over pot au chocolat at The Kitchen in Boulder. Today she’s the pastry chef for Linger and both locations of Root Down, cooking up sweet treats. None of which contain breast milk — but as she joked in the…
Support Colorado flood victims tonight at Dazzle, the great restaurant/jazz club; all proceeds will go directly to musicians effected by the flood. The music starts flowing at 5 p.m. and runs until midnight — giving you the chance to order twice off the award-winning happy-hour menu, offered from 4 to…
I knew the day would come when my dining companions would balk at the food set before them, food I’d asked them to order so that I could kick the kitchen’s tires and peer under the hood. I just didn’t expect it to happen this particular day. Not with an…
Autogrill, a chain of roadside food stops that dot the Italian motorways, are what “Italy has in place of the oddball combination of fast food restaurants under one roof that we have at Jersey Turnpike rest stops,” writes Frank Bruni, former New York Times restaurant critic. But instead of pimping…
Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar is coming to Cherry Creek, moving into the former home of Tony P’s, at 240 Milwaukee Street. Tony Pasquini had originally opened his restaurant there in early 2012 as Pasquini’s, then changed the name because of a family dispute. This summer he closed the Cherry Creek…
Four months ago, the Archive Room, which originally opened in 2009 in Olde Town Arvada, a charming neighborhood that boasts an abundance of bars and restaurants, underwent some major changes, including a big one in the kitchen: Aaron Youngblood, the former exec chef of the now-gone Dixons, took over the…
Samm Sherman Linger 2030 West 30th Avenue 303-993-3120 lingerdenver.com Root Down 1600 West 33rd Avenue 8500 Peña Boulevard (DIA) 303-993-4200 rootdowndenver.com This is part one of my interview with Samm Sherman, pastry chef of Root Down and Linger; part two of my chat with Sherman will run tomorrow. It was…
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…
Have you noticed the number of 7-Elevens popping up around town? Often right across the street from an abandoned 7-Eleven that turns into a neighborhood eyesore? Bree Davies did, and wrote about it yesterday on our arts and culture blog — inspiring quite a conversation about 7-Eleven, urban-planning and fast-food…
Right, so here we are without a government. Isn’t that just dandy? Thousands of federal employees are facing the prospect of shrunken paychecks, while the House and Senate are at a standstill, with both sides refusing to budge. And this whole debacle is making people cranky — really cranky, kind…
Crimson & Gold just changed hands — but it’s continuing operations. Chris Potter, who’s new to restaurant ownership, has bought the University of Denver spot. He plans to keep the name — and the DU clientele, of course. See also:Six restaurants where Obama should eat near the University of Denver…
In mid-August, Fired Up, the restaurant that chef-owner Josh Barhaug opened in 2012 at 1135 Bannock Street, more than lived up to its name: Barhaug’s office erupted in flames, the sparks of which resulted in substantial damage and a temporary closure that was finally lifted yesterday, when Fired Up reopened…
It had been a few years since I’d cheated on Taco Bell with Del Taco — and even then, I’d smuggled in Taco Bell sauce packets to use on my Del Taco food. It’s not that I thought Del Taco was that inferior to the Bell; I’d just somehow fallen…
Last night’s dinner table discourse encompassed just about every subject imaginable, but the conversation took a sharp turn when one of the pizzas, its stiff crust unyielding to flop syndrome, prompted the owner to quip that the dough benefited from a jolt of Viagra. He was kidding (I think), but…
We last visited Steve’s Snappin’ Dogs almost three years ago, but on one recent, rainy day we decided to swing by the the hot-dog stand to get one last taste of summer. And despite the weather, we found plenty of other patrons patrons following our lead — proof that you…
Restaurants, bars and markets continue to roll out in The Source, where Acorn (above) sprouted in early September, followed by CapRock Farm Bar; Crooked Stave is coming soon. But two national chains also made big news: Denver got two Dunkin’ Donuts stores — on the same day — and lost…
Today is October 1, which means that businesses that want to sell recreational marijuana on January 1, 2014, can start applying for their licenses. But not in many municipalities around Colorado, which have put prohibitions on the sale of pot. Meanwhile, Denver’s recent craft-beer revolution continues to ripple outward, and…
