Fazoli’s, America’s favorite Italian fast-food chain, is on a sizzling growth streak right now, and instead of resting on its fettuccine, the company has decided to capitalize on its popularity by making some massive — and possibly ill-advised — changes, which turn the chain from fast-food to casual dining. Fazoli’s…
Denver may be landlocked, but our ship occasionally comes in — loaded with fresh fish. Yesterday we served up Denver’s five best seafood restaurants. Says UncleDave8: I can totally back this list. Refreshing change from most Denver diners’ choices like The Fresh Fish Company, Pappadeaux, Oceanaire and Ocean Prime. Still,…
Beer dinners are quite popular these days (and rightfully so); reserve a spot at one of these before they sell out… Sunday, April 15 Upslope beer dinner at Centro Latin Kitchen & Refreshment Palace, 950 Pearl Street in Boulder. Chef Ian Clark presents a five-course menu paired with five beers…
The Organic Pizza Company outpost at 891 14th Street in the Spire has expanded from a take-and-bake pizza joint to a “full-service pizzeria,” and will host a grand reopening event Thursday, April 19. The expansion includes more seating, a flat-screen TV, a new menu and, most important, a liquor license…
As usual, there was a steady line of java addicts standing elbow-to-elbow last week when I stopped by Crema Coffee House, the urban coffee joint at 2862 Larimer Street co-owned by Jonathan Power and Noah price. And you can bet that when the two partners open the Populist this summer,…
Drinking a Bloody Mary when you’re at high altitude is not, I recently discovered, the brightest decision. Drinking three, however — well, that’s a perfectly wise decision, especially when you’re trying to sit down like a lady on the chairlift. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who…
Ashlee Coln had a dream: that ladies could own aprons both functional and sexy. Necessity being the mother of invention, Coln decided to start Cheeky Aprons, creating sultry kitchen wear that combines the front of an apron with the flirt of lace and garter belts on the back end…
Jeff Russell District Meats 1625 Wazee Street 303-623-1630 www.charliepalmer.com This is part two of my interview with Jeff Russell, exec chef of District Meats. Part one of our chat ran in this space yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: Surprisingly, it’s a very small place in Chinatown in New York City…
After several delays, Pho Ta finally opened in Alameda Square last week — and it looks like it was worth waiting for. “We think we have a better, cleaner, prettier and bigger interior and dining area than the other Vietnamese restaurants in and around Denver,” says Vicky Shih, a partner…
Q’s, 2115 13th Street in Boulder, is hosting a dinner tonight featuring wines from the Seven of Hearts winery located in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. Winemaker/owner Byron Dooley will be on hand to discuss his wines, which will be paired with a five-course, seasonal menu from chefs John Platt…
Construction is under way at Ace, the eatery and ping-pong hall that Josh and Jen Wolkon, Matt Selby, Brandon and Emily Biederman and Jeff Bustos are building next to Steuben’s, which the Wolkons and Selby also own (along with Vesta Dipping Grill). And though the partners are still a few…
Luciano’s Pizza and Wings has reached the end of the line. In addition to the notice posted last month that the property had been seized by the City of Denver for non-payment of taxes, there’s now a sign announcing an April 24 auction of the contents of the eatery at…
Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market’s choicest ingredients home with them and cook up a feast. Pete and Barb…
Unbeatable panoramas, an awesome beer list and food, that by and large, is forgettable. Still, two out of three isn’t bad… Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts is entered into a pool –…
Jeff Russell District Meats 1625 Wazee Street 303-623-1630 www.charliepalmer.com This is part one of my interview with Jeff Russell, exec chef of District Meats. You can read part two of our chat in this space tomorrow. Dinner was bonding time, Jeff Russell recalls. “Food was the thing that brought us…
Where would you put a new restaurant in Denver? Theo Adley has sold the Pinyon in Boulder. “The truth is that I want to be in Denver,” he told Lori Midson. “I want to cook — and get better as a chef — in a bigger city with more people…
It’s been spring for weeks, but afternoons like this — afternoons when it’s a perfect 71 degrees and sunny — make it extremely hard for us to stay indoors without losing our sanity. And right about this time of day, we start looking for any excuse we can get to…
Burger King adds ten new items to its menu and fast-foodies don’t give a tinker’s cuss — but when McDonald’s places a new pie in its pantheon, people froth at the mouths, demanding as many as they can get their soon-to-be-greasy mitts on, blogging about them and not minding the…
It’s been six months since Nelson Perkins, chef/owner of Colt & Gray, inked a deal on the space — and basement — next door. When he landed the extra room, he announced that in addition to expanding the dining room of his gastropub on Platte Street, he’d be opening a…
While the pizza isn’t the finest pie in Denver, the staff — especially the bartender — might very well be the friendliest. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts is entered into a pool…
It’s been an interesting few weeks for bartender Matty Durgin. The rum collector, tiki-night instigator and cocktail czar, who was initially hired to spearhead the bar program at Adrift, a new tiki bar and restaurant on South Broadway, abruptly departed before it opened last week. But that’s nothing compared to…
Close to a dozen restaurants have come and gone from the beleaguered Beauvallon project, but there are new signs of life at 925 Lincoln Street, the spot that Aqua left three years ago. A sign on the door reads: “Local, a new concept.” The concept is coming from Ryan DiFranco,…
