Ask Kevin Morrison why the Spicy Pickle chain went belly-up, and the former executive of that company, who now owns Pinche Tacos, doesn’t exactly mince words. “When you have people who aren’t businesspeople or restaurant people trying to run a restaurant company, the writing’s on the wall,” he says…
Three months ago, when Alex Stokeld revealed that he planned to open a third location of GB Fish & Chips in the former Deluxe Burger space next door to Mod Livin’, at 5325 East Colfax Avenue, he told us he was aiming for a February 1 opening. And that’s exactly…
Carrots: It’s the new dessert. 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 — and every Monday, we select one lucky winner who’ll receive an EatDenver dining deck, worth up…
No one’s saying you have to go meatless just because it’s Monday — but as incentive to join the growing movement, every week we’re offering an animal-free recipe. If you’re looking for a little Southern flavor, this take on red beans and rice (adapted from Bryant Terry’s Vegan Soul Kitchen)…
Cafe Society dished out five Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a superb pizza that hails from Slice Works to a trio of tacos obliterated by lettuce from Yolanda’s to a hot mess of burrata at Crimson Canary that makes us wistful for the simpler things in life to…
Denver-based Forkly, the iPhone app that encourages users to share photos of what they’re eating while out and rate the dish, debuted a new look Friday with its 2.0 update, one that will be familiar to users of one of the most popular photo apps around…
The edge of Highland — now dubbed LoHi — is the hottest restaurant neighborhood in town, and it’s about to get hotter, with the addition of Central Bistro and Bar, which will open in late spring with Lance Barto in the kitchen. Don’t confuse it with Le Central, the “affordable…
The Denver Wheel Club 404 officially opened for business this week, with a theme echoing a distant Denver: In the 1890s, when bicycles outnumbered people, there was actually an upscale club called the Denver Wheel Club…
A guy sitting at the bar at Hops & Pie makes a declaration: “This,” he claims, pointing to his slice of pizza pronged with pineapple, “is the best crust outside of Italy.” World traveler needs to wrap his pearly whites around a sandwich, which are new additions to the Hops…
The first home Paula Contreras chose for her Colombian-Mexican restaurant, La Cocina de Paula, was a night club — the eatery took up residence in LoDo’s Oasis Hookah Bar & Lounge, where it peddled lunch seven days a week before the late night crowd came in. But at the end…
A few months ago, partners Joe Vonfeldt, Chase Campbell and Wyn Ferrell revealed that they were building out a distillery in a warehouse space on upper Larimer where they’d make private label spirits for customers as well as their own line, including Elevate Vodka, Pegleg Rum and Denver Dry Gin…
Steve’s Snappin’ Dogs marks its six-year anniversary this month, but the festivities begin today, and while you can gorge on Twinkies and cupcakes for free as part of the celebrations, we’re also giving away a pair of gift certificates: one to Steve’s and a second to the Bull & Bush,…
In the two days since Bombay Bowl, Denver’s only fast-casual Indian restaurant, was featured prominently in the dining section of the New York Times, owner Amar Singh has been inundated with franchising offers from all over the globe…
The good news for the guy who suffered a heart attack while eating a Triple Bypass Burger at the Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas is that the restaurant’s gimmick — besides the insanely mega-calorie menu offerings — is requiring its customers to wear hospital gowns while dining, so he…
The prayers, pleas and entreaties of Coloradans have been heard, and we are finally getting a Trader Joe’s store at the Twenty Ninth Street mall in Boulder in 2013. The hoopla surrounding this blessed event — akin to the birth of the Christ child — has some uninitiated locals wondering…
The action continues on South Pearl Street, where Sexy Pizza will be opening a second store in March — although Kayvan Khalatbari, who opened the original Sexy Pizza in Capitol Hill four years ago, just signed the deal yesterday. “So we’re a little busy at the moment,” he told Laura…
Mardi Gras is just around the corner, and while the holiday is now mostly associated with drunken sorority girls showing their, um, assets for a strand of shiny beads in the French Quarter of New Orleans, the festival used to provide a reason to stuff yourself before forty days of…
There’s been a lot of restaurant action on South Pearl Street since the beginning of the year: the Pearl Street Grill, India’s Pearl and Ototo moved out, Seven Cups dried up and Izakaya Den announced a move, making way for the Wynkoop/Breckenridge group to take over that space. Now, there’s…
Geisty’s Dogg House opened the week after the Super Bowl, and it seems to have scored with University of Colorado students…
Six years of slinging wieners! That’s the milestone that Steve’s Snappin’ Dogs will mark this weekend, Friday through Sunday, when the hot dog hut on East Colfax celebrates its anniversary with lots of freebies, including Twinkies and cupcakes. “We’ve came a long way since our humble beginnings serving up our…
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. “We have a…
If you want to get to the meat of the matter, you’ll need to battle a barrage of lettuce first. 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 — and…
