Restaurants

Last night, the Colorado Restaurant Association presented its annual Industry Spotlight Awards at the Stanley Marketplace. Among the award recipients were the owners of the Squeaky Bean, Johnny Ballen and Joshua Olsen, who were receiving the CRA’s Philanthropist Signature Dish Award in recognition of the work the two have done…

Chef/owner David Rosenfeld has a pedigreed résumé, but right now he’s serving pizza from Spezzatura, a trailer parked outside Rocker Spirits in Littleton.

Troy Guard, one of Denver’s most prolific restaurateurs, is having a busy couple of weeks: June 26 saw the launch of a third outpost of Los Chingones, and July 7 will bring alive his take on breakfast at Hashtag. “I loved breakfast as a kid,” says the chef. “I always…

The sun is a blazing ball burning a hole in the blue Colorado sky. The temperature has lodged somewhere in the mid-90s, and the only nearby hope for relief from the heat streaming off the black asphalt of South Federal Boulevard is an air-conditioned shop that serves icy-cold treats. Bambu…

“I wanted to create Roostercat so I would have a place to hang out with all my friends,” says Colin Floom, sitting on the patio of his laid-back cafe at 1045 Lincoln Street. Before founding Roostercat in 2012, Floom “was just a coffee shop whore. All I did between films…

When Sazza owner Jeff Rogoff first heard about the Stanley Marketplace’s focus on community and sustainability, he knew that he had found a perfect match for the second home of his Greenwood Village eatery that derives its name from SAlad and piZZA. Sazza’s new location, at 2501 Dallas Street, opens for business…

Even though Southern cooking is hotter than a buttermilk biscuit right now, Colorado’s two Southern Hospitality locations and their sibling barbecue joint, Carve, both closed this week. But readers say they weren’t good examples of Southern cooking.

If you need a little something beyond typical ballpark dogs when you’re cheering on the Rockies, we’ve got just the thing for you, along with suggestions for succulent sustainable seafood and deep-fried treats from South America. Here are three hot ideas for lunch and dinner this week, followed by our…

Denver’s newest community marketplace, Mondo Market, opened its doors at Stanley Marketplace earlier this month. The new location at 2501 Dallas Street marks the second storefront for owners Nicolas Farrell and Michael Davis, who started their business with the online distribution company, Mondo Food, and expanded to their first brick-and-mortar…

Biju Thomas, founder of Biju’s Little Curry Shop, says he only has two speeds; the hand gestures he uses to indicate them translate to “full-speed ahead” and “full stop.” And because he’s only one man (although with all his appearances at local and national events, we sometimes wonder), he surrounds…

Along with every other kind of edifice springing up in RiNo these days, there are at least a couple of hotels expected to open in the near future. One of them is the Source Hotel at 3350 Brighton Boulevard, part of the overall Source Hotel & Market project (of which…

Masterpiece Delicatessen’s younger sibling at 1710 Sherman Street in the Uptown neighborhood got a name change and menu overhaul earlier this year, turning into Masterpiece Luncheonette. But that wasn’t enough to boost sales to meet the expectations of chef/owner Justin Brunson and his business partners, so they’ve closed the eatery…

Two love stories intertwine for Caleb and Jeannie Sprenger as they prepare to open Sapor Coffee & Concepts at 2785 Speer Boulevard. When Caleb went to work at his uncle’s coffee roastery four years ago, he didn’t know he was going to fall in love. He had no previous knowledge of coffee,…

We were looking forward to announcing a new Berkeley neighborhood brewery opening in the next week or two, but fate stepped in and put a hold on Dan Appell’s plans to launch his Grateful Gnome Sandwich Shoppe & Brewery at the corner of West 44th Avenue and Stuart Street. Construction…

Keith Arnold and Stephanie Bonin, owners of Highland neighborhood restaurant Duo, announced last week that they’d be implementing a new 2-percent “kitchen livable wage surcharge” on Friday, June 16. And after a weekend of dinner service with the new fee, intended to provide additional income for non-tipped restaurant employees, Arnold…

The wait is over: Bremen’s Wine & Tap opens today in the former Rosa Linda’s space at 2005 West 33rd Avenue. Owner Dina Castillo has been working on her new restaurant for more than a year and has transformed the three-room Mexican cafe into an open, airy eatery and bar…

Restaurants are popping up so quickly in Denver, it’s easy to forget what this scene was like two years ago, let alone three decades ago. Racines has been a witness to the incredibly evolving dining scene, all the while serving its hearty breakfasts, fish and chips, and nutty cheese salads to scores of regulars who fill the dining room. The longtime menu at Racines is currently getting an update, but that’s not all: For the first time in its 35-year history, the restaurant is rolling out a happy hour.

Chicken sandwiches are fryer-hot in San Diego, just as they are in Denver. But changing laws can make it tough for a mobile kitchen to find a stable place to roost. After two years feeding the San Diego brewery circuit, Chicken Rebel owner Lydie Lovett found herself displaced by a…