Denver and Boulder have their share of big-name chef/restaurateurs who have built up the dining scene over the past decade or more, but there are also the people with ideas and money who keep the gears turning behind the scenes. Most Front Range restaurant-goers haven’t heard the name Ben Kaplan,…
Playful, inventive and evolving, the Way Back is many things — but it’s never the same thing. It’s gone from a cultish bar to a cultish eatery, and a meal here shows the way forward for Denver restaurants.
Under the shadow of a 28-foot tall milk can, a Little Man Ice Cream employee hands over the shop’s two-millionth scoop of ice cream, receiving cheers from those who’ve come to the shop to help celebrate this monumental milestone — and to get some of Little Man’s famous ice cream…
Our first taste of the Colombian street food of La Chiva came at Civic Center Eats two summers ago, when chef/owner Jorge Aguirre would park his brightly colored truck and hand out light, crispy empanadas made from scratch. By then, the truck had been operating for a year and Aguirre…
WTRMLN WTR has moved from New York to RiNo, adding another healthy product to Denver’s lineup.
Everyone’s heard of LoDo, RiNo and LoHi in Denver. But moniker mania is spreading south to SoDo, which most people know as the University of Denver area or perhaps even Rosedale. SoDo Village Market, a new organic grocery store, opened June 17 at 2395 South Downing Street.
Tomorrow, June 18, is National Sushi Day, so we thought we’d feed you a few ideas on where to eat some great fish and rice. To start your mouth watering, here are ten of our recent sushi stories, along with links to our original coverage. And because we know you…
We’ve got five ways to help you keep cool this week, including a nice cold Zima — yez, it’z back! You’ll also be able to indulge in summer ice cream flavors, grab a Vietnamese banh mi with a chilly beverage, indulge in cool coastal Mexican bites and hang out on…
Restaurants in Denver and across the country are coming up with different ways of addressing the growing disparity in pay between tipped employees and back-of-house staff. Minimum wage hikes are only marginally narrowing the gap, while increased menu prices only result in higher tips for waitstaff, since tips are based…
With so many hot, trendy places popping up in RiNo (as areas from Globeville to Five Points are now being called), opening reports start to seem like another small-plates-this, a craft-cocktails-that or, even more often, an artisan-brewery-everything. So when something truly different comes along, it catches our attention. That’s the…
Finding the right mix of flavors and prices to fit the neighborhood can be tricky business for a new restaurant — and it can be even tougher when a chef is trying to introduce something unique. Residents in the Platte Park neighborhood surrounding Old South Pearl were slow to respond…
During the summer, ice cream cravings hit almost daily and kids and adults flock to the city’s sweet shops for cool treats. But instead of reaching for that sugar cone topped with a chocolate scoop, why not get a little funky this season? Instead of playing it safe, try something…
Just over three years ago, the Bistro at Stapleton threw open its garage doors to neighbors hungry for something a little more mature than typical suburban chain restaurants. And while the eatery had a good run at 2955 Ulster Street, chef Anthony Ramos announced today that this Saturday, June 17,…
With so many great restaurants to choose from, cash-strapped Denver newcomers — challenged with rising rents and skinny paychecks — are finding it hard to have a fun night out without blowing the bank. Twenty- Something for Twenty-somethings will help you find hot destinations where you can enjoy cutting-edge cuisine in…
Chef/restaurateur Troy Guard talks about his growing empire, the changes in Denver’s eclectic dining scene, and the importance of persistence in the wake of challenges — even ones as daunting as a public divorce.
We’ve heard of LoDo, RiNo and LoHi — and recently even SloHi. But where, might you ask, is SoDo? Maybe it’s not the city’s trendiest new neighborhood, but folks who live on South Downing Street are surely enjoying the new food trend hitting the blocks just south of Evans Avenue…
Atlhough this oval flatbread may not look like a traditional pizza, it’s definitely worth checking out if you find yourself hungry on a lazy morning. These restaurants have developed their own way of serving breakfast in pizza form…and yes, eggs are a big part o
For meat lovers, carne al pastor is an object of beauty. A vertical cone of marinated pork — usually shoulder sliced thin and stacked on a skewer — spins slowly in front of a red-hot burner; a pineapple or an onion (or sometimes a chunk of pork fat) skewered at…
It’s been six months since Bryan Dayton — co-owner of Acorn, Oak at Fourteenth and Brider — first revealed that he’d signed a lease for a space atop Boulder’s PearlWest development, going up where the Daily Camera building used to sit. “”It has unobstructed views of the Flatirons,” he told…
Currently a sandwich mainstay for Five Points and RiNo residents, the Curtis Park Delicatessen is digging the number six. In celebration of its sixth anniversary coming up this week, the deli is excited to announce its second location, which will open this year at 2700 East Sixth Avenue. The Cherry Creek North…
Adrian Miller, recovering lawyer and soul-food scholar, loves biscuits, and recently served up a list of the top ten examples of this particular raised breakfast bread in the Mile High City, “a town that loves a good biscuit.” But some biscuit-lovers didn’t love his picks for the Ten Best Biscuits in Denver.
Latin American cuisine is big business in Denver right now, from regional Mexican dishes that are new to town to the tastes of Peru, Cuba, Puerto Rico and beyond. Even Tex-Mex and Southwestern cooking are making a comeback. Here are our ten most recent stories about restaurants serving up Latin American flavors
