Restaurants

Slainte, as they say in every Irish pub from Aurora to Westminster, at least on Saint Patrick’s Day. And your response is to tip back a few pints of Guinness or a cocktail made with Irish whiskey; if you’re still trawling for ideas, check out our list of shamrock-bedecked options…

The Celtic Tavern and its sister pub, Delaney’s, closed last September at 18th and Blake Streets, victims of redevelopment on a stretch that will soon become the Dairy Block, with a hotel, restaurants and shops set to spring up soon. But the Celtic didn’t disappear for good; instead owner Noel…

Cochon555 is a national touring food festival that elevates the humble hog to celebrated status. While Cochon hits more than a dozen cities before culminating in the Grand Cochon (which will be held in Chicago this year), each event showcases the talents of local chefs who work with pigs raised…

On a recent sunny afternoon, Brewed Food’s chef/founder Jensen Cummings met with a panel of tasters in the back of Blue Moon’s RiNo brewery to sample and discuss his latest beer and food project: bratwurst. The goal, he explains, was to create a sausage that not only proved delicious, but…

Avelina opened downtown last summer under the ownership of North Carolina’s Urban Food Group, a small family of restaurants run by Kevin and Stacey Jennings. Denver chef John Broening and his wife, pastry chef Yasmin Lozada-Hissom, were brought on as partners; the two helped launch one of the hottest menus on…

Forever on the hunt for my favorite Chinese dishes in this town, I was overjoyed when Hop Alley and Uncle owner Tommy Lee pointed me toward Little Chengdu, the DTC strip mall haunt with a sizable traditional Chinese menu that includes fiery hot pot, Sichuan wontons pooled with chili oil and…

The pace of construction at the new Eastbridge Town Center in Stapleton is fast and furious, but an end is in sight. The Eastbridge sign is up and several restaurants are closing in on opening dates, including chef/restaurateur Lon Symensma’s Concourse Restaurant Moderne, which he expects to unveil in mid…

One of the biggest restaurant spaces downtown has gone dark: Baur’s Restaurant and Listening Lounge, which opened two years ago at 1512 Curtis Street just off the 16th Street Mall, has closed. The spacious eatery was opened by chef Dory Ford, who also runs two restaurants and a catering company…

After a decade at Elway’s in Cherry Creek, chef Aniedra Nichols has gone fishin’…at Fish N Beer, the restaurant that opened in late 2016 in RiNo.

No. 12: Tallow Candle at Il Posto Here’s a fun thing to do next time you’re at Il Posto: Order the tallow candle, and once it’s delivered, watch as tables around you follow suit. What looks like a table centerpiece melts down slowly, forming an edible pool of seasoned beef…

Antojitos are the food of Latin American streets, filling little snacks usually eaten outside of main meals, but which can easily make up an entire breakfast, lunch or late-night chow-down. In the United States, most diners are familiar with at least some of the many configurations of Mexican antojitos, including…

Less than two weeks into its run at the Halcyon Hotel in Cherry Creek North, Quality Italian has parted ways with executive chef Franz Hueber. Before moving to Colorado, Hueber cooked in several storied New York kitchens, beginning with a stint at the prolific Sullivan Street Bakery and continuing through…

If you dine out much around Denver, you’ve probably eaten bread, buns or desserts from Hinman’s Bakery without even knowing it. Owner John Hinman opened his wholesale production facility at 4850 East 39th Avenue in Park Hill in 2015, and has since grown his business to include dozens of metro-area restaurants…

It’s not every middle-schooler who has the gumption to actually start a small business, but when Emily Rudnick, who’s in eighth grade at at Aspen Academy, was assigned the task for school project, she took the idea beyond what her teachers expected. The result is Rudspice, the 14-year-old’s own blend…

Colombian cooking isn’t exactly common in Denver, even if you count the food trucks. There’s Los Parceros, at 5922 East Colfax Avenue, which is closed until the end of March for remodeling, as well as the newer Antojitos Colombianos, at 1622 Leetsdale. And when truck season is in full swing,…

Tucked away on 27th street just off busy Larimer in RiNo sits a hidden gem: a jazz club with an eclectic menu and cocktail list on par with the food and music. Nocturne Jazz & Supper Club is a classy destination among neighboring bars like Cold Crush, the Matchbox and…

A reader thinks Quality Italian is a bad name for a restaurant. But we can think of many that are far worse in Denver. How about Greedy Hamster?

March came in like a lamb, at least as far as restaurant openings are concerned. But there was plenty of other action on the Denver food and drink scene, as we toured the town for tater tots, bringing you the ten best for a tempting spread. While the Whiskey Biscuit…

There’s a development on the Denver restaurant scene that’s supposed to be a pretty big deal: An Austin, Texas-based sushi restaurant called Uchi is going to open a new location at 2501 Lawrence Street in a condo development (read: “Denver Fugly”) slated to rise early next year. What’s the fuss, you…

If you’ve feasted on galbi or bulgogi at Seoul BBQ, you’ve likely marveled at the restaurant’s array of banchan (those little side dishes of pickled vegetables and salads you get for free in many Korean restaurants). We’ve got good news for you: you can now get them in bulk —…

A year ago (nearly to the day), the Kitchen Restaurant Group shared its plan to open a new eatery at 100 Steele Street in Cherry Creek North. What the group, founded by Kimbal Musk, Hugo Matheson and Jen Lewin in 2004, didn’t mention at the time was that the space…