When you hit a hundred, it’s time to celebrate. And while I’m far from getting my picture on a Smucker’s Jar on the Today Show, I’m closing in on a milestone of another sort: my hundredth review here. It won’t be published for a few more weeks, but in the…
Rick and Noy Farrell opened Taste of Thailand twenty years ago this month. The restaurant has remained true to its goals — authentic dishes made with fresh ingredients — for the past two decades. But over that same period, dining habits have changed a lot (few people linger over lunch,…
While we were waiting for our food at Mayan Manjar Yucateco, we glanced at the single television screen in the tiny Lakewood spot. It was playing a Spanish version of Rocky: an underdog movie in an underdog restaurant. And like Rocky Balboa, Mayan Manjar Yucateco, which moved into the former…
No. 82 Ceylon Curry Dosa at Khazana 9234 Park Meadows Drive, Lone Tree 303-993-8335 They say we eat with our eyes first; if that’s the case, we would be full before we even took a bite of Khazana’s immense dosa. Thankfully, the crisp lentil crepe with its curry filling –…
Colorado Proud, the Colorado Department of Agriculture’s food-promotion wing, is highlighting the harvest season this month with a 27-day, eleven-city “Choose Colorado” tour of the state, showcasing its best products. The tour will culminate with a private lunch for state dignitaries on August 27 featuring ingredients gathered by the Colorado…
UPDATE: After two decades in Englewood, Taste of Thailand is moving downtown. The restaurant will move to occupy a space on the corner of South Broadway and Evans. When Taste of Thailand opened, there were a total of five Thai restaurants in Denver. In the intervening twenty years, Thai cuisine…
Sometimes brunch is just a time of day and not a fancy meal with morning cocktails. The Butcher Block Cafe sits within stumbling distance of my apartment in the shady part of RiNo; it’s a “love it or hate it” dive that serves its purpose with cheap, greasy, hearty meals…
The Ballpark neighborhood is changing fast, and so is the dining scene there. Three years after it opened as Ignite!, the restaurant at 2124 Larimer Street has renovated both its interior and its menu. It’s also given its name an update, to Ignite Burgers & Lounge — but one reader…
Coloradans love burritos; both Chipotle and Illegal Pete’s started their burrito empires here for good reason. But few people love them like Michael Odbert, burrito enthusiast, amateur burrito photographer — he chronicles his love affair on an Instagram account dedicated to his burrito-filled meals — and occasional competitive eater. Last…
After almost twenty years on Old South Gaylord, Miki Hashimoto closed Japon last fall…but while he was leaving Washington Park, he promised that he was not leaving Denver’s restaurant scene altogether. This spring, he revealed that he would be opening Tokio, a Japanese restaurant in the cluster of condos and…
The Ballpark neighborhood, upper Larimer and RiNo have merged into one long stretch of hot bars and restaurants, with new condos and apartments popping up like dandelions through cracks in the pavement. While the announced closing of Twelve was a blow to the neighborhood, with so many recent openings, existing…
When I was a kid, in the fall my dad would load up the Country Squire and we’d head to Louisiana to catch our fill of blue crab. Catching them was as easy as lowering a chicken neck on a string into a roadside canal and pulling it up quickly…
No. 82 Scallop Crudo at Stoic & Genuine 1701 Wynkoop Street (Union Station) 303-640-3474 Stoic & Genuine is the fourth restaurant in Jennifer Jasinski and Beth Gruitch’s downtown stable of praised eateries, after Rioja, Bistro Vendome and Euclid Hall. The compact but airy seafood harbor captures the casual energy of…
It’s been a busy month for Hosea Rosenberg, the Top Chef season five winner who’s hoping to open his Blackbelly Market restaurant in Boulder next month, but took time out to team up with Sea Cuisine, a New York based fish company, in a taco demonstration at Coors Field last…
Get ready for the kickoff of the fall food season! On Sunday, September 7, DISH will return to Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. This is Westword’s twentieth annual celebration of the Denver drinking and dining scene, and it promises to be quite a party. There are two…
Back in June, when we listed the Ten Best Restaurants in the Golden Triangle, Gallo di Nero was one of our favorites. But the restaurant closed its doors last week — quickly and quietly. “The reasons for the quick closing are as follows,” a spokesperson said. “There is a potential…
This week in Cafe Society, while Cafe critic Gretchen Kurtz took a well-deserved vacation, Kristin Pazulski reported on the efforts of Joshua Pollack, owner of the new Rosenberg’s Bagels & Delicatessen, to make a perfect bagel. For Chef and Tell, Mark Antonation spoke with Al and Tory Belsky, founders of…
The best way to eat a Colorado peach is straight off the tree or from a roadside stand, still warm from the sun. Just dust off the skin, take a bite and let the juice run down your chin as you savor the sweetness. After that, the pros can have…
A new coat of paint and a new sign might not make a new restaurant — unless it’s on Federal Boulevard, where the food may not change much, but the names and bright colors shift like the oily surface of a bowl of menudo. On a recent trip up the…
More than forty new restaurants and bars opened in July — and one of them, Provisions Chophaus & Drinkery, which opened in the busy block of 1500 Blake Street, barely lasted a week. “Unfortunately due to one bad apple we have to close the doors,” said Provisions’s Facebook posting announcing…
It’s been a long summer for northside fans of breakfast burritos; they’ve had to drive an extra mile or two to get their fix. But now the Santiago’s at 2505 Federal Boulevard has finally re-opened, and that means the cars will start lining up early tomorrow morning. See also: At…
We have a new candidate for the worst black hole in Denver: 1135 Bannock Street. That address just swallowed up Gallo Di Nero, which had emerged from the ashes of Fired Up, a restaurant that repositioned itself after an electrical fire. See also: Best Dinner Under $10 — Gallo di…
