Bree Davies penned a Love Letter to Denver, the City I Used to Know for our arts blog last week, and in response dozens of people have spilled out their own memories, many of them of restaurants: Colorado Mine Company, Soapy Smith’s, Denver Drumstick, M&Ds, White Spot, Cafe Giovanni, Yum…
Biker Jim’s opened its second brick-and-mortar spot, this one in Highlands Ranch, at 11 a.m. today. Although the hours might not be as expansive in suburbia as they are at the original in the Ballpark neighborhood (where Biker Jim’s stays open until 3 a.m. on weekends), the menu is just…
Dorchester Social Eatery opens tomorrow in a prime slice of real estate at 15th and Market streets, on a block where the young and chic often club away the night with champagne, house music and expensive outfits. While offering a full dinner menu of continent-hopping entrees as well as smaller…
Here, kitty, kitty! Yesterday we told you about Sana Hamelin, an attorney who wants to follow her dream and open the city’s first cat cafe. And if donations pour into her Denver Cat Company fundraising campaign the way comments have been flowing, she should have no problem meeting her goal…
More than forty restaurants opened in July, with dozens more the month before. But amidst the boom comes news of a significant closing: twelve, which celebrated its fifth anniversary with a grand soiree last fall, will serve its last seasonally-inspired supper on August 23. When a place like twelve closes,…
At lunchtime today, there were a lot of disappointed people outside the locked doors of Zocalo Restaurant & Bar, the Mexican joint that some veteran employees of Benny’s opened four years ago on East 11th Avenue. But no one was more disappointed than landlord Regas Christou, who’d stopped by to…
After thirty years, the T-Wa Inn — billed as Denver’s first Vietnamese restaurant, a claim no one has disputed — finally closed in June. But Federal Boulevard is nothing if not efficient in reclaiming, renovating and moving on. After a few early signs of a new tenant (the faux-stone trim…
Sana Hamelin used to be a corporate litigator. Now she’s an entrepreneur looking to create Denver’s first cat cafe. Cats, coffee, books and art would all be featured at the Denver Cat Company — if Hamelin can just raise the money to open her place. Currently her crowdfunding campaign is…
No. 84 Chips and Dip at Euclid Hall 1317 14th Street 303-595-4255 When the phrase “chips and dip” appears on a restaurant menu, your eyes tend to slide right past to more interesting options. At Euclid Hall, though, that would be a mistake. As with all the dishes at this…
Old Fisherman’s Grotto, a bustling California tourist attraction, recently posted a sign prohibiting strollers, high chairs, booster seats, loud kids and crying babies. While some parents complained, Jenn Wohletz applauded the move by restaurant owner Chris Shake, and offered her own five reasons why cranky kids should be banned from…
Bigger isn’t always better, which is why Mizuna alum Royce Oliveira chose a 628-square-foot location on East Colfax Avenue for the home of To the Wind Bistro, the restaurant he opened this past March with his wife and pastry chef, Leanne Adamson. “We were looking for something small,” Oliveira explains…
Texas-style barbecue seldom gets respect in Colorado…mostly because it comes from Texas. But Wayne’s Smoke Shack proves that honest food prepared with passion and skill can overcome even the haters. On our recent visit to Wayne’s, braving Highway 36 traffic and getting lost in a suburban maze of streets was…
A glistening white disk of raw scallop rests against a slice of lemon, with only a small grid of sear marks interrupting its slick surface. Green, saw-edged shiso leaves, so perfect they invite a touch to prove they aren’t plastic, add contrast to the plate and the barest hint of…
If you’re getting a late start on Sunday Fun Day, there’s only one place to go — Bingo Brunch at the Squeaky Bean. But be warned: this is an interactive brunch experience. If you just want to eat in peace without being heckled, you’re at the wrong spot. See also:…
Bagel lovers of the Golden Triangle, rejoice. If you can’t drag yourself out of bed early enough to go wait in the line at the new and much-hyped Rosenberg’s Deli in Five Points, you can get a much faster (if less delicious) bagel at Einstein Bros., which opened a new…
In her recent review of The Kitchen Next Door Glendale, Gretchen Kurtz compares the homegrown restaurant group to the decades-old phenomenon of TGI Fridays — not because of the quality of the food, but because of how well the Next Door concept captures the community. “As I downed a stiff…
The Nickel opened last week in Hotel Teatro, in the space that was once Kevin Taylor’s Prima, and hungry theater-goers and other downtowners are now following their noses to the new restaurant. What will they find there? The smell of wood smoke emanating from the building as you round the…
On Friday, protesters demonstrated outside the McDonald’s on the 16th Street Mall, celebrating the new National Labor Review Board ruling that holds the corporation accountable for the level of wages paid at all of its restaurants, including fanchises, and calling for an increase in the minimum wage. There was just…
Like tacos? How about free tacos? We do too. Sea Cuisine — a packaged frozen fish company — is bringing its mobile taco truck to various markets across the country and pairing with notable local chefs to help develop the recipes. They’ll be in Denver through August 14 in various…
I could tell by the smell in the air that we were getting close, even if I hadn’t seen the signs yet. The GPS had given up and was merely directing the car in a circle, around parking lots and identical rows of (mostly vacant) shops, down roads that curve…
Some dessert devotees may be hailing the end of the cupcake, which seems to have wormed its way into every strip mall (and TV channel) in America by now, but that certainly isn’t stopping the bakers behind them. After our recent story on cupcake chain Sweet Arleen’s Bakery looking to…
Chef-owner Kelly Whitaker — of Boulder’s Basta fame — brings his wood-fired cooking skills to Denver with Cart-Driver, his tribute to Italian street food tucked into a tiny spot in the 2500 Larimer retail center built primarily from re-purposed shipping containers. Featuring raw oysters, pizza and other Italian-influenced and flame-kissed…
