Category Archives: Food
Rita’s Law is open for business in the Five Points neighborhood of Denver and if you love coffee or whiskey or bowls of delicious food then you may want to check it out. There are a few rules to abide by…Rita’s Law # 80 says “Make a Friend, Buy your neighbor a drink.” # 69…
If you love Baja-styled Mexican food and haven’t been to Lola Coastal Mexican in LoHi, I have one question….what’s wrong with you? From charred octopus, to crab claws served on ice, the chef dream team of Dave Query, Javier Plascencia and Sheila Lucero will have your mouth watering for more. The space, at 1575 Boulder…
Sassafras American Eatery has been bringing Southern cuisine with a more New Orleans flair to the city of Denver for a bunch of years. Back in March, the restaurant, which has three locations, closed its Jefferson Park venue and has taken over the two adjoined houses that used to be Solitaire in the Highland neighborhood….
John Slaughter, owner of Tribe Tattoo, has partnered with Chef Nicholas Lebas of Panzano Restaurant fame to bring the Sante Fe Arts District in Denver an American fare restaurant. Slaughter is taking a page from Carboy Winery’s book and slowly taking over the 600 block of Sante Fe Drive. Lebas, originally from France, has worked…
The Pearl Street Mall was transformed into a foodie paradise on April 28 for the city’s annual Taste of Pearl Street. Local restaurants, wineries and distilleries set up shop in stores up and down the seven blocks between 10th and 17th as the sold out event brought people a taste of what Boulder has to…
Denver’s breakfast and brunch game keeps getting stronger. Ivy on 7th has opened under the Carboy Winery umbrella with Chef Rebecca Weitzman at the helm in the kitchen and the food is delicious. Breakfast and brunch can consist of egg dishes such as shaksuka, a Mediterranean baked egg dish, lemon-ricotta pancakes, crispy potato waffles, scrambles…
Barcelona Wine Bar has come to Denver and it is hopping. I originally encountered the concept while living in Atlanta and there are quite a lot of similarities. Denver is actually the 15th location for Andy Pforzheimer and Sasa Mahr-Batuz’s flagship but you wouldn’t be able to tell that from the line out of the…
The Dairy Block in Denver is getting a taste of Sonoma Wine Country as brothers, James and Mark Blanchard, and winemaker Jene Chapanar, open Blanchard Family Wines. Sourcing grapes from different areas around Sonoma county in California, the Blanchard family is starting with eight different varietals with four coming from the Russian River Valley and…
Josh Pollack grew up in New Jersey and went to high school with chef Nick Severino. Pollack already has Rosenberg’s Bagels and Delicatessen under his belt in Five Points and now the two are making waves with a Jersey style deli aptly named Lou’s Italian Specialties. Named after Pollack’s grandfather, Lou’s has everything an East…
The fast casual chicken race has had a game changer open in Denver, and by a James Beard Award-winning chef no less. Alex Seidel, has opened Chook, (pronounced as a mashup of Cook and Chicken) off of South Pearl Street in the Platt Park neighborhood of the city. The plan is to open more locations…