It’s been a long year since Denver lost Middleman. The closure of the “classy and trashy” hangout,...
Food, drink and the people who make it all possible.
Jake Norris thinks people should have dinner parties again. He said so himself, last night, while addressing a crowd of roughly 40 whiskey aficionados at his new distillery in Arvada. Folks were gathered there to celebrate the first release of the Curated Barrel...
Most of Denver’s older heads have something resembling a memory of RockBar. For those unfamiliar with the institution, it was the stickiest of sticky bars, a place where folks went to unwind while hopefully avoiding contact with the surfaces. When it shuttered in...
It hardly took any time at all for BearLeek to establish itself as one of the most exciting restaurants ever to emerge in Denver's RiNo neighborhood. Since debuting in August 2025, the restaurant has quickly gained acclaim for its mostly refined, often irreverent...
For those who aren't already familiar with Park Hill, Lucina Eatery and Bar might seem a little off the beaten track. It’s situated in a picturesque two-block stretch of restaurants, wine bars, bakeries and a gymnastics school, a somewhat odd assembly that seems to...
Chef Manny Barella says that when he goes to a restaurant, he never orders chicken. It's too easy to mess up. More often than not, it arrives dry, flavorless or otherwise askew. But the chef insists that he has no beef with America's most prevalent protein. ...
In the cutthroat world of fine dining, where the spotlight often centers on magnificent or self-obsessed individuals, it’s rare that kitchens are helmed by co-executive chefs. But for husband and wife Kelly Jeun and Eduardo Valle Lobo, owners of the recently-opened...
Though having just opened in Wash Park at the tail end of last year, Goudy’s Deli & Market is anything but a new venture for Christophe Goudy, his wife Celine and their partner, Yvan Leheurou – who also owns and operates Le Frigo in Boulder. The expansive market –...
Coffee and tea are so interwoven into the routines of those who partake that making any adjustments to the morning — or afternoon, or evening — practice, can feel like bit of a risk. But wherever it is that a caffeine fix falls into your day-to-day, take this as a...
For Boulder, its residents and its visitors, the Hotel Boulderado is more than a relic of an era gone by – it’s a still very relevant institution. It’s been an important cornerstone since it first opened in 1909. Designed by local architects, William Redding &...
Most of Denver’s restaurants are young. The boom of the last couple decades has inspired a lot of openings. The subsequent competition along with the volatile nature and razor thin margins of the industry have caused a lot of closures. The pandemic and the shutdown...