Garlic. Olive oil. Tomatoes. Many tasty dishes contain these ingredients, especially at The Cherry Tomato, a cozy, family-friendly Italian restaurant located in a former pharmacy in Park Hill. The original tile welcomes diners at the main entrance. A hungry eater can almost envision neatly stocked aisles where tables covered in red and white checked tablecloths … Continue reading
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beast+bottle: Wholly good food and wine
It can be a nail-biter when fans of one beloved but now departed restaurant await the opening of a new restaurant in that location. Such was the case with beast+bottle, the new tenant in the 17th Avenue space of the former Olivéa. Fans can rest easy, knowing beast+bottle is a new Uptown favorite. beast+bottle is … Continue reading
Uncorked Denver: Tasting Bliss Family Vineyards’ wines at Sonoma’z
One of the best wine-tasting events in town is the monthly offering by Uncorked Denver/Denver Wine Meetup. Organized by Stacey Gilbert, Uncorked Denver hosts a winemaker or other winery representative who shares his or her thoughts on the wines being sampled that night. Stacey works with a chef at the venue to design hors d’oeuvre … Continue reading
The Curtis Club: Fit for foodies
A cross between an upstate New York hunting lodge, Wyoming ranch house, and the housewares department at Gorsuch, The Curtis Club offers fantastic food in a rustic urban setting. The same care that went into the hand-built décor made largely from reclaimed wood – including the hand-built tables with embedded horseshoes – is seen in … Continue reading
Tasting at The Populist: Swirl, sample, sip, repeat
The buzz around dinner at The Populist in Denver includes that it is a hip place you go dressed in all black, that dinner seating is community style, and that you have to be a fan of house music. To be on the safe side, this former New Yorker did wear all black, but that … Continue reading
Lou’s Food|Bar: “Comfort food and cocktails”
One of our favorite restaurants in Denver is Lou’s Food|Bar. It is reliably good, starting with the housemade sausage and pâté of the day (excellent to share), followed by the French Onion soup. The pâté is often in the coarse country style, mixing ground pork and liver with nuts and farm-fresh ingredients. Those three items … Continue reading
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