Thule to open first North American store in new downtown Denver development

The Denver Post (Food Retail) 5/17 11:00A Thomas Gounley

Thule has picked downtown Denver for its first store in North America. The Swedish company most known for vehicle accessories like rooftop and hitch-mounted bike carriers is taking 1,600 square feet in Market Station, the new mixed-use project...

Five Weeknight Dishes: Just-right recipes

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 5/17 5:00A The New York Times News Service

By Emily Weinstein , The New York Times The sun is out. It’s time for the annual switch to iced coffee, or to buy Lambrusco and make a spritz. Summer is nigh! But, OK, let’s still take a beat to revel in spring. Many of the recipes below are...

Three years after Chipotle split, Front Range still has hotbed for quick-service restaurant chains

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 5/15 2:00A Joe Rubino

When Chipotle Mexican Grill announced in 2018 that it was wrapping its office supplies in aluminum foil and relocating its headquarters from Denver to Newport Beach, Calif., it left a burrito-sized...

Sticky, sweet and savory chicken: No fork necessary

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 5/13 5:00A The New York Times News Service

By Melissa Clark , The New York Times One of the things I’m least looking forward to about reentering polite society after our pandemic isolation is having to eat bone-in chicken with a knife and fork. This past year has involved a blissful...

5 new Colorado drinks — from beers to tonics and aperitifs — to sip this spring

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 5/13 2:45A Josie Sexton, The Know

Whether you’ve become an expert home mixologist or are more focused on healthful drinking this season, there is a bevy of new options to add to your bar cart — and they’re made right here in Colorado. From aperitifs to adaptonics, the latest in...

Colorado retailers must accept cash under new law

The Denver Post (Food Retail) 5/12 9:22A Alex Burness

Gov. Jared Polis signed a new law this week barring most Colorado retailers from adopting no-cash policies. The law, HB21-1048 , was sponsored by two Denver Democrats, Rep. Alex Valdez and Sen. Robert Rodriguez, who argued that the policy is...

Denver’s first sober bar starts pouring mocktails in Jefferson Park

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 5/12 2:47A Josie Sexton, The Know

Back in 2019, Christy and Billy Wynne of Denver were in France’s wine country where they had escaped to live for a year with their two children. It was in that unlikely place that they decided to stop...

Amazon Fresh grocery store seems to be cropping up in Centennial

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 5/12 2:41A BusinessDen, The Know

An Amazon Fresh grocery store appears to be in the works in the southern part of the metro area. Illinois-based Kensington Development Partners, the owner of the Quebec Village Retail Center in Centennial, says  on its website  a “future grocery...

Douglas County ends COVID mask mandate for indoor gatherings, says residents are “free to choose”

The Denver Post (Food Retail) 5/11 11:49A John Aguilar

Masks are completely optional in Douglas County as of Tuesday, with its leaders once again leapfrogging Colorado s coronavirus restrictions. The county also decided it will not require people to show proof of vaccination to get together indoors....

Little India owner doubling locations in 2021 to avoid employee furloughs

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 5/11 2:51A BusinessDen, The Know

When the pandemic hit, Simeran Baidwan wasn’t ready to let go of any of his Little India employees — many of whom are immigrants and have worked for him for nearly 20 years. As a result, he’s doubling...

Owner of Gaetano’s buys its Highland property for $2.6M

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 5/11 2:45A BusinessDen, The Know

Ron Robinson apparently made them an offer they couldn’t refuse. Robinson, who has owned Italian restaurant Gaetano’s in Highland since 2013, now owns the restaurant’s history-laced brick building, too. Robinson purchased the Highland properties...

As online shopping grows, so does FedEx Ground with Denver hiring spree

The Denver Post (Food Retail) 5/11 2:00A Aldo Svaldi

FedEx Ground is looking to hire more than 800 additional workers in the Denver area as consumers keep shifting more of their shopping online, which is driving for seven-day-a-week home deliveries, the company said Monday. The openings are for...

Get Cooking: How to use spice blends from around the world

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 5/10 8:33A Bill St. John

Spice blends are mainstays of cooks the world over. A Punjabi cook has his garam masala at the ready for everyday seasoning. A Lebanese, her baharat for breakfast (sprinkled on labneh), lunch (inside falafel) and dinner (over lamb stew). We use...

The beloved high-altitude doughnuts made at the top of Pikes Peak are getting a reboot

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 5/10 3:03A Sarah Kuta, The Know

The recipe for the doughnuts made at the top of Pikes Peak is so important, so secret, so proprietary that it’s kept in a safe. Employees who work anywhere near the doughnuts must sign a...

Latest project for “social beer drinker” Peyton Manning: Premium bourbon

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 5/10 1:45A Ryan O’Halloran

Soon-to-be-inducted Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback. Two-time Super Bowl champion. Insurance company endorser. Philanthropist. Bourbon pitch-man? Welcome to the latest project for Peyton Manning: Sweetens Cove Tennessee Bourbon, a result of...