Turn your taco inside out for a nostalgic update on the hard-shell classic

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 5/20 4:00A Ellie Krieger

I have a soft spot in my heart for hard-shell tacos. It s partly thanks to joyful childhood memories of meals whipped up from those boxed kits, but it s also because they taste lip-smackingly good with their warm, spiced meat; crisp, cool...

Ease up on the sugar. It’s time to start treating rhubarb like the vegetable it is.

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 5/20 4:00A Polina Chesnakova

In the first 1938 edition of Larousse Gastronomique, an encyclopedic tome on gastronomy, editor Prosper Montagné advised treating and cooking rhubarb s leaves as you would spinach. While the effects may well have proved fatal (high concentrations...

From Harry Potter-themed brunches to ball pit bars, pop-ups are everywhere in Denver. Here’s why.

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 5/17 6:35A Josie Sexton

By spring, the pop-ups had taken over Denver. A Harry Potter brunch, a LEGO Bar, Magical brunch, ball pit bar, real-life Mario Kart, Miracle bar, a spring break bar and an Olympics bar. But that s not...

The best restaurants in Denver for every relationship status

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 5/16 6:31A Allyson Reedy, The Know

At the intersection of love and lust, done and over it and single and maybe ready to mingle, there is, in fact, a restaurant. That’s one of the many-splendored things about restaurants they are vast and different and unique and appeal to...

Tom’s Diner could soon be demolished to make way for an eight-story apartment building

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 5/15 11:33A Josie Sexton

A 113-unit, eight-story apartment building might take the place of one of Denver s lasting greasy spoons. Alberta Development Partners, based in Greenwood Village, this month proposed razing and...

Recent James Beard winner Frasca and sister restaurant Tavernetta opening a wine bar at Union...

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 5/15 6:26A Josie Sexton

A team of wine pros known for their hit Italian restaurants Frasca and Tavernetta are opening a bar dedicated to wine and vinyl in Denver. For 15 years, Frasca master sommelier Bobby Stuckey has garnered a following, and plenty of awards, at his...

Don’t confuse bulgur with cracked wheat

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 5/15 4:00A Bill St. John

Although we’ve been told by nutritionists to be wary of processed foods, many minimally processed foodstuffs suffer little diminution in their healthy properties. Frozen fruits and vegetables are such; so too, low-sodium canned or jarred...

RTD’s newest line in southeast Denver metro will power development for years to come

The Denver Post (Food Retail) 5/15 2:00A Joe Rubino

How much do the developers behind Lone Tree s RidgeGate neighborhood believe in the potential locked in the four square miles of mostly virgin land they own on the east side of Interstate 25? They pitched it to Amazon during the company s HQ2...

Colorado beer sales achieved new record at outset of 2019

The Denver Post (Food Retail) 5/14 12:54P The Associated Press

DENVER Beer sales in Colorado set a record at the beginning of this year, increasing by 20 percent over the same period last year. Colorado Public Radio reports that the state Department of Revenue taxed 9.8 million gallons of beer sales in...

PHOTOS: Colorado qualifier for Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coors Field

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 5/13 7:17A The Know

Competitors eat their hearts out in the Colorado qualifier for 2019 Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coors Field on Saturday, May 11, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. The contestant who east the most hot dogs in 10 minutes wins a trip to Coney...

Pete’s Kitchen owner dies at 85. Pete Contos was a founding father of Denver’s restaurant scene.

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 5/13 6:39A Josie Sexton

Pete Contos, a founding father of Denver s restaurant scene, died on Sunday. He was 85. Contos was the longtime owner of Pete s Kitchen and its neighbor, Pete s Satire Lounge, on East Colfax Avenue....

Phyllo is the perfect wrap for a portable snack

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 5/13 4:00A Cathy Barrow

It s no secret I believe pie is the most sensible food to bring to a party. Whether savory or sweet, large or small, the combination of a richly flavored filling and crispy, buttery pastry can t be beat. I am not alone. In every corner of the...

All-day breakfast tacos and bull testicles take over former South Broadway brunch spot Morning...

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 5/10 10:45A Josie Sexton

If at first you don t succeed, try opening a taco shop. That was the mindset when Morning Collective s owners last month closed their 2-year-old South Broadway brunch spot and redesigned the restaurant to reopen this week as Huevos Tacos, serving...

Former home to rib-ticklers and tunes, LoDo building to be turned into office, retail space

The Denver Post (Food Retail) 5/10 7:56A Joe Rubino

LoDo s former home of stand-up comedy and karaoke, El Charrito, shut down in December after a half century in businesses. Soon, its former building will be redeveloped by a partnership involving Kenneth Monfort, the son of Colorado Rockies...

Join the cult that’s following this Texas BBQ food truck to its new RiNo restaurant

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 5/9 9:35A Josie Sexton

Pitmaster Karl Fallenius was watching the weather forecast in disbelief earlier this week, seeing highs only in the 40s and snow showers on Thursday, the day when he would finally fire up the smokers at his new RiNo barbecue spot. It had been a...