Movie about Casa Bonita’s reopening proves no one but “South Park” guys could have pulled it off

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 9/3 8:03A Tiney Ricciardi

No one in the world loves Casa Bonita as much as Trey Parker, and it’s not even close. That much is clear after watching a 90-minute documentary called “¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor!,” which follows the...

Secret Garden cafe opens on Cheesman Park

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 9/3 6:55A Matthew Geiger

Joe Vostrejs finally has an open secret. His firm City Street Investors opens Secret Garden a cafe selling coffee, lunch and evening cocktails — on Friday. It’s located in a 2,500-square-foot building at 1290 N. Williams St., right off a Cheesman...

Denver Beer Co. expands to Phoenix with a new brewery, different name

The Denver Post (Food Retail) 9/3 2:00A Tiney Ricciardi

Denver Beer Co. is preparing to fly south this winter to start a new brewery with a new name. The company is expanding to Phoenix under the moniker Formation Brewing., said CEO Robert MacEachern. Construction is currently underway on an existing...

Casa Bonita documentary comes to Denver movie theater in September

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 8/29 8:36A Tiney Ricciardi

It took about two years for “South Park” creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker to revive the beloved Casa Bonita restaurant, and soon local fans can see behind the scenes of what it took to get the project to the finish line. On Thursday, the duo...

Skip the cream but keep the creaminess in this cheesy zucchini pasta

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 8/29 3:20A Christopher Kimball

From Italy’s Amalfi Coast, pasta alla nerano features long, thin pasta tossed with a velvety sauce made with pureed zucchini. It’s an elegant yet easy dish that’s luxurious but not heavy. In this recipe from our cookbook “ Milk Street 365: The...

Five Weeknight Dishes: Summery 20-Minute Dinners

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 8/29 3:19A The New York Times News Service

It’s easy to gush over summer food, to feel grateful for the generous produce and farmers that have eased our cooking lives. Thank you for the juicy spills of tomatoes and stone fruit, for the smell of basil leaves and melon rinds and for all the...

Serve your Labor Day burgers with a skirt of crispy cheese

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 8/29 3:19A Christopher Kimball

Burgers are standard Labor Day fare, and while there’s nothing wrong with the classic interpretation, it can be fun to mix things up with contrasting flavors and textures. Rather than serve your burgers on the usual soft bun with a slice of...

Lollipop chicken wings to a Jedi sandwich: 4 Denver restaurant dishes we loved in August

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 8/28 2:00A Jonathan Shikes

Metro Denver’s food scene has never been as vibrant as it is today, something The Denver Post s food writers and the rest of the staff of The Know understand. That’s why we’re out on the town as much...

Developers looking to put a QuikTrip on site of Evergreen’s El Rancho Colorado

The Denver Post (Food Retail) 8/27 2:00A Aldo Svaldi

The location where El Rancho Colorado, a legendary roadside restaurant in Evergreen, now sits could become more focused on filling empty gas tanks than the bellies of hungry travelers along Interstate 70. Denver developer Travis McAfoos, part of...

Authentic Spanish churro chop closes in Stanley Marketplace

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 8/23 6:57A John Wenzel

Churreria de Madrid has fried its last churro. The shop, at 2501 Dallas St. in Aurora s Stanley Marketplace, which was centered around the fried-dough and sugar-dusted treat, posted online this week that it had permanently closed. Churreria de...

Parking lot battle puts two Denver restaurants at odds

The Denver Post (Food Retail) 8/23 2:00A Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton

Parking is rarely easy in Denver, but it s causing a larger problem for business owners and their customers along Denver s West 29th Avenue, where CôNu s Corner Cafe & Bánh Mì Sandwiches owns a...

3 Denver restaurants close after very short runs

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 8/21 4:45A Jonathan Shikes

Three Denver restaurants have closed or announced their impending closure after having operated for just four to 16 months. But all three had already faced challenges. Rolling Pin Pizza Rolling Pin...

Arvada brewery opens farm-to-table restaurant

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 8/21 2:47A Sara Rosenthal

New Image Brewing, which is known for its innovative beers and brewing processes , is looking to make a similar impact with a new farm-to-table restaurant concept. The restaurant, appropriately called...

Restaurateurs Jen Jasinski and Beth Gruitch have cooked up a long legacy in Denver

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 8/21 2:42A Kathleen St. John

Earlier this month, chef Jennifer Jasinski and longtime business partner, Beth Gruitch, announced that they would be closing one of their four celebrated Denver restaurants and would “pass the baton”...

King Soopers parent company sues Federal Trade Commission over embattled supermarket merger

The Denver Post (Food Retail) 8/21 2:00A Judith Kohler

The Kroger Co., parent company of King Soopers and other grocery chains nationwide, is suing to try to block the Federal Trade Commission s administrative proceeding against the supermarket giant s proposed merger with Albertsons. The lawsuit,...