Colorado’s most heartbreaking brewery closures of 2025

The Denver Post (Food Retail) 12/31 1:00A Tiney Ricciardi

There’s no sugarcoating it: 2025 was a pretty tumultuous year for Colorado’s beer industry. More than 40 breweries closed statewide this year, according to the Colorado Brewers Guild . That number is...

Quick Fix: Beef Tenderloin with Cranberry Mustard Sauce and Green Beans with Rice

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 12/30 10:05A Tribune News Service

By Linda Gassenheimer, Tribune News Service Cranberries, brown sugar, orange juice, and a touch of mustard come together to create a quick, mouthwatering sauce for beef tenderloin slices. This dish is perfect for the season or any time you want a...

How to Make Döner Kebab Like a Cypriot Mom

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 12/30 10:05A The New York Times News Service

It’s an old tale: A boyfriend visits his girlfriend’s parents’ house for the first time and nerves ensue. But in Michael Wilkes’ case, he arrived in Cyprus to not only a warm reception, but also a traditional Cypriot mezze: yogurty cacik, vibrant...

Five Weeknight Dishes: Silky, Salty and Abundantly Satisfying Spaghetti Carbonara

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 12/30 10:04A The New York Times News Service

Luxury and simplicity aren’t mutually exclusive. Take, for example, spaghetti carbonara, which requires no fancy ingredients but is salty, silky and abundantly satisfying. There’s an outrageousness to how delicious it is and a disheveled quality...

Cheese balls are back. How to make this classic party dish cool again

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 12/30 3:20A The Associated Press

By VIVIAN HOWARD, Associated Press The cheese ball is a cliché. I believe, however, that like the pig in a blanket and the baked potato, the cheese ball is so cliched it has actually become cool....

The saddest Denver-area restaurant closings of 2025

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 12/30 1:00A Miguel Otárola

Shortly after the year began, the 5-year-anniversary of the COVID-19 lockdowns brought a stark reminder of the lows the industry had hit not so long ago. While many restaurants that were around before...

Recipe: Sweet and spicy Korean fried chicken will fire you up

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 12/29 5:21A Tribune News Service

By Gretchen McKay, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Bold, spicy flavors have never been more in demand, especially when they add a global element to a dish. One of my favorite foods these days is Korean fried...

This Boulder mill is on a mission to prove local flour means better flavor

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 12/27 1:00A Tiney Ricciardi

When baker Christie Rich first heard about Winter Langin, she immediately wanted to use it for bread and pastries. The hard red winter wheat was enticing not only because it was specifically developed...

At this Colorado restaurant atop Vail Mountain, what goes up must come down

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 12/26 1:00A Miguel Otárola

Sean Heller has worked at some of the most popular restaurants on both coasts of the United States. But nothing could have prepared him for his current assignment more than 10,000 feet above sea...

Denver’s biggest restaurant openings of 2025

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 12/23 1:00A Miguel Otárola

Standout chefs and restaurateurs continued to push Denver s food scene forward in 2025, bringing new life into neglected spaces and introducing diners to novel flavors from around the country and...

Here’s what stores are open, and which ones are closed, on Christmas

The Denver Post (Food Retail) 12/22 5:18A The Associated Press

From department stores to grocery stores, most retailers across the U.S. close early on Christmas Eve and shut their doors entirely on Christmas Day — while others opt to cut back hours. But there’s...

Yardbird missed $50K rent payment before October closure, landlord says

The Denver Post (Food Retail) 12/20 1:00A Max Scheinblum

RiNo fried chicken restaurant Yardbird failed to pay rent ahead of its October closure, according to its landlord. Lagniappe Capital Partners, which bought the Lot Twenty Eight building at 2743 Blake St. in 2021, said in a lawsuit against the...

Colorado real estate investor sues Adams County over increased valuations

The Denver Post (Food Retail) 12/20 1:00A Justin Wingerter

A real estate investor is suing Adams County for increasing its valuation of his 100,000 square feet of office space in Westminster amid claims of “excessive vacancies” and worsening crime. Park Centre Commons consists of two Reagan-era buildings...

Taco Bell apologizes to Nikola Jokic for 2014 draft-day moment

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 12/19 6:20A Jonathan Shikes

Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic has three MVP awards in his locker and an NBA championship ring, but the future hall-of-fame player famously didn t get much respect on TV back in 2014 when he was...

Telluride businesses on edge as negotiations between ski resort and patrollers continue into the...

The Denver Post (Food Retail) 12/19 1:00A Tiney Ricciardi

As Telluride Ski Resort and its ski patrollers union prepare to head back to the bargaining table this weekend, local business owners are increasingly on edge about how negotiations and a potential strike during the holidays could affect the...