Food

Under new ownership, First Bite: Boulder County Restaurant Week has announced changes coming to the nine-day event, taking place from Nov. 8-16.

Rosé has been summer’s drink for a few years with no signs of slowing down. Westminster-based Wine Education Institute founder Barney Treadway shares three rosés sold in Colorado for less than $15:

The Big Eat, happening June 20, has many differentiators that make it one of the most-anticipated food festivals of the year.

Parry’s Pizzeria & Bar is celebrating one year at The Streets of SouthGlenn by giving away once-in-a-lifetime prizes, including free pizza for a year and the chance to choose the tap list for Parry’s, which has the largest selection of craft beer in the state.

Eight Colorado institutions – from Aurora to Denver to Aspen to Boulder and Louisville – have graced the list of semifinalists for the annual James Beard restaurant and chef awards. Colorado nominees include:

Araphoe Basin Ski Area took home one of the highest achievements in the culinary world (literally) when it was named the highest restaurant in America. Il Rifugio, meaning “the shelter,” snatched the title from Telluride’s Alpino Vino when it opened at 12,456 feet above sea level.

For just $5, craft beer drinkers can get chauffeured between four West Side breweries on March 2. The West Side Brewery Bus Loop returns featuring Seedstock Brewery, Joyride Brewing, Zuni Street Brewing and Little Machine Beer, allowing thirsty revelers to explore the neighborhoods of West Colfax, Jefferson Park, Highlands and Sloan Lake neighborhoods all in one afternoon. Two buses will run continually clockwise between the breweries, making revisiting your favorites easy.

Charlotte-based Chef Bruce Moffett, owner of Moffett Restaurant Group, is releasing his first cookbook, “Bruce Moffett Cooks: A New England Chef in a New South Kitchen.”

The Beer Connoisseur released its annual list of the top 100 beers of the year, and five Colorado breweries have made the cut against the thousands of international and domestic craft breweries. To drink the créme de la créme of craft beers, be sure to seek out:

If you thought al fresco dining was off limits during winter in Denver, you thought wrong. RiNo’s Mister Tuna is beginning to offer dining in a cozy and translucent outdoor igloo until March 31.

National Soup Month, a holiday that was seemingly created by the Campbell Soup Company, is upon us. From the aromatic phos on Federal, to Uncle’s unforgettable silky ramen, here are our favorite soups in Denver:

Vendors of the Community Supported Artisans of Denver – Call to Arms Brewing Company, Colorado Craft Butchers, Raleigh Street Bakery and The Noshery – have once again united to create the most delicious CSA boxes this winter.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is saying goodbye to the Obama administration’s school lunch and breakfast program in a move to serve meals more appealing to students.

Everyone loves Clement Moore’s “’Twas the Night Before Christmas,” but we doubt it is sugarplums dancing through children’s heads while they are nestled snug in their beds. As Saint Nick plans to stuff stockings near and far, we hope he’ll take advice from Food PR.

After a wildly successful first year, Miracle is returning to Denver this year and taking over the upper deck bar at Avanti Food & Beverage.

Torpedo Coffee opened in Oneida Park in late September this year bringing a selection of quality coffee drinks, matcha lattes, baked goods, breakfast burritos and a whole lot more to the Park Hill neighborhood.

You’ve got some hungry guests coming for Thanksgiving, which means you need to find a tasty turkey. Here’s what you should consider:

Step into another world with a visit to pop-up bar Yeah Baby in RiNo. The “gin palace, art gallery and disco” features eclectic art – including extra bright candy-striped walls in the lobby – as well as biodynamic cocktails and a DJ spinning groovy tunes.

Just in time for chili season, Pablo’s Coffee and Merfs Condiments have released a collaborative coffee-flavored hot sauce: Chipotle Joe Hot Sauce.

Over 62,000 attendees came, saw and drank – probably too much – at the 2018 Great American Beer Festival in Denver. Roughly 800 breweries from across the country poured more than 4,000 beers at the festival, which celebrated its 37th anniversary. Nearly 300 judges reviewed beers from 2,404 breweries stemming from 13 countries.

You’ll find the Cane River tucked away in the heart of Louisiana’s pecan country. It’s a place known for fertile row crops, famous cotton production, significant Southern plantations and prized pecan orchards.

Call, a tiny RiNo restaurant dedicated to all-day snacking, has been named one of America’s Best New Restaurants 2018 by Bon Appétit, one of just 10 selected nationwide.

We wandered into Torchy’s Tacos only because the restaurant we originally wanted to go to was closed. Expectations were low. We were stunned to enjoy the best tacos we’ve ever had, and unlike some skimpy ones that are barely two bites, these tacos are huge.

In-N-Out Burger, the popular California fast-food chain, is expanding its footprint throughout the western United States, and the company has chosen Colorado as a regional hub.

It’s “not zucchini, fettuccine or bulgur wheat but a big warm bun and a huge hunk of meat,” sang Jimmy Buffett. Somewhere along the line, somebody added cheese. No one really knows who was the first to do it.

Two Northern Colorado institutions are teaming up for a one-of-a-kind beer release. Peel Handcrafted Pizza, located in Frederick, and Berthoud Brewing have collaborated on Union Blanc, a Belgian-style pale ale crafted with local malts from Troubadour Maltings.

Jump on the plant-based food chuck wagon and eat vegan, organic, gluten-free, dairy-free, raw and local food with the vanilla bean app.

Earlier this month, Pablo’s Coffee tripled down on its drip dominance with the opening of its third store on East Colfax. For more than two decades, Pablo’s has caffeinated downtown Denverites at its original 6th Avenue and Washington Street location and its second spot at 13th and Pennsylvania.

Imagine a restaurant with no set menu and no set prices. If this seems slightly out of the ordinary, that’s because it is. SAME Cafe, the first nonprofit restaurant in Denver, operates based on the principle that everyone, regardless of economic status, deserves to eat healthy food and be treated with dignity.

It’s time to dig out your elastic-waist pants because Denver Restaurant Week kicks off Feb. 23.