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Youve heard of a hand pie, right? Well, how about a hand salad? Thats one of the amusing appetizers youll find on the menu at Gorlami Pizza, which is now open at Avanti Food & Beverage. Gorlami (from an Inglorious Basterds scene featuring Brad Pitt doing his worst Italian impersonation ever) doesnt call its Caesar-style creation a hand salad, but the baby romaine lettuce is sliced into finger-friendly spears topped with a tangy, cheesy dressing that are just right for a pre-pizza snack. The pi...

Othere eateries werent as lucky. Graves realized that most restaurants lacked the option of serving food to people in their cars, or even offering takeout in a meaningful way, since so many independent, family-run operations are based on customer service, ambience and a connection with the community. "I knew I could help these restaurants," Graves explains. My Brothers Bar has not allowed indoor seating since March 2020. Westword And so the fast-food operator figured out a way to pay it forward...

April 16 will mark a major milestone in Colorados response to the COVID-19 pandemic that has gripped the state since March 2020, when restrictions were first put in place to limit public interaction at businesses and gathering places. Governor Jared Polis has announced that the COVID Dial, first introduced by the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment in September 2020 as a way of indicating county-by-county restrictions, will be phased out beginning tomorrow, April 16, with most CO...

When someone cooks you soup, its a sign that they care. Soup takes time to make — time to allow the flavor of the ingredients to mingle and become something nourishing, satisfying and uplifting. Olivia Marcano understands the power of soup, especially the soups of her home country, Venezuela. Thats why shes turning lunch every Friday at Comal Heritage Food Incubator into Venezuelan soup day. Comal was founded by Focus Points Family Resource Center to give women in the Globeville and Elyria-Sw...

CoraFayes Home Cookn & Soul Food has been one of Denvers top destinations for Southern and soul food for the past fifteen years, but owner Priscilla Smiths fried chicken, catfish, pork chops and hearty side dishes have been absent since the beginning of the pandemic. In March 2020, Smith closed her restaurant at 16251 East Colfax Avenue in Aurora, and the place has remained shuttered ever since. But Smith hasnt been idle over the past year; instead, she moved CoraFayes to a new, more visible lo...

Looking back over the past year, most restaurateurs will agree that enduring a pandemic — with all of the concerns over public health and safety layered on top of operating restrictions and forced closures — has been the toughest time ever for owners. But add to that a fire and then frigid weather that froze the pipes, and you have an idea of what Nick Quintana went through before finally getting back to serving guests. But in order to do so, he had to start a new restaurant, Sazón, which ...

Its a triple-X kind of week, with Muxagat, kalimotxo and Xatrucho — not to mention some music that comes with a parental warning label — on the menu. Keep reading for details on all the tasty events over the next few days, then read further for more food and drink events in the weeks ahead. Monday, April 12 Boulder cooking school Food Lab, at 1825 Pearl Street, is taking three hours to teach what generations of Japanese chefs have taken decades to master: ramen. From 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. on M...

Get ready to usher in another sunny weekend with a cooking class, spring cocktails, mushroom madness or poutine in a parking lot. After chewing over the details for those events, keep reading for more fun things in the weeks ahead, including May the Fourth food and drink specials and a recently rescheduled kitchen takeover that had us drooling back in March before it was canceled. Friday, April 9 The Seasoned Chef, a cooking school at 999 Jasmine Street, has a few spots left for its Taste of ...

Brad Anderson has made quite an impact on the Denver dining scene over the past few decades, running the Rocky Mountain Diner, Ricks Cafe, Choppers Sports Grill, the Castle Cafe and the Next Door Bar with partners Tom Walls and Jerry Good. Now Anderson is ready to jump back into the scene with Benzina, an Italian restaurant built from the bones of a former Phillips 66 gas station at 4839 East Colfax Avenue. Anderson began planning the restaurant three years ago when he purchased the property, w...

The Ballpark neighborhood has a new hotel, right across the street from the main entrance to Coors Field, where fans of baseball and spring weather are now enjoying both, since the Colorado Rockies home opener drew about 21,000 ticket holders (the maximum number allowed under current COVID restrictions) to the Thursday and Friday games. Some of them might have found their way inside the Rally Hotel, where the Original and the Rally Bar are now open.  The Original is serving up such all-Americ...