The New Chocolate Piñata Makes a Smashing Debut at Hacienda Colorado

Aurora BubbleLife iReporter 6/27 8:24A Stephanie Patrick

What’s your smash style? Find out here, then crack open the fun.   DENVER – Breaking news: Bursting onto the menu at Hacienda Colorado is a new dessert experience that you need to take a crack at. The Chocolate Piñata is making its smashing debut...

Churreria de Madrid’s Spanish-style churros are a rare and delicious treat

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 6/27 2:00A John Wenzel

Editor’s note: This is part of The Know’s series, Staff Favorites. Each week, we offer our opinions on the best that Colorado has to offer for dining, shopping, entertainment, outdoor activities and more. (We’ll also let you in on some hidden...

Caroline Glover, co-owner and chef at Annette, wins a James Beard award

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 6/13 3:43P Tiney Ricciardi

If you haven’t yet tried Annette restaurant in Aurora, here’s your cue. On Monday, chef and co-owner Caroline Glover was awarded the title of Best Chef in the Mountain Region by the James Beard Foundation at the prestigious James Beard Awards....

QuikTrip’s move into Denver area picks up speed as store to replace Lakewood art hub

The Denver Post (Food Retail) 6/10 2:00A Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton

The Denver area will see one of its first QuikTrip convenience stores after the chain purchased the site of a former art hub in Lakewood for $1.7 million. The deal with QuikTrip Corp., a privately held company headquartered in Tulsa, Okla.,...

Le Dîner en Blanc hosts its inaugural secret picnic party in downtown Denver

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 6/7 5:32A Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton

Le Dîner en Blanc, a secret picnic party at which diners dress head-to-toe in white, kicked off its first year in downtown Denver on Saturday, bringing almost 900 attendees together to dine and dance...

How you — yes, you — can be a judge for the Colorado Cannabis Cup

The Denver Post (Food Retail) 6/7 2:00A Tiney Ricciardi

Have you ever dreamed of judging a cannabis competition? Good news: You’re high-ered! The High Times Cannabis Cup has returned to Colorado and is currently seeking judges to try locally-made products,...

Breaking the chain: New Denver area restaurants moving into old spaces

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 6/6 2:00A Allyson Reedy

It’s not that chain restaurants are inherently bad; it’s more that they’re inherently uninteresting. Their role is to be consistent, expected, predictable. But when chewing through one of life’s...

New Denver restaurants you should try this summer

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 5/31 2:00A Josie Sexton

Mojo pork chops marinated in whole citrus and garlic, congri rice and beans plus salty-sweet fried plantains and pollo a la brasa made with Peruvian black mint huacatay. These are some of the Latin...

15 pretty patios serving top-notch food and drinks around Denver

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 5/24 2:00A Josie Sexton

Patio seats aren t hard to come by in sunny Denver. But slightly harder to find are the patios that are serving up pleasant views with top-notch drinks and food. These 15 spots offer that rare...

Forget doom scrolling. Try bloom scrolling through our new Instagram floral obsession

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 5/22 2:00A Tiney Ricciardi

Editor’s note: Each week in Staff Favorites, we offer our opinions on the best that Colorado has to offer for dining, shopping, entertainment, outdoor activities and more. (We’ll also let you in on some hidden gems). Forget doom scrolling. I’ve...

Low on staff, Rosenberg’s Bagels changes business model before reopening

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 5/20 2:00A Josie Sexton

Five Points institution Rosenberg s Bagels should reopen sometime in June after closing suddenly last week due to a staffing shortage. Joshua Pollack, the deli s owner, said he s taking a few weeks to regroup with his remaining staff to determine...

Colorado brewers nab an impressive 22 medals at World Beer Cup

The Denver Post (Food Retail) 5/6 7:10A Tiney Ricciardi

The World Beer Cup, an international beer competition hosted by Boulder-based trade organization the Brewers Association, honored craft beer-makers globally Thursday for the first time since 2018. And...

How to drink beer and support Colorado Parks and Wildlife all year long

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 5/6 2:00A Tiney Ricciardi

It s been said that beer and the outdoors make a natural pairing, so it feels fitting that Colorado Parks and Wildlife decided to partner with alcohol makers statewide on a fundraising effort to...

Ukefest, Derby Day, Cinco de Mayo and more things to do in Denver this weekend

The Dever Post (Food & Dining) 5/5 2:00A John Wenzel

Going big (and little) for Cinco de Mayo Through Sunday. Given that Cinco de Mayo falls on a Thursday this year, Denver s extending its themed parties through the weekend. That includes the giant,...

Trader Joe’s is opening a new Denver-area grocery store this week

The Denver Post (Food Retail) 5/2 8:53A Elizabeth Hernandez

Make room in those freezers and pantries because a new Trader Joe s location is opening up this week in Parker. The store, located at 18374 Cottonwood Drive, will have a grand opening at 8 a.m. on Friday. The 9,600-square-foot store will be the...