Rebel Bread making Italian focaccia sandwiches at new popup

Rebel Bread making Italian focaccia sandwiches at new popup

Gino Panino, a new pop-up from the team behind Rebel Bread, is bringing those viral Italian focaccia sandwiches you’ve seen all over social media to Denver. While it may be housed inside the bakery on South Broadway, Gino Panino is its own entity. The concept is operated by Rebel Bread owner, Zach Martinucci and other … Read more

Rundown building on Champa to become Cassady’s gelato shop

Rundown building on Champa to become Cassady’s gelato shop

For nearly 30 years, John Hayden and Keith Pryor have lived a block away from a small structure with boarded-up windows, crumbling brick and a link to the Beat Generation. “You walk by it every day and think what that might be,” Hayden said. The building at 2558 Champa St. has been on Denver’s formal … Read more

5 events related to GABF 2024 that are worth a toast

5 events related to GABF 2024 that are worth a toast

Editor’s note: This is part of The Know’s series, Staff Favorites. Each week, we offer our opinions on the best Colorado has to offer for dining, shopping, entertainment, outdoor activities and more. (We’ll also let you in on some hidden gems). It’s the most wonderful time for a beer! The Great American Beer Festival returns … Read more

Denver closes Sonny Lawson, La Alma-Lincoln parks over drugs, violence

Denver closes Sonny Lawson, La Alma-Lincoln parks over drugs, violence

Denver Parks and Recreation has fenced off portions of Sonny Lawson Park and La Alma-Lincoln Park in what the department described Friday as its latest effort to curb rising drug sales, violence and vandalism in those spaces. A pocket of grass and trees near the intersection of West 14th Avenue and Kalamath Street also was … Read more

RosenBurger’s open late at Rosenberg’s Bagels Five Points popup

RosenBurger’s open late at Rosenberg’s Bagels Five Points popup

Since the pandemic, Joshua Pollack’s New York-inspired restaurant group “has really changed how we think about growth,” he said. After he closed Rosenberg’s Bagels in Boulder in October 2022, a little over a year after opening, Pollack was hesitant to take another risk. “At some point, we will open more Rosenberg’s, pizza places and maybe … Read more

Denver chocolate shop debuts Beyoncé-inspired confections

Denver chocolate shop debuts Beyoncé-inspired confections

Beyoncé fans are celebrating the release of her latest album, “Cowboy Carter,” in a myriad of ways, from fashion statements to TikTok dances. Denverites looking for a unique way to indulge in the action can boot-scoot to a local chocolatier selling sweets to satisfy the Beyhive. Temper Chocolates and Confections (2669 Larimer St., Denver) recently … Read more

Call Your Mother, Moe’s, Leroy’s

Call Your Mother, Moe’s, Leroy’s

When Joshua Pollack first started serving New York-style bagels at Rosenberg’s Bagels & Delicatessen in 2014, Denver was practically a bagel desert. “I couldn’t get bagels with schmear or lox really anywhere in Denver,” Pollack said. “There were no, in my opinion, traditional East Coast bagel shops in Colorado, period. I longed for the food. … Read more

Bug-eating festival, Fall Off the Wagon Party

Bug-eating festival, Fall Off the Wagon Party

Wagon train Friday. Dry January has become such a big part of the scene over the past few years, that its end at the beginning of February is inspiring parties of their own. Resolute Brewing, at 7286 S. Yosemite St. in Centennial, will be one of several breweries and bars in metro Denver hosting congratulatory … Read more

Denver’s use of traffic circles at intersections grows fast in 2023

Denver’s use of traffic circles at intersections grows fast in 2023

Chris Miller biked to work every day from his home in Denver’s Speer neighborhood for six months, passing through a new traffic circle along the way. It’s one of dozens of tight rotary intersections that Denver has installed across the city this year, forcing vehicle traffic to go around center circles. Miller, 39, said the … Read more

Denver’s saddest restaurant closures of 2023

Denver’s saddest restaurant closures of 2023

Losing a favorite go-to restaurant can feel like a stab to the heart, especially if it was the kind of place that always had an extra smile ready for you, or where everyone knew your name and your order. Saying goodbye to that part of your routine stings. While the city has been riding a … Read more