It’s never easy to see a favorite restaurant go. Whether it was a neighborhood hangout, a special-occasion splurge, or even one of the spots you’d been meaning to get to (but never did). Some closings make our jaws drop while others aren’t surprising. None of them are fun. Here are 12 of the saddest Denver-area … Read more
Earlier this month, chef Jennifer Jasinski and longtime business partner, Beth Gruitch, announced that they would be closing one of their four celebrated Denver restaurants and would “pass the baton” at two others. But the pair will hold onto Larimer Square’s Rioja, which was their first restaurant. “We’re not dead yet,” Jasinski laughed as she … Read more
Denver’s Union Station just wrapped up an $11 million renovation, but that wasn’t enough to keep its first restaurant tenant in the house. Stoic & Genuine was the first restaurant to open in the historic building when it reopened with a hotel, shops, restaurants and bars in 2014. But restaurant owners Beth Gruitch and Jennifer … Read more
Colorado might not have anyone to root for in this year’s Super Bowl, but there is a local player worth cheering on your big screen next month. Chef Manny Barella is one of 15 chefs competing on Bravo’s “Top Chef” Season 21, set in Wisconsin and airing weekly on March 20. He will go head-to-head … Read more
