Awards and Honors

Photos: Morrison Holiday Bar named a "Best Banquet Bar" by Coors

By Philip Poston Fri., May 24 2013 at 9:00 AM
Categories: Awards and Honors, Cafe Society

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All photos by Philip Poston
The Morrison Holiday Bar is known as "the local cure" by residents of the tiny town, and now the legendary watering hole has a new title: It's been named "Best Banquet Bar" by Coors. "Holiday Bar has been a great customer to us for a long time," said Pete Coors, who was on hand yesterday to present the plaque to the owners of Holiday Bar.

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- Pete and David Coors hit the road in an RV full of beer
- Blue Moon's Sandlot bar at Coors Field opens on non-game days
- Best Free Dinner 2009: Morrison Holiday Bar


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Booze News

Williams & Graham and Sean Kenyon both finalists for Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards

By Lori Midson Fri., May 17 2013 at 4:52 PM
Categories: Ask the Bartender, Awards and Honors, Behind the Bar, Booze News, Midson: Gastronaughty

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Jacqui Segura for the Cocktail Ambassador
Westword bar columnist Sean Kenyon just landed in New York City about an hour ago for the Manhattan Cocktail Classic, and once he turned his cell phone on, it started buzzing like a palpitating heart -- and Kenyon's heart just about dropped to the floor when he began reading his text messages.

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- Barman Sean Kenyon's response to Jenn Wohletz's cocktail grievances
- Food & Wine names Williams & Graham one of the Top 10 Best New Bars in the U.S.
- Ten favorite cocktails (with recipes!) from ten favorite Denver bartenders


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Williams & Graham wins Cocktail Bar of the Year from Nightclub & Bar Media Group

By Lori Midson Wed., Feb. 27 2013 at 10:01 AM
Categories: Awards and Honors, Booze News, Midson: Gastronaughty

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Lori Midson
Williams & Graham keeps racking up awards for its stellar cocktail program.

"Fucking awesome!"

That's the emotional sentiment of Sean Kenyon, whose Denver speakeasy, Williams & Graham, just waltzed away the 2013 title of Cocktail Bar of the Year, a prestigious award bestowed on the cocktail cocoon by Nightclub & Bar Media Group, a bar, nightclub and lounge enterprise overseen by president Jon Taffer, who manages the Nightclub & Bar Convention and Trade Show, publishes Nightclub & Bar magazine and is co-executive producer of Spike TV's Bar Rescue.

See also:
- Food & Wine magazine names Williams & Graham one of the Top 10 Best New Bars in the U.S.
- Foodography and a first look: Williams & Graham
- David Bumgardner, exec chef of Williams & Graham, on moving your ass

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Matt Selby is battling for $20,000 in the Master Holiday Chef Challenge: Vote!

By Lori Midson Mon., Dec. 10 2012 at 5:01 PM
Categories: Awards and Honors, Contests, Midson: Gastronaughty

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Lori Midson
Matt Selby, exec chef of the Corner House.

By the end of this month, star chef Matt Selby and James Iacino, president of Seattle Fish Company, will open the Corner House, a new restaurant in Jefferson Park, and while Selby is currently working on menus -- dishes like truffle salt-cured foie gras, mussels and "Denver Bronco" oysters with orange sauce -- he's also vying for $20,000 in the Master Holiday Chef Challenge, a battle among fourteen national chefs from across the country, all of whom have created four holiday recipes incorporating various cheeses, including Alouette, Ile de France and Chavrie fresh goat cheese.

- Matt Selby leaving Vesta group for the Corner House
- James Iacino, president of Seattle Fish Company, opening the Corner House


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Seven Colorado food and spirits producers emerge as finalists for a 2013 Good Food Award

By Lori Midson Mon., Dec. 3 2012 at 5:56 PM
Categories: Awards and Honors, Midson: Gastronaughty

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Todd Leopold's local spirits company is a finalist in the 2013 Good Food Awards.
Colorado foodophiles have one -- make that seven -- more reasons to ballyhoo our culinary scene: Today, Pagosa Brewing Company, Avalanche Cheese Company, Ritual Chocolate, Serendipity Confections, Dancing Pines Distillery, Leopold Bros. and Syntax Spirits were all named as finalists vying for a 2013 Good Food Award.

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- Leopold Bros. reveals plans for expansion, a tasting room and a new spirit
- Ask the bartender: Meet Kristian Naslund of Dancing Pines Distillery
- Mayor Hickenlooper's cruisin' for brews


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Looking good! Mayor's Design Awards honor six eating/drinking spots

By Patricia Calhoun Wed., Oct. 24 2012 at 8:03 AM
Categories: Awards and Honors

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Ace Eat Serve looks like a winner.
Restaurants aren't just changing the way Denver eats; they're changing the way this city looks.

Last night Mayor Michael Hancock announced the winners of the annual Mayor's Design Awards -- twelve projects cited for excellence in architecture, design and place-creating. "Every great city has exciting, pioneering places like these that make its neighborhoods unique," Hancock pronounced. "The 2012 Mayor's Design Award winners are projects that honor the things Denverites hold dear: livability, sustainability, human scale, respect for history and context, and celebration of the public realm."

And half of this year's winners are local eating/drinking establishments.

See also:
- Photo and menu tour: Ace Eat Serve opens today
- Denver Bicycle Cafe; Best New Coffeehouse 2012
- Photos: Mayor Hancock becomes an honorary brewer at Denver Beer Co.
- Win two tickets to Linger's Necro Noche fundraiser for GrowHaus

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