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Photos: Sushi Bay is on a roll with a second location Uptown

By Trevor Andersen Tue., May 21 2013 at 4:09 PM

Trevor Andersen

The owners of Sushi Bay, which took over the space in the Berkeley neighborhood that had been occupied by the Hole, now have a place in Uptown, too. Sushi Bay 17 is located at 1728 East 17th Avenue; keep reading for a look at the space and the food. See also: - Photos: Sushi Bay now occupies the former Hole spot on Tennyson Street - Sushi Bay will open where the Hole closed - The Hole will close on Tennyson StreetMore »

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Ghost Plate & Tap will shutter on Friday

By Lori Midson Tue., May 21 2013 at 4:05 PM

Categories: Midson: Gastronaughty, Open and Shut Cases

Lori Midson

TJ Hobbs, the current chef of Ghost Plate & Tap, will become the corporate training chef for Breckenridge/Wynkoop.

Next month, Ghost Plate & Tap, an elevated pub with a formidable beer list and an excellent cocktail program, would have celebrated its second anniversary downtown, but the Wynkoop/Breckenridge concept, which opened in June of 2011, is shuttering just shy of its two-year anniversary, closing this Friday, directly after lunch service.

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Photos: Crowds now snarfing burgers at Snarfburger

By Philip Poston Mon., May 20 2013 at 3:37 PM

Categories: Cafe Society, Open and Shut Cases

All photos by Philip Poston.

The lunch line was out the door today at Snarfburger, which just opened at 2000 Arapahoe in Boulder, in the space vacated by Daddy Bruce's Bar-B-Que in March 2012. Until now, the Snarf's empire -- which Jim Seidel started in Boulder a decade ago -- has been devoted to subs. But burgers won't be the only innovation here; there will also be fried bologna sandwiches and deep-fried hot dogs with bacon.

Keep reading for a look at Snarfburger.

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Exclusive first look: Live Basil Pizza opens Thursday in south Denver

By Lori Midson Mon., May 20 2013 at 3:20 PM

Categories: First Look, Foodography, Midson: Gastronaughty, Open and Shut Cases, Photos

All photos by Lori Midson.

Tom Ryan and his partner Rick Schaden are on a roll -- a burger roll, a 24/7 restaurant roll and a pizza roll. The two men, both of whom are the entrepreneurial brains behind Consumer Concept Group, one of the country's top companies in the field of restaurant development and investment, founded Smashburger, which now trumpets more than 220 locations across the world, including 22 in Colorado. Last year, on Halloween, they unleashed Tom's Urban 24, a 24/7 food temple that's also expanding outside of Colorado, and on Thursday of this week, Ryan and Schaden will open Live Basil Pizza, their first fast-casual pizza chain, located just off I-25 and Hampden...and conveniently next door to Smashburger.

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Caution Brewing will open second location in Lakewood and can Lao Wang Lager

By Jonathan Shikes Mon., May 20 2013 at 2:35 PM

Categories: Beer Man, Open and Shut Cases

Caution Brewing Facebook page

After just two years in business on Denver's northeast side, Caution Brewing announced Saturday that it will open a second brewery in Lakewood, at 1057 South Wadsworth Boulevard; Cautions' existing brewery will stay open as well.

The new location will have a smaller brewhouse -- three barrels as opposed to five at the existing brewery -- but a larger taproom. It will also be situated in a high-traffic shopping center on Wadsworth, rather than an industrial business park.

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Caution Brewing, Danny Wang

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The Matador gets its liquor license -- and could soon be pouring tequila on West 32nd Avenue

By Cafe Society Mon., May 20 2013 at 7:59 AM

Categories: Open and Shut Cases, Photos

Danielle Lirette

The former home of Heidi's Deli.

The Matador is moving into the original home of Heidi's Deli, at 3496 West 32nd Avenue. But not as quickly as it had wanted to. Initially, the Seattle-based Tex-Mex chain had hoped to open its eighth location (there are four in the Seattle area, two in Portland and one in Boise) by Cinco de Mayo -- a perfect date to roll out its more than 100 varieties of tequila. But that was before the Highland Mommies started complaining that the area already had enough Mexican restaurants (El Camino is just two blocks away, Pinche Taqueria three) not to mention enough liquor licenses. (Heidi's did not have one.) And the West Highlands Neighborhood Association officially opposed the liquor-license application.

See also:
- Last Call at the original Heidi's in West Denver
- The Highland Mommies are raising babies and raising Cain in northwest Denver
- Common Grounds will pour its last cup of coffee at original location

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First Look

First look: Jimmy's Urban Bar & Grill opens in LoDo

By Lori Midson Fri., May 17 2013 at 1:09 PM

Categories: First Look, Midson: Gastronaughty, Open and Shut Cases, Photos

You likely won't notice that the front door of Jimmy's Urban Bar & Grill slants, if only a little. It has something to do with luck -- good luck -- and Alicia Bernat, along with her husband Jim and their son and exec chef Jimmy, deliberately designed their new namesake restaurant with teases of feng shui: copper and metal elements are strategically placed among the televisions, while earth tones, the color of warm spices, brush the walls showcasing original art from local artists, which, by the way, is all for sale -- and every dime of what's sold goes directly to to the artist.

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Exclusive first look: Pizza Republica opens tomorrow in the downtown theater district

By Lori Midson Thu., May 16 2013 at 3:49 PM

Categories: Foodography, Midson: Gastronaughty, Open and Shut Cases, Photos

All photos by Lori Midson.

Pizza palaces, as we reported earlier today, are peppered throughout the downtown Denver restaurant landscape, and while some of those same pizzerias that opened within the past year have since shuttered, Pizza Republica, the original of which resides in the Landmark development in Greenwood Village, has proven that it has staying power (not an easy feat in the 'burbs). And tomorrow, at 11 a.m. owner and executive chef George Eder will open a second outpost of Pizza Republica at 890 14th Street, directly next door to the Colorado Convention Center, and given its prime location (and what may the city's best patio to date), we're willing to bet that downtown denizens will greedily chew it up (and not spit it out).

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The vegan Beet Box opens a retail bakery

By Kate Gibbons Thu., May 16 2013 at 2:06 PM

Categories: Open and Shut Cases

All photos by Kate Gibbons.

Swapping out butter and eggs for applesauce and almond milk has been a sweet deal for Blair Ednie and Michael Craig, who started Beet Box six years ago as a vegan catering and wholesale baking company. And this month, they gave up their base in Arvada for a new home just minutes from downtown,where they've added a retail bakery -- a project so new that the Beet Box Bakery doesn't yet have a sign.

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Pastry, Vegan

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Toppings is tapped out in LoDo, but two more pizza places coming

By Cafe Society Thu., May 16 2013 at 10:04 AM

Categories: Open and Shut Cases

A string of pizza joints opened in LoDo last year, in a neighborhood that already included the Wazee Supper Club and Two-Fisted Mario's, with Mellow Mushroom and Marco's Coal-Fired Pizzeria just a few blocks outside of LoDo. Wazee Wood-Fired Pizza was the first to open -- and also the first to close, less than a year later, in August 2012, when Charlie Palmer also shuttered District Tavern. Now Toppings, a take-and-bake enterprise that opened in April 2012, has closed its doors.

Still going strong: Lucky Pie, which opened at the end of February 2012.

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