Exploring Denver’s shops and restaurants, neighborhoods and people (including myself)
In between looking for the pieces of my gutter that blew off in the 82-mile-per-hour wind last night, I’ve put together this list of what I learned this fall while exploring Denver.
I love to explore, more than almost anything else. I like to wade into something new, find out what I can, and report back [...]
Marczyk Fine Foods
770 East 17th Avenue
Uptown, Denver
303-894-9499
Bus directions: take the 12 or the 20 from Market Street Station
I went out last Saturday looking for markets, and I visited five: the Winter Farmer’s Market in Longmont, Urban Pantry (which I wrote about here), Ujamaa Holiday Market (a once-a-year event in Five Points focusing on gifts), [...]
équipement de vin
1412 Larimer Square, downtown Denver
720-946-3287
It was embarrassing, I confess.
The proprietor of équipement de vin, Cheryl Webster, caught me in the wine cellar photographing a champagne cooler with my cell phone. I had forgotten to bring my camera to my second visit to her store and was making do with my phone.
Even if [...]
D Bar Desserts
1475 East 17th Avenue, Uptown, Denver
303-861-4710
Bus directions: from Market Street Station, the 20 goes down 17th Avenue
I’ve never eaten at a place quite like D Bar. It’s a tiny restaurant located right next to Strings on Restaurant Row in Denver’s Uptown neighborhood. The interior is modern, with light blue walls contrasting with counters [...]
The Uptown neighborhood in Denver offers several pairings of similar restaurants: Thai, Mexican, diners, wine bars, and dessert places. I fantasized about doing them all, but I want to lay the Uptown theme to rest this week, so I had to settle for Mexican and dessert.
I’ve been to each of the three Mexican joints listed [...]
Chedd’s Gourmet Grilled Cheese
1908 Pearl Street, Uptown, Denver
303-386-3998
Bus directions: the 28 goes right by
There’s a Chedd’s in Littleton too
Chedd’s storefront in Uptown looks a little bit like an upside-down football helmet, and the atmosphere within is about as humid. When I walked in, it hit me—this place smells like a room where cheese is cooked [...]
Bump and Grind
439 East 17th Avenue, Denver
303-861-4841
Bus directions: take the 12 or 20 from Market Street Station
I’ve been to Bump and Grind in Uptown Denver several times, starting in the spring of 2008, but Sunday was my first time at Petticoat Bruncheon, which happens on weekends from 10 to 2. The servers dress in drag, [...]
Colorado gave birth to Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory (Durango) and Enstrom’s (Grand Junction) and Belvedere Belgian Chocolate Shop (Castle Rock). There’s definitely a wine and chocolate thing happening on the Western Slope.
Not to mention Wen Chocolates and Roberta’s Chocolates and Dietrich’s Chocolates and Espresso and Telluride Truffle (courtesy of Le Chocolatier). Also, Russell Stover [...]
During my childhood in Kansas City, Missouri, the long, white, Russell Stover boxes showed up around the house on a regular basis. I always thought that Russell Stover was a Kansas City company. And indeed it was—it was purchased in 1969 by Louis Ward, a Kansas City businessman. My father confirmed that the purchase was [...]
201 University Blvd, Denver
Cherry Creek North
303-322-1005
www.enstrom.com
Bus directions: the 83L is the most direct route, running from Civic Center Station; the 1 and 2 also run from Cherry Creek to downtown
From their brochure: Enstrom’s confections are certified Kosher dairy products.
I spent part of a Saturday afternoon in Enstrom’s, in a strip [...]