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 [...]
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 [...]
Dietrich’s Chocolates and Espresso Place
1734 E. Evans Avenue, Denver
303-777-3358
http://www.dietrichschocolate.com/
closed Mondays; opens at 8 other days
Dietrich’s Chocolates and Espresso Place had a pleasant, festive, old world atmosphere when my husband and I arrived there for breakfast September 6 and settled into a corner by the window. Business was brisk. A woman and her [...]
Indulgences, Etc.
229 East Colfax, Denver
303-771-0758
Website under construction
Not open Sundays; open every other day until 6
Bus directions: The 15 stops outside the store
“Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re going to get.” Forrest Gump
I’ve been sampling chocolate in Denver for two weeks now, and part of me [...]
Wen Chocolates
1541 Platte Street, Denver
303-477-5765 (store)
www.wenchocolates.com
Closed Mondays, see website for hours
Bus directions: the 10, 44, 28, and 32 go by on 15th
I’ve had extraordinary chocolate in my time—Vosges from Chicago, Belvedere from this area, Chuao in San Diego, Neuhaus—but I think Wen Chocolates has them all beat. Of the three, I think [...]