Danielle Lirette
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Denver, CO, United States
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The Grand Tasting at Denver Food And Wine Festival
Denver Food and Wine Festival, September 4 through September 8, is a celebration of the best of Colorado's food, wine and spirits. → Read More
Smokin', Grillin' and Chillin' With Heritage Fire at Acreage Farms
The meat-forward festival called Heritage Fire brought a mountain of meat to Lafayette, Colorado's Acreage Restaurant on Sunday, August 11, 2019. → Read More
Weird and Wonderful Denver Frozen Desserts and Ice Cream
Ice cream grabs most of the attention as America's favorite frozen dessert. But in Denver, your options go far beyond standard scoops. Find New Zealand-style, Taiwan-style or Vermont-style ice cream, or up your game with ice cream sandwiches, ice cream cake pops, liquid nitrogen ice cream — or even fish waffles filled with soft-serve. Cool off this summer with something new or unique in a... → Read More
Here's the Scoop! Denver's Ten Best Ice Cream Shops
Summer is here, so it's time to take your tastebuds out for a spin at Denver's best ice cream shops. Here's a frosty tour of where to get your brain freeze around town, including all the scoops, cones and cups at Rocket Ice Cream, Little Man, Nuggs, Milkroll Rolled Ice Cream, Frozen Matter, Sweet Cow, Bonnie Brae, Sweet Action, High Point Creamery and the Inventing Room Dessert Shop. → Read More
Denver Pop Culture Con Rules at the Colorado Convention Center
Denver Pop Culture Con has returned to the Colorado Convention Center. The name may be new (it was formerly Denver Comic Con), but the great geeky activities are back and will continue through Sunday, June 2, with plenty of special events and celeb appearances. And, as always, the cosplay's the thing! All photos by Danielle Lirette. → Read More
Diana Lee Utilized Colorado's Aid-in-Dying Law, Celebrated With Party
Utilizing Colorado's aid-in-dying law, Diana Lee chose April 28, 2019, as the day she would die. → Read More
Travel Back in Time at Denver's Ten Oldest Mexican Restaurants
Denver's oldest Mexican restaurants can be found scattered from Federal Boulevard to East Colfax Avenue to the quiet streets of north Denver. Join us on a photographic tour of ten cantinas that have been serving Mexican food for more than fifty years. → Read More
A Day in the Life of a Cosplay Couple
Jesse Phillips and Laura Jerdak first met at a party and bonded over the video game Mass Effect. Now, the married couple cosplay together under the name JessoLaurus Rex. → Read More
Photos: International Women's Day Dinner Serves Up Good Food for a Good Cause
On International Women's Day, four of the best chefs in Denver created an epic meal as Jennifer Jasinski (Ultreia, Stoic & Genuine, et al.), Dana Rodriguez (Super Mega Bien, Work & Class), Nadine Donovan (Steuben's, Ace Eat Serve, Vesta) and Kat Caine (Death & Co.) joined Alex Jump (head bartender at Death & Co.)... → Read More
PHOTOS: The Restaurants, Bars and Markets of Denver's Many Food Halls
Here's a photographic tour of Denver's food halls, including Union Station, Avanti Food & Beverage, The Source Hotel & Market Hall, Denver Central Market, Broadway Market, Zeppelin Station and the Stanley Marketplace → Read More
PHOTOS: Broadway Market Brings Ten Denver Food Vendors Under One Roof
Broadway Market, Denver's newest food hall, opens at 950 Broadway on February 22, 2019. Here's a photo tour of the ten restaurants inside. → Read More
Photos: Ash'Kara Brings Israeli Cuisine to Denver's LoHi Neighborhood
The cuisines of Israel and other regions of the eastern Mediterranean have become a bona fide trend across the U.S. — primarily because chefs are giving us a delicious new look at familiar foods such as hummus, pita, falafel and baba ganoush, while introducing flavors less familiar to American palates. Ash'Kara... → Read More
Photos: Rosenberg's Team Opens Lou's Italian Specialties on Downing Street
Rosenberg's founder Josh Pollack opens Lou's Italian Specialties on December 18, 2018. → Read More
PHOTOS: Inside Beckon, Denver's First All Chef's Counter Restaurant
Beckon, Denver's first restaurant to offer only chef's counter seating and tasting menus, opens November 21, 2018. Here's a sneak peek inside the seventeen-seat eatery that's half of the Beckon|Call duo at 2845 Larimer Street in RiNo. → Read More
PHOTOS: Liberati Osteria and Oenobeers Brings Italian Cuisine and Grape-Based Beers
Liberati Osteria and Oenobeers opens at 2403 Champa Street on Monday, October 29, 2018, bringing Italian cuisine and beer-wine hybrids dubbed "oenobeers" to Denver. → Read More
MileHiCon's Fiftieth Annual Event Blasts Off
In 1969, a group of local sci-fi fans decided to create an event that would promote reading and writing science fiction. Over the next five decades, MileHiCon grew into the biggest sci-fi/fantasy/horror celebration in the Rockies. The fiftieth con is bigger and better than ever, and runs through Sunday, October 21,... → Read More
First Look: Morin Brings French Style to Wazee Supper Club Space
Morin, a French-inspired restaurant from the team behind Señor Bear and Bar Dough, opens in the former Wazee Supper Club Space on Thursday, October 11, 2018. → Read More
First Look: Uchi Brings Japanese-Inspired Cuisine From Austin, Texas
Uchi Denver opens on Thursday, October 4, 2018, in the new S*Park development at 25th and Lawrence streets in Denver's RiNo neighborhood. The Japanese-inspired restaurant founded by chef Tyson Cole comes to Denver from Austin, Texas. → Read More
PHOTOS: Westword's Feast Brings Denver's Restaurant Scene Together
Feast, Westword's annual celebration of Denver's restaurant scene, gave a taste of Denver's culinary diversity at the McNichols Civic Center Building on Sunday, September 30, 2018. → Read More
Grandoozy Lives Up to Its Name: A Grand Doozy of a Day of Music, Food and Fun
The September 14 kickoff of Grandoozy, the new festival in Overland Park Golf Course, lived up to its name: It was grand, a doozy of a day full of art, food and, yes, music. Here's a taste of what you'll find at Grandoozy over the weekend. → Read More