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Harvest Week Featured in 5280’s August Issue

admin — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:43:21 +0000

EatDenver’s third annual Harvest Week is August 21 – 27, and our friends at 5280 took an interesting tack this year, focusing on the farmers providing the products for the restaurants. Click HERE to read the story.

Goorin Bros. Opens in Larimer Square

admin — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:37:56 +0000

We were lucky enough to help with the opening of Goorin Bros. fantastic new store in Larimer Square. You may think you’re not a hat person, but wait until you step inside Goorin – there is something for everyone.

http://www.goorin.com/blog/denver/2010/06/04/denver-hat-shop-opening-celebration

Morton’s Steakhouse introduces new menu items

admin — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:07:30 +0000

Morton’s Steakhouse isn’t part of tonight’s LoDo Bites, the eating orgy featuring twenty restaurants and watering holes in lower downtown, but it’s still offering something special tonight for diners who duck out of the heat and into the cool confines of the Morton’s at 1710 Wynkoop Street:

Two new items — crab cake BLTs and smoked salmon pizza — will debut today on the happy-hour Bar Bites menu, which is offered in that great, clubby bar from 5 to 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. until closing Sunday through Friday.

Morton’s is also adding a new entree (Chilean sea bass with pineapple-pepper salsa), and a brand-new dessert: Morton’s Legendary Sundae. And how can a new dessert already be legendary? Because the base is Morton’s Legendary Hot Chocolate Cake, explains spokeswoman Aubrey Cornelius, “a very popular Morton’s dessert that has been on the menu for years.”

The new menu items are available both at the Morton’s in the Denver Tech Center at 8480 East Belleview Avenue, and the LoDo restaurant.

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Pure Barre adds franchise locations

admin — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:06:39 +0000

The Pure Barre chain of exercise studios moved its headquarters to Denver from Los Angeles this year to be in better shape for future growth.

The exercise business started franchising in July 2009, while still based in California, and now has 18 locations nationwide, according to founder/CEO Carrie Rezabek.

With recent franchise sales, another 32 studios in markets such as Atlanta, Las Vegas and Philadelphia are scheduled to start operating this year. New metro-area locations are expected to open by fall in Denver’s Highlands neighborhood, Lone Tree, Greenwood Village, Broomfield and Boulder.

Pure Barre launched its first Denver studio, in Cherry Creek North, last year.

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Denver’s Taste of the Nation gives nod to biennial of the Americas

admin — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:01:57 +0000

Premier Culinary Event Includes Array of Tastes from Across Western Hemisphere.

Taste of the Nation, Denver’s premier culinary event that raises critical funds to help end childhood hunger, is giving this year’s event a twist in honor of the Biennial of the Americas. Continuing the celebration of the culture, ideas and people of the Western Hemisphere, Taste of the Nation will represent diverse flavors from pure Americana to coastal Mexican cuisine, and other wonderful tastes in between.

Chef Chair Matt Selby says, “Some of our greatest influences at Vesta Dipping Grill come from South America, and at Steubens, it’s American Regional classics – lobster rolls and shakes. Taste of the Nation is the perfect venue to highlight the great influence these cultures have on our food.”

Held Sunday, July 18 from 5-8pm at Mile High Station, Taste of the Nation offers an unprecedented opportunity to sample the finest foods, spirits and wine from some of Denver’s most recognized culinary experts and noted restaurants. Participants include Strings, Avenue Grill, Encore, Jonesy’s Eat Bar, D Bar, Elway’s Cherry Creek, Jax Denver, Sketch, Solera, TAG, Venue, Vesta Dipping Grill, Steuben’s, and many others. Tickets for Taste of the Nation Denver are $75 and can be purchased by calling 1-877-26-TASTE or visiting DenverTaste.org. Use code “Biennial10” for $10 off a ticket.

Taste of the Nation offers a chance to experience the best of the best of Denver’s culinary scene for a great price – and a great cause. This year’s beneficiaries are Operation Frontline Colorado and the Colorado Campaign to End Childhood Hunger.

One hundred percent of ticket sales support Share Our Strength’s efforts to end childhood hunger.

Taste of the Nation is nationally sponsored by American Express, Sysco, Food Network, Brown-Forman Corporation and Stella Artois. Taste of the Nation Denver is locally sponsored by Whole Foods Market, Fruit2Day, Metromix, Teatulia, Yelp, Seattle Fish Co., 5280 Magazine, Zenman Productions, Mile High Station and Bouquets.