Colin Wrenn

Denver

Staff Writer at 303 Magazine

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Articles

Carbon Knife Co Invites Home Chefs to Spread Their Wings

3 weeks ago | 303magazine.com | Colin Wrenn

When husband and wife duo Tina Chon and Craig Field opened Carbon Knife Co they mostly had restaurant customers in mind. They had both just left a stint at Rioja, each one an accomplished career cook. This was back in 2016, when the pair settled on a lovely, if a bit closet-like, space in Rino.
Longtime Denver pizza parlor set to reopen after 18-month closure

3 weeks ago | denverpost.com | Colin Wrenn

It’s just a few more weeks until famed West Highland pizza parlor Pizza Alley will once again open its doors. Since it closed in December 2023, the restaurant, at 3499 W. 32nd Ave., has been sorely missed and has experienced a few false starts on its way back to life. Prior to the closure, it had been serving the neighborhood since 1976. The reopening also comes with new ownership.
Evolving the Brand - VYPR Art is a Graffiti Identity in Motion

4 weeks ago | 303magazine.com | Colin Wrenn

Andres Delgado was living in Europe, on track to become a professional soccer player, when another dream took hold. He was starting to make a little coin doing what he loved, one league away from the big time. But paint had bigger plans. “You can be an adult and do art?” Delgado remembers asking himself after a friend gifted him a six-pack of spray cans while he was still living in his home state of Florida.
A favorite Golden burrito shop is growing, with two new locations

1 month ago | denverpost.com | Colin Wrenn

In a neighborhood in Golden in the early 2000s, five friends formed a clique dangerously dubbed The Burrito Boys. Raymond Pierandozzi, Sky Schnautz, Ian Linear, Matthew King and Travis Toms got to know each other at Bell Middle School and became fast friends. Their meeting spot: a burrito truck that was permanently parked in a lot in between their houses and school. “Summer of 8th grade is when it all started. It wasn’t the McDonald’s or Wendy’s everyone was going to.
The Bison Whisperer Brings Local Restaurants the Best Meat

1 month ago | denver.diningout.com | Colin Wrenn

As far as cattle ranchers go, Rex Moore looks the part. For many of his restaurant customers, his voluminous white beard, stiff cowboy hat, and jovial attitude were early selling points. But it was the quality of the bison that sealed the deal. Moore owns Rock River Ranches, a multi-property operation where majestic beasts grow from infancy. Once the bison have aged, Moore processes the meat and hand-delivers finished products to some of the best spots in town.
One of One - Anthony Maes is Creating a New Dream for Street Photography Culture

2 months ago | 303magazine.com | Colin Wrenn

Anthony Maes believes in Denver. He’s from here, so the city’s fate matters to him. His lens is his perspective. He uses it to express a vision of both what is and what can be. Oh, and he just got published in Vogue. “I’m a visual artist,” said Maes. Not wanting to limit himself to just one medium, the self-taught photographer shoots portrait, documentary, concert and editorial, along with doing digital collages and collaborative works that he’s displayed at galleries throughout the city.
Ultreia’s new Basque pintxos happy hour keeps good food within reach

2 months ago | denverpost.com | Colin Wrenn

Loading your audio articleIn the uber-hip Spanish food city of San Sebastian, known for the world’s second-highest concentration of Michelin-starred restaurants per square kilometer, most of the day-to-day dining doesn’t offer multi-course lessons in gastronomical heights. Instead, locals mainly subsist on pintxos — the quicker, punchier Basque equivalent to Spanish tapas — which are downed as part of an everlasting bar crawl.
The End Of WNTR Series Brings Together Colorado's Best Chefs for a Range of Good Causes

2 months ago | 303magazine.com | Colin Wrenn

Chef Tajahi Cooke is no stranger to collaboration. His annual Madsgiving charity galvanizes the community to donate thousands of meals for those in need. He’s a man who believes in the healing power of food and its special place in uplifting the people when the rest of the world seems to be going to shit.
Daughter Thai set to open casual noodle joint next door

2 months ago | denverpost.com | Colin Wrenn

Before Ounjit Hardacre opened Daughter Thai in 2019, her first dream was to serve noodles. Now she will get that chance. She and business partner Dueanphen Rungrueang will debut Insee Thai in the late spring at 1700 Platte St. — right next to Daugther Thai in Lower Highland — a counter-service noodle joint named after Hardacre’s father. “I have Daughter, so I wanted something for my dad. The name reminds me of someone who is always working hard and never giving up.
Margot Is the Best Thing To Do on a Monday Night

Feb 26, 2025 | 303magazine.com | Colin Wrenn

Justin Fulton’s food is personal. Sure, the chef hand-delivers a good chunk of the courses he serves at his Monday night pop-up Margot. Also sure, the dishes that land weekly on the tables of LoHi’s Noisette are tweaked constantly according to the availability of local ingredients and the team’s exacting standards. But it’s more than that. There’s something to Fulton’s array of not-so-standard standards that reflect a one-of-a-kind culinary perspective. Food can be cultural. Food can be historical.