Gil Asakawa

1 week ago | westword.com | Gil Asakawa

The popular restaurant, which is attached to a gas station and convenience store and won Westword's "Best Restaurant With a View of a Car Wash" in 2017, suddenly closed the week of its tenth anniversary: The City of Englewood seized the property for nonpayment of taxes in early June. Jesus Cruz, the owner of Garibaldi Mexican Bistro on South Broadway Street in Englewood, is ecstatic. "I have some good news," he says, raising his voice above the kitchen clatter in the background.

1 week ago | westword.com | Gil Asakawa

It should come as no surprise that PETA — People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals — endorses veganism, which eschews dairy, eggs, honey and seafood because they're animal products. And it's probably not surprising that the Virginia-based organization just placed Denver fourth on its list of top-ten vegan-friendly U.S. cities. Chicago tops the roster, followed by Philadelphia, Washington, D.C. and Denver.

1 week ago | westword.com | Gil Asakawa

Launched in 2023, the program — which covers Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming — is one of twelve regional food centers created by the USDA to support regional collaboration and funding opportunities for food and farm businesses.

1 week ago | westword.com | Gil Asakawa

But not the big winner: Frasca Food and Wine, the Michelin award-winning Boulder creation of master sommelier Bobby Stuckey and chef Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson, celebrated its twentieth anniversary last year, and now is bringing home the medallion for Outstanding Restaurant. The restaurant had previously won Outstanding Wine Program in 2013 and the Outstanding Service award in 2019, but this was its first time nominated in the big category.

2 weeks ago | westword.com | Gil Asakawa

Boulder native Brian Lockwood, whose career path has led through the kitchens of some of the world's most acclaimed restaurants — including a stint as chef de cuisine in 2010 at Colorado's award-winning Frasca Food & Wine — will head the kitchens at 2nd & Adams, a new office and retail development in Cherry Creek North, which is seeing a restaurant resurgence lately. The development will have two restaurants, one on the ground floor and one on the roof.