Dining

Sure, you can hit up a Dunkin Donuts, a Starbucks or a McDonald’s at Denver International Airport — and sometimes it’s traveling that gives us license to be bad like that — but a better option is to try some of Denver’s homegrown food and beverages from local businesses. While these restaurants, coffee shops and breweries don’t actually own or run their airport branches — that is done by large concessionaires — many of them do take an active role in maintaining the quality and consistency of their offerings. Here’s a…

When Justin Cucci would fly out of Denver International Airport more than 10 years ago, he’d usually pack his own food. “As a traveler, I was always let down by the food and the lack of Denver representation,” he said. So when an airport concessionaire approached him about opening a branch of Root Down — his eclectic, farm-to-table restaurant — as part of a major retail overhaul at DIA in 2013, he decided to take the risk. “I thought it would be cool to make a statement about accessibility to craft food that’s…

If you have ever found yourself scrolling through restaurant images on Google Maps, desperately trying to uncover the name of that delectable dish captured in a user-uploaded photo, your culinary mystery-solving days might be coming to an end. Google is addressing this common dilemma by enriching real food photos on its platform with essential details such as dish names and prices.A Visual Feast with InformationThis feature is integrated into the Photos tab of restaurant, cafe, and similar listings. Now, as you swipe…

Fodor’s influential “No List” discouraged travelers from visiting the American West in 2023, citing the increasingly dry Colorado River and the millions of residents who depend on its water. But for 2024, the company’s travel experts have recommended one place in Colorado that should be on every vacationer’s bucket list. Boulder is one of 24 places to land on Fodor’s “Go List” for 2024 and one of just two destinations in the United States. The other is Cannon Beach, Ore. Fodor’s praised Boulder’s accessibility to…

Another longtime Denver-area restaurant, this one in Englewood, is closing. The beloved Mexican food spot, El Tepehuan, plans to shutter on Dec. 31 as its owner, Graciela Corral, retires, according to an announcement shared by her son, Miguel Corral. The restaurant, endearingly called El Tep by locals, dates back to 1978 when immigrant Jose David Corral of Sinaloa, Mexico, used his hard-earned money to “achieve his dream to open his own business,” according to the restaurant’s website. He named it El Tepehuan as an homage…

Venerable cocktail bar Death & Co. , which started in New York City before expanding to Los Angeles, Denver and Washington, D.C., has earned a reputation for its artfully crafted drinks that honor the history of bartending while infusing originality into recipes. And soon, local fans of the brand will be able to try a new concept from its ownership group, Gin & Luck — if they’re willing to drive to a scenic Colorado mountain town. The MOLLIE Aspen, a new boutique hotel slated to open in mid-December, tapped Gin…

Air India Express (Image Source: PTI)As per the official details shared by the brand, the service will kickstart on June 22, 2023.To provide a better in-flight-dinning expirence to the flyers, the leading carrier Air India Express announced the introduction of Gourmair, the award-winning in-flight dining brand, which has been curated to cater to diverse culinary preferences with a wide range of hot meals and lite bites.As per the official details shared by the brand, the service will kickstart on June 22, 2023. The brand…

Oso Meals is bringing “abuelita-approved” food to the mountains. A couple years ago, friends Dominque Barrera and Felipe Vieyra took a backpacking trip in the area of Lost Lake near Nederland. They ate packaged freeze-dried beef stroganoff and mac and cheese, and dreamed of something better. “We were reminiscing and thinking, wouldn’t it be cool to have our grandmas cooking in the backcountry,” Barrera said. “With new technology and good science, there’s no reason you can’t have good food.” The result is Oso Meals, a line…

Hollywood superstar Leonardo DiCaprio was spotted with a British model of Indian origin, Neelam Gill, outside a restaurant in London on Tuesday. The pair who had stepped out for dinner was accompanied by DiCaprio`s mother, Irmelin Indenbirken, and some of their close friends, according to a report by PageSix. In the exclusive photos obtained by The New York Post, the `Wolf of Wall Street` star was seen in a causal avatar, a black bomber jacket, a black cap, blue jeans and white sneakers. DiCaprio who had his…

Guests at Florida's Walt Disney World.Joe Burbank | Orlando Sentinel | Tribune News Service | Getty ImagesChanges are coming to the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida.Prompted by guest feedback, Disney is updating some park policies to better accommodate both local and out-of-town visitors, the company said Monday.To start, Disney World will remove theme park reservation requirements for its date-based tickets beginning Jan. 9, 2024. This reverses a pandemic-era policy which required guests to plan visits before…