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The Ten Most Promising New Restaurants in Denver in 2015 — So Far
Who outside of Michigan knew that Detroit-style pizza was a real thing until dough wiz Jeff Smokevitch made a name for it at Brown Dog Pizza in Telluride? And even then the news was isolated to the mountain town until he and partner-in-pie Giles Flanagin opened Blue...
14 New Denver Restaurants and Bars You Need to Try Right Now
If you’ve been thinking how one Detroit-style pizzeria in Denver isn’t enough, you’re not only not alone, you’re also in luck. In fact, you’re about to find yourself in heaven on Earth, because the chef-partner of this shoebox-sized (okay, takeout pizza box-sized)...
ZAGAT – First Look: Blue Pan Pizza Opens in West Highland
The gist: Blue Pan Pizza, a collaboration between Detroit natives Giles Flanigan and Jeff Smokevitch, opened last week in West Highland featuring an extensive board of pies dedicated to Detroit, Italy, Chicago and New York. "Because we offer four different styles of...
Blue Pan Pizza Partners Jeff Smokevitch and Giles Flanagin Turn Adversity Into Success
Jeff Smokevitch and Giles Flanagin of Blue Pan Pizza Competition often involves rejection, and rejection can turn into a major motivation for those driven to win. Jeff Smokevitch, chef and co-owner of Blue Pan Pizza, which will open next week in West Highland, is no...
Blue Pan Pizza Readies for Mid-June Opening in West Highland
Michigan natives and friends Jeff Smokevitch and Giles Flanigan have fired up the ovens and are just a couple of weeks away from opening Blue Pan Pizza on West 32nd Avenue in the Highland neighborhood. The new eatery, which will specialize in Detroit-style pizza but...
Boulder’s Wild Flour Bakery Provides Gluten-Free Dough for Top Pizzerias
Dough expert Jeff Smokevitch of Blue Pan Pizza recently earned high honors for a gluten-free pizza at the World Pizza Championship in Parma, Italy, where he competed with scores of other pizza pros from around the globe. It turns out that the dough for the pizza that...
Smoke wins best in the world!
While Smoke has been very busy winning pizza competitions at the Campionato Mondiale della Pizza in Italy, we have been wrapping up the final touches @Blue Pan Pizza here in Denver.....We just received our final inspections from the City of Denver ..That means we are...
Bringing the 313 to the 303
After several attempts over the last few years, Brown Dog Pizza co-owner Jeff Smokevitch will finally bring his Detroit style pizza to Denver. Blue Pan Pizza is set to open June 8 in the West Highland neighborhood. “I have so much confidence in my product and I want...
The man behind Blue Pan and Brown Dog, how he can’t wait to bring it to Denver.
There are few things that have the ability to pit cities against each other more than sports and food, but such regionalism doesn't seem to bother fans of Jeff Smokevitch's Detroit-style pizza in Telluride, Colorado. "Everyone was against it. They said, 'don't call it...
Coming Soon: Blue Pan Pizza
Jeff “Smoke” Smokevitch had been looking for locations to open a pizza place in Denver for nearly a decade. He opened Brown Dog Pizza back in 2004 in Telluride, and wanted to expand his brand of pies to the Front Range. This past year, he finally found a place: the...