Last night, during a dinner celebrating Julia Child at the Empire Lounge and Restaurant in Louisville, at which chef-owner Jim Cohen turned out a lovely four-course meal honoring the legendary empress of French cooking, the conversation turned to pizza. Turns out that while Cohen is a habitue of French cuisine,…
If you attend only one food-centric soiree this summer, make it Sunday’s Share Our Strength Taste of the Nation event, where 30 of Denver’s top restaurants, including Vesta Dipping Grill, TAG, Argyll, Black Pearl, Elway’s Cherry Creek, Duo, Solera, Table 6, Venue, Opus and Marco’s Coal-Fired Pizzeria, will dish out…
No, that feijoada in the above snap is not from Cafe Brazil — not even close. If you’ve eaten at the joint from which it hails, you’ll get this immediately. If not, then it behooves you to do your research, because it’s arguably the best feijoada in the city. Can…
When Euclid Hall Bar & Kitchen, Jennifer Jasinski’s new late-night tavern, opens on Wednesday, August 4, Denver grubniks are going to drop to their knees in gratitude, especially if the food is anywhere near as fantastic as it was during a recent menu preview, at which Jasinksi, (who also owns…
Admittedly the photo sucks, but the dish, sliced Colorado lamb straddling a smooth puree of cauliflower playfully accessorized by fits and bursts of dusts and powders and a block of hash augmented with crab meat, made me want to explore the entire menu, which is full of twists and turns…
Chuck James 1515 Restaurant 1515 Market Street 303-571-0011 www.1515restaurant.com This is part two of my interview with Chuck James, executive chef of Restaurant 1515. to read part one of that interview, click here. What you’d like to see more of in Denver from a culinary standpoint: I’d love to see…
If you like canopies of bright-white lights, big-city restaurants and the prospect of open-air feasting under a galaxy of stars, then you’ll love An Affair on the Square, which takes place tonight from 6 to 9 p.m. between 14th and 15th streets on Larimer Square. The splashy, flashy culinary block…
If you ask Matt Selby, executive chef of Steuben’s and Vesta Dipping Grill, why Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation shindig should be on every grubnik’s food calendar, here’s what he’ll tell you: “It’s hard to argue with Share Our Strength’s tag line – No Kid Hungry — and…
Lala’s Wine Bar is known for its brilliant late-night happy hour, an oenophile’s nirvana of half-price wines by the glass that, thankfully, never include a godforsaken Kendall Jackson label. It also has a great menu, a smart board of thin-crusted pizzas, charcuterie, cheeses and sandwiches that pair perfectly with our…
Smashburger, the homegrown burger chain that’s multiplying faster than Mickey D’s, was set to beef up the Tabor Center back in early July, but a case of inaccurate measurements — 13 inches to be exact — smashed the opening date, which is now slated for the third or fourth week…
Because there’s no such thing as too many happy hours, Steuben’s, unequivocally one of the happiest hangouts in Denver, is tossing four hours of mid-day happy times into its daily mix. The retro diner already hosts a happy hour every night between 10 p.m. and close that features a burger…
See that plate in the above pic? That speaks summer to me, with its heap of frisee, quivering egg that spills yolk the hue of a newly painted school bus, bacon and shaved asparagus. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to…
It’s just after eight on a Tuesday night when Chuck James slides into a booth after a long day on the line at 1515 Restaurant. He lets a heavy sigh escape before he springs into conversation. “This is the highlight of my career,” he says. “I mean, seriously, I’m going…
Another day, another mobile food cart hits the streets of Denver. The Sprout House, the vegan/vegetarian brainchild of 24-year-old Trevor Smith, launched today on the northeast corner of 17th and Lincoln Streets. Smith, who says he’s held “just about every imaginable restaurant position” possible, graduated last year with a business…
Anthony Bourdain shared hot dogs with Biker Jim, noshed with Frank Bonanno and ate his words on last night’s episode of No Reservations, in which the lanky ex-chef toured America’s heartland — Austin, Texas; Des Moines, Iowa; Stanhope, Indiana; Livonia, Michigan; Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota; Columbus, Ohio; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Denver,…
The seared tuna in the above snap is just one of nine dishes available on a new bar menu that was recently rolled out by one of Denver’s swankiest restaurants. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am…
For more than two decades, the National Pork Board’s slogan, “Pork: The Other White Meat,” has attempted to convince us that swine, which, of course, is best known for BACON, is just as healthy — bawk! — as chicken. But pork consumption has hit a rump patch, while chicken parts…
For all of you finicky fish heads lamenting the lack of fresh seafood in our fine city, meet the Yabby Hut, a new fish joint that opened three weeks ago at 3355 South Yarrow Street, in the former Giovanni’s Italian Cafe space. According to manager Linh Nguyen, the Yabby Hut…
When I got the hostess on the horn earlier today, she hung up on me. An immediate call-back was a short, pointed, one-sided conversation that went something like this: “We’re crazy, crazy busy; please call back later.” Click. Apparently Mellow Mushroom, which opened today at 1201 16th Street in the…
Back in November, acerbic mouthpiece Anthony Bourdain spent a few days in Denver, where he took down Sandra Lee and Rachael Ray (among others) from the stage at the Buell and stomached nearly a half dozen hot dogs from Biker Jim’s wiener cart at 16th and Arapahoe, an apparent epiphany…
Among the parade of dishes that littered last night’s dinner table was a fantastic bowl of fried rice stocked with fresh peas, ropes of mango, pork, green onions, carrot slivers and snow peas. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the…
I’m a sucker for spring rolls, and the tightly-wrapped cylinders above always satisfy my craving. Most of you will fire off the names of every Asian joint on Federal. But you’ll all be wrong. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to…
