Okay, so we’re usually not in the market of hunting down Denver’s most wanted, but after our post yesterday announcing Pho Havana’s takeover of Chef’s Noodle House, an Asian joint previously run by Billy Lam, a killer-genius chef especially when it comes to noodles, we’re now wondering what the hell…

Last night, while sitting at the bar where the above pic was snapped, Olivia Newton-John’s Physical was blasting over the speakers, part of some ’80s mix that, thankfully, got progressively better, as did the trio of tacos, which the menu claims are grilled. But judging from the persistent grease dribble…

Leo Harvey Big Game Restaurant & Lounge 1631 Wazee Street 303-623-1630 This is part one of Lori Midson’s interview with Leo Harvey, exec chef of Big Game Restaurant & Lounge. To read part two of that interview, check back here tomorrow. Leo Harvey is shaking his head, bewildered and befuddled…

Health.com just called out the most fattening foods in all 50 states, and the seven-pound breakfast burrito at Jack-n-Grill, a gut bomb that Man v. Food host Adam Richman forfeited after barely making a dent, was awarded the fattiest food in Colorado…

For more than fifteen years, Chef’s Noodle House commanded the corner of Havana and Sixth Avenue, but back in February, its Vietnamese chef and noodle emperor, Billy Lam, whose family once owned T-Wa Inn, shuttered the joint and disconnected the phone. But the space didn’t stay empty for long. Earlier…

As with everything at this excellent restaurant, the vegetable dishes are done extremely well, including the plate in the above pic that benefits from a lob of butter and soft, chewy rolls, called pav, that are perfect for scooping up the mixed vegetables, or bhaji. Can you guess where I’m…

Jesus. It’s not horrible enough cruising at altitude with a full two inches of legroom, a middle seater with flatulence and seat belts slimed with Jell-O. Now FDA inspectors are unearthing everything from fruit flies and ants to live roaches and dead rodents in the country’s airline catering companies. And…

Boulder foodniks and lushes whose wallets run on empty aren’t likely to fork over their beer or burger coinage at the Flagstaff House, Boulder’s treasure in the sky, where the average check is well over a hundred bucks per person, the extraordinarily wide-reaching wine list is dictionary-thick and the coffee…

I wanted to try the happy hours deals at the restaurant where the above snap was flashed, but the happy hour menu isn’t offered at the chef’s counter, which is where we had our butts parked. So instead, we ordered a cheese plate, the rotisserie lamb and a few other…

Pupusas Sabor Hispano, the Boulder joint that doles out its namesake spheres of griddled masa shaped around redolent fillings of chicharron, fiddlehead ferns, zucchini, Anaheim peppers, smears of refrieds and molten white cheese, has long been one of my favorite restaurants in the People’s Republic, as much for the pupusas…

Our favorite table scraps of the week from the Cafe Society blog: 1. Holy hot dog! After more than a year of searching for a freestanding restaurant to augment his fleet of carts, Biker Jim, aka gourmet wiener hustler, finally signed a lease on a build-out space at 2145 Larimer…

“So who’s got two thumbs and the keys to the first Biker Jim’s restaurant?” read the text message from Jim Pittenger, who picked up the phone on the fist ring and answered with a “Yep. Jesus. Finally.” Pittenger, who already peddles two gourmet hot dog carts downtown, another in the…

It’s a messy plate, to be sure, what with all those potatoes scattered here, there and everywhere, but brunch at this unheralded gem is one of the best in Denver, and this plate, a mashup of black beans, cubed avocado, eggs and chorizo, with a side of excellent bacon, puts…

Despite the fact that Gourmet magazine had, more or less, run its culinary course by the time Condé Nast yanked it from the world of print food porn back in November of last year, I’ll admit that I kinda miss it. I’ve still got a hundred or so back issues…

Just got off the horn with Chad Clevenger, chef/owner of Mel’s Bar and Grill, who called to say he was done — finito — with the restaurant that he took over from Mel Master in July 2008. “I’m pretty much over Mel’s, over making Cobb salads and salmon for old…

Yesterday, while interviewing a Denver chef, I asked him what he’d want to put on his menu, even if it wouldn’t sell, and he said “white cheese dip.” Sort of like the oil-slicked swamp of cheese and chorizo in the above snap. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus:…

As part of an upcoming photo essay project spotlighting Denver restaurant pros whose tatts are as prevalent as their dissections, burns, blisters, knife slashes and stabs, we promised that we’d post some of the best ink on the Cafe Society blog…

This is part two of Lori Midson’s interview with Bob Wiltshire, exec chef of Morton’s LoDo. To read part one of that interview, click here. Proudest moment as a chef: I was hired as a line cook at Jay’s Bistro in Fort Collins, and like a lot of chefs, I…

Ever since I made my first trip to Oaxaca, six years ago, I’ve been enamored with mezcal, the distilled counterpart to tequila whose most recognizable asset is its smoky aftertaste. I once sat at the bar with a convoy of cowboys at the Cowgirl Hall of Fame in Santa Fe…

Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market’s choicest ingredients home with them, and cook up a feast. “I love a…