Nelson Perkins Colt & Gray 1553 Platte Street 303-477-1447 Hours: 5-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 5-11 p.m. Friday-Saturday; 4-9 p.m. Sunday; brunch 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. This is part two of Lori Midson’s Chef and Tell interview with Colt & Gray chef Nelson Perkins. To read part one of the interview, click…
If you’ve been wanting to try Fuel Cafe, the groovy, lively and seriously good River North restaurant at 3455 Ringsby Court that’s only open for dinner Thursday through Saturday, tonight’s multi-course feast, paired with Italian wines from Vias Imports, is as good an opportunity as any. And if chef Bob…
More than twenty of Denver’s star chefs will converge on the Colorado Convention Center tonight for Chefs Up Front, a blowout culinary bash to benefit Operation Frontline Colorado, a local nonprofit that fights hunger and malnutrition through food education. “This is such a fantastic event, because all of our local…
As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up, in no particular order, a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com…
I don’t like mushrooms, at least not button mushrooms, which taste like dirt, as do beets, which I happen to like a lot. In any case, see the heap of mushrooms in the above flash? Tossed with fresh lime juice, pops of jalapenos, scraps of red onion and cilantro, button…
Nelson Perkins Colt & Gray 1553 Platte Street 303-477-1447 Hours: 5-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 5-11 p.m. Friday-Saturday; 4-9 p.m. Sunday; brunch 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Nelson Perkins frowns, rolls his eyes and lets out a groan when I ask him about the “G” word. “I finally just got so tired of…
From their tiny converted house in Park Hill, Joe Johnson and Rick Bousman knew how to make the hungry happy: Fry up a big batch of chicken, toss in a heap of smoky collard greens, maybe a scoop of mac-and-cheese, some coleslaw, a generous slab or two of peach cobbler…
If you haven’t had your fill of Bobby Flay, the Food Network TV personality who recently agreed to throw down a whopping $800,000 to staffers who accused the Iron Chef of cheating them out of wages and tips while working in his Manhattan restaurants, then here’s your opportunity to actually…
“I kept seeing all those taquerias along Federal Boulevard and thought if they can do it, so can I,” says Joyce Schaefer, owner of Socorro’s, a new taqueria at 19 East Bayaud Street. Schaefer, who also runs Joyce’s Famous Pizza, 2035 South Broadway, hails from Socorro, New Mexico, and her…
As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up, in no particular order, a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com…
I love a great mid-rare, blood-dribbling burger just as much as the next carnivore, but I’m not opposed to stuffing a little falafel in my mouth either, especially when it’s vibrant with herbs and dolloped with a scoop of garlic-studded, lemon-smooched hummus. Guess where I renounced beef in favor of…
Jimano’s Pizzeria, a pie palace headquartered in Gurnee, Illinois, is blowing into Denver — and bringing Chicago-style deep dish pizza with it. When Jimano’s opens later this spring at 2950 South Broadway, it’ll be the fourteenth outpost for former finance manager-turned-pizza-baker Jimmy OBerto, who operates additional stores throughout Illinois, Wisconsin…
As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up, in no particular order, a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com…
Of the never-ending parade of dishes that recently took me on an incredibly amazing culinary joy ride, the deconstructed pasta dish in the above snap may have been my favorite. Where did I swoon for my supper?…
When Bump and Grind, the Uptown breakfast and lunch joint best known for its wickedly crass drag queens who made weekend brunch worth the early rise, shuttered at the end of 2009, you could hear the collective cries of anguish all over the city. There was nothing — absolutely nothing…
More than 20 breweries will be on tap this Saturday at Govnr’s Park, 672 Logan Street, for a brew fest fundraiser to benefit the International Rett Syndrome Foundation. A mere $15 grants you entry into the event, which begins at 5 p.m. and includes a souvenir glass and all the…
As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up, in no particular order, a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com…
There are people who worship the marriage of shrimp and grits. Those people should take comfort in the fact that several Denver restaurants answer the call, including one down-home joint that always slings a little extra lagniappe on the plate. Can you guess where I got my Dixie on?…
Boulder has some terrific restaurants, including Arugula, the site of a recent Slow Food dinner that fed the mind, body and soul of Juliet Wittman. But Arugula isn’t the only Boulder restaurant that feeds us. Here are five more of our favorites: Frasca Food & Wine, 1738 Pearl Street, 303-442-6966…
If you’re one of those people who doesn’t poison your body with pork, cow, fowl, things with fins or anything else that might be construed as meat by PETA, then we have just the contest for you. The animal-rights group is in the final throes of its annual Sexiest Vegetarian…
As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up, in no particular order, a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com…
Sketch, the sultry wine bar at 101 Broadway, already has one of the best late-night menus in Denver, and now, owners Jesse Morreale and Sean Yontz, have added breakfast and lunch dishes to the syllabus, along with a full-service coffee and espresso bar. “The breakfast thing has been in the…
