The Olympics may be over, but the games must go on, and tonight, you can hobnob with several heavy-hitting star athletes at the Make-a-Wish Foundation’s Sporting Affair: A Celebrity Waiter Dinner, at the Pepsi Center’s Ridgeline Room, 1000 Chopper Place. “The average wish costs $6,500, and we strive to serve…
Think it’s too late to snag a seat at one of the 281 restaurants celebrating Denver Restaurant Week? Think again. As of 5:15 p.m., there were prime time spots (6:30 to 8:30 p.m.) still available all over the city, according to www.opentable.com. Here’s a full plate of what’s available:…
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…
They laughed at me, all of them, when I snapped the above pic. “What, you’ve never seen ducks like that before, or chickens?” inquired the owner, whose bewilderment (or maybe it was disgust) didn’t go unnoticed by the other tables of Chinese families. I mumbled something about “work” and “photos”…
Kate Horton Black Pearl 1529 South Pearl Street 303-777-0500 Kate Horton is a self-described late bloomer, Top Chef reject and has-been nanny. “Yeah, I tried out for Top Chef, but didn’t make it past the first round, probably because I didn’t do very well during the on-camera interview,” muses the…
Think it’s too late to snag a seat at one of the 281 restaurants celebrating Denver Restaurant Week? Think again. As of 5:15 p.m., there were prime time spots (6:30 to 8:30 p.m.) still available all over the city, according to www.opentable.com. Here’s a full plate of what’s available:…
Just got confirmation from Alex Gurevich that at the tick of 4 p.m. today, Campagna, his new salumi bar and pizzeria that now occupies the former Mojitos space at 1120 East Sixth Avenue, will be the latest food temple to vie for a slice of the neighborhood pie. For 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…
Only in Denver will you find mashed potatoes muffled with green chile. There’s absolutely no chance that squashed spuds swamped with chile verde will ever become my guilty indulgence, but the clock had ticked way past the dinner hour, I was hungry, and there was a cold pint at my…
Think it’s too late to snag a seat at one of the 281 restaurants celebrating Denver Restaurant Week? Think again. As of 5:15 p.m., there were prime time spots (6:30 to 8:30 p.m.) still available all over the city, according to www.opentable.com. Here’s a full plate of what’s available:…
The highest concentration of the city’s Ethiopian restaurants reside along a lengthy stretch of East Colfax, which may or may not be the location of the above snap. My suspicion is that this isn’t going to be an easy one, so I’m handing out a clue: I’ve never been to…
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…
Think it’s too late to snag a seat at one of the 281 restaurants celebrating Denver Restaurant Week? Think again. As of 5:15 p.m., there were prime time spots (6:30 to 8:30 p.m.) still available all over the city, according to www.opentable.com. Here’s a full plate of what’s available:…
There’s a new burger, beer, rings and fries joint in town that’s quickly becoming a favorite hangout for westsiders. It’s the kind of bar where everyone knows everyone else, if not within the first five minutes, certainly within the first ten. And if the burgers don’t bring you back, 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…
Just got the following sad farewell note from Elizabeth Plotke-Giordani, owner of Campo de Fiori, the subterranean Cherry Creek Italian restaurant at 300 Fillmore Street, which will close after a final throwdown party on Saturday, March 6…
Think it’s too late to snag a seat at one of the 281 restaurants celebrating Denver Restaurant Week? Think again. As of 5:15 p.m., there were prime time spots (6:30 to 8:30 p.m.) still available all over the city, according to www.opentable.com. Here’s some of what we found:…
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…
Drew Middleton Gaia Bistro 1551 South Pearl Street 303-777-5699 www.gaiabistro.com This is part two of Lori Midson’s Chef and Tell interview with Drew Middleton. To read part one of that interview, click here. Culinary inspirations: Thomas Keller. Whenever I think of him, the first thing that comes to mind is…
Tonight’s Artsy-Fartsy Chili Cook-off promises to be a gas for anyone who blows through The Other Side Arts (TOSA), the local nonprofit based at 1644 Platte Street that’s hosting its second annual chili competition to benefit the group’s arts programs. “One of our former staff members came up with 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…
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. For this week’s…
