I’ve had my share of really, really lousy latkes, especially in Denver. But there’s at least one restaurant in the Mile High City that manages to make the potato pancakes the way they should be: crisp and golden on the surface and savory, starchy and fluffy inside. Here, you can…
Doug Mace CY Steak 1222 Glenarm Place 720-317-2664 cysteakdenver.com BaRed 437 West Colfax Avenue This is part two of my interview with Doug Mace, exec chef of Cy Steak and the forthcoming BaRed; part one of my chat with Mace ran yesterday. Most noteworthy meal you’ve ever eaten: Franina Italian…
Suffice it to say that I eat out more than the general population, unless, of course, the general population can catalogue more than 450 restaurant meals in a year — which is about the number of breakfasts, lunches and dinners that I stomached in 2012. Pathetic, isn’t it? But all…
“Is this your first time here?” asked the enthusiastic server who’s a definite asset to this pizza place. As a matter of fact, it was my first time here, and apparently that admission results in a complimentary heap of Parmesan-dusted, butter-brushed bread sticks, most of which accompanied me home, not…
UPDATE: After a year in Denver, Arch Pizza closed all of its metro-area stores in November 2014. The move came on the heels of an aggressive expansion by the St. Louis-style pizza chain, which opened its third store in March. Last month, comedian and television host Jimmy Kimmel squarely insulted…
Doug Mace CY Steak 1222 Glenarm Place 720-317-2664 cysteakdenver.com BaRed 437 West Colfax Avenue This is part one of my interview with Doug Mace, exec chef of Cy Steak and the forthcoming BaRed; part two of my chat with Mace will run tomorrow. “I was a fat, chubby kid –…
On Saturday, November 2, a casting crew from MasterChef, the Fox reality show that gives amateur cooks the opportunity to compete for a huge cash prize, the scintillating MasterChef trophy, and maybe even rainbows and unicorns from chef Gordon Ramsay, who, along with restaurateur Joe Bastianich and chef Graham Elliot,…
On Sunday, when the weather had a wicked chill in the air, several amateur cooks, along with a multitude of Denver restaurants, including Avenue Grill, Fruition, Little Pub Company, Table 6, Mizuna, Vesper Lounge, Cafe Brazil, twelve and Fuel Cafe, warmed the crowds with bubbling pots of chili, handing out…
It’s a good thing that the staff has personality, because the food from this Mediterranean restaurant is about as bland as it gets. And what’s the deal with no Greek olives in my Greek salad? Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer…
Okinawa Sushi, a sea of Japanese cuisine, opens today in Berkeley with an expansive sushi and sashimi menu, more than fifty rolls, including several vegetarian options and a handful of low-carb sushi rolls, a fistful of sushi and sashimi platters, bento boxes and an omakase menu. The modern restaurant, which…
When I ordered this alambre — a plate-spanning mass of every meat imaginable, shrimp, peppers, onions and mushrooms carpeted with a sheet of melted cheese — I had no idea that I’d be getting enough food to feed the block. And while it took a good forty minutes before it…
On Friday, October 25, chef Scott Parker, bar manager Michael Cerretani and the brass behind Breckenridge-Wynkoop will officially open Session Kitchen at 1518 South Pearl Street. And last week, during a tasting and tour, neighbors were peering through the windows, their mouths agape at the dramatic interior, an expansive two-story…
Cafe Society served up five Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a huge stromboli that generated a slew of incorrect guesses — the correct answer is Basil Doc’s — to a plate of tacos swiped with Mexican crema from Comida at the Source to an orange-and-blue Bronco sundae from…
There are no seats at this take-out pizza place, which also turns out lovely salads and wicked-good calzones and strombolis. And late last night, when everyone tells you not to eat, I guiltily devoured half of a stromboli at my desk while watching Misery on TV. Not a bad way…
Andrea Wight, the subject of this week’s chef and tell interview, solidified her career path in pastry after baking a batch of brownies when she was young, a childhood habit that her dad encouraged her to pursue. Now the pastry chef at Beast + Bottle, Wight is responsible for creating…
“The guys from Pour Kids are great at opening sports bars and taverns, and Table 6 is great at fine-dining and service, so let’s take what we all do — the fun of sports and the amazing food and service of Table 6 — and meld them into one.” That’s…
I’d normally go for the lemon sorbet or something else with a fruity tang, but when the guy in front of me ordered the “Bronco Sunday” ice cream, his enthusiasm was too infectious not to follow suit, so I did, only to find out that “Bronco Sunday” ice cream tastes…
Andrea Wight Beast + Bottle 719 East 17th Avenue 303-623-3223 beastandbottle.com This is part two of interview with Andrea Wight, pastry chef of Beast + Bottle. Part one my chat with Wight ran yesterday. What cookbooks and/or food-related reading material do you draw inspiration from? Recently I brought in Johnny…
There are so many reasons to love the month of October: crunchy blankets of leaves drifting across the sidewalks, Halloween, apple picking, ornamental gourds, Indian corn and the release of autumn menus, including the latest homage to fall from Matt Selby, executive chef of the Corner House, which opened early…
Last weekend, after I took two teenage boys to a haunted house, they were screaming with hunger pangs, so we stopped for a plate of tacos at this cantina, which my son described as “incredibly hip” — the kind of place, he said, that he’d love to go with his…
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 a spacious kitchen. They often bring some of their market’s choicest ingredients home with them and cook up a feast. As you can imagine,…
Andrea Wight Beast + Bottle 719 East 17th Avenue 303-623-3223 beastandbottle.com This is part one of interview with Andrea Wight, pastry chef of Beast + Bottle. Part two of my chat with Wight will run tomorrow morning. A lot of us can recollect the first time we baked a batch…
