Three years ago, Delores Tronco, the human resources manager of the Vesta Group (Vesta Dipping Grill, Steuben’s and Ace), started Denver’s food truck revolution with the introduction of the Justice League of Street Food, a local food truck showcase that she, along with Vesta owner Josh Wolkon and several other…
Back in early January, we broke the news that master butcher Mark DeNittis had landed at Cook Street School of Culinary Arts as the director of culinary curriculum, a position he took on after closing Il Mondo Vecchio late last year, following a series of back-and-forth discussions with the USDA…
It’s no often that you encounter monkfish and sea urchin on the same plate, but here, at this neighborhood Italian restaurant, both ingredients shine in unison. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to a Guess Where post is entered into a…
Perhaps I’m in the minority, but lobster, unless I’m sitting at a beach shack in Maine, has never particularly appealed to me, but the lobster roll at this amazing seafood-focused restaurant may very well be the lone lobster dish that saves me the airfare. Can you guess where I’m eating?…
Cafe Society dished up four Guess Where? contests last week ranging from an uninspiring, watered down watermelon cocktail from T|ACO, to a mound of Cajun spice-dusted tater tots from Uber Sausage, to a feast of clam strips served at a joint better known for its hot dogs…
One of the first things that Denverites will tell any newcomer who’s landed in the Mile High City is just how firmly devoted you’ll become to your neighborhood restaurant — and if you live in Uptown, that restaurant may very well become Beast +Bottle, the new snout-to-stump spot from former…
The first Sam’s No. 3, a popular diner frequented by everyone from politicians and pipsqueaks, opened in 1969 in Aurora. Decades later, owner Sam Armatas opened a second location in the heart of downtown, where poser Guy Fieri swaggered in to film a segment for Diners, Drive-ins and Dives, and…
Drew Archer TAG Burger Bar 1222 Madison Street 303-736-2260 www.madisonstreetdenver.com Part one of my interview with Drew Archer, chef of TAG Burger Bar, ran yesterday; this is part two of our chat. Most memorable meal you’ve ever had: We never really ate out much growing up, so I don’t have…
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. While the weather…
I realize that some of you go sea-wild over clam strips, and there was absolutely nothing wrong with these…but I still don’t understand the allure. What am I missing? And…can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to a Guess Where post is…
Drew Archer TAG Burger Bar 1222 Madison Street 303-736-2260 www.madisonstreetdenver.com This is part one of my chef interview with Drew Archer, from TAG Burger Bar. Tune in tomorrow for part two of my interview with Archer. The first thing that emerges from the kitchen is a heap of french fries:…
I don’t know about you, but I’ve never had a “merlot burger” — a burger that’s been injected, literally, with the deep blue-hued wine grape. But come mid-May, all of us will have the opportunity to try one when Drakes Haus, a restaurant that, in fact, squirts merlot into its…
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…
The neighborhood surrounding the University of Denver has always been transient, at least where restaurants are concerned, but the latest joint in which to get a beverage and a bite seems to have staying power. Beantree Coffee and Deli, which recently opened at 2076 South University, is one of those…
Several people recommended that I try the breakfast burrito from this weird little joint that squats directly adjacent to a gas station, which happens to reek of incense. The breakfast burrito was merely pedestrian, as was the green chile that was more mild-mannered and mellow than the spacy dude in…
He didn’t win in 2011, but Max MacKissock, chef and co-owner of the Squeaky Bean, has another opportunity to emerge victorious in Food & Wine magazine’s People’s Best New Chef battle — an award that MacKissock was also nominated for in 2011. See also: – An exclusive first look of…
Tater tots are one of my guilty pleasures, and these little suckers, dusted with Cajun spices, arrived crisp and hot, just like the weather that’s predicted for later this week. And so much for that blizzard, which failed to materialize on the same day that I was toasty inside the…
Cafe Society dished out five Guess Where? contest posts last week, ranging from a barrel-aged Manhattan from Central Bistro & Bar, to a bowl of Bahia-style shrimp stew from Jonesy’s, to a sandwich, whose innards included french fries…
A few weeks ago, when I interviewed Patxi Axpiroz, the chef-owner of Patxi’s Pizza, our conversation moved from pizza to balls — meatballs, of course, which are popping up on menus at several local restaurants, including Cafe Bar, Gaetanos, Slotted Spoon and Spuntino. Some of those meatballs are funky and…
Jon Robbins, the chef de cuisine at Mizuna, who shares the line with chef/owner Frank Bonanno, is departing that kitchen after four years to open his own. Robbins, whose last day cooking with Bonanno is March 9, is leaving to pursue a pop-up supper club called Gypsy Kitchen. See also:…
Announcement! We have a winner of our Meet the Masters contest, in which we asked Cafe Society readers to guess how many gluten-free margherita pizzas Marco’s at Inverness served during the month of February. The correct answer is 178. The person who came the closest to that number without going…
Suffice it to say that I eat out more than the general population, unless, of course, the general population can catalog 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…
