Guess where I’m eating pizza…while the staff indulged in sushi?

Walked into one of my favorite pizza joints, only to find the staff sitting at the bar stuffing their gullets with sushi — sushi that was brought in from another restaurant. Odd mix…sushi followed by pizza. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct…

Guess where I’m eating a big, fat sandwich?

The headline says it all. Grunt. 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 pool — and every week, we select one lucky winner who’ll receive an EatDenver dining deck, worth up to $520…

Exclusive sneak peek: Old Major, opening on February 24

Late last week, I was privy to a personal tour of Old Major, the restaurant that culinary patron saint Justin Brunson, who also owns Masterpiece Deli, is tentatively opening on February 24 in Highland. The space, innovatively designed by Fin Art, a local firm, is still undergoing construction, but Brunson…

Bocadillo closes temporarily, and will reopen with dinner-only hours

It’s been months since Bocadillo, one of Denver’s best new restaurants of 2012, closed, leaving those of us enamored with chef-owner Derek Dietz’s Spanish-influenced sandwiches and tapas wondering if he and his staff would ever reopen the Sunnyside space that trumpeted some really incredible food. See also: – Photos: Bocadillo,…

Guess where I’m eating a pupusa?

The menu at this eccentric joint is all over the place, but weirdly, it all works, and the pupusas — a word I like to say over and over again — are one of my favorite dishes from that strange menu. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone…

Cooking with Pete and Barb Marczyk: Coconut-curried chicken soup

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. Pete and Barb…

Bittersweet introduces $40 tasting menu, paired with wines

Beginning tomorrow night, Bittersweet, Olav Peterson’s garden-to-table restaurant in Washington Park, will offer a swell deal to guests who want a big bang for their buck: Peterson is offering a three-course, prix-fixe dinner, paired with wines, for a mere $40. See also: – The only thing bittersweet about Bittersweet is…

Jagdish Singh, exec chef of India’s Castle, on passing the ginger test

Jagdish Singh India’s Castle 9555 East Arapahoe Road, Greenwood Village 303-782-9700 www.indiascastle.com This is part one of my interview with Jagdish Singh, exec chef of India’s Castle; part two of our interview will run tomorrow. Jagdish Singh is prepping himself for a photo shoot, and he’s not happy with the…

Guess where I’m drinking a dark saison (and a stout)?

I went to a tap room to watch the Super Bowl, thinking that there would be a rollicking crowd with whom to celebrate the Ravens’ victory. Instead, there was a single guy sitting next to us with a keg belly, a snooty bartender and a few tables of disgruntled 49er…

Exclusive first look: Udi’s Pizza, Cafe & Bar

It’s a few months behind schedule, thanks to predictable construction snafus, but on February 18, following a series of soft-opening events, Udi’s Pizza, Cafe & Bar will open in the former Encore space at 2550 East Colfax Avenue. See also: – Udi’s Colfax Pizza Bar taking over the former Encore…

Guess where I’m eating a trio of salsas?

I think I may have found my favorite new taqueria — at least when it comes to salsas (and street tacos and chicken mole enchiladas) — and just in case you’re wondering, it’s not on Federal. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct…

100 Favorite Dishes: Porchetta from Parisi

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…

First look: Parisi reopens after massive renovations

Parisi Italian Market & Deli reopened last Thursday after closing for two weeks to renovate its space at 4401 Tennyson Street. The new quarters, designed by Semple Brown, boast an additional 24 seats, beetle-kill pine lumber, putty-colored booths, and a new, rough-hewn bar, constructed from decades-old truss wood, that features…