Richard Sandoval Al Lado, La Sandia, Tamayo, Zengo, Cima, Venga Venga www.richardsandoval.com Part one of my interview with chef Richard Sandoval, who owns and operates dozens of restaurants around the world, including seven in Colorado, ran yesterday; this is part two of that interview. Most memorable meal you’ve ever had:…

Palisade peaches are one of my favorite summertime snacks, and we’ve seen this year’s fuzzy crop pop up on menus all over town, including here, where the kitchen is turning out peachy ice cream topped with wood-fired peaches. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the…

Richard Sandoval Al Lado, La Sandia, Tamayo, Zengo, Cima, Venga Venga www.richardsandoval.com This is part one of my interview with chef Richard Sandoval, who owns and operates dozens of restaurants around the world, including seven in Colorado. Part two of my interview with Sandoval will run tomorrow. There’s the man…

That month at Children’s, Luca was surrounded with thoughtful, caring nurses. Nurses who talked him through the wires coming out of his head and the tubes coming out of his arms. Nurses who thoughtfully explained the video monitors and the bathroom protocol and the litany of medicines. Nurses who had…

We often see tweets and Facebook posts from celebrities that make us giggle, cringe and, in some cases, even re-tweet and re-post if their words are particularly jaw-dropping. And now we’re seeing some of those bold names recite Yelp reviews as part of “Real Actors Read Yelp Reviews,” a YouTube…

I spent nearly the entirety of the weekend attached to my computer in the same clothes that I slept in, which means I didn’t go out much and had to rely on delivery and takeout to satisfy my hunger pains. And thanks to this Mideast feast, lunch and dinner were…

For nearly fifteen years, Sam Taylor, owner and pitmaster of his namesake barbecue joint, occupied a no-frills space at 435 South Cherry Street, but after serving brisket, bones, pork and chicken to a longtime posse of regulars (ironically, Taylor also catered a Pretenders concert back in 2009 for a very-vegan…

“Six pork, all day! Five crespelle, all day! One beef, mid-rare; one beef, medium! Three frito, on the fly!” On Saturday night, Amerigo Delicatus Restaurant & Market, Iain Chisholm’s new Italian restaurant on Upper Larimer, hosted a friends and family practice dinner, inviting about forty people to taste a shortened…

The burger — what you see of it in the above snap — was all there was to the gray, crumbled mess that sat between a mammoth-size bun. As some of you would say: epic fail. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct…

Judging from the 140 submissions we received in our Denver Burger Battle contest — a contest that would give one Cafe Society reader (and a guest) two VIP tickets to the near sold-out event on the turf of Sports Authority Field at Mile High on August 22 — you people…

For the past three years, chef and restaurateur Richard Sandoval, who owns 35 restaurants around the world, including five in Denver and two in the mountains — the most he’s opened in any state — has been methodically planning one of his newest concepts: Al Lado, a Latin wine and…

In less than three weeks, there’s going to be a war in the Mile High City, but instead of weapons, this brawl is all about the beef, the bun, condiments, grease, blood and char. Twelve superpower burger houses and restaurants — Larkburger, Citygrille, Crave Real Burgers, Mateo, TAG, Highland Tap…

Did I finish it? No, of course not. Did I even come close? Not by a long shot. But I’m sure that some of you with bigger appetites (and, sadly, much small waistlines than I), definitely could. Go for it. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who…

In the dog days of August, a fresh fruit, red bean and cream slushie definitely beats a Slurpee from 7-Eleven and even a standard ice cream cone. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Guess Where posts is entered…

Next week, after months of construction — much of it done with his own bare hands — Iain Chisholm will open Amerigo Delicatus Restaurant & Market, a thirty-seat Italian restaurant on Upper Larimer, in the former Bamboo Hut space and directly next door to the original Billy’s Gourmet Hot Dogs…

Wade Kirwan Adrift 218 South Broadway 303-862-5749 www.facebook.com/adriftbar Part one of my interview with Wade Kirwan, executive chef of Adrift, ran yesterday; this is part two of our chat. Favorite restaurant in America: This is a tough one, but I’d say Boulevard in San Francisco. The food is unbelievable –…

Back in 2010, Bon Appétit restaurant editor Andrew Knowlton pronounced Boulder the “Foodiest Town in America,” a declaration that made former Westword restaurant critic Laura Shunk — and at least one Boulder chef, Theo Adley — raise their eyebrows in skepticism. And now Knowlton is back with his nominees for…

This is part one of my interview with Wade Kirwan, executive chef of Adrift. Part two of our chat will run tomorrow. Wade Kirwan Adrift 218 South Broadway 303-862-5749 www.facebook.com/adriftbar It’s mid-day, and the lights are dim at Adrift, the tiki bar and restaurant that opened three months ago on…

While Paul Reilly, the former executive chef/owner of Encore on Colfax, continues to search for a new pad to perch a restaurant, the space he left behind at 2550 East Colfax Avenue, will soon have a familiar tenant: Udi, Etai and Robin Baron, of the Udi’s empire, which includes seven…

For those of you who have an affinity for the iconic Columbine Steak House, Westerkamps Steakhouse or Cowbobas, all of which turn out slabs of beef that don’t require an expense account, here’s more good news: We now have a quartet of meat-centric joints where you can chew on cow…

This bustling little spot takes its time to feed your soul, but the wait is well worth it, especially for the jerk chicken and plantains. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Guess Where posts is entered into a…