There’s nothing like hand-rolled, fresh-made pasta, and here, at this unassuming Italian storefront, that’s exactly what you’ll get, in addition to sandwiches, salads and sweets. 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…

Cafe Society dished up five Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a platter of faultless al pastro tacos from El Taco Veloz, to a yet-to-be-identified sausage roll that was much better than expected, to a pork osso buco that was positively behemoth…

Months ago, in March, when we first reported that a restaurant called Uncle was opening in the Lower Highland neighborhood, we — and a few of our commenters — collectively scratched our heads. “I’ve heard it will be a Asian noodle bar type place, but with a name like Uncle,…

UPDATE: The winner of our contest is tropicalchrome1, who guessed 257 shots. The actual number of shots sold is 270. ________________________________________________________________________ There are tons of deviations this weekend to tear you away from the comfort of your couch (and the Olympics), including the Justice League of Street Food party, which…

For the last several months, we’ve received text messages, e-mails and Facebook alerts that Carbone’s, everyone’s favorite Italian deli and market, is shuttering, which would break more than a few hearts — including mine. And I’ve spoken to “Mama” Rosa Lonardo, the matriarch of Carbone’s, a few times on the…

These al pastor tacos are not from Tacos Y Salsas, which, up until a few weeks ago, were my kid’s favorite. But no more. After dragging him to this taqueria, Tacos Y Salsas has been superseded. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct…

Last September, I spent a whopping 24 hours in New York City, mostly in the kitchen of the James Beard House, where the FIVE, a coterie of local chefs and cocktail kings, strutted their talents to a sold-old cognoscenti of foodniks — one of whom claimed that it was the…

Despite the birthday party adjacent to us, where songs like”On Top of Old Smokey” were being sung by restless toddlers, the tune was actually fitting for the meatballs, calzones, pizzas, garlic knots and sausage rolls that emerged from the kitchen. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who…

Pippa Taylor Strings 1700 Humboldt Street 303-831-7310 www.stringsrestaurant.com Part one of my interview with Pippa Taylor, executive chef of Strings, ran yesterday. This is part two of our chat Favorite restaurant in America: At this point, my favorites include Joël Robuchon in Las Vegas, Charlie Trotter’s in Chicago and Fenway…

Three craft beers, five dishes, all stellar, for less than $35. This restaurant’s happy hour is still the crème de la crème of Denver. 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 pool…

Pippa Taylor Strings 1700 Humboldt Street 303-831-7310 www.stringsrestaurant.com This is part one of my interview with Pippa Taylor, the executive chef of Strings. Part two of our chat will run tomorrow. Pippa Taylor is the first to admit her good fortune — and the last to take it for granted…

If you want a Thai curry that’s mild, meek and devoid of any discernible heat (despite a plea for “Thai hot”), go here. This is a joint for uninitiated freshman — not graduating valedictorians. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to…

The long-vacant space at 30 East Ninth venue, on the southwest corner of Lincoln and Ninth, will soon have a new breakfast joint: Devin and Jason Stallings, the brothers who own DJ’s Berkeley Cafe, are opening a second outpost — DJ’s 9th Ave Cafe, a 3,500-square-foot mimic of its popular…

There’s been buzz circulating for months that Justin Cucci, the owner/chef of Linger and Root Down (and, at some point, a second Root Down at DIA), had his clever hands in another project, and now we can confirm exactly what that is: Cucci will open a bar, restaurant and live…

After three weeks of being on lock-down, thanks to the City of Denver, El Diablo and Sketch, Jesse Morreale’s two restaurants housed in the First Avenue Hotel will reopen after the Board of Appeals unanimously agreed this morning that the restaurants, which were red-tagged by the city early on the…

I don’t think much of the ravioli — or the marinara sauce — at this Italian joint, but the Olympic-size pork osso buco is worth its weight in medals. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Guess Where posts…

Cheese, cheese and more cheese. And sausages, olives and olive oils. Panani and sandwiches, chocolate and fresh-baked bread. Pastas and San Marzano tomatoes. At Pollyanna Forster’s Eat+Drink, the cheese and charcuterie emporium that she opened late last week, following the success of her same-name original in Edwards that she unleashed…

Cafe Society dished out five Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a duo of dipped ice cream cones from Dairy Queen to a bowl of still unidentified miso soup from a joint whose sushi is not its calling card to a plate of tacos from Odelay that weren’t worth…

Ever since Fisher Clark Deli — one of Denver’s best — closed in 2010, the space at 723 South University Boulevard, next door to Saucy Noodle, has struggled to keep tenants. When Fisher Clark shuttered, the joint that moved in — the loathsome Loaves N Ladles — lasted a mere…

For months, years even, I’ve pleaded, pressed and petitioned for a taco joint to open in Wash Park, my home turf, and just about every neighbor — friend or enemy — with whom I’ve spoken, agrees. Even chefs concur that this neighborhood would embrace street tacos, but since there are…

Normally, I’d wait until the weather turns colder before ordering a bowl of steaming miso soup, but it sounded like a good idea at the time — and it was. The sushi, however, wasn’t. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to…