The perennial question: Red, green or Christmas? In this case, none of the above. And for the love of ristas, use some damn salt to season your food. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Guess Where posts is…
Here today, gone tomorrow: These days, that’s the siren song of more and more menus, many of which change monthly, some weekly, others daily, which means that if you get too attached to a dish, at some point — sooner rather than later is the most likely scenario — you’ll…
If you tried to eat at Venue Bistro yesterday, which was my mission, a sign on the door called for other plans. From what I hear, the spring runoff is good for fishing, and the staff at Venue obviously thinks so, too, judging from the fact that the Highland restaurant…
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. If you’ve been…
In the many, many times I’ve eaten at this innovative restaurant, I’ve never had a disappointing dish. In fact, just about everything that’s graced my plate has been a marvel, including the exquisite Hawaiian red snapper tartare. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first…
“I love pizza. No. I love pizza!” And to prove his declaration, Justin Vogel slams his elbows on the bar, revealing a wrist-to-elbow jet-black tattoo inked with the word “pizza.” Point taken…
It’s been called the “burgundy bible” for zealous restaurant nerds, and for the first time since Tim and Nina Zagat (pronounced Zuh-GAT) launched their Survey in 1979, Colorado — the whole state — is getting its very own Zagat restaurant ratings guide, which is a big deal considering that the…
I spoke to a chef yesterday who lamented the dearth of good delis in Denver (he’s not the first). And while the anemic Reuben in the above snap doesn’t come from a deli, it gives us one more reason to hunger for better sandwiches in this city — sandwiches that…
So much for family-friendly cola chicken at Coop de Ville at the Stingray, the Sunnyside restaurant that Leigh Jones and her partner, Margret Moore, reopened and re-conceptualized in February after closing Stingray, a neighborhood watering hole and pizza joint that the two had opened last year. The chicken shack, as…
Six years ago, when Daniel Kuhlman and his wife, Kristal, opened Tastes Wine Bar & Bistro on Tennyson Street, they had a vision. “What we created at Tastes was a venture of love fueled by passion, and we wanted to share that passion and love with the neighborhood and customers…
After a recent jaunt to L.A., where I soaked up Disneyland, the sun and the city’s restaurant scene, I arrived home just in time to have breakfast at one of my favorite suburban cafes. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to…
I had just finished eating mole at a brilliant Oaxacan restaurant in Santa Ana, California when my phone beeped. And there it was…an upside down cockroach dead on its ass on a plate. The offending restaurant? Da Lat, a Vietnamese joint on Federal Boulevard that just last month made my…
At 10 a.m. on Sunday, when Encore, Paul Reilly’s “country club” restaurant on East Colfax, opened its doors for the final time, ninety people were already standing in line to get a seat…and that was just the start of the ambush. “We got our asses kicked. I’ve never taken a…
James Van Dyk Lucky’s Cafe 3980 Broadway, Boulder 303-444-5007 This is part two of my chat with James Van Dyk, exec chef of Lucky’s Cafe in Boulder. Part one of our interview ran in this space yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: Just one: Momofuku Ssäm Bar in New York. David…
James Van Dyk Lucky’s Cafe 3980 Broadway, Boulder 303-444-5007 This is part one of my chat with James Van Dyk, exec chef of Lucky’s Cafe in Boulder. Part two of our interview will run in this space tomorrow. Back in the ’60s, when James Van Dyk was growing up on…
I’m sure I’ve said this before, but it bears repeating: Brunch is my favorite meal of the week. There’s simply nothing better than pissing away a Sunday afternoon in the company of eggs and bloody Marys — or, in the case of the Village Cork, eggs and foie gras, which…
Those of you who live in Platte Park or Washington Park can spend your weekend thanking the god of breadheads: Buffalo Doughboy Bakery, one of the most amazing bakeries in Denver, is shuttering it current location at 33 East Dakota Avenue after service on Sunday and relocating to the former…
Notoriously sleepy Cherry Creek, where most people tuck into a martini at 5 and turn to their feather pillow by 7, was pulsating Wednesday night, at least at Margs Taco Bistro, the Mexican taco bar that originated in downtown Denver before adding a second location in the heart of Cherry…
Fellow diners at this Ethiopian restaurant kept stopping by our table to ask what we’d ordered, and I can’t blame them, because everything that was heaped on our plate — the stews, the vegetables, the lentils, the kifto — was excellent. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone…
As usual, there was a steady line of java addicts standing elbow-to-elbow last week when I stopped by Crema Coffee House, the urban coffee joint at 2862 Larimer Street co-owned by Jonathan Power and Noah price. And you can bet that when the two partners open the Populist this summer,…
Drinking a Bloody Mary when you’re at high altitude is not, I recently discovered, the brightest decision. Drinking three, however — well, that’s a perfectly wise decision, especially when you’re trying to sit down like a lady on the chairlift. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who…
Jeff Russell District Meats 1625 Wazee Street 303-623-1630 www.charliepalmer.com This is part two of my interview with Jeff Russell, exec chef of District Meats. Part one of our chat ran in this space yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: Surprisingly, it’s a very small place in Chinatown in New York City…
