I wanted brain tacos, but the kitchen was fresh out of brains, so I changed my mindset and ordered chips and salsa instead, along with a potent margarita that made my head spin. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the…
Yasmin Lozada-Hissom, the pastry chef of Duo and Olivea, where her husband, John Broening, is also the executive chef, was a regular at Spuntino, an Italian cafe in Highland, owned, in part, by Simone Parisi, who also runs a namesake pizzeria and deli, as well as its downstairs restaurant, Firenze…
Denver Restaurant Half Month, not surprisingly, is bringing out the glutton in all of us, and while rezzies are filling up fast, it’s not too late to stamp your name on a seat at one of the 340 feedlots offering multi-course feasts between now and March 9, when the culinary…
It’s a good thing the food is bright and bold, because the non-existent decor is some of the most bland and boring I’ve ever seen — in an Ethiopian restaurant or otherwise. And would someone please turn on the lights during the lunch hour? Can you guess where I’m eating?…
Troy Guard, the chef/owner of TAG, TAG|RAW BAR and Madison Street, is, like hundreds of other chefs, in the throes of Restaurant Half Month, and he had hoped to complete an expansion of the diminutive TAG|RAW BAR before last Saturday night, when the two-week feeding frenzy kicked off. But while…
Patrick Canfield Trinity Grille 1801 Broadway 303-293-2288 www.trinitygrille.com This is part two of my chef and tell interview with the Trinity Grille’s Patrick Canfield. Part one of our chat ran yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: Edwardo’s in Westcliffe, Colorado. Going there always reminds me that I’m on vacation, plus they…
Denver Restaurant Half Month, not surprisingly, is bringing out the glutton in all of us, and while rezzies are filling up fast, it’s not too late to stamp your name on a seat at one of the 340 feedlots offering multi-course feasts between now and March 9, when the culinary…
Here, at this Chinese restaurant, I’ve learned that going with a chef definitely has its advantages. These clams — God, they were fresh — aren’t on the menu, but the owner, who sensed immediately what the chef in residence wanted to eat, delivered the best the kitchen had to offer…
When Dixons Downtown Grill shuttered last Labor Day, it left an enviable plot of restaurant real estate in its wake. Numerous restaurateurs and chefs eyed the behemoth space — which has since been divided into two separate entities — but luck was on the side of a Louisville-based restaurant called…
Journalist, author, professor and sustainable living advocate Michael Pollan is lecturing at the Paramount Theater tonight, and yesterday, we held a contest that would give one Cafe Society reader the opportunity to snag a pair of complimentary tickets to his presentation. We asked readers to submit questions for Pollan, and…
This is part one of my interview with Trinity Grille’s Patrick Canfield. Check back here tomorrow to read part two. Patrick Canfield Trinity Grille 1801 Broadway 303-293-2288 www.trinitygrille.com Most of us have scrubbed a few pots and scraped a few plates, but if you eat dinner every night at home,…
Denver Restaurant Half Month, not surprisingly, is bringing out the glutton in all of us, and while rezzies are filling up fast, it’s not too late to stamp your name on a seat at one of the 340 feedlots offering multi-course feasts between now and March 9, when the culinary…
I had no desire to spend my Sunday evening at a Denver Restaurant Week table, but when a friend snagged a prime-time reservation at a restaurant that rarely, if ever, has prime-time reservations available, I fell back on my promise. And I’m glad I did, because the service, despite butt-to-butt…
He’s been called a “hero of sustainability,” his name appears on Time Magazine’s 2010 list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World, and his best-selling books, including The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, have made him one of the high priests of practicing — and…
“It all began in 2007,” begins the conversation with John Davidson, “when the landlord violated my non-compete clause four months after we opened — and Pajama Baking Company opened just a few doors down from me. We had to split business, which isn’t what I’d signed up for.”…
It’s been an interesting past few years for James Mazzio, whose culinary career took a giant leap forward in 1999, when the then-Boulder chef of the long-gone 15 Degrees, snagged a Food & Wine magazine Best New Chef crown. Since then, Mazzio has cooked in numerous kitchens throughout the state,…
Denver Restaurant Week — or, as Row 14 chef Jensen Cummings coined it, “Denver Restaurant Half Month” — began in earnest on Saturday night, with 340 food temples across the metro area offering multi-course menus for two for $52.80. Chef Troy Guard and his crew from TAG and TAG RAW…
Denver Restaurant Week(s) gets under way tomorrow, with more than 300 metro-area grub houses offering one of the best culinary deals of the year: multi-course meals for the fixed price of $52.80 for two, or $26.40 if you’re solo, excluding tax and gratuity. And because we believe that everyone should…
If Rayme Rossello was worried that Comida Cantina, her new brick-and-mortar that just opened in the Prospect development in Longmont, wouldn’t be a hit in the ritzy ‘hood, the gazillion bodies who packed the joint last weekend should alleviate any concerns. Rossello, who launched her hot-pink Comida food truck in…
I love that more and more Mexican joints are adding molcajetes to their menus, although of the half-dozen or so I’ve sampled over the past six months, this was the most disappointing: rough and tough meats, no charred jalapenos, no sizzle and no flavor. Can you guess where I’m eating?…
“This scallop recipe is a simple, seasonal dish that can be easily executed by a home cook — and it’s a definite crowd-pleaser,” says Ambria executive chef Jeremy Kittelson, who’s featured in this week’s Chef and Tell interview. The agrodolce, which means “sweet and sour” in Italian, can be made…
We’re on a Denver Restaurant Week money streak, having just given away $52.80 to two big tippers, both of whom entered our first Denver Restaurant Week contest, in which we asked industry folks and diners alike for their best advice on how to get the most out of the two-week…
