The second outpost of Mona’s, the breakfast and lunch joint at 141 South Broadway whose corned beef hash generated a Westword Best of Denver award, has expanded its hours to include dinner and carousing. That makes two late-night neighborhood spots for Garen and Linda Austin, the husband-and-wife team who recently…
Because nothing in the blog world ever really dies until it’s been milked of every erg of usefulness or grim humor, may I humbly present this: The letter that the Grey Poupon people actually sent to President Barack Obama (and copied to me) in response to the teacup tsunami caused…
It’s American Craft Beer Week – seven days that even the United States Congress felt should be set aside for drinking micro brews. But Colorado’s beer culture is worth a deeper look, since 100 craft breweries operated here in 2008, producing 75,000 barrels of delicious beer. Of particular interest is…
It’s the explosion of flavor that’s so exciting–taking an ingredient and making more than it was to begin with. This is what Thomas Keller said on page 31 of his French Laundry Cookbook. And although the father of modern American cuisine was talking about his philosophy regarding making soups, the…
For the past several weeks, I’ve been poking around Park Burger, the new burger barn at 1890 South Pearl Street that’s the brain kid of Jean-Philippe Failyau, Frank Bonanno’s go-to guy at Osteria Marco in Larimer Square. Last month, Tyler Nemkov reported that Park Burger’s opening had been delayed, which…
If you were anywhere near me at yesterday’s Rocky Mountain Regional Foodservice and Restaurant Exposition trade show at the Denver Merchandise Mart, I sincerely apologize. I was the really strange and uncouth girl with the camera, the one stroking the goat cheese, feeling up the soppresetta, flirting with a pig…
And, no, it has nothing to do with the food. Get hooked over at the Latest Word blog…
World Cocktail Week ends today. So let’s raise a glass to Jared Boller, the award-winning mixologist who represented Denver in a recent article in USA Today that profiled a handful of alcohol alchemists around the country. Boller will be behind the bar at TAG, Troy Guard’s restaurant that opens in…
“Happy on the Hill,” a monthly celebration of the stretch of Colfax that heads east from the Capitol, will convene at the Irish Snug, 1201 East Colfax Avenue, at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 13. The Snug will have snacks and drink specials available; for details, call 303-839-1394. Across town in…
Stepping through the doors for the first time–into the onetime soda fountain, now brushed and polished and kitted out as a very comfortable and welcoming neighborhood bar, with white-washed tin ceilings and chandeliers–I told myself that no matter what Jonesy’s calls itself or its food, a galley ought to be…
WON’T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE BEES?!? Those little buzzy things that scared the living daylights out of me when I was younger are disappearing. Not like “slowly declining and let’s just kinda worry about it later” disappearing, but “in the last few winters, one in three bee colonies has vanished”…
Stopped in at Bill Ward’s miniBAR Friday night, for an early look at the start of its grand-opening festivities. It’s tucked below the old Village Inn at 2623 East Second Avenue. And although the place is tiny, it’s definitely big on style…
Gelato alert: While cruising around Cap Hill last night in search of food — which I got in the form of a real deal slice of New York-style pizza from the excruciatingly surly crew at Benny Blanco’s Slice of the Bronx, at 616 East 13th Avenue — I saw a…
It’s American Craft Beer Week – seven days that even the United States Congress felt should be set aside for drinking micro brews. But Colorado’s beer culture is worth a deeper look, since 100 craft breweries operated here in 2008, producing 75,000 barrels of delicious beer. Of particular interest is…
Just got off the phone with Ray Gross, who handles investor relations for Ruth’s Chris Steak House — a chain that, until yesterday, had a Denver outpost at 1445 Market Street. “Basically, Marcel Taylor, the franchisee of the Denver location, closed it for personal reasons,” explained Gross, adding that Taylor…
For all of you who think I don’t do anything all day, here’s a snap of the aftermath of yesterday’s Cafe Society meeting. Where were we? Post your answer as a comment…
A recent trip to Elitch Lanes, at 3825 Tennyson, for a friend’s surprise birthday party turned up another (totally awesome) surprise: bowling pin-shaped Budweiser bottles. They’re appropriate, curvaceous and refreshing, three things you may or may not expect to find at a bowling alley. Manager Frank Rangel says Elitch Lanes…
How do you kick off the first day of summer? (Yes, some people say it starts in late June — but I say it’s after the last day of finals!). Failing in my goal of waking up face down, possibly naked, and definitely hungover somewhere in Boulder, I went to…
It’s American Craft Beer Week – seven days that even the United States Congress felt should be set aside for one purpose and one purpose only: drinking micro brews. (To find out about tappings, food pairings and other events, click here or here.) But Colorado’s beer culture is worth a…
The Uptown ‘hood has no shortage of restaurants, but Olivéa, the new food temple from John Broening, Yasmin Lozada-Hisson, Keith Arnold and Stephanie Bonin (the foursome behind Duo), located at 719 East 17th Avenue in the former Aix space, could be just what the neighborhood’s been waiting for: an upbeat,…
I hear from a lot of cranky (or just plain pissed off) readers every week. Some weeks they’re complaining about my reviewing style (“All he talks about is himself!”), some weeks they’ve complaining about my review of someone’s favorite restaurant (“Only an idiot wouldn’t think Root Down was the best…
Tony’s, Tony’s, Tony’s! The highly touted butcher, deli and upscale market from the southern suburbs is roughly two weeks away from finally opening in the 900 block of Broadway. The dark-red and white striped awnings went up this morning, and a couple of trees were planted near the planned patio…
