I’ve always wanted to sit myself down in the restaurant that won Best New Restaurant the night the Best of Denver issue came out, but there’s always been some complication — some crisis (generally alcohol-related) that required my immediate attention. My usual post-Best of routine is to drink until I…
Mr. Stephen Colbert, you are officially on notice. Yes, I know that it’s really Colbert’s thing to put people (or items like caramel apples) “on notice,” but the tables have been turned, thanks to the Granola Tycoon (aka Eric Clayman), who makes granola for Udi’s Handcrafted Foods. Here’s the skinny…
A few weeks back, shortly after it was announced that Boulder chef Hosea Rosenberg had taken home the big prize and won this year’s Top Chef prize on the Bravo reality show of the same name, Rosenberg mentioned in passing that he was already working with a local artisanal foods…
The sandwich: Pesto Turkey Torpedo Where to get it: Quiznos What’s on it: Turkey, mozzarella, pesto, lettuce, tomato, red wine vinaigrette How much: $4 Let the haters hate. I don’t care, because when I eat a sandwich at Quiznos, I like it. Yeah, Quiznos is a massive chain (although a…
Although soup will probably be a popular supper choice on this cold day, we just heard that the “Soup for the Soul” fundraiser has beencancelled. “If you purchased tickets for the event,” says spokeswoman Paige Thompson, “you will be notified about the rescheduled date. We are currently working on rescheduling…
The power cord on the Rock N Soul Cafe, a cafe and music venue in Boulder, may be pulled unless the owners get some help. Like many places right now, the cafe is treading water, but the owners aren’t going down without a fight. Sheryl and Sam Radetsky recently sent…
While pulling junk out of my pockets the other day, I found a flier for a co-op grocery some people are trying to start called the Denver Cooperative Market. It seems like one of those member-owned, earth-lovin’ groceries could fly in Denver now that all the hippies are migrating here…
“Dearest Peers in Food and Life…” That’s the word-for-word salutation lifted from an e-mail I just read from Sylvia Tawse, the International Association of Culinary Professionals’ host city committee chair — and a woman I’ve never met in my life. But you know what? Anyone who starts her e-mails with…
Tonight’s “Soup for the Soul” has just been cancelled. Twenty local food stalwarts — Alto, Baur’s, Bistro Vendome, Blue Point Bakery, Dazzle, Elway’s (Cherry Creek), Fruition, Japon, Lola, Mel’s, Oceanaire, the Palm, Panera Bread, Panzano, Pesce Fresco, Rioja, San Lorenzo, Steuben’s, Table 6 and Vesta — were to join in…
The Best of Denver 2009 will be released today, and as I’ve done over the past couple of days (with discussions of the city’s best bread and places to go on a first date), I’m talking yet again about the process by which Denver’s best restaurants are chosen. The category…
What? After twenty years of offering the most dependable happy hour in the city, with a terrific cheeseburger among the other $1.95 specials, McCormick’s has changed its hours? Just walked into the bar at the corner of the Oxford Hotel and found out that corporate had dictated a cutback several…
Common Grounds will soon leave its longtime LoDo home at 17th and Wazee streets and move over to the SugarBeat space — across the street at 444 17th Street, in the Millennium Building. But the coffeehouse/winebar lost its liquor license when its lease ran out (there’s a story there), so…
A few days ago, I saw grown men cry. But no one’s feelings were hurt, and we weren’t even watching The Notebook. No, we were suffering the wrath of the hot wings from Skinny Jay’s, located at 800 28th Street, in the Outlook Hotel in Boulder. These are crispy little…
The eighteenth annual Colorado Mountain Winefest doesn’t start until September 17, but the Colorado Association for Viticulture and Enology just uncorked the winner of its WineFest art contest. “Labor of Love,” by Grand Junction artist Mary Ellen Andrews, will be featured on all promotional materials for the four-day Winefest, and…
Most people go to Super Star Asian for the dim sum. But we’ll let you in on a secret: This modest storefront in what remains of Alameda Square, at 2200 West Alameda Avenue, has an amazing lunch deal: Just $5.95 buys you hot tea, a big bowl of hot-and-sour soup,…
As reported by Lori Midson, Larkburger opened its doors last Friday at 2525 Arapahoe Street and immediately started bestowing big burgers and truffled fries on Boulder. Back in August, I’d moved just a few blocks from the spot where Larkburger was to roost, and I’d eagerly awaited the day the…
Baking isn’t easy a mile above sea level, but you should be able to rise to the occasion after taking “Baking Fundamentals,” a six-week series whose first session runs from 6:30 to 9 p.m. tonight at the Kitchen Table Cooking School in the Landmark project in Greenwood Village. Tuition is…
As with yesterday’s post about the sudden shortage of rice-flour baguette in Denver, this is another explanation of how I came to choose a certain award in this year’s Best of Denver issue. This time around, it’s about the best restaurant for a first date. Award in question: Best First…
Jean Phillippe Failyau, Frank Bonanno’s right-hand man (and my former chef at Osteria Marco), is busy tying up the loose ends at Park Burger, which he says is about a month away from opening.As Jason Sheehan reported in December, although Failyau is working with Bonanno on this burger joint at…
I’ve long been a proponent of Steuben’s house-cut, judiciously salted, pencil-thin fries, which arrive in a wax paper-lined crab tin. Now comes news that the retro American diner at 523 East 17th Avenue will be handing out free orders of fries with every take-out purchase during the month of April…
With any luck, the addition of Bernie’s Hot Dog Co., an independent joint located at 1601 Mayberry in the Highlands Ranch Town Center, will convince all those Land Rover-owning suburbanites who reside within the chain-ganged sprawl to stop spending their bonuses at Chili’s and Outback Steakhouse. I saw glimmers of…
Stimulus and/or recession- themed dinners are springing up around town, pulling valueconomy eaters from their homes into seats at local restaurants. L’Atelier has a four-course recession dinner; Parisi offers deals every week.Mojitos Cuban Bistro, at 1120 East Sixth Avenue (the former home of Mel’s, and Piscos, and Chives, and Dudley’s) …
