or barbecued flank steak sliders (better than anything else, which isn’t saying much) — because everything edible had been dumped on. With snow. And it sucked. But at least the people were cool, and more important, there was an Argonaut of alcohol. The Taste of Vail runs through tomorrow, and while stuffing your face…
For those of you not yet hipped to the big foodie news in Denver this week, the International Association of Culinary Professionals is in town — a kind of traveling circus show of food writers, food editors, food pimps, chefs, authors, wine gurus and associated tradesmen. And, of course, Jason…
In case you missed it…Marczyk’s is bringing aboard pastry chef John Hinman. Brownies, blondies, whoopie pies and bacon-chocolate chip cookies coming soon. Hawaiian plate lunch comes to Boulder, ruined by hippies. The International Association of Culinary Professionals conference is in town. Our bloggers make some recommendations for dining, including mandatory ethnic joints…
With Denver’s “First Ever Denver Pairing Competition” set for this Tuesday, April 7, at Baur’s Ristorante, 1512 Curtis Street, the hype is definitely building, and Avery Brewing Company’s Ted Whitney seems confident. “I really feel badly for everyone trying to out-pair the Avery team; in many ways it’s just not…
We’ll admit it: Big Lots on Broadway has been a go-to spot for Candy Girl “treasures” in the past, so we have a fondness for that bit of real estate. But we were in for a completely different kind of treat when we were invited to taste test the Amarena…
I am comfortably ensconced in the 18-35 male demographic that so many companies are desperate to grab. And we are relatively easy. Give us something with closeups of food, perverted humor, boobies or LeBron James, and we will mindlessly buy your product.So, I should be enjoying the new ad from Denver-based Quiznos:…
The sandwich: Aye Conyo What’s on it: Cuban roast pork, ham, Swiss cheese, pickles, onions, mustard, pepperoni, turkey, hot peppers and Key lime mayo on Cuban bread. Where to get it: Buchi Café Cubano (2651 West 38th Avenue, 303-458-1328) How much: $8.75 I would like to tell you about the…
When I sit down for a fancy four-course meal, I don’t ask for too much. Just the basics: maybe some friends, some warm bread….and three separate beverage teams trying to pair each course in a battle royale for my taste buds. Next Tuesday, Denver will bear witness to what is…
Verso Cellars, a Colorado winery, will start selling its wine (by the glass, bottle or case) at Metropolis Coffee, 300 West 11th Avenue, starting today during the First Friday Art Walk, which runs from noon to 8 p.m. For more info, go to www.versocellars.com. At Golden’s First Friday, Spirits in…
For those of you not yet hipped to the big foodie news in Denver this week, the International Association of Culinary Professionals is in town — a kind of traveling circus show of food writers, food editors, food pimps, chefs, authors, wine gurus and associated tradesmen. And, of course, Jason…
For those of you not yet hipped to the big foodie news in Denver this week, the International Association of Culinary Professionals is in town — a kind of traveling circus show of food writers, food editors, food pimps, chefs, authors, wine gurus and associated tradesmen. And, of course, Jason…
For those of you not yet hipped to the big foodie news in Denver this week, the International Association of Culinary Professionals is in town — a kind of traveling circus show of food writers, food editors, food pimps, chefs, authors, wine gurus and associated tradesmen. And, of course, Jason…
Sometimes noodles are just noodles. But thankfully, some noodles rise to the level of the drunken noodles from US Thai Café. There must be some kind of black magic that goes into getting the sauce just right, because I’ve had a lot of drunken noodles and none of them made…
“I just got an offer to be the personal chef for the McCain family!” wrote Michel Wahaltere on his Facebook page. And, yes, he was talking about that McCain family, the one whose dithering patriarch lost the 2008 presidential election in a landslide. You know how just before you puke,…
I was zooming down I-25 through New Mexico, trying to knock off the thousand miles from Denver to Tucson in a day, when I saw a billboard that made me hit the brakes: It was for the Owl Bar in San Antonio, just a wide spot in the road –…
Opening today, April 2, is Café Options, the breakfast/lunch spot at 1650 Curtis Street that’s brought to us by Work Options for Woman, the non-profit that trains women coming off welfare for careers in the food-industry world. WOW already runs a cafeteria at the Denver Department of Human Services building…
The big food news in town continues to be the International Association of Culinary Professionals convention — and tonight, The Fort – the replica of Bent’s Fort overlooking Denver — is hosting a special dinner for IACP attendees. But non-members are welcome, too, for $165; chef Trevor Dierolf will be…
So here we are…another Best of Denver issue in the rearview mirror, and it’s all over but the shouting. The real blizzard wasn’t last Thursday’s snowfall, but the avalanche of calls and e-mails from restaurant fans and owners wondering why their place (ahem…Root Down) didn’t get the notice they thought…
I don’t know where to begin. Should I start with the girl in the full-length (faux) fur over her sundress in the dining room — the one I’d pegged as a Russian mafia princess until I heard her speaking flawless English — or the beautiful people on the patio discussing…
Across Eighth Avenue and just down the block, the neon-bright liquor store and a bodega are humming with activity — parked cars with their doors ajar, engines idling, low-end bass rumbling the parking-lot pebbles like un-popped kernels of corn; loiterers and potential customers huddling in circles, laughing loudly, talking shit…
While eating my way through the Best of Denver 2009, I tried Which ‘Wich, an Aurora sandwich shop that’s part of a chain of a hundred-some shops that has grown like kudzu across the country since it started in Dallas in 2003. Which ‘Wich makes sandwiches and only sandwiches (okay,…
I have to extend an apologetic hand to both my fellow Westworder Joel Warner and, by extension, the Highland Mommies — the web message board group in North Denver; See, at Monday’s editorial meeting, Mr. Warner brought up a rumor he’d heard that Chipotle was changing its menu. There weren’t…
