If your bank account isn’t on the rocks, the Capital Grille has just the holiday item for you: a $1,000 martini. But this drink, officially named the Share Our Strength Charity Martini, comes with a real twist: a white topaz and diamond caviar rope bracelet, a limited-edition, custom piece by…
You know why I love this town? Because Denver is like a good boxer, a solid bet to go the distance. There was this guy, a Mick, who was a monster just the same way. He would stand in the center of the ring, toe-to-toe with some of the most…
For photos from inside Beatrice and Woodsley, see the slideshow at westword.com/slideshow A room inspired by the story of two lovebirds: Beatrice, the life-loving daughter of a French wine-making family who relocated to California in the early 1800s to create a small vineyard. And Woodsley, the handsome and crafty son…
Kokopelli’s may have been my least favorite bar in Denver. The service was awful and the space so dark and dirty, you couldn’t have paid me to eat anything coming out of the kitchen. So I was glad to know that something, anything, had replaced it — even if I…
“Rita, I’m sick of this shit,” Tom says of his Beck’s bottle, then orders a Smirnoff screwdriver. His friends and acquaintances smirk at the switch. “This guy ain’t fucking around,” Rex exclaims. “You know,” Tom responds with mock irritation, “I’ve spent so much time learning how to drink, I oughta…
I know: Small plates are supposed to be dead, right? A fad. Last year’s news. And yet one of the most notable new restaurants in the city (Beatrice & Woodsley, reviewed this week) is doing small plates. And one of the best expansions of the year — Delite, which Dylan…
In this week’s Westword, Jason Sheehan reviews Beatrice & Woodsley, the new (and gorgeous) restaurant on South Braodway. To further whet your appetite, we’ve got two slide shows: one from inside the Beatrice & Woodsley kitchen and dining room, and one from South Broadway itself, where a growing collection of…
On Thursday, November 20, on Whole Foods Giving Day, 5 percent of all purchases made at the Capitol Hill store at 900 East 11th Avenue will benefit SAME Cafe, at 2023 East Colfax Avenue. According to the Whole Foods website, that store “has been an integral part of the Denver…
Dwayne Clark just opened his third Davies Chuck Wagon Diner — this one inside a Howard Johnson’s at 12100 West 44th in Wheat Ridge. I remember the days when every HoJo’s had its own restaurant, but the chain has not fared particularly well through the ups and downs of this…
The only thing this menu is missing is a “Dust Bowl” soup du jour. If life gives you grapes of wrath, make some wine. That’s the idea behind the “Recession Menu” at Paris Wine Bar, 1549 Platte Street, a selection of all-day and all-night specials designed for gloomy economic days…
Chef Pete List welcomes you to Beatrice & Woodsley. After dark, Beatrice & Woodsley glows. The windows, tinted gold, show a dreamlike version of the interior. The interior shows a dreamlike version of a restaurant that’s supposed to be a cabin in the aspens that is really the fancy of…
Merle’s is holding its grand opening celebration tonight; the restaurant occupies the former home of Merle’s Alignment at 2609 West Main Street in Littleton. We hear the kitchen will be serving classic Americana dishes, and one of the owners came from Terracotta…
(Photo from izakayaden.net) In light of the recent departure of chef Gabe Stallone from Izakaya Den, I decided I’d better get back there and see whether the crew he left behind was capable of turning out food as fine as it had been under Stallone’s command back when I reviewed…
SAME Café — the name is an acronym for So All May Eat — is now making sure that all may eat at once. Today, the innovative restaurant that serves healthy, organic food on a pay-what-you-can basis opened up a new dining room. The expansion basically doubles the size of…
A hidden curse on beer drinkers. If the economy has driven you to drink, you might as well get your money’s worth. That’s the philosophy behind the Beer Gauge, a Boulder scientist’s invention to avoid getting ripped off on his microbrews and to address a problem that has long plagued…
Oat Cluster Cheerios Crunch General Mills Rating: Two-and-a-half spoons out of four. Cereal description: Three variations of the trademark O’s — original recipe, a glazed-looking, slightly yellower version, and their deeper brown siblings — made from a melange of oat, wheat, rice, corn and barley. Also present are oat clusters…
When the building housing the Branch Inn exploded in Pueblo on Thursday, it not only took a life, it wiped out a piece of history. Although the building at 301 South Union, in the Union Street Historic District, had been empty for some time before new proprietors reopened the Branch…
The premiere episode has run, the first two chefs have been booted, and while I know everyone in town was excited about having two locals in the game (Hosea Rosenberg, exec chef at Jax in Boulder and Melissa Harrison, sous at another Dave Query joint, Centro Latin Kitchen), how ‘bout…
There’s action in the 2600 block of Welton Street, with a new sign suddenly appearing on the outside of the 725 Club. But as it turns out, the real action is around the corner on 26th, just past Zona’s. Because after a long delay, Encores on 26th is now getting…
While scouring the candy aisle at Walgreen’s earlier this week, I happened upon a mysterious box filled with giant candy bars that looked like they were left over from the Reagan administration. The packaging had a decidedly retro ’80s feel, and since the box was sitting all alone on the…
Parallel Seventeen continues to set styles. Since it opened three years ago, Parallel Seventeen has always been a style leader — in food (Mary Nguyen’s classical Vietnamese cuisine, which Jason Sheehan raved about when he reviewed the restaurant), in decor (elegantly hip), in entertainment (with rotating DJs). And now it’s…
Want to see what’s next in the green revolution? Head to Boulder, a hotbed for businesses specializing in natural and organic products (for more on that, see my Naturally Boulder blogs). That’s where the first Ellie’s Eco Home Store will debut tomorrow at 2545 Arapahoe Street — right by a…
