Vine Street Pub has joined the brunch bunch

Vine Street Pub, at 1700 Vine Street, recently celebrated its second birthday. As part of the growing-up process, it’s added that most grownup of meals — weekend brunch — complete with a Bloody Mary bar to help assuage the pain of a very adult hangover or get started on the…

Guess where I’m eating?

This is what I’m having for breakfast tomorrow. This — and corned beef hash with two eggs over easy. Where will I be eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts is entered into a pool — and every Monday,…

Getting sticky at TAG

Warm sticky toffee cake, made with fresh dates and topped with caramel sauce and bourbon butterscotch ice cream, might seem better suited to a chilly autumn afternoon, but as the summer months settle in, don’t expect the dessert to disappear from the menu at TAG,1441 Larimer Street. While Troy Guard,…

Really, Mario Batali? Meatless Monday?

“He’s dead to me.” That was a good friend’s immediate response to the news that Mario Batali, patron saint of cured meat, is supporting Meatless Monday, a non-profit that’s trying to convince Americans to go vegetarian one day a week in order to reduce the country’s intake of animal protein…

Bobby Flay grills Applebee’s

What with his Food Channel fame and a restaurant empire stretching from Las Vegas to New York City, it was bound to happen: Bobby Flay is now king of all he surveys. At least he thinks so. Applebee’s recently introduced a menu concept of “regional American burgers” from such locales…

Zuni Kitchen turns off the stove

Another one bites the dust: Zuni Kitchen, at 3007 Zuni Street, had one of the town’s best-looking logos — but that wasn’t enough to save the place from an impending development in Zuni Plaza…

Greg Goldfogel is back with more Amore

After nine months of “soul-searching,” Greg Goldfogel reports, “I have finally got my head back on straight, filed for bankruptcy, and decided to launch Amore Natural Foods, bringing back my pasta sauces, kalamata olive tapenade, bruschetta, homemade pasta, flourless chocolate torte, biscotti, etc., with the natural and neighborhood food stores…

Moe’s opens its doors on Bear Creek Road — minus the tofu

Back in March, I shared the story of how the Brothers BBQ that catered my wedding, at 2589 South Lewis Way in Lakewood, was morphing into a Moe’s Original Bar-b-Que. It was bittersweet for me — bitter because I’ve always loved barbecue and was sad to see this location go,…

Guess where I’m eating?

I consider myself a stalker of sandwiches — of other things, too, like any cheese from Cypress Grove, the Infinite Monkey Theorem’s just-released rosé and midgets — but when I find a really good sandwich, like the Sriracha aioli-smeared shrimp and bacon number in the above pic, I want to…

Part two: Ya Ya’s Aaron Whitcomb on temper control, the phenomenon that’s Alex Seidel and becoming the food critic for Westword

Aaron Whitcomb YaYa’s Euro Bistro 8310 East Belleview Avenue, Greenwood Village 303-741-1110 www.yayasbistro.com This is part two of my interview with Aaron Whitcomb. To read part one of that interview, click here. Six words to describe your food: Playful, classic, experimental, simple, flavorful and technique-driven. Ten words to describe you:…

A fleet of gourmet food trucks is about to hit Denver

Should we go get a horn? Dukes of Hazzard or something?” Josh Wolkon, the owner of Vesta Dipping Grill and its younger sibling, Steuben’s Food Service, is chatting with Steuben’s executive chef, Brandon Biederman, and Biederman’s wife, Emily, while they stand in front of a garage that’s the temporary home…

Get ready for meals on wheels

The era of the food truck is heading right for us, with a few kitchens already roaming the streets, supplementing less mobile, but no less hip, enterprises like Biker Jim’s, the Gastro Cart and Pinche Tacos. Use Twitter and Facebook to find out when and where you can sample these…

The Comida truck navigates roads and rules in Boulder

There’s something fun about tracking down a food truck via a cryptic address posted on a Twitter feed, then finally pulling into a parking lot and spotting a tattooed arm protruding from a big pink coach, passing out paper plates loaded with food. It’s like a treasure hunt. For tacos…