Bump & Grind wasn’t the only restaurant to get bumped off before the clock struck twelve on New Year’s. After two years, Bimbamboo, the modern Asian kitchen at 1738 Pearl Street in Boulder, closed its doors on December 31. The web site promises a “new restaurant concept coming soon to…
‘Tis the season for foods rich and warming, foods that comfort the belly and make you dread the next time you must venture outside. The tasty bowl of soup above boasts bright flavors of zucchini and roasted poblano peppers, and it’s finished off with toasted chile-lime pumpkin seeds. If you…
As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com…
As if flying could get any more miserable, there’s one more complication in the “friendly skies.” Late last month, the FDA sent a warning letter to LSG Skychefs, LLC, indicating that Skychefs’ FDA inspection status had been changed from “approved” to “provisional.” While that may not sound too serious, one…
RESTAURANTS OPENING IN DECEMBER Blue Rox Grill, 9271 Park Meadows Drive, Lone Tree Cielito Lindo, 4401 Tejon Street Circle, 1035 Pearl Street, Boulder Den Deli & Seafood Market, 1501 South Pearl Street Ernie’s Bar and Pizza, 2915 West 44th Avenue Ganja Gourmet, 1810 South Broadway Garbanzo Mediterranean Grill, 1100 Sergeant…
Anyone who buys a DINR deck is a winner: For $50, you get 52 cards, each offering a $10 discount at a local, independent restaurant. You can buy the decks at any Tattered Cover location or at www.eatdenver.com — but you can also win one right here. Every Friday for…
Rise and shine! It’s the new year, and if your resolution was to eat more pork in 2010, you’ll be in hog heaven with the special here today. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: At the end of today, anyone who gave the first correct answer to any…
The holiday spirit is about giving — well, that and who has the best lights display. Tom O’Connor and Ed Soulsby, two Arvada men, have put both these concepts in action with their display of about 35,000 computer-controlled lights that sync to Christmas music aired on 106.3 FM. The light…
As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com…
It was the year of the gastropub, the year of the gourmet hamburger joint and cupcake shop, the year of the noodle bar. For me, it was the year of the book, the year I lost my father, the year I found out it was to be my last year…
Just got word that the Samba Room (1460 Larimer Street) will be starting off the New Year with some new blood and fresh energy in the back of the house. Gabe Stallone, ex of Vesta, Steuben’s and, most recently, Izakaya Den, called on Monday to let me know that he’d…
I am to the point where I am literally counting down the days before I bail out of the Mile High City for the sea-level thrills of Seattle. And yet, I still have details that need seeing to, last things that need to be done, promises that need to be…
Parisi, the beloved restaurant at 4401 Tennyston Street, is looking at a big night on New Year’s Eve — or Cenone di Capodanno, as they say in Italy. “We can’t serve our New Year’s Eve menu two days in a row due to its special ingredients (can you say cured…
Voulez-vous poulet avec moi? The best things in life may be frites, but the chicken comes close at this bistro. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: On Friday, anyone who gave the first correct answer to any of the past two week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts will…
Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market’s choicest ingredients home with them, and cook up a feast. For the next…
As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com…
Garhing, the honest-to-Jesus Chinese restaurant at 1048 South Federal Boulevard that took over the space formerly belonging to JJ Chinese Seafood Restaurant, another honest-to-Jesus Chinese chow house that relocated to 2500 West Alameda, is shuttered. No more deep-fried pork intestines, bamboo fungus, Cantonese-style porridge or mo po tofu. According to…
For food news in 2009, it’s hard to beat this rat’s tale: The Australian version of I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here put an Italian chef and a British actor in the Outback, where they saw dinner scurrying by. They pounced on the rat, ate it — and were…
It’s inevitable: On January 1, some restaurant suddenly closes its doors, leaving customers wondering what happened and employees wondering where they’re going to collect their paychecks. But Kazmos Lounge is not skulking off into the night. Instead, it’s throwing a helluva goodbye party this weekend. “It was a heartache,” owner…
It was the year of the gastropub, the year of the gourmet hamburger joint and cupcake shop, the year of the noodle bar. For me, it was the year of the book, the year I lost my father, the year I found out it was to be my last year…
This week, Gustavo Arellano reveals his list of must-visit Mexican restaurants across the country. And n Denver? “Go to the Original Chubbys,” he advises. “What makes it so bueno? It’s a real paisa with buen diente the one who is making the suggestion and not a pinche bolillo who thinks…
It’s now safe to wear ties in the southern ‘burbs, because Denver’s last Trail Dust Steak House has bitten the dust. A call to the restaurant at 7101 South Clinton Street in Centennial nets you just this: “The South Denver Trail Dust has closed for business.” The north Denver Trail…
