If you’re bummed because you missed National Noodle Ring day last week, take heart: Today is National Bouillabaisse Day! Not that this classic French stew needs its own day to be validated, but if you’ve ever slurped a truly wonderful bouillabaisse, you know it’s hard to beat. According to the…
It’s still getting its sea legs, but Den Deli and Seafood Market, the third in a mini empire of chow houses from Toshi and Yasu Kizaki, the two brothers who also run Sushi Den (1487 South Pearl) and Izakaya Den (1518 South Pearl), officially opened at 1501 South Pearl early…
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. Number 78: The Fries at Encore…
Long before other Denver restaurants started offering pico de gallo — or naming themselves Pico De Gallo — this Mexican eatery was making fans with its “special” salsa. Among the fans eating there Sunday night: former mayor Wellington Webb and some of his extended family and, just a table away,…
Gravy boats are waiting to sail you away to the land of bigger pant sizes this holiday. But Denver dietitian Suzanne Martin, a registered nurse with a Ph.D., says you can still enjoy waist-busting pleasures responsibly, and has served up some tips on how to navigate the holiday table. But…
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…
What you missed this week on Cafe Society while you were contemplating how you were going to sneak your way into Hush, the new “underground” supper club in Boulder that’ll be all exclusive and private and well, hush-hush: It’s not hush-hush that the (almost) iconic Cherry Creek Egg Shell is…
I heard this week from Ian Kleinman — our own personal Mr. Wizard, the man who brought molecular gastronomy to Westminster and blew the heads clean off almost everyone who was lucky enough to walk through the doors of O’s Steak and Seafood when he was running his molecular gastronomy…
Dear Mr. X, I’m admittedly smitten with your new cocktail lineup, but here’s the problem: I’ll drink one and want two, three, four more. And see, I’m normally toting my kid around with me, and since he’s only ten and incredibly impressionable, I have to either drink responsibly, which limits…
It’s rough out there. Stores and restaurants are shuttering their doors faster than it takes Colorado’s sunshine to melt the snow, and long-standing icons of the grocery store format (see Albertsons), have been forced to roll back locations everywhere, including Colorado. So it’s no surprise that Sunflower Farmers Market is…growing?…
Jason Sheehan just reviewed TAG and found lots to love at Troy Atherton Guard’s eponymous restaurant, including — but not limited to — the rice. Here are nine more Larimer Square restaurants we think deserve some props:…
If you’re bound and determined to order the seafood soup that you’re ogling in the above snap, you could be out of luck. You won’t find it on any menu (ha! to all you Google cheaters), but you will hear it often recited as a special, usually by someone with…
Tea and cake together is a no-brainer, but what about tea in cake? At Wystone’s World Tea Cafe, 7323 West Alaska Drive, it’s not just the cakes that are baked with a hit of tea leaves, but almost all their fare. From Lapsang Souchong smoked tea-infused chicken to black tea-roasted…
KJ Gourmet Foods, a Brighton-based food company, is all hot and bothered — but it has absolutely nothing to do with today’s beautifully balmy temperature. See, they’ve just released their Hot Heads Pepperspread — today! — and tonight, they’re holding a launch party and food drive to benefit Food Bank…
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. Number 79: Green chile cheeseburger from Cherry Cricket…
Where else, but in Colorado, does the temperature fluctuate seventy degrees in three weeks. WTF? When your new space heater craps out because it’s been running for four days without a break, it’s too cold. When your nose hairs freeze to the point of breakage upon stepping outside, it’s too…
Kenny and Kristin Johnson, the owners of KJ’s Coffee Bar, have a date with the Denver Department of Excise and License at 1:30 p.m. today, a hearing where they’ll ask that their liquor license be changed to a cabaret license, so that they can present live music on a regular…
Eric, who won the tickets to see Guy Fieri at the Paramount Wednesday night, posted this comment about the show — which we’ve pulled up so that everyone else knows what they missed: “Thanks so much for the tickets to see the Culinary Road Show. The best word I can…
The Three Door Bistro project at 2049 Larimer Street is officially dead, but across the street at 2046 Larimer, ZanZBar Billiards finally opened on December 1. Ami Benari, who also owns Tarantula Billiards (1456 Champa Street), spent ten months renovating the former Market Central space into a pool hall/bar/restaurant. Right…
For those of you who both dream of a career as a chef and fear that you can’t make it in the big leagues… Schenectady’s first Culinary Boot Camp offers foodies professional training and exquisite dining at one of the nation’s top culinary schools at a fraction of the cost…
Are you a restaurant owner? Does your waitstaff constantly jab your guests with elbows, point when asked where the restrooms are, or, god forbid, pick their nose in plain sight of the diners? Waiting tables is a skill and the best waiters can turn a disaster into a delight. Not…
According to those in the know, a certain food personality that recently whizzed through town stopped in for a bite to eat at the joint where the above pic was snapped. No word on what he digested, but I’m hoping it wasn’t the clams. Can you guess where I’m eating?…
