“Sour gummy” is usually a good place for a candy to start. But when it’s followed by “popcorn,” that presents a bit of a problem. It gets slightly better with the promise that the gummies are fruit-flavored…then slightly worse with the warning that one of the fruit flavors is, in…
Aubrey’s expecting her first baby any day now, and at a recent shower her friends presented her and other shower-goers with the following challenge: Identify the chocolate bar that has been melted down in a diaper to look like really disgusting poo. While we certainly all hope that her baby’s…
They call them convenience stores for a reason: gas, a Red Bull, some Advil and a frozen burrito. But not all convenience stores offer the same conveniences. For instance, a couple of Diamond Shamrocks in Denver, including the one at 255 Speer Boulevard, sell fresh-baked kolaches. That’s not something you…
To celebrate Colorado Architecture Month, the state chapter of the American Institute of Architects has paired up with local chefs for the Delicious Design program, creating desserts inspired by specific buildings in Colorado. Yesterday’s dessert was from Steuben’s; today’s featured design is from Carelli’s Restaurant in Boulder…
The Rib House, which got its start in Longmont, has opened the Boulder outlet we reported on two months ago here on Cafe Society — and business is smoking. “It’s jamming today,” owner Tracy Webb told me. “It was a beautiful lunch. April 6 was our official opening, and April…
When the weather starts to heat up, all I want is a nice patio, a great happy hour and some friends with which to enjoy the day. On a recent sunny afternoon, the patio at Lala’s Wine Bar + Pizzeria fit the bill perfectly. Since I’m eight-and-a-half months pregnant, happy…
When last I talked to Park Burger owner Jean Phillippe Failyau, he hoped to get his restaurant at 1890 South Pearl Street up and running in about a month. That was a month ago.I just got off the phone with Park Burger kitchen manager Brad Putrycus (formerly chef at Osteria…
Back from Tucson, the land of cheese crisps but no green chile, I ran to Benny’s yesterday to get a late-lunch fix. Benny’s is a Denver institution that serves Colorado-style Mex to softball teams, book clubs, hatboys, party girls and anyone else who can escape their office on a Wednesday…
It’s no secret that we Westworders are seriously obsessed with green chile, which is why we could barely contain our enthusiasm when word hit the pavement back in early March that the executive decision-makers who oversee important things at Qdoba Mexican Grill, a homegrown chain headquartered in Wheat Ridge, planned…
See more photos of Columbine Steak House at westword.com/slideshow. It’s 1983, I’m ten years old — and it’s steak night at the Sheehan household. Steak nights didn’t happen very often at my house. But every now and again, Mom would go to the freezer and pull out a frost-rimed, plastic-wrapped…
Cowbobas looks like it could be that rare spiritual successor to the Columbine. It is a reversion to form — like Ford making its new Mustangs along the tried, true and beautiful body lines of its original muscle-car progenitors — but with lots of modern improvements and concessions to the…
The sandwich: Bourbon chicken sandwich Where to get it: Bourbon Grill (1618 East Colfax Avenue, 303-355-3821) What’s on it: Bourbon chicken, lettuce, tomatoes, mayo on a bun How much: $5.08 So, my sister called me this morning with a sandwich tip. Bourbon Grill, she said. Check it out, or miss…
Chef/owner Andrew Schutt has introduced a “new menu” — actually a reinforcement of the original menu — at his excellent barbecue and donut joint in Evergreen, Tin Star Cafe. When I reviewed Tin Star two years ago, I praised its excellent donuts (the apple fritters in particular) and excellent barbecue…
Have you ever stood outside a restaurant late at night, hazily looked up at the edifice, and thought, Yeah, this place looks good enough to eat! Well, now you can!…kinda.April is Colorado Architecture Month, and the Colorado chapter of the American Institute of Architects has come up with quite the…
Some timely Earth Day news for you: V.G. Burgers, the vegetarian fast-food joint in Boulder, has completed its move, reopening two days ago at its new 1650 Broadway location. The store is open from 9 a.m.to 9 p.m. daily, and can be reached at 303-440-2400. …
While Jason Sheehan is taking readers’ questions, I have one for readers: Is there a place in Colorado that serves cheese crisps? These thin, grilled quesadillas covered with melted cheese are staples at Mexican restaurants in Arizona. (I just had one at El Charro, a Tucson institution since 1922, and…
If I were Proust, the smell of cheap steaks charring on an overworked grill would be my Madeleine — the trigger for a crashing flood of recall, of me in the warm comfort of boyhood. And walking past the back door of the Columbine Steak House, I get a whiff…
Have you been searching high and low for a way to demonstrate your fondness for the Denver Nuggets and feed your sweet-tooth at the same time? In a word, “no.” But now you can. The National Basketball Association and MyMMs.com, an M&Ms spinoff that allows folks to personalize their hard-coated…
It’s amazing how things come together sometimes. We’ve written a lot about our favorite wiener cart in the city, Biker Jim’s Gourmet Dogs. We’ve written about the best street waffle-slangers this side of 16th Street, the Waffle Brothers. We’ve also written about what it’s like to serve food at the…
There’s much more planning required for very high-altitude cuisine than there is a mere mile above sea level, as Andres Jimenez is learning. Starting May 1, the exec chef at the Ritz-Carlton downtown will be the first of four Ritz-Carlton chefs to take on a two-month stint creating high-end, sky-high…
Now serving: Renegade Lunch Lady Ann Cooper, who’s taking on the Boulder Valley School District. Cooper is known nationally as an advocate for healthier school lunches for children, and has already created greatly improved nutritional meal programs in New York and at the Berkeley Unified School District in California. I recently…
I don’t want to make any sweeping predictions or jinx an address that hasn’t been particularly kind to previous occupants — most recently a java joint — and the stretch of asphalt that makes up Leetsdale Drive hasn’t exactly been a springboard for culinary greatness. Still, I’m going to postulize…
