When I was growing up, my dad would make dozens and dozens of pork tamales and big vats of rich, beefy red chile and pork posole for Christmas. We’d feast on these New Mexican staples at our family Christmas party and then continue eating everything while it lasted, sometimes through…
While the Chubby’s on Morrison Road is closed, the Original Chubby’s on West 38th Avenue will soon have less competition. I was just at Santiago’s XII at 2925 West 38th Avenue — my favorite place to get the most awesome $2 breakfast burritos on the way to work — and…
First, the bad news: The Chubby’s at 4460 Morrison Road is the latest victim of a tanking economy.And now the good news: Everything inside is for sale — cheap — including a meat grinder that I’m coveting. And the better news: The original Chubby’s is still going strong. For a…
To see more of D’Corazon, go to westword.com/slideshow. Since coming west almost a decade ago, I have developed a deep and meaningful relationship with Mexican food — a love affair with few disappointments, one of the most stable of my otherwise rather unstable life. I’m not saying I love tacos…
At the Rio Grande last week, I watched a lawyer getting fired. There was no screaming, no tears, and it was all handled with reasonable decorum, a fairly civil proceeding between two bosses and the woman being canned, with another onlooker there as backup. But all I could keep thinking…
Yesterday, I reported that Primebar is taking up residence in early May in the former Palomino space at 1515 Arapahoe Street. I told you, too, that a Denver chef was having dinner last night with the top brass from Primebar about a possible exec chef position. And I promised I’d…
3 Sons has closed its original location at 2915 West 44th Avenue, in anticipation of a May move to 14805 West 64th Avenue in Arvada. Susan and Michael Scarafiotti bought the venerable old Italian joint in March 2004 — which means they weren’t responsible for the place back when Jason…
Expect to see some changes at Bacaro Venetian Taverna. Bacaro just marked its tenth birthday, and is overhauling both its menu — adding vegetarian and gluten-free meals — and its patio.After ten years, it was time to refresh Bacaro’s look, says general manager Corrado Fasano, who adds that the addition…
Here is a city where I can get breakfast burritos (delivered to the office, if necessary), tacos on almost every corner, decent (though never fantastic) green chile, the combined cuisines of Puebla and Michoacan and Chihuahua and the D.F., all without being assaulted for flaunting my literacy, without having to…
Vita, winner of our Best Cocktail Menu in 2007, has one of the best views in Denver, which you can enjoy from both rooftop and street-side patios. But that wasn’t enough to draw the brunch crowds, even though next-door neighbor Lola keeps packing them in. So Vita is trying something…
Just got word that Primebar, a “new restaurant concept dedicated to fusing delectable dining with a sophisticated nightlife atmosphere” (according to the press release), is slated to open in the former Palomino space at 1515 Arapahoe Street in early May. Hungry for more, I just checked out Primebar’s website:Denver’s newest…
Two weeks ago, we reported the impending move of V.G. Burgers to a new space at 1650 Broadway in Boulder.Well, the meatless, 100 percent plant-based emporium has closed its original home at 3267 28th Street, but perhaps a bit prematurely — because the new spot won’t be ready for a…
For those of you not yet hipped to the big foodie news in Denverlast week, the International Association of Culinary Professionals wasin town — a kind of traveling circus show of food writers, foodeditors, food pimps, chefs, authors, wine gurus and associatedtradesmen. And, of course, Jason Sheehan was embedded right…
Women rule the world (or at least the kitchen) at Cafe Options, a new breakfast and lunch spot that opened last week at 1650 Curtis Street on the bottom level of the U.S. Bank Tower building. The cafe, a fast-casual concept courtesy of of Work Options for Women, a non-profit…
It’s not easy weighing mesclun mix while wearing thick mittens. But that’s one of the things you learn to do when you live in this crazy state of Colorado. Saturday, April 4, was the first day of the state’s preeminent farmers’ market (rooted in Boulder, of course), a day when…
Last week, I expressed my confusion regarding the Quiznos campaign for its new Toasty Torpedo. Although I still can’t get over the peculiar oven-man sexual chemistry, I suppose I can rest a little easier after this relatively ambiguous explanation for the ads from Rebecca Steinfort, chief marketing officer for Quiznos:…
Corn Pops Kellogg’s Rating: Three spoons out of four Cereal description: Oversized, yellowish carb wads of varying sizes and shapes. Unlike popcorn, which suggests kernels turned inside out, these pieces seem to have been overinflated and thickened. If they were a little spongier, they could double as packing material…
For those of you not yet hipped to the big foodie news in Denver this week, the International Association of Culinary Professionals is in town — a kind of traveling circus show of food writers, food editors, food pimps, chefs, authors, wine gurus and associated tradesmen. And, of course, Jason…
or barbecued flank steak sliders (better than anything else, which isn’t saying much) — because everything edible had been dumped on. With snow. And it sucked. But at least the people were cool, and more important, there was an Argonaut of alcohol. The Taste of Vail runs through tomorrow, and while stuffing your face…
For those of you not yet hipped to the big foodie news in Denver this week, the International Association of Culinary Professionals is in town — a kind of traveling circus show of food writers, food editors, food pimps, chefs, authors, wine gurus and associated tradesmen. And, of course, Jason…
In case you missed it…Marczyk’s is bringing aboard pastry chef John Hinman. Brownies, blondies, whoopie pies and bacon-chocolate chip cookies coming soon. Hawaiian plate lunch comes to Boulder, ruined by hippies. The International Association of Culinary Professionals conference is in town. Our bloggers make some recommendations for dining, including mandatory ethnic joints…
With Denver’s “First Ever Denver Pairing Competition” set for this Tuesday, April 7, at Baur’s Ristorante, 1512 Curtis Street, the hype is definitely building, and Avery Brewing Company’s Ted Whitney seems confident. “I really feel badly for everyone trying to out-pair the Avery team; in many ways it’s just not…
