Pesce Fresco, a longtime favorite at 6600 South Quebec in Centennial, has new owners, a new chef, a new menu and, as of February 2, new hours that include lunch. Joel and Merilee Diner, who’ve run the restaurant for the last ten years, have passed it on to another married…
As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up, in no particular order, a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com…
Virgilio Urbano, the pie-slinger behind his namesake pizzeria in Lakewood, tosses his hands up in the air — an automatic reflex, no doubt, from spinning pizza dough for the past four years — and shakes his head. “Look, I can’t make everyone happy. God knows I try, but some people?…
El Bulli, the Spanish restaurant widely considered the best in the world, at least by people who have never eaten drunk at Jack in the Box at three in the morning, will close for two years starting in 2012 — and may not ever return, chef Ferran Adria announced today…
There are dozens of reasons to brave the chaos that ensues here every weekend, but the best reason of all may be the pork chops adovada, three chops, tender as a whisper, smothered in green chile and served with rice, beans and a blistered jalapeno. Special bonus: Every Friday, anyone…
Panzano is slated to reopen for dinner on Thursday, January 28, after a major renovation of the eleven-year-old space tucked into the Hotel Monaco. The remodeling project was designed by the Puccini Group, an award-winning restaurant design firm out of San Francisco, and done over the past two weeks. “When…
“Creating good food is a little like rocking out a good set on the dance floor,” says Adriana Aguilar. “It’s about making people feel satisfied with their experience.” Last fall, after a dozen years of spinning around the country as DJ Miss Audrey, Aguilar gave up the music business in…
Two great tastes that go together got an Iowa tavern in trouble with the local police department. In Iowa City on January 31, 2009, the constables went out and did compliance checks at local watering holes with a couple of underage volunteers. When they got to the Union Bar, a…
Munchies were the best invention ever. You know — the snack bags stuffed with a combination of Doritos, Sun Chips, Rold Gold pretzels and Cheetos. Eating an entire bag of any singular item is so mundane, but Munchies offered variety: They added texture to an otherwise monotonous crunch. A greatest…
I haven’t been loving the food coming from the kitchen where the above pic was snapped, but a marvelous plate of pork has a way of dulling bad memories. And this pig platter parading pork three ways, and paired with a glass of cabernet franc, went a long way in…
As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up, in no particular order, a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com…
Although New Year’s resolutions are usually made in bulk, why not make things easier for yourself this year? Simply resolve to drink more wine. Research abounds as to the health benefits of resveratrol, that nerdy-sounding compound found in red wine that’s been purported to do everything from lowering your blood…
When Ray LaHood, secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation, stood up to address the U.S. Conference of Mayors last week, he gave a special shout-out to John Hickenlooper, who’d met with him in Denver the week before when LaHood was in town for a job summit — and cooked…
As we reported in this space a few weeks ago, Deluxe Burger is opening on Sunday, February 14, otherwise known as breakup Valentine’s Day. It’ll be the third member in a colony of restaurants and bars from chef Dylan Moore, who also owns Deluxe and Delite on Broadway. Moore, along…
According to the bartender, who talked to the chef, there are seven cheeses in the macaroni and a heart attack that you see you bubbling away in the snap above. None, apparently, is Velveeta or white American, because I asked. I could be really cranky and ask you to not…
As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up, in no particular order, a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com…
Dateline: South Beach, Miami, home of the beautiful people, Art Deco buildings, sandy beaches and now the first Whopper Bar in the United States. Burger King has chosen South Beach as the testing ground for a new concept, the “Whopper Bar,” which combines fast-casual dining with beery beverages. The idea…
It’s been months in the making, but the Walnut Room Pizzeria is slated to officially open at 11 a.m. today (city inspectors willing) at 2 Broadway, in the old home of Freaky’s, which has had a $250,000 remodel. UPDATE: The city inspectors were not willing, and the Walnut Room Pizzeria…
For the first time in decades, the Star Bar — one of the very last classic dives left on Larimer Street (at 2137 Larimer, to be exact) — was dark this weekend, with a sign posted on the door that it’s been closed because of liquor-code violations. No word on…
Cafe Society offered seven Guess Where contests last week– but the most delicious photo had to be the incredible-looking French onion soup sandwich that Alex Wood correctly identified as coming from Fisher Clark Urban Deli. And Alex is the lucky, latest winner of a Diner deck. (Alex, send your contact…
What you may have missed this week on Cafe Society while you were weighing in on twelve’s Jeff Osaka, the restaurant’s exec chef and owner who’s at the center of this week’s Chef and Tell interview — and some controversy surrounding his comment regarding his most critical customers. So far,…
A friend wanted to get a drink at a “New York” type of bar, and it took me all of 30 seconds to decide where I wanted to go. Not sure why I think of this place as a New York-ish bar…but it could be the windows. Or maybe it’s…
