At last week’s Mile High Chef Competition between Argyll Gastropub cooker Sergio Romero and Jing exec chef Jay Spickelmier (who emerged victorious), the hit dish of the night was Spickelmier’s Tuscan lamb and white bean soup, the recipe of which he was happy to share with us. It’s the perfect…
As you already know from spending every second of your spare time immersed in the Cafe Society blog, Alex Seidel, exec chef-owner of Fruition (1313 East Sixth Avenue), recently bought a ten-acre farm in Larkspur, where he’s producing vegetables and fruits, raising goats and chickens and, soon, sheep. He’s also…
Watch Karl Allis, restaurant manager at Atomic Cowboy and Fat Sully’s and an occasional on-air personality at KKFN (his dream is to have a show called “The Hungus Amongus”), takes a shot at winning a million bucks on Who Wants to be a Millionaire, which airs at 9:30 a.m. today…
No restaurant has ever come up with house-made potato chips that taste even close to as good as those I get out of a bag. Potato chips are one of the very few things in this world that have benefited from the industrialization of our food chain, that are better…
Starbucks, the giant java company with a storefront on a street corner near you, is joining the instant coffee market with a free taste test in every store beginning at 10 a.m. today and continuing through Monday, October 5. The national chain officially introduced VIA Ready Brew, its trio of…
We’re big fans of licorice, from deep black salted discs to bright red strawberry ropes. That’s just by way of saying that while we appreciate the real stuff, we’re not snobs when it comes to fruit-flavored tubes that have never even heard of licorice root. But even with an affinity…
Just got word from Denver chef/restaurateur Michel Wahaltere that he’s been bought out of MiniBAR (222 Columbine Street), the five-month-old miniature lounge (and unofficial viewing headquarters for ABC’s Cougar Night) in Cherry Creek. According to Wahaltere, MiniBAR owner Bill Ward is “taking full control of that vision and concept.” That…
Toast owners Bill Blake and Jason Parfenoff promised that the second outlet of their excellent breakfast and lunch joint (the original Toast is at 2700 West Bowles Avenue in Littleton), would open today in Cherry Creek at 222 Columbine Street — and guess what? It actually happened.At this very moment,…
Some of you are getting pretty cocky about this “Guess where I’m eating” game. And so I present to you this simple photo. Just looks like a bowl of pho, right? Same bowl of pho you could get at a hundred different shops around town. But in the picture, there’s…
This is part two of Lori Midson’s interview with Alex Seidel, the executive chef-owner of Fruition You can read the first part of Midson’s interview with Seidel here. Proudest moment as a chef: Taking our entire staff of 21 people from Fruition to Portland, Oregon, for a food and wine…
The motives were so noble: Fresko is Mexican casual cuisine, promised the menu, a unique place, an experience, and a taste only known in Mexico. Fresko is honored to be in Colorado. Fresko is genuine, culture, quality, passion, freshness, ambiance, with a staff that loves to share. Experience metropolitan Mexican…
For a year, the owners of 6901 East Colfax Avenue looked for a tenant to fill what had once been the Drift Inn, then Joe’s West of Memphis BBQ, then the Spinnin’ Chicken. Now, finally, a deal’s in the works: The people behind Spicy Thai at 2235 Oneida Street have…
Bryan Dayton has been behind the bar at Frasca, the legendary three-star restaurant, since the eatery was eight months old. But he’s been in Boulder a lot longer than that and is an expert on fake IDs, trail running, the dangers of a “dirty” martini and how important it is…
They were giving away irises at Taste of Thailand the other day — free to a good home, free to anyone who wanted to take away a little beauty. I was too late to get one; the cardboard box that had held the plants was empty. But the restaurant was…
I “discovered” (read: accidentally stumbled across) Thai Lotus a couple of years back when, hungry for something that wasn’t necessarily Italian food, I wandered into the strip mall at Belleview and Yosemite probably most famous for being the place where Venice Ristorante got its start and found myself standing in…
RESTAURANTS OPENING IN SEPTEMBER Brio Tuscan Grille, 2500 East First Avenue SALT Bistro, 1047 Pearl Street, Boulder Modmarket, 1600 28th Street, Boulder Interstate Kitchen & Bar, 901 West Tenth Avenue Empanada Express Grill, 2600 East Street, Golden Cilantro Fusion, 1531 Stout Street Garbanzo Mediterranean Grill, 8225 South Chester, Englewood The…
Candy-apple-red booths (vinyl, natch), an air of intrigue, stiff drinks poured by chill bartenders and a killer jukebox that, to my ear, doesn’t promote one throwaway tune form the endearing vibe at this Denver dive that’s also the perfect spot for tucking into a dark corner and snogging. There’s a…
A dozen years ago, Sam Taylor moved his barbecue operation from City Park to 435 South Cherry Street in Glendale, where Sam Taylor’s Bar-B-Que continues to serve up ribs so finger-licking good that you need a hot towel at the end of your meal. And now Taylor’s doubled the fun:…
Yeah, it did taste good. And thanks for asking. Matter of fact, it tasted so good, it inspired me to post this double-strength challenge. I don’t just want to know where I was eating (because that might be too easy), but I’d also like you to guess exactly what I…
Gourmet, the national food porn glossy with lots of dreamboat pictures, is rumored to be going down — fast, at least according to The Observer, which reported earlier this week that the monthly, along with several other pubs owned by Conde Nast, will likely need to slash its budget by…
“We had a line out the door for Sunday brunch and got our butts kicked. We were shocked and amazed.” That’s the word from Charley Sinden, who’s just coming up for air after his first days of feeding the Ballpark neighborhood and anyone else who’s ventured through the doors of…
“We set out to do a small, simple restaurant, not to blaze any trails,” says Alex Seidel, executive chef of Fruition, the indelible American restaurant that’s been the object of everyone’s affection since he and co-owner Paul Attardi opened the place two and a half years ago on East Sixth…
