Construction along South Broadway around the Louisiana intersection — utility work culminating with a large hole in the street — has taken its toll, causing long traffic delays. But motorists aren’t the only people whose patience has been tested. Restaurants located at the epicenter of the construction project are trying…
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…
Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They usually bring a selection of some of their market’s choicest ingredients home with them, and cook up a feast…
You’d think the four free hot sauces would be enough. But toss in a heaping mound of pork fajitas — only $8 at lunch on Tuesday — and you’ve got an unbeatable deal. To enjoy that special, though, you’ll need to answer this question fast:Where am I eating?…
1. Grease-fest2. You could use them as whips3. Droopy 4. Unsalted5. Undercooked, by like a mile6. Tasted like dirt7. Cold8. Over 600 calories of yuck9. One more artery. Clogged. 10. GrittyTranslation? Worst. Fries. Ever. Guess where you should never eat french fries? Bummer, too, because I really like the burgers…
Attention Cereal Eaters: The following ten cereal mascots are wanted by the authorities for a variety of criminal activities. They are fugitives from justice and currently at-large. United States law enforcement agencies encourage the community to assist in the fight against crime by overcoming the three key elements that inhibit…
Mangiamo Pronto!, which is taking over the former LoDo home of Common Grounds at 1607 17th Street (the coffeehouse moved across the intersection), looks like it should be opening pronto — perhaps even this week. The sign’s up, the doorway’s painted — and the liquor license is secured…
We’d spent the day riding in southeastern Colorado, in a region of the country that produces more beef than any other region. So it only made sense that beef was what was for dinner. Beef, Mexican-style, and plenty of beers, all served up in a room that had just the…
My last Ask the Critic was all about changing seasons and foods we were looking forward to either A) making at home or B) having Denver’s chefs add to their menus once the cold weather settled in permanently. There were a lot of very interesting comments, a lot of wonderful…
Last week, while corrupting indoctrinating our new Cafe Society intern, we ordered a pizza. But because we were trying to impress a smart Johnson & Wales University student with more extracurricular activities to her credit than Gordon Ramsey has kitchen disasters, we asked the pizza dude from a nearby pie…
We’ve been waiting patiently for Chopsticks China Bistro to unveil its new space at 5117 South Yosemite Street — and it now looks as though there’s a definitive opening date on the calendar. Owner-chef David Lee and his crew are aiming to open up the new spot on Wednesday, September…
Dear Keegan Gerhard, Thanks so much for hosting the Westword Mile High Chef Competition . You were a true professional, and everyone in the audience thought you did a great job of keeping the crowd informed — especially when I wasn’t talking over you. But then, I’m hardly the professional…
Total Cinnamon Crunch General Mills Rating: Two spoons out of four Cereal description: Ridged squares that look as if they’ve been toasted and sprinkled with cinnamon — although that last ingredient appears on the roster after a slew of other items. Some of the things in line in front of…
For the past week, I’ve been collecting answers to an impromptu poll dealing with the current state of Denver’s restaurant scene. It tracked the way that people are feeling right now about their city’s food and restaurants, and played a little with their expectations for the future. It discussed what…
If you haven’t had the opportunity to sample the bar menu at Elway’s in Cherry Creek, at 2500 East First Avenue, or just want to combine exec chef Tyler Wiard’s newest offerings with football, then whoa-boy, do we have a deal for you. Wiard, who you can read all about…
What you might have missed this week on Cafe Society while shoving chicken wings down your throat…Carnivorous anti-vegetarian Jason Sheehan trots out the city’s top cow temples in his Denver’s Ten Best Steakhouses roundup.At Dish, the Westword Menu Affair, Argyll Gastropub executive chef Sergio Romero and Jay Spickelmier, the exec…
For those of you who can’t get through a weekend without a full-bore sugar IV, may I humbly present Living the Sweet Life, a new cake, pie and cupcake shop celebrating its grand opening this weekend at 1535 Central Street, right next to Masterpiece Deli. What’s that you say? Denver…
Teri Fahrendorf doesn’t just create beer, she created a movement: the Pink Boots Society, a non-profit organization for women who make a living off of beer. “Server, bartender, brewer, lab worker and so much more,” she says of her group’s membership. “If you make a profit, you can be one…
Tacos Rapidos, the taco shack that doles out California-style Mexican crack grub 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to drunken warriors not quite drunk enough to cave to Taco Hell from a drive-thru window at 2800 East Evans Avenue, is opening a second outpost at 2345 West Alameda…
Look, I love wings as much as the next guy. Matter of fact, I probably love wings as much as the next three guys. I lived for some time in the chicken wing capital of America, after all–a city where doctors have to warn people that chicken wings should not…
The restaurant where the above pic was snapped is still one of my favorite spots in Denver, which is saying a lot, considering that it’s been feeding the faithful for nearly 20 years — 19 years longer than it takes most joints to fall off the radar and into the…
Lori already wrote the official wrap of the Whatever-the Annual Westword Menu Affair earlier this morning, but I had a few thoughts of my own that I wanted to share. First, kudos to the two competitors — Jay Spickelmier and Sergio Romero. It ain’t easy being up there under those…
