Email Author Lori Midson

2010 Stories by Lori Midson

• Happy New Year from all of us at Cafe Society headquarters

  published Dec 31, 2010

  Happy New Year! We'll see you back here bright and early on Monday morning.... More >>

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  Frank Bonanno opens Lou's Food Bar -- and we've got the first look

  published Dec 31, 2010

  "Yeah, it's been stressful, and there was a point where I felt like I was going to throw up," confesses Frank Bonanno, who's clinging to a glass of red wine while sitting at the bar of Lou's Food Bar,... More >>

• Olivea New Year's Eve dinner winner update (and a bonus brunch)

  published Dec 31, 2010

  Tonight, one lucky Cafe Society reader will get to celebrate New Year's Eve at Olivea, the sensational Mediterranean restaurant in Uptown whose kitchen is overseen by the dynamic husband-and-wife du... More >>

• Guess where I'm eatingr

  published Dec 30, 2010

  I love the service here, and the wine list is both sensibly priced and well-crafted, but after a recent dinner that included a wad of paper in my chile rellenos and a woefully underseasoned seafood di... More >>

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  More predictions, rants and raves from local chefs on the culinary trends of 2011

  published Dec 30, 2010

  Yesterday, several local chefs -- Michael Long (Aria and Opus); Eric Skokan (Black Cat); Brandon Biederman (Steuben's); Brad Rowell (Colt & Gray); and Troy Guard (TAG and TAG Raw Bar) -- dished on the... More >>

• Win a complimentary dinner for two at Olivea on New Year's Eve

  published Dec 30, 2010

  Yes, you read that headline correctly: Olivea, the sensational Mediterranean restaurant in Uptown whose kitchen is overseen by the dynamic husband-and-wife duo of exec chef John Broening and pastry go... More >>

• 100 Favorite Dishes: Roasted cauliflower salad from Euclid Hall

  published Dec 29, 2010

  No. 87: Roasted cauliflower salad from Euclid Hall Nobody loves cauliflower. It's pathetically ugly, resembling, even on its best days, a human brain, and when it's cooked -- specifically overcooke... More >>

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  Raves and rants: Local chefs weigh in with their culinary predictions for 2011

  published Dec 29, 2010

  What does 2011 hold for the culinary worldr We asked several local chefs to consult their crystal orbs, talk to the (whole) beast, bend their ears to the farmland and unearth a few trends that will sh... More >>

• Guess where I'm eatingr

  published Dec 29, 2010

  Christmas Day at my house is completely uneventful, unlike Christmas Eve, which is a day-long marathon of gluttony and wine- and champagne-filled debauchery. We wake up late on Christmas morning and p... More >>

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  100 Favorite Dishes: Doner kabob from Shondiz

  published Dec 28, 2010

  No. 88: Doner kabob from Shondiz Years ago, when I was a college student in London, I'd spend the majority of my mornings, noons and nights at a local pub knocking back cloudy pints of Scrumpy befor... More >>

• Guess where I'm drinkingr

  published Dec 28, 2010

  While teetering on my stool at this pub, whose food is is no slouch, the jovial tender suggested mixing a cider from the Wynkoop with New Belgium's La Folie Sour Brown Ale, the result of which was one... More >>

• Mike Adams, exec chef of Racines, dishes on snapping-turtle soup, Refrigerator Soup and his last meal

  published Dec 23, 2010

  Mike Adams Racines 650 Sherman Street 303-595-0418 www.racinesrestaurant.com This is part two of Lori Midson's chat session with Mike Adams, executive chef of Racines. Part one of that Chef and Tel... More >>

• Food porn from Michael Long's Aria, opening Thursday in Cherry Creek

  published Dec 22, 2010

  Just got off the horn with Michael Long, exec chef and partner at Aria, Long's New American restaurant at 250 Josephine Street, and the news is good: After months of getting the dining room, kitchen a... More >>

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  Mike Adams, kitchen magician of Racines, on hunting, fishing, chitlins and the thrill of the mushroom hunt

  published Dec 22, 2010

  This is part one of Lori Midson's interview with Mike Adams, the executive chef of Racines. Part two of that interview will run in this space tomorrow. Mike Adams Racines 650 Sherman Street 303-595-0... More >>

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  100 Favorite Dishes: Lemon-ricotta doughnuts from Olivea

  published Dec 21, 2010

  No. 89: Lemon-ricotta doughnuts from Olivea They were an afterthought, those doughnuts. After desecrating the headcheese, swelling my jowls with pork cheeks, emptying a plate of tortellini bobbing... More >>

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  Barbecue lord Louis Wolfe will shutter his namesake house of 'que on Christmas Day

  published Dec 21, 2010

  The sign dangling from the door of Wolfe's Barbecue plainly says "closed," but at 3:15 p.m., fifteen minutes after barbecue nobleman Louis Wolfe has closed for lunch to prepare for the impending dinne... More >>

• Despite construction obstructions, Bittersweet hopes to open by the end of the year

  published Dec 20, 2010

  Considering the woes of the past week, Olav Peterson is in a much better mood than you might expect. The chef/owner of Bittersweet, which, after a series of soft openings, was originally slated to op... More >>

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  100 Favorite Dishes: Albondigas meatballs from Solera

  published Dec 20, 2010

  No. 90: Albondigas meatballs from Solera Solera chef Goose Sorensen, who's been turning out beautifully composed plates around Denver for years, can pretty much nail any dish, plunging mussels into... More >>

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  Jeffrey Musat's tattoo recommends that you eat more of this...

  published Dec 20, 2010

  Jeffrey Musat, the former general manager of Black Pearl, who vacated that position a few months ago to join the mini empire run by Leigh Jones, who owns Jonesy's EatBar, The Horseshoe Lounge and Bar... More >>

• Guess where they're eatingr

  published Dec 20, 2010

  Pizza: It's what's for breakfast, lunch and dinner if you're a kid, and these three kids, all of whom had gathered for a birthday party at a relatively new Italian joint, didn't waste any time shoving... More >>

• Denver's best bartenders raise $2,000 and collect more than 450 toys for the Salvation Army

  published Dec 17, 2010

  Earlier this week, fifteen local mixology magicians converged behind the bar of Steuben's, 523 East Seventeenth Avenue, as part of the retro diner's annual holiday toy drive, a festive, spirited party... More >>

• Guess where I'm eatingr

  published Dec 17, 2010

  I'm a sucker for skinny, salt-licked fries, and these hand-cut tubers, fresh and hot and sidekicked with a choice of dipping sauces -- in this case, curried -- are worth their weight in Idaho potato ... More >>

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  100 Favorite Dishes: Hummus from Shish Kabob Grill

  published Dec 17, 2010

  No. 91: Hummus from Shish Kabob Grill For more than six years, Shish Kabob Grill, an East Colfax corner cafe, across the street from the Colorado State Capitol building and a million miles from Leb... More >>

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  100 Favorite Dishes: Breakfast burrito from the Taco Wagon in Lafayette

  published Dec 16, 2010

  No. 92: Breakfast burrito from the Taco Wagon in Lafayette Way back in April, I was summoned to Lafayette on unofficial business, when, what to my wondering eyes should appear but a taco wagon pimp... More >>

• Jelly will jumpstart breakfast and lunch in Capitol Hill on January 1

  published Dec 16, 2010

  For those of you who will wake up with a colossal-size hangover on the first day of 2011, having damaged your brain and battered your belly the night before with too many vodka and soda pours, flutes ... More >>