Email Author Lori Midson

2013 Stories by Lori Midson

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  FEATURED STORY

  TJ Hobbs, chef of Ghost Plate & Tap, on portion size, pastry and Pepsi

  published Mar 06, 2013

  TJ Hobbs Ghost Plate & Tap 800 18th Street 303-297-1738 www.ghostdenver.com This is part one of my interview with TJ Hobbs, chef of Ghost Plate & Tap; part two of our interview will run tomorrow. ... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Check, please! Keeping tabs on Denver's restaurant-inspection policy

  published March 7, 2013

  In late 2007, Frank Bonanno, one of Denver's most successful restaurateurs, opened Osteria Marco, an Italian restaurant in the heart of Larimer... More >>

• Guess where I'm eating a plate of pig and lusty waterfowlr

  published Mar 05, 2013

  On Sunday, Cochon 555 arrives in Vail, pitting five Colorado chefs against one another in a pig-centric showdown, where one of those chefs will be crowned the "prince or princess of porc." As a precu... More >>

• Cochon 555 -- the showdown of swine -- returns to Colorado on Sunday

  published Mar 04, 2013

  Here's where the pig puns start: Two years ago, at the Ritz-Carlton in Denver, five Colorado chefs -- Alex Seidel (Fruition and Fruition Farms); Lachlan MacKinnon-Patterson (Frasca Food & Wine); Kell... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Los Carboncitos gets whacked by a Cadillac

  published Mar 04, 2013

  Just over two weeks ago, Gaetano's, the long-standing newly remodeled Italian restaurant on the corner of 38th Avenue and Tejon, was nailed by a Ford Probe that careened through the sidewalk patio, b... More >>

• Can you guess where I'm eating sweet treatsr

  published Mar 04, 2013

  One of our food and drink categories in our Best of Denver issue, which will be published later this month, is best bakery, and over the weekend, several of us sampled the treats from this local bake... More >>

• Guess where you're eatingr At an EatDenver restaurant if you're Foodcrazy

  published Mar 04, 2013

  Cafe Society dished up four Guess Wherer contests last week, ranging from a michelada the size of Mexico from El Tepehuan, to a platter of oysters, not from the sushi case at King Soopers, as one com... More >>

• Guess where I'm drinking a monster-size micheladar

  published Mar 01, 2013

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• Guess where I'm drinking Satan's (Curled) Whiskersr

  published Feb 28, 2013

  Barrel-aged cocktails are here, there and everywhere, in bars, restaurants, wineries and tap houses. But this orange essence-rimmed barrel-aged drink, by virtue of its name alone -- Satan's (Curled) ... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Round two with Patxi Azpiroz, exec chef of Patxi's Pizza

  published Feb 28, 2013

  Patxi Azpiroz Patxi's Pizza 3455 South University Boulevard, Englewood; 303-783-2000 185 Steele Street; 303-331-1000 www.patxispizza.com This is part two of my interview with Patxi Azpiroz, exec c... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  The Dirty Cookie launches on Friday with late-night cookie, milk and ice cream delivery

  published Feb 28, 2013

  New restaurant and food concepts are conceived in all sorts of ways. Most owners and chefs spend months, years, even decades, slaving over the perfect idea, scribbling their dreams on napkins, their ... More >>

• Guess where I'm eating a "prego" burrito with hot green chiler

  published Feb 27, 2013

  In most cases, anything with the name "prego" in its title conjures up weird food aversions and compulsions of fourteen years ago, when I was, in fact, "prego" with a fat fetus who's now a skinny tee... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Patxi Azpiroz, chef of Patxi's Pizza, on eating fried worms and pesto pizza proposals

  published Feb 27, 2013

  Patxi Azpiroz Patxi's Pizza 3455 South University Boulevard, Englewood; 303-783-2000 185 Steele Street; 303-331-1000 www.patxispizza.com This is part one of my interview with Patxi Azpiroz, exec c... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Williams & Graham wins Cocktail Bar of the Year from Nightclub & Bar Media Group

  published Feb 27, 2013

  "Fucking awesome!" That's the emotional sentiment of Sean Kenyon, whose Denver speakeasy, Williams & Graham, just waltzed away the 2013 title of Cocktail Bar of the Year, a prestigious award bestow... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Pig & Block Charcuterie closes and will reopen as a full-scale butcher shop owned by prodigies of Joshua Applestone

  published Feb 26, 2013

  Jeff Bauman and his brother, Marc, have closed Pig & Block Charcuterie, their small but mighty cured meat and butcher shop, directly next door to Old Major, that opened in October of 2011 in Highland... More >>

• Guess where I'm eating oystersr

  published Feb 26, 2013

  It doesn't matter what I order at this Japanese restaurant -- sushi, sashimi, udon or oysters -- because there's never a miss. Truth be told, every time I have the opportunity to go here, I'm more im... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Exclusive first look: Moontower Tacos opens in Capitol Hill

  published Feb 25, 2013

  Y'all know how I roll: Tacos rule my universe, and now, there's a new spot -- Moontower Tacos -- giving me (and the rest of you who agree that tacos are the equivalent to enlightenment) another reaso... More >>

• Guess where you're eatingr At an EatDenver restaurant if you're Kelly3

  published Feb 25, 2013

  Cafe Society dished out three Guess Wherer contests last week, ranging from a soul-warming hot toddy from a yet-to-be identified restaurant, to a sprawling plate of buffalo meatloaf, also unidentifie... More >>

• Guess where I'm eating kabobs with a huge mound of ricer

  published Feb 25, 2013

  Right, so this was a weird experience: a friendly and earnest server who simply couldn't get our order right -- and it wasn't a difficult one (a plate of kabobs, one of which was beyond funky and not... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Exclusive first look: Old Major, Justin Brunson's "elevated farmhouse cuisine" restaurant, is now open in Highland

  published Feb 25, 2013

  On Saturday night, as I studied the menu at Old Major, I nearly burst into tears. At one point, some time later, I did exactly that, right after my first taste of foie gras; there would be more liber... More >>

• Guess where I'm drinking a hot toddyr

  published Feb 22, 2013

  The hot toddy is a cocktail steeped in history, and while there are numerous recipes for the soul-warming drink, the one in the above snap, concocted with Carpano Antica sweet vermouth, bourbon, lemo... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  First look: Patxi's Pizza will start flipping pies in Cherry Creek on Monday

  published Feb 21, 2013

  Following on the footsteps of its Kent Place location, which opened in November of 2012, Patxi's Pizza, a San Francisco-based pizzeria, whose claim to fame is its signature deep-dish, Chicago-style p... More >>

• Guess where I'm eating buffalo meatloafr

  published Feb 21, 2013

  Brrrrrrr! It's frigid out there, but on days like this, a plate of buffalo meatloaf with mashed potatoes (not so sure about the out-of-season asparagus, however) is the key to a full belly and a warm... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Round two with Shaun Motoda, chef de cuisine at TAG|RAW BAR

  published Feb 21, 2013

  Shaun Motoda TAG|RAW BAR 1423 Larimer Street 303-996-2685 tagrawbar.com This is part two of my interview with Shaun Motoda, chef de cuisine of TAG|RAW BAR; part one of our conversation ran yesterda... More >>

• Cooking with Pete and Barb Marczyk: Chocolate bundt cake

  published Feb 20, 2013

  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 often bring some of thei... More >>