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May 21, 2012
Dragon Palace opens in the former home of Al Bae Nae
Though Korean barbecue joints are everywhere, Korean fried chicken is surprisingly hard to come by in this town. So I was really excited to sing the praises of the glorious, crisp-skinned Korean fried chicken I'd found -- at long last -- at Al Bae Nae, a Korean street food place in an Aurora strip m ... More >>
Dining
May 17, 2012
Thai Monkey Club doesn't monkey around with its food
Though Korean barbecue joints are everywhere, Korean fried chicken is surprisingly hard to come by in this town. So I was really excited to sing the praises of the glorious, crisp-skinned Korean fried chicken I'd found -- at long last -- at Al Bae Nae, a Korean street food place in an Aurora strip m ... More >>
Dining
May 17, 2012
Phat Thai doesn't need to be authentic, just good
Though Korean barbecue joints are everywhere, Korean fried chicken is surprisingly hard to come by in this town. So I was really excited to sing the praises of the glorious, crisp-skinned Korean fried chicken I'd found -- at long last -- at Al Bae Nae, a Korean street food place in an Aurora strip m ... More >>
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May 17, 2012
Denver's five best Thai restaurants
Denver may have an abundance of Thai restaurants, but most of them serve food that's a far cry from what you'll actually find in that country, one of the best in the world for eating. If you know where to look though, you can find a handful of restaurants turning out wickedly hot curries, vibrant pa ... More >>
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May 15, 2012
With Masala Xpress, Ashim KC returns to the Denver dining scene
When we noticed that a restaurant named Masala Xpress had set up shop in the Aurora Mall, our first hope was that it might be a quick-service outpost of Masalaa, the restaurant on South Parker Road that serves an all-vegetarian menu and landed our Best Vegetarian Indian Buffet award in this year's B ... More >>
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May 11, 2012
Sushi Hai (mostly) fulfills our happy hour desires
Happy Place: Sushi Hai, 3600 West 32nd Avenue, 720-855-0888. The Hours: Daily from 4:30 to 6 p.m. The Deals: $3 draft beers; $3.50 well drinks; $5 saketinis; $2-5 house wines and sake; $2.25-$4.50 food specials. Were we happy? Flip the page to find out.
Blogs
April 30, 2012
Denver's five best Japanese restaurants
While Denver is swimming in great options for sushi, we're woefully short on Japanese joints that feature good versions of the broader culinary canon -- and, in fact, we'd be stoked if a few more spots of this sort opened up, whether they're restaurants serving up Japanese noodles like ramen or soba ... More >>
Dining
April 26, 2012
Hana Japanese Bistro in Louisville is all-inclusive
Slide show: In the kitchen at Hana Japanese Bistro
Blogs
April 3, 2012
Kobe An showcases plant-based Japanese cuisine in the southwest suburbs
There are tatami rooms at Kobe An where you can have a traditional Japanese meal while seated on the floor around a low table -- all hidden away in an above-street-level storefront in that most American of landscapes, the strip mall. The inside of this restaurant belies its bland suburban exterior w ... More >>
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April 3, 2012
Photos: Pho Ta, a contemporary Vietnamese pho parlor, opens in Alameda Square
For months, we've been keeping an eye on the construction at Alameda Square, which lays claim to some of the best Asian markets and restaurants in the city, including Super Star Asian, which is undergoing an expansion, and Pacific Ocean, which is also enlarging its space. But it's Pho Ta, a Vietname ... More >>
Blogs
March 29, 2012
Curry n Kebob now open in Boulder
The sun set on Boulder's 8island Hawaiian BBQ around the new year, and the city lost one of the only places you could find a Hawaiian plate lunch. We haven't heard from former 8island owner Michael Iuchi since he shuttered the joint, but the address, at least, has gotten new life.
Blogs
March 22, 2012
India House closes in LoDo: Hapa Sushi will open in its place in August
"I could have kept it open for a few more weeks, but I was just done and wanted to get out," admits Ghugi Singh, the owner of India House, which served its last meal in LoDo on Saturday night. Singh, who opened the elegant India House in 2007 in the same quarters that originally housed Delhi Darbar ... More >>
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March 15, 2012
Round two with Dean Huang, exec chef of Super Star Asian
Dean Huang Super Star Asian 2200 West Alameda Avenue, #5A www.superstardenver.com 303-727-9889 This is part two of my interview with Dean Hunag, exec chef of Super Star Asian. Part one of our conversation ran in this space yesterday. What you'd like to see more of in Denver/Boulder from a culinar ... More >>
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March 13, 2012
New Saigon Bakery & Deli brings Vietnamese delights to the masses
It's been 25 years since husband-and-wife team Thai Nguyen and Ha Pham took over New Saigon, which I reviewed last week, and in their capable hands, one of the oldest Vietnamese restaurants in the city has remained one of the best. So I was stoked when the New Saigon Bakery & Deli opened right nex ... More >>
Dining
March 8, 2012
Fans flock to New Saigon for the food, not the service
More photos: In the kitchen at New Saigon
Blogs
March 8, 2012
Denver's five best Vietnamese restaurants
Denver has an abundance of Vietnamese restaurants, all devoted to a culinary canon that marries French and Chinese cooking into dishes that are delicious whether you're eating noodles on the street or chowing down at a formal feast. Dozens of pho shops dot Federal Boulevard and South Havana Street ... More >>
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February 17, 2012
Denver's Bombay Bowl gets a huge shout-out in the New York Times
In the two days since Bombay Bowl, Denver's only fast-casual Indian restaurant, was featured prominently in the dining section of the New York Times, owner Amar Singh has been inundated with franchising offers from all over the globe.
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January 31, 2012
Sushi Den architects share plans for the South Pearl project
This month started with major action on South Pearl Street -- including a very involved deal that calls for the Wynkoop/Breckenridge group that had owned Pearl Street Grill to swap that space at 1477 South Pearl with Izakaya Den, at 1518 South Pearl, one of three restaurants in the eating empire tha ... More >>
Dining
January 26, 2012
At Hana Matsuri, the chef knows his way around good fish
This month started with major action on South Pearl Street -- including a very involved deal that calls for the Wynkoop/Breckenridge group that had owned Pearl Street Grill to swap that space at 1477 South Pearl with Izakaya Den, at 1518 South Pearl, one of three restaurants in the eating empire tha ... More >>
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January 24, 2012
Elway's Downtown makes veggie sushi to order
We've written before about the vegetarian food at Elway's Downtown, 1881 Curtis Street. The restaurant remains one of our favorite (and least obvious) places to grab a bite to eat in the area -- you wouldn't think a steakhouse would cater so well to vegetarians, but this one does. In 2011, the joint ... More >>
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January 24, 2012
Hana Matsuri serves sushi to the northern suburbs in tomorrow's review
Sushi Den and Sushi Sasa long ago deep-sixed the notion that good sushi doesn't exist in this landlocked state. These two formidable restaurants turn out exceptional dishes that rival those in any American city, seaside or not.
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January 23, 2012
Denver's ten best Chinese restaurants
Today marks the Chinese New Year, which is a good reason to go forth into one of this city's excellent Chinese joints and feast on meats and vegetables loaded with Szechuan peppers, a vat of soul-warming beef noodle soup, dumplings or something much, much stranger -- duck tongue, pig's blood or shar ... More >>
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January 5, 2012
Denver's ten best sushi restaurants
For obvious reasons, we don't make New Year's resolutions here at Cafe Society that involve cutting delicious morsels out of our diet. But since we used the holidays as an excuse to go on even more of a gastronomic bender than usual this year, we are thinking about switching our binge eating tendenc ... More >>
Blogs
December 27, 2011
Thai Gold opens in Golden
Lori MidsonJim Abajian and his wife, Patsorn, made their first connection over Thai food: they met at the Thai restaurant she ran in Washington, D.C. where Jim was a frequent customer. So when they moved to Golden, it didn't take long for them to spot a gap in the market. "We realized that Go ... More >>
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December 20, 2011
Little India's lunch buffet is a veggie-friendly smorgasbord
We've lauded the lunch buffet at Little India in our annual Best of Denver issue more than once. Although you might think that one Indian-food buffet is pretty much like any other, Little India's stands out for a couple of reasons: It's refilled frequently with a wide variety of food -- and ... More >>
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December 9, 2011
Pho 79 will soon sling soup on the 16th Street Mall
If you work downtown and are often in need of a quick lunchtime pho fix, help will soon be at hand. Pho 79, one of our favorite pho restaurants in the city, has signed a lease on the 16th Street Mall and will soon be slinging up big bowls of noodles there.
Dining
December 1, 2011
Utumporn Killoran takes her cooking inside at Thai Street Food Restaurant
Slide show: Thai Street Food Restaurant photos
Blogs
November 29, 2011
Sushi Sasa rolls out vegetarian and vegan delights
When we saw that Robin Bar-on of Udi's -- who cooks up a pretty fine vegan spread herself -- thought Sushi Sasa's chef, Wayne Conwell, is a culinary genius, we knew we had to check out the veggie rolls. So we stopped by the Highland eatery on a recent Monday night to see what all the fuss was about.
Dining
November 17, 2011
Get hooked on the fresh fish at Land of Sushi
When we saw that Robin Bar-on of Udi's -- who cooks up a pretty fine vegan spread herself -- thought Sushi Sasa's chef, Wayne Conwell, is a culinary genius, we knew we had to check out the veggie rolls. So we stopped by the Highland eatery on a recent Monday night to see what all the fuss was about.
Blogs
November 15, 2011
Land of Sushi hooks patrons with deals and oddities in the southern suburbs
Mark MangerI'm constantly on the hunt for sushi joints where quality is paramount but I don't have to drop half my savings on one meal.
Blogs
November 10, 2011
India's Best Restaurant & Bar opens in Littleton
Lori MidsonThere's no shortage of Indian restaurants in this city, but with the exception of a few -- Jai Ho and Masalaa -- they're mostly carbon copies of one another. Add now we can add another mimic to the lineup: India's Best Restaurant & Bar, which opened recently in a Littleton small m ... More >>
Blogs
October 28, 2011
Imperial Chinese Restaurant owner Johnny Hsu reflects on the evolution of Chinese restaurants in Denver
Imperial Chinese RestaurantBefore Liu Zeng Qun opened Chef Liu's Authentic Chinese Cuisine, his own Szechuan restaurant in Aurora which I review this week, he spent eight years working for the man who secured the visa that brought him over here: Johnny Hsu. Hsu is the owner of Imperial Chine ... More >>
Dining
October 27, 2011
The Szechuan specialties shine at Chef Liu's in Aurora
Imperial Chinese RestaurantBefore Liu Zeng Qun opened Chef Liu's Authentic Chinese Cuisine, his own Szechuan restaurant in Aurora which I review this week, he spent eight years working for the man who secured the visa that brought him over here: Johnny Hsu. Hsu is the owner of Imperial Chine ... More >>
Blogs
October 25, 2011
Chef Liu's Authentic Chinese Cuisine promises an authentic Szechuan feast out in Aurora
Mark MangerYou can get great Chinese food in this town, but you have to know where to look -- especially if you're on the hunt for real Szechuan food, not the dumbed-down American version of the cooking of Southern China that's a mainstay of dollar-a-scoop joints and many strip-mall spots.
Blogs
October 11, 2011
Pho Golden's pho bowls just the thing to chase away fall chills
Ever since Pot of Pho closed, finding good (meat-free) pho in the west suburbs has been a challenge. We still think Pho 95 makes the best veggie pho in the city, but sometimes, driving to Federal Boulevard seems like more trouble than it's worth. So we were happy when Pho Golden opened up in, ... More >>
Blogs
September 27, 2011
Reader: Osaka Sushi's Nuclear Roll hurts so good
Lori MidsonCafe Society was swimming in sushi yesterday, as Lori Midson's latest "Guess where I'm eating" rubbed readers' nerves raw as they tried to identify this pretty plate of sushi. And then Kyle Garratt showed more raw courage, as he attempted to conquer the Nuclear Roll at Osaka Sushi ... More >>
Blogs
September 26, 2011
Guess where I'm eating?
Lori MidsonFor anyone who believes that Sushi Den and Sushi Sasa are the only two players when it comes to slicing and dicing the raw stuff, you're wrong: Here, at this unheralded shrine to the ocean, ambitions run as high as the waves in a wrathful sea, and the sushi and sashimi, plated, if ... More >>
Blogs
September 26, 2011
Pain and suffering after eating the "Nuclear Roll" at Osaka Sushi (Video)
Five. That's how many times the specials board describing the Nuclear Roll at Osaka Sushi said "very" before "spicy." Ten. That's how many ice cubes were on the plate owner Jay Chung gave me before I started inhaling this tuna roll topped with liquid fire. "Just in case," he said with a chuckle. ... More >>
Blogs
September 16, 2011
Izakaya Den adds ramen to its Saturday and Sunday lunch lineup
Izakaya Den will begin serving ramen this Saturday.Beginning tomorrow, Izakaya Den, one of three restaurants on South Pearl Street overseen by brothers Yasu and Toshi Kizaki, who also run Sushi Den and Ototo, will begin dishing out ramen noodles in addition to its regular lunch menu.
Blogs
September 15, 2011
Golden's first pho restaurant, Pho Golden, is now open
Lori MidsonGolden's restaurant scene may be fairly diverse, but until recently, there was a gaping hole: no pho. Now, though, instead of traveling to Federal Boulevard to get a fix of brothy noodles, denizens of this western enclave can hit Pho Golden, Golden's first pho restaurant, which o ... More >>
Blogs
September 13, 2011
Sherpa House's Tibetan, Nepalese and Indian entrees satisfy veggie cravings
We know we were just in Golden last week -- but we couldn't leave without first visiting Sherpa House, 1518 Washington Avenue, after perusing the restaurant's menu online. The eatery-slash-cultural-center is decorated inside to resemble an authentic Himalayan home; one dining-room wall featur ... More >>
Dining
September 8, 2011
With delicious food, Linger gives new life to a former mortuary space
Photos: Back of the House at Linger
Dining
August 18, 2011
At Masalaa, it's okay to fill up on the bread
Photos: Back of the House at Linger
Dining
August 18, 2011
Eat Their Words: Jai Ho's food lives up to its colorful menu
Photos: Menu Tour: Jai Ho in Aurora
Blogs
August 18, 2011
Denver's five best Indian restaurants
Lori MidsonLamb vindaloo from Cuisine of the Himalayas.We're equal opportunity in our love for Indian food, favoring specialties from both the north and the south, and marveling at the way chefs from all over the country blend spices into complexly layered stews. And here in Denver, we're alw ... More >>
Blogs
August 18, 2011
Jai Ho's complete menu, including the amusing and cryptic descriptions
Mark MangerCrispy crepe ready to roll off the plate straight into your tummy, according to Jai Ho's menu.The first time I ate at Jai Ho for this week's cafe review, I spent several minutes staring at the menu. It was unlike any I'd ever seen: incredibly amusing yet borderline useless, with de ... More >>
Blogs
August 16, 2011
Magnolia Restaurant and Sushi Bar closes, reopens as 95a Bistro and Sushi
Magnolia Restaurant and Sushi Bar, the notable nouveau American eatery/traditional sushi bar in a nondescript strip mall in Lafayette, was sold in May. Now the space has re-emerged as 95a Bistro and Sushi. "The new sign is going up as we speak," says owner Rob Kukura. "We can now start answ ... More >>
Blogs
August 16, 2011
Jai Ho tries to fill a gap in Colorado's Indian food offerings
Mark MangerUntil last year, Sathya and Sujatha Narayan had never run a restaurant -- but they saw such a gaping hole in Denver's Indian food scene, that they couldn't resist picking up an Aurora strip mall spot and giving it a go, opening Jai Ho last spring.
Blogs
August 15, 2011
The Asian Cajun, pimping crawfish and pho, opens on Alameda
Lori MidsonThe name of the restaurant, deadpans John Phan, says it all. "We're an Asian and Cajun restaurant that features traditional Vietnamese food and Louisiana crawfish that's far superior to anywhere else in Denver," he says about the Asian Cajun, which opened this weekend at 2400 West ... More >>
Dining
July 28, 2011
At Star Kitchen, the dim sum really does shine the brightest
Lori MidsonThe name of the restaurant, deadpans John Phan, says it all. "We're an Asian and Cajun restaurant that features traditional Vietnamese food and Louisiana crawfish that's far superior to anywhere else in Denver," he says about the Asian Cajun, which opened this weekend at 2400 West ... More >>
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