Back when I was a kid, back when I was a teenager, even back when I was only slightly less of a grown-up than I am now, one of the biggest drags about eating on the street was having to carry cash. Today, you can add parking, the occasional vending machine soda and supporting the local homeless community to the reasons for carrying cash. Still, I often find myself short of dough, which means I've been shit out of luck when it comes to getting my fix of Mexican ice creams, taco-truck tacos,
Because nothing in the blog world ever really dies until it's been milked of every erg of usefulness or grim humor, may I humbly present this: The letter that the Grey Poupon people actually sent to President Barack Obama (and copied to me) in response to the teacup tsunami caused by his choice in cheeseburger toppings. Bon appetit.
The Honorable Barack H. Obama
President of the United States
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20006
Dear Mr. President:
We applaud you, Mr. President,
The tools of Biker Jim's tradeBiker Jim Pittenger, whose Biker Jim's Gourmet Dogs won our Best Cart on the 16th Street Mall in the Best of Denver 2009, now has a second location -- off the mall.Three days a week, he (or one of his minions) will now be on the plaza at 17th and California streets, grilling his demon-wizard's collection of elk and veal and reindeer sausages -- basically any of god's critters that can be caught, ground up and served in tubesteak-form -- for the eager crowds of offic
This week's question is for all you office drones out there, from one of your own: When time is tight and money even more so, what downtown cart serves the best grub in the city?Easy, right? Biker Jim's Gourmet Dogs. He has two locations now, one in Skyline Park at 16th and Arapahoe and a new one at 17th and California, and his dogs are pure killer -- the best reason (other than Christmas-induced spite) to eat reindeer that I've ever had.But not so fast...while I do dearly love Jim's cart(s), pl
Southlands won't be seeing Biker Jim's dogs anytime soon.​A few weeks back, I gleefully reported that my favorite hot-dog man, Biker Jim Pittenger, had finally taken the plunge and was going to open a brick-and-mortar location in the Southlands development. He had a great location, he had some partners in the Waffle Brothers (with whom he's been working for quite some time), and he certainly had some great ideas -- including Fry Everything Friday.
But now that's off.I got a call from Jim yeste
Just in case you've been living in between the bun and haven't feasted your eyes on Biker Jim's hot dog blog, this is just a little heads-up to let you know that every Wednesday, before lunch, Jim delivers a post all about the weird, wacky and wonderful dogs he's doing that day and for the remainder of the week. But instead of me telling you all about this week's dogs, I'll let Jim:
Allo all. Dis week we is aving us some german and some scottish stuff yah. A couple of faves. De ol Nueren
As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com.
No. 99 Alaskan reindeer sausage from Biker Jim's Gourmet Dogs
You know you've got a winning wiener when people look you in the eye and confess, with complete seriousness, that their first and last stops to and from Denver International Airport begin and end with an Alaskan reindeer sausage from Biker Jim -- aka
Lori MidsonTony Bourdain meets his true love: Biker Jim's sausages​ "Look, when I was here in 2002, I walked for what, eight hours, all over downtown and you know what I found? I found chicken wings -- chicken wings and fried fucking mozzarella sticks. I didn't see anything that looked like it was chef-driven, and Jim's cart sure as hell wasn't here." That's Tony Bourdain summing up his last trip to Denver, a stopover that commenced, he remembers, with dinner back in his hotel room. Which suck
