Campo de Fiori

The Chicago Louie's paddy wagon is pounding the pavement

Lori Midson​Michel Wahaltere's head is hanging out the window of his paddy wagon parked in an abandoned lot on East Colfax, between York and Josephine, when he suddenly looks up, thrusts open the doors, grabs my hand and drags me around back. "See this?" he asks, panting and pointing to the n ... More >>

Jonesy's chef Brendon Doyle on running his kitchen like a Spartan army, ordaining his tongs and burger craze overkill

Lori Midson​ Brendon Doyle Jonesy's EatBar 400 East 20th Avenue 303-863-7473 When Brendon Doyle got his first cooking gig, it had nothing to do with his love for food or the line. "My first kitchen job was at Woody's Wings N Things, and I only took it because all my friends worked there and ... More >>

The new chef at Jonesy's EatBar loves the word "gastropub"

 Lori MidsonBrendon Doyle, the new exec chef at Jonesy's EatBar​"I love the gastropub concept, I love the word 'gastropub' and I love Leigh Jones," declares Brendon Doyle, the former exec chef of Campo de Fiori who's now in command of the kitchen at Jonesy's EatBar, the gastropub at 400 East ... More >>

Harvest Week should produce a cornucupia of good food

​Sunday night at Campo de Fiori (300 Fillmore Street), a group of local restaurateurs and spirit-pushers hosted a kick-off party for Harvest Week, sponsored by DINR (the Denver Independent Network of Restaurants) and offering a taste of what to expect at this year's event, which runs September ... More >>

Denver's best Caesar salad award goes to...

Lori MidsonCaesar salad from Opus​ Last night I witnessed the Greatest Caesar Salad competition, an annual battle of the romaine hosted by the Colorado Chapter of the American Institute of Wine and Food, that pitted seven local restaurants -- Squeaky Bean, Root Down, Campo de Fiori, Marco's Co ... More >>

Sunday's Caesar salad battle tosses competitors

 Seven Denver restaurants - Squeaky Bean, Izakaya Den, Root Down, Opus, Encore, Campo de Fiori and Marco's Coal-Fired Pizza - are fighting for the Caesar salad crown in this year's Greatest Caesar Salad Competition, a no-holds-barred smackdown that gets tossing at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 26 ... More >>

Columbine: A True Crime Story author Jeff Kass sets book tour for other sites of school shootings

Jeff Kass. Former Rocky Mountain News reporter Jeff Kass is the author of the other book about Columbine -- and while his effort, Columbine: A True Crime Story, has received only modest attention on a national level, he feels his account has much to recommend it over Columbine, local journalist Dav ... More >>

Mini Bar set to open in April

"I just got an offer to be the personal chef for the McCain family!" wrote Michel Wahaltere on his Facebook page. And, yes, he was talking about that McCain family, the one whose dithering patriarch lost the 2008 presidential election in a landslide. You know how just before you puke, you get that b ... More >>

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Campo de Fiori

Campo de Fiori

Making sacrifices

Hey, Santa

Stephen Anson knows how to handle a crisis.

Bite Me

American Dreams

Bite Me

Kitchen Magician

Off Limits

Dollars and sense

Best Power Lunch

Campo de Fiori

The Bite

Movable Feast

The Bite

Change is good at several Denver restaurants.

French Twist

Tante Louise's Duy Pham is the real thing.

The Din Crowd

Campo de Fiori's food is something to shout about.

Best Grown-up Drink

Lemoncello

The Bite

Open-and-shut cases of 2000.

Closed Calls

Restaurants quickly come and go.

BODY LANGUAGE