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April 12, 2011
Molecular magician Ian Kleinman will host four NOMAD pop-up dinners later this month
Lori MidsonLast month, Phil Armstrong, the founder of HUSH Concepts, let loose NOMAD -- one-off dinners that "pop-up" at various venues throughout the city, their addresses kept off the radar until just hours before the dinners begin. James Mazzio was tapped to be the chef for the March dinne ... More >>
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March 28, 2011
Tonight: Mel and Janie Master return to Denver for a Mel's reunion
Mel and Janie Master have returned to their former stamping ground for a Mel's reunion.It's been a long time coming, but they're baaack! Restaurateurs and long-wedded couple, Mel and Janie Master, whose original, groundbreaking Cherry Creek food temple, Mel's Bar and Grill, was one of the Mil ... More >>
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January 3, 2011
Denver street food: The best meals-on-wheels of 2010
Lori MidsonPanang curry from Liang's Thai FoodThe first mobile food vendor on wheels was launched nearly 150 years ago, in 1872, when a Rhode Island native called Walter Scott trotted his horse-drawn freight wagon, stocked with sandwiches, hard-boiled eggs, coffee and pies around the town of ... More >>
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December 30, 2010
More predictions, rants and raves from local chefs on the culinary trends of 2011
Sustainably-farmed fish will be a big trend in 2011, say local chefsYesterday, 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 culinary trends that wou ... More >>
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December 30, 2010
Top five street food dishes in 2010
Mark MangerLa Villa Real served up one of our favorite street food dishes of the year -- here are four moreIn this week's Westword, I headed down to Alameda for a glimpse of the loncheras that ruled the streets before this year, when tricked out mobile vendors (or luxe loncheras) became a hot ... More >>
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December 29, 2010
Raves and rants: Local chefs weigh in with their culinary predictions for 2011
Lori MidsonTAG executive chef/owner Troy Guard predicts that cheese will be the top food of 2011What does 2011 hold for the culinary world? 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 ... More >>
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December 15, 2010
100 Favorite Dishes: Posole from The Porker
Lori Midson No. 93: Posole from The Porker The pig-centric street food that's slung from The Porker, swine sultan Chad Clevenger's humble stainless steel cart on the corner of Seventeenth and California, is, it must be said, some of the most insanely good grub that's being peddled from De ... More >>
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November 22, 2010
Pork peddler Chad Clevenger is launching a second street-food cart and rolling out a food truck
Chef, restaurateur and pig pusher Chad Clevenger, who already pimps fine swine from the Porker cart at Seventeenth and California streets, is gearing up to add a second cart to his repertoire, followed by a bona fide truck.
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September 21, 2010
Gratuitous food porn: the sweet soy slow-roasted pork belly from the Porker Cart
We couldn't resist posting a graphic close-up of one of our favorite dishes from Chad Clevenger's Porker Cart.
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June 25, 2010
The week in Cafe Society bloggery: Stupid lawsuits, shuttered restaurants, Biker Jim's new restaurant, Food & Wine Classic highlights, Chipotle bats 1,000 and Morton's Bob Wiltshire maligns molecular gastronomy
Lori Midson Our favorite table scraps of the week from the Cafe Society blog: 1. Holy hot dog! After more than a year of searching for a freestanding restaurant to augment his fleet of carts, Biker Jim, aka gourmet wiener hustler, finally signed a lease on a build-out space at 2145 Larimer ... More >>
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June 24, 2010
Food Ink: Big Game's Leo Harvey is all about seasoning to taste
As part of an upcoming photo essay project spotlighting Denver restaurant pros whose tatts are as prevalent as their dissections, burns, blisters, knife slashes and stabs, we promised that we'd post some of the best ink on the Cafe Society blog.
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June 24, 2010
Mel's Bar and Grill will shutter after service on Saturday
Lori Midson Just got off the horn with Chad Clevenger, chef/owner of Mel's Bar and Grill, who called to say he was done -- finito -- with the restaurant that he took over from Mel Master in July 2008. "I'm pretty much over Mel's, over making Cobb salads and salmon for old people that don't w ... More >>
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June 8, 2010
Food Ink: "Luxurious MoFo" and Project Angel Heart chef Jon Emanuel shows off his sodium atom body of art
Lori Midson Jon Emanuel is tatted, hairy and proudAs part of an upcoming photo essay project spotlighting Denver restaurant pros whose tatts are as prevalent as their dissections, burns, blisters, knife slashes and stabs, we promised that we'd post some of the best ink on the Cafe Society bl ... More >>
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June 2, 2010
Chef Chad Clevenger will soon introduce pig fans to the downtown Porker Cart
The Porker, Chad Clevenger's street cart, is nearly ready to push pig. "We're going to have everything from tequila-habanero barbecue ribs and pork tamales to sweet-soy roasted pork belly with a cold soba noodle salad and smoked Kurobuta pork cheeks with feijoada beans and Verde Farms micro ... More >>
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May 24, 2010
Food Ink: Highland Tavern sous chef David Bumgardner is powered by the pig
Highland Tavern sous chef David Bumgardner worships swineAs part of an upcoming photo essay project spotlighting Denver restaurant pros whose tatts are as prevalent as their dissections, burns, blisters, knife slashes and stabs, we promised that we'd post some of the best ink on the Cafe Soc ... More >>
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May 17, 2010
Food Ink: Patrick Horvat from Marczyk Fine Foods salutes French food king Escoffier
Lori Midson Salute to Escoffier As part of an upcoming photo essay project spotlighting Denver restaurant pros whose tatts are as prevalent as their dissections, burns, blisters, knife slashes and stabs, we promised that we'd post some of the best ink on the Cafe Society blog.
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May 11, 2010
Food Ink: Liz Thompson, manager of Watercourse Foods, touts her taut belly tatt
Liz Thomas, manger of Watercourse, flaunts her belly tatt As part of an upcoming photo essay project spotlighting Denver restaurant pros whose tatts are as prevalent as their dissections, burns, blisters, knife slashes and stabs, we promised that we'd post some of the best ink on the Cafe Soc ... More >>
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April 26, 2010
Food Ink: La Tour's Chase Wilbanks has crabs
Lori Midson Chase Wilbanks and his crab tattAs part of an upcoming photo essay project spotlighting Denver restaurant pros whose tatts are as prevalent as their dissections, burns, blisters, knife slashes and stabs, we promised that we'd post some of the best ink on the Cafe Society blog.
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April 21, 2010
Food Ink: Erik Perez's eggs and bacon sugar skull
Lori Midson Erik Perez, from Krameria Cafe and Mezcal, shows off his gastroinkAs part of an upcoming photo essay project spotlighting Denver restaurant pros whose tatts are as prevalent as their dissections, burns, blisters, knife slashes and stabs, we promised that we'd post some of the bes ... More >>
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April 14, 2010
Food Ink: Chad Clevenger's French chicken
Chad Clevenger's chicken French chickenAs part of an upcoming photo essay project spotlighting Denver restaurant pros whose tatts are as prevalent as their dissections, burns, blisters, knife slashes and stabs, we promised that we'd post some of the best ink on the Cafe Society blog. We've ... More >>
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December 28, 2009
Top ten best Chef and Tell quotes of the year
To continue to spread holiday cheer, we present the most memorable quips, words of wisdom, epiphanies, jabs, wisecracks and digs of the year culled from the last five months of Chef and Tell interviews. Lori MidsonGoose Sorensen, exec of SoleraChef and Tell with Goose Sorensen, exec chef of ... More >>
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November 4, 2009
Staffing Up: Goin' south at Mojitos
Bad name, worse timing, but still a good idea Buchi Cafe Cubano is a great Cuban restaurant. Step inside Cuba Cuba on a good night, and you need an oxygen tank (or a powerful constitution) because the air in the bar is like breathing muddled mint and rum. But while Denver has some Cuban r ... More >>
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November 3, 2009
Tonight: Daryl Groom winemaker dinner at Mel's Bar and Grill
Chad Clevenger, exec chef/owner of Mel's Bar and Grill, 5960 South Holly Street, is hosting a five-course winemaker dinner tonight with Daryl Groom, the former chief winemaker of Penfolds and Geyser Peak, who's now representing and making his signature private label, Groom. Groom focuses on ... More >>
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November 2, 2009
Culinary calendar for the week ahead
Our online Food & Drink listings include dozens of culinary events around Colorado this week, with benefits for March of Dimes and Project Angel Heart, as well as the University of Denver's inaugural DU Vin Festival. A taste of what's ahead: Through November 5: Jax Fish House in Boulder, 928 Pear ... More >>
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October 30, 2009
Cafe Society: Week in review
Sausage kingWhat you might have missed this week on Cafe Society while you were counting the minutes to Zolo Southwestern Grill's 105 days of tequila. While we locals aren't pleased that the Rockies blew another season of baseball, we understand that not everyone is a fan of the purple and ... More >>
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October 21, 2009
New menu for Chad Clevenger at Mel's
I had a rough time of it when last I found myself under chef Chad Clevenger's care at Mel's Restaurant in Greenwood Village. But my experience was nothing compared to how Clevenger and his crew must've felt once my review of the restaurant came out. Still, I have to give the guy credit fo ... More >>
Dining
July 23, 2009
Mel's owner Chad Clevenger has bigger pescado to fry
I had a rough time of it when last I found myself under chef Chad Clevenger's care at Mel's Restaurant in Greenwood Village. But my experience was nothing compared to how Clevenger and his crew must've felt once my review of the restaurant came out. Still, I have to give the guy credit fo ... More >>
Dining
July 23, 2009
At Mel's, it's the same name and the same team — but a sadly different outcome
I had a rough time of it when last I found myself under chef Chad Clevenger's care at Mel's Restaurant in Greenwood Village. But my experience was nothing compared to how Clevenger and his crew must've felt once my review of the restaurant came out. Still, I have to give the guy credit fo ... More >>
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July 21, 2009
Seems like old times at Mel's
We'd timed our exit as skillfully as possible, Laura and I. The bill was paid, the plates cleared, and we were sitting at our table at Mel's Bar and Grill almost silently, our heads down, making just enough uncomfortable small talk to dissuade anyone from coming over and starting a conversation. ... More >>
Dining
August 28, 2008
Mel's Anti-Bistro is up for sale
We'd timed our exit as skillfully as possible, Laura and I. The bill was paid, the plates cleared, and we were sitting at our table at Mel's Bar and Grill almost silently, our heads down, making just enough uncomfortable small talk to dissuade anyone from coming over and starting a conversation. ... More >>
Dining
August 7, 2008
Brooklyn M.C.'s: more authentic New York food from an authentic New York fam
We'd timed our exit as skillfully as possible, Laura and I. The bill was paid, the plates cleared, and we were sitting at our table at Mel's Bar and Grill almost silently, our heads down, making just enough uncomfortable small talk to dissuade anyone from coming over and starting a conversation. ... More >>
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July 8, 2008
Mel's: The Signs, They Are a-Changin'
We'd timed our exit as skillfully as possible, Laura and I. The bill was paid, the plates cleared, and we were sitting at our table at Mel's Bar and Grill almost silently, our heads down, making just enough uncomfortable small talk to dissuade anyone from coming over and starting a conversation. ... More >>
Dining
March 6, 2008
Agave Grill
To enter Chad Clevenger’s world, go mouth by Southwest.
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March 4, 2008
Mouth by Southwest
To enter Chad Clevenger’s world, go mouth by Southwest.
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March 4, 2008
Mouth by Southwest
To enter Chad Clevenger’s world, go mouth by Southwest.
Dining
December 13, 2007
Bolder in Boulder
Bimbamboo joins a thriving restaurant scene.
Dining
November 8, 2007
TV or Not TV
Frasca is famous — so why is its chef doing an infomercial?
Dining
May 3, 2007
A Final Farewell
The last bite of a Cherry Creek institution.
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June 21, 2006
Gael Force
The last bite of a Cherry Creek institution.
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June 21, 2006
Gael Force
The last bite of a Cherry Creek institution.
Dining
April 27, 2006
True Crime
Beat and run

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