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July 11, 2011
Pasta carbonara and Fort Collins Brewery's Wheat Wine satiate a strong craving
Philip PostonI don't cook with meat very often, due to laziness and a limited budget, but every so often, I simply can't resist the basic human urge for pork. I can do without beef or chicken painlessly enough, but for some reason, the thought of pig evokes a deep, inexplicable desire for fle ... More >>
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July 14, 2011
Denver's five best French restaurants
Happy Bastille Day, Denver. We'll grab just about any excuse to pop open a bottle of French wine and chow down on baguettes, but the storming of the Bastille on July 14 may be the best excuse we'll find all year. While one of our favorite spots for a French feast, Brasserie Felix, closed ear ... More >>
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July 28, 2011
At Star Kitchen, the dim sum really does shine the brightest
Happy Bastille Day, Denver. We'll grab just about any excuse to pop open a bottle of French wine and chow down on baguettes, but the storming of the Bastille on July 14 may be the best excuse we'll find all year. While one of our favorite spots for a French feast, Brasserie Felix, closed ear ... More >>
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July 28, 2011
Denver's five best Chinese restaurants
Mark MangerThe seafood hotpot at Tao Tao Noodle Bar.It's frighteningly easy to go very, very wrong with Chinese food in this city: for every Szechuan, Taiwanese or dim sum gem, there are at least two dollar-a-scoop joints, fast food outposts and restaurants that proffer nothing more than bast ... More >>
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August 4, 2011
Like its namesake, Mezcal has mellowed with age
Mark MangerThe seafood hotpot at Tao Tao Noodle Bar.It's frighteningly easy to go very, very wrong with Chinese food in this city: for every Szechuan, Taiwanese or dim sum gem, there are at least two dollar-a-scoop joints, fast food outposts and restaurants that proffer nothing more than bast ... More >>
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August 4, 2011
El Diablo serves regional specialties in devilishly fun surroundings
Slide Show: El Diablo photo tour
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August 8, 2011
Ondo's Spanish Tapas Bar rolls out a traditional Basque happy hour
Ondo's Spanish Tapas BarOndo's unveils a traditional Basque pintxos happy hour.When Curt and Darcy Steinbecker opened Ondo's Spanish Tapas Bar in late 2009, they wanted to give Denver a true Spanish experience, channeling the country where they'd met and learned to cook. And in that spirit, t ... More >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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.
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August 18, 2011
At Masalaa, it's okay to fill up on the bread
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.
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August 18, 2011
Eat Their Words: Jai Ho's food lives up to its colorful menu
Photos: Menu Tour: Jai Ho in Aurora
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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 >>
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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 >>
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September 1, 2011
Tamale Kitchen is a decent, if dull, option
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 >>
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September 1, 2011
Tamales Moreno just might have Colorado's best tamales
Photos: Hidden Gems at Tamales Moreno in Lakewood
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September 1, 2011
Denver's five best breakfast burritos
Lori MidsonThe breakfast burrito from Taco Wagon.While we especially love a greasy mess of eggs, green chile and chorizo wrapped in a tortilla when we're combating the effects of a night of bad decisions, we'll brake for breakfast burritos in this town any day of the week. And while it's hard ... More >>
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September 6, 2011
Ali Baba Grill vegetarian spread brings the Middle East to Golden
Vegetarian fare plays an important role in Lebanese cuisine, and Golden's Ali Baba Grill is testament to the fact that you can get delicious (meat-free!) international cuisine as far west as the foothills. There doesn't seem to be a down-time for this eatery; when we stopped by on Labor Day ... More >>
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September 8, 2011
With delicious food, Linger gives new life to a former mortuary space
Photos: Back of the House at Linger
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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 >>
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September 13, 2011
Funkwerks White is just right for this comforting beer-infused risotto
Philip PostonWhen you're in the mood for comfort food, as I was the other day, there are few preparations more comforting than risotto. It's easily personalized (I like mine thick, with mushrooms and heavy on the butter), fairly effortless to make and equally conducive to both communal and so ... More >>
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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 >>
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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.
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September 20, 2011
Atomic Tamale's vegetarian and vegan tamales are a south-of-the-border delight
Although Denver has some of the best Mexican food in the country, vegetarians and vegans alike know it is not easy to find meat-free Mexican meals in this city -- and finding meat-and-cheese-free Mexican food is almost like seeking the Holy Grail. It might take you a couple of passes to locat ... More >>
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September 21, 2011
Reader: Fed up with the word "foodie," but not real Mexican food
Lori MidsonMixiote de borrego at El Trompito -- looks adventurous to us!First, Denver places thirteenth on Travel Leisure's list of the best American cities for foodies, then LivingSocial ranks it as the eleventh-best dining city overall. When you drill down in the results of that survey, ... More >>
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September 22, 2011
Los Farolitos does Denver's best birria
Lori MidsonMixiote de borrego at El Trompito -- looks adventurous to us!First, Denver places thirteenth on Travel Leisure's list of the best American cities for foodies, then LivingSocial ranks it as the eleventh-best dining city overall. When you drill down in the results of that survey, ... More >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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.
Dining
October 27, 2011
The Szechuan specialties shine at Chef Liu's 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.
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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 >>
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October 31, 2011
Foodography! Pinche Taqueria opens today in Uptown
Lori MidsonIt may be Halloween, but today also marks the opening (finally!) of Pinche Taqueria, Kevin Morrison's taco-hustling brick-and-mortar -- the follow-up to his taco wagon, which was one of the first mobile street food slingers to hit the streets of Denver.
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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 >>
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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.
Dining
November 17, 2011
Get hooked on the fresh fish at Land of Sushi
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.
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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 ... More >>
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December 1, 2011
Utumporn Killoran takes her cooking inside at Thai Street Food Restaurant
Slide show: Thai Street Food Restaurant photos
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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.
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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 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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January 5, 2012
Denver's ten best sushi restaurants
Jim WillsA sushi chef at work at Taki Sushi in Washington Park.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 usu ... More >>
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January 23, 2012
Denver's ten best Chinese restaurants
Cassandra KotnikDumplings at Super Star Asian.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, muc ... 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, th ... More >>
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January 24, 2012
Hana Matsuri serves sushi to the northern suburbs in tomorrow's review
Jim WillsSushi 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 25, 2012
Sultan Grill will feed you like a king...in an Arvada strip mall
Sultan GrillAfter readers responded to my lament about the lack of interesting ethnic food near the Tech Center, I decided to explore not just the southern suburbs, where I grew up, but the entire circle outside of Denver city limits, looking for the best ethnic restaurants in the metro area, ... More >>
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January 31, 2012
Sushi Den architects share plans for the South Pearl project
Sushi Den has kept South Pearl swimming in seafood for decades.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, ... More >>
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February 7, 2012
Comida Cantina will open in Longmont on February 17
Kate LacroixWe've seen a number of the area's most successful food trucks cement permanent locations over the last year or so, inking deals on restaurant spaces that allow them to expand their mobile brands into fuller service (and often alcohol-supplemented) ventures. The latest to do so is ... More >>
Dining
February 9, 2012
Pinche Taqueria is pinche good!
More photos: In the kitchen at Pinche Taqueria
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