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April 6, 2012
Adam Hodak: Don't be pretentious
In this interview, Adam Hodak -- the beverage manager for Frank Bonanno's restaurants who's frequently behind the stick at Green Russell, Osteria Marco and Russell's Smokehouse -- weighs in on how he got to where he is, the night he pepper-sprayed himself and the irony of lime usage at Mexican resta ... More >>
Blogs
March 8, 2012
Round two with Brett Shaheen, exec chef of the Wooden Table
Brett Shaheen Wooden Table 2500 East Orchard Road, Greenwood Village 303-730-2152 www.thewoodentablerestaurant.com This is part two of my interview with Brett Shaheen, exec chef of the Wooden Table. Part one of our chat ran yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: Grizzly Bar in Roscoe, Montana. ... More >>
Blogs
January 30, 2012
National food critics dish out tweets on their Denver meals
Some of the biggest and boldest national names in food criticism descended on Denver over the weekend to check our city's culinary scene. Why, you ask? Let's just say that they were doing research for the James Beard Foundation Awards. Several of those critics tweeted about their experiences ... More >>
Blogs
January 27, 2012
Frank Bonanno asks: "Is it my fault somebody stunk up the bathroom?"
Frank Bonanno is one of the most successful chefs and restaurateurs in Denver, presiding over a commonwealth of food temples (and one speakeasy) that, for the most part, generate positive reviews and comments from professional restaurant critics and amateur key strokers alike. But even the best rest ... More >>
Blogs
January 26, 2012
Round two with Hunter Pritchett, exec chef of Luca d'Italia
Hunter Pritchett Luca d'Italia 711 Grant Street 303-832-6600 www.lucadenver.com This is part two of my interview with Hunter Pritchett, exec chef of Luca d'Italia. Part one of my chat with Pritchett ran in this space yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: I just had an amazing meal at Red Med ... More >>
Blogs
November 23, 2011
Mike Peshek, exec chef of Lou's Food Bar, muses on social-review sites, roadkill and customers who toss out skewering threats
Mike Peshek Lou's Food Bar 1851 West 38th Avenue 303-458-0336 www.lousfoodbar "See the spaghetti and meatballs?" asks Mike Peshek, pointing to a vat of fat orbs glossed with an herby tomato sauce. "That's one of our favorite dishes -- and one of our most popular staff meals." A dishwasher, who's ju ... More >>
Blogs
July 26, 2011
Reader: Will Frank Bonanno's BBQ beat "mediocre at best on a drunk night"?
Lori MidsonBusiness could be smokin' at Frank Bonanno's Russell's Smokehouse.Frank Bonanno is about to expand his empire, adding Russell's Smokehouse to the vast underground area in Larimer Square where Green Russell is already located. "I'm not doing traditional barbecue, or Texas barbecue, ... More >>
Blogs
July 20, 2011
Denver Restaurant Week: Should it really be one week? Two weeks? Or two one-week events?
The first thing you need to know about Denver Restaurant Week is that it's the largest event of its type in the country, with the most restaurants participating and the most meals served. The second thing you need to know is that it's not an actual week. When the economy took a nosedive, the ... More >>
Dining
May 12, 2011
Green Russell's prices don't match its drinks or food
The first thing you need to know about Denver Restaurant Week is that it's the largest event of its type in the country, with the most restaurants participating and the most meals served. The second thing you need to know is that it's not an actual week. When the economy took a nosedive, the ... More >>
Blogs
April 15, 2011
Reader: Use your noodle! Mizuna has the best mac and cheese
Lori MidsonDoes Frank Bonanno make the best mac and cheese in Denver?Readers are using their noodles when dishing up alternatives to our list of the "Five best dishes of mac and cheese in Denver" -- a category in which Tom's Home Cookin' took top honors in the Best of Denver 2011. What abou ... More >>
Blogs
April 4, 2011
Pig porn from Cochon 555, aka the Super Bowl of Swine
Lori MidsonCochon 555 chefs Lachlan MacKinnon-Patterson, Kelly Liken, Alex Seidel, Frank Bonanno and Jennifer Jasinski Lard, have mercy on my soul. To say that I pigged out this weekend is the understatement of the year, and if I was porky before, you should see me now. In fact, I'm fairly ... More >>
Blogs
March 1, 2011
100 Favorite Dishes: Sea scallop and rock shrimp noodle bowl from Bones
Lori Midson No. 66: Sea scallop and rock shrimp noodle bowl from Bones Like a lot of people, I spent the majority of my years as an undergraduate obsessed with keeping my waistline shaped to a size two (those days are long, long gone) and spending whatever leftover scholarship money I had o ... More >>
Blogs
February 8, 2011
Reader: Frank Bonanno is right about Denver Restaurant Week
Denver Restaurant Week, which starts February 26, runs longer than a week -- and that's just one of people's quibbles with the event. It's an undenial "screaming deal," according to restaurateur Frank Bonanno, who has five restaurants -- Bones, Lou's Food Bar, Luca d'Italia, Osteria Marco and ... More >>
Blogs
February 7, 2011
Frank Bonanno weighs in on Denver Restaurant Week
Lori MidsonFive of the half dozen enterprises commanded by prolific restaurateur/chef Frank Bonanno are participating in Denver Restaurant Week, which gets underway on February 26 and continues through March 11, offering two weeks of multi-course dinners, priced at $52.80 per couple or $26.4 ... More >>
Blogs
January 10, 2011
100 Favorite Dishes: Pork osso buco from Osteria Marco
Lori Midson No. 84: Pork osso buco from Osteria Marco Osteria Marco is Frank Bonanno's homage to the hog, a ward of house-crafted charcuterie, pizzas tarped with prosciutto, puddings laced with pork fat, and Sunday night pig roasts. The subterranean enterprise -- a sound system of ruckus a ... More >>
Dining
December 16, 2010
Drink of the Week: Orange Spiced Fizz at Green Russell
Lori Midson No. 84: Pork osso buco from Osteria Marco Osteria Marco is Frank Bonanno's homage to the hog, a ward of house-crafted charcuterie, pizzas tarped with prosciutto, puddings laced with pork fat, and Sunday night pig roasts. The subterranean enterprise -- a sound system of ruckus a ... More >>
Blogs
November 30, 2010
Lou's Food Bar gets reviewed on Yelp...long before it's slated to open
"That Lou's yelp review looks promising," deadpanned Frank Bonanno on his Facebook page, referencing a pre-review of Lou's Food Bar, Bonanno's newest restaurant, which will, uh, open in mid-December at 1851 West 38th Avenue, a good month and a half (at the minimum) AFTER the Yelp review -- ... More >>
Blogs
November 11, 2010
The Green Russell, Frank Bonanno's newest venture, opens tonight
Lori Midson Word came yesterday that inspections are finished and the bar is stocked -- the Green Russell, a subterranean spot at 1422 Larimer Street, will open to the public tonight at 6 p.m.
Blogs
October 12, 2010
James Rugile is leaving his exec-chef post at Venue to work with Frank Bonanno
Lori MidsonJames Rugile, executive chef at Venue, which opened in 2008 at 3609 West 32nd Avenue, is vacating that kitchen at the end of the month to join Frank Bonanno's kingdom of restaurants -- specifically, the kitchens of Luca D'Italia and Mizuna, the two Bonanno restaurants, along with B ... More >>
Blogs
October 7, 2010
Tickets go on sale today for the Denver Celebrity Chef Tour -- and the lineup is stellar
Lori MidsonTickets go on sale today for the Denver Celebrity Chef Tour, a star-studded squad of kitchen sorcerers, including Matt Selby (Vesta Dipping Grill and Steuben's); Alex Seidel (Fruition and Fruition Farms); Eric Skokan (Black Cat, Boulder); and Michael Ginor, the co-founder and chef ... More >>
Blogs
March 10, 2010
100 Favorite Dishes: Suckling pig from Luca D'Italia
Lori Midson Succulent suckling pig from Luca D'Italia As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up, in no particular order, a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com.
Blogs
December 22, 2009
Top 10 most popular Westword restaurant reviews of 2009
It's about damn time this year ended. But before it does, we're taking a look back at your favorite stories of 2009. Here, the ten most popular restaurant reviews of the year.
Blogs
November 17, 2009
Serious Eats chimes in on Denver's "unique food trends"
Denver got a shout out last week on the eminent food blog Serious Eats, where they listed what they believe to be four unique food trends in our fair city. Our fast casual chains, micro breweries, green chili, and Beau Jo's all get mentions. While we appreciate that they resisted mentioning Rocky ... More >>
Blogs
October 23, 2009
Top ten Italian restaurants in Denver
Denver has many great Italian restaurants. As I wrote this week, Mark & Isabella's is not one of them. Here are ten of my favorites: Il Posto (2011 East 17th Avenue, 303-394-0100). Il Posto has an excellent location, crammed between other bars and restaurants, their patios shoulder to should ... More >>
Blogs
July 23, 2009
Crested Butte Land and Trust Food and Wine Festival uncorks today
The first day of the four-day Crested Butte Land Trust Food and Wine Festival uncorks today. And unlike some local food and wine festivals where our homegrown chefs are snubbed, the Crested Butte powwow, which includes wine seminars, wine walks, chef dinners, grand tastings and gourmet picnics, par ... More >>
Blogs
June 3, 2009
Luca D'Italia kicks off its sixth anniversary chef dinner series tonight with Wayne Conwell
Luca D'Italia, 711 Grant Street, marks its six-year anniversary throughout the month with a march of visiting Denver chefs, including Wayne Conwell, exec at Sushi Sasa, 2401 15th Street, who will team up with Luca (and Mizuna, Osteria Marco and Bones) chef-owner Frank Bonanno tonight, June 3, for a ... More >>
Dining
May 21, 2009
A cornucopia of good food at The Q Worldly Barbeque
Luca D'Italia, 711 Grant Street, marks its six-year anniversary throughout the month with a march of visiting Denver chefs, including Wayne Conwell, exec at Sushi Sasa, 2401 15th Street, who will team up with Luca (and Mizuna, Osteria Marco and Bones) chef-owner Frank Bonanno tonight, June 3, for a ... More >>
Blogs
January 6, 2009
The List: Jason Sheehan's favorite meals in 2008
Last week, I digested a year's worth of eating. To recap, here are my six best meals of 2008, in no particular order, and one in memorium addition: 1) Le Bernardin, Manhattan. Eight or nine or ten courses, with the menu personally chosen and assembled by Eric Ripert and wines paired by Aldo Sohm, ... More >>
Blogs
January 5, 2009
Happy news year?
The first few weeks of the new year are generally a quiet time in the restaurant industry. Under normal economic conditions, this is a time for the bean-counters and accountants to put their heads together over the books and figure if the twin mercies of Christmas parties and New Year's Eve festivi ... More >>
Blogs
December 17, 2008
The food trends--or lack thereof-- in 2009
"Value." "The economy." "No new concepts." "Staying open." I talked to four of the top chefs in the state (and possibly the western United States) and asked each of them about the top Colorado food trends of 2009. I wanted to share their bold predictions, like "the new hottest ... More >>
Dining
October 2, 2008
Cucumber Caipiroski at LaLa's
"Value." "The economy." "No new concepts." "Staying open." I talked to four of the top chefs in the state (and possibly the western United States) and asked each of them about the top Colorado food trends of 2009. I wanted to share their bold predictions, like "the new hottest ... More >>
Dining
January 3, 2008
Osteria Marco
Make a pig of yourself at Frank Bonanno’s new place.
Dining
September 13, 2007
Star Light
Rebecca Weitzman heads for the Big Apple.
Calendar
October 12, 2006
An Affair to Remember
Foodies celebrate at this taste sensation.
Dining
April 27, 2006
True Crime
Beat and run
Dining
February 23, 2006
Raw Courage
Still more from Magnolia's partners.
Dining
October 27, 2005
Jar Head
Red-pepper jelly gets canned at Frasca.
Dining
October 27, 2005
Lost in Translation
Milagro Taco Bar is far from the talk of the town.
Dining
June 16, 2005
Drink of the Week
Coin Style Silver Milagro Margarita
Dining
October 28, 2004
Bite Me
Ham on Wry
Dining
September 25, 2003
Way to Go
Luca D'Italia may kill me, but I'll go out smiling.
Food & Drink
March 27, 2003
Best Fried Calves' Glands
Mizuna
Food & Drink
March 27, 2003
Best New Use of an Old Chinese Restaurant
Luca D'Italia
Dining
March 13, 2003
Bite Me
Booze News
Dining
August 15, 2002
Bite Me
Signs of the Times
Dining
December 27, 2001
Fighting the Good Food Fight
Season's eatings from a year's worth of meals.
Dining
June 21, 2001
Life's Butter Here
Like cream, Mizuna rises to the top.
Dining
February 1, 2001
The Bite
Sean Kelly says goodbye--and takes Aubergine and the Biscuit with him.
Dining
August 3, 2000
The Bite
Bleu in the face.
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November 13, 1997
Mouthing Off
Bleu in the face.
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