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Viva Italia
June 20, 2007
Boulder Lucky to Have Radda
February 5, 2008
Boulder Lucky to Have Radda
February 5, 2008
Viva Italia
June 20, 2007
Sauce Rules
May 13, 2008
Ital Do: Venice Ristorante & Winebar
June 3, 2008
Italian After Dark at Gemelli's
June 19, 2008
Fire When Ready: Carelli's Ristorante Italiano
July 25, 2008
Veggie Girl: Osteria Marco
October 30, 2008
Veggie Girl: Parisi
I love Italian food. So much, in fact, that I once spent a month in Florence taking Italian language classes -- that I then immediately put to the test in my Italian cooking classes. Not a word of English was spoken, and sure, there was some confusion (my book of Italian recipes, filled with my illegible Italian scrawls and confusing metric measurements, is useless to me now), but oh, the food! I'll never forget the zucchini blossom risotto, or the time-consuming-but-worth-it gnocchi. Paris
December 18, 2008
The fighting Irish need to learn from the Italians
My review of the Celtic Tavern (which will be posted here later today) started an interesting conversation among some of the more Hibernian-leaning staff at the Westword office, chewing over why Denver seems incapable of opening and maintaining a decent Irish bar. (RIP, Duffy's Shamrock.) This discussion immediately struck me as reminiscent of a whole series of similar arguments I had soon after I came to town about this city's apparent inability to open and maintain a decent Italian restaura
January 7, 2009
Sparrow
June 7, 2007
Cafe Jordano
August 23, 2007
The List: Team Bonanno
My review of Bones -- Frank Bonanno's new restaurant at 701 Grant Street -- was a love letter, a total crush note from one shameless omnivore to another, to the kind of guy who would put bone marrow, ice cream, escargot and udon all on the same menu, from the kind of guy who would gladly eat all of that in a single sitting.After I finished the review, I got to thinking about Bonanno's other restaurants in town -- both those still operating and those that failed, and it occured to me t
March 23, 2009
Another Roman holiday
February 5, 2009
When not in Rome, you can still eat great Italian food at Locanda del Borgo
February 5, 2009
The Empire Lounge still has a way to go
November 13, 2008
Armando's is in a state of reddiness
October 30, 2008
Our Weekly Bread: Crostone at Parisi
The sandwich: Boccaccio Crostone What's on it: Fresh mozzarella, roasted peppers, pesto and tomato on grill-pressed bread Where to get it: Parisi (4401 Tennyson Street, 303-561-0234) How much: $7.99 I'm a horrible American cliché when it comes to all things Italian. I love the food, the wine, the history, the women, the scenery, the language and the entire idea of Italy - even if that idea is only part reality and a whole lot of fantasy. Italy, I always tell people (actually, I've never t
April 15, 2009
Local eateries sum up the DNC action -- or lack thereof
September 4, 2008
Il Posto proves worth the wait
August 14, 2008
A Taste of Italy
July 24, 2008
Gemelli's
May 15, 2008
Grand Lux Cafe
What happened in Vegas should have stayed there.
May 1, 2008
Osteria Marco
Make a pig of yourself at Frank Bonanno�s new place.
January 3, 2008
Radda Trattoria
Matt Jansen returns Italian cooking to its roots.
February 7, 2008
Cucina Colore
A Cherry Creek mainstay is all talk, no action.
August 23, 2007
Chianti Ristorante
Meals you can't refuse.
June 21, 2007
San Lorenzo Ristorante
A weekly menu makes for a delicious change of pace � and taste.
June 21, 2007
Gennaro�s Lounge
May 31, 2007
Via
Chef James Mazzio brings Via back from the brink.
April 5, 2007
From Moment to Moment
October 26, 2006
Frasca Food and Wine
One of the country's best.
October 5, 2006
Words Fail
With Prima, Kevin Taylor shows off his absolute best -- and his most mediocre.
August 3, 2006
Metamorphosis
Think globally, eat locally at Piatti Locali.
July 13, 2006
Family Plan
Don't try this at home.
January 12, 2006
A Happy Ending
Carmine's on Penn proves that fairy tales can come true.
January 19, 2006
Zup's On
Armando Zuppa serves up a steaming bowl of alphabet newgrass.
January 12, 2006
Global Crossing
A round-the-world tour of pizza.
December 8, 2005
Chef Matt Franklin trades fusion for Farro, his wonderfully weird take on strip-mall Italian
April 30, 2009
The Gelato Spot: One more reason to visit 13th Avenue
Lori MidsonGelato alert: While cruising around Cap Hill last night in search of food -- which I got in the form of a real deal slice of New York-style pizza from the excruciatingly surly crew at Benny Blanco's Slice of the Bronx, at 616 East 13th Avenue -- I saw a sign for a new gelateria called the Gelato Spot, located at 607 East 13th. The space recently housed Confections, an ice cream, gelato and pastry shop. Because I'm a gelato slut, I darted across the street for a fix, only to find that
May 12, 2009
The "gastropub" label aside, Jonesy's EatBar is great
May 14, 2009
Finally, a perfect plate at Rioja - followed by a second one
June 11, 2009
Maggiano's wants to buy you tomorrow's dinner
Maggiano's Little Italy introduced an amazing deal today. From now through July 8, if you dine at a Maggiano's -- and there are two in Denver, one in the Pavilions and one in the Tech Center -- and order a chef's $12.95 speciality dish, you'll get your next night's dinner free. Here's the deal, as described on the Maggiano's website: "Choose from a selection of our Chef's favorite Pastas & Baked Specialties, and we'll send you home with another selection to enjoy tomorrow. Your second selectio
June 10, 2009
San Lorenzo Ristorante goes dark
The dishes at San Lorenzo could stun you to silence.Here's a little bit of what I wrote about San Lorenzo Ristorante two years ago: "Carpaccio di bue dressed in lemon and oil, whole peppers stuffed with cheese and prosciutto, buffalo mozzarella with fresh tomatoes and roasted peppers draped with marinated Italian anchovies, grilled salmon with roasted potatoes, garretto d'agnello -- spring lamb braised in red wine, served with grilled eggplant and potato purée. Laura touched a finger to the lis
June 23, 2009
This week: Seven days of Yelp Eats! on the cheap
Yelp.com Yelp, a well-known website where opinionated voices discuss and review restaurants, bars and other local businesses, is kicking off Yelp Eats!, a seven-day dining celebration, which begins today and continues through Sunday, July 26 with fifteen metro area restaurants offering multi-course dinner menus for $25 per person, exclusive of tax and tip. Reservations aren't required, but if you want to cash in on the deal, you'll need to ask for a "Yelp Eats" menu. Participating restaurants a
July 20, 2009
Chef and Tell: John Broening
John Broening"We'll have head cheese at Olivéa on Friday -- I expect to see you there," summoned the e-mail. The note - short and to the point -- was from John Broening, the executive chef at Duo and Olivéa: the former a restaurant in Highland with a field-to-plate, seasonal approach to food; the latter a three-month-old restaurant in Uptown that embraces the same elemental philosophies, but pushes the culinary envelope by serving, among other things, head cheese, a gelatinous loaf comp
August 12, 2009
A conversation with John Broening, of Duo and Olivea
August 13, 2009
At Olivea, John Broening shows that he has all the right tools -- and knows how to use them
October 8, 2009
Egg-ceptional egg dishes in Denver
"With an egg on top." Ooh. You just stepped up your food game. You uttered those five words to the server, and suddenly everyone at your table perks up. It's not just a sign that you're starving. It shows you're a risk-taker. Someone who has had enough of diets and eating healthy. Someone who -- for a lack of a better term -- wants to break the shell. "Screw my waistline; just bring me what I want." While Homer Simpson's Good Morning Burger hasn't made its debut (yet), you can still
November 3, 2009