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Jamey Fader

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2012

    James Lee back at the Bitter Bar full time

    A year and a half ago, award-winning bartender James Lee gave up his post as bar manager of the Bitter Bar and beverage director of the Big Red F restaurants to embark on a journey that took him first to Salida and then Denver, where he's worked with Troy Guard, Leigh Sullivan, Robert Thompson and H ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2012

    Great food, greater cause: Win tickets for two to chef Paul Reilly's Eat Drink Give event on Sunday

    Paul Reilly may no longer have his own restaurant -- after a last hurrah Sunday brunch, he shuttered Encore last month when he and the landlord couldn't agree on lease terms -- but he has the support of plenty of Denver chefs, many of whom will gather on Sunday for Eat Drink Give, an annual benefit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2012

    Foodography: A food porn voyage of Chefs Up Front

    Colorado chefs cook their asses off -- not just in their respective restaurants but at culinary events all over the city, and last night was no exception, as thirty chefs from Denver, Boulder and Colorado Springs convened at the Colorado Convention Center to cook at Colorado Chefs Up Front, a benefi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2011

    Happy reopens in Boulder as the Bitter Bar

    Lucy SchaefferSugar queen Jenn Bush is spearheading the sweets selection at Bitter Bar in Boulder. ​Dave Query, the founder of Big Red F, the Boulder-based restaurant group that encompasses the West End Tavern, Zolo Southwestern Grill, Centro Latin Kitchen & Refreshment Palace, a trio of Jax F ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2011

    Restaurateur Leigh Sullivan on the making, evolution and success of the Denver chef clan known as The Five

    Lori Midson​It was just before 5 p.m. on Wednesday when the car dropped me off at the James Beard House, the unassuming West Village brownstone that's the former home of the legendary late American chef and cookbook author, deemed the "dean of American cookery" in the New York Times, whose qu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2011

    Round two with Brett Smith, exec chef of Zolo Grill

    Lori MidsonBrett Smith, head cooker at Zolo Grill​ Brett Smith Zolo Grill 2525 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder 303-449-0444 www.zologrill.com This is part two of my interview with Brett Smith, the executive chef at Zolo Grill. Part one of my chat with Smith ran in this space yesterday. Favorite r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2011

    Photos: Hot Rocks Griller Challenge, 6/15/11

    Pulled pork with basil pesto, pickled red cipollini onions on brioche by Tyler Wiard at Elway's. ​The original Elway's hosted the annual Hot Rocks Griller Challenge last night, when sixteen of Denver's top chefs competed to make the best slider. The winner? Troy Guard of TAG and TAG | RAW Ba ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    Food lust from last night's Chefs Up Front Denver dinner

    Lori MidsonLobster, enoki mushroom and tenderloin carpaccio hand roll from Jonesy's Eat Bar​Last night, Denver's who's who of chefs congregated at the Colorado Convention Center for Chef's Up Front Denver, a fundraiser that benefited Cooking Matters, a nonprofit that fights childhood hunger a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2011

    First look: Food porn from TAG|RAW BAR

    Lori MidsonThe team behind TAG RAW BAR, which opened today in Larimer Square​At exactly 11 a.m. today, the doors of TAG|RAW BAR, located in the newly remodeled Larimer Square walkway, swung open, and by 11:30, the orange sherbet seats at the pint-size raw bar were jammed with chefs, including ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2011

    Tonight: FIVE dinner at Il Mondo Vecchio

    Lori Midson​ Tonight, at 5 p.m., the crew of FIVE, a bumper crop of local chefs who cook their hearts out in Denver, at the James Beard House in New York and at the FOOD & WINE Classic in Aspen, are gathering at Il Mondo Vecchio for their second collaborative dinner of the year. And at the bar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2011

    Culinary calendar for the week ahead: Soup for the Soul, booze dinners and more

    ​Denver Restaurant Week kicks off on Saturday, which is also when the 2011 Beerdrinker of the Year will be crowned -- but in the meantime, there are plenty of culinary events to fill your belly. Here's what's on the menu:

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2011

    El Diablo, Ototo dinners should whet your appetite for Denver Restaurant Week

    ​Although Denver Restaurant Week, which starts on February 26, is the real movable feast, two new kids on the restaurant block are offering major deals on Tuesday, February 22. El Diablo, which opened last August at 101 Broadway, is offering its second tequila dinner featuring Republic Tequil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2011

    New Year's resolutions from Max MacKissock, Matt Selby, Mark DeNittis, Michael Long and twenty-one more Denver/Boulder chefs

    Lori MidsonBrad Rowell, chef at Colt & Gray, resolves to eat twenty percent less pork fat per day and replace that with twenty percent more Schlitz​ Haven't made your New Year's resolutions yet? That makes two of us. But instead of focusing on ourselves, we prodded more than two dozen Denver/ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2011

    FIVE inducts three new chefs and one awesome mixologist: Paul Reilly, Brandon Biederman, Enrique Socarras and Bryan Dayton

    Lori MidsonFour of the new FIVE: Brandon Biederman, Bryan Dayton, Enrique Socarras and Paul Reilly. ​Last night at Roth Distributing, where state-of-the-art kitchens played house to some of Denver's top chefs and mixologists, Leigh Sullivan-Guard, the founder of FIVE -- a cartel of chefs who c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2011

    FIVE will announce its new crop of chefs tonight

    ​ Tonight, at 6 p.m., Leigh Sullivan-Guard, the force behind FIVE, an über-talented crop of five Denver chefs who put on showstopping dinners throughout the year at their respective restaurants, represent the local fray at the ritzy Aspen Food & Wine Classic and commune at the James Beard H ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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 2011​What 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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2010

    Food porn: Behold last night's beast feast at the MCA

    Lori Midson​Two nights ago at the MCA Denver Art Meets Beast butchering demonstration, Pete Marczyk and Jimmy "the Butcher" Cross, both of Marczyk Fine Foods, deftly dismembered a medieval-size bison carcass in front of a mesmerized crowd. The various cuts -- shanks, ribs, tenderloin, strip l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2010

    Knives, jokes and hunks of meat fly at MCA Denver's bison-butchering bash

    Teal NippPete Marczyk (left) and Jimmy Cross meat the audience.​It wasn't bloody, it wasn't smelly and it didn't attract flies. But then, the bison had already been slaughtered and quartered at a Nebraska ranch, separated from its head, hide and organs and hung up to age for two weeks. Anythi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    50top chefs plan to get medieval on a bison at MCA Denver

    The Buffalo Boys prepare to meet the beast at MCA Denver.​Jimmy the Butcher isn't used to performing for a large audience. "He spends most of his day bundled up in a sweatshirt and fourteen coats in the meat-processing room which, frankly, is how he likes it," says Barbara Macfarlane, co-owne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2010

    FEDDY Awards honor Denver's most philanthropic chef and Denver's best food event

    ​"I'm really, really passionate about food, and we have so many food events in Denver that fly under the radar that I wanted to create a way to capture people who might want to be in the know about those events." That's the premise behind Food Events in Denver, a Facebook page created by Jer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2010

    Steuben's chef Brandon Biederman on that whole local, sustainable, green movement and the woman who weighed her food

    Lori Midson​ Brandon Biederman Steuben's 523 East 17th Avenue 303-830-1001 www.steubens.com This is part one of Lori Midson's interview with Brandon Biederman, exec chef of Steuben's. Part two of that Q&A will run in this space tomorrow. Brandon Biederman is having a difficult time coming ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2010

    Culinary calendar for the week ahead: Beer, food drives and a new film series

    ​Between the Denver Beer Fest, the Great American Beer Fest and various Oktoberfest events taking place around the city, you're sure to find your fill of beer at one place or another. Still, there's lots more non-carbonated fun taking place, including a new movie series at Infinite Monkey Theo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2010

    The world according to Project Angel Heart's Jon Emanuel: Chicago restaurants rule, Tool is cool, and goat meat is fuel

    Lori Midson Jon Emanuel, executive chef of Project Angel Heart​There are good chefs and chefs who do good: Jon Emanuel is both. During his career, the head cooker at Project Angel Heart has fed everyone from rocket scientists to garbage men, but his position at Project Angel Heart -- a Denver ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    Culinary calendar for the week ahead: Booze, festivals and charity events

    ​Beer release parties, brewery birthdays and Old South Pearl's BrewGrass Festival are where it's at in food this week -- but there's plenty more for teetotalers or those who prefer wine or stronger spirits. Here's a taste of what's ahead: Monday, June 7: Jill's Restaurant, 900 Walnut Street ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2010

    Chef Christopher Cina is jumping for Jax

    Chef Christopher Cina will be cooking at Jax Denver in June​Christopher Cina, who's done hard time in galleys all over the metro area, including the Fourth Story, Aubergine Cafe, Tuscany, Zenith and Twig's Wine Bar and Pickles Deli in Tipsy's, a Goliath-size liquor store in Littleton, and is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2010

    Crazy-good food under a tequila haze: Denver FIVE dinner at Lola

    Lori Midson The tequila runneth over last night at Lola​At last night's Denver FIVE dinner at Lola, 1575 Boulder Street, Jamey Fader, culinary director of Big Red F Restaurant Group, the empire that oversees Lola, had this to say about his partners in cooking: "There are great things going on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2010

    Tonight: Lola hosts a blowout benefit for Dos Casas

    ​Lola, 1575 Boulder Street, has pulled out all the stops for tonight's Dos Casas fundraising event, which offers three options: a five-course dinner at 6:30 p.m., paired with wine, for $75; the dinner plus exclusive patio seating and a chef meet-and-greet for $125; or an after-hours party star ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2010

    Culinary calendar for the week ahead: New bourbon, tour and film series kick off today

    ​There's a lot going on in food this week: The West End Tavern is releasing the long-awaited Pappy Van Winkle seventeen-year bourbon; the Green Route Restaurant Tour kicks off at 1515 Restaurant; and the Denver Central Library's Food Fight: Retaking Our Plates, a Fresh City Life Film Series, w ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 4, 2010

    Let the Games Begin

    ​There's a lot going on in food this week: The West End Tavern is releasing the long-awaited Pappy Van Winkle seventeen-year bourbon; the Green Route Restaurant Tour kicks off at 1515 Restaurant; and the Denver Central Library's Food Fight: Retaking Our Plates, a Fresh City Life Film Series, w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2009

    Chef and Tell part two: Goose Sorensen of Solera

    Lori MidsonGoose Sorensen, exec chef/owner of Solera ​This is part two of my interview with Goose Sorensen, executive chef of Solera. To read part one of this interview, click here. Culinary inspirations: Many of the chefs in Denver -- Jamey Fader, Tyler Wiard, Matty Selby, Sean Yontz, Bria ... More >>

  • Dining

    August 27, 2009

    A conversation with Troy Guard of TAG

    Lori MidsonGoose Sorensen, exec chef/owner of Solera ​This is part two of my interview with Goose Sorensen, executive chef of Solera. To read part one of this interview, click here. Culinary inspirations: Many of the chefs in Denver -- Jamey Fader, Tyler Wiard, Matty Selby, Sean Yontz, Bria ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2009

    Chef and Tell: Troy Guard from TAG

    ​"You're the first person who's asked for hot sauce since I opened," says Troy Guard. The owner and executive chef of TAG, a three-month-old restaurant in Larimer Square, isn't quite scolding me, but he's made it perfectly clear that his steak tacos, a plate of which sits in front of me, don't ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    Colorado growers converge at Safeway to support Colorado Proud month

    ​Today, at 11 a.m. at the Safeway located at 2150 South Downing, nearly a dozen local farmers from across Colorado will join the state's Agriculture Commissioner to encourage consumers to buy local produce and boost Colorado's economy. As part of "Colorado Proud" month, the growers will sample ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2009

    Still alive after the first Denver Five

    Nancy LevineJimmy Zanon's watermelon/chile margarita​ Last night I attended the first of a quintet of dinners coming from the Denver Five, the merry band of chefs who've represented Denver so ably by cooking at the renowned James Beard House in New York City the last two years. The group consists ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2009

    Taste of the Nation is hottest ticket in town

    Photo by Lori MidsonSean Yontz and Matt Selby One of Denver's best annual culinary celebrations comes down on Sunday, July 19, at Mile High Station (2027 West Lower Colfax Avenue), this site of this year's Share Our Strength's Taste of the Nation, a fantastic food-centric event that raises funds to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2009

    Jennifer Jasinski's shrimp sliders win by a shrimp at Hot Rocks Griller Challenge

    Lori Midson All the rain in Spain couldn't have dampened the spirits at last night's Hot Rocks Griller Challenge at Elway's Cherry Creek (2500 East First Avenue), a benefit for the Denver Heath Foundation that brought together eleven Denver chefs, chaperoned by Denver Bronco cheerleaders, who coer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2009

    It's a big weekend for local food and wine events

    It's gearing up to be a big food and wine weekend, kids. On Saturday, Ace Hardware, Alameda Station, 417 South Broadway, is holding its first-ever "Big Green Egg" grilling competition, a smoking and grilling face-off between students from the Art Institute of Colorado and other participating hope ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2009

    Do good when Dos Casas returns to Lola

    I'm leaving for a girls weekend in New Orleans on April 30 and hoping to make it out of the Big Easy with no permanent tattoos and both kidneys, so I was trying to stay off the cocktail circuit for the rest of April. But there's that COBG contest I'm judging on April 26, and the April 29 Dos Casas e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2008

    Viewmaster: Lola

    I'm leaving for a girls weekend in New Orleans on April 30 and hoping to make it out of the Big Easy with no permanent tattoos and both kidneys, so I was trying to stay off the cocktail circuit for the rest of April. But there's that COBG contest I'm judging on April 26, and the April 29 Dos Casas e ... More >>

  • Dining

    October 11, 2007

    Gone Fishin'

    Suddenly, Denver’s swimming in seafood restaurants.

  • Dining

    September 7, 2006

    Lola

    Eat, drink and be merry.

  • Dining

    March 16, 2006

    Best Wishes

    Fun with food

  • Dining

    November 24, 2005

    Mex and Match

    Will the real Lola please stand up?

  • Dining

    October 6, 2005

    Almost Famous

    The man, the legend, the ribs.

  • Calendar

    May 26, 2005

    Mass Appeal

    Downtown is awash in art for Memorial Day weekend.

  • Food & Drink

    March 24, 2005

    Best Brunch

    Lola

  • Calendar

    October 28, 2004

    Meals That Heal

    Too Many Chefs has a recipe for support

  • Dining

    March 6, 2003

    Small Bites

    Hanson's Grill and Tavern

  • Dining

    September 26, 2002

    Bite Me

    Luca Streak

  • Dining

    July 1, 1999

    Mouthing Off

    Luca Streak

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