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John Broening

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    April 10, 2012

    Spring fever? Get gelato at Spuntino

    It's been spring for weeks, but afternoons like this -- afternoons when it's a perfect 71 degrees and sunny -- make it extremely hard for us to stay indoors without losing our sanity. And right about this time of day, we start looking for any excuse we can get to leave the office.

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2012

    An exclusive first look: Spuntino reopens today in Highland

    Dorina Miller, Yasmin Lozada-Hissom, the pastry chef at Duo and Olivea, and her husband, John Broening, executive chef of both restaurants, quietly re-opened Spuntino last week, the Italian cafe that Miller co-owned with Simone Parisi, who bowed out of Spuntino to concentrate on Parisi and Firenze a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    Meatless Monday at Olivea and Duo

    Whether you're vegetarian or not, it you'll want to take advantage of the Meatless Monday opportunity at Duo (2413 West 32nd Avenue) or Olivea (719 East 17th Avenue), to restaurants featuring the work of husband-and-wife team John Broening and Yasmin Lozada-Hissom, who deserve every bit of praise th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

    Pastry queen Yasmin Lozada-Hissom has plans to make Spuntino even sweeter

    Yasmin Lozada-Hissom, the pastry chef of Duo and Olivea, where her husband, John Broening, is also the executive chef, was a regular at Spuntino, an Italian cafe in Highland, owned, in part, by Simone Parisi, who also runs a namesake pizzeria and deli, as well as its downstairs restaurant, Firenze a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2011

    Two big thumbs up for Duo's unbeatable happy hour

    ​Happy Place: Duo, 2413 West 32nd Avenue, 303-477-4141 The Hours: Sunday through Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m. The Deals: $2 beers; $3 well cocktails; $5 select wines by the glass; $5 appetizers. Were we happy? Flip the page to find out.

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2011

    Reader: Olivea starts the new year off right

    Olivea, site of good food and good deeds.​ Denver's restaurateurs are an incredibly generous group, with chefs and owners alike stepping up to contribute to endless good causes throughout the year. Olivea -- the eighteen-month-old restaurant owned by Keith Arnold and Stephanie Bonin (who're ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 31, 2010

    Olivéa New Year's Eve dinner winner update (and a bonus brunch)

    ​ Tonight, one lucky Cafe Society reader will get to celebrate New Year's Eve at Olivéa, the sensational Mediterranean restaurant in Uptown whose kitchen is overseen by the dynamic husband-and-wife duo of exec chef John Broening and pastry goddess Yasmin Lozada-Hissom. Earlier this week, w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2010

    Win a complimentary dinner for two at Olivéa on New Year's Eve

    ​Yes, you read that headline correctly: Olivéa, the sensational Mediterranean restaurant in Uptown whose kitchen is overseen by the dynamic husband-and-wife duo of exec chef John Broening and pastry goddess Yasmin Lozada-Hissom, is offering a free three-course dinner for two on New Year's Eve ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2010

    Part two: Cafe Options chef Craig Dixon extols butter, pounds the chicken breast and makes a surprising declaration about Denver

    Lori Midson Craig Dixon, executive chef of Cafe Options​ This is part two of Lori Midson's interview with Cafe Options executive chef Craig Dixon. To read part one of that interview, click here. Favorite ingredient: Butter. Animal fat is where it's at. You can't fake butter. Humans have sur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2010

    Tonight: Olivea spills over with good food at a benefit for the Gulf

    ​Olivea is one of the seventeen 17th Avenue businesses joining together for the Seventeen on 17th benefit tonight, when they'll all donate 10 percent of their sales to the National Wildlife Federation Gulf Oil Spill Restoration Fund. That alone is a good reason to visit Olivea. But here's ano ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2010

    Part two: Pete Ryan on cock's comb, Ron Burgundy and cheesy love songs

    Lori Midson Pete Ryan, executive chef/instructor of Cook Street School of Culinary Arts​ Pete Ryan Cook Street School of Culinary Arts 1937 Market Street 303-308-9300 www.cookstreet.com This is part two of Lori Midson's Chef and Tell interview with Pete Ryan. To read part one of that inter ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2010

    Local restaurants step up to help out Haiti

    Left to right: Max Mackissock, Jennifer Jasinski, Yasmin Lozada-Hissom, John Broening, Alex Seidel, Blake Edmunds and Travis Vaughn​Two very different restaurant fundraisers this week bought a literal boatload of help for Haiti. First up: The $125-a-head, six-course meal at Rioja on Monday n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2010

    Someone's in The Kitchen...but it's not Jason Sheehan

    Mark MangerEric Hines in the kitchen of The Kitchen.​There are a few things that I like about Boulder and many that I don't. For example, it bothers me that Boulder exists where it does, snugged up tight against the base of the Flatirons, frantically humping the leg of a mountain range that wo ... More >>

  • Dining

    December 31, 2009

    A rearview look at the year in food

    Mark MangerEric Hines in the kitchen of The Kitchen.​There are a few things that I like about Boulder and many that I don't. For example, it bothers me that Boulder exists where it does, snugged up tight against the base of the Flatirons, frantically humping the leg of a mountain range that wo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2009

    Argyll goes gastropubbin'

    Mark Manger​It worried me that Argyll is located in a subterranean address in Cherry Creek -- which seems to almost always doom any restaurant to a slow, lingering death. It worried me that this particular subterranean address used to be the home of the Squealing Pig: a terrible excuse for an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2009

    Tonight: Duo's last farm dinner of the season

    ​Tonight marks the last in a series of farm dinners at Duo, 2413 West 32nd Avenue, the Highland restaurant where John Broening was cooking before unleashing the kitchen at Olivea, Duo's sister restaurant at 719 East 17th Avenue. But tonight, Broening will be back in his former galley, now run ... More >>

  • Dining

    October 8, 2009

    At Olivea, John Broening shows that he has all the right tools -- and knows how to use them

    ​Tonight marks the last in a series of farm dinners at Duo, 2413 West 32nd Avenue, the Highland restaurant where John Broening was cooking before unleashing the kitchen at Olivea, Duo's sister restaurant at 719 East 17th Avenue. But tonight, Broening will be back in his former galley, now run ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2009

    Before Olivea, there was Duo -- created by the same talented foursome

    Keith Arnold, Stephanie Bonin, John Broening and Yasmin Lozada-Hissom.​Eating John Broening's food at Olivea made me think about his other kitchen -- the one at Duo. Duo is...how do I even describe it without it coming out all wrong? For a guy like me -- terminally overfed, always on the hu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2009

    Olivea introduces a new menu -- but keeps the duck meatballs

    Mark MangerJohn Broening just added another flatbread to Olivea's menu.​Just when you think everything that needs to be said has been, something goes and changes. In the case of my review of Olivea, it's the menu. John Broening and his crew made the switch to a fall/winter menu just days after ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2009

    Up Close: Olivea

    Mark Manger​This week, Jason Sheehan checks in at John Broening's Olivea. See more of Mark Manger's photos on the slideshow page.

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2009

    John Broening may be quiet, but he's the consummate craftsman at Olivea

    Mark MangerJohn Broening may be quiet, but his food at Olivea speaks for itself.​"Jesus," I said to no one in particular, dopey smile aimed down 17th Avenue, waddling a little as I cleared the doors of Olivea. "He is just so fucking good..." John Broening keeps a relatively low profile, even ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    Cafe Society: Week in review

    What you might have missed while stealing the letters from Bastien's marquee...Jason Sheehan may hate green restaurants but that doesn't stop him from having a list of his favorites.Think you know your Denver restaurant scene?  Here's your chance to prove it playing Cook Street's foodie photo s ... More >>

  • Dining

    August 13, 2009

    A conversation with John Broening, of Duo and Olivea

    What you might have missed while stealing the letters from Bastien's marquee...Jason Sheehan may hate green restaurants but that doesn't stop him from having a list of his favorites.Think you know your Denver restaurant scene?  Here's your chance to prove it playing Cook Street's foodie photo s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 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 foo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2009

    The Westword.com blog shortcut, August 12 edition

    Maybe it's a crepe-y crawlie?​Is there something alive in the middle of that sandwich? Today in Cafe Society: • Guess where I'm eating? • Guess where I'm drinking? • Coffee break at the Beauvallon. • Chef and Tell: John Broening. • Biker Jim Update: Bad news for the southern suburbs ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2009

    Today's three square deals: big Mexican plates, wines and bubbles and three courses for thirty-three bucks

    Lori MidsonLunch:  There are all sorts of terrific lunch deals throughout our fine city, but every day, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the fine folks at Pollo Cabana, a great little Mexican joint  at12131 East Iliff Avenue, dole out some of the best bargains around, including nine lunch specials ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2009

    The List: Nothin' but meat

    Smoked duck breast at Olivea.This past week I reviewed Sketch--a restaurant that serves almost nothing but meat.  And a little cheese.  And a few scattered, random plates of olives, cherries, bits of this, pieces of that. I liked the place for its simplicity, for the plain way that it offe ... More >>

  • Dining

    May 21, 2009

    Rhubarb Martini at Olivea

    Smoked duck breast at Olivea.This past week I reviewed Sketch--a restaurant that serves almost nothing but meat.  And a little cheese.  And a few scattered, random plates of olives, cherries, bits of this, pieces of that. I liked the place for its simplicity, for the plain way that it offe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2009

    First impressions of Olivea

    Lori MidsonThe Uptown 'hood has no shortage of restaurants, but Olivéa, the new food temple from John Broening, Yasmin Lozada-Hisson, Keith Arnold and Stephanie Bonin (the foursome behind Duo), located at 719 East 17th Avenue in the former Aix space, could be just what the neighborhood's been waiti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2009

    Olivea opens tonight, Otto's and Pho on 6th already up

    Olivea's website photos look good enough to eat.Olivea, the joint effort from Keith Arnold and Stephanie Bonin (owners of Duo), and John Broening and Yasmin Lozada-Hissom (chef and pastry chef of Duo, respectively), opens at 5 p.m. at 719 East 17th Avenue, in the former home of Aix. According to t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2009

    IACP Conference Report: What do several hundred wet food writers smell like?

    For those of you not yet hipped to the big foodie news in Denver this week, the International Association of Culinary Professionals is in town -- a kind of traveling circus show of food writers, food editors, food pimps, chefs, authors, wine gurus and associated tradesmen. And, of course, Jason Shee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2009

    Aix marked the spot that will soon be Olivea

    One of the first big restaurant deals of the new year was the purchase of Aix -- by a new partnership comprised of of Keith Arnold and Stephanie Bonin (owners of Duo), and John Broening and Yasmin Lozada-Hissom (chef and pastry chef of Duo, respectively). When the quartet took on Aix, they had a con ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2009

    The Duo crew plans to take over Aix

    Yesterday, I noted that Aix's website had gone dark -- as its dining room was last Saturday night. But because 17th Avenue is such a solid restaurant neighborhood, I don't think anyone out there thought the space would stay empty for long. I just got off the phone with Keith Arnold, owner (along wit ... More >>

  • Dining

    September 4, 2008

    Local eateries sum up the DNC action -- or lack thereof

    Yesterday, I noted that Aix's website had gone dark -- as its dining room was last Saturday night. But because 17th Avenue is such a solid restaurant neighborhood, I don't think anyone out there thought the space would stay empty for long. I just got off the phone with Keith Arnold, owner (along wit ... More >>

  • Dining

    March 20, 2008

    Market Watch

    A few points about Bluepoint.

  • Dining

    March 22, 2007

    The Daily Dish

    If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.

  • Dining

    March 9, 2006

    Busted!

    Our undercover critic gets outed.

  • Dining

    March 9, 2006

    Busy Work

    Duo gives Denver diners reason to smile.

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    December 1, 2005

    Peppadew Martini

    Duo

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    September 8, 2005

    Bite Me

    Where There's Smoke

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    May 26, 2005

    Bite Me

    Rice Guys

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    April 21, 2005

    Bite Me

    Wait Watcher

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    February 10, 2005

    Bite Me

    The Beast of Denver

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    January 27, 2005

    Bite Me

    Right Now

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    December 2, 2004

    Bite Me

    Thai One On

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    October 14, 2004

    Bite Me

    You Are What You Eat

  • Food & Drink

    March 25, 2004

    Best New Restaurant

    Brasserie Rouge

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    February 19, 2004

    Bite Me

    Know Way

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    December 25, 2003

    Season's Eatings

    Cooking up the perfect holiday party to cap off the year.

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