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    May 16, 2012

    District Meats is changing its concept and its name to Charlie Palmer's District Tavern

    "So, to what do I owe the privilege?" That's what rolled off my tongue earlier today when I picked up the phone and heard the booming voice of star chef and restaurateur Charlie Palmer on the other end, calling from New York with an update on what's transpiring at District Meats, the restaurant he ... More >>

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    February 16, 2012

    Five meaty ways to satisfy carnivorous cravings in Denver

    Mardi Gras is just around the corner, and while the holiday is now mostly associated with drunken sorority girls showing their, um, assets for a strand of shiny beads in the French Quarter of New Orleans, the festival used to provide a reason to stuff yourself before forty days of fasting, giving up ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2011

    A food critic figures out how to lose weight without eating diet food at home

    ​Over the last few months, I went from the worst shape of my life to the best while continuing to eat like a food critic. Don't punch me in the face; instead, read how I did it in part eight of this series: "Just hope you got your dad's metabolism," my grandmother whispered in a tone full of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2011

    Foodography: District Meats, Charlie Palmer's new restaurant, opens in the former Big Game space

    Lori MidsonCharlie Palmer and Jeff Russell, the chef at District Meats, which officially opens tonight in LoDo.​District Meats, insists Charlie Palmer, is not a steakhouse. It is, however, a meat-centric fortress of flesh, where, says Palmer, a New York-based chef and restaurateur who's unlea ... More >>

  • Dining

    November 10, 2011

    Like a good neighbor, Frank's Kitchen is there

    Lori MidsonCharlie Palmer and Jeff Russell, the chef at District Meats, which officially opens tonight in LoDo.​District Meats, insists Charlie Palmer, is not a steakhouse. It is, however, a meat-centric fortress of flesh, where, says Palmer, a New York-based chef and restaurateur who's unlea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2011

    Pig & Block Charcuterie opens in Highland

    Lori Midson​Earlier this year, Jeff Bauman and his brother, Marc, signed a lease on a small storefront at 2009 West 32nd Avenue with the intent of opening a charcuterie and butcher shop. But after a myriad of construction and electrical issues stonewalled the process, the brothers, who are th ... More >>

  • Dining

    October 20, 2011

    Slow down at Argentine restaurant Caminito Tango

    Lori Midson​Earlier this year, Jeff Bauman and his brother, Marc, signed a lease on a small storefront at 2009 West 32nd Avenue with the intent of opening a charcuterie and butcher shop. But after a myriad of construction and electrical issues stonewalled the process, the brothers, who are th ... More >>

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    July 21, 2011
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    May 12, 2011
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    May 9, 2011

    Now open: Frankie's Cheesesteaks & More struts "Texas-style" gutbombs in downtown Denver

    Lori Midson​Blink -- and you'll miss it. Not that Frankie Gallegos is worried about anyone actually doing anything of the sort, despite the fact that Frankie's Cheesesteaks and More, his new cheesesteak joint, which opened promptly at 3:30 p.m. last Friday, is about the size of a button mushr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2011

    Top five gift boxes Pat Boone's All-American Meats should start offering

    Pat Boone appreciates his meat.​Pat Boone, beloved oldies crooner and now carnally inclined entrepreneur, recently made his own offering to the religious community: discounted "Pastor Appreciation Steak Gift Boxes" from his Colorado Springs-based Pat Boone's All American's Meats. Parishioners ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2010

    In the kitchen with Snooze's Spencer Lomax: Corned beef hash

    Lori Midson​The corned beef hash at Snooze is one of my favorite breakfast dishes in Denver, and Spencer Lomax, Snooze's culinary king and the subject of this week's Chef and Tell interview, was happy to share it here. "It's inspired by the diner classic, but we use custom corned beef and giv ... More >>

  • Dining

    December 2, 2010

    Warming trends: The bare-bones Pho Duy provides warm comfort food just in time for winter

    Lori Midson​The corned beef hash at Snooze is one of my favorite breakfast dishes in Denver, and Spencer Lomax, Snooze's culinary king and the subject of this week's Chef and Tell interview, was happy to share it here. "It's inspired by the diner classic, but we use custom corned beef and giv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2010

    Pat Boone is pleased to meat you

    Pat Boone: Eat his meat​ Golden-era crooner and conservative-values icon Pat Boone has officially entered the meat market -- launching Pat Boone's All-American Meats, his branded line of mail-order steaks. According to a recent release from Pat Boone All-American Meats, his U.S.-raised beef is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    Zengo's Clint Wangsnes on black garlic, his last meal and Denver's really bad Mexican food

    Lori Midson​ Clint Wangsnes Zengo 1610 Little Raven Street 720-904-0965 www.richardsandoval.com/zengodenver This is part one of Lori Midson's Chef and Tell interview with Clint Wangsnes, chef of Zengo. To read part two of that Q&A, check back here on Friday. "I truly love food, and the high ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2010

    Fat chance: Just try to consume the Big Fat Ugly

    ​If you're taking a road trip back east, make sure you stop in Champaign, Illinois, where you can try to wrap your hands around one of the biggest sandwiches around. The Fat Sandwich Company specializes in, yes, fat sandwiches, and the fattest of all is the Big Fat Ugly. This sandwich is as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2010

    Chef and Tell with the Lobby's Charley Sinden: corn sprouts, his favorite pizza and that offal thing

    Lori Midson ​ Charley Sinden The Lobby 2121 Arapahoe Street 303-997-9911 www.thelobbydenver.com This is part two of Lori Midson's interview with Charley Sinden, exec chef of the Lobby. See what Sinden has to say about roach coaches, liver and the Domino's cheese pizza delivery in the first s ... More >>

  • Dining

    August 26, 2010

    Luis Ochoa created a little bit of paradise at El Paraiso

    Lori Midson ​ Charley Sinden The Lobby 2121 Arapahoe Street 303-997-9911 www.thelobbydenver.com This is part two of Lori Midson's interview with Charley Sinden, exec chef of the Lobby. See what Sinden has to say about roach coaches, liver and the Domino's cheese pizza delivery in the first s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2010

    Il Mondo Vecchio's Mark DeNittis on fat sausages, scrawny chicken feet and breasts

    Lori Midson ​ Mark DeNittis Il Mondo Vecchio 1174 South Cherokee Street 303-744-6328 mondovecchio.net I dig this job, and I'm having a blast," says Mark DeNittis, knocking back another swig from a bottle of Peroni, his beer of choice. In front of him is a plate of salumi, pulled from the mea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2010

    Top five cheeseburger abominations, inspired by Carl's Jr.'s footlong cheeseburger

    Photo: Foodbeast.com​It's unclear what Carl's Jr. is trying to prove -- or to whom -- with its recent introduction of a footlong cheeseburger to the Santa Ana, California market. Footlong subs, sure. The Footlong Quarter Pound Coney? We get it. But cheeseburgers? Apparently Carl's Jr. is to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    Six places to eat meat on Meatless Monday

    Meat at Fogo de Chao​It's Meatless Monday, and I'm planning on eating meat. Lots of it. Maybe at one of these places, some of the best spots in town to pursue a carnivorous crusade. Eat your heart out, Mario Batali.

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2010

    Chef and Tell with Corey Cunningham from Baur's Ristorante

    Lori Midson Corey Cunningham, exec chef of Baur's ​Corey Cunningham Baur's Ristorante 1512 Curtis Street 303-534-4842 www.baursdenver.com Corey Cunningham has cooked for Bill Cosby, former presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, NASCAR and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame -- and he also onc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2010

    100 Favorite Dishes: Dungeness crab salad from Rioja

    Lori Midson ​ Best of Denver 2010 was released April 1, but Cafe Society is still counting down, in no particular order, our 100 favorite dishes. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com.

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    April 6, 2010

    100 Favorite Dishes: Sausage sub from Carbone's Italian Sausage Market & Deli

    Lori Midson ​As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, which was published April 1, Cafe Society served up, in no particular order, 93 of our hundred favorite dishes in Denver. But we're not done yet. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com.

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    What's Cooking? Pete Marczyk and David Bumgardner do choucroute

    ​Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market's choicest ingredients home with them, and cook up a feast. "This is really peasa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2010

    100 Favorite Dishes: Greek pizza from Melita's Greek Cafe & Market

    Lori Midson ​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

    January 26, 2010

    What your favorite lunchmeats say about you

    ​Your bologna has a first name, and a second name. This is common knowledge. But it also has an opinion about you -- one that it shares with the rest of the world, freely and without reservation. And bologna isn't the only lunchmeat that does this. They all do it. Your choice of sandwich me ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2009

    A vegetarian gets suckered back to the dark side by swine

    ​On Tuesday, I asked readers to suggest where a friend should eat her first bite of meat -- ideally pulled pork -- in many years. After many mouth-watering suggestions, we made our choice -- and went out to eat meat. Here's her report:

  • Dining

    December 3, 2009

    Denver Ted's still has a lot to learn about cheesesteaks

    ​On Tuesday, I asked readers to suggest where a friend should eat her first bite of meat -- ideally pulled pork -- in many years. After many mouth-watering suggestions, we made our choice -- and went out to eat meat. Here's her report:

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2009

    The List: Our Weekly Bread top ten sandwiches

    After fifteen months of reviewing sandwiches, it's time to take a step back, time to consider what has passed between many, many slices of bread, time to take a break from sandwiches and offer a countdown of the ten best I've had. It's easy to pick twenty good sandwiches, but narrowing those down ... More >>

  • Dining

    November 12, 2009

    Fogo de Chao sticks it to the steakhouse concept

    After fifteen months of reviewing sandwiches, it's time to take a step back, time to consider what has passed between many, many slices of bread, time to take a break from sandwiches and offer a countdown of the ten best I've had. It's easy to pick twenty good sandwiches, but narrowing those down ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2009

    Our Weekly Bread: Delaney's Deli

    The sandwich: Meatloaf Sandwich What's on it: Meatloaf, grilled onions, white American cheese, and BBQ sauce or ketchup on toasted sourdough bread. Where to get it: Delaney's Deli (7007 West Alaska Drive, Lakewood, 303-936-3354) How much:$6.95 Meat Loaf. It was your mom's fallback - for good or f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2009

    Urbavore's Dilemma: Where's the beef? At the Green Fooder's house

    Photo by Brian Kraft PhotographyMitchell Alexander, the Green Fooder, at the Highland MiMa. Urbavore's Dilemma is an ongoing web series detailing city dwellers' commitment to urban homesteading. From May through September, Westword writer Joel Warner will get his hands dirty, covering everything fr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2009

    Swift beef recall: Beware of tainted "Butt Ball Tip"

    Yesterday, Greeley's own JBS Swift Beef Co. recalled over 41,000 pounds of meat contaminated with O157:H7 E.coli bacteria, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service. The stuff went out on April 21 to enterprises in Colorado and a dozen other states rangin ... More >>

  • Dining

    April 30, 2009

    Chef Matt Franklin trades fusion for Farro, his wonderfully weird take on strip-mall Italian

    Yesterday, Greeley's own JBS Swift Beef Co. recalled over 41,000 pounds of meat contaminated with O157:H7 E.coli bacteria, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service. The stuff went out on April 21 to enterprises in Colorado and a dozen other states rangin ... More >>

  • Dining

    April 30, 2009

    Philly Fan

    Yesterday, Greeley's own JBS Swift Beef Co. recalled over 41,000 pounds of meat contaminated with O157:H7 E.coli bacteria, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service. The stuff went out on April 21 to enterprises in Colorado and a dozen other states rangin ... More >>

  • Dining

    April 23, 2009

    Columbine Steak House keeps the home fires burning

    Yesterday, Greeley's own JBS Swift Beef Co. recalled over 41,000 pounds of meat contaminated with O157:H7 E.coli bacteria, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service. The stuff went out on April 21 to enterprises in Colorado and a dozen other states rangin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2009

    Our Weekly Bread: Cheesesteak Connection

    The sandwich: Hoagie Philly Where to get it: Cheesesteak Connection What's on it: Chopped steak, melted American cheese, lettuce, tomato and mayo (with sauteed onions and mushrooms added) How much: $5.49 There are few foods that I don't like, few styles that I can't develop an appreciation for on ... More >>

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    February 12, 2009

    The Sandwich Solution

    At the bottom of this week's Bite Me, I wrote about my troubles getting a decent hoagie out of Taste of Philly -- specifically the one at 18121 East Hampden Avenue in Aurora, but I've had similar issues at other locations. Although every once in a while I'll get a good T.O.P. hoagie, over the years ... More >>

  • Dining

    February 12, 2009

    Find what you're looking for at DJ's Berkeley Cafe

    At the bottom of this week's Bite Me, I wrote about my troubles getting a decent hoagie out of Taste of Philly -- specifically the one at 18121 East Hampden Avenue in Aurora, but I've had similar issues at other locations. Although every once in a while I'll get a good T.O.P. hoagie, over the years ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2009

    Our Weekly Bread: The Market Restaurant's muffuletta

    The sandwich: The muffuletta What's on it: Bologna, pepperoni, provolone, Greek slaw on a French roll. Where to get it: The Market Restaurant (1445 Larimer Square, 303-534-5140) How much: $7.65 The word muffuletta sounds cool no matter how you pronounce it. Moof-a-letta! Moof-a-lotta. Whatever. S ... More >>

  • Dining

    November 6, 2008

    Pork lovers will go hog wild for the Berkshire

    The sandwich: The muffuletta What's on it: Bologna, pepperoni, provolone, Greek slaw on a French roll. Where to get it: The Market Restaurant (1445 Larimer Square, 303-534-5140) How much: $7.65 The word muffuletta sounds cool no matter how you pronounce it. Moof-a-letta! Moof-a-lotta. Whatever. S ... More >>

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    October 10, 2008

    Cooking tips from Mr. James Carville

    The sandwich: The muffuletta What's on it: Bologna, pepperoni, provolone, Greek slaw on a French roll. Where to get it: The Market Restaurant (1445 Larimer Square, 303-534-5140) How much: $7.65 The word muffuletta sounds cool no matter how you pronounce it. Moof-a-letta! Moof-a-lotta. Whatever. S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 4, 2008

    Sheehan: A Few of My Favorite Things

    The sandwich: The muffuletta What's on it: Bologna, pepperoni, provolone, Greek slaw on a French roll. Where to get it: The Market Restaurant (1445 Larimer Square, 303-534-5140) How much: $7.65 The word muffuletta sounds cool no matter how you pronounce it. Moof-a-letta! Moof-a-lotta. Whatever. S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2008

    Hot Dog! Biker Jim’s Excellent Adventure

    The sandwich: The muffuletta What's on it: Bologna, pepperoni, provolone, Greek slaw on a French roll. Where to get it: The Market Restaurant (1445 Larimer Square, 303-534-5140) How much: $7.65 The word muffuletta sounds cool no matter how you pronounce it. Moof-a-letta! Moof-a-lotta. Whatever. S ... More >>

  • Dining

    May 8, 2008

    Spice China

    The Peking duck soars above other offerings on an eighteen-page menu.

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    January 3, 2008

    Osteria Marco

    Make a pig of yourself at Frank Bonanno’s new place.

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    December 6, 2007

    The Bagel Deli & Restaurant

    Anticipation on rye.

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