Meat

Slotted Spoon Meatball Eatery: Fast-casual is on a roll

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Ondo's welcomes spring with a new menu, paella special tonight

Ondo's Spanish Tapas Bar, 250 Steele Street, is introducing a new spring menu this evening, and hosting a special paella night beginning at 4 p.m. today. For $28, patrons can choose up to four ingredients to create a customized paella dish, which feeds two to four people; call 303-975-6514 for reser ... More >>

Chef Justin Brunson and crew have plans to open a second Masterpiece Deli in Uptown

For years, Justin Brunson, chef and co-founder of Masterpiece Deli and Old Major, has promised to open a second outpost of his smashing LoHi deli, arguably one of the best sandwich shops in Denver, and late this summer, at 1710 Sherman Street, in the Wells Fargo Center, he, along with his partners i ... More >>

Panzano chef Elise Wiggins makes the most of Colorado lamb

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Pho Lee: So pho, so good for this Greenwood Village restaurant

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Pho 96 keeps it warm and simple

In A Federal Case, I'll be eating my way up Federal Boulevard -- south to north -- within Denver city limits. I'll be skipping the national chains and per-scoop Chinese joints, but otherwise I'll report from every vinyl booth, walk-up window and bar stool where food is served. Here's the report on t ... More >>

Burger King's spring menu: "Game-changing" turkey burger scores a few points

I am always skeptical when anyone calls anything unrelated to sports a "game changer." And when the allegedly "game-changing" item is a turkey burger at Burger King, my eyebrow hits my hairline. I caught this description in a random Internet story about how, with its spring menu rollout, BK became t ... More >>

Pig & Block Charcuterie closes and will reopen as a full-scale butcher shop owned by prodigies of Joshua Applestone

Jeff Bauman and his brother, Marc, have closed Pig & Block Charcuterie, their small but mighty cured meat and butcher shop, directly next door to Old Major, that opened in October of 2011 in Highland. Jeff, who also pimped wine, dried pastas, a collection of salts, salumi and fresh meat, including s ... More >>

Eating a dead horse: Five reasons why horse meat isn't such a terrible tragedy

By now we've all heard about the European horse-meat "scandal," with bits of Mr. Ed being discovered in processed frozen-beef products -- everything from Burger King hamburger patties to lasagna. But why the hell is everyone freaking out? It's horse meat, not poison, and if horse meat were sold at g ... More >>

Whole Foods partnering with local ranchers to serve organic meat in stores, schools

Whole Foods is providing Colorado with a whole lot of local beef these days. In Basalt, a newly opened franchise is teaming up with Crystal River Meats, a Carbondale-based sustainable food company, to provide youth in the RE-1 school district with natural ground beef for school lunches throughout th ... More >>

The meat-centric Red Star Deli is a rising star

Round two with Josh Monopoli, chef de cuisine of Black Cat & Bramble & Hare

Josh Monopoli Black Cat 1964 13th Street, Boulder 303-444-5500 www.blackcatboulder.com Bramble & Hare 1970 13th Street, Boulder 303-444-9110 brambleandhare.com Part one of my interview with Josh Monopoli, chef de cuisine of Black Cat and Bramble & Hare, ran yesterday; this is part two. Favorite ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Like a good neighbor, Frank's Kitchen is there

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 >>

Slow down at Argentine restaurant Caminito Tango

The only thing bittersweet about Bittersweet is that you'll have to leave

Photos: The Summer Menu at Bittersweet

Carbone's Italian Sausage Deli makes nearly perfect sandwiches

For a Bonanno restaurant, Lou's just isn't good enough

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Luis Ochoa created a little bit of paradise at El Paraiso

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 >>

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 >>

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.

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 >>

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.

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.

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 >>

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.

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 >>

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:

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

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 >>

Fogo de Chao sticks it to the steakhouse concept

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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

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