Michael Long

Winner update! Win two seats to the Walpurgis Prost beer dinner with chef Michael Long

Winner announcement: Congrats to Joey Murdah, who came the closest with his guess of 1,200 glasses of Dunkel. The actual number is 1,289. Tomorrow night, at 6:30 p.m., chef Michael Long, also a co-host on KEZW's The Main Course, will cook a German feast at Prost Brewing as part of the popular Chef ... More >>

Chef Michael Long hosts a craft-beer seminar at Seasoned Chef Cooking School tonight

The Seasoned Chef Cooking School, 999 Jasmine Street, will welcome chef Michael Long from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. tonight for a cooking class and tasting incorporating craft beers. See also: - Chef and Tell with Michael Long of Opus - Chef Michael Long departs the kitchen at Aria - Westword's "Beer Man"

UPDATE: Contest alert: Win two tickets to the Creole Food and Killer Beer dinner next Tuesday

WINNER ALERT: We have a winner of our Creole Food and Killer Beer contest. Congratulations to shaag81, who guessed 28 pints, just one digit off of the actual number of 29 pints. Thanks for playing! Next Tuesday night -- that's Fat Tuesday, by the way -- the crew that launched the Chef and Brew ... More >>

Plenty of pancakes, beer and a pot cooking contest on this week's calendar

Snooze is hosting a Pancake Day on February 12 at all of its Colorado locations: 2262 Larimer Street, 700 Colorado Boulevard, 144 West Mountain Avenue in Fort Collins, 6781 South York Street in Littleton and 1617 Pearl Street in Boulder. One hundred percent of all proceeds from the special pancake m ... More >>

Contest alert: Win two tickets to the Chef and Brew Festival on Thursday night

Craft brews were the big draw at last month's Great American Beer Festival, but a portion of the beer bonanza was also devoted to beer-and-food pairings, which, in the last few years, have become more and more frequent, and while there are a fair share of cynic oenophiles who will insist that wine - ... More >>

Uncle and Hogshead Brewery among the duos cooking up pairings for Chef & Brew

Some cuisines are easier to pair with beers than others. Mom's brisket, for instance, works really well with a big stout, while a platter of garlicky mussels is going to play nicely off a Belgian saison. IPAs work with fried pub fare, like onion rings and fish 'n' chips, while spicy Mexican food is ... More >>

Reader: Can Opus and Aria make beautiful music together in Cherry Creek?

Cherry Creek is getting a new/old restaurant: Opus, which was a terrific restaurant when it opened in Littleton a decade ago, is merging with Aria, its sibling. Michael Long, the opening chef at Opus, left that fine-dining restaurant in 2010 to head the kitchen at Aria, which went into 250 Josephin ... More >>

Opus relocates to the Aria space in Cherry Creek, and has plans for a new restaurant in Castle Rock

I've had some exquisite food at Opus, the Littleton restaurant that's orchestrated by executive chef Sean McGaughey, who took over the burners after opening chef Michael Long departed the fine-dining restaurant to spearhead the kitchen at Aria, which opened in late 2010 in Cherry Creek. Long parted ... More >>

Chef Michael Long departs the kitchen at Aria

​"Let's just put it this way: The restaurant isn't closing, but new partners are coming in, and they don't need me," begins the conversation with Michael Long, the now-former executive chef of Aria (and before that, Opus), the restaurant he opened last December in Cherry Creek.

Sean McGaughey, exec chef of Opus, on his infatuation with Jubes Nata De Coco and his disdain for spaghetti

Lori Midson​ Sean McGaughey Opus 2575 West Main Street, Littleton 303-703-6787 This is part one of my interview with Sean McGaughey, exec chef of Opus. Part two of that interview will be posted here tomorrow. Sean McGaughey grew up in Rye, a town of 2,000 on the plains where Colorado, Nebras ... More >>

Tonight: Dueling Cuisine -- Science vs. Art at Aria

​Aria will host Dueling Cuisine: Science vs. Art, as chefs Michael Long and Ian Kleinman face off and prepare a four-course feast. Each course will feature on ingredient with two preparations by each chef. The event starts at 6:30 p.m. and costs $89; for more info, call 303-377-4012. For info ... More >>

Culinary calendar for the week ahead: Patio wine parties, Dueling Cuisine and more

​There is culinary life after Mother's Day, starting with tonight's Lamb Jam and continuing the seasonal launch of the Colorado Wine Train, the Swallow Hill Music Winefest and much, much more -- with or without fermented grapes. Here's a taste of what's ahead:

Kitchen Help

Get your pig on tonight at the Taste of Elegance pork competition

Lori MidsonElise Wiggins, exec chef of Panzano, is just one of several kitchen magicians competing in the Taste of Elegance pork competition tonight at the Renaissance Denver Hotel​More than a dozen Colorado chefs, including Elise Wiggins (Panzano), Michael Long (Aria), Austin Cueto (Restaura ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

Food porn from Michael Long's Aria, opening Thursday in Cherry Creek

Lori Midson​Just got off the horn with Michael Long, exec chef and partner at Aria, Long's New American restaurant at 250 Josephine Street, and the news is good: After months of getting the dining room, kitchen and bar in tip-top shape, Aria will open tomorrow at 5 p.m. "My stress level is ... More >>

Five non-hotel, non-Chinese Denver restaurants open on Christmas day

Not feeling the Chinese dumplings this year? Try one of these five restaurants​Whether you don't celebrate Christmas or you'd simply rather abstain from holiday cooking, eating options constrict significantly when you're choosing a place to dine on December 25. Thanks to hotel restaurants that ... More >>

Culinary calendar for the week ahead: Beer dinners, latke cookoffs and more

​The city is awash in beer dinners this week -- but there are also many classes, food drives and the annual Top Latke Cookoff. Here's a taste of what's on the menu:

Tonight: Grand Vintner's Dinner at Opus

​The Denver International Wine Festival and Denver Wine Week's Grand Vintner's Dinner is tonight at Opus, 2575 West Main Street in Littleton. The feast, featuring a four-course menu created by Sean McGaughey and Michael Long, and Michael-David wines, starts at 6:30 p.m. Admission is $59 and up ... More >>

Culinary calendar for the week ahead: Denver International Wine Festival, Primal Cuts and more

​Our culinary calendar is a day late this week -- but the events herein are certainly not a dollar short. Keep reading to learn about the Denver International Wine Festival, cooking classes, A Taste for Life and much more. Here's what's on the menu:

Part two: Ill Mondo Vecchio's Mark DeNittis seeks global salumi domination

Lori Midson ​ Mark DeNittis Il Mondo Vecchio 1174 South Cherokee Street 303-744-6328 mondovecchio.net This is part two of Lori Midson's interview with Mark DeNittis, the salumi emperor of Il mondo Vecchio. To read the first part of that interview, click here. Culinary inspirations: My gran ... More >>

Michael Long will soon add Aria to his existing Opus

​Michael Long had news, but he wasn't going to share it with me over the phone. "Let's meet for lunch," he insisted, "and I'll tell you all about it." Over xiao long bao, seaweed salad and beef noodle soup at Lao Wang Noodle House, Long detailed the plans for a new restaurant that he'll soo ... More >>

Part two: Project Angel Heart's Jon Emanuel on Gordon Ramsay, the Denver Adventurous Eaters Club and salmon testicles

Lori Midson Jon Emanuel, executive chef of Project Angel Heart​ This is part two of Lori Midson's interview with Jon Emanuel. To read part one of that interview, click here. Culinary inspirations: Without a doubt, my dad is my number-one culinary inspiration. When I was a real little guy, he ... More >>

Beer, Here

Tonight: Who let the dogs in?

​The answer: Opus, 2575 West Main Street in Littleton, where chef Michael Long is hosting tonight's wine dinner featuring Cru Vin Dogs vintages. Dinner starts at 6:30, and guests will help blend the winery's newest red wine; tickets are $79. Here's the menu:

Johnson & Wales chef Eric Stein dishes on vegetarian food (Denver has the worst), Michael Long (he's a genius) and peanut butter and jelly

Lori Midson​This is part two of Lori Midson's Chef and Tell interview with Eric Stein, chef/instructor at Johnson & Wales. To read part one of that interview, click here. Most embarrassing moment in the kitchen: I worked for a restaurant called Adesso in Providence, Rhode Island, that featur ... More >>

Denver International Beer Festival set for June

​Denver is a lush when it comes to beer, but that doesn't mean the city's been cut off. The producers of the Denver International Wine Festival & Competition for the past six years plans to hold a Denver International Beer Competition this May, followed by a June dinner that will pair the win ... More >>

Sunday's hot food ticket: Chefs Up Front

Lori Midson Matt Selby at the 2009 Taste of the Nation event in Denver​More than twenty of Denver's star chefs will converge on the Colorado Convention Center this Sunday, March 21, for Chefs Up Front, a culinary bash to benefit Operation Frontline Colorado, a local nonprofit that fights hunge ... More >>

What’s Cooking?

Part two: Chef and Tell with molecular gastronomist Ian Kleinman

Lori Midson ​This is part two of Lori Midson's Chef and Tell interview with Ian Kleinman; to read part one, click here. Proudest moment as a chef: When my dad and I cooked Father's Day brunch together at the James Beard House. We had a 22-hour prep day and cooked for seventy people, and by th ... More >>

Cooking Light does Denver

Look for Denver in the January Cooking Light.​The January issue of Cooking Light features Denver, "once left off the culinary map for its admittedly tired take on cowboy cuisine," the magazine advises, but "catching up to food trends fast." For proof, it name-checks chef Alex Seidel of Fruiti ... More >>

In the kitchen with Michael Long of Opus

Lori Midson​Michael Long, executive chef of Opus (2575 Main Street, Littleton), and the subject of this week's Chef and Tell interview, knows a thing or two about Caesar salads: He won the 2007 American Institute of Food And Wine's Caesar salad award in 2007. In this riff on the classic, Long ... More >>

Chef and Tell part two: Michael Long of Opus

Opus executive chef Michael Long​This is part two of my interview with Micheal Long, executive chef of Opus. To read part one of this interview, click here. Culinary inspirations: Norman Van Aken. I'm a south Florida guy, so when I came out of CIA in 1990 and moved back to Florida, Norman wa ... More >>

Chef and Tell with Michael Long of Opus

Lori Midson​"I'm always trying to get away with as much creativity as possible, to push the boundaries and reel in my impulses," explains Michael Long. "I don't want to lose my audience, but for me, personally, food has to both taste good and entertain you in some way, whether it's because of ... More >>

Fall for the autumn dinner deal at Opus

opus executive chef Michael Long​Opus, Michael Long's long-standing restaurant at 2575 West Main Street in Littleton, just introduced a new autumn dinner deal that runs Sunday through Thursday from now until Thanksgiving. The deal, which includes three courses, is $33 per person; wine pairings ... More >>

Tonight: Wines from California vines at Opus

​Littleton's Opus restaurant, 2575 West Main Street, is hosting a wine dinner at 6:30 p.m. this evening with grape guru Lisa Rein, the associate winemaker for Row Eleven Wine Company, a producer based in San Rafael, California. The four-course menu, prepared by owner/exec chef Michael Long, in ... More >>

Crested Butte Land and Trust Food and Wine Festival uncorks today

The first day of the four-day Crested Butte Land Trust Food and Wine Festival uncorks today. And unlike some local food and wine festivals where our homegrown chefs are snubbed, the Crested Butte powwow, which includes wine seminars, wine walks, chef dinners, grand tastings and gourmet picnics, par ... More >>

Tonight: A symphony of food and wine at Opus

Opus, Michael Long's longstanding restaurant at 2575 West Main Street in Littleton, is hosting a wine and food pairing dinner honoring Italian winemaker and lettuce lord Lucio Gomiero, who, along with being a wine jester, just happens to grow more radicchio than anyone else in the world at his farm ... More >>

Chefs go up front today for Operation Frontline

Chefs Up Front, a benefit for Share Our Strength's Operation Frontline, brings twenty top chefs to the Colorado Convention Center at 5:30 p.m. today, March 15. The participating restaurant/chef combos include Andrew Lubatty of Avenue Grill, Pete List of Beatrice & Woodsley, Sean Huggard of Black Pea ... More >>

Bite Me

The Write Stuff

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Pantry Raid

Best Sauté Crew

Opus

Best Dinner Destination for Impressing the Folks

Opus

It's My Party

And I'll dine if I want to.

Hair of the Dog

Prepare now for that New Year's Day hangover.

Small Bites

Main Street Tavern

This Note's for You

Chef Michael Long steals the show at Opus.

Bite Me

Majority Rules