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Michael Long

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2011

    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.

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2011

    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:

  • 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 >>

  • Calendar

    April 14, 2011

    Kitchen Help

    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

    February 24, 2011

    Chef and Tell, part two: Geoffrey Groditski on incompetent culinary school grads, pounds of butter and the whole hog

    Lori Midson​ Geoffrey Groditski The Fort 19192 Highway 8, Morrison 303-697-4771 www.thefort.com This is part one of my interview with Geoffrey Groditski, executive chef of The Fort. In part one of that interview, Groditski raps on his $40,000 mistake, raw bull's balls and how pine nuts ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    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 >>

  • 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

    December 30, 2010

    More predictions, rants and raves from local chefs on the culinary trends of 2011

    Sustainably-farmed fish will be a big trend in 2011, say local chefs​Yesterday, several local chefs -- Michael Long (Aria and Opus); Eric Skokan (Black Cat); Brandon Biederman (Steuben's); Brad Rowell (Colt & Gray); and Troy Guard (TAG and TAG Raw Bar) -- dished on the culinary trends that wou ... 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

    December 22, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2010

    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:

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2010

    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:

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2010

    Second Home's Jeff Bolton on his standing Whopper Jr order, rich pork Jell-O and rocking the '80s

    Lori Midson Second Home Kitchen Bar executive chef Jeff Bolton​ Jeff Bolton Second Home Kitchen Bar 150 Clayton Lane 303-253-3000 www.secondhomedenver.com This is part one of Lori Midson's interview with Jeff Bolton, executive chef of Second Home Kitchen Bar. To read the second part of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2010

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    June 3, 2010

    Beer, Here

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2010

    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:

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    March 18, 2010

    What’s Cooking?

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2009

    Top ten best Chef and Tell quotes of the year

    To continue to spread holiday cheer, we present the most memorable quips, words of wisdom, epiphanies, jabs, wisecracks and digs of the year culled from the last five months of Chef and Tell interviews. Lori MidsonGoose Sorensen, exec of Solera​Chef and Tell with Goose Sorensen, exec chef of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2008

    To a Tea

    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 >>

  • Dining

    October 21, 2004

    Bite Me

    The Write Stuff

  • Dining

    August 7, 2003

    Bite Me

    Pantry Raid

  • Dining

    April 3, 2003

    Bite Me

    The Rest of Denver

  • Food & Drink

    March 27, 2003

    Best Sauté Crew

    Opus

  • Food & Drink

    March 27, 2003

    Best Dinner Destination for Impressing the Folks

    Opus

  • Dining

    December 26, 2002

    It's My Party

    And I'll dine if I want to.

  • New Year's Eve

    December 19, 2002

    Hair of the Dog

    Prepare now for that New Year's Day hangover.

  • Dining

    November 7, 2002

    Small Bites

    Main Street Tavern

  • Dining

    November 7, 2002

    This Note's for You

    Chef Michael Long steals the show at Opus.

  • Dining

    July 25, 2002

    Bite Me

    Majority Rules

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