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Michel Wahaltere

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    May 7, 2011

    Weekend Update: The Great Food Truck Race in Denver

    ​We're just about ready to take off to join the trucks taking part in the Food Network's The Great Food Truck Race, which is happening all around Denver, right this very minute, but before we venture out, we wanted to give you the very latest round of truck location updates:

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2011

    Where to find the food trucks during this weekend's The Great Food Truck Race

    Say cheese!​The gourmet food trucks competing in the Food Network's The Great Food Truck Race, which, as you already know, is all the buzz in Denver right now, are finally in the Mile High City, cruising the asphalt, frantically running around getting product, taking over commissary kitchens - ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    Update: This weekend's The Great Food Truck Race -- and our guess at which truck won't be feeding the masses in Denver

    Can a vegan food truck win The Great Food Truck Race? Denverites will judge with their mouths this weekend​ The big story on the streets of Denver is this weekend's The Great Food Truck Race, the Food Network hit of the season, hosted by Tyler Florence, that struts the street-food prowess of ... More >>

  • Dining

    April 28, 2011

    The 9th Door offers a tamer version of Spain's tapas scene

    Can a vegan food truck win The Great Food Truck Race? Denverites will judge with their mouths this weekend​ The big story on the streets of Denver is this weekend's The Great Food Truck Race, the Food Network hit of the season, hosted by Tyler Florence, that struts the street-food prowess of ... More >>

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    March 23, 2011

    Twestival Denver 2011: twestivus for the rest of us!

    The Denver Twestival promises to be less dramatic than this photo.​Tweethearts unite! Twitter users and non-Twitter users can network together without a technology barrier at the third annual Denver Twestival on Thursday at Green Spaces in downtown Denver. The Twestival (@twestivaldenver) is o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2011

    Love your food truck? Show your support at tomorrow's Denver City Council meeting, where street food guidelines are on the plate

    ​"Dear fans, I would like to apologize for not been able to serve you on Market Street as planned," begins the letter from Michel Wahaltere, the driver -- and driving force -- behind Chicago Louie's, the sausage-slinging paddy wagon that joined Denver's street-food movement on New Year's Eve. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2011

    The Chicago Louie's paddy wagon is pounding the pavement

    Lori Midson​Michel Wahaltere's head is hanging out the window of his paddy wagon parked in an abandoned lot on East Colfax, between York and Josephine, when he suddenly looks up, thrusts open the doors, grabs my hand and drags me around back. "See this?" he asks, panting and pointing to the n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2010

    Michel Wahaltere puts the brakes on Aja to Go, but pushes the pedal to the metal on Chicago Louie's

    ​Back in August, local restaurant consultant and chef Michel Wahaltere was preparing to join the street food revolution, promising to launch Aja to Go, "the first mobile food truck in the city to travel day and night around Denver serving up great sushi, salad bowls, noodle bowls and Asian tap ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2010

    Aja to Go, serving sushi and Asian food, will soon join the street truck revolution

    ​ Another day, another street food truck. Denver chef and restaurant consultant Michel Wahaltere, who's had his spoon in way too many soups to mention (short list: 9th Door, SportsBook, 5 Degrees, MiniBAR, Cucina Colore,), is officially taking his skills to the streets. Wahaltere, along with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2010

    Michel Wahaltere lands a consulting gig at Cucina Colore

    ​While Denver chef and restaurant consultant Michel Wahaltere scours the city for a space to open a new steakery, tentatively called Meet, he's also teamed up with Cucina Colore owner Venanzio Momo, who hired Wahaltere to tinker with the menu. "I've started to work with Venanzio to bring new ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2009

    Tonight: Get your game on at the SportsBook grand opening

    Lori Midson​The SportsBook, a new nightclub, sports bar and restaurant whose menu is overseen by chef/restaurateur Michel Wahaltere (9th Door, MiniBAR, 5 Degrees), is holding its grand opening tonight with complimentary drinks and food from 7 to 9 p.m. In between grubbing on Wahaltere's smal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2009

    Michel Wahaltere exits MiniBAR to open a sports bar

    ​ Just got word from Denver chef/restaurateur Michel Wahaltere that he's been bought out of MiniBAR (222 Columbine Street), the five-month-old miniature lounge (and unofficial viewing headquarters for ABC's Cougar Night) in Cherry Creek. According to Wahaltere, MiniBAR owner Bill Ward is "taking f ... More >>

  • Music

    September 24, 2009

    Get a read on the Sports Book, LoDo's new sports bar with a twist

    ​ Just got word from Denver chef/restaurateur Michel Wahaltere that he's been bought out of MiniBAR (222 Columbine Street), the five-month-old miniature lounge (and unofficial viewing headquarters for ABC's Cougar Night) in Cherry Creek. According to Wahaltere, MiniBAR owner Bill Ward is "taking f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2009

    Seven goes dark in Boulder

    ​It looks as though Seven Eurobar (which had, at some point in its brief history, become just "Seven" or, occasionally, "Seven on Pearl") has gone dark at 1035 Pearl Street in Boulder.  No one is picking up the phone (even though the voicemail still encourages callers to leave reservation re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2009

    Tonight: Frasca wines paired with small plates from MiniBAR

    At 4 p.m. this afternoon, just in time for happy hour, MiniBAR, the Milk Dud-size space at 222 Columbine Street, is hosting a wine and food pairing on the patio featuring Scarpetta wines from Frasca Food & Wine master sommelier Bobby Stuckey and exec chef Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson who, togethe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2009

    MiniBAR's patio party and Denver Nuggets stimulus package go hand-in-hand

    MiniBAR, the subterranean Cherry Creek hot spot recently opened by Bill Ward and Michel Wahaltere at 222 Columbine Street, is holding its patio launch party tonight from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m., but the tiny bar with the really big patio is also doubling as a Denver Nuggets fan bar and TV viewing pad for g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2009

    Mini Bar set to open in April

    "I just got an offer to be the personal chef for the McCain family!" wrote Michel Wahaltere on his Facebook page. And, yes, he was talking about that McCain family, the one whose dithering patriarch lost the 2008 presidential election in a landslide. You know how just before you puke, you get that b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2009

    Michel Wahaltere moving on

    In this week's Bar Back, Jon Solomon reports on his visit to Lavish, the club that now occupies the former home of Le Rouge. That was the combo club/fine dining spot at 1448 Market Street (at 15th Street) that boasted a menu created by Eric Roeder, formerly of Micole and Bistro Vendome. But Roeder d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2009

    The Westword.com blog shortcut, February 5 edition

    I am the blog of hellfire! Today in Cafe Society: • Michel Wahaltere moving on. • French twist: La Fondue now Le Chateau. • French twist redux: A Cote to expand its hours. • Lakeside Waffles opens up next to the Oriental. • Veggie Girl: Taki's. Today in Backbeat Online: • Q&A wit ... More >>

  • Dining

    December 28, 2006

    The Year That Was

    From a goose chase to a great chase, 2006 was one wild ride.

  • Dining

    August 3, 2006

    Cleansing the Palette

    Kevin Taylor is ready to reopen at the DAM.

  • Dining

    May 11, 2006

    Art of the Kill

    Kevin Taylor rebuilds his empire.

  • Dining

    April 6, 2006

    Shark Bite

    From soup to nuts

  • Dining

    January 19, 2006

    Herz Tries Harder

    Larry Herz just can't get enough.

  • Dining

    December 29, 2005

    Five in 2005

    For restaurants, this was a very good year.

  • Dining

    July 7, 2005

    Bite Me

    Opening Doors

  • Dining

    July 7, 2005

    Life and Death

    The re-animator resurrects traditional tapas at The 9th Door.

  • Dining

    January 6, 2005

    The Dead Pool

    The re-animator resurrects traditional tapas at The 9th Door.

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