Noel Cunningham

Fiestas at Rio Grande, a pop-up beer dinner and more on this week's calendar

It'll be a busy week for the Rio Grande chain. The Fort Collins location has collaborated with Odell's Brewery and is hosting a release party for Chueco Mexican Lager, a 9 percent agave amaranth beer brewed especially for Rio. The event begins this Thursday, May 2 at 7:30 p.m.; visit the Facebook pa ... More >>

Strings will close on April 30

Our first clue that something was up at Strings came when we heard that many long-time employees had left the restaurant that the late Noel Cunningham had founded in 1986. Our second clue was when the annual Mother's Day brunch hosted by Strings, a benefit for Volunteers of America, started looking ... More >>

Update:A Place at the Table director Kristi Jacobson with Coloradans Leslie Nichols and Rosie

Update: Corner House will offer a special screening of A Place at the Table on Sunday, March 3; the film opens tonight at the Mayan. With appearances by Jeff Bridges and executive producer (and Westword favorite) Tom Colicchio, and music by T Bone Burnett and The Civil Wars, the documentary A Place ... More >>

A Place at the Table documents hunger in Colorado

"Hunger is hard to recognize in America," CBS's Charles Kuralt intones gravely over images of malnourished children. "We know of it in other places, like Asia or Africa. But these children, all of them, are Americans. And all of them are hungry." That was the message of the landmark 1968 report "Hun ... More >>

Eat and Eat Again

Contest alert: Win two tickets to the Taste of the Nation party on October 14

This year marks the 25th anniversary of Taste of the Nation, a national nonprofit that has its own Colorado chapter, which was started 25 years ago by humanitarian Noel Cunningham, the former owner/chef of Strings, who passed away late last year. The annual event, which features a bounty of foodstuf ... More >>

Chef Matt Selby wins first Noel Cunningham award for his commitment to end child hunger in Colorado

Twenty-five years ago, Noel Cunningham, along with Pat Miller, the "Gabby Gourmet", launched Share Our Strength's Taste of the Nation, a nonprofit childhood hunger relief organization that Cunningham, the former owner/chef of Strings, worked tirelessly to grow and advocate. It soon blossomed into ... More >>

Contest: Win two tickets to the Taste of the Nation

This year marks the 25th anniversary of Taste of the Nation, a national nonprofit that has its own Colorado chapter, which was started 25 years ago by humanitarian Noel Cunningham, the former owner/chef of Strings, who passed away late last year. The annual event, which features a bounty of foodstuf ... More >>

Pippa Taylor, exec chef of Strings, on haggis, offal and the Duchess of York

Pippa Taylor Strings 1700 Humboldt Street 303-831-7310 www.stringsrestaurant.com This is part one of my interview with Pippa Taylor, the executive chef of Strings. Part two of our chat will run tomorrow. Pippa Taylor is the first to admit her good fortune -- and the last to take it for granted. ... More >>

Colorado Restaurant Association announces Spotlight award-winners

The Colorado Restaurant Association usually waits until its annual dinner celebration to announce its Industry Spotlight Awards. But this year, it's revealed more than a dozen people who'll be honored at the April 4 event at the Ritz Carlton, including the new additions to the Colorado Food Service ... More >>

Strings of Hope, a tribute for Noel Cunningham, at the Denver Performing Arts Complex tonight

​Celebrate the life of beloved restaurateur Noel Cunningham, founder of Strings, a champion of good works and good food, tonight at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. There will be a free public celebration from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in the Buell Theatre, followed by a VIP reception ($150 and up) in ... More >>

Beer dinners, Stout Month, Strings of Hope and Super Bowl festivities on this week's culinary calendar

​It's all about beer this week -- although oenophiles will still find an event or two to their taste -- culminating in everyone's favorite football game, the Super Bowl. And there's plenty more to keep you occupied until Sunday, including a benefit and celebration of Noel Cunningham's life; he ... More >>

Year in review: Denver's biggest food stories in 2011

Denver foodbeasts who eat up the city's culinary scene had plenty to chew on in 2011: Big-name chefs who abruptly closed their restaurants; other chefs who walked out; a restaurant that burst into flames -- and rose from the ashes; a very public divorce; and sadly, unfathomably, a beloved restaurate ... More >>

Noel Cunningham's funeral services are Friday at St. John's Cathedral

Noel and Tammy Cunningham​We, as well as the rest of the Denver community, were beyond shocked and heartbroken to learn that Noel Cunningham, chef/owner of Strings, and one of this city's most altruistic humanitarians, died unexpectedly last Thursday. Cunningham, whose life was cut way too ... More >>

Reader: Noel Cunningham made Denver a better place

​The sad news that Noel Cunningham has passed away continues to reverberate not just through the Denver restaurant scene, but around the world, where Cunningham worked so passionately to help those in need. Strings, the restaurant he started in 1986, remains open, a gathering place for those ... More >>

Humanitarian, father, husband, chef and restaurateur Noel Cunningham dies at age 62

Lori Midson​It's with a heavy, heavy heart that we bring you the tragic news that Noel Cunningham, the beloved chef/owner of Strings, passed away unexpectedly yesterday afternoon at 62, leaving behind his wife, Tammy, and their twin daughters. Born in Dublin in 1949, Cunningham, an unapolog ... More >>

Free French toast (sort of) at Stings tomorrow

​"I have heard," writes Noel Cunningham, "that I have the best French toast in town. I'm not sure if you knew that or not, but that's the word." Cunningham, the chef/owner of Strings, will put his money where his mouth is tomorrow morning, when he offers free French toast to brunch-goers. Sor ... More >>

The world according to Ya Ya's Aaron Whitcomb: pork is overrated, Espelette pepper powder is amazing and pho is pho-king awesome

Lori Midson Aaron Whitcomb​Aaron Whitcomb YaYa's Euro Bistro 8310 East Belleview Avenue, Greenwood Village 303-741-1110 www.yayasbistro.com Aaron Whitcomb wants to show off his new menu at YaYa's Euro Bistro, the Greenwood Village restaurant whose kitchen he's commanded since April of last ... More >>

Happy Hour Hunt: Strings

​The Place: Strings, 1700 Humboldt Street, 303-831-7310. The Hours: Monday through Friday from 3 to 7 p.m. The Deal: Coors Light and Corona go for $3; glasses of 2007 Painter chardonnay and red zinfandel are $4; well drinks and specialty martinis ring in at $5; food specials are also $5.

Chef and Tell with Lance Barto of Strings

Lori MidsonLance Barto, exectutive chef of Strings​"It wasn't supposed to happen this fast," says Lance Barto, shaking his head. The 27-year-old chef, who was promoted back in February to the chief kitchen post at Strings following the departure of Aaron Whitcomb (who's now at Yia-Yia's Euro B ... More >>

Denver's grand dame of Northern Indian cuisine moving south

Lori MidsonPlans for the new India's​After twenty years slinging naan against the blazing tandoor at his Tamarac Square location at 3333 South Tamarac Drive, Krishan Kapoor, the owner of India's, is moving a couple of blocks south to 7400 East Hampden Avenue. That's the Tiffany Plaza space that mo ... More >>

The rules of food reviewing

And all that Shazz!

I was at the diner. My cell phone rang. It was Laura. "So where are you going to dinner again?" "I already told you." "Yeah, but I can't remember." "Shazz," I whispered. "What?" "Jesus, don't make me say it out loud in public." "Just tell me the name, Jay." "Shazz," I said a little bit l ... More >>

D for Denver

Keegan Gerhard is a star -- and D Bar Desserts really shines.

Get a 'Cue

You'll like Yazoo.

Live Long and Prosper

The state of 240 Union is very, very good.

Bite Me

Bacon Bits

The Usual Suspects

Are the stars out tonight? Depends on who's asking.

The Bite

Feeding Your Flock

Season's Greetings

240 Union's culinary flexibility make it one of the area's best restaurants.

Jungle Gem

Noel Cunningham

Mmm, Mmm, Good Guy

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To Serve and Perfect

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Sweet Smells of Success

MANHATTAN MALADY

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