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Round two with Jeremy Thomas, exec chef of Le Grand Bistro & Oyster Bar

Jeremy Thomas Le Grand Bistro & Oyster Bar 1512 Curtis Street 303-534-1155 www.legranddenver.com This is part two of my interview with Jeremy Thomas, chef of Le Grand Bistro & Oyster Bar; part one of our conversation ran yesterday. What's never in your kitchen? Green peppers. When I worked at Sacr ... More >>

Mad food scientist Ian Kleinman will host a pop-up doughnut den and java joint at Table 6 in July

Ian Kleinman isn't interested in opening his own restaurant. He's having way too much playing around in everyone else's. Last month, Kleinman, the mad scientist behind the Inventing Room, a roving stage of entertainment that revolves around molecular gastronomy, orchestrated a series of fantastic (a ... More >>

Small Plates, Big Hearts tonight at Infinity Park Event Center

The inaugural Small Plates, Big Hearts takes place tonight at Infinity Park Event Center, 4400 East Kentucky Avenue, where some of Denver's finest chefs will battle each other in a friendly competition that benefits the Adoption Exchange.

Small Plates, Big Hearts and St. Patrick's Day on this week's calendar

St. Patrick's Day is this Saturday, so of course there will be lots of green shenanigans around town. You can find many St. Paddy's activities in our online listings. But there are lots of other culinary activities to slurp up this week:

An underground gathering of Denver's best chefs convenes at twelve

Two years ago, when I did a Chef and Tell interview with Jeff Osaka, the owner/chef of twelve, I asked him what he'd like to see more of in Denver from a culinary standpoint. His answer was poignant, straightforward and inclusive: I want more chefs working to build camaraderie. Sure, we want to b ... More >>

Round two with Eric Rivera, exec chef of Cafe|Bar

Lori Midson​ Eric Rivera Cafe|Bar 295 South Pennsylvania Street 303-362-0227 www.cafebarcolorado.com This is part two of my interview with Eric Rivera exec chef of Cafe|Bar. Part one of my chat with Rivera ran yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: Bouchon, in Napa Valley. The food an ... More >>

Eight years later, Table 6 is still one of Denver's best

Cassandra Kotnik​"To be honest, I wouldn't order that," confided our server as we pondered Table 6's menu out loud and stuck, briefly, on the restaurant's take on the cultish McRib sandwich. "It's good, but it's not one of my favorites." She suggested, instead, a beef tartare with a deep-frie ... More >>

Oktoberfest, Rockbar birthday and more on this week's culinary calendar

​We know you're all gearing up for the Great American Beer Festival -- and what better way to start your marathon training than with various Oktoberfest events? That and much more are happening in the food scene this week; here's a taste of what else is on the menu:

Score free food and drink at the Justice League of Street Food party on Saturday

​The Justice League of Street Food, the convoy of food trucks and carts that gave a whole new meaning to pavement cuisine when it became a superpower of street food last summer, is gearing up for its second party of the season -- and we're giving one Cafe Society reader (and a guest) free rein ... More >>

Today in Stoke: 2011 Copp-Dash Inspire Award climbing expedition grants announced

​The spirit of Boulder's Adventure Film Festival founder Jonny Copp lives on: The five winners of the Copp-Dash Inspire Award grants for 2011 were announced on Friday, receiving $20,000 and climbing expeditions to Alaska, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan and Nepal. The grant program was estab ... More >>

Top five most ridiculous Denver Yelp restaurant reviews

​Members of the Yelp "Elite Squad" in New York City recently received a chiding e-mail asking them, among other things, to stop acting like greedy trolls; to stop freeloading the grub; to quit auctioning off their event RSVPs to the highest bidders; and to quit bringing their entire families ... More >>

Send a six-pack to the kitchen: A charming bar list addition or just annoying?

Send a six-pack of Anchor Steam to the kitchen at Pizzeria Locale​It's been an entry on the beverage menu at Table 6 for ages, but we're starting to see a common line popping up on drink lists around town: an invitation to diners to send a six-pack of beer to the kitchen -- an invitation that ... More >>

Soup for the Soul bowls over with Denver's best chefs

Lori Midson​Hundreds of foodniks with big hearts made the trek to the downtown Sheraton hotel last night for one of the year's most heartwarming events: Soup for the Soul, a benefit that provides bowlfuls of comfort to patients of Porter Hospice and St. Anthony Hospice, both of which provide ... More >>

Chef and Tell, part two: Euclid Hall's Jorel Pierce on body parts and being a trigger-puller

Lori Midson​ Jorel Pierce Euclid Hall 1317 14th Street 303-595-4255 www.euclidhall.com This is part two of Lori Midson's interview with Jorel Pierce, executive chef of Euclid Hall. Part one of that interview ran in this space yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: Blue Ribbon in Manhat ... More >>

Culinary calendar for the week ahead: Festivals, classes and family-style dinners

​Want to stir things up in 2011? There are plenty of cooking classes, parties, special dinners and festivals to help you keep (or kill) whatever resolutions you've made. Here's a taste of what's on Colorado's culinary calendar:

Letters: Readers yelp about food, chefs and immigration

People hate us on Yelp! The backlash against our interview with Table 6's Scott Parker

​Leave it to all those brilliant Yelpers -- they who write such compelling prose as "I'll give them 2 stars since the pizza LOOKED good. I didn't have any pizza"; "I can get a comperable burger at Wendy's for 70% less money. I prolly wont go back"; and "My husband had a chicken gyro and I had ... More >>

Chef and Tell, part two: Table 6 exec chef Scott Parker on girl-on-girl topless bacon cookery

Lori Midson​ Scott Parker Table 6 601 Corona Street 303-831-8800 www.table6denver.com This is part two of Lori Midson's interview with Table 6 exec chef Scott Parker. In case you missed it, part one of Parker's interview ran yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: I have two kids, so w ... More >>

Table 6 exec chef Scott Parker on hunger, eating a deep-fried rosebud and inbred amateur restaurant critics who frequent a site that rhymes with "kelp"

Lori Midson ​ Scott Parker Table 6 601 Corona Street 303-831-8800 www.table6denver.com This is part one of Lori Midson's Q&A with Scott Parker. To read the second half of that interview, check back here tomorrow. I'm hungry," says Scott Parker. Not just now, not just today, but ever since h ... More >>

Interstate Kitchen Bar's Andre Lobato on a SWAT team invasion, eating a fried tarantula and the demise of some of Denver's best restaurants

Lori Midson ​ Andre Lobato Interstate Kitchen Bar 901 West Tenth Avenue 720-479-8829 www.interstaterestaurant.com "The idea, when we opened, was to accommodate industry people and chefs, bartenders, cab drivers, doctors, anyone who worked off hours," says Andre Lobato, explaining the orig ... More >>

EatDenver Harvest Week kickoff party at Balistreri Vineyards

Chef Matt Selby (Vesta/Steuben's) preparing Il Mondo Vecchio Bresaola with Colorado melon and Verde Farms micro basil​Denver's third-annual Harvest Week begins Saturday, August 21 and runs through August 27, when nearly forty of Denver's best independent restaurants will be offering special me ... More >>

Part two: Ya Ya's Aaron Whitcomb on temper control, the phenomenon that's Alex Seidel and becoming the food critic for Westword

Lori Midson Aaron Whitcomb​ Aaron Whitcomb YaYa's Euro Bistro 8310 East Belleview Avenue, Greenwood Village 303-741-1110 www.yayasbistro.com This is part two of my interview with Aaron Whitcomb. To read part one of that interview, click here. Six words to describe your food: Playful, class ... More >>

Squeaky Bean's first anniversary party was all wet with top Denver chefs getting dunked for charity

Lori Midson Pageant contestant Max Mackissock strutted flowers​If you missed out on the Squeaky Bean's first anniversary party, yesterday's porkstravaganza and birthday bash that put the fun back in Monday, then you also missed Squeaky Bean owner Johnny Ballen baring his buttocks, exec chef M ... More >>

Part two: Chef and Tell with Jennifer Jasinski from Rioja and Bistro Vendome

Lori Midson ​This is part two of Lori Midson's interview with Jennifer Jasinksi; to read part one of that interview, click here. Best food city in America: San Francisco Bay. I love the growing capabilities of the area and how you're so closely tied to the land. Restaurants there have the opp ... 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 >>

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Food, Ink: Five notably bad food tattoos

Tattoos have risen in popularity over the years as a permanent form of self-expression -- a branding of time and history -- but devotion and proclamation no longer stop at inking the name of your betrothed on your bicep. And just in case you haven't noticed, the food industry is hardly immune to the ... More >>

50top is the most exclusive dinner invitation in Denver

Sober and not-so-sober observations from the Taste of the Nation

Lori MidsonStaff from Vesta Dipping Grill and Steuben'sYesterday afternoon, Denver's best chefs rolled out the culinary red carpet and rubbed tongs with smitten admirers and other do-gooders who showed up in droves at Share Our Strength's Taste of the Nation, a charity event that benefits anti-hunge ... More >>

Taste of the Nation is hottest ticket in town

Photo by Lori MidsonSean Yontz and Matt Selby One of Denver's best annual culinary celebrations comes down on Sunday, July 19, at Mile High Station (2027 West Lower Colfax Avenue), this site of this year's Share Our Strength's Taste of the Nation, a fantastic food-centric event that raises funds to ... More >>

Tonight: Rare Slovenian wines at Table 6, bourbon at the West End Tavern

At 6:30 p.m. tonight, Table 6, 609 Corona Street, welcomes Slovenian winemaker Aleks Simcic and master sommelier Laura Williamson for a four-course dinner paired with the rare wines of Edi Sincic from Goriska Brda. Not impressed? Ray Isle, Food & Wine magazine's wine editor, called these wines th ... 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 >>

Table 6 is a nearly perfect restaurant

Sarah Palin's Jefferson County Fairgrounds speech -- some things old, some things new

Show and Tell

Cut to the quick.

Best Wishes

Fun with food

Best Coach -- Professional

Tony Granato
Colorado Avalanche

Rock and a Hard Place

Music can free your soul, but can it spring the West Memphis Three?

McNichols on Ice