Subject: Sean Kelly

• Born in the Fog

  February 8, 2007

• Chain Gang

  February 24, 2000

• Check, Please!

  May 11, 2000

• Best Mediterranean restaurant

  June 29, 2000

• The Bite

  February 1, 2001

• Back in business: Sean Kelly

  Rumors were rampant that the recently vacated North Star Brewery space at 3200 Tejon Street had already been snapped up by Joe Vostrejs, Jeff Hermanson and Rod Wagner -- the Larimer Square gang, in part, and the crew most recently behind the resurrection of Billy's Inn, at 4403 Lowell Boulevard. So late last week, I put in a call to Vostrejs, who was more than a little surprised to hear from me. "Man, the rumor mill must be going full-tilt," he said, stammering a little. "That's not supposed to

  January 9, 2009

• The Bite

  February 21, 2002

• The Bite

  March 21, 2002

• Bite Me

  July 25, 2002

• Plans for North Star's replacement move ahead

  While the abysmal economic climate has stalled many proposed restaurant plans, the new owners of 3200 Tejon Street are moving ahead with their project to put a steakhouse in the former home of North Star Brewery. Sean Kelly (pictured) has already signed on as the chef at the new venture, and on Tuesday, the owners will state their case for a parking variance at a Highland neighborhood meeting, with a liquor license hearing slated for February 23. Although an influx of popular restaurants hav

  February 9, 2009

• Best Starters

  March 27, 2003

• Best Celebrity Chef

  March 27, 2003

• Backwash

  May 29, 2003

• Bite Me

  October 16, 2003

• Best Short Wine List

  March 25, 2004

• Best Chef

  March 25, 2004

• Bite Me

  July 22, 2004

• Bite Me

  July 29, 2004

• Bite Me

  August 12, 2004

• Bite Me

  September 9, 2004

• The Beatdown

  September 16, 2004

• The Beatdown

  September 23, 2004

• Bite Me

  March 3, 2005

• Best Small Plates

  March 24, 2005

• Best Lobster

  March 24, 2005

• Second Helping

  July 7, 2005

• What's in a name? Steak and bar, but not steak hut

  Lori Midson Until yesterday, I hadn't spoken to Sean Kelly in a long time -- not since he shuttered Somethin' Else (now Fruition) in 2006. Not since he hooked up with the Little Pub Company, whose fourteen pubs, bars, taverns, saloons and (sort-of) restaurants are strewn all over the city. And not since he left the Little Pub empire, took some time off and then joined the three musketeers -- Rod Wagner, Joe Vostrejs and Jeff Hermanson -- the guys who run Larimer Square, brought Billy's Inn, at

  April 1, 2009

• Cafe Society: Week in Review

  In case you missed it...Marczyk's is bringing aboard pastry chef John Hinman. Brownies, blondies, whoopie pies and bacon-chocolate chip cookies coming soon.  Hawaiian plate lunch comes to Boulder, ruined by hippies.  The International Association of Culinary Professionals conference is in town.  Our bloggers make some recommendations for dining, including mandatory ethnic joints and the best new restaurants of 2008.  Sheehan reports from the conference and covers

  April 3, 2009

• Sean Kelly adjusts to (solo) life after the Samples

  April 2, 2009

• Is a chicken wing without chicken even a wing?

  January 15, 2009

• Little Pub Co. just got bigger, biting off the British Bulldog

  August 14, 2008

• Sean Kelly

  March 26, 2009

• On Call

  Sean Kelly, phone home.

  January 25, 2007

• Change of Plans

  Say so long to Rollie Wesen and Somethin' Else.

  October 26, 2006

• Road Warriors

  The owners of Steuben's have region to believe.

  October 5, 2006

• Life and Death

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

  July 7, 2005

• Best Wine List -- Artisan

  Clair de Lune

  March 27, 2003

• It's My Party

  And I'll dine if I want to.

  December 26, 2002

• Life on the Line

  Sean Kelly is back in the kitchen -- back where he belongs.

  November 21, 2002

• Size Matters

  Aubergine ripens with age.

  February 24, 2000

• Waiting Room

  Why so many restaurants have reservations about reservations.

  September 30, 1999

• Feedback

  September 18, 1997

• Feedback

  March 27, 1997

• THE EGGPLANT AND I

  July 5, 1995

• The Larimer Square guys and Sean Kelly get a pizza the action

  Lori MidsonThe future home a New York-style pizza joint from the Larimer Square gang and Sean Kelly​Sometime in December, Jeff Hermanson, Joe Vostrejs and Rod Wagner will add a new pizza bar to their portfolio of successful restaurants that already includes Billy's Inn, LoHi Steakbar and pretty much every chow house on Larimer Square. Their newest place, whose name is yet to be determined, will take over the former 3 Sons restaurant, which closed its location at 2915 West 44th Avenue in Ap

  August 24, 2009

• The Irish Hound is an old dog that doesn't need new tricks

  September 24, 2009

• Sean Kelly finds a home at the LoHi SteakBar

  September 24, 2009

• Chef and Tell with Sean Kelly of LoHi SteakBar

  Lori MidsonLoHi SteakBar executive chef Sean Kelly​"Nothing that goes on my menus gets there by accident," insists Sean Kelly, executive chef of LoHi SteakBar, the packed-to-the-rafters restaurant and watering hole that opened in June in Highland. "I have a tendency to make sure that everything is researched, and I try to be as true as possible to the classics and their culture. I want to understand where my food comes from." Kelly, who made a major name for himself when he opened Auberg

  October 21, 2009

• Part two: Chef and Tell with Sean Kelly from LoHi SteakBar

  Lori MidsonLoHi SteakBar exec chef Sean Kelly​This is part two of Lori Midson's interview with Sean Kelly, exec chef of LoHi SteakBar. You can read part one of Midson's interview with Kelly here. Ten words to describe you: Husband, father, cook, dedicated, extreme, blessed, impossible, critical, introspective and obsessive. Best food city in America: I adore San Francisco, and for me personally, it's the most inspirational place to go out to eat. But New York is the best food city, perio

  October 22, 2009

• Staffing Up: My dream team for Ondo's

  ​Yesterday I kicked off "Staffing Up," with some free advice for how Mark & Isabella can get its act together. But the idea doesn't have to be confined to restaurants that need a swift, motivating kick in the ass; reading through these blog posts for the last few days, I realize that we can also use it as a kind of fantasy football league for cooks -- building a perfect crew from the ground up for restaurants that haven't yet begun to serve. For example, Den Deli is throwing an old-fashi

  October 30, 2009