South America

Catch Fur Coat's silky-smooth funky grooves at NORAD

It takes pluck to open a polleria in Centennial

Quick! Name a Peruvian food. Chances are you named ceviche -- raw, citrus-marinated fish. But Bob Van Diest is hoping that will soon change. A year and a half ago, Van Diest and his family opened La Polleria, a small restaurant in Centennial serving another type of authentic Peruvian fare: rotisse ... More >>

Dine out for the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless today

Dining Out for the Homeless takes place today at various restaurants throughout Denver. Participating establishments will donate a portion of the day's proceeds to the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless.

USA Today names Denver one of the top 10 beer cities in the WORLD!

Not only did USA Today just name Denver one the best beer capitals in the world -- the whole fucking WORLD, y'all! -- but the internationally distributed daily newspaper also gave a shout-out to Patty's Chile Beer, named, of course, for Westword founder and editor Patty Calhoun, who likes things spi ... More >>

Route 40 changes course from empanadas to choripan

When Felipe Cufre moved from Argentina to Denver three years ago to join his American wife, he knew he wanted to do something related to food. He was working on a cookbook when he stumbled on the inaugural Civic Center Eats food-truck gathering in Civic Center Park in 2010, which inspired him to cre ... More >>

It's a Kick

Go Big And Go Brazil

Lulacruza wraps up Communikey on April 29 at BMoCA

Argentina BBQ & Wine Tasting at Lala's

​Too cold to grill outside? Let Lala's Wine Bar Pizzeria, 410 East Seventh Avenue, do the work for you at today's Argentina BBQ & Wine Tasting, complete with grilled barbeque, a wine-tasting inside and tapas paired with that wine. And don't worry about the weather; this is all indoors from 4 ... More >>

Around the World in 80 Sips at Mile High Station

​What can you expect from an event called Around the World in 80 Sips? Wine, of course, from all around the globe, including vintages from Argentina, Australia, Austria, Chile, France, New Zealand, Spain and the United States. Tonight's event runs from 7 to 9 p.m. (starting at 6 p.m. for VIPs) ... More >>

Extreme Still Life

Tonight: Little Brazil at the Hi-Dive

​Little Brazil (playing tonight at the hi-dive with the Photo Atlas and Take to the Oars) began as the solo project of Landon Hedges, following his time in big name acts like Tim Kasher's The Good Life and the Conor Oberst-led Desparecidos. Eventually Hedges decided fill out his pretty guitar ... More >>

The five strangest foods I've ever eaten

Mark MangerPeanut butter soup, fufu and bone-in, skin-on goat: not actually so weird.​My first trip to African Grill and Bar for this week's review was a thrill ride because it offered a chance to explore a cuisine with which I'd had no previous experience and an opportunity to eat something s ... More >>

Painted Palms

Sunday, May 8, Bluebird Theater, 303-830-8497.

Tonight: Wine events at the Museo de las Americas and Elway's

​Two wine events are bound to wet your whistle tonight, one way or another. First up: The Museo de las Americas, 861 Santa Fe Drive, will host the Wine of the Americas fundraiser from 4 to 7 p.m. Executive director Maruca Salazar will discuss the art of the Americas while wine experts serve up ... More >>

Three mouth-watering reasons to make torrontes your new spring white

​There are a few key elements that seem to magically define what makes a perfect spring wine. Much like the lighter foods you're likely craving come April or May every year, your ideal wine should be as clean, bright and flavorful as a salad of just-picked berries and as aromatic as the seaso ... More >>

Today: Tax-day deals for accountants

Courtesy of www.seniorliving.org.​It's tax day, and few people are feeling the heat like the town's overworked CPAs. If a certified accountant remembered to "file" at either Morton's locations for a complimentary three-course steak-and-seafood dinner for two, the winners can claim their prize ... More >>

Carmen Sandim Sextet

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Dazzle Recordings

Gem Trails

Timeshares
The Curatorial Club

Scottish whiskey in a can -- coming soon?

​Think caffeinated malt liquor was the most creative thing you'd ever find in a can? Wrong. A Panamanian company just put twelve ounces of hard liquor in a can, and it's on sale right now in the Caribbean and South America.

Birds in Arkansas: Ten more crazy things that fell from the sky

Courtesy of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette​More than a thousand blackbirds, grackles and starlings fell from the sky on New Year's Eve in Beebe, Arkansas. So far, there has been no official explanation for the avian precipitation, but we thought we'd look to other unexpected things falling fro ... More >>

Max Cavalera of Soulfly talks about his history and darkly humorous song titles

​As the leader of Sepultura for over a decade, Max Cavalera helped put Brazil on the map. From the beginning, the outfit was clearly influenced by punk rock as much as it was by other metal bands, as evidenced by its socially conscious lyrics, its grassroots efforts to get its music out into t ... More >>

Today: Pueblo Chile and Frijoles Festival kicks off

A Flickr photo.​Nothing says fall like roasting green chiles, and Pueblo is celebrating in style -- plus adding beans to the mix with the annual Chile and Frijoles Festival, which starts today with a farmers' market. Tomorrow, there'll be a chile and salsa showdown; on Sunday, a jalapeno-eati ... More >>

A pair of Hatch chile beers to spice up the season

​It's Hatch chile season, and for a pair of local breweries, that means Hatch chile beer. Boulder's Twisted Pine Brewing will be making three kinds of beer using the specialty chiles, which are grown around Hatch, New Mexico, and shipped by the truckload to Denver, where fiery food lovers buy ... More >>

School of Seven Bells

Friday, September 24, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.

Lentil agreement: Some of our favorite Ethiopian vegetarian restaurants in Denver

The Amazing Amazon

Latino Lessons

Culinary calendar for the week ahead: Telluride Mushroom, Bootstraps Western Wine and Chile Harvest festivals

​If you can't make the drive up to Telluride for the annual Mushroom Festival, don't fret -- there's always the Bootstraps Western Wine Fest in Evergreen or Lakewood's Chile Harvest Festival. Here's what else is on the menu for this week's culinary events:

Get a taste of the Biennial at local restaurants

Cafe Brazil was ready for the Biennial -- but was the Biennial ready for Cafe Brazil?​While checking out the Biennial of the Americas website today, I spotted a new feature: host restaurants in the "what's hot" corner. Click the link, and you find 25 local restaurants -- ranging from 8 Rive ... More >>

This weekend: Peruvian street food cooking demo at the Denver Public Library

​Denver's street-food scene is exploding, what with all those cupcake trucks, biscuit-mobiles, gastro-carts on wheels and upscale taco wagons hawking their foodstuffs all over town. And the trend hasn't gone unnoticed by the Denver Public Library's free Fresh City Life programs, which integrat ... More >>

Fingers of the Sun at the Meadowlark

Hot Sounds at JazzFest

Colorado has two of Livability's top ten food cities...and neither is Denver

Pueblo Chamber of CommerceFoodie fun in Pueblo: the annual jalapeno-eating contest​Yes, it's yet another list. Livability, the site that invites you to "discover America's best places to live," has just released its list of "Foodie Finds: 10 Surprising Food Cities," and Colorado occupies two o ... More >>

Today: Opening day pig roast at the Lobby

A Flickr photo.​Looking for a new option for celebrating the Rockies home opener? Head to the Lobby, 2191 Arapahoe Street, for its inaugural opening-day celebration -- featuring a pig roast and purple beer on the patio -- from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Tonight: Cherry pie and green chili contests

A Flickr photo.​John Hinman of Marczyk Fine Foods recently got into a debate with Elizabeth Thomas, the pastry chef at WaterCourse and City, O'City: Who makes the best cherry pie in town? Since neither side would concede, you'll have to find out at 6:30 p.m. tonight at Sweet Action Ice Cream, ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: Rack of lamb from Cafe Brazil

Lori Midson ​As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up, in no particular order, a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com.

Chile Nilly

Wine at Rialto, pig at Parisi

Celebrate the wines of South America at Rialto Café, 934 16th Street, from 5 to 7 p.m. today, March 18, when exotic wines will be paired with chef-created specials. The event, $25, is part of Rialto's Wine Club; for more details, go to www.rialtocafe.com. And over at Parisi, 4401 Tennyson Street, ... More >>

How Steve Ells wrapped up the fast-casual niche

Music and Lyrics

Milonga overtakes the Mercury Cafe dance floor.

Who Gives a Dam?

Reel World

There's a world of music on screen this week.

Hot Wheels

Gumshoe

Going undercover to catch a kitchen between courses.

Baile y Lengua

Drunk of the Week

Brazil Nuts

South American cuisine is a rare find in Denver.

Check, Please!

Give our food critic something to chew on.

Dish I May, Dish I Might

The year's best food in one convenient meal.