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Wayne Conwell

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2012

    Part two: Denver chefs reveal what they'd like to see more of in 2012

    For last week's "Year in Review," we recapped what the subjects of the 2011 Chef and Tell interviews would like to see less of in Denver. This time, we're serving up their wish lists of what they'd hope to find on Denver's plate in the new year - everything from year-round farmers' markets to whole ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2012

    Denver's ten best sushi restaurants

    For obvious reasons, we don't make New Year's resolutions here at Cafe Society that involve cutting delicious morsels out of our diet. But since we used the holidays as an excuse to go on even more of a gastronomic bender than usual this year, we are thinking about switching our binge eating tendenc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2011

    Part two: Denver chefs dish on what they wish would disappear in 2012

    As we've discovered in our weekly Chef and Tell interviews, Denver's kitchen commanders are, if nothing else, unapologetically opinionated. We pepper them with dozens of questions, and sometimes their answers are salty -- especially their responses to what they'd like to see less of in Denver from a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2011

    Sushi Sasa rolls out vegetarian and vegan delights

    When we saw that Robin Bar-on of Udi's -- who cooks up a pretty fine vegan spread herself -- thought Sushi Sasa's chef, Wayne Conwell, is a culinary genius, we knew we had to check out the veggie rolls. So we stopped by the Highland eatery on a recent Monday night to see what all the fuss was about.

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2011

    Reader: If only I could afford to eat at Sushi Sasa more often!

    Lori Midson​In this week's Chef and Tell interview, Lori Midson talks with Wayne Conwell, owner/chef of Sushi Sasa, which opened in the summer of 2005 just off Platte Street, a pioneer in what would soon grow into one of the town's biggest restaurant neighborhoods. But while Sushi Sasa special ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2011

    Round two with Sushi Sasa's Wayne Conwell

    Lori Midson​ Wayne Conwell Sushi Sasa 2401 Fifteenth Street 303-433-7272 www.sushisasadenver.com This is part two of my interview with Wayne Conwell, executive chef/owner of Sushi Sasa. In part one of that interview with Conwell, he dishes on working for Iron Chef Morimoto, the genius of Je ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    Sushi Sasa's Wayne Conwell on working for Iron Chef Morimoto, the genius of Jeff Osaka and sushi "edibles"

    Lori Midson​ Wayne Conwell Sushi Sasa 2401 Fifteenth Street 303-433-7272 www.sushisasadenver.com This is part one of my interview with Wayne Conwell, executive chef/owner of Sushi Sasa. Part two of this interview will run tomorrow on the Cafe Society blog. While his toddling friends were ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 14, 2011

    Kitchen Help

    Lori Midson​ Wayne Conwell Sushi Sasa 2401 Fifteenth Street 303-433-7272 www.sushisasadenver.com This is part one of my interview with Wayne Conwell, executive chef/owner of Sushi Sasa. Part two of this interview will run tomorrow on the Cafe Society blog. While his toddling friends were ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2010

    Oak Tavern's Jeremy Roosa plays with sharp knives, ballyhoos the virtues of acidity, boohoos iceberg lettuce and sings the praises of the spatula

    Lori Midson Jeremy Roosa, exec chef of the Oak Tavern ​Jeremy Roosa Oak Tavern 1414 Market Street 303-888-0655 www.oaktaverndenver.com "I dress like a clown, I play with food, fire and sharp knives, and they pay me. Does it get any more fun than that?" asks Jeremy Roosa. The executive chef o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2009

    Starting tonight, Sushi Sasa goes late-night

    Lori Midson​Beginning tonight, Sushi Sasa, Wayne Conwell's hip temple of Japanese cuisine at 2401 15th Street, is adding late-night hours to its lineup. "Over the past few months, we've had numerous customers showing up at our doors after 10:30 wanting to eat sushi, so we thought, hey, let's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2009

    Chef and Tell: Sean Yontz of Tambien, Sketch and Mezcal

    Sean Yontz​"Hey, get up, I have something to show you," instructs Sean Yontz as he strides into Sketch, one of the five venues he oversees with business partner Jesse Morreale. And their mini-empire will soon expand to a half-dozen, because Yontz, it turns out, is booting me off my stool to sh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2009

    The List: Denver's most fantastic fusion

    Mark MangerKarma's fusion cuisine has good karma.​Denver hasn't done fusion very well, historically speaking. Matter of fact, Denver has done fusion fantastically poorly, and has seen more fusion restaurants close in shame than flourish in these skeptical latitudes. Nine out of ten times, a fusion ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2009

    Luca D'Italia kicks off its sixth anniversary chef dinner series tonight with Wayne Conwell

    Luca D'Italia, 711 Grant Street, marks its six-year anniversary throughout the month with a march of visiting Denver chefs, including Wayne Conwell, exec at Sushi Sasa, 2401 15th Street, who will team up with Luca (and Mizuna, Osteria Marco and Bones) chef-owner Frank Bonanno tonight, June 3, for a ... More >>

  • Dining

    February 19, 2009

    For Venue's Holly Hartnett, a room of her own

    Luca D'Italia, 711 Grant Street, marks its six-year anniversary throughout the month with a march of visiting Denver chefs, including Wayne Conwell, exec at Sushi Sasa, 2401 15th Street, who will team up with Luca (and Mizuna, Osteria Marco and Bones) chef-owner Frank Bonanno tonight, June 3, for a ... More >>

  • Dining

    October 9, 2008

    Umenishiki Gorgeous Plum Sake at Sushi Sasa

    Luca D'Italia, 711 Grant Street, marks its six-year anniversary throughout the month with a march of visiting Denver chefs, including Wayne Conwell, exec at Sushi Sasa, 2401 15th Street, who will team up with Luca (and Mizuna, Osteria Marco and Bones) chef-owner Frank Bonanno tonight, June 3, for a ... More >>

  • Dining

    May 1, 2008

    One Good Thing

    Chef/owner Wayne Conwell is on a roll at Sushi Sasa.

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2008

    Lots of Lux

    Chef/owner Wayne Conwell is on a roll at Sushi Sasa.

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2007

    Chile Today, Hot Tomorrow

    Chef/owner Wayne Conwell is on a roll at Sushi Sasa.

  • Dining

    May 3, 2007

    Dish Bistro

    A delicious Dish of comfort food.

  • Dining

    September 21, 2006

    Spain Cycle

    Swimclub 32 is ready to take the plunge.

  • Dining

    December 23, 1999

    Fishing for Insults

    Japon and Sushi Den have a minor war of words.

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