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Sandra Schreiber allegedly stabbed elderly husband to death, turned knife on herself (79)

Update: On Monday, we told you about a double stabbing in south Jeffco stemming from a domestic incident involving a couple said to be in their sixties. One person died, while the other was hospitalized. We've now got the names of the pair involved, and one of them -- Michael Schreiber -- was actua ... More >>

Cory Treadway, exec chef of Wynkoop Brewery, on smartphones, fried squirrel and heaven

Cory Treadway Wynkoop Brewing Company 1634 18th Street 303-297-2700 wynkoop.com This is part one of my interview with Cory Treadway, exec chef of the Wynkoop; part two of our conversation will run in this space tomorrow. "I was the first white kid -- the first gringo -- to ever roll egg rolls," ... More >>

Round two with Taylor Drew, exec chef of Russell's Smokehouse

Taylor Drew Russell's Smokehouse 1422 Larimer Street 720-524-8050 russellssmokehouse.com This is part two of my interview with Taylor Drew, exec chef of Russell's Smokehouse; part one of our chat ran yesterday. Favorite Denver/Boulder restaurant(s) other than your own: I don't get out to eat nearl ... More >>

Cooking with Pete and Barb Marczyk: Stracotto

Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market's choicest ingredients home with them and cook up a feast. While the weather promises to w ... More >>

Round two with Jagdish Singh, exec chef of India's Castle: expansion into downtown Denver

Jagdish Singh India's Castle 9555 East Arapahoe Road, Greenwood Village 303-782-9700 www.indiascastle.com This is part two of my interview with Jagdish Singh, exec chef of India's Castle; part one of our interview ran yesterday. Favorite Denver/Boulder restaurant other than your own: Tuk Tuk. Wha ... More >>

Cooking with Pete and Barb Marczyk: Coconut-curried chicken soup

Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market's choicest ingredients home with them and cook up a feast. Pete and Barb have exactly one ... More >>

Ten other notable pieces of public art in Colorado

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Reader: Lance Barto's departure from Central Bistro & Bar is "shameful"

Lance Barto left Central Bar and Bistro, the six-month-old restaurant he helped create, "on good terms," says Isiah Salazar, Central's owner, who decided to let Barto go on New Year's Eve -- right before Barto cooked for a full house. But even if Barto's departure was amicable, diners aren't feel ... More >>

Tossa, a concept cooked up by Smashburger, closes its first (and only) location

The space is dark, the phone number is disconnected, and the website is deader than Elvis. All of which means that Boulder's Tossa, which had been tossing fast-casual pizzas and pasta for over a year now, has officially closed. See also: - Five restaurants that both opened and closed in 2012...and ... More >>

Top five weird food news stories from this week

Food news is as varied as the food you're served at restaurants. Some weeks our plate is filled with educational articles about science and technology, stories of new and exciting eats and drinks, and industry exposes that give us all something to gossip about by the office water coolers. Other week ... More >>

Local chefs dish on Denver's dining scene

Laura Shunk dishes out some tips for the new Cafe critic

In advance of Gretchen Kurtz's debut next week as the new Cafe critic, we asked some of our previous restaurant reviewers to weigh in -- and given their jobs, we do mean weigh in -- with advice for our new newest critic. Kyle Wagner, our reviewer for close to a decade who's now the travel editor at ... More >>

Masterpiece Cakeshop: Will shop make cake for dog wedding but not gay wedding?

Last week, we wrote about Lakewood's Masterpiece Cakeshop, which, like larger national chains including Chik-Fil-A, has taken a stance on gay marriage. Owner Jack Phillips does not create cakes for gay ceremonies. And while members of the local community are planning protests against a policy they f ... More >>

Round two with Beau Green, exec chef of the Denver Zoo

Beau Green Denver Zoo 2300 Steele Street www.denverzoo.org Read part one of my interview with Beau Green, exec chef of the Denver Zoo. Most memorable meal you've ever had: Chef Travis Kight -- our corporate chef here at the zoo -- always takes me out to the best/coolest places to eat. During my tr ... More >>

Reader: Southern Hospitality looks like a hip Cracker Barrel

Ryan Tedder, the lead singer with One Republic and a Grammy-winner for his work in the recording studio, knows his music -- but does he know food? Tedder jumped on board at the Hell's Kitchen location of Justin Timberlake's Southern Hospitality, and now Tedder and his father are bringing the restaur ... More >>

Round two with Joe Freemond, exec chef of the Cellar Wine Bar

Joe Freemond Cellar Wine Bar 2556 15th Street 303-455-9463 www.cwbon15th.com Read part one of my interview with Joe Freemond, exec chef of the Cellar Wine Bar. Best thing about cooking in Denver: Being a part of the culinary explosion that this city is finally experiencing. Having grown up here, I ... More >>

Restaurant service is a lost art in Denver

Charcoal, I noted in my review this week, has a service problem. The front-of-house team is generally a good-natured bunch of people. They're friendly; they're eager; and they seem to want their guests to have a good time. But they missed the boat when they ignored the small details, which not only ... More >>

Round two with Jeff Russell, exec chef of District Meats

Jeff Russell District Meats 1625 Wazee Street 303-623-1630 www.charliepalmer.com This is part two of my interview with Jeff Russell, exec chef of District Meats. Part one of our chat ran in this space yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: Surprisingly, it's a very small place in Chinatown in ... More >>

Round two with Joe Troupe, exec chef of Lucky Pie Pizza & Tap House

Joe Troupe Lucky Pie Pizza & Tap House 1610 16th Street 303-825-1021 www.luckypiepizza.com This is part two of my interview with Joe Troupe, exec chef of Lucky Pie Pizza & Tap House. Part one of our chat was posted yesterday. Best thing about cooking in Denver: The food and markets in Denver are ... More >>

Rio Grande puts the spotlight on its kitchen

Slide show: In the kitchen at Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant

Round two with Brett Shaheen, exec chef of the Wooden Table

Brett Shaheen Wooden Table 2500 East Orchard Road, Greenwood Village 303-730-2152 www.thewoodentablerestaurant.com This is part two of my interview with Brett Shaheen, exec chef of the Wooden Table. Part one of our chat ran yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: Grizzly Bar in Roscoe, Montana. ... More >>

J. Michael Melton, exec chef of Zydeco's, on destroying candy bars and shi*tin' and spittin' up

Lori Midson​ J. Michael Melton Zydeco's 1730 Wynkoop Street 303-293-2887 www.zydecosdenver.com This is part one of my chat with J. Michael Melton, exec chef of Zydeco's. Part two of our interview will run in this space tomorrow. I got the gift of the Southern double name," drawls J. Michae ... More >>

Chef Tom Coohill on food snobs, foie gras, fishy fish and food bloggers

Tom Coohill Coohills 1400 Wewatta Street 303-623-5700 coohills.com This is part one of my interview with Tom Coohill, exec chef/owner of Coohills. Part two of my chat with Coohill will appear in this space tomorrow. "This," confides Tom Coohill, "is too good to be on the menu. It's like buttah." ... More >>

Apple Store Rewind 2011 includes the Best Of... iPhone app

​It's time to dust off the Westword glitter cannon, because the Best Of... iPhone app has earned some rather prestigious year-end acclaim.

OpenSpace, Boulder-based start-up, wants to guide you to apps you didn't know about

At the Open Space store in Boulder, founder Robert Reich navigates a sea of apps for users.​Open Space made a few headlines this week as a physical store in downtown Boulder that sells nothing. Instead, the 300-square-foot room has a few phone-and-tablet experts who promise to guide customers ... More >>

Annabelle Forrestal, exec chef of Vine Street, Mountain Sun Pub and Southern Sun, on food critics, the French Laundry and hot sauce

Lori Midson​ Annabelle Forrestal Vine Street Pub, Mountain Sun Pub & Brewery and Southern Sun www.mountainsunpub.com This is part one of my interview with Annabelle Forrestal, exec chef of Vine Street Pub in Denver and Mountain Sun Pub & Brewery and Southern Sun in Boulder. Part two of that ... More >>

Ryan Matthews, dog trainer, gets jail-time after allegedly slamming own dog's head through wall

As owner of Off Leash Dog Training in Loveland, Ryan Matthews boasted about the effectiveness of his methods. In fact, the last four digits of the business' phone number spelled out the word "OBEY." Turns out, though, that his approach to schooling his own dog wasn't just questionable but criminal. ... More >>

Round two with Brandon Foster, exec chef of Vesta Dipping Grill: The cheeseburger Big Bite from 7-Eleven rules

Lori Midson​ Brandon Foster Vesta Dipping Grill 1822 Blake Street 303-296-1970 www.vestagrill.com This is part two of my interview with Brandon Foster, executive chef of Vesta Dipping Grill. Part one of my interview with Foster ran yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: Chez Panisse. I ... More >>

Village Voice Media responds to clergy

​Today, 36 clergy affixed their names to a paid ad and open letter to Village Voice and the classified ad site Backpage.com. The full page ad was published in the New York Times. The religious coalition demanded that we close down our legal, adult classifieds.

Round two with Jensen Cummings, exec chef of Row 14

Lori Midson​ Jensen Cummings Row 14 Bistro & Wine Bar 891 14th Street 303-825-0100 www.row14denver.com This is part two of my interview with Jensen Cummings, exec chef of Row 14 Bistro & Wine Bar. Part one of that interview ran yesterday. What you'd like to see more of in Denver/Boulder fr ... More >>

Five new Muppets that Sesame Street should create to teach kids about food issues

Sesame Street, the show that has taught several generations of suburban white kids how to ask where the potty is in Spanish, is introducing a new Muppet this Sunday in a special episode about hunger, sponsored by Wal-Mart. Lily, the "food-insecure" Muppet, is seven years old, pink-faced, dressed in ... More >>

Round two with Simon Purvis, exec chef of EDGE at the Four Seasons

This is part two of my interview with Simon Purvis, executive chef of the EDGE at the Four Seasons. Part one of that interview ran in this space yesterday. Simon Purvis EDGE at the Four Seasons 1111 14th Street 303-389-3000 www.fourseasons.com/denver/dining Favorite restaurant in America: I had ... More >>

Highland Tap and Burger celebrates its first anniversary by being really busy

Highlandtapdenver.com​Saturday marks the one-year anniversary of Highland Tap and Burger -- but you'll have to wait until October 5 to really celebrate. Although the party was originally scheduled for September 17, the start of football season and events booked during the Great American Beer F ... More >>

Argyll will close in Cherry Creek on Sunday -- and reopen next year in the Baker District

Lori Midson​Argyll, a restaurant that we have loved, stalked and ballyhooed since it opened in Cherry Creek in 2009 -- it was our Best New Restaurant pick in Westword's 2010 Best of Denver issue -- has, for quite a while, been one of the only reasons to actually make the trek to a relatively l ... More >>

The Pinyon's Theo Adley opens the coop on fried chicken, clucks about despicable Yelp "foodies" and reminisces about his time in "Le Weeds"

Lori Midson​ Theo Adley The Pinyon 1710 Pearl Street, Boulder 720-306-8248 www.thepinyon.com This is part one of my interview with Theo Adley, executive chef/owner of the Pinyon in Boulder. Part two of my chat with Adley will run in this space tomorrow. Theo Adley failed algebra three time ... More >>

Top five things I learned working in Frasca Food and Wine's front of the house

​When I first met Kelly Whitaker, chef-owner of Boulder's Pizzeria Basta, we talked about my possibly helping in the front of the house at the new restaurant he was then planning for Boulder. While I pondered the move, I eventually decided against it: I'd recently started working at Frasca Foo ... More >>

Reader: Six bucks is too much for a Samurai, even during Denver Restaurant Week

​Today is the last day for servers to serve up their Denver Restaurant Week survival stories and win an EatDenver deck (earlier this week, we gave decks to diners with the two best/worst DRW stories). The deadline is 5 p.m., but we already have a contender: Brian Melton of TAG, who has to be ... More >>

Free food: Starbucks and Glacier Ice Cream

Free!​It's a glorious, sunny day outside and because we know you're already looking for an excuse to ditch your office or cubicle for at least a few minutes and stroll through magical rays of sunshine, here's a little more incentive: free food.

Amy Burkhardt, app developer, talks geofencing, sibling relationships and blown minds

​For those old enough to remember, the website was once a novelty, a nebulous idea that companies knew they had to have, but nobody was really sure how or why. These days, it's kind of the same thing with smartphone apps, speculates Amy Burkhardt, a first-time businesswoman who recently co-fou ... More >>

Reader: It's not cheesy to include cheese in Italian wedding soup

Lori MidsonItalian wedding soup at the Squeaky Bean​Lori Midson just started serving her second round of her 100 Favorite Dishes yesterday, but readers are already dishing up plenty of their own favorites. And then David stirred the pot by giving the Italian wedding soup at the Squeaky Bean, ... More >>

Pamela Tolbert urinates on herself while robbing bartender, beating him with pool cue

Large photos below.​When a man and a woman are convicted of committing a crime together, the dude typically gets the higher sentence. But not in the case of Alfonzo Portugal and Pamela Tolbert. Yesterday, Portugal was handed twelve years for the robbery and beating of a bartender -- but Tolber ... More >>

Opas Sinprasong pleads guilty to running his Siamese Plate restaurants like slave ships

Daily CameraOpas Sinprasong.​When it came to taking advantage of his employees, Opas Sinprasong, who owned several Boulder-area Siamese Plate restaurants, appears to have been an expert. Sinprasong pleaded guilty to harboring illegal aliens and failing to pay taxes -- offenses likely to result ... More >>

What would you pay for restaurant advice? Critic's paywall raises questions about journalism's revenue structure

​I wholeheartedly believe in the free press, so I was initially scornful when I heard via The Guardian that Fay Maschler, a seasoned UK restaurant critic, was starting Page One, a website of reviews that would require readers to pay £100 a year for access. Isn't it the job of established cr ... More >>

Cafe Option's Craig Dixon on women, Yelp-type restaurant reviews and his liver

Lori Midson Craig Dixon, executive chef of Cafe Options ​ Craig Dixon Cafe Options 1650 Curtis Street 303-573-0733 www.cafeoptions.com Craig Dixon, chef of Cafe Options, is struggling. I've just asked him what it's like to work in a kitchen staffed predominantly by females -- the restaurant ... More >>

Pho 95 opens at the Streets at SouthGlenn to massive crowds of pho-king fans

A Yelp photo​"Oh my god, it was crazy," says Aaron Le, his voice erupting into fits of delirious laughter. "It was the most overwhelming day I've every had, but also one of the funnest." Le opened his second outpost of Pho 95 (the original is located at 1002 South Federal Boulevard) last Satu ... More >>

Happy Hour Hunt: Delite

a Yelp photo​The Place: Delite 32 South Broadway; 303-722-1278. The Hours: Monday through Friday from 3 until 7 p.m. The Deal: Appetizers range from $2 to $4; all beer, well drinks and select red and white wines by the glass are half-price.

Tipping the scales: Be glad this cheapskate doesn't live in Denver

​During Denver Restaurant Week, one of the most comment complaints from servers is that bargain-hunting customers just don't tip. They should just be glad that Monica Covington does not live in Denver, Colorado. I'm not sure what would be worse: having to suffer through serving Covington and ... More >>

Does Colorado taste like an overpriced tourist trap?

XO is finally a go at the Jet Hotel

Bankruptcy be damned: Don't stop advertising, Tom Shane!

News that Centennial-based Shane Co. has filed for bankruptcy no doubt sent a wave of shock through radio-business folks in all fourteen states where the company's stores are located. Businesses of every description are cutting back on media buys, but Shane Co. has maintained its hefty presence on ... More >>