Chef Jim Cohen wanted to celebrate summer while still capitalizing on the strengths of his kitchen at Louisville’s Empire Lounge and Restaurant. His solution? A “picnic menu” composed of a number of grilled items — Empire’s kitchen centerpiece is its mesquite charcoal grill — with an emphasis on being picnic-ready…
Steve Ballas doesn’t believe that the fact his birthday coincides with the beginning of National Hot Dog Month is a coincidence. “I believe in fate and everything happening for a reason.” Ballas, who owns Steve’s Snappin’ Dogs, 3535 East Colfax Avenue, is hoping diners will bank on their own fate…
Italy, Spain, Portugal and … Colorado? So says Wine Enthusiast magazine, which recently named the Wine Country Inn in Palisade one of seven favorite vineyards where you can also get some R&R, or, in its words, “sleep with the grapes.” Here’s what the mag had to say:…
In honor of Chuck James’s invitation to cook for a group of eager eaters next month at the James Beard House, 1515 Restaurant, where James is the executive chef, is rolling out a four-course menu between now and Saturday, July 17, that includes several dishes from his Beard House board…
After being pleasantly surprised to be nominated at all for a prestigious American Institute of Architecture’s Los Angeles Chapter, restaurant design award, Boulder sandwich shop Modmarket was thrilled to walk away last week with not one but two cafe design awards: people’s choice and the jury prize (which it shares…
Denver’s mobile food scene just keeps rolling. Today’s Civic Center Eats Outdoor Cafe will mark the third outing for the “Steamin’ Demon,” a new vegetarian and vegan food cart from City O’City executive chef Chris Medved and sous chef Max Maxfield. The two are keeping company with several other mobile…
Last we heard, Frank Bonanno was none too pleased with a Cafe Society post detailing a potential new restaurant in the Bonanno empire, the information of which came from his own PR consultant. But in the video after the jump, Bonanno cuts out the middle man, showing us firsthand how…
Not a braised beef sandwich inspired by Florence’s San Lorenzo market nor grilled shrimp with risotto and basil could keep ’em coming for lunch at Farro, Matthew Franklin’s Italian joint at 8320 South Holly Street. After a six-month spin, Franklin is calling it quits in the lunch department. In an…
Food Network magazine just crowned King’s Chef Diner in Colorado Springs with the best breakfast in Colorado award in its July/August cover story touting the best breakfasts in the country. It wasn’t “The Thing” (The Food Network recently featured “The Thing” in its Outrageous Food show) or “The Grump” –…
Today’s a big day in the local supermarket world, and by big, we mean lines that reportedly started as early as 10 p.m. last night in anticipation of wee hour openings and accompanying giveaways and promotions. The newest of the new kids on the block, SmartCo, opened its first supermarket…
The Comfort Cafe has been a dream more than 20 years in the making, and today, that dream became a reality when the restaurant opened for lunch at 3945 Tennyson Street on a tree-lined stretch of sidewalk in Berkeley Park that includes Big Hoss Bar-B-Q, Kyle’s Kitchen and Brasserie Felix…
Slim Cessna hasn’t lived in Denver for a decade but that doesn’t mean he’s forgotten where he came from. Cessna, who fronts the band Slim Cessna’s Auto Club, has lived in Pittsburgh since 2000 but still practices and records his brand of country-punk-gospel rock in Colorado — all but one…
To celebrate the opening of its tenth Colorado location at 2073 South Colorado Boulevard, Mad Greens is tossing free salads today from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. According to manager Ben Pappas, lines haven’t started forming yet, but they’re ready for action. Customers can choose from any one of Mad…
Good Housekeeping has been keeping an eye on a lot of buns lately. The ladies’ magazine recently voted Boulder-based Rudi’s Organic Bakery’s buns the hottest of them all. Rudi’s buns won out over the likes of Sara Lee and Pepperidge Farm buns in a taste test comparing eight brands of…
Pay-what-you-want is coming to Boulder. A new cafe modeled after Denver’s SAME Cafe is in the works with the operating name Community Cafe and a guiding philosophy of “giving back, giving forward.” Sandy Robinson, the brains behind the restaurant, says two things inspired her to pursue the pay-what-you-want model: a…
It’s that time of year. Charlie Brown’s has rolled out its spit and started up its weekly pig roasts. That means free pig for all from 4 to 6:30 p.m. — also Charlie Brown’s happy hour — on Fridays for the foreseeable future. The restaurant also offers (distinctly less exciting)…
Starting next Tuesday, Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant is going to spice up Broomfield by introducing a limited-time Caribbean menu and a new Kolsch-style beer at its 1 West Flatiron Circle location. The menu features an assortment of seafood, fruit and spice combinations, including shrimp and lobster spring rolls, a Kobe…
While by day you’ll find him teaching aspiring bartenders how to mix up a martini and what garnish to put in a White Russian, you won’t necessarily find Tom Lucas honing his cocktail-shaking skills at home…
Beer pairings aren’t the newest movement on the culinary scene, but how about an entire menu full of pairings — dessert included — numbering some sixty all told? That’s how many matches made in heaven Baker St. Pub & Grill has put together for diners interested in suds selected specifically…
Following in the footsteps of fellow Colorado-based fast-casual chains like Chipotle, Noodles & Company and Qdoba, Bombay Bowl is swinging for the fences. Amar Singh, founder of the restaurant at 12023 East Arapahoe Road in Centennial, expects to open two dozen more restaurants within the next five years in Colorado…
A Japanese/French fusion restaurant is going into the one-time nine75 spot in the Beauvallon building. Lawrence Yee, former front-of-the-house man at Jing, plans to open Japoix at 975 Lincoln Street in mid-August. While the Beauvallon building, which is still swathed in scaffolding, has seemed jinxed, one former tenant is optimistic…
Comfort Cafe, one of Denver’s forthcoming pay-what-you-can restaurants, won’t be opening its doors this week as originally planned. It’s looking more like next week, says Jan Bezuidenhout, the brains (and much of the brawn) behind the restaurant, located at 3945 Tennyson Street. “There’s just a tremendous amount of red tape,”…
