Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson Frasca Food and Wine 1738 Pearl Street, Boulder 303-442-6966 www.frascafoodandwine.com This is part two of my interview with Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson, co-owner and executive chef of Frasca Food and Wine. Part one of my chat with Mackinnon-Patterson ran in this space yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: Mozza in Los…

No. 58: Gazpacho verde from Zolo Grill…

At this uneggceptional breakfast joint that trumpets one of the most garish signs in the city, the best thing on the board is the bananas foster waffle crowned with a scoop of ice cream, although given the amount of sugar, it could also double as dessert. Can you guess where…

Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson Frasca Food and Wine 1738 Pearl Street, Boulder 303-442-6966 www.frascafoodandwine.com This is part one of my interview with Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson, co-owner and executive chef of Frasca Food and Wine. Part two of my chat with Mackinnon-Patterson will run in this space tomorrow. Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson has some advice for…

Meat: It’s not all that’s for dinner — at least not on Monday nights at Duo and Olivéa, both of which are the first restaurants in Denver to join the campaign to go meatless on Mondays, a nationwide initiative (some would call it a movement without the “moo”) to persuade…

It’s been a busy few weeks for kitchen magician Jensen Cummings, who stepped behind the line of Row 14 Bistro & Wine Bar just three weeks ago after leaving behind his chef de cuisine position at TAG to fill the shoes of Arik Markus, the executive chef who originally opened…

Good — even great — sandwiches abound at this shrine to bread, cold cuts, vegetables, spreads and offbeat combinations. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts is entered into a pool — and every…

The name of the restaurant, deadpans John Phan, says it all. “We’re an Asian and Cajun restaurant that features traditional Vietnamese food and Louisiana crawfish that’s far superior to anywhere else in Denver,” he says about the Asian Cajun, which opened this weekend at 2400 West Alameda Avenue, in a…

It’s good to be Biker Jim, who just keeps expanding his fifteen minutes of fame. First, there was Anthony Bourdain, who featured Biker Jim’s 16th Street Mall cart on an episode of No Reservations, in which the acerbic, lanky, big-footed chef, nomad and book author found “enlightenment” in Jim’s swollen…

Seems that the Boulder granola set may be finally tiring of tofu. At least that’s what Justin Patel, co-owner of Tiffin’s, an all-vegetarian Indian joint in Boulder, gleaned when he canvassed the city’s earth muffins. “I kept talking to vegetarians in Boulder who were complaining about finding protein — they’re…

It’s worth taking the pilgrimage to this off-the-radar taqueria to stuff your belly with street tacos, as well as the shrimp diablo, a fiery dish that’s jolted with chipotle chiles. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am…

When we got wind that the León brothers — Ignacio, Roberto and Ceasar — were unleashing Paxia, a new Mexican restaurant in Sunnyside, we were overcome with fits and bursts of enthusiasm, hoots and hollers of joy, and an overwhelming urge to sling a sleeping bag over our shoulders and…

Eating tacos at a joint whose menu mainly focuses on Italian food is usually not a good idea, but the Asian-inspired soft shell crab tacos at this relatively new restaurant seemed like a good idea at the time, if only because the owner/chef has Vietnamese blood running through her veins…

In this week’s Chef and Tell interview with Brett Smith, the executive chef of Zolo Grill in Boulder, Smith admits that you won’t find too many dishes on his menu absent of chiles — a staple (along with pig) in his kitchen. While I was having dinner at Zolo, Smith…

Aside from the vegetarian burgers from Root Down, which, ironically, were the first to sell out, last night’s porny Denver Burger Battle was a carnivorous animal-style nirvana of bloody meat candy, bacon and foie gras. The sold-out soiree pitted twelve restaurants, all of which hustle burgers in one guise or…

Pho Pasta, a weirdly named restaurant (with an equally odd menu that hustled both pho and fettuccine Alfredo) that opened in March at 295 South Pennsylvania Street, shuttered a few weeks ago, but the space won’t be vacant for long: Dane Huguley, a local real-estate developer with a passion for…

Brett Smith Zolo Grill 2525 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder 303-449-0444 www.zologrill.com This is part two of my interview with Brett Smith, the executive chef at Zolo Grill. Part one of my chat with Smith ran in this space yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: My all-time favorite is a classic red-sauce Italian…

Last night, at Euclid Hall’s first anniversary party, executive chef Jorel Pierce wagged a fierce mustache, strutted around in a black tuxedo T-shirt, deftly broke down and butchered a beautiful 230-pound hog from Tender Belly Farm, squeezed out sausages, pulled out the dance moves, came through on his promise to…

No, this fresh mozzarella is not from Virgilio’s, although it certainly looks as though it could be. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts is entered into a pool — and every Monday, we…

Brett Smith Zolo Grill 2525 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder 303-449-0444 www.zologrill.com This is part one of my interview with Brett Smith, the executive chef at Zolo Grill. Part two of my chat with Smith will run in this space tomorrow. “I know it’s probably overkill, but we just butchered a pig,…

A few weeks ago we posted a contest, in which we asked Cafe Society readers how many Cricket burgers the Cherry Cricket, a participant in the Denver Burger Battle, which takes place tomorrow night at Union Station, serves in a week. The correct number is 6,800, and the person who…