While the burgers here have their legion of fans, I was far more impressed with the bowl of chili studded with onions, sprightly cilantro leaves, hominy, beef, assertive spices and swatches of cheddar. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the…
Right…so just a few minutes ago, I received a phone call from someone who shall remain nameless, along with an e-mail, the sender of which will also stay anonymous (for now) telling a tale about how he (or she), along with four more rascals, swiped Euclid Hall’s pig mascot right…
Earlier today, I made a phone call to what has become one of our favorite restaurants in the city — and my stomach was in knots, because just moments before dialing the digits, I received a tip suggesting that the restaurant I was calling had gone dark. Those of us…
Before leaving for Mexico City — the land of tacos al pastor — I decided to Thai one on in Denver, noshing my way through a panang curry with pork that I’d asked the kitchen to prepare “Thai hot.” I clearly didn’t look the part, however, because what was dropped…
Even if you haven’t come up for air this week, we assume you’ve still heard the farcical prediction by crazy Christian radio host Harold Camping — namely that tomorrow is doomsday (some call it heaven) for at least 200 million of us. God forbid, it could be you! Or worse,…
On Sunday, a troop of independent Denver restaurants — all of which are members of EatDenver — will congregate in the parking lot of Union Station as part of The Big Eat, a circus-themed culinary orgy that also includes plenty of libations from local brewers and distillers, as well as…
While we sent the goat dish back to pasture, the golden dosa, enveloping curried vegetables, and sided with flavor-bombed chutneys and sambal, was a definite keeper. 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…
Rob Michaels Madison Street 1222 Madison Street 303-736-2260 www.madisonstreetdenver.com This is part two of my interview with Rob Michaels, chef de cuisine at Madison Street. In part one of this interview, Michaels dishes on dumbing down menus, the pitfalls of parsley, and pork heaven. Favorite Denver/Boulder restaurant(s) other than your…
Chasing Chiles: Hot Spots Along the Pepper Trail takes readers on a wild ride with three obsessed capsicum “gastronauts” — Kurt Michael Friese, Kraig Kraft and Gary Paul Nabhan — who motor across the landscape of Mexico and the United States in a self-described “Spice Ship.” Their goal: to explore,…
It’s been a good week for Ryan Leinonen, the former chef de cuisine at Colt & Gray — and a former alum of Root Down and The Kitchen in Boulder. Just two days ago, Leinonen inked a deal on a new space at 2138 Larimer Street, a burgeoning food-centric block…
EatDenver, a kick-ass squadron of more than fifty independent Denver food temples, puts out several awesome events and deals throughout the year, including Harvest Week and the EatDenver Dining Decks, a collection of 52 cards, each pimping $10 off any $25 food purchase at participating restaurants. And on Sunday, EatDenver…
Rob Michaels Madison Street 1222 Madison Street 303-736-2260 www.madisonstreetdenver.com Filipinos are renowned for their unwavering hospitality, for unleashing food feasts that swell the belly, for ensuring that no host allows her guests to leave hungry. “We’re known for providing food to friends and family. That’s how we show our love…
Wild Eggs, a Louisville, Kentucky-based mini-chain, is taking over a section of the square footage at 300 East Alameda Avenue, a space that most recently housed a Blockbuster Video — and it’s applying for a liquor license, because it sucks to eat eggs Benny without backing it up with a…
During the one sun-smooched day we enjoyed last week — or was it two? — I spent the afternoon soaking up the rays while dissecting the Denver restaurant scene with a handful of television producers, all of whom, smartly, ordered calorie-shy dishes, while I dug into a decidedly calorie-high Philly…
Here, at this temple of noodles, dumplings and potstickers, it was a who’s who of Denver chefs, servers and bartenders, all of whom packed the house on Sunday, along with just about everyone else in Denver undeterred by the thirty-minute wait for a table. Can you guess where I’m eating?…
Moments after I’d pulled over to take the above snap, somewhat excited that South Gaylord Street — the street on which I live — was getting a new restaurant (and, suggestively, a liquor license), I opened my mail, only to find a full page rant, penned by the South Gaylord…
It goes without saying that I spend most of my days and nights in restaurants — which has been the story of my life for the past fifteen years or so, ever since I began writing about food. But truth be told, cooking is my therapeutic outlet; the kitchen, my…
We interrupt your happy hour escapades to bring you news that we’ve chosen a winner in our Meet the Masters pizza dinner and demo contest, which grants one lucky Cafe Society reader two seats at the pizza blowout, taking place Monday night at Marco’s Coal-Fired Pizzeria at the Vallagio at…
At this venerable Mexican joint, where big plates of carnitas, tacos, burritos and flautas stamp the menu, la cuenta, por favor, arrives, appropriately, in an El Pato salsa tin. Muchas gracias. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where…
This city has more dough slingers than you can a toss a pizza peel at, but next Monday and Tuesday nights at Marco’s Coal-Fired Pizzeria at the Vallagio at Inverness, and Marco’s Coal-Fired Pizzeria Ballpark, two of the world’s most prized pizzaioli are going to be on stage: Neapolitan pizza…
Denver Post food editor Tucker Shaw’s column on Wednesday, full of no-name restaurant gossip, wouldn’t have seemed so startling if the paper’s food section regularly ran restaurant news calling out offending culprits — but it doesn’t. So we couldn’t figure out the point of his mishmash of blind, unsourced items…
I sloshed through the rain yesterday, dodging through buildings and banks on my way to a warmer climate — a bar (of course) — that was colder than it should have been, and when my Reuben arrived, plated with sweet-potato fries, I had high hopes of chasing off the chill,…
