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 Jeff Osaka and sushi “edibles.” Best recent…

Just got off the horn with Nelson Perkins, the executive chef/owner of Colt & Gray, who wanted to let us know that the kitchen is turning out something extra special tonight: Duck balls! And just in case you were wondering, these aren’t your every day duck balls dropped from the…

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. Rhubarb season is…

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 chowing down on burgers and pizza, Wayne Conwell…

Justin Brunson is one of the busiest chefs in Denver right now. Masterpiece Deli, with which we have a serious love affair, is applying for a liquor license, Brunson is prowling to open a second Masterpiece Deli location, and while Lechon, a pig-centric restaurant project between Brunson and Ben Parsons,…

The combination of beer and pizza is one of our favorite pastimes here at Cafe Society headquarters — and here, where the above snap was flashed, both ring in cheap during happy hour. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the…

For concrete, unassailable proof that Denverites have well and truly embraced the street-food phenomena, all you had to do was walk outside this weekend — straight into food-truck utopia. As you all know by now, the Food Network’s The Great Food Truck Race made an extended pit stop in the…

Blink — and you’ll miss it. Not that Frankie Gallegos is worried about anyone actually doing anything of the sort, despite the fact that Frankie’s Cheesesteaks and More, his new cheesesteak joint, which opened promptly at 3:30 p.m. last Friday, is about the size of a button mushroom…

There are all sorts of new additions to this old restaurant, but the board, entrenched in Americanism, has largely remained the same, holding true to its canvas of steaks, chops and side dishes like creamed spinach. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct…

We’re just about ready to take off to join the trucks taking part in the Food Network’s The Great Food Truck Race, which is happening all around Denver, right this very minute, but before we venture out, we wanted to give you the very latest round of truck location updates:…

No. 63: Bouillabaisse from Deluxe…

Just got off the phone with someone very closely connected to the Lime Truck, the Irvine restaurant on wheels that’s barreled into Denver this weekend to strut its stuff during the The Great Food Truck Race — and we’ve got a few updates to pass along…

We’ve got all the ongoing coverage and scoop of the Food Network’s The Great Food Truck Race in Denver this weekend, but just a very quick update to yesterday’s post about truck locations: The Korilla BBQ Truck, hailing from New York, will be parked in front of Steuben’s on Saturday…

After giving up on having a late lunch in the dining room, thanks to a cranky server with no concept whatsoever of service, we still managed to enjoy a bowl of gumbo and a few beers at the bar, overseen by an affable tender that bought our first round. Can…

The gourmet food trucks competing in the Food Network’s The Great Food Truck Race, which, as you already know, is all the buzz in Denver right now, are finally in the Mile High City, cruising the asphalt, frantically running around getting product, taking over commissary kitchens — The inventing Room’s…

Because, you know, we don’t already have enough eatertainment in Denver this weekend to satiate our hunger pains, what with The Great Food Truck Race motoring into the Mile High metropolis and gazillions of Cinco de Mayo celebrations, now comes word that past contestants from Bravo’s Top Chef are making…

“We’ve only got four orders left, so if you want one, get it now,” said the chef of this neighborhood gathering place that clearly knows when a chicken flies right. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am…

Just a quick update to this weekend’s The Great Food Truck Race celebrations in Denver, which we’ve been covering extensively on the Cafe Society blog: Cafe con Leche, the Cuban food truck from Van Nuys, California, will be camped outside Great Divide Brewery, 2201 Arapahoe, on Sunday, from 3 to…

The big story on the streets of Denver is this weekend’s The Great Food Truck Race, the Food Network hit of the season, hosted by Tyler Florence, that struts the street-food prowess of numerous gourmet food trucks, all of which are making their way across the American landscape, stopping in…

Restaurateur Jesse Morreale, who owns Sketch, El Diablo and La Rumba, is always contemplating his next move, and his latest endeavor is a courtyard that will occupy the vast, graveled space that resides behind the back doors of Sketch and El Diablo, which sit side by side on the corner…