After pigging out on a lot of pork this past weekend at the Taste of Vail, I continued the streak when I get back to Denver, stopping at one of my favorite delis for an Italian sausage and roasted red pepper cannoli. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus:…
In this week’s Chef and Tell interview with Pizza Republica’s Eric Chiappetta, the kitchen wizard offered insight about what it was like to work with Sean Kelly, his chance meeting with Julia Child and why he believes the cook at Griff’s Hamburgers is a culinary god. He also talked about…
While the rest of you are down in Denver doing whatever it is that you do on a Friday, I’m currently living the high life in Vail, wining and dining at some of my favorite restaurants, including this one, where the above photo — sweetbreads — was snapped during one…
The cookie was fine, and you can’t really screw up a from-the-bottle pickle. But the sandwich and potato salad? Not good at all. And that’s all I have to say about that. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s…
Eric Chiappetta Pizza Republica 5375 Landmark Place, Greenwood Village 720-489-2030 www.pizzarepublica.com This is part two of my interview with Eric Chiappetta, executive chef of Pizza Republica. In part one of this interview, Chiappetta weighs in on why he believes the cook at Griff’s Hamburgers is a culinary god, and that…
Vail is renowned for its snow bunnies, air kissing, celeb-spotting on the slopes and star chef Kelly Liken, a Season 7 contestant on Bravo’s Top Chef and this year’s headliner for Taste of Vail, a three-day culinary orgy of food and wine that uncorks today in Vail Village. The festival…
Six years ago, Paul Reilly, executive chef/owner of Encore on Colfax, and his wife, Shannon, had triplet boys, all of whom were born prematurely and, sadly, passed away from complications. To pay homage to their boys, Paul and Shannon, along with several of Denver’s top chefs – Matt Selby (Vesta…
You wouldn’t believe us if we told you how many times we stuffed our piehole in our quest to find the city’s best pizza in our lead-up to this year’s Best of Denver issue, which, of course, included pizza — several pizzas, as a matter of fact, starting with our…
Yesterday afternoon, while stopped at the light at Sixth and Broadway, I noticed a pair of construction workers maneuvering a sign — a big sign that kept swaying — up the side of the brick building whose former tenant was Daphne’s Greek Cafe, which closed just over a year ago…
If you’ve been here before, then you’ll recognize the origin of those red, white, blue and spice-dusted chips immediately. If not, then you’ll want someone to guess correctly ASAP so you can run over there and get some. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the…
Eric Chiappetta Pizza Republica 5375 Landmark Place, Greenwood Village 720-489-2030 www.pizzarepublica.com Eric Chiappetta’s first job in the kitchen had nothing whatsoever to do with a palpitating passion to actually cook. “I was sixteen, horny and I wanted to make enough money to take girls to the movies,” confesses Chiappetta, the…
Every year, TIME magazine (which seems to get smaller each month) holds a little poll full of big names — names that, according to those at TIME, are the most influential people in the whole wide world. And from now until April 14, you can vote for the person you…
Two months ago, Zi Fusion, whose name will soon change to Purple Ginger (more on that later), was flooded when a sprinkler head burst and several water pipes broke, severely damaging the restaurant’s hardwoods, mainly in the bar area. “The bar is warped so bad that you can hardly walk…
I used to subsist on shepherd’s pie (and curry and scrumpy) when I lived in London, but it’s been years since I’ve had a good version of the stuff on this side of the pond. Sadly, the shepherd’s pie in the above snap did nothing to change that. Can you…
Because Denver doesn’t have enough burger fortresses to satiate a city of burger maniacs, we’re soon getting another one: Five Star Burgers, a Taos, New Mexico-based burger barn, with an additional location in Albuquerque, is adding a third outpost in Denver, which will open in May at the Streets at…
Lard, have mercy on my soul. To say that I pigged out this weekend is the understatement of the year, and if I was porky before, you should see me now. In fact, I’m fairly certain that I single-handedly took “hog wild” to a whole new level of oink. And…
I spent the majority of the weekend feasting on swine, but in between drinking shots from femur bones and getting my fill of blood sausage and chicharrónes, I managed to down a bowl of lamb tongue soup. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first…
“I have heard,” writes Noel Cunningham, “that I have the best French toast in town. I’m not sure if you knew that or not, but that’s the word.” Cunningham, the chef/owner of Strings, will put his money where his mouth is tomorrow morning, when he offers free French toast to…
I had every intention of starting the morning off healthy — with Greek yogurt and a jog around the park — but then a trio of soft corn tacos, studded with chorizo, scrambled eggs, avocado, cheese and a duo of salsas, swayed me in a different direction. Can you guess…
Four years ago, Susan Feniger, Food Network personality, star chef, restaurateur, a leading authority on Latin cuisine and proponent of street food, was in Denver bumping around downtown during the Parade of Lights, when the scent of sausages lured her to Biker Jim’s hot dog cart on the 16th Street…
Oh. My. God. We just heard that Tyler Wiard (Elway’s Cherry Creek), Elise Wiggins (Panzano) and Jennifer Jasinski (Rioja, Bistro Vendome and Euclid Hall) are joining forces with a national “roast beef” sandwich chain to create a new sandwich that’ll be called “The Big TyWigSki.” “I’m looking forward to working…
What may very well be the greatest of all American burger chains is coming to Denver. Well, not Denver, exactly, but close enough. And, no, it’s not In-N-Out, although that, too, will come to Denver at some point in our lifetime. But not yet. Instead, we’re getting a Steak ‘n…
