On Sunday, you could be one of the first oenophiles to swirl and sip Balistreri Vineyards’ new wine releases at the winery’s eighth annual Balistreri Harvest Party, a tribute to the fruit of the vine that benefits CASA of Adams and Broomfield counties. Tickets are $55 in advance, and $60…

Apparently, it’s not the triple-cream Brie, the foie gras or chicken liver pâté, or the supersize burger, milkshake and xx-large boat of fries that’s contributing to our nation’s obesity. Nope. According to new research, the muffin that droops over your waistline is caused by the “fat bug,” which, discovered scientists…

There’s nothing better than a burger that’s been slapped with blue cheese and prosciutto, which is my go-to guilty pleasure at this beef depot that also turns out fantastic skin-on french fries. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s…

“I love this little truck, so much, in fact, that I could seriously put a little bed in there and sleep in it.” Kathleen Nevin, the baking mistress behind Big Fat Cupcake, 129 Adams Street, just bought herself an antiquated ice cream truck for $900 in Colorado Springs, and while…

“I’m really, really passionate about food, and we have so many food events in Denver that fly under the radar that I wanted to create a way to capture people who might want to be in the know about those events.” That’s the premise behind Food Events in Denver, a…

Feed Denver, a local nonprofit that teaches sustainable farming methods and builds community-based urban greenhouse farms in an effort to offer fresh, local produce year-round, wants you to help swell its belly, which you can do tonight, between 4 and 9 p.m., by simply eating pizza, salads, calzones and sandwiches…

New menu, new cookbook and a new charcuterie and cheese plate that’s large enough for a little league team, but easily consumed by two. 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…

Pinkberry, the cult of frozen yogurt, with two stores in Denver, recently unleashed its 100th outlet, and to mark the milestone, the pink and green swirl machine is holding a contest that will make at least one person rich…with a Pinkberry gift card worth $1,000. Here’s the deal: Starting September…

Smother love: It’s easy being green in Denver in September, when the smell of roasting chiles overrides the odor of exhaust along Federal Boulevard, and the green chile at your favorite Mexican joint carries the heat of the new harvest. For the next several weeks, Cafe Society will feature some…

See that photo up top? That’s the former home of Ron & Dan’s Keg, and the future address of Lou’s Food Bar, Frank Bonanno’s new restaurant, which was gutted yesterday after Bonanno, who also owns Bones, Luca d’Italia, Mizuna , Osteria Marco (and soon, Wednesday’s Pies), sealed the deal on…

OpenTable.com, the free (for consumers) online reservations program, just released its 2010 Diners’ Choice Awards for restaurants that are most Fit for Foodies, the victors of which were determined by more than seven million online reviews as voted by OpenTable diners. The question is, how many Colorado restaurants made the…

Proving that happy hour isn’t just for lushes, drunks on a budget, cougars or socialites, Eco-Burger, the Cherry Creek beef barn at 2817 East Third Avenue is rolling out an after-school kids’ happy hour…

Organic Pizza Company, an eco-conscious take-and-bake pizza joint, opened on Friday at 4500 West 38th Avenue in Highland, the first of a forthcoming wave of organic pizza dens from partners Allen Milham and Darrell Naughton, who plan to open a second outpost in SPIRE Denver, 891 Fourteenth Street, in early…

We weren’t offered the happy hour menu, even though the bartender made sure that everyone else around us got one; the flank steak, albeit a perfect mid-rare, was so chewy that I gave up; and then the computers failed, which made paying by credit card all but impossible. But the…

Behold the highlights from this week’s Cafe Society blog:…

Last week, Sean Kenyon, one of Denver’s most championed bartenders and mixologists, vacated his post as bar manager of Steuben’s, where he’d been slinging drinks and crafting cocktails since 2007…

If you’ve been living in a box of Bisquick, then you probably already know that this Sunday is National Pancake Day. If, on the other hand, you just live for breakfast, then National Pancake Day gives you one more reason to flip your jack. Herewith, six of our favorite joints…

Roberto Diaz, the chef featured in this week’s Chef and Tell interview, was born and raised in Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico, where gorditas are king. “They were always served with our meal on Sunday while I was growing up, and I could never get enough of them,” says Diaz…