Andre Lobato Interstate Kitchen + Bar 901 West Tenth Avenue 720-479-8829 www.interstaterestaurant.com This is part two of Lori Midson’s interview with Andre Lobato. To read part one of this interview, click here. Culinary inspirations: Every person who I’ve had the opportunity to work with and learn from, as well as…
This Sunday, August 22, chefs Jeff Osaka (twelve), Alex Seidel (Fruition and Fruition Farms), Scott and Deanna Parker (Table 6) and Justin Brunson (Masterpiece Deli and Lechon) will host a summer seafood feast at Infinite Monkey Theorem, the urban winery at 931 West Fifth Avenue, owned by grape guru Ben…
There will be plenty of cork-popping this weekend when the ritzy village of Beaver Creek hosts its annual Wine & Spirits Festival. Beginning today, and continuing through Saturday, August 21, grape gurus and grubniks will get to hobnob with winners from the San Francisco Wine Competition and World Spirits Competition,…
Unless a state emergency forces her to be elsewhere, First Lady Jeannie Ritter will mingle with a bunch of winos at tonight’s Celebration of Premier Colorado Wines at the Governor’s Mansion, 400 East Eighth Avenue. The party, a benefit for the Governor’s Residence Restoration Fund, will push a project the…
At 6 p.m. tonight on a swatch of dirt in the Ballpark neighborhood, a confederation of carts and trucks will band together for Denver’s first street-food summer bash. It’s an opportunity to eat to your cart’s content from Biker Jim’s, the Biscuit Bus, Steuben’s, the Cupcake Truck, Pinche Tacos, Steamin’…
At last night’s Denver Burger Battle, a benefit for Big Brothers Big Sisters, ten of Denver’s best beef bruits went bun-to-bun, patty-to-patty, topping-to-topping in a cow-friendly competition to see whose burger would kick gas. The throwdown, held at the Wynkoop Walk, and hosted by local burger aficionado Jeremy Kossler, and…
Andre Lobato Interstate Kitchen + Bar 901 West Tenth Avenue 720-479-8829 www.interstaterestaurant.com “The idea, when we opened, was to accommodate industry people and chefs, bartenders, cab drivers, doctors, anyone who worked off hours,” says Andre Lobato, explaining the origins of Interstate Kitchen + Bar, the late-night American restaurant in the…
The historic, romantic Victorian at 1225 Logan Street has sat dormant for the past year, its last occupant, Maison de Fleur, a florist and event center that benefited from the wild rose bushes, skyscraping trees, ornate moldings and white wedding trappings that flow through the spacious, high-ceilinged rooms strewn throughout…
Il Mondo Vecchio salumi emperor Mark DeNittis, and the subject of last week’s Chef and Tell interview, spends the majority of his time pimping dry-cured meats, but the chef has other passions, too, including four-wheeling and camp cooking. His cookbook, My Jeep Grille Adventures, which he released last year, is…
Two gritty mussels, one forlorn shrimp and a scant toss of rubbery calamari lobbed into a thick swamp of unseasoned tomatoes is hardly my idea of cioppino, which is a bummer, because the majority of the menu is smooth sailing. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who…
This Sunday, August 22, chefs Jeff Osaka (twelve), Alex Seidel (Fruition and Fruition Farms), Scott and Deanna Parker (Table 6) and Justin Brunson (Masterpiece Deli and Lechon) will host a summer seafood feast at Infinite Monkey Theorem, the urban winery at 931 West Fifth Avenue, owned by grape guru Ben…
Two months ago, Chris Cina exited his gig at Timberline Grill, a steak house at the Ameristar Casino in Black Hawk, to set sail for Jax-Denver, where he was tapped as the seafooder’s new chef de cuisine. His first day on the Jax line was June 16; his last day…
Jesse Morreale takes me by the hand and leads me down a narrow passageway, past the rustic wooden tequila lockers and kaleidoscopic altar littered with white candles, and into the lantern-lit dining room of El Diablo, the new Mexican restaurant at First and Broadway that he and executive chef Sean…
The interior is pink and green, the furniture is modern and the whole outfit looks an awful lot like a Pinkberry, but Ty Mai says he’s never heard of Pinkberry…
Those of you who’ve eaten the trio of tacos in the above snap will recognize their origin immediately. For those of you who haven’t had the pleasure of inhaling those tacos, your next opportunity is as soon as tomorrow at a local farmers’ market. Can you guess where I’m eating?…
So, that friendly little contest we’ve been rolling out over the past week — the one where we were giving away free tickets to EatDenver’s Harvest Week pre-party at Balistreri Vineyards on Sunday, August 15? That contest has concluded and we have our fifty lucky-ducky winners, ten from each day…
Watermelon won’t be in season much longer, which is why it would behoove you to get your butt over to the joint that refreshed my day with its watermelon salad, bolstered by crushed pistachios, turmeric-dusted rings of pickled onion, housemade cheese curds and verdant arugula leaves. Can you guess where…
EatDenver’s Harvest Week, a seven-day jubilation that pays homage to Colorado’s bountiful crops, sprouts the week of August 21, when nearly forty of the city’s best independent restaurants will pimp seasonal menus showcasing locally sourced ingredients and products. But before that happens, there’s going to be a little party, and…
Mark DeNittis Il Mondo Vecchio 1174 South Cherokee Street 303-744-6328 mondovecchio.net This is part two of Lori Midson’s interview with Mark DeNittis, the salumi emperor of Il mondo Vecchio. To read the first part of that interview, click here. Culinary inspirations: My grandparents, both paternal and maternal, gave me a…
There won’t be any trucked-in produce from California, Florida, Mexico — or anywhere outside this state, for that matter — at tonight’s al fresco Feast in the Field dinner. Featuring the culinary flair of twenty Colorado chefs, all of whom will prepare small tastes using nothing but locally sourced ingredients,…
More than a hundred home chefs — all of them male — will strut their culinary stuff tonight at the African-American Leadership Institute’s Look Who’s Cooking Now black-tie benefit, which raises funds to advance the nonprofit’s development programs. “What makes this event so unique,” explains volunteer LaSheita Sayer, “is the…
We recently witnessed a professional eater down thirteen yolky eggs in eight minutes during a Scotch egg battle in Cherry Creek — and to put it bluntly, the sight wasn’t remotely pretty. In fact, it was really, really hedonistic. But eating challenges are rarely designed for delicate stomachs, and today’s…
