What you may have missed this week on Cafe Society while you were getting your morning groove on at the new Rise & Shine Biscuit Kitchen and Cafe, which opened right around the same time as the Denver Biscuit Company. Cupcakes: out; biscuits: in. After hyping and hyping and hyping…
Oh, ick. In one of the worst mouth picks of the week, the Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America, a national trade organization representing the wholesale tier of the wine and spirits industry, plucked Sarah Palin, the former beauty pageant bimbo, governor of Russia Alaska and 2008 Republican vice presidential…
As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com…
Thunderbird Burgers and BBQ, 1530 Blake Street, has apparently given up the thunder, since a Sanborn and Company for sale sign now resides in its window. If you were partial to the joint’s Kahuna burger with grilled pineapple and teriyaki sauce, or the BBQ burger, you’ll need to make the…
“Rise & Shine was started by Seth Rubin after he decided working for others was a bad idea. He combined his love of great coffee and good, old-fashioned, Southern-style biscuits to create the concept of a biscuit kitchen and cafe.” According to its Facebook page, that’s the back-story behind Rise…
Kyle Fitzgerald, kitchen magician of the Old Blinking Light and the subject of last week’s Chef and Tell interview, is making plans now for Super Bowl food, which includes the following recipe for tequila cocktail sauce, a boozier version of the classic that pairs well, says Fitzgerald, with spicy crab…
As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com…
This is part two of Midson’s interview with Sheila Lucero, head chef of Jax Fish House. To read part one of the interview, click here. Culinary inspirations: My dad. He’s a great cook who’s got an unbelievable passion for food. I’ve always wanted to cook like him. The seasons are…
Best excuse for morphing your bar into a cocktail classroom? Females, according to James Lee, the beverage director of Big Red F Restaurant Group and the mixologist/owner of the Bitter Bar in Boulder. “Over the past few months, I’ve had an overwhelming number of females calling me with questions about…
Second Home Kitchen and Bar, the restaurant at 150 Clayton Lane in the JW Marriott, is starting off the new year with daily dishes, a new lunch deal and two new menus “with a greater focus on using locally purchased products,” according to exec chef Jeff Bolton. “For this winter…
First, the kitchen skimped on the sticks, which prompted the bartender to ponder the situation before heading back to the kitchen to haul out a few more. Things were looking up until a rather unsightly insect scuttled across the bar, which prompted me to get the hell out of there…
“I get such an adrenalin rush when I’m in the kitchen and there’s great satisfaction in making it all happen in a very small and hot environment and having people leave happy about their decision to eat here,” says Sheila Lucero. The newly promoted executive chef of Jax Fish House,…
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. For this month’s…
Here we are in the dead of winter with 60-degree temperatures. Sweet. If only Sweet Action Ice Cream, the awesome addiction at 52 Broadway that churns out flavors like brown sugar banana, blueberry lavender, baklava and salted butterscotch and Stranahan’s caramel brickle, wasn’t taking the WHOLE MONTH OF JANUARY OFF…
The pizzas at this slice of life are being pumped out at a record pace, which isn’t surprising, considering their perfect crusts and premium toppings. Which pizza palace has tossed me a new favorite? Special bonus: Every Friday, anyone who gave the first correct answer to any of the week’s…
Virgilio Urbano, the pie man behind Virgilio’s Pizzeria, 7986 West Alameda Avenue, has just issued a challenge: Stuff your piehole with a 28-inch pizza — all 11 pounds of it — topped with sausage, pepperoni, black olives, mushrooms, green peppers and onions within a two hour time frame (bathroom breaks…
As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com…
“A few years ago, during a brainstorming session, I came up with an idea to create an all-female chef cooking event, something that would bring together some of the best female chefs in Denver,” says Sheila Lucero, executive chef of Jax Fish House in Denver and Boulder, and the force…
The waft of spices have stopped escaping from the kitchen at Aroma Cafe & Grill, an Indian-Mediterranean restaurant that opened last May at 2017 South University Boulevard. The dining room is still intact, but the lights are dark, the phone number has been disconnected and the signage has disappeared. Better…
We know how much chefs love their knives — “It’s hurt me, I’ve hurt it, and we’re still together,” joked Kyle Fitzgerald in last week’s Chef and Tell interview — but Heiko K, a slasher chef in Germany, took butchery to a whole new level when he dismembered a man…
Puerto Vallarta, the coastal Mexican joint that occupied a corner lot at 75 South Federal Boulevard for as long there’s been shrimp in the sea (okay, that’s a slight exaggeration) is now bordered up with blond wood. But if that’s where you migrated to get your mariscos, don’t heave: The…
New menu. New chef. And one amazing new dish. Which not-so-new restaurant is off to a great start in 2010? Special bonus: Every Friday, anyone who gave the first correct answer to any of the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts will be entered in a pool — and we’ll…
