“We had a line out the door for Sunday brunch and got our butts kicked. We were shocked and amazed.” That’s the word from Charley Sinden, who’s just coming up for air after his first days of feeding the Ballpark neighborhood and anyone else who’s ventured through the doors of…
“We set out to do a small, simple restaurant, not to blaze any trails,” says Alex Seidel, executive chef of Fruition, the indelible American restaurant that’s been the object of everyone’s affection since he and co-owner Paul Attardi opened the place two and a half years ago on East Sixth…
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 usually bring a selection of some of their market’s choicest ingredients home with them, and cook up a feast…
1. Grease-fest2. You could use them as whips3. Droopy 4. Unsalted5. Undercooked, by like a mile6. Tasted like dirt7. Cold8. Over 600 calories of yuck9. One more artery. Clogged. 10. GrittyTranslation? Worst. Fries. Ever. Guess where you should never eat french fries? Bummer, too, because I really like the burgers…
Right on the heels of your lingering Great American Beer Festival hangover comes tonight’s beer and food pairing dinner at Second Home Kitchen & Bar, the comfort food restaurant inside the JW Marriott at 150 Clayton Lane. The dinner begins at 6:30 p.m. and includes four courses, all paired with…
Café Brazil, which recently opened the Rum Room next door to the already pulsating restaurant at 4408 Lowell Boulevard, has just introduced a fantastic way to make a complete ass of yourself — and you don’t even have to open your mouth in the process. Except to drink, which you…
Last week, while corrupting indoctrinating our new Cafe Society intern, we ordered a pizza. But because we were trying to impress a smart Johnson & Wales University student with more extracurricular activities to her credit than Gordon Ramsey has kitchen disasters, we asked the pizza dude from a nearby pie…
We’ve been waiting patiently for Chopsticks China Bistro to unveil its new space at 5117 South Yosemite Street — and it now looks as though there’s a definitive opening date on the calendar. Owner-chef David Lee and his crew are aiming to open up the new spot on Wednesday, September…
You could have a Pop-Tart or one of those cinnamon rolls with orange frosting that the Pillsbury Dough Boy pimps — or you could chuck all that and join the downtown fray at Panzano, 909 17th Street, which is giving away 1,000 hot, fresh zeppole (that’s Italian for “doughnuts”) and…
If you haven’t had the opportunity to sample the bar menu at Elway’s in Cherry Creek, at 2500 East First Avenue, or just want to combine exec chef Tyler Wiard’s newest offerings with football, then whoa-boy, do we have a deal for you. Wiard, who you can read all about…
What you might have missed this week on Cafe Society while shoving chicken wings down your throat…Carnivorous anti-vegetarian Jason Sheehan trots out the city’s top cow temples in his Denver’s Ten Best Steakhouses roundup.At Dish, the Westword Menu Affair, Argyll Gastropub executive chef Sergio Romero and Jay Spickelmier, the exec…
So, here’s the thing: When you can get a trio of Prime cheeseburger sliders for a fiver at Morton’s the Steakhouse, the testosterone-fueled cow palace that doesn’t exactly do things on the cheap, then that’s your clue to grab every single cheapskate you know and drag them to the clubby…
The Great American Beer Festival officially kicked off at 5:30 p.m. last night, but between the hours of now and 5:30 p.m. today, there’s a lapse in the suds, which is the perfect time to head over to the Wynkoop Brewery, 1634 18th Street, for a rare and exotic beer…
Tacos Rapidos, the taco shack that doles out California-style Mexican crack grub 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to drunken warriors not quite drunk enough to cave to Taco Hell from a drive-thru window at 2800 East Evans Avenue, is opening a second outpost at 2345 West Alameda…
The restaurant where the above pic was snapped is still one of my favorite spots in Denver, which is saying a lot, considering that it’s been feeding the faithful for nearly 20 years — 19 years longer than it takes most joints to fall off the radar and into the…
The voting was close, really close. But after the judges — Jason Sheehan, Tyler Nemkov, Nancy Levine, Ben Davison from Tony’s Market and yours truly — taste-tested eight courses, all of which involved Colorado lamb, and then tabulated the results, Jay Spickelmier, the exec chef at Jing, edged out Argyll…
This is part two of Lori Midson’s interview with Elise Wiggins, the executive chef of Panzano. You can read the first part of Midson’s interview with Wiggins here. Best food city in America: Yikes. That’s hard, but I love Atlanta because of the farm mecca that surrounds it — and…
I want people’s eyes to roll into the back of their heads when they eat my food,” says Elise Wiggins, the über-talented executive chef of Panzano, a Northern Italian restaurant in the Hotel Monaco. Food, like sex, should always be sensual, she explains. The lovely Louisiana native would put her…
Jay Spickelmier, executive chef at Jing, will face off against Sergio Romero, executive chef at Argyll Gastropub, in the Mile High Chef Competition at Dish-the Westword Menu Affair at the Fillmore tonight. Before the cooking competition gets too heated, we asked both chefs to dish out some thoughts on Denver’s…
Sergio Romero, executive chef at Argyll Gastropub, will face off against Jay Spickelmier, executive chef at Jing, in the Mile High Chef Competition at Dish-the Westword Menu Affair at the Fillmore tonight. Before the cooking competition gets too heated, we asked both chefs to dish out some thoughts on Denver’s…
The question, says Jenson Cummings, the sous chef at TAG, 1441 Larimer Street, is whether wine or beer pairs better with exec chef Troy Guard’s food. You can be one of fifty people to make that decision tonight, when Guard hosts a $75 per person beer vs. wine dinner at…
“I want people’s eyes to roll into the back of their heads when they eat my food,” says Elise Wiggins, the über-talented executive chef of Panzano, a Northern Italian restaurant in the Hotel Monaco. Food, like sex, should always be sensual, she explains. The Louisiana native would put her hands…
