El Grito — the day when Mexicans across the world commemorate that country’s independence from Spanish rule — isn’t until September 16, but Richard Sandoval, chef-owner of Tamayo, La Sandia and Zengo, is getting an early start on all the celebrations. Beginning today and continuing though Sunday, September 20, all…
As we reported here last month, the space at 1320 15th Street that had been occupied by Alto, Greg Goldfogel’s Italian restaurant, has been picked up by Paul Piciocchi, who runs Tryst and Sutra Dance Bar & Lounge. And now we know what Piciocchi plans to put into that spot…
For proof that summer’s scorch is coming to a screeching halt, all you have to do is look to Tambien, the Cherry Creek Mex in the city at 250 Steele Street that’s been turning out rockabilly and ribs to the faithful every Sunday since April 26. This was one of…
Mark Dym, owner-chef of Marco’s Coal-Fired Pizza, 2129 Larimer Street, and the subject of this week’s Chef and Tell interview, is one of the participants in Harvest Week, which means that he’ll have a special menu that’ll pay homage to local ingredients, including Palisade peaches, homegrown tomatoes and goat cheese,…
Tony Bourdain, culinary superhero, book author, brazen, beer drinking badass, global wanderer, Food Network bully and host of the Travel Channel’s No Reservations, is lecturing his way across America, regaling sold-out audiences with stories of how he once ate the rectum of a warthog. Presumably you can encourage Bourdain to…
Beginning tomorrow and continuing through Friday, September 18, members of the Denver Independent Network of Restaurants (DINR), are participating in Harvest Week, a seven-day tribute that’s all about supporting local independent restaurants while celebrating the ingredients that grow in our back yard. “Eating locally not only helps keep the cost…
Not the best chilaquiles I’ve ever had, but not the worst either. There’s way too much lettuce and an overabundance of sour cream swirls and squiggles on the plate. But the green chile, tart with tomatillos, was requisitely spicy; the corn tortilla chips, scratch-made and flimsy; the eggs softly scrambled;…
This is part two of Lori Midson’s interview with Mark Dym, the owner-executive chef of Marco’s Coal-Fired Pizza. You can read the first part of Midson’s interview with Dym here. Culinary inspirations: No question, Roberto Caporuscio, a fantastic pizzaiolo from Campania who’s been living in the states for ten years…
Bones, Frank Bonanno’s fantastic ramen noodle bar at 701 Grant Street, has just rolled out a daily happy hour, which the crew is calling “Five for Five at Five.” That’s because the five happy-hour dishes — shishito peppers, crab wontons, a duo of egg rolls, escargot pot stickers and black…
It’s 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday night, the crowds at Marco’s Coal-Fired Pizza have finally thinned, and owner-chef Mark Dym is exhausted. “I was up at 4 a.m. yesterday morning so I could make 800 fucking pounds of chicken wings,” he says, before quickly adding that he’s “not complaining.” He pauses,…
Late last night, after hitting up a party where the only beverage being poured was vodka (a poison I avoid at all costs), I stopped for a glass of wine at one of my favorite neighborhood bars, a spot with a fantastic late-night happy hour and more than one rose…
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…
It’s 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday night, the crowds at Marco’s Coal-Fired Pizza have finally thinned, and owner-chef Mark Dym is exhausted. “I was up at 4 a.m. yesterday morning so I could make 800 fucking pounds of chicken wings,” he says, before quickly adding that he’s “not complaining.” He pauses,…
To celebrate the fact that the Taste of Colorado won’t be back for another year, the Denver Five, a cartel of homegrown chefs that get together every so often in each other’s restaurant kitchens, are cooking together tonight at TAG, Troy Guard’s Asian fusion restaurant at 1441 Larimer Street. Okay,…
“We weren’t really looking to do a second restaurant, but everything just kind of fell into place,” explains Bill Blake. Along with business partner Jason Parfenoff, he’s just signed a lease on the long-vacated Village Inn space at 222 Columbine Street where they plan to open a second outpost of…
Just got a call from Jack Martinez, the patriarch at Jack-n-Grill, 2525 Federal Boulevard (and soon, at 2630 West Belleview Avenue in Littleton). Martinez’s seven-pound burrito nearly gutted Adam Richman, host of the Travel Channel show Man v. Food, when the TV host stopped by earlier this year to to…
“Eat the dried chiles,” advised our server, “but leave the fresh red and green ones alone because they’re really hot.” Problem is, I tend to roll my eyes and shrug when it comes to heat advisories, which is exactly what I did in this case. And that turned out to…
To celebrate the opening of Qdoba Mexican Grill’s 500th restaurant, the fast-casual, homegrown Mexican chain is giving away free entrees today to the first 500 people who elbow their way through the doors of the newest location at 6703 South University Boulevard in Centennial. The 500th restaurant marks a milestone…
In this week’s Chef and Tell interview with Tyler Wiard, the executive chef at Elway’s Cherry Creek, Wiard talks about his proudest moment as a chef — the day he won the National Pork award, and a cool $5,000 in cash, while competing against nearly two dozen other chefs in…
So, yeah, see those tacos in the above pic? You’ll NEVER guess where they came from. I was shocked speechless when I saw tacos — street tacos, mind you — on a bar menu that really has no business pimping tacos. No, this is a watering hole that by all…
The Taste of Colorado kicks off today and continues through Monday, September 7 at Civic Center Park. And you know what that means: Turkey legs! Of course, readers of this blog want nothing to do with those, but you may be interested in the hot dog eating contest, cupcake tasting,…
The Berkshire, 7352 East 29th Avenue, one of our favorite places for pig – and to pig out – is putting pork on the back-burner, at least for tonight. That’s because the Stapleton-based temple of swine is hosting its first Maine lobster bake with all the required fixings – corn…
