Grilling fish seems easy enough, but rubbery fish, dry fish and other fish disasters of oceanic proportions are all too common, so this Saturday, June 21, Seattle Fish Co. is encouraged the fearful to throw their insecurities overboard with an interactive class dedicated to the art of grilling fish. The…

It’s all too easy to forget about this adorable cafe and sandwich shop that’s parked on an out-of-the-way corner, but the sandwiches, most notably the Reuben surfaced with shavings of Colorado bison pastrami, are delicious. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer…

Alex Figura Lower48 Kitchen 2020 Lawrence Street 303-942-0262 lower48kitchen.com This is part two of my interview with Alex Figura, exec chef of Lower48 Kitchen; part one of our conversation ran yesterday. Most memorable meal you’ve ever had: This place in Barcelona, Spain, that was tucked away in an alley that…

April Fool’s Day was no joke for Noah Price, co-owner of the Populist and Crema Coffee House. That’s the day he inked a lease on Finn’s Manor, a food truck courtyard and cocktail bar that will occupy a former 7,000-square-foot auto parts salvage shop at 2927 Larimer Street, just a…

While it’s true that money doesn’t fall from a tree, it’s nonetheless raining dollars — or at least it will be if you’re one of the first 100 people in line for Saturday’s opening of Denver’s second Protein Bar. Exactly how many dollars, you ask? A whopping $500. Each. And…

Middle Eastern restaurants have plenty for vegetarians to chew on, but this particular Mid-East feast house recently added an all-vegan plate to its menu — and there’s enough on that platter to feed carnivores, too. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer…

Alex Figura Lower48 Kitchen 2020 Lawrence Street 303-942-0262 lower48kitchen.com This is part one of my interview with Alex Figura, exec chef of Lower48 Kitchen; part two of my conversation with Figura will run tomorrow. “My parents always joke that it’s unlikely that I’ll ever miss a meal,” says Alex Figura,…

As part of its ongoing Scandinavian dinner series, Trillium, Ryan Leinonen’s terrific restaurant in Ballpark, is hosting a Swedish summer solstice dinner on Wednesday, June 18. Sweden’s celebration of summer, otherwise known as Midsommardagen, is “packed full of food, music and celebration, but our interpretation focuses solely on the culinary,…

When the beautifully restored Union Station opens to the public on Saturday, July 12, the Denver food cognoscenti will have a spectacular depot of new restaurants to chew on, including The Kitchen Next Door, Snooze, Mercantile Dining & Provision, Eatmore Burgers & Brats and Stoic & Genuine, a 2,000-square-foot, 62-seat…

It sounded good on paper, but the queso fundido at this highbrow Mexican restaurant was a bit like eating rubber bands. But while you can stretch a rubber band only so far, this queso fundido would have stretched all the way to the ceiling and back had we played that…

Doughnuts have long been associated with a cop’s favorite breakfast, but even Homer Simpson appreciates glaze and sprinkles: “Doughnuts. Is there anything they can’t do?” asked the famous patriarch of the Simpson family of cartoon characters. As it turns out, doughnuts are on the rise, and Denver appears to want…

Every time I drive down a certain stretch of asphalt, I pass by a dusty parking lot with a dilapidated truck and a huge smoker that emits the scent of barbecue. Over the weekend, my curiosity got the best of me, and I stopped to get a closer whiff –…

Livability.com, a website that takes readers on a sojourn of America’s Best Places to Live and Visit, just released its list of the “Top 10 Foodie Cities” of 2014 — a roster of allegedly restaurant-strong cities that “strongly support local farmers, showcase regional cuisine and provide residents with bountiful opportunities…

Cafe Society served up five Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a fat al pastor burrito blanketed with green chile from Socorro’s to a delicious Korean feast from Han Kang to a boozy whiskey-and-berry cocktail from a burger joint…

On Thursday, June 26, 24 local restaurants will battle it out for taco supremacy in the inaugural Top Taco Denver showdown, a benefit for the Colorado Restaurant Association’s Education Foundation ProStart scholarship program. The event, which unfolds in Sculpture Park, located just behind the Denver Center for the Performing Arts,…

On Wednesday night, seventeen chefs from across Denver convened on the patio of Elway’s Cherry Creek for the Hot Rocks Griller Challenge, an annual benefit — and one of the best food-related events of the year — for the Denver Health Foundation’s male-based programs. The chefs, all of whom created…

This restaurant has gone through several changes since it first opened, morphing from a vast space with a center island of prepared foodstuffs to a full-fledged restaurant that’s feeding enthusiastic crowds. And the beef-and-onion samosas, served with lemon wedges and a duo of tamarind and cilantro chutneys, are a definite…

Three years ago, sausage czar Jim Pittenger opened Biker Jim’s Gourmet Dogs, his brick-and-mortar on Larimer Street that followed several years of unrivaled success pimping game-changing dogs from a long-standing cart on the 16th Street Mall. And now Pittenger, whose famous fat wieners slapped with cream cheese and Coke-soaked onions…

Who says that suburban restaurants have to bow down to the chain-ganged masses? In the case of this further afield restaurant, which recently boasted a plate of fantastic arancini, coupled with head-on shrimp, the kitchen turns out terrific foodstuffs that make even city folk leave their sheltered boundaries. Can you…

DJ Nagle Humboldt: Farm, Fish, Wine 1700 Humboldt Street 303-813-1700 humboldtrestaurant.com This is part two of my interview with DJ Nagle, executive chef of Humboldt: Farm, Fish, Wine; the first installment of our chat ran yesterday. Most noteworthy meal you’ve ever eaten: When I was a young cook working at…

Even the co-owner of Boulder’s best Chinese restaurant knows his limitations. “I knew that I had to come clean with a secret: I’m not Italian,” quips Edwin Zoe, who, along with his mother, owns Zoe Ma Ma, a stellar Chinese restaurant in downtown Boulder and, up until quite recently, Radda…