After months…and months…and months of hungry impatience on the part of Denverites yearning for a year-round culinary showroom, The Source, a promising — and pioneering — new project from urban developers Mickey and Kyle Zeppelin, the progressive trailblazers behind the TAXI development in River North, unveils its first tenant today:…

UPDATE: We have a winner of our Great Divide/Harman’s Eat & Drink contest, in which we asked Cafe Society readers to answer this question: How many beets are in the box in the above photo? Judging from the number of submissions, dozens of you clearly want to go this, but…

The other night at dinner, after eating multiple courses, we were way too stuffed to contemplate dessert — even a cheese course, which is something I rarely pass up. Then again, that restaurant didn’t have burrata on its menu, but this restaurant does, pairing the generous portion of silky cheese…

Carrie Shores Table 6 609 Corona Street 303-831-8800 table6denver.com This is part one of my interview with Carrie Shores, chef of Table 6; part two of our conversation will run tomorrow. Despite her wispy, petite frame, Carrie Shores, the executive chef of Table 6, is a woman of massive strength…

Want a job working on the line at one of the hottest new restaurants in the Mile High City? You’ll have to drive past the “Devil Horse” of Denver International Airport in order to get to your destination, but my guess is that there are a lot of cooks in…

The seafood kabobs at this Middle Eastern restaurant don’t quite stack up to the smooth, lemon-kissed hummus, but they’re a nice departure from the typical meat-heavy platters that strike most Mid East menus. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to a…

Even if the sandwiches sucked — and they most definitely don’t — I’d willingly spend every afternoon here if only to shoot the shit with the owner, whose infectious personality and humor can turn a horrific day into the best day ever. And if I can get one of his…

There are those who swear that the Beauvallon is cursed — that there may be no worse location to open a restaurant or bar — but Bill Kennedy, along with his business partners Dan Woodward and John Wang, are betting that the Beauvallon is ripe for a new tenant, specifically…

Last week, Cafe Society posted four Guess Where? contests, ranging from a corned beef sandwich from Zaidy’s Deli to a fat pork chop sadly undermined by a mound of mushy vegetables from the outdated Summit Steakhouse to a bright green bottle of Lucky Buddha beer from a Vietnamese restaurant…

At some point in the distant past, someone — probably not a man — declared that a “woman always has the right to change her mind,” but that certainty applies to the other gender, too. Yesterday afternoon, in fact, Theo Adley, a male whose name was prominently featured this past…

UPDATE: We have a winner of our Ruth Tobias book signing contest, in which we asked Cafe Society readers to answer this question: How many hours did it take Tobias to complete her manuscript? Congrats to chrisdoubleyou, who guessed 500; the actual number is 513 hours! Chrisdoubleyou, we’ll send you…

This will never be Denver’s best deli, but it continues to carry on, turning out decent sandwiches to a golden age crowd, the women of which, judging from the really, really bad plastic surgeries and botox injections, are still trying to compete with the Forever 21 hipsters. Can you guess…

Earlier this week, we reported that Max MacKissock, exec chef of the Squeaky Bean, would be leaving his position at the restaurant that shot to stardom in Highland and rocketed to national glory when it reopened in a brand new space in LoDo last year. On Monday, when we ran…

Fiery green chile on a fire-hot day can make a grown woman cry. Really good chile, though, and the habanero-ghost chile sauce that you can order on the side is definitely a new obsession. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to…

Marty Steinke Linger 2030 West 30th Avenue 303-993-3120 lingerdenver.com This is part two of my interview with Marty Steinke, exec chef of Linger; part one of our conversation ran yesterday. What’s your biggest challenge as a chef working in Denver? Finding good cooks. The talent pool in Denver is so…

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 a spacious kitchen. They often bring some of their market’s choicest ingredients home with them and cook up a feast. Last weekend, some of…

This is the first time I’ve ever seen a bottle of Lucky Buddha beer, and while the taste profile is indistinguishable from lots of other beers, the bottle, which is now the newest beer statue in my kitchen, is unlike any I’ve seen, plus I can rub its belly. We…

Marty Steinke Linger 2030 West 30th Avenue 303-993-3120 lingerdenver.com This is part one of my interview with Marty Steinke, exec chef of Linger; part two of our conversation will run tomorrow. It’s a good thing that Marty Steinke doesn’t hold grudges against grease, because if he did, he might never…

What defines an essential restaurant? Several opinionated friends and I were recently discussing that topic during dinner at a trendy newcomer that’s amassed a flurry of flattery since opening its doors. It’s a restaurant-of-the-moment, but will it still be relevant in six months? Will the crowds continue to jam the…

Everything about this restaurant, from the music and the decor, to the dried parsley that wreaths the plates and the medley of painstakingly overcooked vegetables, screams old-school weariness. Bonus points, though, for the thick pork chop, which managed to arrive properly grilled. But the burgundy mushroom sauce? As dated as…