I crashed a Christmas party. Unintentionally, I might add, but nonetheless, when I waltzed into the Fat Frog Cafe earlier this afternoon to check out the new digs, I came face-to-face with a blizzard of Christmas sweaters — none of which, surprisingly, were ugly. But even if they had been,…

While this neighborhood restaurant struts bragging rights to one of the better breakfast/brunch boards in the city, it’s the dinner menu that’s increasingly garnering my attention. And while you can actually get breakfast for dinner, the braised lamb shank is only on the dinner menu, and it’s diabolically delicious. Can…

Beef lasagna and broccoli: That was the four-millionth meal that Project Angel Heart served earlier this week to one of its clients. All of those clients are battling life-threatening illnesses, and all rely on Project Angel Heart, a local nonprofit that cooks nutritious meals to feed 850 people per day,…

While it’s no secret that Justin Brunson, the former executive chef of Wild Catch, isn’t a big fan of Daniel Kuhlman, his ex-partner (and owner) of the restaurant that Brunson walked away from a few weeks ago following a flurry of accusations, drama and aftermath, Brunson is very much a…

Three words: messy little suckers. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts is entered into a pool — and every Monday, we select one lucky winner who’ll receive an EatDenver dining deck, worth up…

Rob Lawler The Truffle 2906 East Sixth Avenue 303-322-7363 www.denvertruffle.com This is part two of my interview with Rob Lawler, former chef and the sovereign of cheese at the Truffle. Part one of my chat with Lawler ran yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: I really don’t travel much anymore, and…

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. Like Pete and…

In this week’s Chef and Tell interview, Rob Lawler points out that brains aren’t just for zombies (they’re also for eating), but zombies were on the brains of a half-dozen boys who gathered this past weekend for a birthday party — and that killer zombie cake, in all its blood…

Just got off the horn with Mandi Clement, who, along with her husband (and ex-Mizuna chef) Tony, are now consulting at Wild Catch, the former sustainable seafood restaurant that Daniel Kuhlman opened in August — and subsequently shuttered — several weeks ago when then-chef and co-owner Justin Brunson made the…

This is part one of my interview with Rob Lawler, former chef and the sovereign of cheese at the Truffle. Rob Lawler The Truffle 2906 East Sixth Avenue 303-322-7363 www.denvertruffle.com When you actually want someone to cut the cheese, Rob Lawler, who owns the Truffle with his wife, Karin, does…

When a second Waffle Brothers opens later this month on the Hill in Boulder, you can expect more than just waffles: “There will be a sexy Australian up there, too,” teases Rod Dupen, who hails from Sydney and owns the Waffle Brothers in Denver with business partner John Power, who’s…

My kid turns twelve today (Happy birthday, Elliott!), and that calls for a celebration, which, in our house, typically means dinner out. We began the festivities last night — not with pizza or burgers — but here, at this Asian restaurant, where we slurped bowls of ramen and stuffed our…

After a series of pop-up dinners at Cafe Options, which played host to chef Max MacKissock and several squad members of the soon-to-reopen Squeaky Bean on Friday and Saturday night, the staff celebrated by shotgunning beers in the kitchen. The Squeaky Bean’s irreverence is alive and well…

I have no idea why restaurants continue to ring plates with specks of parsley, but regardless of needless adornments, the buffalo pot roast, wreathed with butternut squash, at this longstanding American gathering place, more than makes up for it. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives…

Wazee Wood-Fire Pizza, Charlie Palmer’s tribute to New York-style pies, opens today at 11 a.m. downtown at 1631 Wazee Street, directly next door to District Meats, which the New York-based star chef unleashed in October…

Cafe Society dished up three Guess where? contests last week, including a bowl of lackluster French onion soup, a trio of terrific pineapple-topped tacos from Vesta Dipping Grill, and a surprisingly good cheeseburger heaped with grilled onions. For identifying that plate as coming from Red Robin’s Burger Works, Chris B…

Once upon a time, the French onion soup at this convivial cafe was the best in the city, but the bowl that recently landed on the counter — disappointingly watery, insipid, thin and devoid of salt and pepper — left me scratching my head. Can you guess where I’m eating?…

Oh. My. God. It’s a freakin’ miracle! No, really, now you can have your daily bread with — holy crap — Jesus! All while chugging down your morning jolts of java with a side of Lucky Charms. This is not a gag gift, people. No, we’re talking about a genuine…

Food scribe, nomad, caustic tongue wagger and self-proclaimed “bad boy” Anthony Bourdain is never — never — at a loss for words, but back in August, when he was a guest on Real Time will Bill Maher, Bourdain dropped an extra special zinger when Maher asked him which he preferred:…

Annabelle Forrestal Vine Street Pub, Mountain Sun Pub & Brewery and Southern Sun www.mountainsunpub.com This is part two of my interview with Annabelle Forrestal, exec chef of Vine Street Pub in Denver and Mountain Sun Pub & Brewery and Southern Sun in Boulder. Part one of my interview with Forrestal…

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. If you’re one…