It doesn’t matter whether you’ve been naughty or nice this year: When it comes to EatDenver’s annual Dining Deck — a caboodle of 52 gift cards worth $10 each that you can use at dozens of Denver’s top food palaces, all members of the EatDenver Independent Restaurant Network — Santa…
Amos Watts Jax Fish House Denver 1539 17th Street 303-292-5767 www.jaxfishhousedenver.com The French Laundry, Thomas Keller’s culinary temple in Napa, gets plenty of accolades, but Cyrus, a petite restaurant in the artsy Sonoma town of Healdsburg, is even better, insists its legion of junkies. And before he was crowned executive…
Since it motored into Denver earlier this month, Biker Jim’s fancy new food truck, which he plans to take national, has been sequestered in a secret location somewhere in the city, but on Sunday, he’ll introduce it to Denverites for the first time in conjunction with his latest appearance on…
No. 47: Croque Madame from Pierre Michel Organic French Bakery Cafe…
It’s no secret that I’m a charcuterie slut, and this plate, a relatively new addition to the menu, has become one of my favorites for pigging out. 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…
When Deluxe Burger, Dylan Moore’s shrine to beef in a bun, shuttered a few months ago, several local chefs and restaurateurs eyed the East Colfax quarters, located directly next door to Mod Livin’, the retro furniture store owned by Jill Warner, who’s also the landlord of the restaurant space. But…
I had a perfectly lovely Thanksgiving with my dysfunctional family, but it was nothing like the pre-Thanksgiving feast that Jorel Pierce, the executive chef of Euclid Hall, and his sous, Josh Prater, prepared last Wednesday for a 9News segment. Pierce, along with 9News meteorologist Becky Ditchfield and Sky 9 reporter…
On Sunday, while Tim Tebow fans prayed that God would grant the Broncos a victory over the San Diego Chargers, we prayed that the generous pours of vodka in our Bloody Marys wouldn’t make us tumble off our bar stools. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who…
Mike Peshek Lou’s Food Bar 1851 West 38th Avenue 303-458-0336 www.lousfoodbar This is part two of my interview with Mike Peshek, exec chef of Lou’s Food Bar. Part one of my chat with Peshek ran earlier this week. Favorite restaurant in America: Pizzeria Regina in Boston. The service is terrible,…
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. In case you’ve…
In Mexico City, you’ll encounter gruisidos on just about every street corner, but in Denver, the stew is a rarity, except at this Mexican restaurant, where guisado de puerco shares space on the menu alongside more pedestrian staples like tacos and enchiladas. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus:…
Mike Peshek Lou’s Food Bar 1851 West 38th Avenue 303-458-0336 www.lousfoodbar “See the spaghetti and meatballs?” asks Mike Peshek, pointing to a vat of fat orbs glossed with an herby tomato sauce. “That’s one of our favorite dishes — and one of our most popular staff meals.” A dishwasher, who’s…
Quiznos, a national sandwich chain, whose corporate headquarters (and one of its dwindling sub shops) are located at 1001 17th Street, is about to get some stiff competition when Udi’s Bread Cafe, bread baron Udi Bar-on’s tribute to loaves, opens directly behind the sandwich chain early next year…
Did you hear what happened to the Energizer Bunny? He got arrested for assault and battery. Despite the fact that this week is all about turkey, the eye-rolling Thumper jokes were running rampant at this bar that serves a hearty rabbit cassoulet. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus:…
“Literally, I’d never heard of any of these charges until I read your story,” says Daniel Kuhlman, the owner of Wild Catch, which abruptly shuttered on Saturday, when co-owner/chef Justin Brunson, along with his staff, walked out the door following a meeting the day before between Brunson and Kuhlman that…
District Meats, insists Charlie Palmer, is not a steakhouse. It is, however, a meat-centric fortress of flesh, where, says Palmer, a New York-based chef and restaurateur who’s unleashed an empire of restaurants across the country, “people can explore different and unusual cuts of meat — pork, beef and lamb –…
Woof. You know the world has gone to the dogs when there’s nearly as many hounds as there are patrons, which was the scene the other night at this lively beer-centric venue. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s…
“This is not how I wanted it to go down,” admits Justin Brunson. But he had a premonition it would. Several weeks ago, Brunson, the sandwich earl behind Masterpiece Deli and the opening executive chef/co-owner of Wild Catch, the sustainable seafood restaurant that he opened in late August with partner…
Two years ago, I was sitting at the bar at Highland Tavern, the purpose of which was not to eat, but to drink. But when a bartender handed over a menu, I was intrigued. It was anything but your standard issue bar board. Rather, the menu was full of food…
No. 48: Carnitas from Araujo’s…
If you haven’t been to this smashing sandwich shop, littered with cookbooks and lounging in a decades-old home somewhere near — but not in — the People’s Republic, you owe it to yourself to go. Guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the…
“I’ve been waiting five years for this!” screeched a woman who couldn’t stop trembling. And Jeremy Smallwood was grinning from ear to ear, despite the fact that he had been sitting idle in his car for more than two hours, patiently waiting for the snake of cars ahead of him…
