I ordered the mole enchiladas, only to have the server look at me dubiously before asking if I actually knew what “mole” was. That was strike one. Strike two was when my friend went out to the car to fetch his phone, and the host bid him farewell, only to…
This is part one of my interview with Simon Purvis, executive chef of EDGE at the Four Seasons. Part two of that interview will run in this space tomorrow. Simon Purvis EDGE at the Four Seasons 1111 14th Street 303-389-3000 www.fourseasons.com/denver/dining Simon Purvis is sizing up Denver’s dining climate. “There…
Slowly, methodically and completely under the radar, Dave Chmura, Scott Bergin and Rob Young have spent a full year — and then some — restoring an antiquated house on South Pearl Street, and early next year, the trio of restaurateurs will open the doors to Restaurant Fourteen Seventy-Two, named for…
Way off the eaten path, this restaurant, noted for its breakfasts and kitschy theme that has something to do with a bird that you’d find in a barnyard, is somewhere between Denver and Fort Collins. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer…
When news dropped that Brasserie Felix, the French restaurant at 3901 Tennyson Street, had gone dark, Francophiles sobbed in their snails while restaurateurs all over town ogled the space, which resides on a stretch of pavement with a robust restaurant scene. But Telly Topakas took the prize…
On Thursday, September 29, Top Chef champion Stephanie Izard, who’s just about ready to embark on a book tour, along with Alex Seidel, chef/owner of Fruition, will share the kitchen with Lon Symensma at ChoLon Modern Asian Bistro when all three kitchen magicians commune to host a four-course, family-style craft…
No. 56: Mixiote de borrego from El Trompito Taqueria…
I was ready for some football this weekend, and while there weren’t a lot of football warriors at the bar where I watched the Broncos squeak out a win by the thread of their jerseys, there were plenty of football-worthy foodstuffs being passed around the table, including a plate of…
Beginning tomorrow, Izakaya Den, one of three restaurants on South Pearl Street overseen by brothers Yasu and Toshi Kizaki, who also run Sushi Den and Ototo, will begin dishing out ramen noodles in addition to its regular lunch menu…
While the breakfast board at this neighborhood joint is good, it’s the characters, one regular in particular, who really liven up the atmosphere. 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…
It’s been a good year for Lon Symensma, the chef/owner of ChoLon Modern Asian Bistro, the leading-edge Asian restaurant that he opened downtown last October…
Brad Arguello, who I interview in this week’s Chef and Tell, spends his days slinging sausages at the Uber Sausage, the hot dog hut he opened in August. Several of his dogs are topped with apple coleslaw, a housemade recipe that thumbs its nose at mayonnaise in favor of apple…
The best city in America for foodniks? According to the readers of Travel + Leisure magazine, which just released its 2011 roster of the best American cities for “foodies,” New Orleans is the best city in the country to feed your gullet. The magazine, which unleashes its America’s Favorite Cities…
My assessment of the food at this Japanese restaurant can be summed up in a litany of adjectives that, as a chef or restaurateur, you hope will never be applied to your own: Bland. Flat. One dimensional. Insipid. Characterless. Wearisome. Vapid. And the service completely sucks, too. Can you guess…
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. “So, let’s just…
This is part two of my interview with Brad Arguello, exec chef of the Uber Sausage. Part one of my chat with Arguello ran in this space yesterday. Brad Arguello The Uber Sausage 2730 East Colfax Avenue 303-862-7894 www.theubersausage.com What you’d like to see more of in Denver/Boulder from a…
My kid has a thing for breakfast, especially when it’s lunch or dinnertime, and if there are flapjacks on the menu, that’s what he’s ordering (and reluctantly sharing with me). Can you guess where we’re eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am…
“I’m making things that I want to eat, food that’s fun for us to make — and not pretentious — and food that we’re proud to serve,” says Brett Shaheen, the executive chef of the Wooden Table, a new Italian restaurant that opens today at 2500 East Orchard Road in…
Jeremy Kittelson, the former executive chef of Restaurant Avondale at the Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa in Avon (which, by the way, was recently sold to Richard Sandoval, who owns La Sandia, Tamayo and Zengo in Denver and Venga Venga in Snowmass Village), has come down the mountain to open…
This is part one of my interview with Brad Arguello, exec chef of the Über Sausage. Part two of my chat with Arguello will run in this space tomorrow. Brad Arguello The Über Sausage 2730 East Colfax Avenue 303-862-7894 www.theubersausage.com “My nickname in college was ‘baby bird,'” confesses Brad Arguello…
Not long ago, I waxed rhapsodic about the tamales at Tamales Moreno, a canary yellow shack on Morrison Road that’s been hustling tamales for a half-dozen years. But the women who make the fleets of tamales in the above snap — they can be seen smearing masa on husks in…
For the past several months, Phil Armstrong, Denver’s prince of pop-up restaurants and one of the first pioneers to bring underground dining to the Mile High City, has been reaching out to chefs, both here and nationally, to give them a platform in which to showcase their culinary prowess in…
