Pray to the weather gods that Denver is blessed with balmy breezes this weekend, because the food trucks competing in season two of The Great Food Truck Race, the primetime Food Network series hosted by star chef Tyler Florence, are motoring into town on Saturday and possibly Sunday (along with…
African restaurants are (very) few and far between in Denver, but they do exist, including this one, where plantains, goat meat and rice take center stage. 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…
If Senate Bill 60 passes out of the House, “on-premises” liquor licensees — meaning restaurants and bars, and restaurants and bars only — would be free, free to pour any beer they want to, even the 3.2 beer they’re now prevented from serving by the state’s archaic liquor laws, which…
Steve Ells, founder of the homegrown Chipotle chain, will have a starring role as the University of Colorado commencement speaker on Friday — just five days after he wrapped up his gig on America’s Next Great Restaurant. In the last episode of that series, Ells and his fellow judges chose…
Follow @CafeWestword on TwitterGet a taste of Colorado Cabs at a wine tasting hosted by the City of Aurora at Summer Valley Recreation Center, 17400 East Lehigh Place in Aurora. The event runs from 7 to 8:30 p.m. tonight, and admission is $24 to $31. For details, call 303-326-8630 or…
I love Asian noodles: ramen, pho, Vietnamese bun bo Hue, Nepalese thupka, Taiwanese beef noodle soup. In the winter, I slurp bowl after bowl of hot broth, noodles and chunks of meat, ideally with some animal collagen to make the mix thick, velvety and rib-stickingly hearty. In spring, as the…
For the past few years, when the first whispers of warm weather stirred my annual craving for bibim naeng myun, I inevitably made a beeline straight for Silla, which served what I thought might be the best version of the cold buckwheat noodle dish in the area. But this spring…
The bad economy has been very good to the Friday Store, a business devoted to selling surplus groceries at discount prices. “We are in the unique position that the worse the economy gets, the better our business gets,” says Martin Palumbo. “It’s been a win-win situation all the way around…
You could hear the collective wails emanating from the cafeteria at the University of Denver when news came down that Trompeau Bakery, the petite French bake shop at 1729 East Evans Avenue, was shuttering after a decade — and relocating to a new space that wasn’t within walking distance of…
Amid making plans for ShopHouse, a new fast-casual Asian concept, and running the ever-expanding Denver-based Chipotle empire, Steve Ells has also been busy picking another restaurant concept in which to invest, working alongside Bobby Flay, Curtis Stone and Lorena Garcia to grant a would-be restaurateur the opportunity to run America’s…
Back in March, we warned you that 1Up Arcade & Bar had planned to score big in LoDo. And that seems to be the case for the subterranean arcade/bar/restaurant on Blake Street (See photos from a recent Saturday night at 1Up), which is packing in the crowds. On Saturday night,…
Ty Lam had frequented the small Yoisho Japanese Restaurant for over a decade, eating her way through the Japanese menu that’s dotted with Korean influence while getting to know the elderly couple that ran the place. And recently, she asked the owner, Kim Soon, if she could buy the space…
Nearly five years after native Laotian Ma Vue graced Edgewater residents with US Thai Cafe — which offers up some of the best curry in the city — he’s added a second restaurant in Denver: Chef Vue opened in the Town Center in Aurora two weeks ago…
Mother’s Day is Sunday — so if you haven’t yet made arrangements for a beautiful bouquet and fabulous brunch for Mom, get moving. Also on the culinary calendar this week: Cinco de Mayo and a little race called the Kentucky Derby…..
Ron Bryant and Chris Casson, both of whom work in the enterprise business development department of Shamrock Foods, have spent the past year and a half bantering about the attributes of burgers — and how they could erect a burger treasury of their own that would stand buns apart from…
Chad Yakobson has a master’s degree in beer. And like most academics, he’s putting that degree to use for the greater good, namely by researching different kinds of yeast strains — primarily brettanomyces, which is used in certain styles of “sour” ales — and brewing beers based on what he…
There’s only one restaurant in Denver where I’ve seen this golden Italian beer being poured — and I’d gladly go out of my way to track it down again. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I…
The metro area gained a cheesesteak spot and lost a cheesesteak spot, it gained a Larkburger and lost a Walk-In Burger (although that venture promises to relocate)…and Hart’s Corner made a comeback. Here’s the Restaurant roll call for April:…
Last week Cafe Society served up five Guess Where contests, featuring everything from the liver and onions at El Tejado to the green chile hash at Lola to a wet-your-whistle drink at a whistlestop on the edge of town. For correctly whistling up the Copper Rail in Brighton, Dawn wins…
The first party of the Food Truck Warriors was postponed from Saturday because of sorry weather forecasts, and this answer didn’t fit the contest criteria to win free food/drink at the Food Truck Warriors party in any case. Still, we were charmed by this reply from Todd, which shows just…
Temple Emanuel, 51 Grape Street, is the site of the annual WomenCook!, featuring female chefs who prepare delicious treats — and all for the benefit of Work Options for Women. Tickets ($125 and up) for tonight’s event are all gone — but you can still learn more about this very…
