Salba: Another superfood for the cupboard

When whole wheat flour, line-caught salmon, blueberries and flax just won’t do, there’s another super-duper food for the most healthy of the healthy: Salba Smarts has been selling its line of products containing salba since 2006, and I’ve been munching my way through them. This superfood appears to be pretty…

5th Sun Cafe & Lounge lands its liquor license

When Trudy Gonzalez opened 5th Sun Cafe & Lounge on Speer and Federal Boulevards this winter, she had all the pieces for the cafe part of her name: an espresso machine and a bevy of breakfast and lunch items. But “lounge” was a misnomer because she didn’t have a liquor…

Guess where I’m eating?

Taking a good food photo can be a bear, and yes, I made a hash of this one. But while Lori Midson’s away this week, we wanted to keep feeding you pictures of dishes served up at local restaurants. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives…

Sea beans: The latest weird food I found at Whole Foods

Shopping at Whole Foods is an experience. Part of the experience is having your wallet sucked drier than a cornbread fart, but the more pleasant aspect is finding strange new foods to try. This week’s expensive but foodie-brain-nourishing treat was a handful of “sea beans.” These bright-green, exotic little stalks…

Readers: Something old, something new — Hart’s and Frank’s

Yesterday’s Cafe Society served up news of something old, something new — both welcome, homegrown developments on the Denver dining scene. After several months of remodeling (and some shaky years before that) Hart’s Corner reopened yesterday, returning to its family-friendly roots as Lakewood’s oldest business. That news drew this comment…

Elana Amsterdam releases Gluten-Free Cupcakes

Elana Amsterdam had been baking healthy, high-protein desserts since the early ’90s — and then in 1998, she was diagnosed with celiac disease. One thing seemed to lead to another, and the delicious result is the local author’s latest work, Gluten-Free Cupcakes. The cupcakes created by these recipes are light…

Tonight: Firkin & Food at City, O’ City

City, O’ City will host another Firkin & Food event at 7 p.m. tonight, this one featuring Wynkoop’s Vanilla Oaked ESB. For more info, call 303-831-6443 or go to cityocitydenver.com. For information on dozens of culinary events around town, visit our online Food & Drink listings — and if you…

Ondo’s stays true to its Spanish inspiration

“The husband-and-wife team that owns the place spent a few years in northern Spain,” my server explained when I asked her about the dishes at Ondo’s, the last restaurant Jason Sheehan reviewed before leaving Denver. “Obviously, you’re going to have twists sneak in anywhere, but they really try to adhere…

Food porn: NOMAD pop-up dinner with Ian Kleinman

Last Friday, Saturday and Sunday, crowds convened at Mona’s on South Broadway after having received an e-mail just hours earlier revealing where they were supposed to meet. They were greeted with a torrontes white wine, and they introduced themselves to one another. And once a sizable group had filled the…

Guess where I’m drinking?

Just outside of Denver, a restaurant/bar now occupies a former warehouse by the railroad tracks. And it made tracks with our Bloody Marys, which were extremely tasty, loaded with spice and booze, just the way I like them. All aboard! Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who…

Hart’s Corner to reopen today

You can trace the history of Hart’s Corner Bar & Restaurant through the black-and-white photos hanging on one wall of the building at 5201 West Mississippi Avenue. Hailed as the oldest business in Lakewood, it got its start as a root-beer stand during Prohibition, then became a small barbecue joint/gas…

Guess where you’re not eating? At Que Bueno at DIA

Que Bueno, that culinary mainstay on Concourse B at Denver International Airport, closed five months ago for a major remodel that’s now more than two months behind — although DIA officials promise that the place could reopen any day. In the meantime, travelers can take some comfort in the fact…

Reader: Could a machine replace Kyle Garratt? Please?

Could a new machine make servers obsolete? That was the question posed by Kyle Garratt’s most recent In the Weeds column, which contemplated a future in which the automated E La Carte would be taking your order — and replacing servers like Garratt. “We can only hope!.” replied JeffParker. And…