No. 86: Beef cheek enchiladas from El Diablo Sean Yontz is, arguably, the face of Mexican food in Denver, and when El Diablo, the restaurant that he co-owns with Jesse Morreale, opened last August, it did so with an ambitious menu that stretched far and above the conventional Mexican fray…
We’ve got high hopes for The Pinyon, 1710 Pearl Street in Boulder, which wowed us so much with its fried chicken just two days after it opened, it earned a coveted spot on our 100 Favorite Dishes roster. The Pinyon has been open since mid-December for dinner, but chef/owner Theo…
On the evening of January 1, we were traipsing around the ghost town that LoDo becomes in the aftermath of one of the biggest party nights of the year, and noticed that one restaurant missed the festivities entirely. D’Corazon Mexican Restaurant, 1530 Blake Street, has been on break since December…
Want to stir things up in 2011? There are plenty of cooking classes, parties, special dinners and festivals to help you keep (or kill) whatever resolutions you’ve made. Here’s a taste of what’s on Colorado’s culinary calendar:…
Every year, on January 1, a bunch of us usher in the New Year at a popular Chinese restaurant that graciously puts up with our lingering hangovers and hungered stomachs. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am…
While many restaurants closed in 2010, many more restaurants opened — including such hot spots as ChoLon, Euclid Hall, Green Russell, Lou’s Food Bar and, on the very last day of the year, Bittersweet. Here’s the restaurant roll call for 2010, our compendium of all the spots that opened and…
The first mobile food vendor on wheels was launched nearly 150 years ago, in 1872, when a Rhode Island native called Walter Scott trotted his horse-drawn freight wagon, stocked with sandwiches, hard-boiled eggs, coffee and pies around the town of Providence, satiating the bellies of late-night factory workers. A century…
Just as he did two years ago with Bones, Frank Bonanno opened a new restaurant, Lou’s Food Bar, in the last days of the year. But there was much more action on the Denver dining scene, as documented in our Restaurant roll call for December:…
Denver’s restaurateurs are an incredibly generous group, with chefs and owners alike stepping up to contribute to endless good causes throughout the year. Olivea — the eighteen-month-old restaurant owned by Keith Arnold and Stephanie Bonin (who’re also responsible for duo) and chef John Broening and pastry goddess Yasmin Lozada-Hissom –…
Cafe Society served up four Guess where contests last week, ranging from an obscene sake container at Matsuhisa in Aspen to an unusual combo cocktail at Rackhouse Pub to a post-Christmas dish of steak and eggs . For correctly identifying that plate as coming from Pete’s Kitchen, Nate wins an…
Have plans to better yourself in the New Year? Here’s a fun way to do just that: Interstate Kitchen & Bar, 901 West 10th Avenue, hosts the Rock ‘n’ Roll Spelling Bee tonight and every Monday, starting at 10 p.m. Unlike traditional spelling bees, this one lets you write down…
Happy New Year! We’ll see you back here bright and early on Monday morning…
Happy Place: Gaetano’s, 3760 Tejon Street, 303-477-6096 The Hours: Monday through Friday from 3 to 6 p.m. The Deals: $1 off Wynkoop draft beers; $3 cocktails, including homemade limoncello; $3 truffle fries; $2 mini paninis and mini caprese salads Were we happy? Flip the page to find out…
“Yeah, it’s been stressful, and there was a point where I felt like I was going to throw up,” confesses Frank Bonanno, who’s clinging to a glass of red wine while sitting at the bar of Lou’s Food Bar, his newest restaurant that opened last night at 1851 West 38th…
Tonight, one lucky Cafe Society reader will get to celebrate New Year’s Eve at Olivéa, the sensational Mediterranean restaurant in Uptown whose kitchen is overseen by the dynamic husband-and-wife duo of exec chef John Broening and pastry goddess Yasmin Lozada-Hissom. Earlier this week, we asked you to tell us, in…
All the talk about “In the Weeds” inspired Brian Melton to send in this missive about the restaurant industry. It’s our New Year’s Eve gift for everyone in the business –and anyone out on the town tonight who benefits from exemplary workers in the service industry. “My Love Affair with…
Looking for somewhere to eat tonight? Look no further than our New Year’s Eve Food & Drink listings, a comprehensive guide to special restaurant offerings tonight in the metro area. But remember to check with the restaurant before you head out the door — many are filled to capacity. (And…
In this week’s Westword, I headed down to Alameda for a glimpse of the loncheras that ruled the streets before this year, when tricked out mobile vendors (or luxe loncheras) became a hot trend. And in the course of the time I spent with the family who owns La Villa…
I love the service here, and the wine list is both sensibly priced and well-crafted, but after a recent dinner that included a wad of paper in my chile rellenos and a woefully underseasoned seafood dish that arrived lukewarm, it’s on my shit list. Can you guess where I’m eating?…
We reported yesterday that Primebar, the 300-seat restaurant at 1515 Arapahoe Street, had closed without warning a year and a half after it had opened. We received no comment from Restaurants America, the company that owns the place as to why the sudden shutter, but the word’s out now: The…
Yesterday, several local chefs — Michael Long (Aria and Opus); Eric Skokan (Black Cat); Brandon Biederman (Steuben’s); Brad Rowell (Colt & Gray); and Troy Guard (TAG and TAG Raw Bar) — dished on the culinary trends that would shape 2011, sounding off on what they’d like to see more (and…
Early this month, Jason Sheehan gave Chipotle Mexican Grill a glowing review in the Seattle Weekly, our partner publication where he now works — and where the haters haven’t stopped rolling their eyes and asking why he’d bother writing about such a ubiquitous fast-casual joint. His piece provided the perfect…
