Full disclosure: My account of the best meal I ate all year makes me sound like the biggest food snob on earth. No matter how well I defend myself, it’s bound to come across as pinkie-out boasting and just plain holier-than-thou. But don’t judge me until you hop on a…
Even as a few restaurants try to squeak in under the wire to open before December 31, others are preparing to make their debut in early 2011. Among the contenders: 5th Sun, which is taking over an old lighting store on Speer Boulevard just off Federal and has a liquor…
Cafe Society writers are serving up some of their favorite meal memories of 2010 on the blog this week. Laura Shunk led this trip down memory lane with her “Top Five Meal Memories,” which included tasty reminders of meals both near and far. The latter inspired this response from the…
On the last Tuesday of every month, Great Divide Brewing Co., 2201 Arapahoe Street, proves that beer can hold its own when it comes to cheese pairings. See for yourself at the Monthly Beer and Cheese Pairing, which pairs five artisan cheeses with five Great Divide beers. Admission is $18;…
They infiltrated the city this year: a gleaming fleet of trucks, sporting vibrant color schemes and elaborate paint jobs, hawking everything from biscuits to banh mi. A hip generation was behind the wheel — restaurateurs who wanted to reach a broader audience, cash-strapped chefs who needed an inexpensive kitchen, ambitious…
“Calling them gourmet trucks is such bullshit.” I was on the phone with Gustavo Arellano, author of Ask a Mexican and managing editor (and food editor) at the OC Weekly, our partner paper in Orange County, and we were talking about the top food trend of 2010: the gourmet truck…
Thai Basil was loud, boozy and hairy — just like my senior prom date. And I enjoyed both about the same. I ate there, specifically the Washington Park location, twice this summer, for a cumulative total of two hours of my life that I’m never going to get back…
This year M&D’s Cafe provided me with two of my favorite things in a meal: geographic convenience and a glut of roasted meat. Five Points is my ‘hood, and having a place to get plump, mealy fried catfish, a mess of dark, steaming greens and warm, spicy sweet-potato pie on…
Govinda’s Buffet, 1400 Cherry Street, reopened this year after an almost year-long hiatus, serving up a vegetarian spread on Friday and Saturday nights. And there’s more good news coming: Govinda’s just announced yesterday that it will be bringing back lunch hours In 2011…
When I was at Urban Outfitters the other day, I spotted a book called Looks Like a Cock, with photos of different items that look like, well, a cock. The sake holder pictured above was not in that book, but it could have been. Can you guess where I was…
New York lost a legend this year when Elaine Kaufman, of the eponymous Elaine’s, passed away. She was a remarkable front-of-the-house restaurateur, a big personality who made her place a regular stop for New Yorkers despite the fact that the food, by most accounts, was terrible. And without her, the…
Highlands Cork & Coffee could soon have a full bar. The coffee shop-and-wine bar in Highlands Square had a liquor-license hearing last Thursday. Owner Shawn Manzanares says she thinks it went well, though she hasn’t heard yet whether the license was granted. If it is, customers will soon be able…
We don’t normally frequent hotel bars in Denver, but searching for a place to show some relatives the lay of the land, we stopped at the Hyatt Regency, 650 15th Street, over the weekend for a couple of drinks in the Peaks Lounge on the 27th floor, with its floor-to-ceiling…
Dozens of restaurants are hosting special New Year’s Eves dinners — but there are other culinary specials this week, too. Here’s a taste of what’s on the menu:…
It’s located in an unlikely spot, but there’s a new Colombian kitchen on the scene, serving up specialties from that Latin American country for lunch and dinner seven days a week. La Cocina de Paula is now cooking inside the Oasis Bar and Hookah Lounge, 1523 Market Street…
It may be an unseasonably warm winter in Denver this year, but we’re still craving cassoulet, the bean and meat stew that’s chock full of sausage and duck confit. Normally, that means braving the wait for a table at Z Cuisine, 2239 West 30th Avenue, where cassoulet is on the…
Cafe Society served up four Guess Where contests last week, with entries ranging from a holiday drink that stirred the finger of an unhappy drinker at the Bar Car (above) to a sad, closed restaurant at 2103 South Broadway, where no one will be eating again. For correctly identifying that…
If readers thought Kyle Garratt was whining about verbal tippers, his column about tea really landed him in hot water. One commenter stirred things up with the following: I guess bringing someone tea is pretty hard. No wait, being trapped in a mine shaft for two months because some soulless…
If your New Year’s resolution is to eat healthier and you want a head start, head to the Kitchen Table, 5375 Landmark Place in Greenwood Village, which presents Meatless Mondays every Monday. Tonight, you can learn about vegetable dishes that originated in Tuscany, everything from crepes with spinach and ricotta…
The lights are on but no one’s home at this sad spot, one of the local restaurants that closed in 2010. But there was more good news than bad on the dining scene this year, with many restaurants opening — and a few still hoping to squeak in before 2011…
Happy Place: Ondo’s, 250 Steele Street, 303-975-6514 The Hours: Monday through Friday from 4 to 6 p.m.; all day Tuesday; Friday and Saturday from 10 p.m. to midnight The Deals: $3 Heineken drafts; $3 red or white sangria; $3 well pours; $2 off wine, cava, and sherry by the glass;…
Cafe Society writers consumed hundreds of meals in restaurants over the course of 2010, but a few really stood out. Next week, several of those writers will be serving up memories of their favorites (and we encourage you to post yours, too). In the meantime, here are my top five…
