Happy Cakes, 3434 West 32nd Avenue, offers up a dizzying array of cupcake flavors, parsed out in daily specials that rotate all week long. If you want to find out whether maple bacon or Jack and Coke is on the list before you make the drive to Highland, the bakery…
If you go hog wild for Hog Wild BBQ, you’re going to need to drive to Fort Collins to get your fix. The shop, at 2103 South Broadway, has closed — a victim of the City of Denver’s plan to widen Evans. Owners Chris and Katie Robinson, who moved to…
Last month we reported that Michael Burgermeister, awash with inspiration from markets all over the country (including New York’s Eataly), was moving Boulder-based Bayleaf to a larger Pearl Street location, where he could expand his offerings…
The city is awash in beer dinners this week — but there are also many classes, food drives and the annual Top Latke Cookoff. Here’s a taste of what’s on the menu:…
On November 15, a shipment of Maui Brewing Company’s canned beers left Hawaii by boat, bound for one of the ports in Southern California — and eventually for Colorado. It hasn’t arrived yet. But it might soon, and when it does, says Dave Watson of the CR Goodman liquor distributorship…
There are bargains galore during the daily happy hour at this serene Asian restaurant, where the chicken lettuce wraps, topped with cranraisins and plated with translucent slices of ginger, are a mere $3, as are several other notable dishes. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives…
The traffic jam on northbound I-25 started south of Pueblo. There was only one logical course of action: to brake for a slopper at Gray’s Coors Tavern, at 515 West Fourth in Pueblo. This bar has had only two owners since it became Johnny’s Coors Tavern in 1934 (and it…
So the holidays are coming to a close, the stock of leftover ham is depleted, and you’re determined to get back to the normal, everyday routine of work, cleaning the hors d’oeuvre smears off the davenport, and paying off the mountain of credit card bills left in the wake of…
Cafe Society served up four Guess Where contests last week, ranging from a still-unidentified disaster (perhaps people are too embarrassed to admit they recognize it) to delicious, pre-Thanksgiving tater tots at Table 6, to this plate of tacos. For correctly identifying the the dish as belonging to El Camino, Steve…
In the village of West Yorkshire, England, a police force of extraordinary magnitude is taking shape — the shape of burgers. Due to budget cuts, the town’s police force has been pared down to a bare minimum — so local merchants have decided to use “street marshals” to help in…
Sweet! The city of Aurora is offering a cooking class on Holiday Candies from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. tonight at the Expo Recreation Center, 10955 East Exposition Avenue in Aurora. The fee is $43 to $56; call 303-326-8630 or go to http://auroragov.org/recreation for more info. For information on dozens of…
Sink the Bismarck, the highest-alcohol beer in the world, has finally made it to Colorado. The “quadruple IPA,” at 41 percent alcohol by volume, is made by Scotland’s controversial and attention-seeking BrewDog brewery, the spot also responsible for Tactical Nuclear Penguin, a 32 percent ABV beer, which held the record…
The expanding mobile food scene encompasses a bevy of trucks and carts, and now it includes a van. The 1970s Volkswagen van is called the Cozy Bean, and it’s trolling Denver, fortifying patrons with coffee and smoothies…
Planning an international culinary vacation? Thinking France? Maybe you should re-route to Japan. This year’s Michelin guides are now out for perusal — and because four restaurants in Japanese cities were upgraded to three-star status, the country now hosts the same number of highest-honored eateries as the gastronomically proud French:…
A story in last week’s New York Times Magazine about a child on a 90 percent fat diet was not an expose of child abuse. The article described a family’s desperate attempt to control nine-year-old Sam’s epilepsy by feeding him bacon and butter in quantities only Costco can supply. It’s…
Happy Place: Cheeky Monk Belgian Beer Café, 534 East Colfax Avenue, 303-861-0347 The Hours: Monday through Friday from 3 to 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. to close The Deals: $1 off all drafts, bottles, tower samplers and wines by the glass; half-price frites, croquettes and artichoke dip Were we happy?…
My last dinner before Thanksgiving included, among other hits and wonders, tater tots with bacon and blue cheese playfully paired with a diminutive bottle of Tabasco sauce. 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…
It’s the holiday season, that magical time of year when we endure a couple of hours of airport torture in order to enjoy days of family torture. In honor of that, we’re serving up tips on how to eat and drink well at DIA, starting with great places for an…
Atheist author Tim Covell’s propagating a new obesity theory, and it has nothing to do with carbs, fat or high fructose corn syrup. Rather, he’s noticed a correlation between godliness and obesity…
After a few days of preview parties and events, Ototo Food and Wine Bar will be opening for dinner at 4:30 p.m. today, with lunch joining the lineup on December 13. The former Den Deli space at 1501 South Pearl Street has a sleek new look and a menu to…
Clint Wangsnes Zengo 1610 Little Raven Street 720-904-0965 www.richardsandoval.com/zengodenver This is part two of Lori Midson’s interview with Clint Wangsnes, chef of Zengo. Read part one of that Q&A. Rules of conduct in your kitchen: I have high expectations of all of my staff. I expect them to give me…
It was a dark and chilly night, and I was completely bored out of my gourd. Fortunately, a new Goodwill Thrift Store had recently opened in my neighborhood, and shopping seemed a perfect diversion. So this little piggy went to market, and found a store packed with stuff. Some items…
