After failing to capture the breakfast and lunch crowd with Full Belly during its first year, Radek Cerny changed the concept of his second Boulder restaurant (the first was L’Atelier) to one of an upscale bistro, remodeling the space and renaming it Radex Bistro. The changes didn’t help. And now…
Kenny Hughes, an employee of Pete’s Monkey Bar who’s also a tattoo artist, proposed to his girlfriend, Ryan Brock, by painting an absolutely adorable mural outside of the bar…
Last month, we reported that Olav Peterson, the ex-executive chef of Bistro One, 1294 South Broadway, had vacated his gig there to open a new restaurant, which we now know will be unmasked in early December. But before Peterson’s new restaurant is unleashed to the public, he’s having a soft…
Den Deli and Seafood Market, at 1501 South Pearl Street, the third venture from Toshi and Yasu Kizaki, the brotherhood behind Sushi Den, 1487 South Pearl, and Izakaya Den, 1518 South Pearl, opened in December 2009 — but the bento boxes, ready-made sushi and brimming bowls of ramen, which we…
The patch of earth in the alley planted with herbs and produce may not be as flashy as the mobile vendor cruising down the street hawking banh mi and pork belly, but according to 2,000 restaurateurs across the country, that plot of land is trendier. One third of those restaurateurs…
J’Shabu, the Aurora-based swish-swish Japanese restaurant at 2680 South Havana Street that former Westword restaurant critic Jason Sheehan raved about when he reviewed it in 2007 (it also garnered a Best of Denver award in 2010 for Best Japanese Restaurant), has gone dark. A phone call to the still-listed number…
If you can’t make tonight’s Farm-to-Table Harvest Dinner at Zolo, consider picking up a signed copy of the latest America’s Test Kitchen cookbook in Denver or Boulder this week, or dishing with the Kings of Pastry filmmakers. Here’s a taste of what’s on the menu:…
Last week, media mogul, rancher and restaurateur Ted Turner was spotted hanging around the corner of 17th and Pearl in Boulder in anticipation of the opening of the 55th outpost of his restaurant chain, Ted’s Montana Grill…
It took about ten seconds for another chef and me to slurp down these oysters — and I’m certain we could have demolished another three dozen in the same amount of time. We were having lunch with a restaurateur, as well, but he admitted he didn’t like to suck. Or…
Pro football player Chad Ochocinco is a generous man — but don’t toast him yet. The Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver is touting Ochocinco’s, a honey-nut toasted oat cereal whose box includes a number that’s supposed to send callers to Feed the Children, the charity that’s benefiting from sales of the…
The area around Broadway as it heads into SoBo is booming, what with El Diablo joining a mix that already includes Deluxe and Delite, Karma, Sweet Action and Beatrice & Woodsley. And it will just become busier next year when Robert Thompson of Argyll opens Punch Bowl, his bowling alley/diner-style…
Last week, Cafe Society served up seven Guess where contests (not including our seasonal green chile category), featuring everything from the infused spirits at Parallel 17 to the new charcuterie plate at Vesta to this zuppa di pesce, which saved an otherwise disappointing meal. For correctly identifying it as coming…
The farm-to-table movement lands at Zolo Southwestern Grill, 2525 Arapahoe Avenue in Boulder, at 5:30 p.m. today, when it will host a five-course Harvest Dinner…
The Justice League of Street Food — that club of food truck operators that’s built a good amount of buzz among foodies over the past few months — held its third food truck party on Friday night in the parking lot at 29th and Huron. Westword photography intern Hunter Stevens…
Denver loves the home-grown chain Chipotle, and the restaurant empire has been loving Denver right back. On September 11, several Chipotle locations donated a portion of their proceeds to B-Cycle. And today, all metro-area Chipotles will ll be giving 50 percent of the proceeds from sales of burritos, burrito bowls,…
Culture on a stick. That’s the new concept that Hutch Phanichamnuay and his wife, Wattra Phairatphiboon, are bringing to the University of Denver neighborhood in November when they unleash Skew, a fast-casual joint at 2070 South University, located in the former Stick-e Star space, which closed earlier this year…
What, you think you won? There were some excellent comments submitted to our little Balistreri Harvest Party ticket giveaway, and to be honest, we wish we could hand out tickets to a whole slew of you for making us giggle until we spewed our wine, but we could only choose…
Park Burger, 1890 South Pearl Street, has received accolades from Bon Apetit, the Denver Burger Battle judges and Westword, which gave the joint Best French Fries in this year’s Best of Denver awards. Now USA Today is giving Park Burger something else to brag about: The restaurant was highlighted as…
When we discovered last week that our Tony’s Market 10-percent-off coupon excluded “meat bundles,” the editor’s meeting pretty much went downhill from there — so much so that we thought, “What the hell? Why not have a contest?” So we decided to give away one meat bundle to the reader…
During a quick stop to have a cocktail, I decided I was hungry and ordered the tagliatelle with roasted mushrooms and crème fraiche, which I’d eat every day, if only I didn’t have to drive to Boulder to get it. Can you guess where I’m drinking (and eating)? Special bonus:…
Groupon, the national deal-hawker that one woman claims nearly sunk her business, is unveiling a brand new publicity stunt called Grouspawn, which is sure to rile up Glenn Beck and his fellow Tea Partiers…
Kelly Liken, chef/owner of Restaurant Kelly Liken and one of the top-four contenders in this year’s Top Chef DC, likes shallots. “I put them in almost everything,” she says in this week’s Chef and Tell (read the complete Kelly Liken interview here). They definitely play a starring role in the…
