Maui Brewing Company was one of the first breweries I wanted to hit at this year’s Great American Beer Festival. The Lahaina-based brewer was named Grand National Champion at the United States Open Beer Championships earlier this year and has been getting national buzz after beginning distribution in California and…
Tonight, while the rest of us will be grubbing and imbibing at Dish, Westword’s annual bash dedicated to Denver’s dining culture, the chefs comprised by the Denver FIVE — Jamey Fader, Troy Guard, Brian Laird, Matt Selby and Tyler Wiard — will be bringing down the storied James Beard House…
On Monday, we displayed a pictorial summary of everything that was edible at the Great American Beer Festival. If mediocre barbecue and carbs weren’t your thing, though, there was another option: Make continuous circles in the line for the bakery series by Rocky Mountain Brewery, a microbrewery and bar that…
This is part one of Lori Midson’s Q&A with Roberto Diaz, the executive chef of Mezcal. Part two of that interview will run tomorrow. Roberto Diaz Mezcal 3230 East Colfax Avenue 303-322-5219 www.mezcalcolorado.com To celebrate Mexican Independence Day last week, Roberto Diaz shimmied to the upbeat tempos of a roving…
We’ll be seeing Vail’s Kelly Liken at the Top Chef Reunion tonight. Kelly was among the four finalists who went to Singapore, then was sent home in the penultimate episode — but not before cooking many dishes that won the judges’ praise. Interestingly, Kelly said several times on the air…
This week’s review took me to Queen of Sheba, an Ethiopian restaurant housed in a dilapidated building way out in the hinterland of East Colfax. Inside that spot, beneath print and handwritten accolades, Zewditu (Zodi) Aboye turns out plates of spicy, savory stews with plenty of injera. You’ll need a…
Dish, Westword’s annual celebration of the local dining scene, debuts tonight in its new home, the Exdo Events Center, 1399 35th Street. And we want our most faithful — and early-rising — readers to be there. As we announced last night in Cafe Bites, our weekly e-mail newsletter, we’re giving…
Theo Adley’s resume is full of chef stints from some of Colorado’s best restaurants. Since coming here for school in early 2000, he’s cooked at the Flagstaff House and Frasca. He moved to Aspen to get in on the action at the Little Nell, and from 2008 until early 2010,…
This morning, we offered readers another chance to win a pair of tickets to Dish, Westword’s annual celebration of dining in Denver, at the EXDO Event Center, 1399 35th Street, on Wednesday, September 22. Contestants had to tell us in five words or less why they deserved the tickets. And…
Baited by the lure of the Rocky Mountains, where fly fishing and lodge lounging are popular pastimes, Guy Harvey, the marine biologist, author, conservationist, scientist, world famous marine life artist and prolific restaurateur, chose Denver — specifically Northfield Stapleton — to open his Perfect Spot Bar & Grill, a new…
Now that your hangover has subsided and you’re hunched over your desk, thinking back to all the beers you drank over the weekend, and that one funny shirt you saw through your beer goggles, it’s time to bring back some of the memories –specifically from those T-shirts. Luckily, we looked…
We couldn’t resist posting a graphic close-up of one of our favorite dishes from Chad Clevenger’s Porker Cart…
Ask your fellow oenophiles how they go about finding deliciously drinkable value wines and you’re guaranteed to get four different answers. That’s because their criteria for making that determination is likely to be as unique as their individual personalities, wine cravings and budget. When querying most peeps, though, the consensus…
Smother love: It’s easy being green in Denver in September, when the smell of roasting chiles overrides the odor of exhaust along Federal Boulevard, and the green chile at your favorite Mexican joint carries the heat of the new harvest. For the next several weeks, Cafe Society will feature some…
Sean Kenyon knows how to pour — both drinks, and advice. A third-generation bar man with almost 25 years behind the bar, he is a student of cocktail history, a United States Bartenders Guild-certified Spirits Professional and a BAR Ready graduate of the prestigious Beverage Alcohol Resource Program. You can…
1) No matter how prepared you are for GABF, it is still overwhelming. 2) San Diego County makes more amazing beers than some entire regions of the country. 3) Maui Brewing’s CoConut Porter was one of the most heavenly beers I have ever tried. Even better, sources say they’ll begin…
Duo, Keith Arnold and Stephanie Bonin’s farm-to-table restaurant at 2413 West 32nd Avenue, is partnering with Heirloom Gardens, the Highland CSA/NSA founded by Sundari Elizabeth Kraft, for a four-course farm dinner tonight. “We can attest that everything served at tonight’s dinner was harvested from the gardens on Monday, so the…
Yesterday, we offered readers another chance to win a pair of tickets to Dish, Westword’s annual celebration of dining in Denver, at the EXDO Event Center, 1399 35th Street, on Wednesday, September 22. Contestants had to tell us in five words or less why they deserved the tickets. And the…
The Kitchen, at 1039 Pearl Street in Boulder, offers a monthly wine-and-beer class that includes a four-course meal paired with wine and beer, along with sommeliers available to answer questions. This month’s event, which starts at 5:30 p.m. tonight, is based on the theme of corn — so you can…
Smashburger will finally smash into downtown this week, when it opens a restaurant in the Tabor Center at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Earlier today, we offered Cafe Society readers a chance to win a pair of tickets to the VIP party at this Smashburger tomorrow; to enter, they just had to…
Last week, we reported Feed Denver’s winter plans to build structures and continue its farming right into the cold months. Now, the organization might get some help. Bonterra Vineyards, a large organic wine producer in Mendocino County, and Growing Power, a Milwaukee-based urban farming and education organization, just launched the…
“I don’t want to over-promise and under-deliver.” Those were some of the first words out of Keegan Gerhard’s mouth when I spoke to him this morning about potential new concepts from the award-winning pastry chef, Food Network host and owner, along with his wife, Lisa Bailey, of D Bar Desserts,…
