Lovers of beer and wine might find it difficult to choose between tonight’s events, so choose wisely: To whet your appetite, the Lobby American Grille, 2191 Arapahoe Street, hosts the Garfield Estates Wine Tasting and Small Plates, tastings of four Colorado wines paired with four small plates. It starts at…
What’s with all the sandwiches? 2010 has seen some terrible twists on the lunchtime classic, and with new groundbreaking market bombs lowering the common denominator each week, there’s no end in sight. Craftcans.com recently poked a little fun at the Candwich, pairing the canned sandwiches with canned beers – we…
Before it even officially unveiled them, McDonald’s has already withdrawn this week’s planned giveaway of free smoothie samples. Perhaps you’ll consider a frappé instead?…
A toast is in order. Randy Lastar, you’re the winner of our little beer limerick contest and your prize is a pair of tickets to Summer Brew Fest, which goes down this Friday, July 23 at Mile High Station, 2027 West Lower Colfax Avenue. Thanks to all who played!…
As part of Denver’s Taste of the Nation/Share Our Strength benefit last night at Mile High Station, eight generous drink slingers from some of the city’s hottest bars participated in a spirited cocktail competition to raise money for the non-profit organization, whose mission it is to make sure that no…
In less than an hour, Jean-Philippe Failyau, who owns Park Burger in Platt Park and a small interest in Osteria Marco, will lift the garage doors and fling open the front door of Park and Co, his new burger joint that took over the Bump and Grind plot at 439…
While the rest of us sweltered in the heat this weekend, Kelly Whitaker and his crew at Pizzeria Basta in Boulder finished planting an urban garden, using a tiny plot of land behind the restaurant’s commercial space for three beds full of tomatoes, peppers, kale, basil, rosemary, and other herbs…
More than 400 people ate and drank themselves into oblivion last night at Mile High Station, the venue for Denver’s annual Share Our Strength benefit, which raises funds to wipe out childhood hunger both locally and across the country. “It was a really great night all the way around,” says…
If you failed to sign up for the Tour of BoulDurango, take a moment tonight to cry into your beer — and say farewell to the bikers who were savvy enough to register in time. Don’t worry; there’s plenty more happening in town, including wine walks, Kyle’s Brew Fest and…
Like all good rockers, Eric Allen enjoys a big fat burrito now and then. We caught up with the Denver-based Apples in Stereo bassist recently and asked him where he last ate out in the city. It’s not where you might think. While it’s a Greek restaurant with “Pete” in…
I love a good burger, and the one up top, made with bison, topped with bacon and guacamole and smeared with a jalapeno cream cheese, was awesome. So were the fries. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where…
To borrow a line from Snoopy, it was a dark and stormy night and without any dinner, it was gonna be a hungry night, too. Ted and I were camping last weekend in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains just south of Canon City, in the middle of bear country, and…
Cafe Society served up five Guess Where I’m Eating/Drinking contests last week, ranging from the incredible feijoada at Emporio do Brasil to this still unidentified frisee/egg/asparagus dish to a lamb/crab combo at 1515 . For identifying (and dissing) that dish, Adam wins a DINR deck…
There’s a special synchronicity between sports and beer. Sure, you can sip a brew while you’re watching your favorite team — but how are you going to burn off the calories? Maybe by riding a bicycle — and there’s no better way to relax after that than with a beer…
Maybe it’s the ridiculous, intolerable heat that made this week so weird and wacky, and the Cafe Society trolls — specifically “Recession” and “Poutiner” and all your other bogus aliases (we’ve got your IP address, schmuck) — so moronic and volatile. Whatever the cause, the last five days of foodosphere…
Last night, during a dinner celebrating Julia Child at the Empire Lounge and Restaurant in Louisville, at which chef-owner Jim Cohen turned out a lovely four-course meal honoring the legendary empress of French cooking, the conversation turned to pizza. Turns out that while Cohen is a habitue of French cuisine,…
If you attend only one food-centric soiree this summer, make it Sunday’s Share Our Strength Taste of the Nation event, where 30 of Denver’s top restaurants, including Vesta Dipping Grill, TAG, Argyll, Black Pearl, Elway’s Cherry Creek, Duo, Solera, Table 6, Venue, Opus and Marco’s Coal-Fired Pizzeria, will dish out…
“Oh My God! Oh My God!” What’s more amazing than a double rainbow? How about a double rainbow beer. “What does it mean??!!” Trinity Brewing in Colorado Springs has decided to brew Double Rainbow Saison, a Belgian-style beer based on the double rainbow YouTube video that went viral last week…
Tickets for the Great American Beer Festival, at the Colorado Convention Center September 16-18, are selling fast, but so are passes to two of most popular events that take place in conjunction with the fest. Tickets for the Boulder County Brews Cruise — which is sponsored by Draft magazine –…
No, that feijoada in the above snap is not from Cafe Brazil — not even close. If you’ve eaten at the joint from which it hails, you’ll get this immediately. If not, then it behooves you to do your research, because it’s arguably the best feijoada in the city. Can…
What’s the best way to garner a bunch of attention for a terrible idea? Do what Mark Kirkland did and get a fraudulent money manager to invest millions of dollars. When that money manager gets sued by the SEC, bingo, national headlines…
Beginning this week, Carmelo Anthony’s personal chef Daniel Young, Whole Foods Rocky Mountain Bakehouse head baker Safa Hamze and other local chefs and professionals are strutting their kitchen skills as part of a new Denver Public Schools program that will incorporate produce from school gardens and reduce the amount of…
