See that plate in the above pic? That speaks summer to me, with its heap of frisee, quivering egg that spills yolk the hue of a newly painted school bus, bacon and shaved asparagus. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to…
Lazy Pennsylvanians can now grab a bottle of their favorite vino out of a vending machine, right after scoring some Rolos and Gardettos. With the recent introduction of wine to some vending machines in that state, the alcoholic beverage joins the elite ranks of Funyuns, Nibs, temporary tattoos, Homies and…
It’s just after eight on a Tuesday night when Chuck James slides into a booth after a long day on the line at 1515 Restaurant. He lets a heavy sigh escape before he springs into conversation. “This is the highlight of my career,” he says. “I mean, seriously, I’m going…
It’s been almost forty years since Ed Novak opened the Broker Restaurant, at 821 17th Street, which has been serving up complimentary bowls of peel-and-eat shrimp to crowds for generations. The restaurant is still a mainstay for its unique dining room — it’s located in the basement of a former…
Whatever your preferred poison, between the Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey Dinner, the Anam Cara Wine Dinner and the Tequila Combate, there’s no doubt something tasty (and inebriating) that you’ll want to do tonight. Here’s what you need to know:…
Ah, Bastille Day — the annual French commemoration of the 1790 Fête de la Fédération. And because we Americans love any reason to indulge in excess, why not celebrate Bastille Day right here in Denver? Some Bastille Day fun:…
Another day, another mobile food cart hits the streets of Denver. The Sprout House, the vegan/vegetarian brainchild of 24-year-old Trevor Smith, launched today on the northeast corner of 17th and Lincoln Streets. Smith, who says he’s held “just about every imaginable restaurant position” possible, graduated last year with a business…
Three of the four mobile concepts caught in the crossfire of an ugly battle between two prominent markets appear to have worked out agreements that will allow them to continue peddling their gourmet treats. Pinche Tacos, whose alter-ego is Tacos Borrachos, was back at Civic Center Eats under its new…
Sweet Action ice cream has been quietly expanding distribution recently at local markets, restaurants and coffee shops. Last fall, Marcyzk’s began carrying pints, and at Tony’s Market, at 950 Broadway, there are no less than thirteen different flavors — including baklava! chocolate cinnamon! salted butterscotch! — of Sweet Action lining…
They can be drunk, just not fucking drunk. Pinche Tacos introduced its “hermano menor,” Tacos Borrachos, to the growing fleet of carts today at Civic Center Eats. The new cart features all the same items — a rotating menu of gourmet Mexican street tacos, as well as the same, by…
I wanted to pout last night when my server at Sushi Sasa, 2401 15th Street, told me omakase, the chef’s tasting menu, was unavailable. His excuse: the chef is currently in Japan, and apparently no one else can make those selections. Sensing my disappointment, he quickly suggested waiter-kase, promising to…
Every July 14, Frenchmen and francophiles alike revel in Bastille Day celebrations around the world. They’re all fêteing that historic day in 1789 when French liberal political groups staged an infamous uprising against Louis XVI and the French monarchy at the Bastille prison in Paris. To you, this may seem…
With a bar made from beetle-kill pine and a beer list that specializes in German styles, Elk Mountain Brewing became Colorado’s newest microbrewery on July 1 when it opened at 18921 Plaza Drive, Unit 104, in an industrial part of Parker. The brewery and tasting room – complete with a…
Anthony Bourdain shared hot dogs with Biker Jim, noshed with Frank Bonanno and ate his words on last night’s episode of No Reservations, in which the lanky ex-chef toured America’s heartland — Austin, Texas; Des Moines, Iowa; Stanhope, Indiana; Livonia, Michigan; Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota; Columbus, Ohio; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Denver,…
The seared tuna in the above snap is just one of nine dishes available on a new bar menu that was recently rolled out by one of Denver’s swankiest restaurants. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am…
A new Asian restaurant will soon replace an old Asian restaurant at 10440 East Arapahoe Road in Greenwood Village. Volcano, which is going into the space formerly occupied by Carlos Miguel’s and the wanly-named Sushi Club, will feature a sushi bar, hibachi and “modern Chinese food,” as well as a…
For more than two decades, the National Pork Board’s slogan, “Pork: The Other White Meat,” has attempted to convince us that swine, which, of course, is best known for BACON, is just as healthy — bawk! — as chicken. But pork consumption has hit a rump patch, while chicken parts…
The idea sounded so good: In “Meat with Meaning at Whole Foods,” his May 2009 post, Tyler Nemkov described how Whole Foods had contracted with California-based Panorama Meats to buy organic, grass-fed beef from a ranch owned by the Northern Arapaho tribe on the Wind River reservation. “If I’m going…
One of the best things about this time of year — culinarily speaking — is the abundance of fresh herbs you can pop in your pot while you’re dishing up something tasty. Maybe you don’t have your own garden, but the Denver Botanic Gardens does, and a harvest of fresh…
For all of you finicky fish heads lamenting the lack of fresh seafood in our fine city, meet the Yabby Hut, a new fish joint that opened three weeks ago at 3355 South Yarrow Street, in the former Giovanni’s Italian Cafe space. According to manager Linh Nguyen, the Yabby Hut…
Craving some Applebee’s boneless buffalo wings? If you’re a frequent customer (really?) of the restaurant’s outpost at 410 South Colorado Boulevard, you’re just going to have to wait … until Thursday. The location, which temporarily shut down yesterday, is in the process of undergoing a startlingly swift transformation — involving…
Since the mid-1980s, crowds of hipsters have populated the dark rooms at Paris on the Platte, 1553 Platte Street, sipping espresso and smoking cigarettes (until December of last year, when the joint finally went non-smoking) in one of Denver’s favorite alternative coffeehouses. Now, the crew at Paris is taking its…
