If you’re already up in the mountains, you’ve got a head start on heading to Snowmass, where the Summertime Auctionette will run from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at Anderson Ranch Arts Center, 5623 Owl Creek Road in Snowmass. And if you’re not already up in Snowmass, this little…
How happening is Tennyson Street these days? The pay-what-you-want Comfort Cafe opened at 3945 Tennyson Street a couple weeks ago and The Hole, a doughnut house, is slated to open any second (though by the looks of it, it’s probably more like any week) at 3877 Tennyson…
Just a few hours ago, I wrote that Tony Bourdain is holding an essay contest, the winner of which will get his or her own chapter in the forthcoming paperback edition of Medium Raw. Which is all fine and fucking dandy, except for the fact that he wasn’t offering to…
Last night’s Top Chef DC, episode 4, felt like self-parody — too many chefs; too many flying shots of hands chopping, sauteeing, stirring; too many judgments and too many judges using truncated phrases that communicated only the most basic facts about what they were tasting — well-seasoned, delicious, bland, undercooked;…
The Pub on Penn has moved into the former home of Cafe Netherworld, lightening up (and cleaning up) the space at 1278 Pennsylvania Street. The new watering hole is brought to us by some of the folks behind the venerable Pub on Pearl, at 1101 South Pearl Street. A grand…
I’m currently paused on page 61 of Anthony Bourdain’s newest memoir, Medium Raw, in which the ex-chef, as usual, litters his prose with “fuck,” “fucked,” “fucking” and “motherfucker” while sucking us in with his drama-filled, demented stories of sexual encounters, drug-filled hazes and, for good measure, the day he watched…
See those doughy perogies up top soaking in a butter bath? Worst things I’ve put in my mouth this year. Can you guess where I’ll never eat again? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts is entered into a pool…
This is part two of Lori Midson’s interview with Cafe Options executive chef Craig Dixon. To read part one of that interview, click here. Favorite ingredient: Butter. Animal fat is where it’s at. You can’t fake butter. Humans have survived for thousands of years eating animals. Why try to find…
Capitol Hill’s most suggestively-named pizzeria is in the scouting phase of bringing its New York-style, politically conscious pies to more Colorado residents. That’s right: Sexy Pizza is about to get even sexier. Owner Kayvan Khalatbari thinks the community is ready for more Sexy Pizza. The postage stamp-sized Capitol Hill spot…
Since master sommelier Bobby Stuckey and chef Lachlan MacKinnon-Patterson left the French Laundry to open a neighborhood restaurant in Boulder six years ago, Frasca Food and Wine has won national accolades, attracted top-name guest chefs and pushed out the edges of what’s possible when it comes to dining out in…
Tennyson Street is like a little garden of good eatin’ tucked away in a historic neighborhood. You can explore that area tonight, starting at Parisi — and Firenze a Tavola downstairs — at 4401 Tennyson Street, before heading to Tastes Wine Bar, House and Brasserie Felix for Tasting Tennyson: A…
On a rare slow Sunday night at Amu Sake Bar and Grill, a robed chef stands behind the wooden bar, pressing gingerly but firmly on a large knife to shave paper-thin strips of daikon radish for a garnish. We watch, mesmerized, leaning back in our chairs at the sushi bar,…
What began as a friendship between winemaker and chef has morphed into a business partnership between Infinite Monkey Theorem winemaker Ben Parsons and Masterpiece Deli executive chef Justin Brunson. The two met not long after Parsons moved from Palisade to Denver last spring to open his urban winery in the…
The Place: Panzano, 909 17th Street, 303-296-3525 The Hours: Everyday from 2:30 to 6 p.m. The Deals: $3 draft beers; $4 wines by the glass, $5 specialty cocktails; $3-4 happy hour small plates The Digs: Panzano is cool. Panzano is chic. And, most important, Panzano is comfortable. This corner restaurant…
Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market’s choicest ingredients home with them, and cook up a feast. Barb and Pete…
Just in time for National Hot Dog Month, we bring you a taste test of three different brands of hot dog/sausage. (We had to add the sausages because we could only find one company in the Denver area that sells an actual vegetarian hot dog — and it’s just as…
There is nothing like the Great American Beer Festival anywhere on earth. Featuring 2,000 beers from more than 450 breweries, it is the largest craft beer fest in the world, and a trip to Denver is on the life lists of every beer lover in the United States. But it…
Yorba. Rocco. Steubaru. Those were just three of the many name suggestions the Steuben’s Food Truck crew got after they announced they were holding a contest to name the vehicle doling out gravy fries and fried pork “Steuby” snacks all over town. Convinced the truck is a girl, the gang…
A sagging economy isn’t keeping Smiling Moose Deli from winning itself some franchisee love. The local and organic ingredient-driven, Boulder-based sandwich chain, with a dozen locations throughout the state, is expanding not only throughout Colorado but pretty much in every direction save due west. According to company president Kevin Sloane,…
Breckenridge Brewery is almost old enough to drink. The company, which was founded in 1990 by Richard Squire, will celebrate its twentieth anniversary this week with a couple of parties and a nod to strong sales. Breckenridge is now the state’s third oldest microbrewery and the 46th largest nationwide…
Craig Dixon Cafe Options 1650 Curtis Street 303-573-0733 www.cafeoptions.com Craig Dixon, chef of Cafe Options, is struggling. I’ve just asked him what it’s like to work in a kitchen staffed predominantly by females — the restaurant is a project of Work Options for Women, a local nonprofit that provides women…
A month ago, when Samba Room went dark and a sign appeared in the window of the restaurant at 1460 Larimer Street announcing that the space was under “construction,” Joe Vostrejs, COO of Larimer Associates, started getting calls. Restaurateurs were interested in leasing this corner spot in hot-hot Larimer Square,…
