Bid on mountain retreats, city escapes, spa treatments, a five-day stay in Hawaii, trips to Arizona or Beverly Hills, basketball shoes, a 2010 Road King Classic Touring Motorcycle from Harley Davidson and more while you munch on samples from twenty food stations at tonight’s Delightful Dishes and Dreamy Getaways auction…
If you’re looking for an excuse to party, you could hardly find a better one than tonight’s official release of Great Divide Brewing Company’s 2010 brews: Hoss Rye Lager, Claymore Scotch Ale, Espresso Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout and Colette Farmhouse Ale…
Aroma Cafe lasted less than a year at 2017 South University Boulevard — but the brothers who’ve taken over the space have a restaurant record that stretches back more than twenty years. Kevin and Craig Caldwell, the partners behind Brooklyn’s (both the original and the one by the Pepsi Center),…
No, these aren’t strips of cactus from Rosa Linda’s vegetarian menu for Lent. They’re slices of green chile, flash-fried and served hot. Very, very hot. Can you guess where I’m eating?…
Ordering a fish sammich from a place that specializes in fresh-pressed, flame-broiled moo meat might not be the smartest choice, but you still shouldn’t need a painkiller to make your meal go down easy. But that’s what a customer discovered in his fish sandwich at a Burger King in Jacksonville,…
In this week’s Westword, Lori Midson writes about the unveiling of Panzano’s delicious new digs and executive chef Elise Wiggins’s own evolution. See photos by Mark Manger on the slideshow page…
As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up, in no particular order, a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com…
Restaurant and chef semifinalists for the 2010 James Beard Foundation Awards were released this morning, which gives all the nominees exactly 32 days to chew on their success before the five finalists in each category are announced on Monday, March 22. The winners will be revealed on Monday, May 3…
This is part two of Sergio Romero’s Chef and Tell interview. To read part one, click here…
Just when it looked like the turbulence — a menu revamp just three weeks after opening and a relocation to Redskins territory for the former Denver Broncos football coach for whom the restaurant is named — at Shanahan’s, the multi-million dollar steakery and seafood house at 5085 South Syracuse Street,…
The inaugural Boulder Sour Fest has been sold out for a while now, but give thanks to the gods of pucker-inducing beer: Additional tickets are going on sale today at 8 a.m. at www.ticketalternative.com/events/9351.aspx. (The address won’t work until 8 a.m.) Tickets are extremely limited, so get on board fast…
Garbanzo Mediterranean Grill is offering a heartfelt deal this month. For every “Love Your Heart” plate — falafel served with your choice of hummus, salads and sauces — sold in February, Garbanzo will donate $1 to the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women campaign. Garbanzo serves up healthy Mediterranean…
You might not think that Arab and Southwestern American culture have much in common — but there are astounding parallels in the cuisine of the two regions. Then again, It makes sense if you think about it: Arid, desert climates produce similar plants and animals, and these similarities in landscape…
In sales, they say that it takes five good impressions to overcome a bad first impression. I know this is true, because I have, on occasion and against all odds, made a lousy first impression — and have had to work hard to overcome it. And although I loved the…
The woman whooshed through the doors and out into the snow, the words tumbling out of her mouth faster than a Ferrari flying down a stretch of straight asphalt. She was from San Francisco, a tourist, the perfect display of a catwalk model — faultless makeup, Pilates calves and a…
Snarf’s first location was a shack in Boulder, but it’s quickly moving on to bigger and better things. The sandwich chain expanded to Denver in 2009, and in December it opened a Westminster store at 120th and Tejon. “We have six locations total that are open now and we have…
Though I grew up south of Hampden (or, as we now refer to it, SoHam), I rarely go to SoHam other than for work or to see my mother at the Landmark. But this new restaurant may change that, because while I liked my pear mojito (pictured above), I’d also…
Project Angel Heart usually does the giving — but last week it received the Cherry Creek Chamber of Commerce’s non-profit of the year award for 2010. “They wanted to highlight an organization that has contributed to the community, so we were grateful to receive the award and that recognition,” says…
The Place: Tavern Uptown, 538 East Seventeenth Avenue, 303-830-9210. The Hours: Happy hour plays out Monday through Saturday from 2 to 7 p.m. and from 10 p.m. to close; food specials run Monday through Thursday from 10 p.m. to midnight, and Twilight Hour runs Monday through Saturday from 7 to…
As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up, in no particular order, a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com…
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. The trick, says…
The Highland area is about to get its own sweet spot: Apres Dessert Bar, an adjunct of Generous Servings, the café/cooking school located at 3801 West 32nd Avenue, is on target to open at 2 p.m. today. The (very) grand opening is slated for Saturday, February 20, when Apres Dessert…
