Terra Bistro, the restaurant inside Vail Mountain Resort & Spa, is celebrating its 17-year anniversary through Wednesday, December 16 with a special menu that features dishes from the past 17 years, including a “drunken” pork chop and sweet potato ravioli salad with crumbled blue cheese, walnuts, sage and thyme in…
One of the great things about living, eating and working in this city has always been that there are virtually no restaurants in the entire city that can’t take me as a walk-in any time I feel like putting on the feedbag. Sure, there are exceptions. Friday and Saturday nights…
The Denver-based burger chain, Red Robin, is sponsoring its annual Kids Cook-off event, a shout-out to aspiring young burger junkies who want to submit their burger creation ideas to Red Robin for a chance at the grand prize — the title of “Fan Favorite” from online voters, an award of…
Our online Food & Drink listings contain dozens of culinary events around the state; we put together a list of what’s coming up this week so you can get a taste. Tuesday, December 1: A community pancake party benefiting Parade of Lights will be held from 6:30 a.m. to 2:30…
Following a recent birthday barbecue feast, I woke up before the sun with a wretched bellyache and proceeded to hurl my guts out. Nothing reminds you that you aren’t 21 anymore like puking bacon cheeseburgers and red wine and going up against a hangover that feels like a jackhammer trying…
Directly across the street from Sloans Lake, home to alligators bobbing carp, coy, perch, catfish and other maligned bottom feeders, sits the second outpost of GB Fish and Chips, which opens today at 2175 Sheridan Boulevard. And just like the original location at 1311 South Broadway, this GB’s will turn…
“Truffles and saffron edge out Red Zinger tea and granola in Boulder,” reads the start of Raymond Sokolov’s piece in the weekend Wall Street Journal. But what “used to be the “hippiest, dippiest town around” is now the site of a major “gastro-boom.” Sokolov proceeds to prove that theory with…
If the thought of some sweet breakfast offering leaves you feeling flat as a pancake, wake up and smell the chicken-fried steak. And the homemade hash browns and tomato gravy… Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Every Friday, anyone who gave the first correct answer to any of…
Frasca Food & Wine, 1738 Pearl Street in Boulder, will host its weekly Monday Night Wine Dinner tonight; this round features Mario Scanu of Winebow Imports, who will present the wines of Valle Reale in Abruzzo, all paired with a four-course meal. The dinner is $30 without wine and $45…
The Mile High Business Alliance will kick off its third annual Buy Local Week week at 6 p.m. tonight,at an informal reception with complimentary appetizers, desserts and beverages from Avenue Grill, Mulberries Cake Shop (that’s one of its creations, right), Great Divide Brewing, Balistreri Vineyards and Oogavé Natural Sodas, as…
What you may have missed this week on Cafe Society while you were buried in gravy, a slave to stuffing or checking out Sheehan’s roundup of Denver’s best pub grub, which is exactly what you want after too much tryptophan: Saul Hudson learned that Chipotle Mexican Grill is entering the…
If you’ve ever been to Earls, with locations in Park Meadows and on the 16th Street Mall, you’ve no doubt noticed that the waitstaff and bartenders are predominantly beautiful females (which seems to be a prevailing trend: for proof, look at Tilted Kilt and Perky Cups) — and the new…
Anyone who buys a DINR deck is a winner: For $50, you get 52 cards, each offering a $10 discount at a local, independent restaurant. You can buy the decks at any Tattered Cover location or at www.eatdenver.com — but you can also win one right here. Every Friday for…
As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com. Number 89: Chile Relleno from La Fiesta…
Just got off the phone with manager Michael Torres of the Corner Office, talking about the new man behind the burners at that most Mad Men-y of restaurants at the Curtis. Carlos Ruiz (most recently ex of the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, making him well-versed in both hotel cookery…
Looks like Sugar House, at 1395 West Alameda Avenue, is making its long-promised push into the rooms-for-rent business. According to a new post on Craigslist, the place is expanding, and one of the job openings includes “night auditor/hotel customer service,” graveyard shift, when responsibilities will include: “Greet, register, and assign…
Argyll might have saddled itself with the horrible label “gastropub,” but by any name, Robert Thompson’s new place is a pretty sweet bar, with seriously great food. But while the menu at Argyll, which I review here, is more ambitious than what you find in most pubs, there are many…
Leave it to those trend sniffers at the New York Times to jump on a fad that had already begun to get stale a year ago and now declare it the next big thing. Leave it to the NYT to somehow insult every city that isn’t New York or L.A…
Black Friday is upon us. Whether you’re nuts and arrived at stores pre-dawn to snag the deals, or you’re a stay-away-from-the-malls-at-all-costs type, everyone can benefit from a little caffeine boost after a day of carb-loading. If you’re near downtown, where better to fuel up than at Novo Coffee? The Denver-based…
My server leaned toward me intently, as if she was either going to make out with me or tell me her darkest secret. “It’s the best thing on the menu, hands down,” she said. I hadn’t eaten in days. At least, that’s what it felt like. I needed a huge…
It’s late. You’ve had a few. Or ten. And even though there’s nothing on the tube, you crack another beer and keep on channel surfing. A week later, the mailman arrives bearing mysterious packages and the next thing you know, you’re sweatin’ to the oldies in your Snuggie and cutting…
This is part two of my interview with James Rugile, executive chef of Venue. To read part one of this interview, click here. Culinary inspirations: Thomas Keller of the French Laundry for his pursuit of perfection and emphasis on technique, and Dan Barber of Blue Hill at Stone Barns for…
