The USDA recently recalled almost 111,000 pounds of frozen beef steak fritter due to the risk of small pieces of plastic that may be in the food. That’s all well and good and nice to know the USDA has our back, but what in the hell is a beef steak…
A friend, Sarah, has been a vegetarian for more than four years and a red meat avoider for seven. On the surface, she’s PETA’s dream: She makes her own seiten and works as a baker for Watercourse Foods, the meat-free precinct at 837 East 17th Avenue. Yet the lure of…
RESTAURANTS OPENING IN NOVEMBER Aboba, 5810 West Alameda Avenue Archive Room, 5601 Olde Wadsworth Boulevard, Arvada Beaver Dam, 7545 East Iliff Avenue Buckin’ Harleys, 1451 Cortez Street Cafe Colorado, 287 Columbine Street Chasers, 11964 Washington Street, Northglenn Cheddars, 15775 East Briarwood Circle, Aurora Club Level Sports Bar, 1885 West 120th…
Enjoy good food for good causes today at two different restaurants: From 6:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., both locations of Snooze (2262 Larimer Street and 700 Colorado Boulevard) will host a Community Pancake Party, which benefits the Parade of Lights; get details at 303-297-0700 or visit www.snoozedenver.com. And this evening,TAG,…
“I finally gotta place in my neighborhood to come and get pizza now,” says Rod Wagner, one of the partners involved with Ernie’s Bar and Pizza, an East Coast pie palace from the owners of LoHi SteakBar (3200 Tejon Street) that opens Wednesday, December 2 in the former 3 Sons…
It’s not often that a powerless little blogger can claim to have influenced a billion-dollar conglomerate like MillerCoors. After all, the big boys of beer spend ungodly sums of money on marketing teams and focus groups and executive vice presidents who are supposed to make the decisions that matter. So,…
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 88: Deviled eggs from Steuben’s I can still remember when the first draft of the first Steuben’s menu…
This week’s dose of new restaurant news brings us the arrival of Vina Pho & Grill, a pho, bún chả and cóm joint that recently opened at 2045 Sheridan Boulevard, just a noodle’s toss from the second GB Fish and chips, which opened today at 2175 Sheridan. Vina Pho &…
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…
