This is part one of a two-part interview. Read part two here. “Hey, get up, I have something to show you,” instructs Sean Yontz as he strides into Sketch, one of the five venues he oversees with business partner Jesse Morreale. And their mini-empire will soon expand to a half-dozen,…
Sketch has a limited menu, but as Jason Sheehan noted in his review, what Jesse Morreale and Sean Yontz (the subject of this week’s Chef and Tell) are serving there is choice. Still, when the place opened in March, we couldn’t resist suggesting that — in addition to the exotic…
Eating John Broening’s food at Olivea made me think about his other kitchen — the one at Duo. Duo is…how do I even describe it without it coming out all wrong? For a guy like me — terminally overfed, always on the hunt, cruising Denver’s restaurant scene like a shark…
Once you’re done carving that awesome jack-o-lantern, what the hell do you do with the insides? The Kitchen Table Cooking School, at 5375 Landmark Place in Greenwood Village, has the answer: pumpkin custard tarts, pumpkin chocolate-chip brownies and pumpkin roulade cake. Learn how to make all of them tonight at…
“Jesus,” I said to no one in particular, dopey smile aimed down 17th Avenue, waddling a little as I cleared the doors of Olivea. “He is just so fucking good…” John Broening keeps a relatively low profile, even though he frequently writes for the Denver Post food section. He doesn’t…
For the next two months, if you drop off a new or gently worn winter coat at either of Gunther Mueller’s Abo’s NY Pizza locations — in Centennial at 7475 East Arapahoe Road, and in Littleton at 8440 Kipling Parkway — you’ll get a free slice of cheese pizza as…
Ken Kodys won the Mix Master competition, but he’s also a champ behind the bar at Bacaro, 921 Pearl Street, where he’s worked almost five years. Here’s the second round of his Behind the Bar interview: How many times do you have to see someone to consider them a regular?…
Just as the sign advises, “Please stand by…” for the opening of the Bardo Coffee House, which is coming — slowly — to the Imperial Building at 238 South Broadway, across from the Barker Lounge. The space boasts newly installed cabinetry, a few refrigerator cases and a waiting espresso machine,…
It took a little longer than anticipated, but the Wynkoop Brewing Company finally got its signature beer, Railyard Ale, into a can in August. And while you can’t drink from the cans at the brewpub itself, you can buy six packs to go. Oh, you can drink the Railyard from…
All I’m going to say is that the chef-owner of this Chinese restaurant, whose name is none of your business (for now), likes to clutter your table with edible gifts long before you’ve had a chance to glance at the menu — an eight-page syllabus that doesn’t include any of…
Ken Kodys took top honors with a drink named Amnesia, appropriately enough, in the DeKuyper Mix Master Bartender Contest at last month’s Denver Food & Wine Festival. For anyone who could remember it after drinking one of his cocktails, it was an impressive showing for Kodys, who moved to Boulder…
Steve Vice, the exec chef at McCormick’s Fish House and Bar, 1659 Wazee Street, is leaving that house of aquatics at the end of this week to make the leap to meat. Specifically, Vice has been tapped as the opening chef of Shanahan’s Steakhouse, which, according to Vice, is scheduled…
Oops. For a restaurateur, Karl “Hungus” Allis slipped up on an embarrassing (and expensive) question during yesterday’s showing of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.Allis, the restaurant manager at Atomic Cowboy and Fat Sully’s, had started in the hot seat on Friday’s show, and made it up to the $12,500…
America is awesome. Not because of all the freedom. Not because we were the country that invented the atom bomb, democracy, Pong, lasers and the Colt revolver. Not even because we rule the world when it comes to the depth and weirdness of our 4 a.m. children’s television programming (yeah,…
If you ever needed an excuse to eat at Troy Guard’s TAG, here’s a great one: The Restaurant Community Culinary Series is back for another first Tuesday serving up delicious food for a good cause. This month’s beneficiary is Food Bank of the Rockies, which will receive 20 percent of…
Every month, the Colorado Department of Agriculture shares a recipe created by chef Jason Morse of Valley Country Club in Aurora. The October recipe, Three Onion Soup, focuses on one of the state’s major crops and comes just in time for these suddenly cold days. In 2008, Colorado produced 270…
During October, Village Tavern ,at 1 West Flatiron Crossing Drive in Broomfield, is marking the 25th anniversary of Breast Cancer Awareness Month by serving up special Hope-tini cocktails to raise money for breast cancer research. “People are definitely interested,” says John Davis, Village Tavern bar manager. “It’s that time of…
For decades, Kapre Lounge, at 2729 Welton Street, served the town’s best fried chicken. After Wilfred O. Thomas closed his place six years ago, Stage 2 moved into the space, ostensibly serving up Kapre’s old recipe — but it just wasn’t the same. And now the joint’s closed for good,…
When this Ask the Critic thing started, it was with a very simple conceit: that I would use this space to answer some of the myriad questions about the Denver food scene that come across my desk every week. Wait, “myriad” means “four,” right? No? Damn… Anyway, over the past…
Back in high school, I had a little episode involving vodka and pig — as in I drank too much vodka during a “liquid lunch” and subsequently puked on a fetal pig in biology class, right after I proclaimed my love for Mr. Svenson and his Harley. My punishment was…
Despite the half-dozen “For Lease” signs posted in the storefront windows in Old Town Arvada, at least one restaurant is actually moving in. Udi’s Bread Cafe, which already has locations in Stapleton (7357 East 29th Avenue); Louisville (185 South 104th Street); Aurora (12700 East 19th Street); and north Denver (101…
Damn. Gourmet magazine, the Condé Nast publication that’s been pimping food porn for nearly seventy years, is done. The somber news, which was delivered in a memo from Condé CEO Chuck Townsend, didn’t come as much of a shock to industry insiders, many of whom have predicted the magazine’s demise…
