Lo Stella Ristorante opened in 1850 in Portofino, Ital and now, over 160 years later, Denver is getting a taste of the famous restaurant that has been in the same family for eight generations. Lo Stella Ristorante opened today in the former home of Gallo di Nero in the Golden…
Caulden Jackson, a Johnson & Wales student and sous chef at the Early Bird in Westminster, braved a barrage of Halloween-themed challenges to take the top spot on Food Network’s Cutthroat Kitchen. The Texas-born father of two did everything from bob for eggs to cook cricket stew on a shovel,…
The first Hopdoddy Burger Bar opened in Austin, Texas in 2010. There will be seven locations on Monday, when the newest Hopdoddy opens next to Union Station. Hopdoddy President Dan Mesches says the company chose the location because of its combination of historic and modern surroundings. “We love the urban…
Fooducopia Corner Store & Cafe in Washington Park was named Best Brunch in Westword’s 2014 Best of Denver edition, so I thought it deserved a taste, especially on my birthday weekend. And while the nice, if flustered, service and long wait times indicated a tiny kitchen a little overwhelmed by…
Restaurant owners have access to a rich and varied language when they choose the names of their establishments; they can also delve in to the languages of other cultures for inspiration. In fits of creativity, new words are even invented to give individuality to a fledgling business. So it’s always…
Billboards have gone up around town, asking “Can you spot the pot?” They’re from smartcolorado.org, of course, the leading opponent of legalized marijuana. But the Denver Police Department is also cautioning parents that their kids might be handed pot-laced candy this Halloween, and media outlets are jumping on the story…
The weekend is full of good food and good times, with everything from a free screening of Food Patriots, to a Boo and Brew Colfax block party and fall festivals where you can wear costumes, lederhosen….or simply dress a goat. Keep reading for a taste of what’s on the culinary…
Shoo-fly Pie from the Long i Pie Shop thelongipie.com The Long i Pie Shop isn’t really a shop, it’s a mobile vendor based out of a 1966 Airstream trailer named Stella. You can order pie on the bakery’s website and pick it up at any number of locations; delivery is…
This year, just as I’ve done for as long as my kids can remember, I joined a local farm share. Flush with produce for nearly five months, I made zucchini bread, seared green beans, melon aguas frescas, panzanella, turnip puree and fennel-and-orange salads, cooking my way from early summer to…
The canned craft-beer craze has overtaken the packaged beer market to the extent that it’s no longer shocking to see barleywines, imperial stouts and double — or even triple — IPAs in 12- and 16-ounce cans in liquor-store cold cases and even at upscale bars and restaurants. But wine drinkers…
Despite the name, La Biblioteca, the tequila bar next to Zengo and Riverfront Park, is not an ideal place for study. It’s a sexy library of agave-based — rather than paper-based — knowledge, with more than 300 tequilas, mezcals and other liquors. The sort of people who drop hundreds of…
Do you have what it takes to be the next celebrity chef? Our announcement that the Food Network would be holding a casting call for Food Network Star in Denver on November 1 inspired a number of Howie haters to pop up — and several people to toss their toque…
Coffee’s on at Cafe United, in the new Mile High United Way Morgridge Center for Community Change. This is the latest open-to-the-public spot run by Work Options for Women, a local nonprofit that trains at-risk women (and men) for careers in the food-service industry. WOW already runs the cafeteria at…
Today you can join participants in the Uptown Neighborhood as they are treated to treated to a walking culinary crawl through some of the area restaurants, you can taste single malt whiskey in a castle, or you can pick from two wine dinners. Keep reading to find out more about…
Craig Singleton is a do-it-yourself guy. “I like self-sustenance, DIY,” he says. “Mom and Dad are that way.” So Singleton brews beer, hunts, fishes, barbecues and cures his own meats. He’s both passionate and enthusiastic, traits that sometimes earn people the label “nerd” or “geek” — but in a professional…
Who knew that a cereal could capture the world’s attention? On Monday, the Fort Collins Coloradoan posted a story about how Black Bottle Brewery had bought up all of the Count Chocula cereal in two stores and used it for a Halloween beer. Over the next few days, that story…
Like many Coloradans, I’m a little obsessed with my dog. He sleeps on my bed. He’s attended concerts with me and even come on a vacation or two. And of course I’m obsessed with what he eats (or, rather, what I feed him). I won’t bore you with the details,…
The West Highland neighborhood and Highland Square complex have experienced ups and downs as gentrification continues and tastes change. Frasca duo Bobby Stuckey and Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson recently opened Pizzeria Locale on West 32nd Avenue not far from Frank Bonanno’s Salt & Grinder, bringing new energy to the street. But there’s…
The sunlit interior of Maria Empanada, Lorena Cantarovici’s rendition of an Argentinean bakery and cafe, invites guests to linger, with three distinct spaces that capture various aspects of the South American country’s social culture. The front section adjacent to the bakery cases and coffee bar is “a little bit of…
Denver Restaurant Week hasn’t actually been a week-long for years. Soon after the event started more than a decade ago, some participating restaurants decided to extend the DRW deals on their own. And a half-dozen years ago, Visit Denver, the organizer, made it official — extending DRW to two weeks…
Kobe An Shabu Shabu 3400 Osage Street 303-284-6342 Somewhere along the line, cooking became a chore. For reasons best left to food historians and sociologists, the art of feeding ourselves has tumbled in popularity and now hovers just above taking out the trash on the list of most despised household…
In anticipation of his upcoming guest chef appearance at the James Beard House in New York City, Ryan Leinonen and his team at Trillium will host a “practice” James Beard dinner tonight. See also: Plates for the Peak, Pinot Party: The Fifteen Top Culinary Events This Week…
