On Sunday, September 7, 2014, Westword will host its twentieth annual celebration of the Denver dining scene, DISH, in Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, where many of the favorite restaurants of Cafe Society writers and readers will be serving delectable dishes. Little Man On Wheels — Little…
As if the news hasn’t been depressing enough forever lately, now ramen noodles are back in it, getting a bad rap — what could be worse than that? Apparently America’s favorite college-diet staple is all set to fuck up stomachs, destroy lives and even shove some folks into their cold…
Charcoal’s slogan is “Fine dining. Affordable prices,” but I can recall being nearly bankrupt a couple of times after ordering too much at this Golden Triangle establishment. When I saw Charcoal’s happy-hour menu, I was thrilled that I could pig out without having to make an uncomfortable phone call to…
No. 77 IPA Mac and Cheese at Hops & Pie 3920 Tennyson Street 303-477-7000 Macaroni and cheese is not something to be messed with lightly. For most of us, our childhood memories are interwoven with creamy, cheesy sauce, a crusty baked top and a bowlful of soft noodles. The odd,…
This week Gretchen Kurtz reviews Bistro Barbès, a tiny spot in Park Hill that cooks up some big flavors. That’s just one of the diminutive dining establishments she’s visited recently, which inspired our list of the Ten Best Tiny Restaurants in Denver — all places that seat forty or fewer…
In celebration of Denver Food and Wine’s tenth anniversary, the Colorado Restaurant Association Education Foundation has teamed up with Heroes Like Us to throw a Caribbean-style beach blow-out today. Tiki Tiki Tiki will be held at the RiNo Beach Club at Exdo Event Center, which will feature a sandy beach,…
As chef at the now-defunct Row 14, Jensen Cummings was used to being asked to participate in charity events; out of 150 requests, he did 31 events in 2013. And even as he made plans to open his own spot, the Slotted Spoon Meatball Eatery, at 2730 South Colorado Boulevard,…
On Sunday, September 7, 2014, Westword will host its twentieth annual celebration of the Denver dining scene, DISH, in Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, where many of the favorite restaurants of Cafe Society writers and readers will be serving delectable dishes. Milk & Cake, the year-old cupcake…
Summer-pea agnolotti: That’s just one of the dishes full of big flavors coming out of the kitchen at Bistro Barbes, the tiny restaurant that chef-owner Jon Robbins opened this past spring. Six pillows of fresh pasta arrived bathed in sauce the color of early-morning sunshine, described on the menu as…
Are you ready for some foodball? In advance of this weekend’s DISH event, we sat down with Adrian Miller, the James Beard award-winning author of Soul Food:The Surprising Story of an American Cuisine, One Plate at a Time, to talk about Soul food, Southern food — and why Colorado needs…
On Sunday, September 7, 2014, Westword will host its twentieth annual celebration of the Denver dining scene, DISH, in Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, where many of the favorite restaurants of Cafe Society writers and readers will be serving delectable dishes, including Limelight Supper Club & Lounge,…
Cafe critic Gretchen Kurtz has been extolling the virtues of small dining rooms in recent reviews, including this week’s look at Bistro Barbes. In fact, she seems to be having a summer-long, cross-country love affair with tiny, independent restaurants, writing that “they tend to exude honesty, urgency and passion.” We…
“We set out to do a small, simple restaurant, not to blaze any trails,” Alex Seidel, chef-owner of Fruition, told Westword two years after he opened that award-winning restaurant.”The positive reaction has been fantastic, but we never expected this kind of attention. I’m just a simple chef who cooks food.”…
After cooking around town, including at the late, lamented Encore, Paul Reilly and his sister, Aileen, finally got to open a place of their own last year. And what a place it is! Beast + Bottle, at 719 East 17th Avenue, is the restaurant “we conjured in our heads since…
Tickets to the fifteenth annual Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines Festival, which takes place January 8 through January 10 in Vail, went on sale this morning — and some of the events have already sold out. Although the events, and the weekend itself, are expensive compared to many beer fests,…
Sometimes, you’re just too famished or have too much to do to deal with waiting for a table, ordering or making a whole big ordeal out of brunch. Solution: Olive & Finch. One of my absolute favorite fast-casual grab-and-go spots, this Uptown gem can seemingly do no wrong. See also:…
It took longer than expected to open Nonna’s Italian Bistro, Market & Deli in Centennial, the newest restaurant from the Catalano family. But what’s a couple of years when you have more than half a century of history behind you? “This is the culmination of the dreams of a generation…
Adrian Miller is a man of many talents and passions — judging barbecue not least among them. That’s not to make light of his other achievements, however. A Denver kid who attended Smoky Hill High School, Miller soon moved on to bigger things, graduating from Stanford University and Georgetown University…
Has Denver become a city of bagel snobs? That’s what one reader suggests, as the debate over Denver bagels versus New York bagels — as exemplified by Rosenberg’s Bagels & Delicatessen — continues. But according to that same reader, there’s another danger lurking on the horizon: designer toast. See also:…
Gluten-free diets are pervasive these days, but as trendy as gluten-free diets can be, there are those who truly need to shed the protein composite from their diet. Celiac Disease affects about one in every 100 people in America and requires complete avoidance of gluten. Jake Rosenbarger of Kim &…
Bistro Barbès 5021 East 28th Avenue 720-398-8085 It was early when we arrived at Bistro Barbès, a French-inspired 32-seater that opened this spring in the former home of Pary’s on 28th (and, before that, Satchel’s Market). Still, it would be another hour before guests outnumbered the good folks manning the…
Dozens of restaurants opened this summer in metro Denver, and there are many more slated to make their debuts later this year. Among them is Nocturne, a modern take on the 1940s jazz supper club that’s going into an old building at 1330 East 27th Street. “I want a place…
