Alex Figura Lower48 Kitchen 2020 Lawrence Street 303-942-0262 lower48kitchen.com This is part two of my interview with Alex Figura, exec chef of Lower48 Kitchen; part one of our conversation ran yesterday. Most memorable meal you’ve ever had: This place in Barcelona, Spain, that was tucked away in an alley that…
Hamlin’s Cafe served the Berkeley neighborhood for more than three decades, and if Andrea Knight has her way, The Noshery, the community-focused cafe she opened this month at 4994 Lowell Boulevard, will have just as long a run. “It’s kind of like riding a bike,” Knight says. “You just get…
For this week’s review, Gretchen Kurtz visited Atticus, a spot in the University of Denver neighborhood that’s made some changes since it opened in February — partly at the request of that neighborhood. “We were supposed to open more as a bar with shared plates, but everybody kept coming in…
Master Sommelier Dustin Wilson, star of the highly regarded documentary Somm, will be at Frasca Food and Wine tonight for a special wine dinner. See also: Jennifer Jasinski and Frasca Food and Wine win James Beard Foundation awards…
The neighborhood around the University of Denver is home to many student-oriented hangouts – and Atticus, a Table to Tavern endeavor, was originally conceived as “a bar with shared plates,” says Table to Tavern CEO Brian Midtbo. But people kept thanking the staff for bringing a restaurant to the area,…
April Fool’s Day was no joke for Noah Price, co-owner of the Populist and Crema Coffee House. That’s the day he inked a lease on Finn’s Manor, a food truck courtyard and cocktail bar that will occupy a former 7,000-square-foot auto parts salvage shop at 2927 Larimer Street, just a…
In hard times, people are often forced to find ways to make money. Sometimes those means of generating much-needed revenue aren’t always legal. Growing up in rural western Iowa in the 1930s, Keith Kerkhoff was the son of a farmer searching for ways to feed his family. The family had…
On Thursday morning, a group of six small Colorado breweries will take a decidedly modern approach to beer-making when they all brew Simultaneous Saison at the same time at their respective locations across the state. The six breweries — Denver’s Strange Craft, Echo Brewing in Frederick, Monument’s Pikes Peak Brewing,…
In celebration of thirty years in business, the Park Centre Lounge & Grill in Westminster has rolled back the prices on six menu items to $3.50 this week. And that’s not the only way it’s giving back to its faithful followers: From noon to sundown on Sunday, Park Centre will…
While it’s true that money doesn’t fall from a tree, it’s nonetheless raining dollars — or at least it will be if you’re one of the first 100 people in line for Saturday’s opening of Denver’s second Protein Bar. Exactly how many dollars, you ask? A whopping $500. Each. And…
Middle Eastern restaurants have plenty for vegetarians to chew on, but this particular Mid-East feast house recently added an all-vegan plate to its menu — and there’s enough on that platter to feed carnivores, too. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer…
Alex Figura Lower48 Kitchen 2020 Lawrence Street 303-942-0262 lower48kitchen.com This is part one of my interview with Alex Figura, exec chef of Lower48 Kitchen; part two of my conversation with Figura will run tomorrow. “My parents always joke that it’s unlikely that I’ll ever miss a meal,” says Alex Figura,…
For more than a year, Mark Antonation ate his way up Federal Boulevard. With that journey done, he’ll now explore different cuisines from around the globe right here in metro Denver, one month at a time, in Ethniche. Ethiopian cooking relies on spice blends, each mixed according to time-honored family…
As a city that got its start as a true cowtown, Denver still has plenty of places where you can get great steaks and burgers. But good barbecue places are few and far between in the metro area. That’s why Lori Midson hit the brakes when she saw Big Jim’s,…
Atticus 1115 East Evans Avenue 720-459-8273 Neighborhood restaurants often remind me of kids. Even when they’re noisy and a bit rough around the edges, you still smile at them, knowing the potential within. Atticus is that kind of place. Sure, it might want to be president when it grows up,…
Tonight from 5 to 9 p.m., the sixth annual LoDo Bites will give guests a chance to sip, sample and stroll through the historic LoDo neighborhood in downtown Denver, sampling the culinary diversity of the area. Eighteen restaurants will be serving an array of popular food and drink items for…
UPDATE: We have a winner of our Trillium Swedish summer solstice dinner contest, in which we asked Cafe Society readers to answer this question: How many meals were served at last year’s Sweden dinner at Trillium? Congratulations to NickCO, who came the closest with a guess of 65; the actual…
As part of its ongoing Scandinavian dinner series, Trillium, Ryan Leinonen’s terrific restaurant in Ballpark, is hosting a Swedish summer solstice dinner on Wednesday, June 18. Sweden’s celebration of summer, otherwise known as Midsommardagen, is “packed full of food, music and celebration, but our interpretation focuses solely on the culinary,…
“I can put 49 people inside the taproom and another 25 or so outside, depending on who wants to sit on whose lap,” says Jeff Atencio, a homebrewer and firefighter from Highlands Ranch who is always quick with a quip of some sort. In fact, it was a joke about…
When the beautifully restored Union Station opens to the public on Saturday, July 12, the Denver food cognoscenti will have a spectacular depot of new restaurants to chew on, including The Kitchen Next Door, Snooze, Mercantile Dining & Provision, Eatmore Burgers & Brats and Stoic & Genuine, a 2,000-square-foot, 62-seat…
An e-mail from East West Partners, which has taken over the beleaguered Landmark project in Greenwood Village, reminded us to check in on one of the area’s most grandiose restaurant plans. Grand Cru, which chef/owner Jonas Brown opened last fall with the idea of serving special prix fixe meals –…
Over the weekend I finished Mimi Sheraton’s memoir, Eating My Words. While it wasn’t as entertaining as Ruth Reichl’s Tender at the Bone, the book had no trouble holding my attention, especially the parts about her role as restaurant critic for the New York Times. I knew I’d be interested…
