I’ve always had a sweet tooth, and was a baker long before I learned to cook — or drive, for that matter. So you might think that I like every dessert I meet, but the opposite is true. If I had a dollar for every dried-out layer cake, leaden pie…
Long before Coors Field opened in 1995, one of the first blocks of LoDo to be renovated was a line of turn-of-the-last century brick buildings along the1600 block of Market Street, which attracted pioneering restaurants like Brendle’s, the Manhattan Cafe, Ivory’s and Alexander Graham Bell’s. Those were replaced by next…
It’s an attractive offer: all sushi rolls priced 50 percent off, all day long. But like a lot of things in life, you get what you pay for, and aside from the fact that the fish tasted faded and the rice was even duller, with no hint of the obligatory…
When I was in my late twenties and early thirties, I avoided eating meat. The reasons why aren’t important, but looking back on that phase, I wish I’d chosen a different time in my life to go meat-free, because I was living in Chicago, where militant vegetarians were few and…
Matt Stein Bruxie 1000 South Colorado Boulevard, Glendale 303-963-9045 bruxie.com This is part two of my interview with Matt Stein, chef of Bruxie; part one of our conversation ran yesterday. Most memorable meal you’ve ever had: I had dinner in a seafood restaurant in Bari, Italy, with my partners, my…
Just in time for 4/20, a third Sexy Pizza has opened in Denver — this one in Jefferson Park, at 2460 Elliott Street, right across the street from the new Jefferson Park Pub and what will one day be the home of Brian Laird’s Sarto. See also:Kayvan Khalatbari bankrolls comedy…
Reaction to the news that Noboru Muraishi has closed Oshima Ramen, the very authentic Japanese noodle bar that Jason Sheehan raved about in “Finding My Religion,” has been swift, with diners wondering where they will get their ramen now — and hold the dirt. See also: After fourteen years, Noboru…
The Taste — not to be confused with the Taste of Fort Collins (the eighteenth annual edition of that event comes down June 13-14) — will land in Fort Collins tonight. A benefit for the Food Bank of Larimer County, the Taste will feature food, drink and music — but…
Sugarmill has been on deck in the Ballpark neighborhood since December 2013, and the sweets spot — a collaboration between pastry chef Noah French and restaurateur Troy Guard — definitely has home-run potential. Read our full review of Sugarmill, now posted on Cafe Society…
In Denver, 4/20 is a special holiday — and no, we don’t mean Easter. It’s a day to partake in a certain herb that Coloradans seem to love. With parties all over the city and a big rally at Civic Center Park pushing legalization — oh, wait — well, a…
Duffeyroll Cafe, a Denver institution for close to three decades that’s renowned for its cinnamon rolls, is opening its fourth Denver location at 16th and Blake streets today. See also: Attivo Pizza & Subs moves out of the Beauvallon…
The Craft Brewers Conference, a national trade show that brought more than 8,000 brewing-industry pros to town, wrapped up last week in Denver with the presentation of awards in the World Beer Cup, a prestigious biennial competition. There were 4,754 entries from 1,403 breweries in 58 countries this year, but…
Yesterday, after briefly stopping at a restaurant that made me sprint to the nearest wash sink to slather my hands in soap, I didn’t have much of an appetite, but that all changed when I took a seat at a well-known deli and ordered a corned beef sandwich stacked with…
Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with a spacious kitchen. They often bring some of their market’s best ingredients home with them and cook up a feast, and when they’re not…
Some say beer is food. Others say it is art. In the case of Kurt’s Mile High Malt, the Wynkoop Brewing Company is hoping to put wisdom and prose into a can. The beer, which is being packaged for the first time, is a coffee-infused lager that is based on…
Matt Stein Bruxie 1000 South Colorado Boulevard, Glendale 303-963-9045 bruxie.com This is part one of my interview with Matt Stein, chef of Bruxie; part two of our conversation will run tomorrow. Even after three decades in the kitchen, Matt Stein still shakes his head in denial as he recalls what…
In A Federal Case, I’ll be eating my way up Federal Boulevard – south to north – within Denver city limits. I’ll be skipping the national chains and per-scoop Chinese joints, but otherwise I’ll report from every vinyl booth, walk-up window and bar stool where food is served. Here’s the…
Dos Casas, the fundraising dinner featuring some of the town’s top chefs at Lola tonight, is almost completely sold out, but if you work fast, you may be able to grab a seat at the bar or that last-four-top and enjoy good food for a very good cause. “Brent’s Place,…
Sugarmill 2461 Larimer Street, #101 303-297-3540 sugarmilldesserts.com Hours: 8 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Saturday Ever see that magnet that says, “Life is short. Eat spinach first”? Of course not; it doesn’t exist. People don’t go crazy for vegetables, not even heirloom ones plucked straight…
Has the Beauvallon curse hit again? Attivo Pizza & Subs, a popular spot that was home of the “Pancho Villo Sub,” moved across and up Lincoln Street almost two years ago, to a spot in the swanky Beauvallon. And the owners announced plans to turn the original Arrivo space into…
In 2004, four years after Oshima Ramen, a Japanese noodle shop, opened on Hampden, then-Westword restaurant critic Jason Sheehan made us all aware of how lucky we were to have Oshima — part of a chain of ramen noodle shops that started in Japan — in a city that was…
I have a lot of high-minded reasons for doing almost all my summer shopping at the Boulder Farmers’ Market. I worry about climate change, soil erosion, bee die-off, genetically modified foods and the flood of pesticides contaminating soil, sea, air and our bodies. I know small farmers must be supported…
