Food & Drink

Federal Boulevard, that long stretch of asphalt that takes joyriders on culinary excursions through Mexico, Latin America and Asia, has never been short on pho parlors, and it’s about ready to get one more: Pho Market Vietnamese Restaurant, which just erected a kaleidoscopic can’t-miss-it sign on its exterior, is set…

It was back in 2009 when Ruth’s Chris Steak House, a national chain of beef emporiums, shuttered its downtown Denver space at 1445 Market Street, an address that’s now occupied by Chloe. At the time, the shrine to steak had defaulted on taxes owed to the City of Denver, which…

Slow-cooked vegetables are a staple in the Middle East, and while I’m partial to vegetables that are cooked al dente, there’s no denying that the cumin-spiced stew with slow-cooked green beans, tomatoes and garlic from this Middle Eastern joint creates a richly flavored appetizer that could easily become a mainstay…

A hot-dog stand might not be the first place you’d think of when looking for vegetarian and vegan fare, but Mustard’s Last Stand has learned a lot of new tricks over its forty years. We recently visited the location near the University of Denver and found plenty to relish on…

The Denver FIVE is Leigh Sullivan’s “passion project,” and she’s just introduced the seventh FIVE class of featured chefs — and for the first time, all five are women: Nadine Donovan (Old Major), Aniedra Nichols (Elway’s Cherry Creek), Carrie Shores (Table 6), Elise Wiggins (Panzano) and Jenna Johansen (Epicurean Group)…

I only had a few bites of the burger in the above snap, mostly because I’m a purist and would never — not in a million years — christen my burger with fried onions, but my own burger, which was naked save for a blanket of melt-y American, was judiciously…

A lot of Denver restaurants bake their own bread, but a lot more rely on bread baker extraordinaire Michael Bortz, a veteran bread head, whose company, City Bakery, supplies rolls and loaves to dozens and dozens of local restaurants, including Elway’s Cherry Creek, Oceanaire, Ocean Prime, Steuben’s and Ace, Charcoal,…

Seventeen chefs — amateur and professional — convened at Steve’s Snappin’ Dogs on Saturday afternoon for the hot dog joint’s inaugural grilled cheese competition, a spirited face off that ended with nothing but de…brie, thanks to the cheese-chomping crowds who ate everything but the rind. A panel of judges, including…

Cafe Society served up four Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a bottle of Phuket that’s on the beer syllabus at Bangkok Cafe to a Middle Eastern dish with chicken, rice and vegetables from Jerusalem to a sandwich served on frozen bread halves from a longstanding Italian deli that…

It’s the time of year when everyone is trying to eat healthier, and this dish, adapted from an online recipe, is a good option, with Brussels sprouts, olive oil, almonds and just a smidge of honey. We increased the amount of dressing amount and used vegan Parmesan instead of actual…

Should Westword resolve to lock up the term “hipster” in our grandma’s hope chest in 2014? We just reposted on Facebook our list of the ten best hipster restaurants in Denver , and the concept has gone from hip to hip replacements in just five weeks. See also: Ten best…

When the venerable John’s closed on Pearl Street in Boulder last fall, Corey Buck, the chef/owner of John’s for over ten years, just kept rolling — right over to Food at the Riverside, a cafe planned as part of Agora, a cooperative office space/events center created in a century-old historic…

This week Gretchen Kurtz reviewed reviewed a Denver institution, Racines, which just celebrated its thirtieth anniversary. Udi Bar-on shared some big news in Chef and Tell: Come summer, his restaurants will no longer be called Udi’s, since that was a stipulation of the $125 million sale of Udi’s Foods. And…