Tequila, says Richard Sandoval,”flows through my blood.” And the Mexico born, New York-based chef and restaurateur, who owns dozens of restaurants around the world — and several in Denver, including Zengo, Tamayo and La Sandia — now trumpets Denver’s first tequila library: La Biblioteca, the original location of which is…
The Candlelight has been a ray of light on South Pearl Street for close to sixty years…but the original sign out front (above) was looking a little dim. So last month the owners, who bought the classic tavern fifteen years ago, started giving the Candlelight a facelift. See also: Sign…
The term “bottle service” usually implies something very specific: plush pleather seating and a bottle of your favorite booze, complete with an array of classic mixers and potentially a gaggle of scantily-clad ladies. While Denver does boast plenty of places that will give you exactly this — a night of…
Tonight, at the Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center (650 15th Street), nearly forty restaurants will come together under one roof to celebrate A Taste for Life, an annual benefit for Project Angel Heart, a Denver nonprofit that provides nutritious meals — no cost attached — to people within…
Boulder is a town where it’s reasonable to expect a lot from its eateries — especially if you’re a vegetarian or vegan. The college outpost has been hailed nationwide as a great place for food fans, and with all the hippies and alternative-lifestyle types, it’s a given that any restaurant…
Thump Coffee opened last week in Capitol Hill, and Cafe Society was there to take pictures of the place and talk with one of the owners, who brought the concept here from Portland. “We’re trying to educate people that coffee isn’t this burnt, pungent, bitter, harsh, carbon-y substance that a…
With the holidays approaching, you know you have to host cocktail parties and other get-togethers — but you have no idea what to cook. Stir Cooking School is hosting a class tonight that will solve all your problems and teach you how to make easy appetizers so creative and delicious…
Voodoo Doughnut co-founder Kenneth “Cat Daddy” Pogson and partner Tres Shannon want to keep doughnut culture alive — and outside of their original locations in Oregon, Denver felt like the next best place to spread that philosophy, with a smattering of cereal-topped delights and the coveted maple bacon bars. The…
Ace may be known for its lively atmosphere and crazy ping-pong tournaments, but it’s letting its healthy side show. Tonight Ace is going raw, and it’s not afraid to show it. First the restaurant will show The Raw Natural, and then it will be serving a special raw menu. See…
Gunther Toody’s, a local chain that served up heaping helpings of nostalgia, is down one location. The store at 4500 East Alameda Avenue has closed, and its phone is disconnected. See also: From Session Kitchen to St. Louis-style pizza, our Restaurant Roll Call for October…
I’ve been to Brittany, the homeland of crêpes; I’ve been to Paris and Provence, where there are crêpe carts on every corner. Hell, I’ve even eaten crêpes in Mexico City. But these crêpes, sheeted with something that’s billed a creamed spinach sauce, ballooned with crappy ingredients and plated with dry…
Lagers sometimes get a bad rap from craft-beer drinkers. They’re often lighter and less flavorful than ales, and since America’s big three commercial beers are all lagers, beer geeks often lump them in with the macrobrews at the bottom of the tap list. Chris Phelps, the co-owner and brewer at…
I vaguely remember the first time I went to the Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant in Boulder in 1989. Though I don’t remember much about the evening, I am sure I had three margaritas. How do I know I had three margaritas back in 1989? Because I have never been to…
Cafe Society dished out five Guess Where? contest posts last week, ranging from a morbidly named — but immorally good — “Suicide” taco from Moontower Tacos, to a cast-iron vessel filled with griddled kale from Session Kitchen, to a squadron of beers from a craft brewery that has a house…
Thanksgiving is approaching — and this food-focused holiday can be particularly trying for vegetarian and especially vegan diners. But we’re here to help: through November, we’ll be offering a full lineup of dishes you can make for the big day. Last week’s butternut squash and apple soup makes a perfect…
Two decades ago, Cherry Creek was the heart of Denver’s dining scene, with both tried-and-true favorites and inventive new restaurants all over the increasingly chi-chi neighborhood. Although this city’s food focus long ago shifted from that part of town, Gretchen Kurtz saw new signs of life at Harman’s eat &…
Colorado restaurants and residents alike have been eager to lend a helping hand to the very start of the food chain: First with the Tables to Farm dinners at Colterra and SALT that benefited Boulder County farmers, and tonight with Slow Food Denver’s Come Rain or Come Shine fundraiser. See…
Starting today, Comida in the Source will be extending its happy-hour deal all night on Mondays. Happy hour — including $2 beers, $4 street snacks and $5 margs — usually runs from 3 to 6 p.m. seven days a week, but on Mondays it will go from 3 p.m. until…
This week Gretchen Kurtz reviewed Harman’s eat & drink, a restaurant inspired by Mark Fischer’s Pullman in Glenwood Springs that takes a cue from its Cherry Creek location, too. Mark Antonation visited a classic steakhouse on Federal Boulevard, the Columbine Steak House and Lounge. For Chef and Tell, Lori Midson…
The correct answer for the numbers of sets of antlers on the wall? 505. That makes LizBraun33 the winner. After decades as a legendary dive, the Old Curtis Street Tavern closed last January — and now it’s been reborn as the Curtis Club, a sleek, old West-styled gastro-pub with a…
Grist Brewing Company, 9150 Commerce Center Circle in Highlands Ranch, will celebrate its grand opening at noon on Saturday, November 2, the first in a wave of new breweries opening in Denver’s southern suburbs over the next few months. Grist will be the first independently owned craft brewery to open…
Eighteen TVS — eighteen! — hang from the walls and rafters at the Dancing Crab, a newly opened Louisiana-style seafood restaurant and sports bar in Aurora that occupies the former Shin Sa Dong space, which abruptly closed earlier this summer. The cavernous, 8,000-square-foot restaurant, now bedecked with nautical accents; wooden…
