Dishes of DISH: Williams & Graham’s deviled eggs

On Sunday, September 22, DISH will dish out food and drinks from dozens of Cafe Society’s favorite restaurants and trucks, as well as Best of Denver readers’ winners, in the Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. Williams & Graham, our pick for Best Contemporary Cocktail Bar in 2012,…

The ultimate calendar to the Great American Beer Festival 2013

The Great American Beer Festival is the biggest and best sudstravaganza in the world. This year, the sold-out fiesta will take place October 10-12 and feature 626 breweries pouring an astounding 3,159 beers. But GABF is just the start. Beginning on Monday, and continuing all week, breweries, bars, restaurants and…

First look: Mondo Market opens in The Source

When a chef wants cheese (or any other food product for that matter), there’s one man to whom they turn: Nicholas Farrell, a former chef who’s spent the past nine years as a sales rep for Italco Food Products, four of which have also been devoted to managing a wholly…

Hapa Sushi’s veggie options roll past beginner tastes

“Hapa” is “a Hawaiian term that describes a harmonious blend of Asian and American cultures,” according to the Hapa Sushi menu. And this homegrown, four-restaurant chain is devoted to making moving between those cultures easy — and delicious. Those unfamiliar with sushi will find Hapa a comforting jumping-off point, with…

Beer calendar: Sanitas Brewing opens, while Copper Kettle gets fresh

Two well-known out-of-state brewers are invading Colorado this month. Speakeasy Ales and Lagers, a sixteen-year-old brewery from San Francisco started pouring at a few bars around town this week and should follow up with bottles of some of its flagship beers, like Big Daddy IPA and Prohibition Ale, sometime soon…

Dishes of DISH: Patxi’s Chicago-style, deep-dish pizzas

On Sunday, September 22,DISH will dish out food and drinks from dozens of Cafe Society’s favorite restaurants and trucks, as well as Best of Denver readers’ winners, in the Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. Joining the lineup this year: Patxi’s, which will be dishing out two deep-dish pizzas…

A sauce that got my goat at Viet’s Restaurant

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…

Chomp! supper club goes vegan at Congress Park tonight

Go green with Chomp! The vegan supper club meets on the first Wednesday of the month; tonight’s gathering will start at 7 p.m. in Congress Park. The menu is Vietnamese-inspired, and the price is a suggested donation of $7 to $10, (Beer and soda will be available for an additional…

Does Pizzeria Locale have the right ingredients for Denver?

Creativity is a good thing, except in pizza, when cooks have been known to slap on ingredients better left to other things. Peaches, for example, are great inside a fluted, buttery crust, but not so good smothered with streusel on the dessert pizza I had at a festival this summer…

Guess where I’m eating a particularly uninspiring paella?

Yes, it looks pretty, but food, as we know, isn’t just about appearances. Flavor counts — a lot — and in the case of this paella, there wasn’t much flavor, if any, to be found, making me wonder if the kitchen was completely bereft of saffron, paprika, garlic, onions, salt…

Dishes of DISH: Finger Lickin’ Belgian waffle from Pink Tank

On Sunday, September 22,DISH will dish out food and drinks from dozens of Cafe Society’s favorite restaurants and trucks, including Pink Tank, in the Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. Pink Tank’s offering? Its award-winning Finger Lickin’ Waffles & Chicken dish — hold the chicken. See also: Best Food…

Highland’s Garden Cafe pulls up stakes for the season

At this time of year many people start thinking about putting their gardens to bed. But chef Pat Perry has put the entire Highland’s Garden Cafe to bed. At the end of service on Saturday, August 31, the restaurant — two linked Victorian houses surrounded by lush gardens — closed…

25 things you never knew about Melissa Durant, bartender at the forthcoming Acorn

As Westword’s Ask the Bartender columnist, I’ve talked with many bartenders for Cafe Society’s “Behind the Bar” series, posing numerous questions to Denver’s top bartenders…and often receiving the same answers: “I love chartreuse,” or “I’m really into smoked cocktails/barrel aging/bottled cocktails.” See also: A bartender by any other name…is still…

Homemade applesauce for a sweet side dish after Meatless Monday

Growing up, I loved visiting my grandmother’s house because of everything she cooked. Now grown up, I still think she made the best American country cuisine I’ve ever tasted. One of the dishes she always had in her fridge was homemade applesauce. Much like homemade vegetable broth, applesauce made from…

Pho 007, a Vietnamese noodle parlor, opens in Littleton

There can never be too much pho, yo? Just a few weeks ago, Pho Real opened in Littleton, and now, Pho 007, another Vietnamese noodle parlor, has unlocked its doors at 389 West Littleton Boulevard, in the former space of Jade Dragon. The menu, which includes several starters, twelve variations…