There’s a land rush under way in the fast-casual industry, with restaurateurs nationwide frantically trying to grab a piece of this fast-growing segment. Just how fast is it growing? According to Technomic, eight of the ten fastest-growing chains in America (with sales of at least $2 million) are of the…
Update: We have a winner of our Trillium Norway dinner! Last week, we asked Cafe Society commenters to guess how many pounds of gravlax, on average, chef Ryan Leinonen serves in a month at Trillium. Congrats to sixfeetofsnow, who guessed fifteen pounds of gravlax. The actual number is thirty, a…
I had one of my first real New Mexican meals in New Mexico, at the Little Anita’s location in Albuquerque…and I hated it. I was astounded that people would dump alternating layers of boiling-hot green pepper sauce and equally steaming, nose-running-hot red pepper sauce on everything and suck this stuff…
Before I drank beer and long before I drank wine, I was drinking classic Old-Fashioned cocktails, probably because that’s what my parents drank nearly every night while I still lived at home. And now, more than twenty years later, I still love the drink. And last night, at the bar…
We stopped by Ace recently to take a look at some of the new dishes on the restaurant’s revamped menu. Continuing his foray into Asian cuisine, executive chef Brandon Biederman has added Vietnamese noodles, a dry curry and eggless bao buns to the mix — lighter fare that won’t leave…
Last week several Denver chefs traveled to Kansas to visit the Callicrate Ranch, a cattle ranch and slaughterhouse owned by fiercely opinionated, radically passionate Mike Callicrate, to witness the slaughter of a steer. Lori Midson went along, and offered up her account of the trip last Friday. It was eye-opening…
The Seasoned Chef Cooking School, 999 Jasmine Street, is welcoming chef Samm Sherman (of Linger and Root Down) today for a special cooking class focusing on her signature pastries. The class and tasting runs from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. and costs $80. Keep reading for a look at the curriculum…
I’m officially a few pounds heavier today — and it’s not because of my Mother’s Day stomach crush at Paxia (which was excellent, by the way). No, today’s increase in poundage has everything to do with chocolate, namely the Colorado Chocolate Festival, which took place over the weekend at the…
Tonight, at 6 p.m., Fooducopia’s Corner Store and Cafe, a charming market that sells a huge array of local products — and serves many of those products in its adjoining little restaurant, will appear in front of a hearings officer at 6 p.m. in the Wellington Webb building to plead…
Denver’s craft-beer scene has exploded over the past three years as the number of breweries tripled inside city limits, but most of those brewery owners started off as home brewers, roasting grains in their ovens and tweaking recipes in their garages. Chris and Laura Bruns, a sister-and-brother team, want to…
Tim Brod of Highland Honey Bees sells creamed honey and herb-infused honey intended to promote health, as well as queen bees and bee packages to would-be apiarists and pollination services for local organic farms. And — as I learn on my Saturday morning visit to the Boulder Farmers’ Market –…
Back in December, we broke the news that Spuntino, chef John Broening and pastry chef Yasmin Lozada-Hissom’s neighborhood restaurant in Highland — a restaurant that turns out everything from unassailable gelato to equally unparalleled porchetta — would temporarily shutter sometime this February to undergo a significant renovation. Timing, of course,…
American Craft Beer Week begins today and flows through Sunday, May 19. The celebration raises many glasses to the national craft-beer movement happening in this country. Visit the website for a full schedule of events, and continue reading for the rest of this week’s menu. See also: – Colorado beer…
Cafe Society posted five Guess Where We’re Eating contests last week, ranging from a carne asada plate from the new (and festive) Adelitas Cocina y Cantina, to some lovely spot prawns from Super Star Asian, to bánh mì from a brewpub…
The latest chapter in the First Avenue Hotel saga — the closing of both El Diablo and Sketch at the end of service on May 2, right before the city’s latest notice to vacate was issued for May 3 — got some punctuation on Friday, when the building’s windows were…
Earlier this week, on Monday, I spent the afternoon in Kansas — specifically St. Francis, Kansas, a small, sleepy town just a few miles east of the Kansas/Colorado border, population a mere 1,200. Cattle far, far outweigh humans in St. Francis — there are thousands and thousands of them –…
Looks like El Diablo is really gone for good. The restaurant and its sibling, Sketch, held a final bash on May 2, then closed after last call — right before the city’s most recent notice to vacate the First Avenue Hotel was set to take effect on May 3. Earlier…
Don’t let the name mislead you: The Chocolate Nemesis may soon be your new best friend. The “oldie but goody” dessert that won fans at The Kitchen in Boulder has now been imported to The Kitchen Denver, and is winning hearts (and stomachs) across town. The flourless chocolate cake, accompanied…
The Single Malt and Scotch Whiskey Extravaganza is visiting thirteen major markets around the country this year. Last night, it was Denver’s turn, when the event poured out the love — and the booze — at the Brown Palace. Photographer Christopher Morgan was there; keep reading to get a look…
If you spend any time in the comments section of our blogs, you might have already noticed that some commenters show up with the titles “Editor” or “Community Manager” next to their usernames. Well, there’s now a new badge on the block, and it’s called the “Vocalizer.” Continue reading for…
Update: Congrats to AliP11 and banannarama! You’ve each won two wristbands to tonight’s opening. Check your email for details on how to claim them. Original post: Blake Street Tavern’s Underground Social game room officially opens at 3 p.m., and we’ve got four free wristbands to give away so you can…
Arvada will get a new brewery later this month when Odyssey Beerwerks opens up at 5535 West 56th Avenue, Suite 107, just north of the Denver border. The 1,700-square-foot taproom, which will include a fifteen-barrel brewing system and room for at least eighty people, was founded by friends Chris Hill,…
