Food & Drink

Earlier this week, we posted a contest, giving one Cafe Society reader and a guest the opportunity to attend DStill’s American Craft Spirit & Cocktail Showcase, which runs tomorrow night from 6 to 10 p.m. at the McNichols Building at 144 West Colfax. We told you that 44 distilleries would…

Denver’s a great town for vegetarians and vegans, as the Best of Denver 2013 attests. In that issue, you’ll find accolades for Best Vegetarian Green Chile and Best Vegan Market, as well as many more green categories. But if you’re looking for the best plant-based dishes in the city, look…

While some people puzzle over the readers’ pick for Best Fried Chicken, Leah wants to know the specific dish readers voted for when they awarded Euclid Hall the prize for Best Vegetarian Dish in a Non-Vegetarian Restaurant. “They have pretty much nothing vegetarian on their menu,” she writes, “so if…

There’s been the usual squawking over the Best of Denver — complaints about the editorial picks in various categories, and much louder complaints over many of the readers’ choices. And, of course, there have been the standard queries about why the editorial picks are given so much more prominence than…

Although in mid-March Bubba Chinos promised to return to its home on Court Place after “remodeling,” the only new decoration the place has is an eviction notice from Dikeou Realty, which owns the building. See also: – Bubba Chinos downtown has closed for “remodeling” – Reader: Bubba Chinos is on…

Every year in April, hundreds of food lovers and oenophiles gather (or huddle, if the weather dictates it) in Vail for the glitzy resort town’s annual spring fling of food and wine, which kicks off this Wednesday and continues through Saturday with wine seminars, wine dinners and Nordic wine tours,…

At ten this morning, Julian Cordova’s second Original Chubby’s restaurant finally opened on Santa Fe Drive — and business has been brisk. Cordova opened his first Original Chubby’s in Thornton in 1987; he insists that his two restaurants — in addition to the original Chubby’s that his grandmother, Stella Cordova,…

Suffice it to say that I eat out more than the general population, unless, of course, the general population can catalogue more than 450 restaurant meals in a year — which is about the number of breakfasts, lunches and dinners that I stomached in 2012. Pathetic, isn’t it? But all…

If you’re going to call yourself a bona-hide steakhouse, then for the love of cows everywhere, hire a kitchen staff that understands the concept of temperature, specifically mid-rare. This barn of steer doesn’t have a clue, delivering the first slab of steer so beyond well-done that it was inedible; a…

After Ali Baba Grill first opened in Golden a dozen years ago, two more outposts followed, including one in Greenwood Village and another in Highlands Ranch, which is now closed. But the Middle Eastern joint, whose cuisine is rooted in Lebanon, Persia and the Mediterranean, is now back to being…

Cafe Society dished out four Guess where? contests last week, ranging from a margarita from the new Ay Caramba!, to a glass of beach-y rum punch from the Cherry Cricket to a plate of superb lamb chops from a restaurant whose chef just nabbed our Best of Denver Best Chef…

Over a dozen restaurants opened in March, ranging from the ambitious Beast + Bottle to Beantree Coffee & Deli. By contrast, only a handful of eateries closed their doors, including Big Easy and Grand Lux Cafe. Keep reading for our Restaurant roll call for March. See also: – Photos: ViewHouse…

We just published our thirtieth Best of Edition, with more than a hundred editorial picks in the Food & Drink section, many of them accompanied by Readers’ choices. And the readers have once again shown good taste and not given the Best French Fries award to McDonald’s, a frequent readers’…

It’s no secret that Denver is one of the nation’s burrito capitals — a fervent mecca of seam-busting tortillas jammed with everything but the kitchen sink. And while there’s nothing wrong with that distinction, the beans-rice-cheese combination isn’t exactly groundbreaking territory. And that’s one reason why Clay Markwell is making…

Sumo Sushi opened last week at 2353 South Havana Street in Aurora. Westword’s Danielle Lirette brought back these photos from the restaurant, which features local sports-themed rolls as specials. Score! See also: – Restaurant roll call for February: Old Major in, Pig & Block out – Denver’s ten best sushi…

Music, great food, libations and local art — that’s the mantra of Cold Crush, a new venue opening April 20 in Ballpark at 2700 Larimer Street. The all-in-one package, run by model and DJ Cassie Stevens and three guys obsessed with music and art — general manager Eric Cunningham, owner…