This year marks the 25th anniversary of Taste of the Nation, a national nonprofit that has its own Colorado chapter, which was started 25 years ago by humanitarian Noel Cunningham, the former owner/chef of Strings, who passed away late last year. The annual event, which features a bounty of foodstuffs…
Not only did USA Today just name Denver one the best beer capitals in the world — the whole fucking WORLD, y’all! — but the internationally distributed daily newspaper also gave a shout-out to Patty’s Chile Beer, named, of course, for Westword founder and editor Patty Calhoun, who likes things…
Moral of the story: Do not order tacos — at least these tacos — at a joint renowned for its burgers. Lesson learned. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Guess Where posts is entered into a pool –…
Matt Lewis Bones 701 Grant Street 303-860-2929 www.bonesdenver.com This is part one of my interview with Matt Lewis, exec chef of Bones. Part two of our conversation will run tomorrow. “Every time I walked through the door of my Italian grandmother’s house, even if it was after dinner, the first…
To Kristy Greenwood, the equation is simple: love + cookies = victory. Since she was a little girl, Greenwood has loved to bake cookies and share them with family and friends. But it took a bout with breast cancer for her to decide that she would turn her passion into…
Campaigning in Colorado yesterday in advance of his appearance at tonight’s debate at the University of Denver, Mitt Romney stopped at the Chipotle in Stapleton — where he ordered extra guac with his burrito. He also got a side of sarcasm from our readers. – See also: Photo: Mitt Romney…
Go green tonight when Chomp!, the vegan supper club, returns to Green Spaces Colorado, 1368 26th Street. The supper club convenes every first Wednesday of the month and is open to the public…
Independent of his wife’s stance on healthy eating, here’s what we know about President Obama’s food preferences: He likes pizza, as evidenced by his recent jaunt to the Sink in Boulder; he has a special fondness for burgers, a fact that’s been documented in just about every city he’s graced,…
Bartender Ken Kodys left Colorado on September 3 for the 42Below Cocktail World Cup in New Zealand with one mission… to bring a third title back home. The bartending competition is our craft’s version of the Olympics, in which 21 of the world’s best bartenders representing six countries (and one…
Y’all, Mitt Romney ate at Chipotle earlier today. According to hungry and expert sources, the GOP’s main man stopped by the Stapleton location of the Colorado staple and chowed down on a burrito with black beans, pork and pico de gallo. He even added guac — which, as you know,…
The kid wanted crab legs; my dad wanted somewhere quiet. We settled, mistakenly, on this shrine to shitty seafood and fish, which was definitely quiet, presumably because everyone but us realized how much it well and truly sucks. And those crab legs? $28 of sea garbage. #canihavemymoneyback? Can you guess…
Malt, water, hops, yeast…and bull testicles. That’s the recipe for the ballsiest beer that Denver’s Wynkoop Brewing Company has made in its 24-year history, and one that it will start serving on October 8 during Great American Beer Festival week. Rocky Mountain Oyster Stout, which started off as an April…
This, says Robert Thompson, is the “most ambitious project I’ve seen in Denver in a long, long time, and I guarantee you that it’s going to be worth it.” “This” refers to Punch Bowl – Social Food & Drink, the 23,700-square-foot, 900-person-capacity gastro-diner, bowling alley, Ping-Pong hall, marbles arena, java…
Harry Smith, who has been making beer for Breckenridge Brewery for eleven years, will open his own place early next year — just a block away from where he now works. “I can go to work, and then go to work,” jokes Smith, who will stay with Breckenridge until he…
We’re always happy to see another multi-course vegan dinner being offered — and we’ll be really happy if TAG|RAW BAR continues to host its weekly vegan omakase meal for a long time to come. Every Thursday, chef/owner Troy Guard puts together a four-course, $30 menu for plant-based gourmands. See also:…
Since when does a 30 percent chance mean it’s actually going to rain? I mean, come on — this is Denver we’re talking about. I know we’re in a drought, but you’d think the clouds could have had the decency to hold their drops until the afternoon: Monday mornings are…
President Barack Obama has been drinking beer on the campaign trail, trying to convince undecided voters that he’s a regular guy. In 2008 Obama got branded a wine-slurper, but he’s got a distinct alcoholic advantage in this year’s race against teetotaling Mormon Mitt Romney. But as Jonathan Shikes notes, Obama…
Pizza Fusion, the pizza joint that opened last year at 571 East Colfax Avenue, now offers a monthly buy-one-get-one deal to raise awareness for social justice. On select dates throughout the year, customers can purchase any size pizza and get a second one of equal or lesser value for free…
The last time I was at this Middle Eastern restaurant, I left shrugging my shoulders, and while a return visit didn’t convince me that I’d struck gold, the food was far better than the first time around, and the server — just one guy overseeing the whole house — was…
Need an appetizer to impress some guests — or just to tickle your own tastebuds? This vegan Thai-style coconut soup (adapted from a recipe in Forks Over Knives: The Cookbook) is smooth, complex and satisfying. You can buy mung bean sprouts at the store, or sprout them yourself — but…
Twenty-five years ago, Noel Cunningham, along with Pat Miller, the “Gabby Gourmet”, launched Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation, a nonprofit childhood hunger relief organization that Cunningham, the former owner/chef of Strings, worked tirelessly to grow and advocate. It soon blossomed into an annual event, where dozens of the…
President Obama has been making a point of drinking beer on the campaign trail this year, from Pennsylvania to Iowa to Florida. It was a sore spot for him in 2008 when he was seen more as a wine-slurper than an an everyday beer-drinking kind of fellow, but it’s a…
