Several much-anticipated restaurants opened in Denver last month, including Ace, a neighborhood hangout/ping-pong hall created by the folks behind Vesta Dipping Grill and Steuben’s. But August also saw the end of a few local institutions, including Pagliacci’s. Keep reading for our restaurant roll call…..
Last week, Josiah Hesse and Amber Taufen faced off in a point/counterpoint on tipping, and readers have continued the debate…
On Thursday, September 6, Dish, Westword’s eighteenth annual food-and-drink festival, will fill the Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex with great entertainment, great drinks and great food from restaurants and trucks that have been hand-selected by Cafe Society scribes. But Denver’s plate is very full this week, and…
Okay, so this morning I posted a contest giving one Cafe Society commenter (and a guest) the opportunity to swell their guts with beer and grub for free at Sunday’s Justice League of Street Food bash, which gets started at 5 p.m. and takes place at the TAXI development –…
Frank’s Kitchen will close temporarily, from September 2-9, so that owners Dina and Frank Berta can take a short “stay-cation.” The restaurant will re-open Monday, September 10…
The ink! Coffee location at 1590 Little Raven Street will be giving away one scoop of free ice cream per person on Sunday to celebrate the expansion of its business, which will soon sell Sweet Action and Little Man ice cream…
The Mestizos food truck will be showcasing its street-style fusion cuisine at this year’s Dish — Westword’s eighteenth annual food-and-drink festival taking place in Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex next Thursday, September 6. Here’s what to expect from the truck’s unique menu:…
Update, September 19: The beer will be a “hopped up brown” and in a brown can, so the Deuce references continue. Oskar Blues and Indianapolis-based Sun King Brewing are whipping up their second collaboration beer today in Longmont under a shroud of secrecy. “We’re keeping some suspense about style of…
In advance of Gretchen Kurtz’s debut next week as the new Cafe critic, we asked some of our previous restaurant reviewers to weigh in — and given their jobs, we do mean weigh in — with advice for our newest critic. Kyle Wagner, now the travel editor at the Denver…
Striking out is a lot less painful when you have a green chile breakfast burrito and bloody Mary by your side. At least, that’s the thinking behind the “Breakfast-n-Bowl” special at Crown Lanes Bowling Center and Sports Bar, a good option for those still laboring to find Labor Day fun…
Winner announcement: blogs.westword.com/cafesociety/2012/08/winner_pool_party_justice_league.php With the mercury continuing to hover in high double digits — and a three-day weekend upon us — most of us will be picnicking and boozing it up in a park, or splashing around in the pool, diving for beer cans. And on Sunday, you can knock…
Two new restaurants hope to soar to new heights in the former home of Twisted Olive. And while Hoot and Howl and Sal’s Street Food and Sushi will be sharing the space at 8270 East Northfield Boulevard in the Shops at Northfield Stapleton, each will offer a different dining experience…
Green chile season is now upon us, and this means the pervading aroma of burning chiles will soon fill the air as parking lots fill up with eager chile-philes waiting patiently, burlap bags in hand, for their turn to watch the roasters work their rolling, smoking magic. This season also…
We asked several of Westword’s previous restaurant reviewers to offer advice for Gretchen Kurtz, our new Cafe critic, whose first review will be published next week. Laura Shunk, who left the job for a move to New York in June, came up with ten tips, including this one: 9. If…
This three-day weekend will see two food truck gatherings: one in celebration of the Blue Moon (the second full moon in a month) tonight and another poolside at the Taxi development in RiNo this Sunday…
Ken Kodys is a beast — and I mean that in the most complimentary way. No, I’m not referring to his size, although he is a large man at 6’6″. I mean that creatively he is a beast, and a stone-cold killer in cocktail competitions. Ken is also one of…
Goats are some the strangest animals on the farm, and after recently having an excruciatingly hot (albeit exceptionally good) goat vindaloo, my tongue was flopping around my mouth much like the goat in the video below. If only I could echo the noises. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special…
City, O’ City, Denver’s go-to-meatless hipster hang-out, will be dishing eats at Dish — Westword’s eighteenth annual food-and-drink event taking place in Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex next Thursday, September 6. Here’s the dish on what City, O’ City will be dishing that night:…
In advance of Gretchen Kurtz’s debut next week as the new Cafe critic, we asked some of our previous restaurant reviewers to weigh in — and given their jobs, we do mean weigh in — with advice for our new newest critic. Kyle Wagner, our reviewer for close to a…
The Great American Beer Festival doesn’t change much from year to year. It is always a massive draw, a tourism magnet and the place to be seen for breweries and beer lovers alike. But the Boulder-based Brewers Association, which hosts the festival, October 11-13, does like to keep it relevant,…
Josh Barhaug Fired Up 1135 Bannock Street 303-825-1995 www.gtfiredup.com Part one of my chef interview with Josh Barhaug, who mans the line — and pizza oven — at Fired Up, ran yesterday; this is part two of our chat. What you’d like to see more of in Denver/Boulder from a…
The food truck row at Dish — Westword’s eighteenth annual food-and-drink event taking place in Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex next Thursday, September 6 — is full of stars this year: Biker Jim’s Gourmet Dogs, Comida, Mestizo’s, Waffle Brothers, Hey PB&J, Basic Kneads… And Crock Spot –…
