I’ve had some exquisite food at Opus, the Littleton restaurant that’s orchestrated by executive chef Sean McGaughey, who took over the burners after opening chef Michael Long departed the fine-dining restaurant to spearhead the kitchen at Aria, which opened in late 2010 in Cherry Creek. Long parted ways with Aria…
When you order breakfast or lunch at this cafe straight out of the Elvis era, your waitress will likely answer your request with “Okey-dokey, artichokey.” And when ask for a cup of coffee, it’ll arrive fresh and hot alongside a 45 rpm vinyl coaster. Can you guess where I’m drinking?…
While devouring gluten-free Udi’s bagels yesterday, our office chewed over the news that Udi’s Gluten-Free Foods had been bought by Smart Balance for $125 million. That’s big money, but Udi’s Gluten-Free Foods — founded by Udi’s, the beloved breadmaker that offers fresh-baked goodness in grocery stores and at its own…
Panzano Executive Chef Elise Wiggins has spent the past few weeks in the small town of Panzano, Italy, doing a stagisti with Dario Cecchini, the mad butcher of Panzano and owner of Antica Macelleria Cecchini. Elise is now back in Denver, putting the lessons she learned in Italy to use…
The streets of Denver are filled with bicyclists — some doing errands, some going to and from work, some out for recreation, and others seeking a drink. For that last group, Laura Shunk served up a weekend B-Cycle bar tour that was “seriously cheap and disgusting,” according to Bradman…
Civic Center Eats kicks off today at Civic Center Park. The mobile food celebration will roll into the park every Tuesday and Thursday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. through September 27. This year’s lineup includes Manna From Heaven, NZ’s Smokin Guns, Denver Cupcake Truck, Steuben’s Food Service Truck, Pinche…
What do Governor John Hickenlooper and chef-restaurateur Frank Bonanno have in common?…
Avery Brewing hosted one of the most talked-about beer festivals of the year on Saturday — and one of the hardest tickets to get — delighting 400 beer geeks who love “sour” or “wild” ales, beers typically brewed with bacteria and yeast strains that give them deliciously off flavors…
Many things in the food industry are not at all what they appear to be. Things like healthy green salads covered in cheese, bacon bits, croutons and ranch dressing; the servers at T.G.I. Friday’s who aren’t always thrilled beyond measure to see your asses plopped in their sections; and those…
The fact that Snarf’s, the Boulder-based sub shop that’s generated a cult following, has unveiled its eleventh location in Colorado isn’t exactly the most groundbreaking news on the culinary front, but then again, this Snarf’s, which just opened near the University of Denver at 1729 East Evans, in the former…
After closing her groundbreaking cupcake spot for a few days of renovation, Porche Lovely has resurrected Lovely Confections,1489 Steele Street, as the Church of Cupcakes — a religious-themed altar to the almighty cupcake. Here’s a peek at the redesigned space:…
Big personalities — and big sandwiches — are the calling cards of this Italian deli. 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 — and every Monday, we select one lucky winner…
In Colorado, nothing says “summer” as much as a big mouthful of turkey leg. Photographer Nick Callaio went to the Capitol Hill People’s Fair this weekend and caught dozens of those people dining on big hunks of bird…
Derek Dietz’s mouth moves faster than just about anyone I’ve ever met — but he chalks up his gift of gab to unabashed excitement. The Philly native and CIA graduate is just a few weeks away from opening Bocadillo, a Spanish-influenced sandwich shop and tapas cafe at 4044 Tejon Street,…
Cafe Society unleashed four Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a yet to be identified Ethiopian feast to an oblong burger from a diner, whose location continues to mystify readers to tampiqueña from Tacos Jalisco to a behemoth plate of chicken and dumplings sided with collard greens and macaroni…
The folks behind Bull & Bush Pub and Brewery shocked the world — but not themselves — in early May when head brewer Gabe Moline and owners Erik and Dave Petersen earned a whopping four medals at the World Beer Cup, which is sponsored by the Brewers Association every other…
No one’s saying you have to go meatless just because it’s Monday — but as incentive to join the growing movement, every week we’re offering an animal-free recipe. You may think that you hate oatmeal, but if you’ve only eaten that instant abomination, then you should really give steel-cut oats…
On June 1, Cafe Society published our “Restaurant roll call for May”, a compendium of all the openings and closings around town. Among the noteworthy openings: Sassafras, a bright spot that’s moved into a real black hole of a location. (Most recently, 2367 swallowed up Nonna’s, but it can claim…
Summer is in full swing — as evidenced by the blossoming of the local street-food scene — and its culinary fruits are bountiful. Here’s a taste of what’s on the calendar for the first week of June (and if you know of one we missed, feel free to share it…
Two years ago, Sean Kenyon bested a handful of international bartenders to take home $10,000 — and much respect for Colorado’s bartenders — for his work in the Domaine de Canton ginger liqueur competition in St. Maarten. Last year, Noah Heaney was the West Coast representative in the same contest,…
Like a lot of voyeurs, I’m intrigued by the contents of other people’s refrigerators, especially the refrigerators of chefs. And, apparently, so is Leigh Sullivan, the innovator behind FIVE — five local chefs and their bar cohorts, all of whom cook (and pour) at various restaurants and venues around the…
Tony’s Market, 950 Broadway, is hosting a deli challenge, pitting its newly-featured deli brand, Dietz & Watson, against Boar’s Head meats (which the market no longer carries) in a blind tasting this weekend to prove what it believes is Dietz’s superiority. Seeing as how the downtown location is across the…
