Wine events pour out the fun tonight

If you were hoping to attend tonight’s vintage wine dinner at Le Central, 112 East Eighth Avenue, and don’t have a reservation, you’re too late: That event is sold out (but the restaurant does have a waiting list). There are still some spots left at these two events, however:…

Tarasco’s transports you to Michoacan and beyond

One side effect of being a restaurant critic is that you can’t help analyzing every bite that goes into your mouth. It’s automatic. At dinner I might be having a fascinating conversation about something very far from food, but under the surface my brain is still buzzing with passing thoughts…

Dragon Palace opens in the former home of Al Bae Nae

Though Korean barbecue joints are everywhere, Korean fried chicken is surprisingly hard to come by in this town. So I was really excited to sing the praises of the glorious, crisp-skinned Korean fried chicken I’d found — at long last — at Al Bae Nae, a Korean street food place…

Tara Curry takes over the bar at Ghost Plate & Tap

Ghost Plate & Tap has one of the most unique bar programs in the city, thanks mostly to the Coupe Bar, a second bar inside the restaurant where any local bartender can work a guest shift. And their cocktails often end up on the Ghost Plate’s regular drink list, where…

Guess where I’m eating an omelet and au gratin potatoes?

The au gratin potatoes, available at breakfast, which is served all day, are overrated (and hardly worth the upcharge), but the eggs? I love a kitchen that does eggs right, and this one doesn’t yolk around. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct…

Elise Wiggins: Getting to the meat of the matter in Panzano, Italy

Panzano Executive Chef Elise Wiggins is in the small town of Panzano, Italy, doing a stagisti with Dario Cecchini, the mad butcher of Panzano and owner of Antica Macelleria Cecchini. Wiggins, who recently won a Colorado Restaurant Association Industry Spot award and also earned Panzano another Best Italian Restaurant award,…

Our winner to Paul Reilly’s Eat Drink Give benefit is…

Paul Reilly, the former executive chef/owner of Encore, which closed last month, along with a posse of local big-name chefs and mixologists, are convening in the kitchen of Yia Yia’s, the home turf of chef Aaron Whitcomb, on Sunday night for Eat Drink Give, a benefit for the neo-natal ICU…

Drum roll: Announcing the winner of our Justice League contest

On Saturday night, the season’s first Justice League of Street Food party will take over the pavement at TAXI, and earlier this week, we held a contest, giving one Cafe Society reader the opportunity to eat and drink for free. Ten trucks will be at the bash, including Manna from…