Executive chef Elise Wiggins of Panzano, our Best Italian Restaurant in the Best of Denver 2012, broke down a 175-pound wild Russian boar from Tender Belly in her restaurant’s kitchen on Saturday afternoon. And of course, we wanted to show you where the bacon — and much of the other…
Olivea, 719 East 17th Avenue, is hosting a special dinner tonight featuring a Catalonian tapas menu paired with wines of the same region. “Our regional series is for the more adventurous eater,” says Brooke Bishop, director of operations for Olivea and its sister restaurant, Duo. “We go more in-depth within…
The Colorado Brewers Guild provided proof today of what most Colorado residents have known for a while: beer is good for us, economically at least. On Tuesday, the Guild, which represents craft breweries in the state legislature, said Colorado’s 139 licensed craft breweries pump $446 million a year into the…
Israel Trevino has been trying to get back to Colorado since he left in 2000 and returned home to Texas, where he opened two outposts of La Playa Mexican Cafe in Harlingen and Austin. Those successful operations allowed him to explore possibilities for another location, and he settled on Centennial…
It’s been called the “burgundy bible” for zealous restaurant nerds, and for the first time since Tim and Nina Zagat (pronounced Zuh-GAT) launched their Survey in 1979, Colorado — the whole state — is getting its very own Zagat restaurant ratings guide, which is a big deal considering that the…
Hops & Pie is an ideal neighborhood establishment: simply furnished, small enough to have a strong sense of intimacy — but with a big beer list. As a bonus, the kitchen offers not just several vegetarian options, but also vegan dishes. One look at the menu, and moving to the…
I spoke to a chef yesterday who lamented the dearth of good delis in Denver (he’s not the first). And while the anemic Reuben in the above snap doesn’t come from a deli, it gives us one more reason to hunger for better sandwiches in this city — sandwiches that…
So much for family-friendly cola chicken at Coop de Ville at the Stingray, the Sunnyside restaurant that Leigh Jones and her partner, Margret Moore, reopened and re-conceptualized in February after closing Stingray, a neighborhood watering hole and pizza joint that the two had opened last year. The chicken shack, as…
Yesterday, Jenn Wohletz offered her assessment of the new Chick-Fil-A desserts in the latest installment of Jenn in Chains, her semi-regular look at developments on the fast-food scene. She loved the brownie, lusted for the waffle fries (and the cute little ketchup packets)…but isn’t a fan of Chick-Fil-A’s politics, and…
TAG, 1441 Larimer Street, is hosting a five-course dinner featuring Strasburg Game Birds this evening at 7 p.m. Each course will be paired with not one, but two beers from Avery Brewing. “We’re daring,” jokes TAG’s marketing director Susi Kim. “But seriously, Avery has such a great portfolio, and we…
Six years ago, when Daniel Kuhlman and his wife, Kristal, opened Tastes Wine Bar & Bistro on Tennyson Street, they had a vision. “What we created at Tastes was a venture of love fueled by passion, and we wanted to share that passion and love with the neighborhood and customers…
Pete and David. Father and son. Just two guys heading out on a week-long RV trip across the country. Of course, most father-and-son adventures don’t involve a personal driver, like this one does. But then, most fathers and sons aren’t Pete Coors and David Coors. And, frankly, having a designated…
After a recent jaunt to L.A., where I soaked up Disneyland, the sun and the city’s restaurant scene, I arrived home just in time to have breakfast at one of my favorite suburban cafes. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to…
The Desk, a co-working cafe, is now open in the former Buffalo Exchange space at 230 East 13th Avenue — after a slight delay/. But that’s just part of the business. “We’ve been very positively received,” says Kristian Barowsky, who co-owns the spot with his wife, Mandy Stevens. “We’re really…
I had just finished eating mole at a brilliant Oaxacan restaurant in Santa Ana, California when my phone beeped. And there it was…an upside down cockroach dead on its ass on a plate. The offending restaurant? Da Lat, a Vietnamese joint on Federal Boulevard that just last month made my…
At 10 a.m. on Sunday, when Encore, Paul Reilly’s “country club” restaurant on East Colfax, opened its doors for the final time, ninety people were already standing in line to get a seat…and that was just the start of the ambush. “We got our asses kicked. I’ve never taken a…
In my 35 years living on this shiny, blue orb I had never eaten at a Chick-Fil-A — until last week. The closest I’d gotten was when a mall co-worker generously offered me a tiny, chicken-biscuity breakfast thing, which I politely nibbled at and then tossed in the garbage when…
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. This salad is easy to make and a great way to liven up some leafy greens — while still filling you up…
Cafe Society served up five Guess Where contests last week — heavy on the alcohol and Mexican food, in Lori Midson’s absence. The bar at Linger might have been the easiest Guess Where ever, and the a href=”http://blogs.westword.com/cafesociety/2012/04/guess_where_im_eating_a_taco.php”> taco at the venerable La Casa de Manuel proved a stumper. And…
The big news on the Denver dining scene last week was the sudden shuttering of Encore, the restaurant that’s been part of the Lowenstein complex — the restaurant occupies the original lobby of the theater — since that project debuted on Colfax Avenue. But the landlord did not renew the…
Food truck are revving up for the summer, which means plenty of parties — including Boulder’s first, set for June 8. But the mobile movement really gets in gear this week. Here’s a taste of what’s on the culinary calendar:…
Heading out for a cocktail? Don’t bother with The Stingray — or Coop De Ville at the Stingray, at it was renamed in February. The bar closed with a blowout event that was a combination one-year anniversary/farewell party last Sunday, and today the door is locked, the voicemail box no…
