Jenn Wohletz has been covering the fast-food beat in Jenn in Chains, and on Friday she served up “href=”http://blogs.westword.com/cafesociety/2012/04/top_five_reasons_why_reviewing.php#Comments”>”Five reasons why reviewing isn’t the worst idea in the world.” And readers have some ideas of their own…
Cinco de Mayo is this Saturday, as is the Kentucky Derby — offering plenty of reasons to celebrate Southern cooking as well as Den-Mex. If you know of a particularly good party connected to either of these two events, send the info to cafe@westword.com or post it in the comments…
Kraine Station — which was heralded just a few short months ago as a spot that would deliver authentic Ukrainian food to Denver — has closed, just like so many earlier occupants of 1434 Blake Street. Papi Sorrelis had taken over the spot from Jimmy Calanni, who briefly ran it…
April is Colorado Architecture Month, but the celebration isn’t limited to concrete and steel structures. The American Institute of Architecture’s Colorado branch has partnered with five local restaurants on Delicious Designs, to show how architecture affects “where we live, work, play… and even eat!” Desserts, specifically. Here’s the lineup:…
President Barack Obama’s visit to Boulder Tuesday was a quick one, but remnants of his stay — specifically in the form of food — will linger a little while longer in some of Boulder’s favorite restaurants, The Sink and Rush on the Hill. Here are the deals they’ve put into…
Think you have what it takes to kick ass with charcoal, gas or wood? Do your neighbors crash your backyard patio party when they sniff the char of a ribeye wafting through the ‘hood? Do you know the difference between direct and indirect grilling, the intricacies of smoking yakitori, how…
The fourth annual DrinkLocalWine Conference, which takes place tomorrow at the St. Cajetan’s Center, has sold out, but that doesn’t mean you can’t take part in the fun. Over the past three years, the Twitter Taste-off has become a popular part of the conference with nearly ten million “tweets” and…
Craft beer, cured meats and cheeses, bread, chocolate, wine and coffee: All of that and much more will exist under one enormous roof, when the Source, an indoor European market, is unveiled early next year in a 26,000 square-foot, 1880s ironworks building in River North…
Have you heard? There’s pizza here, pizza there, pizza everywhere! In light of the glut of pie palaces taking over the city (and its environs), can you guess where I’m eating…pizza? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Guess Where posts is entered into a…
Since the recent introduction of Jenn in Chains my reviews/commentaries on what’s what in the realm of chain restaurants, I’ve gotten a slew of questions from readers, friends and complete strangers on my Facebook page about why I’m giving time and attention to chain restaurants. Questions like “Why don’t you…
Yesterday’s news that Fired Up, a new pizza joint, will soon be opening in the Golden Triangle inspired this comment from Manfrenjensen: WTF is up with all the new pizza joints opening up all of a sudden?? I thought the upscale burger, cupcake, and DIY frozen yogurt trends were something,…
“Customers did not quite understand us,” Barbara Macfarlane remembers. “Many people did not think we would make it and said so. One competing grocer even offered to buy us out!” Clearly, Marczyk Fine Foods is here to stay, and tonight it kicks off its ten-year anniversary with this year’s inaugural…
Beginning Saturday, May 5, Bob Blair, the owner/executive chef of Fuel Cafe, will add weekend brunch to his repertoire, pumping out a menu that zigzags from chilaquiles to sausage and brioche bread pudding to smoked white fish with bagels, and just for fun, boda bags, courtesy of bar magician Jonathan…
The last — at least for now — in the string of pizza joints coming to LoDo is set to open its doors tomorrow. Wazee Wood-Fired Pizza was the first to join the lineup, opening last December in a neighborhood that already included the Wazee Supper Club and Two-Fisted Mario’s…
Fired Up will open in the former home of Chances (which relocated to LoDo last month) at 1135 Bannock Street. “We’ll offer gourmet pizzas made from as many locally- sourced ingredients as possible,” says owner Josh Barhaug, who just got back from a reconnaissance mission in Europe, where he and…
As part of the Wazee Supper Club’s big remodel, which begins tomorrow and continues for three weeks, the 38-year-old pizza-and-beer joint will be bringing in all new furniture. Which means they have to get rid of the old stuff…
Santa Fe Drive has an old American diner, a new American diner, an Ethiopian restaurant…and lots of Mexican options. And now there’s sushi, too. iSushi opened yesterday at 801 Santa Fe; the Japanese restaurant is offering “simple classics,” as well as dishes with “a more creative twist.” View the menu…
When I moved to Colorado seven years ago, I got an entry-level job at Great Divide Brewing Co.. One of my duties was driving around in a piece-of-shit van with a busted transmission, delivering kegs to accounts whose supplies had run out. After a few months on the job, I…
Aurora, which is already clotted with some of the city’s best ethnic joints, is about to welcome a new quick-service soul food spot. Kirk’s Soul Kitchen, which is slated to open on May 5, will dish up everything from fried chicken and meatloaf to collard greens and sweet potato pie…
The perennial question: Red, green or Christmas? In this case, none of the above. And for the love of ristas, use some damn salt to season your food. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Guess Where posts is…
Here today, gone tomorrow: These days, that’s the siren song of more and more menus, many of which change monthly, some weekly, others daily, which means that if you get too attached to a dish, at some point — sooner rather than later is the most likely scenario — you’ll…
Food trucks are revving up for the first big event of the spring season, the”Rolling Into Hunger” bash that benefits Food Bank of the Rockies on April 29 in the parking lot of Mile High Spirits, 2920 Larimer Street. Stephen Daniels and Mandy Birks, owners of the Crock Spot, have…
