“Sriracha,” says Row 14 executive chef Jensen Cummings as he combines four kinds of garlic and serrano peppers in a food processor, “is like the new ketchup. I even saw it at a Mexican restaurant the other day.” Here’s how Cummings makes sriracha, in photos:…
When Brett Shaheen and Jane Duncan Knauf opened The Wooden Table in the southern suburbs, the place I review this week, they wanted to bring urban sophistication to their strip-mall address, giving the place a sleek makeover and putting out a menu of well-executed and thoughtful Italian dishes made with…
There are two kinds of wine drinkers: Some seek out new wines like so many blind dates, eager to make the acquaintance of a lover more intriguing than the last; others are more like serial monogamists — they form long-standing relationships with specific grapes, regions or winemakers to whom they…
Ever since Longmont’s Left Hand Brewing released its Milk Stout Nitro in a bottle before the Great American Beer Festival last year, pouring a pint has been a favorite party trick. Stand on someone’s expensive rug with a bottle and glass and upend that sucker: You’ll hear some gasps, but…
Last fall, LoDo was all about pizza. Now, it’s sushi. Blue Sushi Sake Grill, a link in an Omaha-based chain that signed on for half of the Dixons space at 16th and Wazee streets that wasn’t taken by Lucky Pie, had a liquor-license hearing this morning with the Denver Department…
Four-year-old Upslope Brewing is already too big for its current space — a location that doubled in size just a year ago. Owner Matt Cutter is looking for a place in Boulder where the brewery can expand, and hopes to nail down plans this year. But in the meantime, Upslope…
James Van Dyk Lucky’s Cafe 3980 Broadway, Boulder 303-444-5007 This is part one of my chat with James Van Dyk, exec chef of Lucky’s Cafe in Boulder. Part two of our interview will run in this space tomorrow. Back in the ’60s, when James Van Dyk was growing up on…
When you are a thief, like Burger King, you have two possible paths to success: 1) be a really good thief and don’t get caught, or 2) steal something big and pricey so you can retire early and faff around with the piss-ant stuff. I couldn’t help but think of…
Denver gained many liquid assets in 2011, and although Williams & Graham ran away with our Best New Bar award in the Best of Denver 2012, the city gained many more worthy watering holes last year, as shown by our list of Denver’s ten best new bars. Even if regulars…
Lola, 1575 Boulder Street, is hosting a culinary extravaganza this evening that benefits Brent’s Place, a local nonprofit that provides hope and help for kids stricken with cancer. Chef Jamey Fader has invited some of Colorado’s most distinguished chefs to create a multi-course feast for lucky ticket holders. (Westword editor…
The restaurant would soon fill up with middle-aged ladies who lunch, but when Rob and I first stepped into The Wooden Table, we were the ones on early-bird-special time. The dining room was empty at 11:15 a.m., and after the server manning the host stand gave us the “Sit anywhere…
When Rayme Rossello first announced her plans to build Comida Cantina, a stationary extension of her mobile concept, in Longmont, she had big plans for brunch: “In my dreams, I’d love to do a 9 to 5 service that’s old-style Mexican: long, leisurely, pork dinners and whole roasted chickens served…
Brett Shaheen and Jane Duncan Knauf cut their restaurant teeth in the city: The pair met at the long-closed Sambuca Cafe in LoDo; after that, Knauf worked for the Magnolia Hotel for years while Shaheen did time in kitchens in the Bonanno empire…
This spot raises the bar — literally — on cocktail culture. Can you guess where I’m drinking? 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 who’ll receive an EatDenver…
The metro area gained so many liquid assets in 2011, we had to do a lot of drinking before we could choose the winner of our Best New Bar award for the Best of Denver 2012. And even then, the awards kept spilling out for other new spots, including Best…
As I’m driving to the new Jack in the Box , which opened yesterday at 2020 South Federal Boulevard, the second new Jack in metro Denver in a month, I’m seriously wondering why anyone would stop to eat at Jack’s when both sides of the street, for miles, are dotted…
Longmont won big today when the Brewers Association, based just down the road in Boulder, released its annual list of the top fifty biggest craft brewers in the United States. Left Hand Brewing, which was founded in Longmont in 1993, cracked the list for the first time, logging in at…
“Corrido,” explains Yuri Kato, the director of Tequila Corrido, “is a type of music associated with the tequila smugglers of the border region. It’s romantic and story-telling.” And it’s also the name of a highland-region tequila that launched two years ago in Arizona but, thanks to Kato, is starting to…
It wasn’t until Gustavo Arellano, our Ask a Mexican columnist, started researching the spread of Mexican food in this country — or what passes as Mexican food in this country — for his new book, Taco USA, that we realized Denver was not only home to a unique green chile,…
Out of all the continents, Asia is by far the most vegetarian- and vegan-friendly. European cuisines tend to fall toward the bottom of the list — at least, as those foods are prepared in this country. So a French restaurant with good vegan dishes is a real find, and while…
After lamenting the lack of good service at many Denver restaurants, Laura Shunk served up five examples of restaurants that do service right, everything from Frasca Food and Wine to Frijoles Colorado Cuban Cafe. Readers were quick to add a few favorites, including the most royal restaurant of them all…
Today is the deadline for filing taxes with the Internal Revenue Service. In hopes of easing the pain, a couple of local eateries — one high-end, one decidedly low — are offering Tax Day deals. Just remember to hold on to the receipts!…
