Denver Restaurant Half Month, not surprisingly, is bringing out the glutton in all of us, and while rezzies are filling up fast, it’s not too late to stamp your name on a seat at one of the 340 feedlots offering multi-course feasts between now and March 9, when the culinary…
This week’s review took me to Axios Estiatorio, the restaurant Telly Topakas opened on Tennyson Street when Brasserie Felix closed last year. Royce Oliveira runs the kitchen here, and it was quickly obvious that the chef, who never trained in a Greek kitchen, wasn’t exactly interested in adhering strictly to…
Here, at this Chinese restaurant, I’ve learned that going with a chef definitely has its advantages. These clams — God, they were fresh — aren’t on the menu, but the owner, who sensed immediately what the chef in residence wanted to eat, delivered the best the kitchen had to offer…
It’s technically February 29, but if it weren’t a leap year, today we’d be flipping the page on the calendar over to the month of March. Seems like mere days ago we were ringing in the new year and plotting all manner of ways to help you live up to…
It’s been almost two years since Bill Feid opened Billy’s Gourmet Hot Dogs in the Ballpark Neighborhood, vending wieners tricked out with the traditional stylings of Chicago, his hometown, in addition to dozens of other sausages and dogs with an array of toppings. Now, the owner is about to branch…
Here at Cafe Society, we’re meat fiends who subscribe to the adage “stop tofu abuse, eat foie gras,” so we don’t exactly spend tons of time seeking out sources of tofu. But if we’re going to buy bricks of silken soy beans, we’d prefer to get it locally, rather than…
Breckenridge Brewing released its Stranahan’s Well Built E.S.B. this week to liquor stores around town, the first of what should be several quarterly releases of this barrel-aged beer. The beer is one of several delicious new brews that have hit shelves in recent days: Others include Deviant Dale’s IPA tallboys…
When Dixons Downtown Grill shuttered last Labor Day, it left an enviable plot of restaurant real estate in its wake. Numerous restaurateurs and chefs eyed the behemoth space — which has since been divided into two separate entities — but luck was on the side of a Louisville-based restaurant called…
Journalist, author, professor and sustainable living advocate Michael Pollan is lecturing at the Paramount Theater tonight, and yesterday, we held a contest that would give one Cafe Society reader the opportunity to snag a pair of complimentary tickets to his presentation. We asked readers to submit questions for Pollan, and…
This is part one of my interview with Trinity Grille’s Patrick Canfield. Check back here tomorrow to read part two. Patrick Canfield Trinity Grille 1801 Broadway 303-293-2288 www.trinitygrille.com Most of us have scrubbed a few pots and scraped a few plates, but if you eat dinner every night at home,…
The Colorado Restaurant Association usually waits until its annual dinner celebration to announce its Industry Spotlight Awards. But this year, it’s revealed more than a dozen people who’ll be honored at the April 4 event at the Ritz Carlton, including the new additions to the Colorado Food Service Hall of…
Denver Restaurant Week is only five days old, but thousands of meals have already been consumed (and that was in the first hour at Elway’s Cherry Creek alone!), and as many nerves worn thin. Those of this stay-at-home diner, for example:…
Austria may not be known for its wine-production, but Austrian wine-makers have been making a splash on the scene lately. Learn more about this up-and-coming wine region at Boulder Wine Merchant, 2690 Broadway Street in Boulder, this evening from 5:30 to 6 p.m., when you can join in-house sommelier Drew…
Denver Restaurant Half Month, not surprisingly, is bringing out the glutton in all of us, and while rezzies are filling up fast, it’s not too late to stamp your name on a seat at one of the 340 feedlots offering multi-course feasts between now and March 9, when the culinary…
Denver Restaurant Week has begun! Kitchens were scrambling to keep up with the crush last night, with sold-out houses all over town for the first day of DRW, which officially started February 25 and continues through March 9. It’s the biggest eating-orgy ever, with a record 340 restaurants all offering…
It was a sad day for Francophiles in this city when Brasserie Felix shut its doors on Tennyson Street. The charming French bistro served, among other things, one of our favorite renditions of coq au vin. But when it folded, it left a prime piece of real estate on a…
Late last year, we learned that changes were in the works for a slot in Boulder’s Twenty Ninth Street development most recently home to Ruby’s Diner: Flatirons restaurateur Chris Dailey had picked up the space and was planning to build out StarLite Diner & Lounge…
In pondering the purchase of some local eggs recently, I recalled an article I’d read about the terminology of egg labels and how misleading they can be. So I was hesitant to buy “free-range” eggs, but I really wanted to make crepes and decided to pull the trigger. Unfortunately, I…
I had no desire to spend my Sunday evening at a Denver Restaurant Week table, but when a friend snagged a prime-time reservation at a restaurant that rarely, if ever, has prime-time reservations available, I fell back on my promise. And I’m glad I did, because the service, despite butt-to-butt…
Oskar Blues has expanded significantly since founder Dale Ketechis first started brewing in Longmont fifteen years ago — and his decision to can his beers in 2002 made a big mark on the craft brewing industry. This year, the brewery will embark on a new venture that it hopes will…
Thai Bistro, 5924 South Kipling Street in Littleton, has been lauded with several Best of Denver awards for Best Thai Restaurant, and it measures up just as strongly when it comes to its vegetarian dishes. The tofu, in particular, stands out: If you like nothing better than perfectly fried, crispy-on-the-outside,…
He’s been called a “hero of sustainability,” his name appears on Time Magazine’s 2010 list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World, and his best-selling books, including The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, have made him one of the high priests of practicing — and…
