Close to 300 new restaurants opened in the metro area in 2011 — by our count, at least, which you can see when our Restaurant roll call for 2011 is posted here later today. When Laura Shunk narrowed that big list down to the ten best new restaurants of last…
Since it’s celebrating chef Ian Clark’s appearance on the Cooking Channel’s Unique Eats, you can bet that the “Breakfast at Dinner Viewing Party” at Centro Latin Kitchen & Refreshment Palace, 950 Pearl Street in Boulder, will offer more than cereal and scrambled eggs. Clark’s Latino/Mexican brunch dishes, for example.The party…
On my first visit to Cafe|Bar, I spent an inordinate amount of time making plans for art projects. I’m not much of a DIY-er, but just about every decor item in the place gave me an idea for my own home. “How do you think they made those ornaments?” I…
There’s always a lot of action at the end of the year, and 2011 was no exception: After last call early on December 31, the Pearl Street Grill closed its doors, after almost thirty years in business. The Pearl isn’t gone for good, though. It will reopen in 2012 –…
By 5 p.m., Pearl Street Grill, the iconic watering hole on South Pearl Street, was jammed with imbibers clinking pints of porter, embracing friends and lamenting the closure of one of Platt Park’s oldest neighborhood gathering spots. At 2 a.m., after last call, Pearl Street Grill will lock its doors…
Including this post, the total number of posts on Cafe Society in 2011 was 3,241. That’s a lot of bloggering for a local restaurant scene blog. And who has time to go through all of them? Certainly not you. Which is why we’ve tallied up the top ten posts –…
This year will be my 25th New Year’s Eve behind the bar. My last post of 2010 was an amateur’s guide to navigating New Year’s Eve successfully, and those tips are still relevant for anyone planning a night on the town. But this year, I have a half-dozen tips for…
On Wednesday, I laid down my picks for the best new Colorado beers of 2011 — a group that had to meet certain qualifications to make the cut. Then, on Thursday, I posted pictures of seventeen new Colorado beer labels we’ll be seeing in 2012. Oskar Blues wasn’t on either…
As the year draws to a close, I look back fondly at the breast, er, best restaurant that I had the pleasure of visiting in 2011. Twin Peaks opened last month just outside of Colorado Mills, and it’s a worthy adversary to Denver’s already established breastaurants, Hooters and Tilted Kilt…
The more I travel, the more I’m impressed by the barmen and barwomen of Denver — many of the beer, wine and spirits professionals in our city can stand with any other bartender in the world. They’re professional and knowledgeable, and they pour some pretty awesome drinks. Without a doubt,…
It’s a new year, and 2012 should be another rich, full year of food, drink and, with any luck, a few more naked photos of Anthony Bourdain. It’s time to kick 2011 in the gnocchi and usher in a brand-new 365 days of fresh foodie resolutions. We all know that…
It’s been open for exactly 25 days — an infant — but Trillium, Ryan Leinonen’s Scandinavian restaurant in the Ballpark neighborhood, has already found its way onto one coveted roster — namely our “Ten Best New Restaurants in Denver” listacle. And tomorrow night, on New Year’s Eve, one Cafe Society…
Happy Place: Le Grand Bistro and Oyster Bar, 1512 Curtis Street, 303-534-1155. The Hours: Monday through Friday from 3 to 6 p.m. The Deals: $3 Trummer Pilsner and wines by the glass; $1.25 deep cove oysters; $7-$12 small plates. Were we happy? Flip the page to find out…
Bradford Heap, owner of Boulder’s Salt and Niwot’s Colterra, has had a busy end of the year. Not only has he been drawing up plans to launch a distillery with his bar manager, Evan Faber, he’s also launched a catering business — Bradford Heap Catering — that’s about to kick…
Of all the Mexican meals I had this past year — and there were dozens of them — this was by far the worst. Worse than Blue Bonnet, worse than anything you can possibly imagine. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer…
While a few new restaurants and bars are still scrambling to open before 2012 — and get some business on New Year’s Eve — other longtimers are calling it a night. The last Marie Callender’s restaurant in Colorado closed its doors last weekend, after 21 years at 51 West Dry…
For our Year in Review issue, we rounded up all the answers that Chef and Tell subjects had given when asked what they’d like to see less of in Denver/Boulder from a culinary standpoint:? The recap inspired this from Dave: I wish for less chefs to come off as total…
Learn something new about salumi at Il Mondo Vecchio, 1174 South Cherokee Street. From 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. today, it will present the latest installment of Loading Dock Fridays, with tours and tastings. For more information, call 303-744-6328 or go to www.mondovecchio.net. For information on dozens of culinary events around…
This year was a banner year for new restaurants — as we noted in this week’s Year in Review, nearly 300 new places have opened since January 1. Dozens of them included bars, and many more new dives, cocktail lounges, pubs and piano bars gave us still more reasons to…
Yesterday, we wrote about the five neighborhood liquor stores we head to when we’re stocking up for a boozey holiday such as, oh, New Year’s Eve. One that could have very well also made that list is Amendment XXI, the small shop at the edge of Highland that stocks a…
Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market’s choicest ingredients home with them and cook up a feast. Not that any…
There are plenty of places around Denver to drink good beer on New Year’s Eve, and that appears to be the main event this week as breweries, beer bars and beer-friendly restaurants are focusing on their 2012 celebrations. Look below for all the details…
