Miami, the city that hosted Tim Tebow’s high-school championship game, his national championship game and, only yesterday, the Tim Tebow Revival Hour, is just the starting point on the Tebow Man of the People tour. Tebow is now tasked with winning on Sundays. In that, umm, spirit, here are the…
Six years ago, Japanese restaurateur Nao-san took the sliver of space next to his raucous Boulder sushi joint, Sushi Zanmai, and built the tea-garden-like Amu Sake Bar and Restaurant, an authentic izakaya that serves an array of Japanese dishes — but no sushi — to the few patrons able to…
Russell’s Smoke House, Frank Bonanno’s new shrine to smoked meats, opened softly on Friday, but on Saturday, the staff was gearing up for a busy night, But first, there was a fantastic food tasting orgy that I was lucky enough to attend, stomaching my way through tender prime rib, sweet…
Kelly Whitaker, chef-owner of Boulder’s Pizzeria Basta, spent every summer of his childhood on a farm — and he hated it. “My grandfather was a farmer, and I spent every single summer on his farm, but I hated vegetables, and my family was the kind that said, ‘You’re going to…
Halloween is next Monday, and the restaurant industry is celebrating in force — but that’s not all that’s on the menu; there’s also a Hush dinner (with Top Chef Hosea Rosenberg), food films and much more. Here’s a taste of what’s ahead:…
I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve skulked out of a restaurant with my handbag stashed with menus, and, on one occasion, back when I was the restaurant critic at the Rocky Mountain News, a chef — who’s no longer in Denver — caught me red-handed and went ballistic…
Earlier this year, Jeff Bauman and his brother, Marc, signed a lease on a small storefront at 2009 West 32nd Avenue with the intent of opening a charcuterie and butcher shop. But after a myriad of construction and electrical issues stonewalled the process, the brothers, who are the grandsons of…
Over the last few months, I went from the worst shape of my life to the best while continuing to eat like a food critic. Don’t punch me in the face; instead, read how I did it in part two of this new series: I am not a dieter. Or,…
There’s never a night that this incredibly popular restaurant isn’t perpetually packed, but on Friday night, it was nothing short of a madhouse, thanks to scores of visiting parents in town for a yearly event and a gaggle of women celebrating a fiftieth birthday party. Can you guess where I’m…
No one’s saying you have to go meatless just because it’s Monday — but as an incentive to join the growing Meatless Monday movement, we’re featuring an animal-free recipe each week. Appetizers and small plates tend to be meat-and-cheese heavy, but this tapenade is completely plant-based; serve it on top…
Cafe Society served up five Guess where contests last week, ranging from some still unidentified tacos (“Why so much Mexican food lately?” asks Cook1. “Is it because of the myriad of choices to make it hard for us?”), to a hot dog drowning in ketchup at Rock-N-Dogs to the breakfast…
Frank and Jacqueline Bonanno opened Russell’s Smokehouse on Friday in a subterranean space in Larimer Square; the barbecue joint shares an entry (Wednesday’s Pie) with Green Russell, as well the speakeasy’s emphasis on contemporary cocktails. But the meaty menu — including lamb’s neck and trout wrapped in bacon — is…
It’s that time of year — the time when “fill-in-the-blank-for-the-cure” events start filling up your calendar. Tonight’s Rose for a Cure at the Palace Arms, the elegant restaurant in the Brown Palace Hotel, will have you in the pink, with pink-inspired hors d’oeuvre, pink wine and cocktails, plus live jazz;…
Ah, fall. The leaves are changing, the days are getting shorter, pie and soup are back on the menu, and coats and boots are back in the stores. And across the pond in France and Italy, it’s also the height of truffle season…
“Is the food good?” That’s what the guy who was hanging the signage for Russell’s Smoke House, Frank Bonanno’s new restaurant in Larimer Square, wanted to know earlier today. He, along with everyone else who’s been anticipating the opening of the smoke house, can find out tonight, when Russell’s, located…
Way to support drinking, Colorado State University! Look for wines made by CSU starting next spring. Blended at Stoney Mesa Winery because CSU is still in the process of applying for the necessary licenses, the bottles with the CSU mascot — called Ram’s Point — will sell for $10 to…
Just over two months ago, Interstate Kitchen & Bar owners Andre and Aaron Lobato and Joey Newman quietly took over the Mona’s space on South Broadway to build Crimson Canary, their second restaurant in the Baker neighborhood…
In this week’s review of Caminito Tango, I found myself nostalgic for the culinary canon I ate for months in Buenos Aires, where I feasted frequently on platters of grilled meat, empanadas, plates of Argentine-Italian pastas, pizza, gelato-like ice cream and, possibly best of all, dulce de leche…
Happy Place: Interstate Kitchen & Bar, 901 West Tenth Avenue, 720-379-8829. The Hours: Daily from 4 to 6 p.m. and midnight to 1:30 a.m. The Deals: $2-$3 can and draft beer specials; $3 whiskey shooters; $4 whiskey cocktails and wines by the glass; $1-$4 small plates. Were we happy? Flip…
A few nights ago, while searching for a parking spot near a South Broadway bar, I found myself slamming on my brakes when I saw a house on Cedar — 61 West Cedar to be exact — that was decked to the skulls and scarecrows with Halloween paraphernalia. It was…
In this week’s chef and tell interview with Jensen Cummings, the exec chef of Row 14, he sings the praises of Alamosa striped bass, which he procures from Colorado Catch located in — where else? — Alamosa. “It took a trip to Alamosa, in a plane that I’m pretty sure…
Each week, in my chef and tell interviews, I ask our kitchen magicians what they’d like to see more of in Denver from a culinary standpoint — and several of the chefs admit that they long for better delis and sandwich shops. After having a sandwich at the shop where…
