Sean Kenyon knows how to pour out both drinks and advice. A third-generation bar man with almost 25 years behind the bar, he is a student of cocktail history, a United States Bartenders Guild-certified Spirits Professional and a BAR Ready graduate of the prestigious Beverage Alcohol Resource Program. You can…
Hundreds of beer geeks gathered at Avery Brewing Company on Saturday to enjoy one of the strangest, most inaccessible beer styles in the world — and they loved every funky minute of it. The second annual Boulder Sourfest attracted 37 breweries, which poured nearly 75 beers — all of them…
Brown Dog Pizza, an outfit out of Telluride, wants to put a pizzeria into a former auto-repair shop at 1001 South Gaylord Street — and supporters and opponents alike have their engines running for today’s liquor-license hearing. It’s set for 6 p.m. at the Wellington E. Webb Municipal Building, 201…
When I moved to Boulder almost six years ago, I was a virgin to the organic, local and crunchy West Coast vibe that wafts over the Rocky Mountains. Being from the much less breezy South, I grew up eating very well, but was not at all familiar with the pleasure…
Sunday is Father’s Day — so you still have a week to make those brunch reservations! In the meantime, entertain yourself with Feast on the Fax or one of the dozens of other options on this week’s culinary calendar. Here’s a taste of what’s ahead:…
We’re revving up a special project here at Cafe Society headquarters, one that will remain a closely guarded secret for the time being, but we can tell you this much: It involves Denver’s street-food scene. And we need your help to get it off and rolling: If you own or…
A few thousand of Great Divide Brewing’s closest friends came to a street party on Saturday, June 11, 2011 outside of the brewery at 22nd and Arapahoe for its seventeenth birthday celebration. “We like to close the street down so we can have a bigger party, and not just because…
There’s nothing better than a duo of jumbo-size liquid libations — and a beer shooter — to start your Sunday morning off right, especially when you get to enjoy them on the sun-beamed patio of a sidewalk cafe in one of Denver’s most vibrant ‘hoods. Can you guess where I’m…
There’s a new fleet of street-food slingers in town, several of which made their debut on Saturday during Denver’s first Food Truck Showcase, a mob squad of mobile food vendors that took over the parking lot of the Festival Plaza at Mile High. Some of the new trucks — Route…
Cafe Society served up six Guess where contests last week, featuring everything from tacos al pastor at Toluca to a big burger at the Trinity Grille to this great bar in a historic mountain town. For correctly identifying it as the Gold Hill Inn, BigBoy325 wins an EatDenver deck. Follow…
Our post on a bar tab for the “dirtiest slut you have ever seen” quickly veered into a discussion of whether automatically adding a tip — as Trios Enoteca did on a three-drink check — is a dirty, slutty practice. Here’s the take from anon: I’ve worked in the service…
Ototo Food and Wine Bar will host a Wine Dinner at 6 p.m. tonight in conjunction with Cru Vin Dogs, featuring four courses paired with wine. Tickets are $75, and the proceeds will benefit earthquake relief efforts in Japan. For more information, call 303-733-2503 or visit www.ototoden.net. For information on…
Howie Drummond, an Alice 105.9 personality, was one of fifteen contestants to start off season seven of The Next Food Network Star last Sunday. Drummond, who lives in Highlands Ranch, had experience in professional kitchens, had owned his own now-closed tapas place, and had plenty of experience in front of…
If you’ve got a full calendar tomorrow, clear it. Motoring on the heels of Civic Center Eats, the Justice League of Street Food bash, which kicked off its summer season last Saturday, and before that, the Food Truck Renegades grub fest that took center stage when nearly a dozen food…
The former Boulder Draft House space sat empty for months, until restaurateur George Hanna decided to pick up the lease and open Los Oasis Latin Grill & Cerveceria, an upscale spot with a menu inspired by southern Mexican — particularly Oaxacan — cooking, and a name that resurrects memories of…
Before Olav Peterson and his wife, Melissa, opened Bittersweet in an old remodeled gas station at the very end of December, they flanked the patios with massive planters. The plan was to grow their own produce and herbs. And now that summer — and prime growing season — is here,…
At last night’s Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation gastronomic romp, thirty restaurants fed hundreds of bellies at Mile High Station as part of the non-profit’s effort to end childhood hunger in Colorado. Along with sensational foodstuffs, the soiree also pimped some of the city’s best star-tenders, who battled…
In the Best of Denver 2011, we named Common Grounds the Best Coffeehouse for Finding a Date, thanks to the constant crowd of young professionals who mingle over cappuccinos. And because we’re big proponents of ditching online dating and blind set-ups every now and then in favor of meeting people…
Order an extra-dirty martini at Trios Enoteca, a normally well-behaved wine bar in downtown Denver, and you might be in for a slutty surprise — particularly if Snookie is your server…
Happy Place: Hamburger Mary’s, 700 East 17th Avenue, 303-832-1333 The Hours: Daily from 3 to 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. (We think…more on that below.) The Deals: $1 to $3 beer specials; $3 you-call-its; $2 well cocktails; half price appetizers. Were we happy? Flip the page to…
Always on the hunt for al pastor tacos, I found what I was looking for (and a whole lot more) at an off-the-beaten-path taqueria far from Federal Boulevard. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I drinking/eating…
In this week’s Chef and Tell interview with Chris Cina, executive chef of Hideaway Steakhouse, the self-described “goof” talks about his biggest cooking disaster (he made a bride spill tears — but not on purpose); the culinary wizardry of Troy Guard; his addiction to acid; and the trials and tribulations…
