Omni Interlocken Hotel, 500 Interlocken Boulevard in Broomfield, will host the Taste of Elegance Chefs Food & Beer Competition at 6 p.m. tonight, featuring dishes from some of the state’s top chefs. Admission is $60 to $75; for details, call 303-438-6600. For information on dozens of culinary events around town,…
I showed up at Gaia Bistro 45 minutes early. It was a Sunday morning during prime brunch hours, when the wait list can top an hour and a half (or even longer, if Gaia’s warm and well-meaning service is running slow, as it often is). Someone had to take one…
Last summer, Osei and Adwoa Ford-Wuo parked the van they’d used to hawk West African food and picked up a strip mall spot in Aurora, outfitting it with hut-themed decor and turning out a fantastic board of fufu, jollof rice, peanut butter soup and fried plantains. And now that they…
This old garage space looks shuttered now, but it’s the future home of a new restaurant: Gary Lee’s Motor Club and Grub. And while we’re guessing the opening is still a ways off — a deserted car lot flanks the front of the building and will require some serious cleanup…
This ad for a Bar Hostess popped up on Craigslist last week: Are you 21+, love a great environment and want to make $12.50/hr? If you are the type of girl that demands attention and turns heads, you might be perfect for Denver’s newest nightlife club; Northwoods Inn! The hot,…
A year ago this month, when I first spoke with Dennis Krieger, the owner of Zingers, a small-mall joint near the University of Denver that pushes chicken wings in a gazillion guises, along with chicken nuggets in a bag, chicken salad and a whole coop of other college-appropriate grub, he…
Denver’s Wayfarer-wearing set descended en masse on RiNo, just north of Fuel Cafe, for Saturday’s Justice League of Street Food party, the first of the season. Within two hours of the 5 p.m. start, the Biscuit Bus had already run out of pulled-pork biscuits and Deluxe’s Little Orange Rocket was…
The second annual Boulder SourFest is sold out (again), but there’s plenty more taking place this week, including Triple Crown festivities, Pints for Pussycats and much more. Here’s a taste of what’s ahead:…
The basement is a hot place to be right now. Last year, two of Denver’s top restaurateurs picked up underground spots in Larimer Square, opening unique concepts right at the edge of LoDo. The first was Green Russell, a faux speakeasy fronted with a pie shop that Frank Bonanno opened…
We’ve seen a succession of restaurant openings over the last several months, but Linger, the second restaurant from Justin Cucci, the owner/chef of Root Down, may very well be the most anticipated new arrival of the year. And after a remarkably good dinner there last week, at which Cucci, along…
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…
It goes to reason that a bar justifiably admired for its beer roster would also serve a bang-up beer-based soup bolstered by crumbles of bacon and housemade pretzel nubs. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I…
If you hear it from the Food Channel, then it must be true. This crew’s latest list — of top-ten dessert trends — includes mass wedding cake genocide, tableside theatrics, Cinnamon Twists from Taco Bell, beer paired with doughnuts, two-fisting nuts (and yes, “two-fisting” is being used as a verb…
Cafe Society served up just three Guess where? contests during the short last week, ranging from molcajete stew at El Diablo to a massive slab of fried chicken on a biscuit from the Biscuit Bus to this order of chips and queso. For correctly identifying it as coming from Prohibition,…
Two restaurants are looking for new homes this month. On Friday afternoon, Lori Midson broke the news that Robert Thompson will be opening Le Grand Bistro & Oyster Bar in the current home of Baur’s Ristorante; owner Jimmy Lambatos will close Baur’s at the end of the month, and is…
Steuben’s will be hosting a Picnic on the Patio tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. The feast, which will be served family-style, includes drinks inspired by the Leopold Bros. and a whole lamb. Tickets are $50; for more information, call 303-830-1001 or go to www.steubens.com. For information on dozens of…
The Justice league of Street Food — the fleet of food trucks that took our bellies by storm last summer — is back for a second season of gorging, beginning tomorrow, when ten trucks and carts post up at 3507 Ringsby Court, directly north of Fuel Cafe, in the paved…
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…
Robert Thompson is on a roll. The proprietor of Argyll, a splendid gastropub in Cherry Creek, and the brainchild behind Punch Bowl, which will open in November in the Baker ‘hood, has just inked a deal, complete with a 25-year lease, to take over Baur’s Ristorante, Jimmy Lambatos’s elegant –…
There are plenty of arbitrary, food-related holidays, but one dedicated to doughnuts? Now, that something to get excited about. Not everyone is celebrating National Donuts Day — such local shops as Walton Donuts and Marty’s 47th Street Donuts, along with the chain Winchell’s Donut House, are staying out of the…
A week ago, we brought you a list of the five best spots for ice cream in Denver, including a couple of restaurants that happen to serve up great scoops. But while one of those — Frasca Food & Wine — makes its gelati and sorbeti in house, it’s worth…
The calls have been coming in fast and furious to Biker Jim’s cell phone, with befuddled callers wanting to know why the hell his hot dog cart isn’t parked curbside at its usual address on the corner of the 16th Street Mall and California Street. Here’s your answer: A film…
