Food & Drink

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…

The battle for Denver’s best burger never dies. And this one, which is ground in-house, topped with bacon and avocado, draped with melted cheese and slid between a buttered bun, is a definite contender. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to…

Boulder’s Walnut Cafe is on an expansion tear. Just last year, owners Julia Buonanno, Dana Derichsweiler and Ashlie Beckham, the trio behind the South Side Walnut Cafe, located at 673 South Broadway, unveiled Walnut-a-go-go, which took their most popular items to the street. And now, Nicole Plotkin, a long-time employee…

After a few months of renovation and heavy cleaning, Prohibition opened this week in the former Roslyn Grill space at 504 East Colfax Avenue. For now, the bar will start pouring at 5 p.m., but owner Jimmy Callahan says he’s hoping to open for brunch soon at 11 a.m. Here’s…

Welcome to In the Weeds. Kyle will be right with you — most likely to complain about something. Usually he is pleasant, but this is his place to blow off some steam. Don’t take it personally; he just needs to vent because he’s been doing this for about thirteen years…

Black Crown Lounge, a new piano lounge, is on tap to open at 3 p.m. today in the former Cafe Cero/Open Tap space at 1446 South Broadway. After today, Black Crown will be open at 11 a.m. on weekends, and during the week at 3 p.m. Follow @CafeWestword on Twitter…

With ice cream weather finally on the horizon, Laura Shunk served up “Denver’s Five Best Places for Ice Cream,” including Sweet Action and Sweet Cow, winner of the Best Ice Cream in the Best of Denver 2011. But her ice cream picks left Werdna cold: You’ve got to be kidding…

Plump, ripe strawberries with their tips dipped in dark, silky melted chocolate are pretty sexy. Placing them gently, one by one, onto the warm, supple flesh of a naked woman is even sexier. And being that woman, in a roomful of people who not only understand why I would do…

Tomorrow, at precisely 4 p.m., nearly a dozen street-food trucks, including Street Eats, the Crock Spot, Biscuit Bus, Steuben’s, Max Lunch, Brava Pizzeria, Stick It to Me, The Bon Bon Buggy, Mikes2 Kitchen, Mythos Greek and Sweet Revenge Cupcakes, will cruise into the parking lot at the corner of Ninth…

After two weeks of downpours, it looks like we’re finally turning a corner: The forecast for today, thankfully, promises sunny skies and temps in the high 70s. And if you’re ready to hit a patio after being cooped up, you might want to head down to the Four Seasons tonight…

Despite the blanket of lettuce burying everything in its path, those really are tacos. It’s just that when my kid orders them — as was the case here — they more closely resemble a gerbil snack on tortillas. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the…

Things are heating up between Euclid Hall and the Sowbionese Liberation Army, the hooligans who made off with Euclid Hall’s iron pig this past Sunday at The Big Eat at Union Station, and are holding it hostage. The staff at Euclid Hall have pinpointed several prime suspects in the heist,…

Robin Baron Udi’s Pizza Cafe Bar Udi’s Bread Cafes (four locations) www.udisfood.com This is part two of my interview with Robin Baron, executive chef of Udi’s Pizza Bar, Udi’s Bread Cafe and the soon-to-be-open Pickled Lemon in Boulder. Part one of my interview with Baron ran yesterday. Favorite restaurant in…

Late last month, a cartel of food trucks — Street Eats, the Crock Spot, Biscuit Bus, Steuben’s, Max Lunch, Brava Pizzeria, Stick It to Me, The Bon Bon Buggy, Mikes2 Kitchen, Mythos Greek and Sweet Revenge Cupcakes — were all set to congregate in the parking lot on the corner…

With the Rocky fight theme blaring from an iPod speaker and a modest crowd shifting between watching intently and applauding fervently, six butchers gathered at the Cherry Creek store yesterday to compete for the top spot in the Whole Foods Top Butcher Competition. Attractive men wielding big, sharp knives laying…

No sour grapes here! Every week, Swirl Girl Kendra Anderson pours out information — and opinions — about wine. Too much info? Not according to Mo Smith, who posted this comment on “Three major sommelier service don’ts”: Enjoy your columns, but will say that some of us love the dorky…