Today is the last day for servers to serve up their Denver Restaurant Week survival stories and win an EatDenver deck (earlier this week, we gave decks to diners with the two best/worst DRW stories). The deadline is 5 p.m., but we already have a contender: Brian Melton of TAG,…
Practice your Spanish, learn something new, play games and enjoy appetizers at Spanish Happy Hour at Museo de las Americas, 861 Santa Fe Drive. The event runs from 5 to 8 p.m. and costs $3 for members and $5 for the general public; for details, call 303-571-4401 or go to…
I actually had to think for a few minutes to remember last night’s Quickfire Challenge on Top Chef, perhaps because it was as much, or more, about plating than food. The chefs, who are still in the Bahamas, had to split into two teams of two and create a hundred…
Six years ago, Ryan Hardy took the reins as executive chef at the Little Nell in Aspen, a position he won after stints at San Francisco’s Rubicon and another Aspen restaurant, Rustique. During his tenure there, he garnered awards and James Beard nominations for his menu of seasonal Colorado cuisine,…
Hail to the king — crab, that is. When I was growing up, my dad used to take me our for crab legs every Sunday, but then, one day, I I wearied of cracking the shells and dribbling butter down my chin. So I quit. Just like that. Recently, though,…
Just a few weeks after they joined forces, the Breckenridge and Wynkoop breweries have taken on an unexpected challenge: slapping together a new concept to fill the former Rocky Mountain Diner space at 800 18th Street, which closed last month after a twenty-year run. The two companies, which are run…
It’s not often that you’ll find Republican representative Larry Liston and his liberal colleague, Democrat Crisanta Duran, on the same side of an issue. Nor is it common to see the United Food and Commercial Workers and the supermarket chains fighting together for a cause. But all of those strange…
When I reviewed the Squeaky Bean nine months ago, I was amused and delighted by what Max MacKissock was dreaming up in his tiny kitchen, playing with classic American dishes and making them into something new and unexpected. A reimagined shepherd’s pie, light enough for a summer evening. Sweetbreads made…
“Restaurant Week brings out the worst in people,” lamented one chef this week, after a woman lambasted his menu for offering three courses rather than four. “What the fuck is this?” she shouted at her server, who was so stunned she broke into tears. The restaurant — one of Denver’s…
The Southern Sun pub in Boulder will tap a firkin of its FYIPA today, the first of what brewer Brian Hutchinson hopes will lead to many more in the near future. In fact, the Southern Sun and Denver’s Vine Street Pub, which are both owned by the Mountain Sun Pub…
If you’ve ever been to the Valverde Country Club, a somewhat unsavory bar at 1319 West Alameda Avenue, then you know that the country club moniker is a little like comparing Fritos to foie gras. Still, the beers are ultra-cheap, the clientele, animated (to say the least), and now that…
Robert McCarthy Rialto Cafe 934 16th Street 303-893-2233 www.rialtocafe.com This is part two of my interview with Robert McCarthy, executive chef of Rialto Cafe. Part one of that interview ran in this space yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: Lupa, Mario Batali’s restaurant in New York. It’s really simple, straightforward food…
Without exception, during every visit I made to Thai Flavor for this week’s review — and during the lunch I ate at US Thai Cafe for this week’s Second Helping — I overheard at least one table ask for chopsticks. I’d venture a guess that those diners thought they were…
Comments have been pouring out over the news that Dry Dock Brewing in Aurora (one of our “Top ten places to drink like a pirate”) has to change the name of its acclaimed Seven Seas Double IPA after getting a “nasty” letter from a lawyer representing 7 Seas Brewing Company…
This weekend, everyone should like green eggs and ham. The breakfast dish from Dr. Seuss’s book of the same name is central to a festive, philanthropic effort at the four locations of the Delectable Egg around Denver. The restaurants will be serving Sam I Am’s favorite dish today through March…
St. Patrick’s Day isn’t the only game in town. In honor of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament playoffs now at the Pepsi Center, Dixons Downtown Grill has introduced the March Meat Madness Platter: blackened chicken, sliced strip steak, jalapeno cheddar bratwurst, hot links and Polish sausage, served with sides and…
Of the three dozen or so Thai restaurants scattered around the metro area, I can think of only one that rises to the curry occasion as triumphantly as Thai Flavor, and that’s U.S. Thai Cafe in Edgewater. Ma Vue, a Laotian, opened the eatery in 2006, with native Thai chef…
Guinness, Jameson, car bombs, bag pipes, corned beef, Harp and an awful hangover: Those are just some of the things that come to mind when the average person thinks of St. Patrick’s Day. And the list is the same for bartenders at Irish pubs — with the notable additions of…
Sarah Amorese fell in love with chocolate when she lived in Amsterdam. “My boss used to bring Belgian chocolates back to the office,” she says. “And my husband — boyfriend at the time — and I did a lot of business trips through Europe. We used to visit every pastry…
Whenever I’m desperate for a breakfast burrito fix, I normally make the trek to the Taco Wagon in Lafayette, but that could soon change, because I recently discovered a taqueria closer to home that satiates my yearnings. Bonus: Excellent tamales and green chile, too. Can you guess where I’m eating?…
It’s not hard to see why Sputnik is so popular. At 8 p.m. on a Tuesday night — a time when most restaurants would see guests trickling out the door — the Baker-neighborhood joint is still packed, with every table occupied and almost every seat at the bar hosting a…
Last fall, the folks behind Organic Pizza Co., a nascent local chain, threw an introductory party in the top-floor party room of the spiffy Spire, where they demonstrated their commitment to top-notch ingredients and innovative pies. But there were delays in the build-out of the spot planned for the ground…
