No. 67: Frico caldo from Frasca Food & Wine Colorado’s pope of Friulian cooking, Lachlan MacKinnon-Patterson is a madman on the stove, a genius who bats around a menu that’s full of wonderous dishes, and one of the few chefs we know who wears a toque — and wears it…
Wow. Who knew that The Infinite Monkey Theorem (aka Denver’s little winery that could) scoring Colorado’s first 88-point Wine Spectator review would stir up so many passionate responses about the validity of wine reviews? Laura Shunk’s scathing critique of most wine industry rags’ random, somewhat archaic approach to rewarding lesser-known…
Ask a Jew about his or her main dream in life. Some look for spiritual enlightenment, others just crave happiness. Most mothers want their children to finish their law or doctoral degrees. But a few of us Chosen have set our sights on the Jimmy’s Favorite sandwich at Jimmy &…
Fun fact: Today is National Margarita Day. And while February seems like a strange month to celebrate tequila mixed with lime (the margarita tastes like summer to us), we’ll happily use this as an excuse to suck down one (or three) of the cocktails, especially since today’s weather is almost…
A smashing burger, a great bar with friendly tenders and awesome beers. You’ll get all of those and more at this neighborhood watering hole that’s one of our favorite new hangs for camaraderie, drunken debauchery and making sue that we waddle off with a full belly. Can you guess where…
Hundreds of foodniks with big hearts made the trek to the downtown Sheraton hotel last night for one of the year’s most heartwarming events: Soup for the Soul, a benefit that provides bowlfuls of comfort to patients of Porter Hospice and St. Anthony Hospice, both of which provide hospice care…
Michelle Obama spent her Presidents’ Weekend without the president and with her daughters in Vail, where she skied, dined and managed to get the conservative media so riled up they called her fat. We know that the First Lady has made battling childhood obesity her personal cause — but we…
Archeologists from London’s Natural History Museum found 15,000-year-old human skeletal remains in Gough’s Cave, Somerset, which indicate that ancient Britons indulged in cannibalism, and even fashioned skulls into drinking cups. You gotta hand it to the ancient Brits — they knew how to multi-task. We moderns can take a cue…
The news this past weekend was shocking: The owners of the Rocky Mountain Diner, a fixture in downtown Denver for two decades, had been unable to come to a lease agreement with the space’s owner, attorney Frances Konciljia, and on Friday had gotten an eviction notice: The restaurant had to…
Argyll will host a Single Malt Scotch Dinner at 6:30 p.m. tonight, serving up five courses all paired with scotch to match. A seat is $69; for reservations, call 720-382-1117 or go to www.argyllpub.com. For information on dozens of culinary events around town, visit our online Food & Drink listings…
Aria, which opened in December in the former home of Juicy Lucy’s (and many places before that), will host the Culinary Connectors Supper Club tonight, with a wine-tasting and three-course meal. Tickets are $60 and benefit the Morgan Adams Foundation. For more information, call 303-377-4012 For information on dozens of…
Mark Dym isn’t a big proponent of hoopla or fanfare, and today’s opening of Marco’s Coal-Fired Pizzeria at Vallagio at Inverness, Peter Kudla’s “Midtown” retail, resident and restaurant development just off Dry Creek and I-25, was soft and quiet. By 2:30 p.m., fifty people, several of them families, had wandered…
Job market got you down? Sick of begging for jobs for which you’re overqualified? Well, perk up: You could be earning $50,000 as the Vice President of Pop Culture for popchips. The chip company recently launched a campaign to find a sidekick for Ashton Kutcher, the popchips President of Pop…
On Saturday night, the building at Eighteenth and Pearl in Boulder that now houses both Frasca Food & Wine and Pizzeria Locale was a frenzy of gastronomic activity: Both restaurants seem to have hit their post-expansion stride. And when we stopped by for a little Barbera, we also got a…
It might be winter (not that today is a good representation of that), but the cold bar at this convivial restaurant that pulsates with energy and verve is a hot new addition that will provide even more cold comfort when the sun’s summer shine makes us sweat into our margaritas…
Denver Restaurant Week kicks off on Saturday, which is also when the 2011 Beerdrinker of the Year will be crowned — but in the meantime, there are plenty of culinary events to fill your belly. Here’s what’s on the menu:…
While Denver lays claim to dozens of pho joints, Pho Bowl is the first to reside in a Conoco station. Yes, that’s correct: Inside the Conoco station at 3298 South Broadway, there sits a tiny cafeteria-like parlor of pho, just adjacent to where you can cash your paycheck, send a…
Westword photo intern Hunter Stevens brings back these photos from the weekend’s Avery Brewing Strong Ale Festival in Boulder. More than eighty strong beers from some of the best breweries in the nation were showcased at the Avery Tap Room. More pictures below…
When we compiled our list of restaurants that have been in business, and run by the same family, for forty years or more, we missed one of the longest-standing Italian venues in the city: Pagliacci’s Italian Restaurant. Although it’s a baby by the standards of the Blue Parrot, that’s still…
At 4 p.m. yesterday, the Rocky Mountain Diner, an authentic slice of Americana that’s resided in the Ghost building at 800 18th Street for the past twenty years, was supposed to shut its doors, but when the clock struck four, the bar and dining room was still packed with lingering…
There have been so many restaurants at 26377 West 26th Avenue, the historic bungalow that once housed the original La Loma. So many, in fact, that when I stopped by the newly opened Gordo Loco last week and spoke to the building’s landlord who’s also a partner in this latest…
Why did it take Veggie Girl Amber Taufen so long to go from vegetarian to vegan? Partly the vehement vegans she encountered along the way, as she revealed in her “Open Letter to Militant Vegans”. That letter inspired dozens of responses — some mild, many militant. “Please don’t fight blame…
