Last weekend I booked a table at a new restaurant and got there early so that I could check out the bar. I asked for the cocktail menu and ordered a Rusty Nail from the bartender. He happily took my order, then took another woman’s order and got her beer…
The former Red Trolley — that beloved coffee, gelato, cereal and hot dog shop at 2639 West 32nd Avenue in Highland — will soon become Spuntino, a quick and casual Italian restaurant. Simone Parisi, owner of Parisi and Firenze a Tavola, 4401 Tennyson Street, will operate Spuntino with Dorina Miller…
Jason Sheehan has been gone from Westword for a year, but he is far from forgotten, as evidenced by yesterday’s missive from Still Reading in response to the Julia & Julia characterization of Laura Shunk’s Sachi Sushi review: It’s hard to be Jason Sheehan. Probably not as hard as it…
Creating fine tequila is an art in and of itself, and when fine tequila is paired with special dishes designed to match the alcohol, it takes the much-maligned margarita staple to a whole new level. Tonight at 7 p.m., El Diablo, 101 Broadway, will host a five-course tequila dinner featuring…
There are few foods as lovely as sushi when it’s prepared correctly; learn the basics tonight at Seasoned Chef Cooking School, 999 Jasmine Street, which will host a Rollin’ Sushi Workshop from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tuition is $75; reservations are required. For more info, call 303-377-3222 or go to…
No. 84: Pork osso buco from Osteria Marco Osteria Marco is Frank Bonanno’s homage to the hog, a ward of house-crafted charcuterie, pizzas tarped with prosciutto, puddings laced with pork fat, and Sunday-night pig roasts. The subterranean enterprise — a sound system of ruckus and racket pinging off the ceilings…
Boulder Draft House, the Boulder restaurant at 2027 13th Street (right off Pearl Street) that was home to the Colorado Brewing Company, has closed. On Friday, the proprietors sent out this tweet: “To all Draft House fans: yes, its official, we have closed. Thank you all for 2 great years…
At high noon tomorrow — Tuesday, January 11 — Visit Denver, the group that organizes Denver Restaurant Week, will announce which of the city’s eateries are among the 268-and-counting restaurants that have signed up for DRW, which will take place February 26 through March 11. For those not familiar with…
Tomorrow’s Rollin’ Sushi workshop at the Seasoned Chef Cooking School is one of several culinary classes this week; other mouth-watering events include a tequila dinner at El Diablo and a beer-tasting fundraiser at the E Project. Here’s a taste of what’s to come:…
Tonight, at 6 p.m., Leigh Sullivan-Guard, the force behind FIVE, an über-talented crop of five Denver chefs who put on showstopping dinners throughout the year at their respective restaurants, represent the local fray at the ritzy Aspen Food & Wine Classic and commune at the James Beard House in September…
Highlands Cork & Coffee in Highlands Square can now serve liquor, in addition to beer and wine. The spot was victorious at a liquor-license hearing last month, says owner Shawn Manzanares, and will begin serving drinks such as martinis, specialty coffee drinks and mojitos in the next month or so…
While I’m not a huge proponent of tofu, the scrambled tofu bowl, tussling with carrots, wakame, shitake mushrooms and soybeans, at this Japanese restaurant, which recently began serving ramen, is a wonderful drift of winter sustenance that elevates the often boring bean curd to food that’s actually good — very…
Tuesday’s inauguration party for John Hickenlooper will be soaked in Colorado, whether it’s the semi-formal Western wear, a homegrown band or kegs full of local beer. And that barbecue sauce served with dinner will be soaked in Colorado as well. Caterer Occasions by Sandy will use 28 bottles of Stranahan’s…
Last February, fourteen Denver chefs congregated inside the Stranahan’s Whiskey distillery as part of a 50top feast, an invite-only, underbelly dinner club that gives chefs the opportunity to cook whatever the hell they want for an appreciative cluster of foodniks who never know what they’re going to get. That night,…
Cafe Society served up five Guess Where contests last week, with items ranging from hot-and-sour soup at P. F. Chang’s (hey, it’s no crime to eat at a chain) to a still unidentified pork sandwich to this burrata, which is definitely still in style. For tracing the mozz to Oak…
Laura Shunk’s discovery of authentic ramen at Sachi Sushi in Niwot didn’t thrill everyone. Tired of Drivel posted this: My new year’s resolution is to give up reading the Westword every week in hopes that Ms. Shunk has either learned to write a review or left the paper. If we…
Perhaps your New Year’s resolution was to learn to pour alcohol more efficiently — and who are we to judge? If that’s the case, you’ll want to sign up right away for the professional bartending class at Stir! Cooking School, 3215 Zuni Street, at 11 a.m.; reservations are required, and…
On a bitterly cold December night, I was huddled in a booth at Freshcraft. In front of me at bar seats and high tables, a lively crowd was sipping from pint glasses and conversing jovially with the bartenders. Behind me, a massive group of beer brewers filled most of the…
Unless you’ve been coffined in frosting, you’ve no doubt heard that Clyde and Clementine, the Denver Cupcake Trucks, have gone dormant — at least for the month of January, all because of a kerfuffle between owners and bakers Sean and Denon Moore and Denver’s Planning and Zoning Department, which, according…
It’s an age-old question in Denver: Where can I go to get a really, really good sandwich? You can go here, to this unassailable, perpetually busy sandwich shack that turns out inspiring combinations, coupled with every day favorites, like the French dip in the above snap. Can you guess where…
California’s Mad River Brewing is the latest out-of-state beer maker to try and crack the crowded Colorado market, where taps and liquor store shelf space are at a premium. But Mad River, located in the town of Blue Lake, may have an edge. It got a lot of buzz at…
Happy Place: Zocalo Restaurant and Bar, 12 East Eleventh Avenue, 720-382-1940 The Hours: Every day from 4 to 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. The Deals: 2 for 1 drafts, well drinks, and wines by the glass; $5 shots of Don Julio Silver; $2.50 margaritas; half-price appetizers Were…
