Whether you don’t celebrate Christmas or you’d simply rather abstain from holiday cooking, eating options constrict significantly when you’re choosing a place to dine on December 25. Thanks to hotel restaurants that cater to winter vacationers, there are definitely choices beyond moo shu pork and egg rolls, but those places…
The New Belgium Hub on Concourse B is one of our favorite places for a meal and a beer at DIA, but thanks to its location — buried in the distant express gates all the way at the end of a hallway — we often run a very real risk…
No. 90: Albóndigas meatballs from Solera Solera chef Goose Sorensen, who’s been turning out beautifully composed plates around Denver for years, can pretty much nail any dish, plunging mussels into a sea of fragrant green curry, slicking his calamari with a Thai red chile glaze, using truffle oil judiciously (which…
Taking flash photos in bars will often piss people off — and the drunk guy next to me definitely lost his patience as I tried to take the perfect shot of this bar. Which, in fact, made it the perfect shot. Needless to say, when you’re drinking here, you’re in…
Mediterranean coast native Alon Mor’s Garbanzo Mediterranean Grill first brought hummus and shwarma to Denver’s fast-casual dining scene in 2007. Since then, a dozen more Garbanzo outposts have popped up in Denver and Colorado Springs. And while there are plans to take the homegrown chain national, it’s tapping into another…
Jeffrey Musat, the former general manager of Black Pearl, who vacated that position a few months ago to join the mini empire run by Leigh Jones, who owns Jonesy’s EatBar, The Horseshoe Lounge and Bar Car, showcases some awesome conversation piece tatts on his buff bod, but one inky blot,…
Pizza: It’s what’s for breakfast, lunch and dinner if you’re a kid, and these three kids, all of whom had gathered for a birthday party at a relatively new Italian joint, didn’t waste any time shoving slices down their pieholes. Can you guess where they’re eating? Special bonus: Anyone who…
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…
In her Barolo Grill review, Laura Shunk said that she could think of three dozen places in the area where she’d rather drop $200 on dinner for two. And then she put her mouth where her money was, and offered a list of those restaurants. There’s been plenty of discussion…
Cafe Society served up six Guess Where contests last week, with entries ranging from the exemplary fries at Cheeky Monk to a festive drink garnished with a rosemary tree at Edge Restaurant & Bar, to this peanut butter mousse truffle whose mint garnish inspired a number of comments. For correctly…
Don’t panic: There’s still time to learn how to create a fabulous holiday feast everyone, even at this close-to-Christmas date. At 6 p.m. tonight, head to Cook Street School of Fine Cooking, 1937 Market Street, for the Holiday Feast class. It runs until 9:30 p.m., and costs $79. For more…
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…
Earlier this week, fifteen local mixology magicians converged behind the bar of Steuben’s, 523 East Seventeenth Avenue, as part of the retro diner’s annual holiday toy drive, a festive, spirited party that involves clever cocktails, lots of willing imbibers, good will, good cheer, generosity and a heap of toys, all…
In the film Dinner Rush — a terrific indie that everyone should see — the trendy young chef prepares a dish for an influential critic, played by Sandra Bernhard. We see him in the kitchen frantically throwing elements together, and the result is two angry red lobsters, feelers waving ferociously,…
Matt Robinette was out in Tahoe, California, in 2001, training to work for the Hard Rock Cafe when he noticed a gaping hole in local culinary options: No one was selling green chile. “My wife — fiancee then — makes insane Pueblo-style green chile,” Robinette says. “We thought about selling…
I’m a sucker for skinny, salt-licked fries, and these hand-cut tubers, fresh and hot and sidekicked with a choice of dipping sauces — in this case, curried — are worth their weight in Idaho potato fields. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct…
Yes, that Barolo Grill — the same restaurant I reviewed this week, tacking on an addendum of 36 restaurants where I’d rather drop $200 instead. Some of you call that classless. I’d rather call it putting my money where my mouth is. Still, the restaurant has its charms, especially if…
Happy Place: The Walnut Room, 3131 Walnut Street, 303-292-1700 The Hours: Monday through Wednesday from 4 to 7 p.m., Saturday and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. The Deals: $3 well drinks; half-priced appetizers, draft beer and house wine; weekend happy hours include $5 Sauza margaritas and $4 Absolut you-call-its…
No. 91: Hummus from Shish Kabob Grill For more than six years, Shish Kabob Grill, an East Colfax corner cafe, across the street from the Colorado State Capitol building and a million miles from Lebanon, has been a popular Mideast feast house for falafel and fattouch, baba ghanouj and beef…
Chefs Scott Durrah (8 Rivers), Lauren Gennett and Rachel Wolpo will offer a series of cooking demonstrations for Simply Pure, the Colorado edibles company founded by Durrah and his wife, Wanda James, at KushCon II, which runs today through December 19 at the Colorado Convention Center. “I never would have…
Of all the inaugural balls taking place next month around the country, Colorado’s has to have the best beer list. And why not? The new governor, John Hickenlooper, is a brewer and the co-founder of the iconic Wynkoop Brewing Company. In addition to Hickenlooper’s InaugurAle — which is being brewed…
There is still time for a last-minute purge of food trends that need to take a permanent nap where the turnips grow. Like that 47-year-old guy in the club who needs to scrub the Axe spray off his hairy torso and go home, these trends have stuck around too long…
