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…
Saving the world from wine ignorance, one glass at a time: That’s Paul Giese, executive sommelier, certified wine educator and instructor at last Saturday’s chocolate, wine and cheese tasting class held at D’Vine Wine. Giese teaches wine-tasting workshops ideal for beginners on select Saturdays every month, using D’Vine’s own Wild…
That colorful stretch of 13th Avenue in Capitol Hill is getting a new polish, with the upcoming opening of Jelly and other developments outlined today in a Denver Post story about “the punk-rock block.” But before these businesses came along, there was the Gypsy House. And after our recent report…
‘Tis the season: Highland Tap and Burger will host its first Hideous Holiday Sweater Party in its new home at 2223 West 32nd Avenue. Festivities include the first annual Gingerbread House Making Contest (with fabulous prizes), cheesy photo opportunities, sexy Santa’s helpers and Bacardi & Red Bull specials all night…
No. 92: Breakfast burrito from the Taco Wagon in Lafayette Way back in April, I was summoned to Lafayette on unofficial business, when, what to my wondering eyes should appear but a taco wagon pimping all the foods that add bulk to my rear…
Let’s be honest. Boobs sell coffee. If they didn’t, there wouldn’t be a couple dozen drive-thru coffee shops in the Portland and Seattle areas featuring baristas dressed in bikinis, lingerie and less. The controversial concept came to Colorado this year when similar stores opened in Aurora (it has since closed)…
The space left vacant by Nohana Sushi at 2301 East Colfax Avenue has been under construction for almost six months. Tomorrow, though, the dust will finally clear, and Japanese restaurant Okinawa will open for business…
We’re heading toward the shortest day of the year, and the light hitting this Bloody Mary is the sun coming up over Denver just after 7 a.m. — when the bar that poured it opens. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer…
In this week’s review of Barolo Grill, I wrote about my regret at dropping $200 on dinner for two there — when there were three dozen restaurants in the area where I’d rather spend that kind of cash. And then I decided to put my mouth where my money was,…
For those of you who will wake up with a colossal-size hangover on the first day of 2011, having damaged your brain and battered your belly the night before with too many vodka and soda pours, flutes of champagne, or worse, shots of vile Jägermeister, there will be a new…
Jorge de la Torre Johnson & Wales University www.jwu.edu This is part two of Lori Midson’s interview with Jorge de la Torre, dean of culinary education at Johnson & Wales University. Part one of that interview ran in this space yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: The Shed in Santa Fe…
Right now, BALLS! A Holiday Spectacular, a variety show featuring comics, musicians and other performers from around the city engaged in some PG-13 holiday fun, is now at Curious Theatre, 1080 Acoma Street. And if you go to BALLS! tonight, your ticket benefits a good, food-centric cause: Slow Food Denver…
Since it opened last February, Deluxe Burger has doled out a fairly basic menu of burgers, fries and shakes from its home next to Mod Livin’ on East Colfax. But now it’s expanding its offerings. The inspiration? The Deluxe Little Orange Rocket, the very same food truck that’s recently caused…
Denver International Airport may have just been named the “Best Airport in North America” — for the sixth consecutive year! — by Business Traveler magazine, but it’s definitely lacking in a few departments. Souvenir beer sales, for example. And here’s how Bubba responds to Laura Shunk’s list of the “Best…
Mezcal will be celebrating its seventh anniversary with food and drink specials, live music (including the mariachi group Sol De Mi Tierra from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight) and other fun, starting today and running through Sunday, December 19. Mezcal is located at 3230 East Colfax Avenue; for more info,…
No. 93: Posole from The Porker The pig-centric street food that’s slung from The Porker, swine sultan Chad Clevenger’s humble stainless-steel cart on the corner of Seventeenth and California, is, it must be said, some of the most insanely good grub that’s being peddled from Denver’s pavement…
It was a Festivus miracle for one prisoner in an Orange County jail. For two months, a convicted drug dealer received meals free of the salami he didn’t like by claiming devotion to Festivus, the holiday celebrated by the Costanza family on Seinfeld. Any Denver inmates who caught wind of…
