As we reported yesterday in Cafe Bites, there have been numerous roadblocks to the redevelopment of the strip of Welton Street that’s at the heart of Five Points — some anticipated, some surprising. The most recent? The Tubman Hilliard Global Academy, a new school at 2741 Welton that’s good news…
From the highly revolutionary world of social networking comes one of the stranger Twitter stunts we’ve seen in a while: Boulder-based tea manufacturer Celestial Seasonings is promising to change tea time by hosting a weekly virtual party, with help from the Sleepytime Bear…
Last December, we embarked on a culinary sojourn that took us through our favorite dishes in the Mile High City — one hundred, to be exact — as a precursor to the Best of Denver issue. Now we’re back with round two, counting down (in no particular order) a hundred…
Last month, we brought you news that Ezra Malmuth and Nathan Barnett, who have been cooking together since they started a barbecue club in response to their school installing a vegetarian salad bar, planned to wheel a food truck onto the street. Their concept was Stick it to Me, a…
Can’t believe we’ve neglected Facebook for so long, but fear not loyal, beautiful, smart and funny Cafe Society readers: We now have a Facebook fan page where you can poke us, like us and comment on Denver food stories of the day. Go ahead and become a fan. Follow @CafeWestword…
Tickets to the 2011 Food & Wine Classic in Aspen, the culinary breeding ground for the country’s most extolled food personalities, chefs, grape gurus and their groupies, just went on sale yesterday, and you can snap up a ticket to the gustatory soiree, held June 17, 18 and 19, for…
Panorama Meats, the country’s largest grass-fed, organic beef supplier, has selected Kiowa Valley Organics to supply the Whole Foods Market on Pearl Street in Boulder. The California-based Panorama selects farms if “they follow Panorama’s raising protocols, which mandate 100 percent grass-fed and 100 percent grass-finished cattle. Also, they must be…
Rhett Songer Zi Fusion 7340 South Clinton Street, Englewood 720-934-6402 www.ziasian.com This is part two of Lori Midson’s interview with Rhett Songer, executive chef of Zi Fusion. In part one of that interview, Songer dishes on the F-word, racism and sexism and eating a puppy…dog. What you’d like to see…
Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market’s choicest ingredients home with them, and cook up a feast. This week’s recipe…
Tony’s Market facilitated two good holiday deeds last night: It hosted a food-tasting gala for Colorado Gives Day to benefit Street’s Hope, and it also presented guests with fruitcake that was actually worth eating. Street’s Hope is a faith-based, non-profit ministry that provides a transitional housing facility and non-resident programs…
While Denver readers are busy recommending their 100 Favorite Dishes, Seattle is still slamming Jason Sheehan, the Cafe critic who left Westword a year ago, but just returned to one of our hometown heroes for his review of Chipotle in the Seattle Weekly. Seattle apparently doesn’t love Chipotle (or Sheehan,…
Taste up to eight high-end wines and discover for yourself if the price tag matters at “Is It Worth All That?,” a class at Cook Street School of Fine Cooking, 1937 Market Street. The lesson runs from 6:30 to 9 p.m. and costs $69; for more info, call 303-308-9300 or…
The holidays bring out the crazy in multi-tasking moms. As the seasons turn and after all the “My kid didn’t fail third grade English” bumper stickers have been purchased, they turn their attention to cookie-exchange parties. For me, the Christmas cookie chain of events has always been as follows: Mom…
I usually prefer to let my bartender do the work for me, but when I reviewed Salt the Bistro, 1047 Pearl Street in Boulder, my dining companion’s greatest delight there was the Cocktail Element, a choose-your-own-adventure guide that let him craft his perfect libation from a list of spirits and…
Forgot to donate on Colorado Gives Day? Then you might want to head down to Pizzeria Basta, 3601 Arapahoe Avenue in Boulder, for a beer. The alcohol will take the edge off your guilt, and so will the fact that your beer money’s going straight to Community Food Share, a…
As adults, we can eat what we want when we want — which sometimes means dessert for dinner. And those are the times you’ll want to head to D Bar Desserts, 1475 East 17th Avenue, where the Food Network’s Keegan Gerhard creates beautiful cupcakes and truffle treats for the display…
Last December, we embarked on a culinary sojourn that took us through our favorite dishes in the Mile High City — one hundred, to be exact — as a precursor to the Best of Denver issue. Now we’re back with round two, counting down (in no particular order) a hundred…
At this suburban Mexican joint that’s far from the land of Federal Boulevard taquerias, the focus is on California-style Mexican, which means that the smother love of green chile isn’t front and center. But if you’re hankering for carnitas, taquitos or carne asada fries, it’s a reliable, if not inspiring,…
A few days ago, we got a call from Tom, a reader who was interested in trying Persian food but didn’t know where to find it. “Is there any restaurant in the metro Denver area serving Persian food?” he asked. For him, and for others who might have the same…
In case you haven’t noticed, 2010 is most definitely going to go down as the Year of the Cocktail. Seems like dozens of swanky, speakeasy-type establishments (complete with throwback-era barkeeps) opened their doors in and around Denver this year, proffering edgy concoctions designed to entice even the pickiest drinker. So…
Portland is a better beer town than Denver. As a Denver native, it pains me to say that, but after having visited Beervana for the first, time, there is no getting around it. While Denver brewers consistently make better beer than those in Portland, there are more than three times…
Rhett Songer Zi Fusion 7340 South Clinton Street, Englewood 720-934-6402 www.ziasian.com This is part one of Lori Midson’s interview with Rhett Songer, the executive chef of Zi Fusion. Part two of Songer’s interview will run in this space tomorrow. “It’s absolutely silly that it’s such a no-no word in the…
