Temple Micah, 2600 Leyden Street, will host its annual Top Latke Cook-Off and Chanukah Party, featuring a silent auction, kids’ activities and the ever-popular latke cook-off, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. tonight. For more info, call 303-388-4239 or go to www.micahdenver.org. For information on dozens of culinary events around town,…
Top Chef All-Stars back contestants from past seasons — most of them finalists — and promises to be quite a bit meatier than the regular Top Chef. For one thing, we don’t have to spend the first few episodes figuring out who’s who. On last night’s debut, Top Chef All-Stars…
HER Bar, the drinking joint at 629 East Colfax Avenue that catered to a largely lesbian crowd, shuttered some time back, making way for Jorge Pesqueira and Steven Alix to move in and pick up the lease. The duo remodeled the space and opened their new joint, X Bar, a…
Are you an amateur kitchen wizard? Do you have the chops to run your own restaurant? More important, how do you feel about Gordon Ramsay, the acerbic, deafeningly insulting, tantrum-prone, foul-mouthed, red-faced, in-your-face beast who brings his smoldering hot temper to the Fox TV airwaves? If you think you can…
A week ago, we bid adieu to Leo Goto’s Riverfront restaurant, 2852 West Bowles. The spot had been open just six months, closing without ceremony despite the formidable restaurateur’s insistence — back when it first opened — that “it’s a great location, and there’s potential to do a lot of…
Golden-era crooner and conservative-values icon Pat Boone has officially entered the meat market — launching Pat Boone’s All-American Meats, his branded line of mail-order steaks. According to a recent release from Pat Boone All-American Meats, his U.S.-raised beef is “part of his effort to spark an all-American revival — a…
Happy Place: Steuben’s, 523 East Seventeenth Avenue, 303-830-1001 The Hours: Monday through Friday from 2 to 6 p.m. The Deals: $5 specialty cocktails; $12-$20 shareable cocktails; $1 sliders; $3 gravy fries; $0.50 deviled eggs Were we happy? Flip the page…
About this time of year, we throw moderation out the window, racking up the bills during holiday shopping and then alleviating our holiday-related stress with plenty of indulgent food and drinks. We’re pretty shameless about sidling up to the buffet at every party we’re invited to, going back for second…
If you have a foodie to shop for this year, think about a good mixer or some quality wine. Because unless you’re looking for one of those awkward exchanges when your friend opens the gift, looks very confused and then lets out an insincere “Thaaanks, this is great,” you don’t…
Based on the glowing recommendations from several local chefs, I wandered into this slightly worn and unadorned feast house, nodded at the cops stowed away in a back booth and snatched a seat at the counter, which overlooks the kitchen where this shrimp scampi — Mediterranean style — was made…
Spencer Lomax Snooze, an A.M. Eatery Four locations in Colorado www.snoozeeatery.com This is part two of Lori Midson’s Chef and Tell interview with Spencer Lomax, the culinary director of Snooze. In part one of that Q&A, Lomax dishes on swine, green chile and cheek meat. Favorite restaurant in America: El…
Yes, the Buckhorn Exchange boasts liquor license number 1 — but that’s because the venerable restaurant was first in line after Prohibition ended in 1933, when new liquor licenses were issued. The oldest saloon in town is My Brother’s Bar — city registries indicate that 2376 15th Street was a…
Following in the footsteps of several national restaurant chains and other food businesses, T.G.I. Friday’s is using Denver to test both a new look and new menu items, including dishes with more fresh and made-from-scratch ingredients — all designed to help the restaurant break out of the casual-dining crowd. And…
Celebrate the Festival of Lights at the Ritz-Carlton, 1881 Curtis Street, which will hold a Hanukkah Party with candle-lighting, latkes, wine and more tonight at 6 p.m. The party is free; for more info, call 303-312-3800. For information on dozens of culinary events around town, visit our online Food &…
In this week’s review of Pho Duy, I mention that the success of the original noodle shop prompted a handful of friends and relatives to open restaurants with the same name. And before I discovered Pho Duy on South Federal, I stumbled upon one of its offspring when I was…
Your food got a lot safer yesterday — theoretically, at least. By a convincing 73 to 25 vote, the Senate passed the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, which give the FDA more power to mandate recalls and do more frequent inspections…
There are no tables inside the Rebellion, 2231 South Broadway, and although the patio offers extensive seating perfect for sunny Colorado days (summer and winter alike), you might not want to wait for clear skies to get your pizza fix. Understandable. Thankfully, the pizzeria offers delivery (within a certain radius)…
As if the Wynkoop Brewing Company didn’t have enough going on today — it announced that it will join with Breckenridge Brewing — it has also named (tentatively) the beer it plans to brew in honor of brewery co-founder and Governor-elect John Hickenlooper. Hickenlooper’s InaugurAle will be brewed on Saturday,…
Just over a month ago, we reported that the owners of the Walnut Cafe, 3073 Walnut Street, a Boulder spot that serves up hearty breakfasts, sandwiches and salads, was planning to unveil a food truck. That truck, Walnut-a-gogo, hit the pavement today…
House, which opened in 2009 in the former Gemelli’s space at 4363 Tennyson Street has closed, as has the Cozy Cottage, which had spent the last four years residing at 2423 South Downing Street, in a space the size of a rabbit hole — but there’s a twist: the Cozy…
An’s Lemongrass Grille on West 32nd Avenue is now dark.The An’s Lemongrass Grille in Highland has gone the way of its downtown counterpart, and is now closed — reportedly to be replaced by a third Park Burger. Read our roster of other restaurant openings and closings in November here…
Lori Midson’s post on the Yelp review of Lou’s — written more than a month before Lou’s scheduled opening — prompted this comment from frequent critic Carly: Westword’s Cafe Society is on the cutting edge of BREAKING NEWS once again!!! Because this blog is sorely in need of exciting content:…
