There’s only one way to prepare for the food frenzy that’s Thanksgiving: eat tacos — specifically al pastor tacos tarted up with fresh cubes of pineapple, white onions and flecks of cilantro. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s…
Clint Wangsnes Zengo 1610 Little Raven Street 720-904-0965 www.richardsandoval.com/zengodenver This is part one of Lori Midson’s Chef and Tell interview with Clint Wangsnes, chef of Zengo. To read part two of that Q&A, check back here on Friday. “I truly love food, and the high-stress, high-energy, crazy and chaotic environment…
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. The Marczyks, not…
If a truck pulling a large barbecue smoker pulls up next to you on the street, you might be in for some free food. As part of its new social media campaign, Big Papa’s BBQ will be sending a mobile emissary to several locations around town, where it will dish…
El Diablo (101 Broadway, 303-954-0324) and its sibling Sketch (11 West First Avenue, 303-484-9305) will host the first annual Get Lit celebration at the the resurrected First Avenue Hotel at 7 p.m. tonight, a celebration and lighting of the building (with 24,000 lights!) featuring music, food and drink specials, a…
“This is taking fucking forever!” Those are the words that tumbled out of Biker Jim’s mouth thirty minutes ago, when he called to give me an update on the new brick-and-mortar joint he’s opening at 2148 Larimer Street — a joint that was initially slated to open last month. “I’m…
In the course of my professional life, I’ve spent way more time than any human should roaming the concourses and terminal of Denver International Airport…
The restaurant culture at the Streets at SouthGlenn is going gangbusters, but the busiest joints are the ones that pour liquor — something that Pho 95, 6879 South Vine Street, hasn’t had the green light to do since it opened in May…
Zona’s Tamales, the decades-old blue and orange building at 713 East 26th Street, went dark about a month ago, after owner Zona Moore pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of theft by receiving, buying and selling stolen cigarettes. The Latest Word reported today that Moore’s son, Saalim Muhammed, and another…
On Thursday, we’ll be fighting with our relatives, stuffing ourselves into a purple-hazed food coma and passing out on the couch while a football game drones on in the background. On Friday, we’ll scratch each others’ eyes out and throw adult temper tantrums in commercial establishments, all in the name…
Like every business owner, Marilyn Megenity has to make tough decisions. But one of her most recent ones was tougher than most. Earlier this month, she decided to switch all twelve taps at the Mercury Cafe from beer made by her neighbor, the Wynkoop Brewing Company, to beer made in…
The swamp of oily sun-dried tomatoes, shrimp that tasted of freezer burn, cheap feta and insipid sauce was just the beginning of a depressing meal that I’d give anything to take back. Never. Again. Will. I. Ever. Go. Back. Here. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who…
Remember how when you were little, you couldn’t stand broccoli? That’s because your palate hadn’t matured enough to appreciate all of its crunchy-sweet goodness. Now that you’re all grown up, you’ve probably asked for double portions in your weekly fresh market produce delivery basket, you’re so in love with the…
Holiday gatherings with the family are not always known for their spirit of congeniality, and if your family doesn’t resemble a tranquil Currier & Ives lithograph in the first place, inevitably at least one relative will pull a hurty-dur, either on purpose or not, and say something at the dinner…
Paris Las Vegas Casino makes a $777 hamburger. The sandwich is one of the most indulgent-looking things I’ve ever seen, with hefty chunks of lobster meat set over a thick Kobe beef patty, topped with crispy pancetta, brie, caramelized onions and hundred-year aged balsamic vinegar — served, for good measure,…
Gustavo Arellano, the author of Ask a Mexican, is an expert on many topics — including the evolution of Mexican restaurants in this country. And before his recent visit to Denver, he’d never before encountered what we consider a mainstay in this city: the Mexican hamburger…
After just six months, Leo Goto has closed his Riverfront restaurant and event facility. Goto had taken over the 12,000-square-foot, former Riverfront Events Center at 2852 West Bowles Avenue in Littleton this spring. “It’s a great location, and there’s potential to do a lot of business here,” he said at…
When planning a feast on the scale of a Thanksgiving meal, everything you can do to cut down on the prep time Thursday will help. Which means you’ll want to bake your pies in advance. The City of Aurora is offering a cooking class on Take and Bake Thanksgiving Pies…
Take as much time as you need,” said a balding TSA bureaucrat as he patted the shoulder of a woman sitting in front of the X-ray machine, a thick training manual at her side. She squinted intently at the electronic box, scrutinizing each item that passed by for dangerous weaponry…
I usually time my arrival at Denver International Airport so that I can check in, get through security, grab a snack — and then get right on the plane. But during the holiday season, when the gates of airport hell open, all that careful planning goes right out the window…
The first time I walk into Jake’s Food & Spirits, two days after its October grand opening, I’m greeted by not one, not two, but seven employees in black T-shirts. A few are leaning against the pool table, but most are just waffling around in the middle of the empty…
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…
