Martin Luther King Jr. Early College wins EatWell@School culinary competition

LiveWell Colorado sponsored a nine-week after-school culinary program with three Denver high schools that culminated in the winning team from Martin Luther King Jr. Early College taking home first place at the competition last Friday. The all-female team took the prize with its own healthy school-lunch meal: Parmesan- and herb-crusted…

Monsters and meatballs at YesPleaseMore “Test Market” Foodie Call

On Saturday night, YesPleaseMore, an organization that spreads the love for Colorado artistic endeavors through pop-up retail stores and events, descended on the Denver Pavilions for “Test Market,” a collaborative production featuring a bevy of creative projects from around Denver, including crafts, fashion shows and live music. And jump-starting the…

Phony inspection scam out to shake down Colorado restaurants

Bad enough when the real health inspector drops by a restaurant — but a phony inspector? That’s enough to get your temperature rising far above what’s considered safe for the storage of food. Over the weekend, the Colorado Department of Public Safety sent word of a phony inspector scam:…

Teleras trumpets tortas in Thornton

Give a guy a Las Tortugas franchise, and what does he do? If you’re JuanCarlos Wong, you keep it for a few months before concluding that you can do your own thing — and do it better. Wong, who opened a Las Tortugas outlet earlier this year in June at…

Guess where I’m eating?

A beer, a margarita, fresh chips ticked with salt, guacamole and piquant salsas litter the bar of this convivial hangout that turns out better than average south of the border grub to easygoing crowds of locals who often amplify their drunken debauchery with Jägermeister. Can you guess where I’m eating…

Five Front Range restaurants that are open on Thanksgiving

Can’t make it home for Thanksgiving? Dreading cooking a feast for your relatives? Maybe it’s a good year to go out to eat. And we’re not talking about some convoluted stereotype focused on the take-out Chinese food place down the street — we’re talking good food at good places around…

Tonight: Practice Thanksgiving at Generous Servings

Worried that your Thanksgiving meal will be a turkey? Try a test run. Generous Servings Cooking Classes and Cafe, 3801 West 32nd Avenue, will offer a Practice Thanksgiving class from 6 to 9:30 p.m. today. Tuition is $74; call 303-455-9730 or go to www.generousservings.com for details. For information on dozens…

Foursquare co-founder encourages users to wage war on Chipotle

In case you haven’t heard, homegrown chain Chipotle Mexican Grill is offering a Facebook deal this weekend whereby if you “check in” using Facebook Places Mobile on your smartphone and show your phone screen, proving that you’re not a big, fat liar to the eye-rolling workhorse behind the register, you’ll…

Is Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar finally open? Bingo!

After numerous delays, Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill finally opened this week. But before you scoot your boots over to the Shops at Northfield Stapleton to check out this giant country club, print out a copy of this I Love This Bar bingo game (courtesy of our…

Red Trolley celebrates ownership change with weekend deals

Change is afoot at Red Trolley, 2639 West 32nd Avenue, a popular spot in Highland that sells homemade gelato, coffee and hot dogs. Owners Patrick and Julie Shaw are selling the business, which they opened almost two and a half years ago, to Dorina Miller, a former school eacher. And…

The Flagstaff House gives guests a taste of truffle season

Barolo Grill isn’t the only restaurant that’s unearthing truffles this fall: The Flagstaff House, at 1138 Flagstaff Road in Boulder, is also playing around with truffles, thanks to executive chef Mark Monette, who’s created a five-course truffle-tasting menu for those who get all giddy during the truffle season. “They’re in…

Tonight: Night of the 3 Bastards at FreshCraft

At 8:30 p.m., FreshCraft, 1530 Blake Street, will be tapping three beers tonight from Stone Brewing: Arrogant Bastard, Double Bastard and the latest bastard, Lucky Bastard. (FreshCraft is the only place in town you can taste the Lucky Bastard. Lucky … you know.) Pints are $6.50 for the Arrogant Bastard…

Walter Bond puts his neck out for vegans

Going one better than wearing his heart on his animal-product-free sleeve, Walter Bond, the activist who yesterday pleaded guilty to torching the Sheepskin Factory on Colorado Boulevard this spring, rocked a major tattoo in his mug shot. It might make you think he set the fire because he was peeved…