At about 9 p.m. on Saturday night, we spotted the big yellow trailer that houses Mikes 2 Kitchen (pronounced Mikes Squared Kitchen) setting up for a long night in LoDo. It was the mobile vendor’s first night on the street — and one of the craziest party nights of the…
There were major developments on the local dining scene last month, including the openings of ChoLon Modern Asian Bistro and EDGE, the reopening of Frasca Food & Wine — and the closing of Zona’s Tamales after forty years. Our restaurant roll call for October:…
Cafe Society served up five Guess Where contests last week, featuring everything from a still-unidentified squash salad to a cup of hot chocolate at the Corner Bar at the Boulderado to a bowl of mac and cheese. For correctly identifying that cheesy, creamy mac as coming from Tom’s Home Cookin’,…
TAG, 1441 Larimer Street, is getting November off to a decadent start with its Chocolate Dinner featuring Weiss chocolates. Dinner starts at 6:30 p.m. and costs $55 and up; call 303-996-9985 or go to www.tag-restaurant.com. For information on dozens of culinary events around town, visit our online Food & Drink…
By now, you should know that olive oil is a good fat — as well as super-tasty — but what do you know about gauging its quality? From 6 to 8 p.m. tonight, EVOO Marketplace, the olive-oil store at 1338 15th Street, will present a Mediterranean Olive Oil Tasting, where…
Behold the highlights and low lights of what you may have missed this week on the Cafe Society blog…
Can’t find anything that floats your boat on our list of Halloween events for people who like food? Or perhaps you need a pre-game? How about a little of the green fairy?…
Happy Place: 8 Rivers, 1550 Blake Street, 303-623-3342 The Hours: Monday through Friday, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. and all day Sunday The Deals: $3 Red Stripe lager; $3-4 house wines and sangria; $5 well drinks, Appleton rum, and mojitos; $20 mojito pitchers; $5 small plates. What did we think? Flip…
A couple of weeks ago, we announced that Otis & Henry’s Bar and Grill, a casual spot featuring comfort food favorites, would open this week in the Lady Luck Casino in Black Hawk at 340 Main Street. The bar and grill is part of a growing concept in the nationwide…
Now that fall is at our doorstep, restaurants all over the city are autumn-izing their menus, which means that butternut squash is popping up here, there, and in the salad in the above pic, where the sweet, silky nubs are bolstered by thicket of arugula, patches of lamb belly, quinoa…
Jasmine Listou has been turning out mini donuts to crowds all over Denver from a conveyor belt contraption housed in a trailer painted turquoise. Now, she’s taking her mobile act to a permanent shop in the mountains. Listou just signed a lease on a Copper Mountain outlet, where she’ll open…
Last night’s Justice League of Street Food Halloween party attracted more than a few costumed grubniks to food truck HQ: 29th and Huron. Westword photo intern Hunter Stevens brings back these memories…
If you’ve been following this blog, then you know that we announced a contest a few weeks ago, where we asked Cafe Society readers to suggest a name for the new street food pavement feast at Civic Center Park, which is already home to Tuesday’s Civic Center Eats. The expanded…
Winemaker Peter Franus holds a journalism degree from the University of California at Berkeley — and his collegiate proximity to Napa Valley ended up being pivotal to his career choice, which is winemaking. His first wine, a zinfandel, was produced in 1987, and Franus has been creating delicious wines ever…
J’s Noodles & New Thai, the venerable curry joint at 945 South Federal Boulevard, originally opened by Jit Nabangchang nearly twenty years ago, has already gone through one name change when it morphed from simply J’s Noodles to J’s Noodles & New Thai, and now the humble space has altered…
If you’re taking a road trip back east, make sure you stop in Champaign, Illinois, where you can try to wrap your hands around one of the biggest sandwiches around. The Fat Sandwich Company specializes in, yes, fat sandwiches, and the fattest of all is the Big Fat Ugly. This…
I was at Lotus of Siam, one of Lori Midson’s favorite restaurants in the world (and she’s right — too bad it’s in Las Vegas), eating and catching up on my Westword reading, when I found this report by Michael Roberts on a Thai restaurant group much closer to home:…
On Halloween weekend, Qdoba is treating families — and it’s no trick. With the purchase of a regular entree, any Denver-area Qdoba will give you a free kids’ meal. The offer is good today through Sunday at all 45 area Qdoba store– including the very first Qdoba, at 550 Grant…
The Avery Tap Room, 5757 Arapahoe Avenue in Boulder, is promising “Scary Good Beer” at this year’s Demonic Halloween Celebrations. Keep reading for the full lineup of weekend events…
Just got word that a production crew from Diners, Drive-ins and Dives has touched down in Denver, and for the next week, they’ll be lugging their camera equipment all over the Mile High City and Boulder, amassing footage for a future episode of the popular Food Network show hosted by…
Earlier today, we offered you a chance to eat free at tonight’s Justice League of Street Food party, simply by telling us, in five words or less, why you deserve the prize. As usual, many of you rose to the occasion, but this time, one entry was set apart…
For those of you who can’t fathom patronizing a pizza joint that doesn’t bring the goods right to your door, a new world is about to open up: the Wazee Supper Club, 1600 15th Street, is rolling out delivery. There are some restrictions, though…
