Go ahead, play with your food. For every piece of virtual bread art you make between now and June 30, the Bread Art Project will donate $1 to Share Our Strength. The Grain Foods Foundation created the Bread Art Project in 2009 to help raise awareness of hunger in America…
Ten years ago, if you went into a restaurant or grocery store and asked about gluten-free menu items or food products, no one would have had a clue what you were talking about. But celiac disease is part of our culinary lexicon now, and the Sunflower Farmers’ Market at 8601…
Up until today, I’d never met a chile challenge that blistered me into submission. Hell, I can pop habanero chiles in my mouth like they’re Skittles. But the lobito agua chiles challenge at Colorado Steakhouse & Mexican Grill, which opened on Friday, April 16 at 11961 Bradburn Boulevard in Westminster,…
Oh the places you CAN go. It’s a slogan that will be printed on the side of Boulder Beer’s new Hazed & Infused cans and part of the company’s new strategy for Colorado. “You can take cans places where you can’t take bottles: trails, pools, rivers, climbing,” says Boulder Beer…
The Place: The Coral Room, 3489 West 32nd Avenue, 303-433-2535. The Hours: Nightly from 4 to 6:30 p.m. The Deals: Draft beers are $3; Svedka cocktails are $4; Svedka martinis and all glasses of wine are $6; all appetizers are buy one, get one free…
If you take a little of this, some of that, and a lot of those from the mammoth salad bar that’s a simple prep course before the the gut-busting final, then you should also have the nearest crane company on speed dial, because a crane is exactly what you’ll need…
The owners of the Vine Street Pub have big plans – big plans and a lot of space – and they talked about both Tuesday at the restaurant’s second anniversary party. First up is a plan for the former Harry’s Chop House next door to Vine Street, 1700 Vine Street,…
No more feeling guilty, averting eye contact and mumbling excuses when you go to Natural Grocers. Unlike at Whole Foods, where forgetting your reusable totes is akin to a sin, if you forget to bring your own bags to the Natural Grocers, the worst that’ll happen is you juggle your…
Irish Snug Restaurant And Bar 1201 East Colfax Avenue 303-839-1394 www.irishsnug.com…
Denver’s got itself a new Argentinian restaurant. Viejo Domingo opened this past Saturday in the space formerly occupied by Playa de Oro at 3555 West 38th Avenue. It features a meat-centric menu of Argentinian specialties like parrilladas and milanesas, a full bar and live performances of Argentinian folklórico music every…
This is part two of Lori Midson’s Chef and Tell interview with Corey Cunningham, exec chef of Baur’s. To read part one of Corey’s interview, click here. Proudest moment as a chef: When I graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in New York. I’d been cooking for six or…
You might think that Mars — one of the world’s biggest candy companies — and sustainability would be mutually exclusive concepts. But that just means you haven’t met Howard Shapiro, the chief agronomist for Mars and the man behind the chocolate you can now taste in goodnessKnows, a snack that…
There are so many food-related events on Earth Day — some focusing on sustainability, some just happening to fall on April 22 — that there’s certain to be one that appeals to you, whether you’re a hard-core vegan environmentalist or a carnivore driving a gas-guzzling Hummer. Here’s a sampling of…
The bar where I was meeting my chefs before the show was packed. The hearth-fire lighting glowed in prisms of condensation on the windows; jackets and scarves were hanging on hooks and draped over chairs. The five of us squeezed around the corner of the wide, hickory-topped bar, aged and…
It hasn’t been a good day for aim. For the past four hours — outside of three different bars in three different neighborhoods — we’ve been trying to peg street signs with snowballs at distances of less than ten yards. The results, well, they’ve been sad. Emasculating. Indicative not just…
Yesterday was the first night the kitchen used ribeye rather than skirt steak for this dish, and the result was delicious — particularly after a margarita or two. Can you guess where I was eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I…
Like small plates and Asian fusion, street food has descended on the culinary scene like gangbusters. It’d be like plague or pestilence if it weren’t so damned brilliant, and delicious. Centro Latin Kitchen & Refreshment Palace in Boulder has embraced the trend, and its new spring menu, inspired by popular…
Read all about it: Two former Rocky Mountain News employees, John Fletcher and Tim Meyers, plan to open Denver’s newest beer house, Strange Brewing, in May. Both men were laid off by the Denver Newspaper Agency in February 2009 when the News – which was half of the DNA, along…
Boulder-based IZZE Beverage Company has added a new flavor to its fizzy, fruity family. Sparkling Guava joins eight other IZZE flavors, among them blueberry, grapefruit, clementine and lime. While most IZZE drinks can be found at various outlets around town, including Spicy Pickle, Target, and Starbucks, the new guava drink…
Oceanaire Seafood Room’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy woes have finally come to an end, with news that the upscale nautical chain has been sold to Landry’s Restaurants, Inc., the parent company of nearly 100 branded restaurants, including Simms Steakhouse, Willie G’s Seafood & Steak, the Chart House, Landry’s Seafood House and…
The Rockies are heading back to town, which means Coors Field is stocking up. In ascending order, here are the five most popular food items at the Denver ballpark (not including beer): 5. Peanuts 4. Nachos Supreme 3. Foot Long Brat 2. Super Dog 1. Rockie Dog The Rockie Dog…
Benny’s Restaurante y Tequila Bar 301 East 7th Avenue 303-894-0788 bennysrestaurant.com…
