The company behind Woody’s Chicago Style hot dog stands wants to give away the store — or at least one of the stores. CEO Kristen Meyer has created a contest that will give away a franchise as a prize. “Our intent is to just grow our business on behalf of…
“Gimme your best seasonal on tap,” I request as I belly up to the handcrafted bar at Twisted Pine Ale House (3201 Walnut Street, Boulder). Bartender Jody Valenta slides a sample of her favorite seasonal, Hoppy Man, across the planks and I can see why she digs it. (Check back…
Next month, Adrews McMeel Publishing is releasing Steak with Friends, a new cookbook from Rick Tramonto, a celebrated Chicago chef and cookbook author. The cover of that book isn’t of Tramonto decked out in his starched whites, nor is it a choreographed studio shot of embellished plates from his Chicago…
Samir Mohammad, exec chef of the Village Cork, and the mouthpiece in this week’s Chef and Tell interview, has spent the last few months expanding his menu, which now includes, among other winners, a slow-cooked tomato and garlic salad with scratchmade ricotta. “It’s an incredibly easy recipe that you can…
“I was on tour with U2 in 1997, and I woke up one morning and I had lost my eyesight by like 50 percent,” remembers Rage Against the Machine drummer Brad Wilk. “I just felt horrible — like I had a hangover, but I hadn’t been drinking.” When he finished…
Tomorrow from 1 to 4 p.m., Wynkoop Brewing Company, 1634 18th Street, presents Kegs & Curds, a tribute to beer-and-cheese pairings which seem to have suddenly become rather popular. There will be samples of 25 Colorado, U.S. and Belgian beers thoughtfully paired (by the brewers) with twenty gourmet cheeses, courtesy…
For proof that there’s no such thing as too many dessert bars, look no further than Après Dessert Bar at Generous Servings, a Highland confectionery at 3801 West 32nd Avenue. Sisters Jill and Mary Brinig opened Generous Servings a little over two years ago as a small cafe and community…
Denver is a lush when it comes to beer, but that doesn’t mean the city’s been cut off. The producers of the Denver International Wine Festival & Competition for the past six years plans to hold a Denver International Beer Competition this May, followed by a June dinner that will…
Everyone knows that food tastes better when it’s made from scratch — but unless you had an older relative teach you the secret behind that flaky pie crust or savory chicken soup, you might not have the know-how necessary to put such killer foods together. Heirloom Gardens to the rescue…
How much control do you want over the meals you eat at restaurants? If your answer is “a lot,” then you’ll love tonight’s dinner at Randolph’s, 1776 Grant Street. Stop by at 5:30 p.m. to taste-test eighteen items over seven courses, and help determine what the restaurant will put on…
The U.S. Department of Labor plans to conduct investigations of the local construction and restaurant industries throughout the year, with an emphasis on overtime pay and child-labor regulation violations. Chad Frasier, district director for the labor department’s Wage and Hour Division in Denver, says that the restaurant industry has been…
An incredible story out of Charlotte, North Carolina, where a Taco Bell was robbed — not of money, but of food! Who knew that Taco Bell even served edible items? A car with three men had pulled up to the drive-thru window when one of the men pulled out a…
You know the other night when we got that wet, sloppy snow disturbance that amounted to little more than nothing? Right. Anyway, much to my chagrin, several neighborhood bars and restaurants shuttered early, which is never good news to a lush in search of her next liquor rush, or to…
As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up, in no particular order, a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com…
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. “This is really…
Samir Mohammad The Village Cork 1300 South Pearl Street 303-282-8399 www.villagecork.com This is part two of Lori Midson’s Chef and Tell interview with Samir Mohammad. To read part one of that interview, click here…
Everyone has their least favorite Easter treat–you know, the stuff you find in your basket year after year despite never liking the stuff, never eating it, and even leaving ol’ Easter Bunny a note kindly suggesting he spend a little more time on the candy aisle next year, or risk…
A second location of Tacos Rapidos, which serves Mexican fast food 24/7, opened last fall at 2345 West Alameda Avenue, thrilling hungry night owls. But apparently not everyone appreciates the new outpost…
There are plenty of reasons why you might want to plant your own kitchen garden — money and health foremost among them. But how do you go about figuring out what to plant, and how do you design your garden so that you get the same aesthetic pleasure from fruits…
Vintners blend wines made from different grapes to improve or enhance the flavors and textures of wine — and you can do the same thing at home with a little know-how and practice. Learn more from 6:30 to 9 p.m. tonight, when Vic Bourassa of Napa’s Bourassa Vineyards will host…
My discovery of Camembert took place at an unmarked crossroads — one of late adolescence and early adulthood. I could have gone either way. It was a shaky yet impressionable time. The place was Normandy, France. The year was 1973. It took an afternoon. It included a nap. It involved…
The drink: Absinthe has such a splendid, uninhibited history — inspiring Toulouse-Lautrec, Vincent van Gogh and Oscar Wilde — that it must be great, right? And more of it must be even greater, right? Wrong. For its Sazerac — known as a Shazzerac ($10) — Shazz pours on the absinthe,…
