The Slow Food movement has been gaining momentum for years, and tonight, Arugula Ristorante, at 2785 Iris Avenue in Boulder, will host a benefit dinner for the local Slow Food chapter. You can expect local products — in fact, the Arugula staff has nicknamed the dinner, “Eating local in Colorado…
Think it’s too late to snag a seat at one of the 281 restaurants celebrating Denver Restaurant Week? Think again. As of 5:15 p.m., there were prime time spots (6:30 to 8:30 p.m.) still available all over the city, according to www.opentable.com. Here’s a full plate of what’s available:…
The highest concentration of the city’s Ethiopian restaurants reside along a lengthy stretch of East Colfax, which may or may not be the location of the above snap. My suspicion is that this isn’t going to be an easy one, so I’m handing out a clue: I’ve never been to…
Turns out that the metro area gained not four, but five new burger joints in February. That’s because Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers opened its second Colorado outlet last week at 1103 Iola Street in Aurora. The state’s s first link in the Wichita-based chain is at 2660 West Belleview…
Colorado wasn’t able to claim its second consecutive Beerdrinker of the Year title on Saturday at the Wynkoop Brewing Company, 1634 18th Street, but at least we lost to a qualified candidate from the well deserving state of Alaska. Retired Navy officer and current college administrator Bill Howell took home…
We’re the first to admit that oysters look like one of the last things you’d want to put in your mouth, but they’re pretty darn tasty — tasty enough that every year, the Jax Fish House locations in both Denver and Boulder celebrate an entire week of oyster-loving. Boulder’s Oyster…
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…
Italy has officially descended into culinary hell with its sponsorship of the new McItaly Burger. Although Luca Zaia, the Italian minister of agriculture, food and forestry policies, insists that all of the items in the burger are sourced locally, giving a boost to local farmers, this fast-food item is still…
Lots of opening and closing action in February (with the promise of more to come). Last month’s roll call:…
Vine Street Pub doesn’t make its own beer on site at 1700 Vine Street — not yet, at least — but it certainly knows how to brew up fun, as it proved with Saturday night’s celebration of a batch of home-grown chops, the culmination of Stout Month at Vine Street…
Cafe Society served up just three Guess Where I’m Eating/Drinking contests last week (along with a bonus post on where Governor Bill Ritter grabbed lunch on Thursday: Senor Burritos), but that was enough to fire up the comments and conversation. For correctly identifying the Tamale Kitchen plate (and doing so…
Today marks the start of Oyster Week at Jax Fish House at 928 Pearl Street in Boulder. For those of you who have never experienced an Oyster Week before, here’s what to expect:…
Think it’s too late to snag a seat at one of the 281 restaurants celebrating Denver Restaurant Week? Think again. As of 5:15 p.m., there were prime time spots (6:30 to 8:30 p.m.) still available all over the city, according to www.opentable.com. Here’s a full plate of what’s available:…
There’s a new burger, beer, rings and fries joint in town that’s quickly becoming a favorite hangout for westsiders. It’s the kind of bar where everyone knows everyone else, if not within the first five minutes, certainly within the first ten. And if the burgers don’t bring you back, the…
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…
“Sweet enough for you?” asks Kathleen Kenny Davia, co-owner of Gateaux, the French bakery at 1160 Speer Boulevard. She was referring specifically to the white chocolate peach torte, which she identified as one of the sweeter selections from their pastry case. Honestly? We found the sweetness level for all of…
Just got the following sad farewell note from Elizabeth Plotke-Giordani, owner of Campo de Fiori, the subterranean Cherry Creek Italian restaurant at 300 Fillmore Street, which will close after a final throwdown party on Saturday, March 6…
Bombay Bowl, 12023 East Arapahoe Road in Englewood, is celebrating one year in business on Monday — but its customers are the ones who will get the present. Between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. on March 1, anyone who purchases a soda or naan bread bread will get a free…
Mountain Dew is back in the news, after America’s beloved acidic beverage helped Indiana truck-driver Jason Pede survive three days in an SUV stuck in a southern Colorado snowbank. And how does the state honor this drink’s heroism? On March 1, it will start taxing sales of Mountain Dew, which…
After a sneaky and very successful soft-opening yesterday, Deluxe Burger will definitely open its doors at 5325 East Colfax Avenue wide tomorrow at 11 a.m. And if you stop by today, you may get lucky, too. Deluxe Burger is a joint project between Dylan Moore, chef/owner of Deluxe and Delite…
Before the home-brewing renaissance, there was moonshine, otherwise known as illicitly (or downright illegally) distilled corn whiskey, the granddaddy of do-it-yourself drunkenness. These days, you can still find moonshiners if you know where to look. Which is what author Max Watman did for his book Chasing the White Dog: An…
Think it’s too late to snag a seat at one of the 281 restaurants celebrating Denver Restaurant Week? Think again. As of 5:15 p.m., there were prime time spots (6:30 to 8:30 p.m.) still available all over the city, according to www.opentable.com. Here’s some of what we found:…
