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:…
I’m not actually going to make you guess, because his food was wrapped in plastic and I didn’t have a camera anyway, but I will relay the story: Bill Ritter loves him some Senor Burritos…
The proposed class-action lawsuit against Yelp we described earlier today is gonna be ugly. The guy who’s going to make it that way is Jared Beck, a Harvard grad who plans on being the bulldog here. The Miami lawyer — who also practices in California, where the suit was filed…
There are foods we eat only out of sheer nostalgia. Foods that, like cigarettes, probably take a sliver of your life away every time you consume them. But really? Totally worth it. Not only because they taste (for the most part) like what you remember from childhood, but because eating…
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…
The Vine Street Pub, which is celebrating the last few days of its annual Stout Month, is an unusual place to get a beer. Unusual because of the high highs and low lows. It offers one of the most delicious lineups of homemade brews on tap in any brewpub in…
A year ago, California’s East Bay Express went public with stinging accusations that user review site Yelp engaged in shady pressure tactics to remove or bury negative reviews for businesses that advertised or coughed up sponsorships. Now a lawsuit is alleging something eerily similar. TechCrunch is reporting that law firms…
Drew Middleton Gaia Bistro 1551 South Pearl Street 303-777-5699 www.gaiabistro.com This is part two of Lori Midson’s Chef and Tell interview with Drew Middleton. To read part one of that interview, click here. Culinary inspirations: Thomas Keller. Whenever I think of him, the first thing that comes to mind is…
