Happy, at 835 Walnut Street in Boulder, just made Forbes.com’s list of America’s Best New Restaurants. “The notion of affordable, flavorful Asian dishes (primarily noodles) is nothing new, especially since the rise of chef David Chang’s Momofuku empire in New York City. But a dedicated focus on pairing unique cocktails…
On Monday, February 22, Matt Selby, executive chef of Steuben’s and Vesta Dipping Grill, will join 15 of the nation’s top chefs and mixologists in Washington DC, as part of the Share Our Strength contingent at the Democratic Governor’s Association conference. Selby, who is the chef chair for Denver’s own…
Sunday is right around the corner, so now’s the time to stock up on your favorite sweets to celebrate the big day. Yes, another big day! We’ve already got you covered for Valentine’s Day and Mardi Gras, so get ready to party down for Chinese New Year with some delectables…
Arugula Bar e Ristorante, at 2785 Iris Avenue in Boulder, celebrates its first birthday tomorrow, and owner/head chef Alec Schuler is feeling lucky about his restaurant’s first year. “It has been great,” he says, “an overwhelming positive response, considering the economy and being a first-year restaurant.”…
H Burger Denver is opening tomorrow. Really. After a three-day delay, the party at 1555 Blake Street (entrance on the 16th Street Mall) will start at 11 a.m. on Saturday, February 13, and end at 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, February 14. If all — finally — goes according to plan,…
Corks, the wine (and much more) store at 1620 Platte Street, will donate 5 percent of all sales Valentine’s Day weekend (today through Sunday) to the restoration of the historic Elitch Theatre. The storefront shop is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday…
Happy birthday, Abraham Lincoln! But you’ll get the gift if you bring a $5 bill to Randolph’s Restaurant and Bar, 1776 Grant Street, today and ask for the Lincoln’s Birthday Special: You can trade in that bill for a large cheese pizza and a soda. Get all the details at…
With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, you need to decide how you’re going to let your significant other know how much you love and appreciate his or her constant nagging, er, companionship. Chef Rahman “Rock” Harper, a past winner of Hell’s Kitchen, wants to help, and has served up a platter…
Beth Lea found her inspiration for Crepes on the Go in Europe — and brought it back to the Streets of Southglenn. Lea attended Cook Street School of Culinary Arts, and “part of the professional 180 program is to attend cooking school in Paris and in Asti, Italy,” she explains…
This just in from Deluxe Burger, the joint venture between Dylan Moore (Delite, Deluxe) and Mod Livin’ that was supposed to open February 14 at 5325 East Colfax Avenue (and has been pushing that date on billboards around town): TRUE LOVE (IN A BUN) TAKES TIME!! We spent, hours prepping…
For those who have no qualms about digging into a couple of Double Stacks, vegan cheese on pizza might sound horrendous, right up there with fake bacon. But no one’s complaining about the vegan, non-dairy Daiya cheese now offered at The Rebellion, a year-old pizza joint at 2231 South Broadway…
Denver’s Independent Network of Restaurants (DINR), the group responsible for Harvest Week and A Saucy Affair, is asking its member restaurants to spread the love…through their liquid assets as part of DINR’s Valentine’s Day Cocktail Contest. The competition, which has already kicked off, continues through Wednesday, February 10, at which…
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…
This is part two of James Mazzio’s Chef and Tell interview. To read part one, click here. What you’d like to see more of in Denver from a culinary standpoint: More chefs going out on their own and expressing their individual culinary talent rather than working for chain restaurants and…
Opus, at 2575 West Main Street in Littleton, has teamed up with the Infinite Monkey Theorem to produce a different sort of wine dinner tonight: The menu has been constructed to mirror common characteristics of many wines. Here’s a taste of the courses:…
Wine and chocolate: Two great tastes that taste great together. Peaks Lounge in the Hyatt Regency Denver, 650 15th Street, opens its chocolate lounge today; the lounge will be open through Valentine’s Day, and features four wine stations at which you can taste an array of wines paired with many…
How to know if you’re boring? Give a speech at a middle school on fruits and vegetables. There I was, droning on and on as a guest speaker, watching the kids work in their first nap of the day, heads lolling, spit dribbling, with the occasional head-jerk movements shorting out…
I’m almost never in a hurry to get drunk. Drunk is somewhere I often end up, yeah, but whenever I rush to get there, I miss all the great stops along the way — stops like More Talkative Than Usual, Can’t Stop Smiling and So Happy to Be Here (regardless…
Valentine’s Day is only a few days away, and cougars are on the prowl for cubs to nip on the nape and nuzzle into doing a cougar’s bidding. Any mellow young fellow looking for the love of a cougar should easily be able to achieve hot-tub bliss if he keeps…
Marty Meitus , former food editor at the Rocky Mountain News, writes this week about the Tasting Cafe, a pilot project she started that gives low-income children — and their parents — a taste of healthy, economical foods. See more photos by Ellen Jaskol on the slideshow page…
Two very different restaurant fundraisers this week bought a literal boatload of help for Haiti. First up: The $125-a-head, six-course meal at Rioja on Monday night wound up raising $21,518 for Project C.U.R.E., which the Denver-based non-profit will leverage into a forty-foot container of medical relief for Haiti with a…
Wen Chocolates owner William Poole is keeping busy these last few days of business. The beloved Platte Street shop is closing its doors on Sunday and Poole says he’ll be taking a month off to reevaluate the company and product. “I have a milk crate in a dark closet all…
