This is part two of Midson’s interview with Sheila Lucero, head chef of Jax Fish House. To read part one of the interview, click here. Culinary inspirations: My dad. He’s a great cook who’s got an unbelievable passion for food. I’ve always wanted to cook like him. The seasons are…
You don’t have to be a marathon runner to appreciate the relationship between food and your physical well-being. That’s the message that Deena Kastor — Olympic bronze medalist and former Alamosa resident — plans to share in a cookbook that’s not about counting calories and fat content, but about how…
Pork-chop-on-a-stick: It’s what’s for dinner. And lunch. And breakfast, if you can guess where I’m eating. Special bonus: Every Friday, anyone who gave the first correct answer to any of the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts will be entered in a pool — and we’ll pull out one lucky…
Swing Thai started serving yesterday in the Jet Hotel, 1612 Wazee Street. This fourth location of the homegrown chain took over the space left open when XO closed ten weeks ago. To make sure that Swing Thai doesn’t suffer the same fate, Buddhist monks will perform a blessing at the…
Only in Denver. Only at 1222 Glenarm. On one side, fine French food at CY Steak, Cliff Young’s new restaurant. And on the other? The Diamond Cabaret, whose emissaries have been spotted at the Stock Show, touting whiskey specials and “topless square dances” all week. And tonight only: topless bull…
Cinderblock sober and with a few moments to mull, I could probably sound intelligent on the subject of whiskey — on the differences between bourbon, scotch, single-malt, straight, blended, Kentucky, Tennessee, Irish, Canadian, Japanese, etc., as well as why it’s sometimes spelled with an ‘e’ and other times not. My…
At the Boulder Farmers’ Market a couple of summers back, John Long — round, garrulous, deeply knowledgeable about Colorado agriculture and the quintessential pig farmer — put his arm around my shoulders and led me to a booth where chefs from The Kitchen were serving his product: pulled pork on…
From 7 to 10 p.m. tonight, miniBAR, 222 Columbine Street, will host a Culturehaus Banner kick-off party, with signature cocktails and culinary treats — and 10 percent of all sales going to Banner’s budget. Tickets for Banner, the Culturehaus gala on February 6, will also be on sale…
Second Home Kitchen and Bar, the restaurant at 150 Clayton Lane in the JW Marriott, is starting off the new year with daily dishes, a new lunch deal and two new menus “with a greater focus on using locally purchased products,” according to exec chef Jeff Bolton. “For this winter…
When the Georg family closed Chinook, their longtime restaurant at 265 Detroit Street, in the summer of 2008, they promised to relocate within a few months to the new Landmark project. But now, more than eighteen months later, it looks like Chinook will never open in Greenwood Village. The space…
By spending just five more minutes on Facebook than you already waste there, you can donate to a good cause — and maybe snag some good tea in the process. To celebrate National Hot Tea month (which happens to be January), Celestial Seasonings created the PossibiliTEAS Facebook application, a quiz…
The Place: Z Cuisine Á Côté, 2239 West 30th Avenue, 303-477-1111. The Hours: Tuesdays from 4:30 to 10 p.m., and Wednesday through Saturday from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The Deal: Wines by the glass — Gascogne Blanc and a Côtes du Luberon — are served for $5; Stella Artois is…
First, the kitchen skimped on the sticks, which prompted the bartender to ponder the situation before heading back to the kitchen to haul out a few more. Things were looking up until a rather unsightly insect scuttled across the bar, which prompted me to get the hell out of there…
As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com…
“I get such an adrenalin rush when I’m in the kitchen and there’s great satisfaction in making it all happen in a very small and hot environment and having people leave happy about their decision to eat here,” says Sheila Lucero. The newly promoted executive chef of Jax Fish House,…
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. For this month’s…
Last fall, Dylan Moore revealed that for the next outpost in his empire, which already includes Deluxe and Delite, he’d be moving off that hip block on Broadway. And as this new billboard (right by Yazoo downtown) shows, Moore is partnering with Mod Living, the hip decor store at 5327…
Head to Tambien, 250 Steele Street, tonight from 7 to 9 p.m. for Beyond Jose, a free tequila tasting for women (and the men who love them); stick around until 10, when the $1 taco special starts. For more information, call 303-333-1763. For information on dozens of culinary events around…
There are a few things that I like about Boulder and many that I don’t. For example, it bothers me that Boulder exists where it does, snugged up tight against the base of the Flatirons, frantically humping the leg of a mountain range that would be that much more splendid…
Here we are in the dead of winter with 60-degree temperatures. Sweet. If only Sweet Action Ice Cream, the awesome addiction at 52 Broadway that churns out flavors like brown sugar banana, blueberry lavender, baklava and salted butterscotch and Stranahan’s caramel brickle, wasn’t taking the WHOLE MONTH OF JANUARY OFF…
Yee haw! The National Western Stock Show is in town, which means that wannabe Westerners are playing cowboy at bars all over town. But this saloon is the real thing. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Post your answer — with an actual address for this bar, or enough details…
Just got this note from an Ohio man, who needs someone with a more encyclopedic knowledge of the Denver dining scene than I possess: “My wife and I will be there the weekend of February 6. As a kid I’m pretty sure we drove through Denver on our way back…
