For those of you wondering where to grab some grub around 44th and Tejon, you’re in luck. Open less than a month, Cielito Lindo, a stucco storefront at 4401 Tejon Street, is pushing Mexican eats and treats from its polished quarters tricked out with bare woods and bright tile. It…
In Nepal, momo — the small, white-flour dumplings that represent the Nepali contribution to world dumpling culture — are used as currency. Goats and yaks can be bartered for on the streets with buckets of momo. A fine woman is said to be worth her weight in momo. There’s a…
Amanda Olig moved to Colorado in August 2005, right after the annual motorcycle rally in Sturgis, South Dakota. She worked as a promo girl for Premier Image for three years doing Jameson, Kahlua and Stoli promotions, then opened the Meadowlark in January 2006. She stayed there until August 2007, when…
Perhaps the third time’s a charm. That’s what Isaac Torres is betting on when he and his father, Raul, open Saucy at 2200 Market Street in the space that formerly held Otto’s Grill (for a nanosecond) and before that, Brix. “We’re doing a family-run barbecue joint where you can get…
I spent years trying to find a decent fish fry in this city, a fish fry that would transport me, however briefly, back to the Mick-ridden streets of my youth, where Fridays always saw legions of fathers trooping home through the streets, laden with steaming bags of take-away fish and…
Frambozen is a classic Colorado holiday beer, one that has a fan club across the country and everyone who lives here should try at least once. A brown ale that pours a deep red/brown color, Frambozen is deliciously flavored with juicy raspberries that make it seem like it should be…
After almost eight years of eating in Denver, writing about Denver and dragging Denver’s gastronaut community along with me, willing or not, to every pho shop, sushi bar, French restaurant and African goat butcher I could bluff my way into, I’ve decided that it’s time for me to step aside…
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…
Beginning at 11:30 a.m. today, all metro area Jamba Juice locations are doling out free food, specifically the national chain’s California flatbreads. The four “great-tasting” (we’ll decide that) “guilt-free” varieties — Tomo Artichoko, Smokehouse Chicken, MediterranYum and Four Cheesy — will be available until 2 p.m. or until the stores…
Not that anyone needs an another excuse to eat tacos, but Jim ‘N Nick’s Bar-B-Q has declared Tuesday the day of the taco. And while barbecue and tacos may not sound harmonious on the surface, the principle behind “low and slow” cooking crosses any border. “When it comes to honoring…
Encore, the New American restaurant at the Lowenstein, 2550 East Colfax Avenue, is pouring complimentary glasses of wine from now till Christmas for its customers — but there’s a good will catch: In order to sip, you’ve got to bring a new unwrapped toy, which the staff will donate to…
Chanukah started on Friday, and the occasion called for a special brew, something that would go well with potato latkes and gelt. The answer was Jewbelation, the massive holiday beer from New York’s Shmaltz Brewing Company (makers of HE’BREW, the chosen beer). The gimmicky brand marketing for Shmaltz — its…
Want to know why food is a great beat? Because there’s always someone out there who’s gonna think of jamming a full serving of pasta primavera into a waffle cone and selling it on the street (as pictured above). Usually, these people are going to be coming from a place…
Bacon. Really, that’s all you need to know about this knockout cocktail that’s a new creation from one of Denver best cocktologists (thanks to Nancy Levine for coining that word). Shaken with Stranhan’s whiskey, bacon-infused rye and other potent poisons, its rim is is then edged with – get this…
Whether or not this is a shockingly discouraging testament to the page turners of America or Guy Fieri threatening to jam his back-ass headwords sunglasses down the throats of anyone who doesn’t purchase his books, it’s still a fact: Guy Fieri, who just dove into Denver with his “Culinary Road…
If you’re bummed because you missed National Noodle Ring day last week, take heart: Today is National Bouillabaisse Day! Not that this classic French stew needs its own day to be validated, but if you’ve ever slurped a truly wonderful bouillabaisse, you know it’s hard to beat. According to the…
The holiday season is in full swing, and there are plenty of food-and-drink events for every denomination — atheists included! See our online Food & Drink listings for dozens of culinary events around Colorado; meanwhile, here’s a taste of what’s to come this week: Monday, December 14: The second Highland…
It’s still getting its sea legs, but Den Deli and Seafood Market, the third in a mini empire of chow houses from Toshi and Yasu Kizaki, the two brothers who also run Sushi Den (1487 South Pearl) and Izakaya Den (1518 South Pearl), officially opened at 1501 South Pearl early…
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. Number 78: The Fries at Encore…
There’s something awesome at Arby’s. And it’s not the Arby-Q sandwich, believe it or not. It’s a set of three collectible Chris “Birdman” Andersen cartoon glasses, which sell for $2.49 each if you don’t order a $5.01 roast beef combo, and $1.89 if you do. The glasses are high-quality: They’re…
Long before other Denver restaurants started offering pico de gallo — or naming themselves Pico De Gallo — this Mexican eatery was making fans with its “special” salsa. Among the fans eating there Sunday night: former mayor Wellington Webb and some of his extended family and, just a table away,…
Gravy boats are waiting to sail you away to the land of bigger pant sizes this holiday. But Denver dietitian Suzanne Martin, a registered nurse with a Ph.D., says you can still enjoy waist-busting pleasures responsibly, and has served up some tips on how to navigate the holiday table. But…
