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 79: Green chile cheeseburger from Cherry Cricket…
Where else, but in Colorado, does the temperature fluctuate seventy degrees in three weeks. WTF? When your new space heater craps out because it’s been running for four days without a break, it’s too cold. When your nose hairs freeze to the point of breakage upon stepping outside, it’s too…
Kenny and Kristin Johnson, the owners of KJ’s Coffee Bar, have a date with the Denver Department of Excise and License at 1:30 p.m. today, a hearing where they’ll ask that their liquor license be changed to a cabaret license, so that they can present live music on a regular…
Eric, who won the tickets to see Guy Fieri at the Paramount Wednesday night, posted this comment about the show — which we’ve pulled up so that everyone else knows what they missed: “Thanks so much for the tickets to see the Culinary Road Show. The best word I can…
For some fun with beer, head to the Avery Tap Room, 5757 Arapahoe Avenue in Boulder, at 5 p.m. tonight, when Avery will be breaking out its latest version of the Mephistopheles Stout. It will also be pouring the four previous versions, so you can taste the changes from year…
The Three Door Bistro project at 2049 Larimer Street is officially dead, but across the street at 2046 Larimer, ZanZBar Billiards finally opened on December 1. Ami Benari, who also owns Tarantula Billiards (1456 Champa Street), spent ten months renovating the former Market Central space into a pool hall/bar/restaurant. Right…
For those of you who both dream of a career as a chef and fear that you can’t make it in the big leagues… Schenectady’s first Culinary Boot Camp offers foodies professional training and exquisite dining at one of the nation’s top culinary schools at a fraction of the cost…
Tonight’s holiday beer dinner at the Wynkoop Brewing Company is sold out, but you can still enjoy some beer-infused holiday cheer with two special (non-alcoholic!) items that Wynkoop has crafted out of its ever-popular Rail Yard Ale…
Euphoria – This hop-happy beer in a can is a crowd pleaser, with its bitterly delicious dollop of hops delivered cold and crisp from aluminum rather than glass. Similar to the Celebration Ale in style, this beer more closely resembles a American style IPA along the lines of Dale’s Pale…
Are you a restaurant owner? Does your waitstaff constantly jab your guests with elbows, point when asked where the restrooms are, or, god forbid, pick their nose in plain sight of the diners? Waiting tables is a skill and the best waiters can turn a disaster into a delight. Not…
According to those in the know, a certain food personality that recently whizzed through town stopped in for a bite to eat at the joint where the above pic was snapped. No word on what he digested, but I’m hoping it wasn’t the clams. Can you guess where I’m eating?…
Julie Powell, the former blogger who cooked every recipe from Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking and then turned her hits and misses into a book of her own, Julie & Julia, was meant to take the big stage tonight in Denver, but for whatever reason (low ticket…
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…
The FDA recalls thousands of products each year, presumably so that no one gets numb to all the hysteria. But when it’s popcorn that’s been pulled from the shelves, especially during the time of year when popcorn balls and popcorn strands and big bins of popcorn, caramel corn and cheese…
This is part two of my interview with Max Mackissock, executive chef of Squeaky Bean. To read part one of this interview, click here. Proudest moment as a chef: One of the best parts about being a chef is watching people enjoy our hard work — our food — every…
Quick! First, think of the worst (but funniest!) possible food or beverage around which to stage a cook-off. Now, imagine the worst (but, again, funniest) place to hold said cook-off. Now, imagine the one celebrity chef on earth who should stay far, far away from such a debacle in the…
The Wynkoop Brewing Company, 1634 18th Street, will host a holiday beer dinner tonight pairing seasonal brews from Wynkoop, AC Golden, Breckenridge Brewing, Dry Dock, Great Divide and Odell with a special menu by chef Bart Profitt. Brewers from the guest breweries and Wynkoop’s own Andy Brown will be on…
Troy Atherton Guard, the man behind the semi-eponymous restaurant TAG, serves the best rice I’ve ever had. Yeah, rice. But this is no backhanded compliment. Rice is important — vitally so to maybe half the world. There are about a bazillion varieties of it, each one requiring its own infinitesimally…
I have fond memories of the holiday season up at 44th and Federal. The space that was then 3 Sons always featured the most over-the-top, tacky Christmas decorations in town; as a kid, I liked counting all the different decor items, especially the red bows and cherubs. The owners sold…
Last week, I wrote about a not-so-great cheesesteak. Unfortunately, I wasn’t alone in having that not-so-great cheesesteak. Laura was with me, and Laura is a woman who knows from good (and not good) cheesesteaks. I was disappointed. She was even more so. And so, in advance of the recent snow…
We’ve just scored two tickets to Guy Fieri’s “Culinary Road Show” tonight at the Paramount Theater. The meet and greet starts at 6:30 and the show begins at 7:30. Want the tickets? Be the first person to answer the following question correctly: Fieri’s first car was a Datsun 280z. He…
In case you’ve got nothing else planned for tonight and have a yen to go rub up against a whole bunch of other Denver foodies and star-fuckers, don’t forget that the one and only Guy Fieri (the restaurateur, Food Network workhorse and hair-bleach pitchman) is bringing the circus to town…
