Now that the venerable Wellshire Inn (3333 South Colorado Boulevard), long the go-to spot for special occasion dining on the Big Three restaurant holidays, has closed down its regular restaurant service and gone event-only, a reader wants suggestions for Christmas dinner/ I generally spend my Christmases at home, surrounded by…
It’s not often that I’ll spend $17 on a burger and fries — even if the burger is a double and the fries are the grabby shoestring variety that have been responsible for an undetermined number of my butt pounds. But while both the “classic” burger and judiciously salted skinny…
Our online Food & Drink listings contain dozens of culinary events from around the state. Here’s a taste of what’s coming up this week: Monday, December 7 The Colorado Bartenders Guild will be hosting its annual toy drive at Steuben’s, 523 East 17th Avenue, starting at 8:30 p.m. Bring an…
After 25 years in its current location at 300 Josephine Street, the Cherry Creek Egg Shell will be moving this month to the former home of Mel’s, at 235 Fillmore Street. “The new, improved Egg Shell will feature an outside patio with heat lamps and a full bar,” its website…
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…
Nothing says holiday party like a tall Bloody Mary the morning after.And this one even supplies some much-needed protein and vitamins, to help you bounce back in time to enjoy all the parties ahead. Can you guess where I was drinking? Special bonus: Every Friday, anyone who gave the first…
Heirloom Gardens, the Denver-based urban farm whose founder, Sundari Kraft, was profiled by Joel Warner this past summer, is heading into winter with a series of new cooking classes. The classes emphasize basic Indian dishes, seasonal soups and breads and other scratch-made courses. The idea of from-scratch cooking is a…
It’s funny to watch the evolution of a restaurant scene from the inside; to track, over time, how the pieces all come together. The first thing any burgeoning scene needs is a solid groundwork of excellent restaurants and pretty good restaurants. A few is not enough. There needs to be…
Stoners, beware! Mary Jane’s Relaxing Soda does not contain pot. But 28-year-old soda jerk Matt Moody, the drink’s inventor, insists that Mary Jane lives up to its name. “It’s not a high, but it would be close to draw a comparison and that was kind of its nickname,” he says…
Tonight, the Flagstaff House, the landmark restaurant at 1138 Flagstaff Road in Boulder that just got a rave review from Raymond Sokolov in the Wall Street Journal, will host a special wine-tasting dinner with Andrew P. Vingiello, the owner and winemaker at AP Vin; he’ll pair his wines with a…
Want to do some good while drinking great cocktails? On Monday, December 7, the Colorado Bartenders Guild (COBG) is sponsoring its fourth annual Holiday Toy Drive at Steuben’s, 523 East 17th Avenue. “We started out with two bartenders and me and convinced about twenty of our friends to come,” recalls…
Anyone who buys a DINR deck is a winner: For $50, you get 52 cards, each offering a $10 discount at a local, independent restaurant. You can buy the decks at any Tattered Cover location or at www.eatdenver.com — but you can also win one right here. Every Friday for…
What you may have missed this week on Cafe Society while you were loudly proclaiming your allegiance to or against eating murdered animals — tasty, tasty murdered animals, particularly pig. Speaking of meat, murder and animals, Kate Kennedy issued the five most shocking food facts from Food, Inc., a controversial…
I’m not one to complain about free beer — not usually. And there was certainly nothing wrong with Rock Bottom Brewery’s delicious Blitzen ale, which the restaurant at 1001 16th Street tapped last night. But I do appreciate it when an establishment that lures me in with the promise of…
Jason Sheehan guaranteed this week’s cold snap by reviewing Red Trolley, 2639 West 32nd Avenue, which serves up all-natural ice cream with no high fructose corn syrup, artificial flavor, artificial color and trans-fats. Assuming you’re not deterred by the ice on the streets, here are nine more places to satiate…
Has anyone else noticed that the number of products claiming to make your life better seems to have spiked in recent months? And it’s no longer just about selling the idea of making your life easier or more convenient: Now it’s all about products that claim to have something to…
Sometimes the universe puts you right where you need to be, and if you’re lucky, that place has a killer happy hour, a menu you can slowly eat your way through and a staff that makes you feel like you’ve all been kickin’ it for years. The universe told me…
We snagged a sample of one of these Mile High Magic Bars from Tony’s Market not too long ago, and it was so good that we vowed to go back for more. Little did we know what was waiting for us. A bite-size sample is a deceptive representation of something…
There’s a new menu in town, and while there’s 50 or so dishes on it that I can’t wait to eat, I started the countdown yesterday with the toasted housemade mozzarella sandwich served on a wooden board. To which restaurant do I owe a debt of gratitude for taking me…
Tonight, from 7 to 11 p.m. at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (1750 13th Street), hunters, gatherers, foodies, bookies and the rest of Boulder’s earth muffins will converge to support the Growe Foundation, a Boulder non-profit that advocates healthy food choices for kids and teens and implements garden-to-table programs…
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…
Ah, the season for giving. If only it were that simple. Finding the perfect gift is like meeting your next great love — it should just happen. But when certain consumer-driven holidays (sorry, Jesus) force you to brave the crazies at the mall, it helps to have an idea of…
