When I first tried this beer last year, on the recommendation of a liquor-store employee, I thought I’d gotten a bottle from a batch that had been contaminated. Although it smelled like pine trees, it tasted like, well, the mold that grows on a plastic container full of spaghetti that’s…
There’s a new watering hole on Colfax. Sort of. Pete’s Monkey Bar, 717 East Colfax Avenue, opened October 2 in the space formerly occupied by Dulcinea’s 100th Monkey, the jazz-turned-jam club that was owned by Jay, Phil and Aric Bianchi (the three brothers who are also the force behind Sanchos’s…
Liver lovers are an exclusive bunch. And as a lunch special on a cold winter’s day, this steaming plate of organ meat smothered with onions and jalapenos had half of our table swooning — and the other half cringing.Can you guess where I was eating?Special bonus: Every Friday, anyone who…
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…
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. Pete and Barb…
“After all that nonsense at Primebar — those guys are the biggest scumbags ever — it was unbelievably refreshing to get a job at a restaurant that’s owned by one of the nicest guys I’ve ever met,” Max Mackissock says during our interview at Cafe Europa. Mackissock, who was the…
How cold was it last night? So cold that Barry Fey was wearing long pants. But the dining room at CY Steak, the revamped steakhouse attached to the Diamond Cabaret at 1222 Glenarm Place, warmed up fast — and not just because of the evening-gowned (at the start) girls dancing…
The call came yesterday: The Denver Department of Excise and License has approved the liquor license for the Tavern Hospitality Group’s project at the Lowenstein, in the space that had been occupied by Neighborhood Flix. THG’s Frank Schultz had gone through a series of neighborhood meetings before the postponed hearing…
From 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. today, four restaurants in Northfield Stapleton — Islamorada Fish Company, La Sandia, Ling & Louie’s and Texas de Brazil — will donate a portion of all sales to Court Appointed Special Advocates of Adams & Broomfield Counties; get more info at 303-654-3378 or www.casa17th.org…
Hiramasa, flash-seared on a hot flattop, served with yuzu, jalapeno and pop rocks. Braised pork cheek with a hard-fried quail egg balanced on top. Sushi rolls cut and plated with machine precision, filled with Maine lobster, with kobe beef, with avocado and unagi and pickled gobo root. Beef short ribs…
After stints at LoHi SteakBar and Caldonia’s, Maura Schuster is now behind the bar at Ernie’s Bar & Pizza. The place is new, but the bar is old-school, complete with a back bar salvaged from the old Armory in Greeley. And Schuster is an old-school bartender, “not a big performance/flair…
My eyes kept wandering back to the Stranahan’s cocktail with carrot juice, an ingredient that, on the surface, sounded absolutely horrible as a cocktail component. And the fact that I’m not a big (or even small) proponent of the carrot, period, only solidified my resolve to stay as far away…
There are two types of people in this world: those who are totally psyched to receive kitchen appliances as gifts, and those whose first instinct is to send the giver straight to the basement with an air mattress and a sleeping bag. (Gentlemen, it is extremely important to determine which…
The BCS Championship game is set for January 7 between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Texas Longhorns, but it’s never too early to get your party plans in order and identify the bars that will provide a friendly haven for your cheering pleasure. Here’s a rundown of where to…
There’s been a lot of discussion around here lately about all things vegan, vegetarian, cruel-free, meat-free and humane. Last week, for example, Sarah, a former vegetarian, went back to eating meat, which, of course, led to a full-tilt party for all the crazies out there in wackadoodle land . (One…
The Bruery in Orange County, California, has become one of the most recognized up-and-coming craft breweries in the country in only a couple of years, in part because of its enormous, extreme and experimental beers. And 2 Turtle Doves is no exception. Part two in The Bruery’s 12 Beers of…
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…
Apparently, there really is such a thing as a free lunch. Today, from noon to 2 p.m. Croc’s, the Mexican bar and grill at 1630 Market Street, is offering just that — and the catch is that there really is no catch. Okay, so you’ve got to keep your spending…
My recent review of Red Trolley — the Highland neighborhood ice cream shop turned hot dog parlor, breakfast bar and coffee shop — was a strange one. The ice cream (the stuff the shop was founded on) is excellent almost across the board, and while I wasn’t crazy about all…
Ali Baba Grill,109 North Rubey Drive in Golden, already serves the best hummus and most addictive baklava in the area, and owner Fiyahd Aoutabachi has already shared the wealth beyond Golden, expanding his Lebanese and Mediterranean offerings out to Highlands Ranch with a second location at 8800 South Colorado Boulevard…
The first VFW post in the country was founded in Denver in 1899, in a building in the Golden Triangle. A century later, VFW Post #1 moved around the corner to 955 Bannock Street — and attempted to recall its glory days by calling the bar Stewart’s 1899 Saloon. It…
At 6:30 p.m. tonight, Zolo Southwestern Grill, 2525 Arapahoe in Boulder, will host Tequila 101, a dinner that’s part of Zolo’s epic 151 Days of Tequila celebration. For all the delicious details, go to www.zologrill.com. For information on dozens of culinary events around town, visit our online Food & Drink…
