There was no morning sun on Saturday, the day that Elise Wiggins (above), executive chef of Panzano, had picked for her lunch and cooking class at Bear Mountain Ranch, the 100-acre parcel of land in Genesee that’s grazing territory for the Black Angus steers that Wiggins is buying for her…
I love breakfast. It is, indisputably, one of my six favorite meals of the day. But I’ve always had a problem with breakfast, too: It generally doesn’t come with enough alcohol. Oh, sure. There are bloody Marys. The beautiful people have their mimosas and their straight champagne. And Irish coffee…
Denver’s apparently getting a fifth gastropub — and that could give Jason Sheehan a major case of indigestion, as you know if you’ve been following his gastropub rants right here on Cafe Society. As we reported last month, Denver’s three existing, self-proclaimed gastropubs — Jonesy’s, Argyll and Colt & Gray…
It could have the oddest name ever: Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids and Solids. But don’t let that deter you from trying out this restaurant — because the liquids will come out of 43 craft taps. “This is an authentic craft beer bar right down to the keg-based fountains,” says…
8 Rivers, Scott Durrah’s modern Caribbean restaurant that opened last October at 1550 Blake Street (after a successful stint in a much smaller spot at 3609 West 32nd Avenue, now occupied by Venue), is changing its hours for the winter. And they’re very ishy. The restaurant, which also bills itself…
The menu description in the above snap obviously never went through a menu Spellcheck. The more I look at it, the more I laugh — I have this image of some 400-pound linebacker with bulging muscles sitting on the pot eating chips, and daydreaming about getting laid instead. Have your…
The Cru Wine Bars in Larimer Square (1442 Larimer Street) and Park Meadows (8433 Park Meadows Drive) are serving up a special four-course dinner paired with Spanish wines to celebrate Columbus Day tonight.The dinner includes shrimp en escabeche, a warm spinach salad, beef tenderloin and spicy sausage, and rice pudding…
It’s almost time to get serious about pumpkins — but Aurora’s annual Jack-o-Launch at its Pumpkinfest is pretty much all fun and games. The pumpkin-launching teams are competing to dress weirder and, of course, chuck a pumpkin farther than their competitors. Today’s fall festival also features hay rides, a pumpkin…
What you might have missed this week on Cafe Society while checking out Jason Sheehan’s top ten places on 17th Avenue to swell your belly. Lori Midson got a sneak peak of Sean Yontz’s new restaurant space during a sit-down with the Sketch, Mezcal and Tambien executive chef, who’s also…
I want to make myself absolutely clear here: I hate the word “gastropub.” Just to be sure, I’m going to repeat that: I hate the word gastropub. Got it, everyone? The word. Words are my business. I take them very seriously. And as far as words go, gastropub is a…
While cheering the Rockies on to victory tomorrow at Coors Field, why not check out the stadium’s newest and most unusual concession location: the gluten-free stand behind Section 147 on the left-field concourse (near the in-stadium playground). Believed to be the first of its kind in Major League Baseball, the…
Although some people think that mint juleps should only be imbibed in the summer, I disagree. Wholeheartedly. So when I saw a mint julep on the menu at this establishment that’s trying to make a name for itself with an impressive whiskey selection, despite the chilly weather outside, I ordered…
Some people just can’t get enough pork. If you’re one of those people, head to Cook Street School of Fine Cooking, 1937 Market Street, for “Pleasures of the Pig.” The dinner, originally scheduled for October 9, has been moved to October 23, and will feature cider-glazed pork shoulder, potatoes lyonnaise…
Ben Ali, co-founder and namesake of Ben’s Chili Bowl in Washington, D.C., died Wednesday night at the age 82. Thursday morning, his joint — the one that he has run for 51 years with his wife, Virginia, and their extended family, the one that has fed everyone from politicians, actors…
Steve Abo — you know, the guy behind eighteen Abo’s Pizza stores throughout Colorado — is using some of the dough he’s pocketed from tossing millions of pies to open a new restaurant that won’t have anything at all to do with pizza. Abo plans to open Circle, a “Continental…
The inn at Gold Hill, ten miles up from Boulder, has been around about as long as Colorado has been a state. Poet Eugene Field stayed there, and described his visits in “Casey’s Table d’Hote,” the first poem in his 1889 book A Little Book of Western Verse. Oh, them…
When Olivea opened in May at 719 East 17th Avenue, it immediately earned a spot among the top ten restaurants on 17th Avenue, which has become a real restaurant row. Below, nine more places to brake for food along 17th…
It’s Friday morning. Where are your pancakes? If you can pinpoint the exact location of the pancake in the above pic — which on further examination, looks like a distorted Halloween mask, what with those freaky butter eyes (not intentional, by the way) and rivers of syrup that somehow managed…
Colorado Bartenders Guild (COBG) is looking for bartenders with noggins full of gin ideas for the Hendrick’s Gin Cocktail Competition. To enter, a bartender needs to concoct a cocktail that includes the base spirit of Hendrick’s Gin (at least 1.5 ounces), with a maximum of seven ingredients (one can be…
Dylan Moore already runs a couple of this city’s most engaging restaurants: Deluxe at 30 South Broadway, one of the (very) few examples of intelligently designed, historical California cuisine done right in Denver, and right next door at 32 South Broadway, Delite, which offers a kind of Deluxe-lite menu (a…
There are places to meet friends for drinks … and then there are bars, my friends. Places where the drink is the thing, and the goal is drunk. That in mind, there are some TV bars where you just wouldn’t want to be, like Rosie’s from M.A.S.H. (bad booze near…
Just got news from the Rocky Mountain BBQ Association that Mike McCrea of Big Mike’s BBQ, at 8751 Pearl Street in Thornton, died on Tuesday night. McCrea had been injured in a flash-over from a propane tank in late September and spent that Friday night in an ER in Grand…
