Food & Drink

David Hannes, president of the Writer Square Condominium Association, has had his hands full dealing with the ongoing renovations at Writer’s Square, which have turned the downtown oasis into a concrete desert. He lives above the restaurant that had been Zaidy’s Downtown Deli, and he’s also kept a close eye…

Zaidy’s Deli, a mainstay at 121 Adams Street in Cherry Creek for decades, opened a downtown outpost several years ago in Writer Square. It did a decent breakfast and lunch business there, but the crowds flocking to LoDo and Larimer Square in the evening — and walking right past Zaidy’s…

The three-day Denver Food & Wine Classic wrapped up on Saturday, September 12 with a Grand Tasting on the wet and sloppy grounds (thanks, rain) of Metro State College. To see a slideshow of all the fun, including some action snaps of Denver Five chefs Jamey Fader, Matt Selby, Troy…

Lucy at the Landmark, the mezzanine-level restaurant inside Comedy Works South, at 5345 Landmark Place in Greenwood Village, had closed in early July and just reopened on Thursday, September 10 after what sales manager Heidi McMillen calls a “menu redo.” It’s now a “great family-oriented, economically-friendly restaurant with American food…

Independent restaurants across town are offering specials right now to celebrate Harvest Week. This order of albondigas is one of those specials; guess where we found it?…

As we reported here last month, the space at 1320 15th Street that had been occupied by Alto, Greg Goldfogel’s Italian restaurant, has been picked up by Paul Piciocchi, who runs Tryst and Sutra Dance Bar & Lounge. And now we know what Piciocchi plans to put into that spot…

Leapin Lemurs EnviroKidz Rating: Two-and-a-half spoons out of four Cereal description: Here’s a partial list of ingredients in Leapin’ Lemurs: “organic corn meal,” “organic whole grain corn meal,” “organic evaported cane juice,” “organic peanut butter,” “organic molasses,” “organic cocoa,” “organic soy oil” — as opposed to “soy oil assembled in…

What you might have missed this week while eating peaches and honey with a steak knife…Anika Zappe, bartender at Root Down, told us about her favorite drinks and least favorite customers.Cheers!  We learned a second Toast location will open next month in Cherry Creek.Chef Mark Dym of Marco’s Coal-Fired Pizza…

Okay, so the general definition of “slider” is a person or thing that slides. Easy enough. But it’s also a popular bar food that, in the case of the slider in the above pic, certainly slid when I ate it. Topped with Kobe beef, caramelized onions and Gouda, it was…

Mark Dym, owner-chef of Marco’s Coal-Fired Pizza, 2129 Larimer Street, and the subject of this week’s Chef and Tell interview, is one of the participants in Harvest Week, which means that he’ll have a special menu that’ll pay homage to local ingredients, including Palisade peaches, homegrown tomatoes and goat cheese,…

Tony Bourdain, culinary superhero, book author, brazen, beer drinking badass, global wanderer, Food Network bully and host of the Travel Channel’s No Reservations, is lecturing his way across America, regaling sold-out audiences with stories of how he once ate the rectum of a warthog. Presumably you can encourage Bourdain to…

Cheba Hut raised a toasty toast this week when a Weld County District Court judge overturned a ruling that had denied a liquor license to the sub shop’s Greeley location. In April, Robert Frick, who rules on Greeley liquor licenses, turned down the company’s request, citing Cheba Hut’s pot-related marketing…

Beginning tomorrow and continuing through Friday, September 18, members of the Denver Independent Network of Restaurants (DINR), are participating in Harvest Week, a seven-day tribute that’s all about supporting local independent restaurants while celebrating the ingredients that grow in our back yard. “Eating locally not only helps keep the cost…