Food & Drink

“I’ve got junkies sleeping outside my door,” Ben Parsons says, warning me to lock my car when I visit the Infinite Monkey Theorem Winery. “There are needles around here all the time.” Hmmm…sounds like a perfect place to make wine, I think. But as it turns out, it is. Because…

Some fast-food ad campaigns work because they’re funny — like the Taco Bell Chihuahua ads from the early ’90s, or the more current examples from Jack-in-the-Box, which invite us to send our respects to the fallen Jack (he was hit by a bus on Super Bowl Sunday). Other ads work…

Honey Kix General Mills Rating: A half-spoon out of four Cereal description: Petite corn orbs — some a bit oblong or misshapen, but most circular. They’re a bit darker than the light-yellow hue associated with original recipe Kix, with darker spatters meant to imply that they’ve been sprayed with sweetener…

My Pizza Peel — and yes, that’s the real name (a pizza peel is the long-handled shovel used to pull a pie out of the oven) — opens today, right on the side of the Magnolia Hotel, at 1645 Stout Street, with a slogan on the sign that promises “A…

After three years, Angel’s is now with the angels, and its sprawling space at 1630 Federal Boulevard overlooking Invesco Field at Mile High has a “for lease” sign.Although it served Mexican food, Angel’s real draws were the company and the location. And this past August, it also had an amazing…

We’re working hard to stay on top of the restaurant industry news — a challenging task in these uncertain times. Whenever we hear of restaurants opening or closing, we post it on this blog; now we’re going to start summarizing the action at the end of the month. And there’s…

The restaurant garden is so trendy, the concept is almost becoming commonplace. Potager has a garden. So does Colterra. Bistro One and Root Down plan rooftop gardens this spring.But gardens have their limitations. In a garden, you can grow fruit, herbs and vegetables.You can rep these to the public, use…

We live in a great food city. It’s not New York. It’s not San Francisco. And it shouldn’t be. Denver is more intimate and interconnected, with a culinary web stretching across the metro area. We have quirky shops, gourmet institutions, plenty of hole-in-the-wall joints and an active consumer base always…

Last week, Aubrey was off cavorting in San Diego while Liz was stuck at home, forced to sample some of the grossest candy in Candy Girls’ history. It wasn’t all fun and games for Aubrey, however, as she had promised to bring back strange and unknown treats from IKEA and…

Well, at least someone in the restaurant industry has some money now… You’ve all heard that Colorado’s own Hosea Rosenberg (chef at Dave Query’s Jax Fish House in Boulder, at least for now…) won this year’s Top Chef prize.  He walked away with a slot at this year’s Food +…

When I have a craving for sesame tofu, I head to the one restaurant that I know gets it absolutely right: Moongate Asian Grill, at 745 Quebec Street. Moongate cooks up a variety of Japanese, Thai, Chinese and Vietnamese dishes, with an extensive vegetarian selection — but I end up…

In the incredibly fast-paced life of being a college student in Boulder AND a food blogger, sometimes I simply don’t have time to make steamed vegetables, steamed brown rice and steamed tofu for dinner. But now, for those dire moments when I must eat on the run, I can refer…

In his review of Bistro One, Jason Sheehan talks with chef Olav Peterson about the delicate process of building the perfect dish. In this week’s slideshow, photographer J. Knight captures Peterson at work doing just that…

Mee Yee Lin was once the town’s best dim sum restaurant. But then competitors — including the surprisingly good Super Star Asian — moved into the neighborhood, and Mee Yee Lin moved from its original home at 3090 West Alameda Avenue to a much bigger spot at 2295 South Chambers…

Talk to me about your fish.” “The monkfish?” “Yeah.” And chef Olav Peterson of Bistro One starts talking. He talks about the beautiful lobster sauce, silky and rich and classically prepared. He talks about the mushroom risotto on which the curled fillet sat, and how, ideally, the fish ought to…

Had Steve Ells found his inspiration for Chipotle in Guadalajara rather than San Francisco’s Mission District, the result would have been Las Tortas. Instead, this spot inside a weird little strip mall/roadside plaza space that was once home to Les Delices de Paris (now at 600 South Holly Street) is…