Lechuga’s, one of the last old-school red-sauce joints lingering in the once Italian-heavy Lower Highland neighborhood (LoHi to hipsters, but simply the northside to longtime residents) has been sold and is throwing a retirement celebration for owners Chuck Lechuga and Rachael Vigil tomorrow. The Lechuga’s building — with its parking…
On Sunday, September 7, 2014, Westword will host its twentieth annual celebration of the Denver dining scene, DISH, in Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, where many of the favorite restaurants of Cafe Society writers and readers will be serving delectable dishes.Interstate Kitchen & Bar, for example, will…
On Sunday, September 7, 2014, Westword will host its twentieth annual celebration of the Denver dining scene, DISH, in Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, where many of the favorite restaurants of Cafe Society writers and readers will be serving delectable dishes. Dae Gee, named Best Korean Restaurant…
Two bi-partisan groups of Colorado lawmakers — a crew that is often woefully unfamiliar with this state’s craft-beer industry — will make their way to a pair of breweries this week as part of a program created by the Colorado Brewers Guild called Hop the Vote. A team of state…
Being a restaurant critic is a bit like being a colander. Every time I enter a restaurant, I’m filling myself up, both literally and figuratively, with thoughts about everything from how the sauce tasted to lighting and noise levels to whether or not the server knew his stuff. When it’s…
“If it’s not right, it’s wrong.” Those are the words of wisdom that chef Brady Marcotte of Table Top, which opened this summer in Park Hill, learned from Steven Redzikowski, chef and co-owner of Boulder’s Oak at Fourteenth and Acorn in Denver. Marcotte, who worked for Redzikowski for two years…
Brother and sister duo Paul and Aileen Reilly can often be seen pouring their heart and soul into every aspect of Beast + Bottle, Aileen running the front of the house while Paul heads the kitchen. Known for its in-house butchery program, the restaurant has a whole pig delivered to…
To close out a month of eating barbecue for Ethniche, Mark Antonation visited a new spot, 3 Sons BBQ, that occupies an address with a long barbecue history, since it was once home to M&D’s Cafe. Although 3 Sons might not live up to that legendary spot, he still found…
Reservoir Dogs, Quentin Tarantino’s debut film, features a colorful cast of characters and some iconic scenes that the culinary team at the Alamo Drafthouse have translated from film to the language of food for a a four-course beer dinner accompanying a screening at 7 p.m. tonight. See also: Slow Food…
Range 918 17th Street 720-726-4800 Like the Great American West implied by its name, Range is a place with big ambitions. These are hinted at in the shiny metallic banquettes (gold fever?) and the walnut communal tables sized in anticipation of crowds. They’re also implicit in the fact that Range,…
Stranahan’s Colorado Distillery may be owned by spirits giant Proximo, but that doesn’t stop the whiskey maker from continuing its tradition of bringing in volunteers to help with bottling. Rather than exploiting free labor, Stranahan’s provides lunch and a bottle of the barrel-aged spirit to take home in exchange for…
On Sunday, September 7, 2014, Westword will host its twentieth annual celebration of the Denver dining scene, DISH, in Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, where many of the favorite restaurants of Cafe Society writers and readers will be serving delectable dishes. Like Fooducopia, an eatery that’s shipping…
The inaugural Boulder Craft Beer Festival took place last Saturday in West Central Park, where twenty Boulder County breweries, old and new, poured their creations. The festival, produced by Downtown Boulder, Inc., included live music, food and lawn games. Westword photographer Brandon Marshall was there to catch the action. Take…
Pizza in some form — a disk of baked dough with a few toppings — has been around since probably the dawn of agriculture, while pasta in Italy dates back to as early as the 13th century. Tomatoes, on the other hand, didn’t make it to the land of San…
On Sunday, September 7, 2014, Westword will host its twentieth annual celebration of the Denver dining scene, DISH, in Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, where many of the favorite restaurants of Cafe Society writers and readers will be serving delectable dishes. Like Glazed and Confuzed, for example…
Slow Food USA is about more than just cooking and enjoying good food while decrying the downfalls of the average American diet. According to Krista Roberts, director of Slow Food Denver, the organization is committed to “good, clean, and fair food.” As part of that mission, the organization created C.A.F.E…
Beer to go is nothing new in Colorado: Most breweries sell glass, plastic or stainless steel vessels, known as growlers, that they fill right from their tap lines. But some of those containers have developed a reputation for being too big, unwieldy or worse — for letting their contents go…
On Sunday, September 7, 2014, Westword will host its twentieth annual celebration of the Denver dining scene, DISH, in Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, where many of the favorite restaurants of Cafe Society writers and readers will be serving delectable dishes. Like Adelitas Cocina y Cantina, for…
Summer’s end and a ripping hangover led me to a surprising, non-boozy patio this weekend. Back in May, my friends and I raved about our plans to go camping at least once a month this summer. Well, it’s nearly September and we’ve got one camping trip under our belt, so…
So this is becoming a trend: for the second time in four weeks, I’ve encountered an Ohioan running a barbecue restaurant in Denver. I get it that who wouldn’t want to come to Colorado from Cleveland or Cincinnati? — but the barbecue connection is a little more tenuous. Perhaps it’s…
The Golden Triangle is full of cultural amenities, large and small, from the Denver Art Museum to Walker Fine Art to the Clyfford Still Museum. But while you can find fine art in the area, maybe not it’s not the right spot for fine dining. That’s the theory of one…
Making cheese can be surprisingly quick and easy. Did you know that you can make fresh mozzarella in your own home in fewer than thirty minutes? Today you can llearn the tips and tricks to make this great cheese in less time than it takes to watch your favorite show…
