Every time I drive down a certain stretch of asphalt, I pass by a dusty parking lot with a dilapidated truck and a huge smoker that emits the scent of barbecue. Over the weekend, my curiosity got the best of me, and I stopped to get a closer whiff –…
Livability.com, a website that takes readers on a sojourn of America’s Best Places to Live and Visit, just released its list of the “Top 10 Foodie Cities” of 2014 — a roster of allegedly restaurant-strong cities that “strongly support local farmers, showcase regional cuisine and provide residents with bountiful opportunities…
As the private chef for some of the young athletes — and their families — that he trains as a swim coach at the Denver Country Club, Ryan Gannon knows healthy food. But it is his job as the Curtis Club’s cold kitchen chef that has helped him refine the…
Cafe Society served up five Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a fat al pastor burrito blanketed with green chile from Socorro’s to a delicious Korean feast from Han Kang to a boozy whiskey-and-berry cocktail from a burger joint…
The heavens above blessed the site of Great Divide Brewing’s future location on Saturday afternoon by unleashing a dramatic rainstorm on the brewery’s twentieth anniversary party. But the rain couldn’t dampen the celebratory atmosphere as Great Divide welcomed the public to what will eventually be a massive production brewery, along…
This week is brimming with events for culinary enthusiasts. In addition to several beer and wine dinners (some with special guests), the Kitchen’s newest location will celebrate its opening, LoDo bites will give guests a chance to experience the taste of one of Denver’s hottest neighborhoods, and there will even…
This week in Cafe Society, Gretchen Kurtz reviewed one of a handful of new ampersand-branded restaurants in Denver, Olive & Finch, where she enjoyed some of the French-inspired fare — but found the fast-casual set-up a little too casual. In Chef and Tell, Chef DJ Nagle of Humboldt discusses geeking…
On Thursday, June 26, 24 local restaurants will battle it out for taco supremacy in the inaugural Top Taco Denver showdown, a benefit for the Colorado Restaurant Association’s Education Foundation ProStart scholarship program. The event, which unfolds in Sculpture Park, located just behind the Denver Center for the Performing Arts,…
On Wednesday night, seventeen chefs from across Denver convened on the patio of Elway’s Cherry Creek for the Hot Rocks Griller Challenge, an annual benefit — and one of the best food-related events of the year — for the Denver Health Foundation’s male-based programs. The chefs, all of whom created…
Craft breweries across the country will begin registering for the Great American Beer Festival next Tuesday, but the Brewers Association has completely changed how the process works in order to avoid the ugly situation that developed in 2013. So many breweries tried to enter last year that all of the…
This restaurant has gone through several changes since it first opened, morphing from a vast space with a center island of prepared foodstuffs to a full-fledged restaurant that’s feeding enthusiastic crowds. And the beef-and-onion samosas, served with lemon wedges and a duo of tamarind and cilantro chutneys, are a definite…
Three years ago, sausage czar Jim Pittenger opened Biker Jim’s Gourmet Dogs, his brick-and-mortar on Larimer Street that followed several years of unrivaled success pimping game-changing dogs from a long-standing cart on the 16th Street Mall. And now Pittenger, whose famous fat wieners slapped with cream cheese and Coke-soaked onions…
After fifteen years the Hard Rock Cafe was looking like a fossil, especially as new restaurants — Lime, Grimaldi’s, 5280 Burgers — joined the lineup at the Denver Pavilions. So this link in the national chain just went through a major upgrade, a floor-to-ceiling makeover of the 11,000 square foot…
From chef competitions to chocolate festivals to a crawfish boil, there are plenty of events to indulge in this Father’s Day weekend — and you might even want to take Dad to one or two. Keep reading for a taste of what’s on the culinary calendar. See also: DJ Nagle,…
Gustavo Arellano, author of Ask a Mexican and a big fan of Den-Mex cuisine, has burritos on the brain these days, “and not just because of the whole pendejada involving Chipotle putting short stories by authors on its cups and bags…none of whom are Latinos,” he says. “While America loves…
Sometimes, the journey is worth the reward. You want the destination to be like it is in the brochure. You want a return on your investment. You may find yourself in a remote part of town, thinking, “Where the heck am I?” What good thing could possibly be out here?…
Who says that suburban restaurants have to bow down to the chain-ganged masses? In the case of this further afield restaurant, which recently boasted a plate of fantastic arancini, coupled with head-on shrimp, the kitchen turns out terrific foodstuffs that make even city folk leave their sheltered boundaries. Can you…
When Olive & Finchopened in December, the French café-inspired eatery came as a surprise to fans of chef Mary Nguyen’s previous restaurants, Parallel Seventeen and Street Kitchen Asian Bistro. At Olive & Finch, she traded pho for prosciutto, black bean stir fries for breakfast burritos, and tuna rolls for tartines…
Colfax Avenue may be the longest street in America, but until Mu Brewery opened last weekend in Aurora, none of its 26 miles was graced with a craft brewery. The last beer-maker with a Colfax address was an outlet of the Florida-based Hops Grill & Brewery chain, but that company…
DJ Nagle Humboldt: Farm, Fish, Wine 1700 Humboldt Street 303-813-1700 humboldtrestaurant.com This is part two of my interview with DJ Nagle, executive chef of Humboldt: Farm, Fish, Wine; the first installment of our chat ran yesterday. Most noteworthy meal you’ve ever eaten: When I was a young cook working at…
The World Cup starts today, and to help get you in the spirit — and the spirits — this week we posted our list of six brilliant places to watch the World Cup. But some readers found our roster less than brilliant. Where was The Armoury? The Abbey? Conor O’Neill’s…
Hungry this morning? The Kolache Cabin is now camped at the intersection of Alameda and Santa Fe, where it sells a wide variety of breakfast and lunch pastries that take the traditional kolache on quite a trip. See also: Ten food trucks to follow in Denver this summer…
