Food & Drink

Diane Snider Row 14 Bistro & Wine Bar 891 14th Street 303-825-0100 row14denver.com This is part one of my interview with Diane Snider, exec chef of Row 14 Bistro & Wine Bar; part two of our chat will run tomorrow. Diane Snider had her first food epiphany in the sixth…

Troy Guard is easily one of Denver’s most prolific restaurateurs, a chef-owner who, in the past year alone, has opened three restaurants: Los Chingones, Sugarmill and Guard and Grace, a trio that joins TAG, TAG|Raw Bar and Tag Burger Bar, the latter of which will multiply later this year, when…

For more than a year, Mark Antonation ate his way up Federal Boulevard. With that journey done, he’ll now explore different cuisines from around the globe right here in metro Denver, one month at a time, in Ethniche. This strip mall has a different vibe than the endless blocks of…

Cinco de Mayo brought the crowds to Civic Center Park this past weekend, where they listened to music, looked at lowriders, and ate such American inventions as the Pueblo slopper — an open-faced hamburger smothered in green chile. Authentic Mexican food? No — but then, Cinco de Mayo is not…

Jerry and Mary Ellen Spinelli have given Park Hill a taste of Italy for two decades, as well as a market that neighbors can call their own. But the couple decided two years ago that it was time to retire, and last month announced that they have sold Spinelli’s Market…

There have been several occasions where I’ve admitted, much to the chagrin of compulsive chocoholics, that chocolate isn’t my jam, but at this tiny restaurant that’s turning out some of the best food in Denver right now, I’m at the mercy of the chocolate cake…and just about everything else that…

While other bars around town were getting ready to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, Clancy’s Irish Pub was pouring its last beer on Sunday. After that, the Wheat Ridge saloon closed its doors for good; the building where it’s been housed for over four decades is slated for redevelopment. See also:…

When chef Mary Nguyen opened Olive & Finch in December of last year, gracing the Uptown neighborhood with an adorable cafe that serves breakfast, lunch, dinner and baked goods, she was determined to create a European-style, community-driven cafe and market that was reminiscent of her travels throughout Europe, where cafes,…

The Denver food truck scene will have a new addition to the fleet when the Roaming Bull Brasserie starts rolling down streets mid-May, offering “locally driven world cuisine.” See also: Ten food trucks you need to try this spring…

You could hear Jason Sheehan crying back in Philadelphia: The last outpost of Big Papa’s BBQ, the place that inspired his “I Believe” essay on barbecue that became a segment on NPR’s “This I Believe” series, has closed on East Evans Avenue. Back in 2005, in his review of that…

Metro Denver is down to just one Jammin’ Joe’s BBQ, the self-proclaimed specialist in “Appalachian barbecue.” Just two months ago Joe’s had three locations, but now it’s just left with the original Jammin’ Joe’sat 2600 High Street. See also: Photos: Jammin Joe’s BBQ is smokin’ in Wheat Ridge…

Seven years ago, on a Thursday in November, not long after Connor Gushen, a sous-chef at Vesta Dipping Grill, had moved to Denver, the scent of roasting turkeys wafted through the air. It was Thanksgiving, a day when families congregate around the dining room table and squawk about politics and…

And then there were none. Ten years ago, Big Papa’s BBQ — a homegrown chain — was smoking, with several metro locations in south Denver and the nearby suburbs. But over the years, they closed up…and now the final Big Papa’s, at 6265 East Evans Avenue, is gone, too. But…

Cafe Society dished up four Guess Where? contest posts last week, ranging from a vegan cheese plate that was consumed at Nectar House to venison ragu punctuated with spring vegetables from Vesta Dipping Grill to a Vietnamese crêpe hugging fried duck meatballs, a dish that hails from the kitchen of…

A year ago the owners of Stoney’s Bar & Grill at 1111 Lincoln Street took on the space at 1434 Blake Street that has been many, many things over the years — starting with City Spirit and, most recently, Full Steam Tavern — and named it Stoney’s Full Steam Tavern…

It take balls to swallow a twelve-inch doughnut iced with the words “Don’t be cocky.” Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to a Guess Where post — on the Cafe Society blog, not on Facebook — is entered into the contest…

The weather will be great today, making this an ideal day to enjoy a burger on an outdoor patio — maybe a green chile cheeseburger, in honor of Cinco de Mayo. But don’t head to theFive Star Burgers at Sixth and Broadway. That link in a small, New-Mexico based chain…

“Prost!” It’s the German form of “Cheers!” A way to celebrate your drinking companions. But Prost Brewing and Frisco’s Prost Fine Beer and Sausages, which plans to open a Denver outlet this month, may not be toasting each other with much gusto. That’s because there’s sure to be some confusion…