Back in late November, when Matt Selby, the opening exec chef and a partner in the Corner House (he’s now the exec chef of Central) departed ways with majority owners and partners Scott Kinsey and James Iacino, president of Seattle Fish, the Jefferson Park restaurant closed for a few days…
Clear your calendar and unbuckle your belt: The tenth annual Denver Restaurant Week is only days away. And unlike past years, when it sprawled well into March, this time DRW is really a week long: From February 22 through February 28. (For the first time this year, there will also…
Chicken tikka masala is quite possibly the most ubiquitous Indian dish in America, and while every restaurant has its own version, I’m partial to this particular one, which is served in a copper vessel, punctuated with assertive spices and plentiful with tender bites of chicken. Can you guess where I’m…
Vitamin Cottage got its start in the mid-’50s, when Margaret and Philip Isely started a door-to-door business that emphasized natural foods. They opened their first storefront in Lakewood in 1963 and called it Vitamin Cottage because of both its healthy mission and the shop’s country-cottage appearance. Although subsequent stores didn’t…
All-V’s, a hole-in-the-wall sandwich shop that was loved for its old-school feel and its meaty subs, has closed after more than four decades on East Eighth Avenue. A sign in the window reads: “We put everything we had into All-V’s, but unfortunately it just wasn’t enough.” Another sign, this one…
“Start sessioning!” That was the cry when Session Kitchen opened last fall, and although the menu — and the portion control based on “sessions” — has been tweaked, in her recent review of Session Kitchen Gretchen Kurtz says she could still do without having to even mention “sessioning” to her…
Ace is introducing an updated menu today, with a new section of daily specials that highlight particular crowd-pleasers. “We really wanted to create that list of regular daily specials, so our guests would know what days to come in for their favorites,” says chef Brandon Biederman. See also: Best New…
Denver-based sausage-maker Continental Sausage won a 2014 Good Food Award for its bison pastrami. Added to the award that Serendipity Confections of Wheat Ridge took for its chocolate-covered butter caramels with fleur de sel, that means Colorado companies have racked up sixteen awards since Good Foods began handing them out…
Five Colorado chefs — Jennifer Jasinski (Rioja, Euclid Hall, Bistro Vendome and the forthcoming Stoic & Genuine); Justin Brunson (Old Major and Masterpiece Deli); Paul Reilly (Beast + Bottle); Steve Redzikowski (Acorn and Oak at Fourteenth); and Bill Greenwood (Beano’s Cabin) — have been tapped to compete in Cochon555, the…
Wit’s End Brewery celebrated Valentine’s Day this by pairing the holiday’s most iconic food, chocolate, with one of Denver’s big loves: craft beer. Our photographer Danielle Lirette was at the Chocolate and Beer pairing to capture this sweet, sweet event. See also: Beer dinners, beer festivals and a visit from…
Pliny the Younger, which Beer Advocate ranks as the second-best beer in the world and which Rate Beer ranks as the third, will return to a select few Colorado bars and restaurants this month, where it will be quickly tapped amid much excitement and disappear even faster. Made by California’s…
I really, really wish that I could be as enthusiastic about the food at this quirky Korean restaurant as the chef who served it to me. But while he couldn’t have been more accommodating, jambalaya, Korean or otherwise, should have a modicum of flavor — and some heat — neither…
“Our food is addictive, and our concept is fresh!” exclaims the website of Teriyaki Madness, a Las Vegas-based, fast-casual chain that focuses on scratch-made teriyaki sauces lobbed on proteins like chicken, pork, beef and tofu. “Teriyaki Madness is the frenzy experienced by our raving fans who desire to have our…
Cafe Society dished up four Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a lime-kissed shrimp ceviche, courtesy of Taqueria 7 Salsas, to a lackluster plate of pulled pork and sausage links from Moe’s Original Barbecue to a Goliath-size lamb shank from a restaurant whose new chef is doing everything right…
Its menu boasts that Mexico City Lounge has been family-owned for over forty years — and every year shows in the depth of flavor this modest kitchen gives its green chile (offered hot or mild), its fried tacos, its steak and breakfast burritos, even that squeeze bottle of salsa. Although…
First the lines formed outside Dunkin’ Donuts, which opened on Broadway last September. Then they moved to East Colfax for Voodoo Doughnut’s opening in December. And on Friday, the crowds descended on the three locations of Trader Joe’s that finally opened in metro Denver. See also: Slide show of Trader…
The start of Denver Restaurant Week is still six days away. Before you plunge into that annual eating orgy, there are still plenty of delicious events on the culinary calendar. Here’s just a taste of what’s on tap. Front Range Brewing Company will host a Brewmaster Dinner, the second of…
This week in Cafe Society, Gretchen Kurtz reviewed Session Kitchen, the restaurant that the Breckenridge-Wynkoop group opened last fall in the former home of Izakaya Den. Lori Midson talked to Caitlin Mandigo of City Bakery about what it takes to bake bread for a living — and at altitude –…
Clear your calendar and unbuckle your belt: The tenth annual Denver Restaurant Week is only a week away. And unlike past years, when it sprawled well into March, this time DRW is really a week long: From February 22 through February 28. (For the first time this year, there will…
The Wynkoop Brewing Company presented its inaugural Masters of the Brewniverse Beer Festival and Brewery Pageant on Thursday night at the Oriental Theater. Guests got to sample lots of beer from more than fourteen breweries while watching reps and brewers from each brewery compete on stage for the crowning title…
When Mayor Michael Hancock’s office announced that it would be sending green chile from the Original Chubby’s, as well as other local Mexican restaurants, to the mayor of Seattle to pay off a Super Bowl bet, we were concerned: Did the mayor mean the original Chubby’s, the restaurant on West…
Lines formed hours before the doors opened this morning, but Denver has been waiting much longer for Trader Joe’s, the famous West Coast grocery store chain, to arrive in Denver. And today, three stories opened simultaneously in the metro area — one in Boulder, one in Greenwood Village, and one…
