Food & Drink

You can order kung pao chicken from the menu at this Asian restaurant, which is exactly what my parents did, but the kitchen’s strengths reside in the more unfamiliar dishes like the Malaysian curry laksa, a flavor-bombed noodle-and-shrimp stew that benefits from the rich river of yolk that oozes from…

Yesterday Sean Kenyon shared 25 things you never knew about bartender Mikie Mazzotta, who works at the Squire. Kenyon’s been going to this bar for thirteen years — as long as he’s lived in Denver. “It reminds me of the dives that I haunted in Jersey City, so it definitely…

At the end of October, Samir Mohammad quietly departed the kitchen at Lala’s Wine Bar + Pizzeria, a bustling open galley of pizza, pastas and Americanized Italian food that he’d spent the past year commanding. “I left because there was a difference in views between me and the owners –…

The former home of Colorado Lace has stood empty at 200 East Seventh Avenue for years, despite being in a prime restaurant neighborhood. Or is it empty because of that? With Racines just down the street at 650 Sherman Street and Mizuna, Vesper Lounge and Bones across Seventh Avenue, neighbors…

It was my kid’s birthday over the weekend, and when you’re fourteen, spending time with your parents is about as much fun as taking final exams, so we shooed him and a friend off to their own table, while we — the embarrassing parents — squatted at the bar and…

Cafe Society dished up four Guess Where contests last week, ranging from a better-than-expected bowl of hot and sour soup from Red Coral to a potent whiskey-based cocktail, aptly named the “drunken sailor,” from Ace to a breakfast burrito packaged in (gasp!) Styrofoam from a takeout Mexican joint…

Everyone reaches a point during the holiday season when the thought of one more bite of holiday food makes you feel like never eating again. You’ll get over it — we promise — but in the meantime, there are plenty of other comfort foods that can fill you up without…

Remember the jingle “Nobody doesn’t like Sara Lee”? That double-negative motto could work just as well for Royal Dansk Danish butter cookies. Jenn Wohletz labeled that tin of cookies one of the worst Xmas foods — but it definitely has its defenders. Here’s just a taste of the responses. See…

On a cold December day, Gretchen Kurtz found plenty of heat at Thai Monkey Club, which she reviews this week. Darren Pusateri, chef of Gallo Di Nero, dishes on his favorite ingredients and favorite show — Extreme Cougar Wives — in the current Chef and Tell. And Mark Antonation’s trip…

Considering the Golden Age diners that occupied every table but mine, the absence of chile sauce on the table and a multi-page menu that reads like every other pedestrian Chinese menu, I didn’t have high hopes for the hot and sour soup I ordered at this long-standing Chinese restaurant, but…

Thai Pot Cafe, a tiny Thai place on Colorado Boulevard, is relocating to some bigger digs at the beginning of 2014, just two blocks away from its current strip mall location. See Also: Thai Monkey Club: This place is hot!…

In late October, Marc Dak, along with his wife Stacy, a St. Louis native, opened Arch Pizza in Park Hill, a joint that’s modeled after Imo’s, a celebrated, family-owned, St. Louis-based pizza chain that dispenses cracker-thin crusted pies, cut in squares and paved with Provel cheese, a blend of processed…

Here is where I confess what many would consider a sin: Up until a few weeks ago, I’d never stepped foot inside Voodoo Doughnut. I have never shoved a cock-and-balls doughnut down my throat. Old-fashioned doughnuts, sure, Glazed doughnuts. Check. Doughnuts glistened with chocolate. Of course. But not a cock-and-ball…

Old School Burgers had a lot of fans when the mini-chain started cooking in Colorado almost a decade ago, but other burger joints soon took over the market. And since the Old School Burgers at 1760 South Havana Street in Aurora turned off its grill more than two years ago,…

Ever wonder what happened to two of the Denver area’s most heralded chefs? Head to the hills, where the dining scene heats up even as the temperature cools down. That’s where you’ll find Bryan Moscatello, the chef at the groundbreaking Adega, which was the hottest restaurant in town when it…

Hundreds of restaurants have opened in metro Denver in 2013, with more hurrying to open their doors before the end of the year. Some are reincarnations of earlier restaurants, others are completely new to the scene. Many are far too new to have been reviewed — but already look like…