Cafe Society served up five Guess Where contests last week, ranging from a pair of boba smoothies from Cowboba’s to a bowl of unimpressive lentil soup from Cafe Byblos, to a stellar plate of pork belly and mustard greens from a restaurant, whose “secret” Chinese menu is full of wonderments…
Breckenridge Brewery will release its first new seasonal packaged beer in eighteen months this January, when it unveils Ophelia, a 7.5 percent ABV hoppy wheat ale. Ophelia will replace Pandora’s Bock during the January-to-May timeframe; that beer will become part of Breckenridge’s small-batch occasional series, which it bottles in four…
On Friday, November 29, Noah French, pastry chef of TAG, will open Sugarmill at 2470 Broadway, finally unleashing the visions of sugarplums that have been dancing in his head for the past 25 years. It’s a lifelong sweet dream for French, who partnered with Troy Guard, exec-chef owner of TAG,…
The area up the street used to be full of pawn shops and dive bars — the kind of places that were once in the 1400 block of Larimer before it was transformed into Larimer Square. But now the kind of developments we’ve see there — including several of the…
The Lowry Beer Garden is hosting a Thanksgiving Food Drive to support the Denver Children’s Home through Monday, November 25. Donate five non-perishable food items at the restaurant and as a thank you, you’ll get 15 percent off your total check. In addition to helping the Denver Children’s Home, the…
Justin Brunson, chef/owner of Old Major, was raised in a farming family, so he grew up with a deep understanding of agriculture and hunting, and a strong dedication to sustainability. With an emphasis on “nose-to-tail” butchery at Old Major, no part of the animal goes unwanted; the kitchen even cures…
Last fall, when the Lancer Lounge suddenly closed, Bonanno Concepts was quick to grab the space between the flagship Mizuna and Bones and turn it into Vesper Lounge, a bar that was initially envisioned as a place where diners could wait for a table in one of those restaurants –…
Ste. Ellie, the long-awaited cocktail bar planned for the space beneath Colt & Gray, will open tonight with a roster of delicious drinks and curated wines and beers. It was almost two years ago that Colt & Gray owner Nelson Perkins announced his expansion plans: Colt & Gray would be…
November is a month to celebrate beards, ‘stashes and everything in between. The time of year formerly deemed “No Shave November” has been changed to “Movember” — in honor of “mo,” slang for moustache. There are hair- and fund-raising events around town to mark this august occasion; keep reading for…
Happy Cakes, a bakery that got its start in Highland, is opening a second location on Saturday, November 16. The new store in downtown Longmont will be giving away baked treats all day tomorrow to celebrate its its grand opening. See also: The store in downtown Longmont will be giving…
Nearly 500 beer geeks and foodniks packed the EXDO Event Center last night for Chef & Brew, an annual bash that celebrates Colorado’s craft beer scene. Seventeen local chefs, paired with the same number of brewers, battled against one another for prizes and bragging rights, the awards of which were…
Tater tots often aren’t very appealing in restaurants; they’re usually served lukewarm, too oily or not crispy enough. But when Gretchen Kurtz visited Vesper Lounge for this week’s review, she found herself popping every tot at the table. That got us thinking about other places in town that do right…
With nearly twenty breweries currently in the planning stages in Denver, it’s no surprise that some of them are going to experience bumps and bruises on the way toward opening. Factotum Brewhouse is the latest to suffer a setback. The sister-and-brother team of Laura and Chris Bruns had planned to…
Neon green relish, check. Yellow mustard, check. sport peppers and onions, check. A Chicago-style hotdog? Nope. No wieners here — just sandwiches and cheesesteaks, one of which is plopped with all the condiments that you’ll typically find on a Chicago-style frankfurter. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone…
UPDATE: We have a winner of our First Bite Boulder contest, in which we asked Cafe Society readers to answer this question: How many total meals were served during last year’s First Bite Boulder? Congrats to Katie602, whose guessed 42,000 meals. The actual number is 48,880. Katie602, we’ll send you…
Hungering for Middle Eastern food recently, we stopped by a new spot downtown, one where a helper at the counter used the same bare hand that had just put money in the cash register to pull the greens for our salad from a bag. The sight was so unappetizing that…
Mark Antonation has been eating his way up Federal Boulevard, and this week reached El Taco Velez, where he spotted an offering rarely found at Denver’s many and varied taquerias: pork tongue. “The tender and mild lengua — rich with fat and hit with a quick caramelization on the grill…
Are you ready for the holiday madness? The end of the year always sneaks up on us — much like those unwanted pounds we pack on at those holiday parties with incredible appetizers and decadent desserts. If you’d like to learn how to make some of those treats, you can…
Tonight the James Beard Celebrity Tour will stop by The Kitchen Denver; on Monday, Gather, a quarterly dinner, will celebrate chef Dana Rodriguez. See also: Chef & Brew, B2BSeen for flood relief tonight…
Before Dana Crawford got the idea of turning the 1400 block of Larimer Street into Larimer Square, the place was full of bars — bad bars, since this was Denver’s skid row. Today, Larimer Square is still full of bars, but the old denizens of the neighborhood wouldn’t recognize the…
Spirit Hound Distillery will finally reopen tomorrow, two months after it had to close when massive flooding hit Lyons, and much of northern Colorado. See also: A six-pack of dark new Colorado beers for your cold weather blues…
Vesper Lounge, which I review this week, reminds me of that AT&T commercial with the little girl competing for cutest kid. It’s not that the bar Bonanno Concepts put in the former home of the divey Lancer Lounge is competing to be cutest bar (far from it). But as the…
