Food & Drink

Every time I drive by Palais Casablanca — which is often several times a day — there’s rarely, if ever, a single car in the parking lot, and on the various occasions when I’ve poked my head through the door, the dining room, with its plush pillows and traditional floor…

The Baker Street Pub & Grill in Boulder closed its doors over the weekend, after four years of operation. See also: 25 things you never knew about Dwight Long, bartender at My Brother’s Bar…

The kid was hankering for seafood, and so was I, so we ended up here, where we eagerly polished off five pounds of shrimp, clams, mussels, crawfish and crab, along with plenty of potatoes, corn and sausage, all of it seasoned with Cajun spices. We came, we feasted, we made…

UPDATE: We have a winner of our Mateo “Provence to Lyons” flood relief benefit contest, in which we asked Cafe Society readers to tell us, in twenty words or less, why they’re craving a spectacular meal. Congratulations to Matt Reilly, whose words won us over. Matt, we’ll send you an…

Toast is best known for its pancakes and French toast; the eatery boasts six different varieties of French toast and almost a dozen sweet pancake offerings (including a pancake “flight” that will allow you to sample several). But for those brunch-eaters who are seeking something on the more savory side…

The new spread fast yesterday: Little Shanghai has closed, after close to forty years on South Broadway. Ching Lei and her husband, Kim, had opened the restaurant in 1974, and in its heyday it had the strong support of regulars and hosted such out-of-towners as the Rolling Stones. But times…

Colorado restaurants have come together to help those who have were victims of the floods — and tonight there are two ways to support flood relief in Boulder. See also: Photos: Chautauqua Dining Hall unveils a new look for the historic building…

Some people sit on the beach and drink beer. Others sit on the beach, drink beer and make life plans that will leave no time for beaches — but plenty of time for beer. Ian Clark is definitely the latter kind of guy. “I had a goal of, by thirty,…

Years ago, when the Rolling Stones were in town to play a Denver concert, they ate at Little Shanghai, a South Broadway stalwart serving authentic — and Americanized — Chinese food, and during the past 39 years, just about everyone else ate there, too, including us, always saving belly room…

Vietnam Grill, our Best Vietnamese Restaurant in the Best of Denver 2013, closed abruptly last month, shortly after we featured Mark Antonation’s review of the place in A Federal Case, and was replaced almost as quickly by Lotus Vegetarian. Danielle Lirette stopped by the new restaurant, and sent back these…

One of my go-to vegetarian Indian dishes is lentil stew, or dal, and at this Indian restaurant, the hearty stew, rich with ghee and the color of rustic gold, emits bold aromatics that drift through the dining room. It’s a dish, that for me, defines the essence of autumn, my…

Earlier this year, in late April, Strings, the Uptown restaurant that the late Noel Cunningham opened 27 years ago, closed after Cunningham’s widow, Tammy, who had been running the restaurant since Cunningham’s untimely death in 2011, made the decision to sell the beloved restaurant to Frank Day, founder of Concept…

Japango, a cramped sushi restaurant on Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall, closed its doors this summer for a quick remodel. Now it’s back in business with a lot more space and couple of cool additions. See Also: Up two Dunkin’ Donuts, down two Steak ‘n Shakes — our Restaurant Roll Call…