UPDATE: We have a winner of our Great Divide/Harman’s Eat & Drink contest, in which we asked Cafe Society readers to answer this question: How many beets are in the box in the above photo? Judging from the number of submissions, dozens of you clearly want to go this, but…
Grab your turkey legs: The Taste of Colorado will return to Civic Center Park on Labor Day weekend. This is the thirtieth incarnation of the festival, but the tradition stretches back much, much further. After the Silver Crash of the 1890s, the city introduced the Festival of Mountain and Plain…
So many breweries wanted to be a part of the Great American Beer Festival this year that all of the spots filled within two hours on July 9, a rapid sellout that stunned both organizers and the brewers, leaving 375 would-be attendees on a waiting list. But the Boulder-based Brewers…
New Belgium Brewing, which has been making beer in Fort Collins for 22 years, plans to update the look of its beer labels beginning in 2014. The new designs will take some of the “iconic and playful watercolor imagery” that the brewery has used and update it “through a modern…
The other night at dinner, after eating multiple courses, we were way too stuffed to contemplate dessert — even a cheese course, which is something I rarely pass up. Then again, that restaurant didn’t have burrata on its menu, but this restaurant does, pairing the generous portion of silky cheese…
Carrie Shores Table 6 609 Corona Street 303-831-8800 table6denver.com This is part one of my interview with Carrie Shores, chef of Table 6; part two of our conversation will run tomorrow. Despite her wispy, petite frame, Carrie Shores, the executive chef of Table 6, is a woman of massive strength…
Steak ‘n Shake fans were thrilled when they learned the popular Midwestern chain was finally, finally coming to Colorado. And when the first Steak ‘n Shake opened in Centennial in November 2011, the lines were long. These days, though, as Jenn Wohletz discovered when she recently reviewed the restaurant, it’s…
For the most recent Chef and Tell, Lori Midson talked with Marty Steinke, the executive chef at Linger. That interview inspired a lot more talk — about Steinke himself, about whether talent in Denver is overrated, and whether the title “chef” is tossed around too casually these days. See also:…
The Next Culinary Voice: Chef’s Challenge goes down tonight from 5:30 to 9 p.m. at Mile High Station, 2027 Old West Colfax Avenue. Mark DeNittis of the Rocky Mountain Institute of Meat, Jenna Johansen of Epicurean Catering, Matt Selby of Corner House and Elise Wiggins of Panzano will serve as…
Want a job working on the line at one of the hottest new restaurants in the Mile High City? You’ll have to drive past the “Devil Horse” of Denver International Airport in order to get to your destination, but my guess is that there are a lot of cooks in…
Marty Jones, who has been one of Colorado’s foremost craft beer ambassador’s for more than a decade and the chief idea man for the Wynkoop Brewing Company since 2009, will leave the brewery this week to pursue a career as an independent consultant. “I had a lovely time at Wynkoop,…
Squash blossoms are popping up all over — not just in gardens, but in restaurants. At Beast + Bottle, they make an unexpected topping for flatbread, and at Spuntino they’re stuffed with ricotta and fried. The sturdy flowers make an appearance at Tamayo, too, as part of the filling for…
Great Divide Brewing, which has grown so much over the past five years that it is bursting at the seams, is targeting a new spot in the River North neighborhood where it can continue to brew the boundary-pushing beers it has been making since 1994. The brewery has asked the…
Breakfast may be the most important meal of the day, and Jennifer and David Bacon just made it the easiest, too. The Broomfield couple recognized that their five children love pancakes — but they didn’t love the kids’ crash from a sugar high an hour after those pancakes were gone…
The seafood kabobs at this Middle Eastern restaurant don’t quite stack up to the smooth, lemon-kissed hummus, but they’re a nice departure from the typical meat-heavy platters that strike most Mid East menus. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to a…
A lone Captain D’s Seafood Kitchen somehow stays afloat in metro Denver — at 605 South Havana Street in Aurora. But while there are four more Captains in Colorado Springs and one in Pueblo, Long John Silver’s has fourteen locations in Denver alone. Why all the local love for Long…
The current Chef and Tell interview with Marty Steinke, exec chef at Linger, has people talking all over town. Some of the talk is about Linger, but most of it was inspired by Steinke’s comment that the “talent pool in Denver is so overrated.” See the Chef and Tell interview…
Denver attorney, author and well-regarded politico Adrian Miller will be signing copies of his new book, Soul Food: The Surprising Story of an American Cuisine, One Plate at a Time ($30, University of North Carolina Press), at 7:30 p.m. at the Tattered Cover Book Store, 2526 East Colfax Avenue, this…
Update: Crooked Stave owner Chad Yakobson says the What the Funk festival isn’t intended to compete directly with GABF, but is merely a way for some of the breweries who were on the festival waitlist — or who don’t make enough beer to serve in the hall — to be…
Denver has evolved over the past twenty years — and so has DISH, Westword’s annual celebration of the metro Denver dining scene. On Sunday, September 22, DISH will return to the Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, a stunning outdoor venue on the edge of downtown. And for…
Pho Real opened this month in the former home of Tres Jolie in Littleton — and for pho-lovers in the southern suburbs, it’s a very pretty sight. Photographer Danielle Lirette stopped in this week, and returned with this photographic taste of Pho Real. See also: Best Pho 2013: Pho Duy…
Even if the sandwiches sucked — and they most definitely don’t — I’d willingly spend every afternoon here if only to shoot the shit with the owner, whose infectious personality and humor can turn a horrific day into the best day ever. And if I can get one of his…
