Food & Drink

Great American Beer Festival tickets went on pre-sale last Tuesday for members of the Brewers Association and the American Homebrewers Association, and the complaints to the Brewers Association started seconds later. There were so many, in fact, that the organization posted an apology on Facebook later that day: “Your staff…

UPDATE: The correct answer to our contest question — How many kegs of beer has the Justice League of Street Food untapped since its first event in 2009? — is 131 kegs. The person who came the closest to that number, actually nailing it on the head, is ebethcheese. Ebethcheese,…

Suffice it to say that I eat out more than the general population, unless, of course, the general population can catalogue more than 450 restaurant meals in a year — which is about the number of breakfasts, lunches and dinners that I stomached in 2012. Pathetic, isn’t it? But all…

In this week’s Chef and Tell interview, I chat with Jonah Munson, chef of the Walnut Room, a restaurant and bar that’s popular for its pizzas. Munson, who makes his own dough, also bakes desserts, a skill he learned at an early age, when he started baking cakes from scratch,…

Despite a menu that boasts a large vegetarian section — and mock meat — it’s not all carrots and mushrooms at this Chinese restaurant that also turns out an excellent plate of fried rice…liberally pelted with pork. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first…

McDonald’s recent posting of a hypothetical household budget for its minimum- wage employees has birthed an Occupy-style French fry revolution. Frustrated, vastly underpaid fast-food workers across the country are now asking their employers to raise their earnings from the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour to $15 per hour,…

You can’t miss Little Man Ice Cream, that giant milk can in LoHi with a welcoming patio and lines that wind down the street, has been scooping handcrafted, locally sourced ice cream since 2008. And now, it’s are opening a pop-up shop on the 16th Street Mall. See also: -…

Examples of true Southern hospitality are few and far between in Denver — but you certainly find it at Jezebel’s, which will feed your soul with authentic barbecue delights, comfort food and cocktails from the friendly bar. While the menu features specialties like tender brisket, skillet mac n’ cheese and…

Tin Star Smokehouse, which I review this week, offers two homemade, sweet, ketchupy, Kansas City-style barbecue sauces. I tried squirting each of them on the meat on my BBQ plate, but they both left me craving sauce of another kind…from Carolina. See also: – Tin Star Smokehouse review: Everyone in…

Despite a familiar menu that mimics its counterparts, this is not your average curry-in-a-hurry Indian joint — not by a long shot. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to a Guess Where post is entered into a pool — and every…

Eel is my favorite protein, in an “if-I-had-a-last-meal-request-on-death-row” kind of way. I was very disappointed in the eel I tried at Tokyo Joe’s, but at least my review of that sad meal inspired an insightful Westword reader to steer me toward local mini-chain Kokoro. And as it turns out, the…

Jonah Munson Walnut Room 3131 Walnut Street 303-295-1868 2 Broadway 303-736-6750 thewalnutroom.com This is part two of my interview with Jonah Munson, exec chef of the Walnut Room. Part one of our conversation ran yesterday. What do you enjoy most about your craft? Working with my hands with simple, wholesome…

More than two dozen restaurants opened in the metro area in July, serving everything from empanadas to tacos to pizza…and beer, of course. Leading the way in the eatery action? Glendale, whose CitySet project will soon have eleven restaurants — but the town also lost its oldest saloon, Jack Casey’s…