With all the fresh produce we’re starting to see in the grocery stores and at farmers’ markets, this is an ideal time to cook up a lunch-time salad that won’t leave your stomach growling an hour later. The spiced quinoa in this dish (adapted from a recipe in Forks Over…
Trader Joe’s fans in metro Denver have waited a long time to get one of the stores — and now they’re getting two, both of which could open this fall. The Trader Joe’s that’s going into Boulder’s Twenty Ninth Street development was the first one announced, and the project finally…
“I love Deluxe in spite of myself. Despite reason, despite my better judgment, despite being committed body and soul to the war against California Cuisine — that limping, wrongheaded, disastrous blight on the soul of American cookery — and throwing myself into the breach every time a California-style restaurant pops…
Cafe Society served up four Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a plate of meatballs and “homemade” spaghetti that isn’t, from Mama Louise, to a beautifully charred and blistered sausage pizza from Bonanno Brothers Pizzeria, to a perfect beer poured in a new taproom…
When Lori Midson dropped by a red-sauce place for a disappointing plate of spaghetti and meatballs last week, her server confided that while the pasta was billed as handmade, it wasn’t — making pasta was so tricky that few restaurants serve homemade spaghetti these days, he told her. See also:…
Cafe Max, 2412 East Colfax Avenue, has introduced a wine-tasting and education program that takes place at 6 p.m. every other Monday — including tonight. The course is led by certified sommelier Chade Pare and costs $20; call the cafe at 303-333-0003 for more details. It’s Colorado Wine Week, which…
The Highland Farmers’ Market begins today, June 1, and runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays through October 12. Check the website for more information — and keep reading for four more places to eat, drink and be merry this weekend. See also: – May showers bring beer flowers…
You know the story by now: Bandits hijacked Pretzel, Euclid Hall’s pig, last Sunday, brazenly running off with the swine during the Big Eat (the entire saga is chronicled on the following pages). According to those at Euclid Hall, Pretzel has a wee problem with her excessive alcohol consumption and…
This week, Mark Antonat’s travels up Federal Boulevard finally reached Lao Wang Noodle House, a spot already beloved for its soup dumplings — but he found plenty of other crave-worthy dishes there. For Chef and Tell, Lori Midson interviewed Jimmy Bernat, who just opened Jimmy’s Urban Bar & Grill in…
Although more than a dozen restaurants opened in the metro area this month, pizza carved the biggest slice out of the market. Pizza Locale, which got its start in Boulder, opened a restaurant in Denver. Pizza Republica, which got its start in Greenwood Village, opened a restaurant in Denver. And…
In the latest saga of Pretzel, Euclid Hall’s pig mascot that was snatched from Sunday’s Big Eat at Sustainability Park (you can read all about it on the next page), comes this from the pig herself. My Beloved Family! You gotta help me! My hijackers are taking good care of…
After postponing its opening once, Cold Crush is open — but not officially. Still, if you stop by the bar/art gallery and music hangout this weekend, you should be able to get a drink, maybe even a sandwich — and drink up the atmosphere of this promising spot in RiNo…
Where do you draw the line on what you will and will not eat? If you follow a restrictive diet, either by choice or medical necessity, your line leaves little wiggle room. Vegans won’t eat Cheddary mac and cheese, much less a burger. People with celiac won’t eat pizza unless…
Later today we’ll post our Restaurant Roll Call for May, a compendium of all the openings and closings in town over the past month — and there have been plenty. But already, June is shaping up to be a very busy time for restaurants. Two new places have dates with…
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…
Tickets to the FOOD & WINE Classic in Aspen — the mountain resort’s four-day culinary extravaganza that brings together world-renowned chefs and winemakers and the starstruck foodists who flock to town every June to catch a glimpse of their famous faces — sold out in record speed this year, but…
If you head to Boulder’s Chautauqua Park tomorrow to celebrate National Trails Day, you’ll find that the beautiful sights aren’t all outdoors. The circa 1898 Chautauqua Dining Hall has been renovated, a major project that involved removing the carpets and restoring the original wooden floors, adding two fireplaces, and installing…
Update: We have a winner of our Summer of Riesling tasting at Bones contest giveaway. Earlier this week, we asked Cafe Society readers to guess how many glasses of Riesling were served at Bones, Luca d’Italia and Mizuna during the month of April. Congrats to CBart, who guessed 420 glasses;…
I love the Ethiopian stews here, and whether your tastes bend toward vegetarian, or intensely aromatic meat dishes, this is a place to find an excellent Ethiopian feast…even if you’ll likely eat it in a dining room bereft of light. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who…
When she chooses the restaurants she will review, Gretchen Kurtz balances many concerns. Is the restaurant located in a part of town she hasn’t written about lately? Does it serve a kind of cuisine she hasn’t reviewed lately? Is it expensive or economical? A celebrated spot or a secret? Is…
On the left, you’ve got the now sequestered Pretzel the Pig, Euclid Hall’s mascot, which was unceremoniously yanked from its perch during the Big Eat on Sunday, the details of which are all chronicled on the second page. On the right, you have the newly formed Euclid Hall posse –…
The stained glass windows will stay. So will the proprietary meatball, sausage and red sauce recipes. But Angelo’s Pizza is going to look and feel a lot different when its new owners reopen the Denver mainstay as Angelo’s Taverna in August. On March 1, Denver-area restaurant industry veterans Eric Hyatt…
