A “rising star.” That’s how Westword restaurant critic Gretchen Kurtz described Red Star Deli, a smashing sandwich joint that opened in the Icehouse, along with Studio F, a spacious culinary stage — and pop- up venue — for local and visiting chefs to shine in front of captive audiences, in…
Cory Treadway Wynkoop Brewing Company 1634 18th Street 303-297-2700 wynkoop.com This is part one of my interview with Cory Treadway, exec chef of the Wynkoop; part two of our conversation will run in this space tomorrow. “I was the first white kid — the first gringo — to ever roll…
In A Federal Case, I’ll be eating my way up Federal Boulevard — south to north — within Denver city limits. I’ll be skipping the national chains and per-scoop Chinese joints, but otherwise I’ll report from every vinyl booth, walk-up window and bar stool where food is served. Here’s the…
When Jenn Wohletz moved from the Midwest to New Mexico, she discovered Mexican food — make that New Mexican food — at Little Anita’s, and she got hooked on both red and green chile. During a stint in Utah, she almost had to go cold turkey — but here in…
It’s National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day! And to celebrate, Woody Creek Bakery & Cafe — formerly Paradise Bakery & Cafe — is giving away free chocolate chip cookies to anyone who stops by any of its seven area stores. See also: – Milk and cookies with Lefthand’s nitro stout and…
Backcountry Provisions, the Steamboat Springs-based mini-chain that added a LoDo store in 2010, has changed its name to Backcountry Delicatessen. “The brand refresh represents more than a name change; it’s a progression of our business which positively represents our commitment to our customers and desire to expand to other locations,”…
Prince Harry might have stopped by The Market on Monday, but the real royalty was right down the street, at Rioja. Just a week before, Jennifer Jasinski, the chef who opened that Larimer Square restaurant with business partner Beth Gruitch almost a decade ago, was named Best Chef Southwest at…
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…
There’s a land rush under way in the fast-casual industry, with restaurateurs nationwide frantically trying to grab a piece of this fast-growing segment. Just how fast is it growing? According to Technomic, eight of the ten fastest-growing chains in America (with sales of at least $2 million) are of the…
Update: We have a winner of our Trillium Norway dinner! Last week, we asked Cafe Society commenters to guess how many pounds of gravlax, on average, chef Ryan Leinonen serves in a month at Trillium. Congrats to sixfeetofsnow, who guessed fifteen pounds of gravlax. The actual number is thirty, a…
I had one of my first real New Mexican meals in New Mexico, at the Little Anita’s location in Albuquerque…and I hated it. I was astounded that people would dump alternating layers of boiling-hot green pepper sauce and equally steaming, nose-running-hot red pepper sauce on everything and suck this stuff…
Before I drank beer and long before I drank wine, I was drinking classic Old-Fashioned cocktails, probably because that’s what my parents drank nearly every night while I still lived at home. And now, more than twenty years later, I still love the drink. And last night, at the bar…
We stopped by Ace recently to take a look at some of the new dishes on the restaurant’s revamped menu. Continuing his foray into Asian cuisine, executive chef Brandon Biederman has added Vietnamese noodles, a dry curry and eggless bao buns to the mix — lighter fare that won’t leave…
Last week several Denver chefs traveled to Kansas to visit the Callicrate Ranch, a cattle ranch and slaughterhouse owned by fiercely opinionated, radically passionate Mike Callicrate, to witness the slaughter of a steer. Lori Midson went along, and offered up her account of the trip last Friday. It was eye-opening…
The Seasoned Chef Cooking School, 999 Jasmine Street, is welcoming chef Samm Sherman (of Linger and Root Down) today for a special cooking class focusing on her signature pastries. The class and tasting runs from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. and costs $80. Keep reading for a look at the curriculum…
I’m officially a few pounds heavier today — and it’s not because of my Mother’s Day stomach crush at Paxia (which was excellent, by the way). No, today’s increase in poundage has everything to do with chocolate, namely the Colorado Chocolate Festival, which took place over the weekend at the…
Tonight, at 6 p.m., Fooducopia’s Corner Store and Cafe, a charming market that sells a huge array of local products — and serves many of those products in its adjoining little restaurant, will appear in front of a hearings officer at 6 p.m. in the Wellington Webb building to plead…
Denver’s craft-beer scene has exploded over the past three years as the number of breweries tripled inside city limits, but most of those brewery owners started off as home brewers, roasting grains in their ovens and tweaking recipes in their garages. Chris and Laura Bruns, a sister-and-brother team, want to…
Tim Brod of Highland Honey Bees sells creamed honey and herb-infused honey intended to promote health, as well as queen bees and bee packages to would-be apiarists and pollination services for local organic farms. And — as I learn on my Saturday morning visit to the Boulder Farmers’ Market –…
Back in December, we broke the news that Spuntino, chef John Broening and pastry chef Yasmin Lozada-Hissom’s neighborhood restaurant in Highland — a restaurant that turns out everything from unassailable gelato to equally unparalleled porchetta — would temporarily shutter sometime this February to undergo a significant renovation. Timing, of course,…
American Craft Beer Week begins today and flows through Sunday, May 19. The celebration raises many glasses to the national craft-beer movement happening in this country. Visit the website for a full schedule of events, and continue reading for the rest of this week’s menu. See also: – Colorado beer…
Cafe Society posted five Guess Where We’re Eating contests last week, ranging from a carne asada plate from the new (and festive) Adelitas Cocina y Cantina, to some lovely spot prawns from Super Star Asian, to bánh mì from a brewpub…
