Tommy Lee Uncle 2215 West 32nd Avenue 303-433-3263 uncledenver.tumblr.com This is part two of my interview with Tommy Lee, exec chef of Uncle; part one of our chat ran yesterday. What do you enjoy most about your craft? Like most cooks, I enjoy the creativity of coming up with new…
I have great sympathy for folks who can’t digest gluten (as opposed to fakers who affect gluten allergies for attention), as well as those who can’t or don’t eat meat — because they face very limited menu options if they dare to dine out. That makes Wahoo’s Fish Taco a…
“I’m a cook, not a chef, and I really have absolutely no idea what I’m doing,” Tommy Lee tells Lori Midson in this week’s Chef and Tell interview. But he does it well enough that Uncle, his noodle bar in LoHi, just won our Best New Restaurant award in the…
Stuck in the snowy southern suburbs? The Lone Tree location of Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant, 9535 Park Meadows Drive, is hosting a four-course dinner at 7 p.m. tonight. And each course will be paired with a tequila from Patron. Keep reading for a look at the menu. See also: -…
When are they going to have another one? The question jostled about my brain for years, but I never got around to asking it, not because it’s taboo, as it would be when posed to parents of an only child — as if there’s something wrong with only children, which…
Bob Blair, the man behind the five-year-old Fuel Cafe in Taxi, finally unveiled Refuel on Monday. The long-awaited fast-casual concept — just across from Fuel in the Drive development — serves made-to-order sandwiches from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The sandwich shop also shares lobby space with…
A river of red sauce used to run through northwest Denver, where many first-generation Italian Americans settled and opened their own restaurants — which were later taken over by second- and third-generation Italian Americans. But those red-sauce joints have been disappearing; Pagliacci’s, Longo’s Subway Tavern and Carbone’s Italian Sausage Deli…
Anyone who’s created a restaurant can tell you that there are many obstacles along the way to the actual opening. And that’s something the folks behind Cold Crush — a new spot going into 2700 Larimer Street in the hot, hot Ballpark neighborhood — are rapidly learning. Their plans to…
Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market’s choicest ingredients home with them and cook up a feast. It’s a good…
Food is — and always has been — secondary to the beer at this watering hole, but the housemade pretzel rolls, sided with a cup of (average) queso, are a necessity when all that beer gets the best of you. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who…
Odell Brewing in Fort Collins recently began opening its taproom on Sundays, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., which means more beer (including taproom-only specials like Wee Willy Winkie, Easy Elephant and Monarch Saison) and more brewery tours. In fact, Odell now offers tours seven days a week at 1,…
Tommy Lee Uncle 2215 West 32nd Avenue 303-433-3263 uncledenver.tumblr.com This is part one of my interview with Tommy Lee, exec chef of Uncle; part two of our chat will run tomorrow. At 4:45 on a Saturday afternoon, a swarm of restless ramen geeks congregates around the door of Uncle, Tommy…
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…
Yesterday Lori Midson celebrated the lobster macaroni and cheese at Mizuna as one of our 100 Favorite Dishes. This is not standard, comfort-food mac and cheese; it uses poached sweet lobster meat in place of Oscar Meyer ham and silky mascarpone instead Velveeta. And it doesn’t have your standard, comfort-food…
The Dos Casas fundraising dinner at Lola, 1575 Boulder Street, is sold out this evening, but the restaurant will be hosting an after-party that will open to the public at 9:30 p.m. There will be live tunes from Lane/Meadows/Levy of The Congress and food and drink specials till midnight. See…
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…
Echo Brewing, which celebrated its first anniversary this past weekend in Frederick, has decided to straddle I-25 and open a second brewery in Old Town Erie. Until that’s ready, though, Echo will also serve as a jumping-off point for a second brewing company that plans to open in Erie: Atom…
Nine local bartenders — Justin Lloyd (Star Bar); Joe Hines (Williams & Graham); Adam Hodak (Bonanno Concepts); Pat Ruberto (Gaetano’s); Brandon Meyer (Crave Dessert Bar); Melissa Durant (Old Major); Anika Zappe (Punch Bowl – Social Food & Drink); Les Baker (Tom’s Urban 24) and Randy Layman from Ace, who’s pictured…
Dos Casas, the fundraising dinner at Lola tomorrow night, is completely sold out. “Brent’s Place, and all the great things they do to help cancer patients, is extremely near and dear to everyone at Lola, and to all the chefs who participate in this event,” says Jamey Fader, the culinary…
While doing research – i.e., eating out a lot – for this week’s review of DJ’s 9th Avenue Café, I encountered Toad-in-a-Hole pancakes. And ever since, I’ve had fun thinking of other foods with humorous names. See also: – Photos: DJ’s 9th Avenue Cafe opens in the Golden Triangle -…
From the labor-intensive Japanese cakes to the fashionable French macarons, everything at this gorgeous bake shop makes me swoon. 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 Monday, we select…
Even though there’s snow on the ground, spring is now three weeks old — and that means shaping up for summer weather. Our favorite lighter fare? A chopped-up salad atChoppers Custom Salads — either the downtown or DTC location. It’s kind of like Illegal Pete’s mixed-up-burrito, but in salad form…
