The chef who originally created the dish in the above snap — Bahia-style shrimp — is no longer cooking at the restaurant where it’s served, but his legacy lives on in bold fashion, thanks to this tropical, Brazilian-inspired bowl of fulfillment that’s throttled with punctuated flavors, fresh herbs and pronounced…
Can craft beer and yoga co-exist? “You bet your flexible-ass they can,” says Adrienne Rinaldi, who runs BrewAsanas, a one-hour yoga class that rotates between different breweries in the metro area and is always followed by a beer. Billed as a an introduction to both Vinyasa yoga and good beer,…
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. Thumbprint jam cookies…
I love parties — of the cocktail, holiday, birthday, anniversary or wine and cheese varieties — and one of the things I look forward to at these parties is the spread of appetizers. The hors d’oeuvres, starters, nibbles, noshes and crudité are what often determine how good a party really…
Back in early February, Amanda Faison, food editor at 5280 magazine, unleashed the news that Troy Guard, the chef/owner of TAG, TAG RAW BAR and TAG Burger Bar, would open a new Mexican restaurant, along with a bakery, in the Ballpark ‘hood. And while Guard will oversee the still-unnamed south-of-the-border…
Arvada Beer Company will increase its brewing capacity by about 30 percent this month by adding two eight-barrel fermenters that will be used to help it get ready to sell more beer to other restaurants and bars and to begin canning its own beers. “We are on tap at fifteen…
TJ Hobbs Ghost Plate & Tap 800 18th Street 303-297-1738 www.ghostdenver.com This is part one of my interview with TJ Hobbs, chef of Ghost Plate & Tap; part two of our interview will run tomorrow. TJ Hobbs remembers rushing through dinner to watch The Simpsons. It’s not that his parents…
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…
Denver lost a piece of its dining history when Leo Goto recently passed away. His Leo’s Place was one of the most popular places in town after it opened in 1970; Goto went on to turn the Wellshire Inn into a fine-dining restaurant. And his smiling presence was a constant…
For Denver Restaurant Week, Stir Cooking School, 3215 Zuni Street, is hosting a special, three-hour cooking class on cooking with fresh herbs starting at 6:30 p.m…
I know better than to shop when hungry. That’s when I end up with stuff I don’t really want, like canned soup or a frozen dinner, or stuff my kids want that I normally say no to, like Cocoa Krispies. On this particular night, I managed to resist their call…
On Sunday, Cochon 555 arrives in Vail, pitting five Colorado chefs against one another in a pig-centric showdown, where one of those chefs will be crowned the “prince or princess of porc.” As a precursor to that swine smackdown, I started the process early, troughing through a plate of pork…
Two breweries — one locally owned and the other managed by a big corporation — will test the definition of “craft beer” next week when they collaborate on a new brew. Tom Hail, who has worked at Blue Moon Brewing Company @ the Sandlot since it opened in 1995, and…
Snarf’s, our homegrown sub-shop chain, will be giving more customers the opportunity to snarf down salads and toasted subs: It plans to open fifty new stores by 2018, both in and outside of Colorado. And Snarf’s will stock those stores with its addictive pickled-vegetable giardiniera, the better to hook whole…
Federal Boulevard is full of pho restaurants, and one took a hit early yesterday morning when a fight started outside Maxim Lounge around 2 a.m., moving from the venue’s parking lot out onto the street. Then a Honda Civic with a ski rack struck three people in the parking lot…
There are a lot of good Mediterranean restaurants in town, places with great falafel, hummus or baba ghanouj. But for a good Mediterranean restaurant to rise to great, it should not only execute the staples well, but also offer dishes that go beyond the basics. And for vegetarian and vegan…
Denver diners love hot wings — and hate anyone who criticizes their favorites. Yesterday Jenn Wohletz wrote about her trip to the Buffalo Wild Wings outpost at 8255 South Chester Street in Englewood, where she liked the Blazin’ wings and not much else. The sports-bar atmosphere and conversation, in particular:…
The history of beer in Boulder is now on tap at the Boulder History Museum, in a smart exhibit that covers the area’s brewing history from the late 1800s to today…
Here’s where the pig puns start: Two years ago, at the Ritz-Carlton in Denver, five Colorado chefs — Alex Seidel (Fruition and Fruition Farms); Lachlan MacKinnon-Patterson (Frasca Food & Wine); Kelly Liken (Restaurant Kelly Liken); Frank Bonanno (Bonanno Concepts); and Jennifer Jasinski (Rioja, Euclid Hall and Bistro Vendome) — went…
Just over two weeks ago, Gaetano’s, the long-standing newly remodeled Italian restaurant on the corner of 38th Avenue and Tejon, was nailed by a Ford Probe that careened through the sidewalk patio, breaking windows and causing the iconic restaurant, which has a string of bad luck when it comes to…
The Colorado Brewers Guild, which represents the interests of more than 100 of the state’s 160-plus breweries, has acquired the rights to Colorado Beer Week and will revitalize the celebration as Colorado Craft Beer Week. The fest, which will incorporate events throughout the state, kicks off on March 18 at…
Held at Avery Brewing in Boulder, the annual Boulder Strong Ale Fest featured more than one hundred of the biggest, the baddest and the boldest beers available from brewers in Colorado and around the country. The epic fest is designed to challenge even the most seasoned beer drinkers with its…
