A poet could compose endless lines about the pleasures of eating, and infinitely more about being in love, but a sonnet could never quite capture what it’s like to experience both in an instant. It’s hard to describe how it feels to look someone in the eye during a meal…
Cafe Society served up four Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a still-unidentified sub-par sub sandwich to a divine dessert platter at Bocadllo to a plate of carne adovada from a long-standing suburban Mexican joint…
Today was the original deadline for Jesse Morreale to make required repairs to the First Avenue Hotel in order to keep it open — a deadline set by the Board of Appeals on July 30, twenty days after the city had slapped the building with a notice to vacate, resulting…
The Denver dining scene saw plenty of action in September — much of it in the 900 block of Lincoln Street, where Japoix finally gave up the ghost in that haunted spot in the Beauvallon that had previously swallowed up Nine75. But other outfits haven’t been discouraged from the area,…
A hipster neighborhood may have hip restaurants, but hip restaurants do not a hipster neighborhood make. And when Forbes recently included Lower Highland in its list of “America’s Hippest Hipster Neighborhoods,” the party as already over, one reader suggests:…
There are a variety of events on Denver’s plate this week, including an excellent lineup of free music at Chipotle’s fledgling Cultivate Festival — a celebration of “food, ideas and music” in City Park this weekend. Here’s a taste of the rest of the board:…
This year marks the 25th anniversary of Taste of the Nation, a national nonprofit that has its own Colorado chapter, which was started 25 years ago by humanitarian Noel Cunningham, the former owner/chef of Strings, who passed away late last year. The annual event, which features a bounty of foodstuffs…
Happy Place: Sullivan’s Steakhouse, 1745 Wazee Street, 303-295-2664. The Hours: Monday through Wednesday, and Friday, from 4 to 6 p.m. The Deals: $6 house cocktails and martinis; $6 wines by the glass; $6 appetizers. Were we happy? Flip the page to find out…
Public school students are being awfully whiny about their school lunches right now. The reason is because the United States Department of Agriculture just restructured standards for school lunches for the first time in over a decade, and now students have to eat more fruits, vegetables and whole grains, and…
The Great American Beer Festival is coming, and you want to make sure you’re properly tubbed and scrubbed, but ordinary ablutions aren’t going to cut it — not for the biggest beer festival in the world. For that, you are going to have to put beer on your body as…
Updated with new events: Tourists may go to Rome to see the Coliseum, but it’s the side streets, the adventures and the hidden cafes that typically fill their cameras and their post-trip stories. The same is true of the week surrounding the Great American Beer Festival. The event is the…
Amy Vitale, co-owner of Tables, which I review this week, knows how to use a whisk, sauté pan and chef’s knife. But as it turns out, this talented chef has quite a green thumb, too. In the backyard garden of the Park Hill home she shares with Tables co-owner, chef…
I keep trying to find a great sub sandwich in this city, and aside from Carbone’s, I keep coming up short — and this sub only added to my discouragement. Can you guess where I’m eating? And while you’re at it, tell me where I should go to satisfy my…
“New York City is the culinary mecca of our country, if not the world,” declares Hosea Rosenberg. “It’s a place like no other, where ingredients and techniques of every conceivable style congregate. It’s where the best chefs on the planet come to shine.” See also: – The Denver FIVE culinary…
Since it opened six years ago, Rockbar has been a hipster hangout — the go-to place for Hollywood celebs during the Democratic National Convention, but also a regular stop for people out and about on the weekend, or who’re just looking for a place to park (the All-Inn that holds…
Oktoberfest kicked off last weekend on Larimer Street, and today another version of the annual festivity will debut at the Lowry Beer Garden, 7577 East Academy Boulevard. The space’s inaugural, three-day celebration naturally includes beer, brats and other German delicacies…
Oktoberfest might just be everyone’s favorite holiday. Not that anyone needs an excuse to pound beers and eat sausage all weekend. But if everyone’s doing it, no one can judge you, right? In the middle of your lager and bratwurst haze, though, you might wonder this: “Why are we celebrating…
Updated: Congratulations to Curt Von Feldt and fatj, who have each won two tickets to opening night of GABF! Check your email for information on how to claim your tickets. To the rest of you: Keep reading. We’ll be giving out more tickets in the coming weeks. (And continue through…
Barman Sean Kenyon, who occasionally pens a booze-centric column for Westword but spends the majority of his time designing — and pouring — innovative cocktails at the Squeaky Bean and Williams & Graham, received a major kiss-up shout-out in Food & Wine magazine, which just released its list of the…
The Downtown Aquarium’s Nautilus ballroom was filled with all sorts of foodie-fun — perfect, medium-rare steak; disgustingly good chocolate mousse layer cakes with edible pearl accents; mermaids and a guy in a giant shrimp suit — last night for a Landry’s showcase of the dining and entertainment venues it owns…
People ask me what my favorite restaurant is on a daily basis, and it’s a question that’s impossible to answer. But I will say that the restaurant where the above snap was taken is very, very high on my list, and while desserts aren’t its focus, the pastry chef is…
JP Krause Aloft Broomfield 8300 Arista Place, Broomfield 303-635-2000 www.aloftbroomfielddenver.com Part one of my interview with JP Krause, exec chef of Aloft Broomfield, ran yesterday. This is part two of our interview. Favorite restaurant in America: Denver’s own Bennett’s BBQ, but not because of the food. It’s all about the…
