A single-engine Piper Comanche has room in its cargo hold for about a dozen big burlap sacks. Try to stuff in any more, and you’ll crush the precious green blooms inside the bags. But on this warm day in mid-August, two small planes — the Piper and a Cessna 180…
Long before Anthony Bourdain ranted in Kitchen Confidential about how brunch is for the B-team, a restaurant’s last-ditch effort to make money off of marginally fresh food, I did my best to steer clear. Potatoes formerly known as crisp and pancakes the size (and texture) of Frisbees? I’ll pass. Not…
If you’re anything like us, even the most pressing concerns — Is there life after death? By what percentage will Obama beat Romney in the presidential election? How much longer till Lindsay Lohan gets caught with hoisted diamonds in her bra? — are kicked to the asphalt at the mere…
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. Provided our local…
If you’re anything like us, then at times your veins may seem to be pumping pure bubbly. But if you’re not, then we reckon there are at least two guaranteed occasions upon which you find yourself consuming drinks made with sparkling wine: Sunday brunch and New Year’s Eve…
Dish, Westword’s eighteenth annual food-and-drink festival, will fill the Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex tomorrow night with great entertainment, great drinks and great food from restaurants and trucks that have been hand-selected by Cafe Society scribes. VIP tickets — which cost $75 and can be purchased here,…
Last weekend, I went farm-hopping in Brighton, Greeley, Henderson and Broomfield, and while Bing cherries, Inferno peppers (good God, those suckers are hot), apples, peaches, purple plums and heirloom tomatoes are all fine for snacking on in between stops, I was hankering for a real breakfast, which I found at…
The answer to the question posed in the video above is, “Yes, freakin’ open already!” The three dynamos behind Black Shirt Brewing have been pouring their hearts and souls into this neighborhood brewery, set to open very soon (really), and they must have a lot of both because the place…
Update: Congratulations, teresa.giovanne, Charles Wood, and Heather Ashley Davis, you’ve each won two VIP tickets to Westword Dish 2012! Please check your email for details on how to claim your tickets. It’s almost here: Tomorrow night, Westword’s annual food fest arrives in Sculpture Park, but for a few lucky Cafe…
A presidential honeymoon lasts about 100 days. Having devoured well wishes and advice from Kyle Wagner, Laura Shunk, John Kessler and Jason Sheehan, I’m bracing myself for a honeymoon about 99 days shorter than that. I’m sure donning a thick skin will be hard — possibly as hard as not…
Six89 689 Main Street, Carbondale; 970-963-6890 www.six89.com Phat Thai 2900 East Second Avenue; 303-388-7428 343 Main Street, Carbondale; 970-963-7001 www.phatthai.com The Pullman 330 7th Street, Glenwood Springs; 970-230-9234 www.thepullmangws.com This is part one of my interview with Mark Fischer, exec chef-owner of Phat Thai, The Pullman and Six89. Part two…
Before there was a Smashburger, before there was a Noodles & Company, before there was even a Chipotle, Colorado had another born-and-bred chain: Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard. Good Times was founded in 1987, six years before the first Chipotle went up on East Evans Avenue. The company was…
It’s green chile season. In her advice for new Cafe critic Gretchen Kurtz, former restaurant reviewer Laura Shunk said that it was important to have a favorite green chile…and then served up her own: Chubby’s. And while one commenter dissed the mean green, far more readers are fans of Colorado’s…
The first film in this year’s Chipotle-sponsored Sustainable Film Series at the Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York Street, is screening tonight at 6 p.m. Through the fall, the series will feature movies about food, eats from Chipotle, and thought-provoking panel discussions…
Over the weekend, the Justice League of Street Food gathered for a seasonal hurrah as summer starts to give way to fall. The group’s pool party featured drinks, dancing and — of course — lots and lots of street food at Taxi. Brandon Marshall brought back these photos from the…
Yet another out-of-state brewery will test the Colorado waters in a few weeks, but this one has the backing of someone who knows how to run the rapids. No-Li Brewhouse from Spokane, Washington, plans to sell four of its beers in bomber bottles and possibly on tap here starting in…
This weekend’s A Taste of Colorado filled attendees up with a mouth-watering spectrum of local cuisine, but corn on the cob appeared in abundance. Revisit the weekend’s food and festivities with the full slide show below, and continue reading for our favorite pieces of corn porn. (Don’t worry: It’s completely…
Happy Place: Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar, 191 Inverness Drive West, 303-768-0827. The Hours: Daily from 5 to 7 p.m. The Deals: $6 specialty cocktails, wines by the glass, and small plates. Were we happy? Flip the page to find out…
New chef, new menu…including steak, beautifully crimson, and crisp-edged potatoes fried in duck fat. Life is good. Dinner? Even better. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Guess Where posts is entered into a pool — and every Monday,…
Sage Restaurant Group, which owns and operates numerous restaurants throughout the country, including the Corner Office and Second Home Kitchen + Bar, both located in Denver, is gearing up to make its local offerings a trifecta: On Thursday, the Denver-based group, co-founded by Peter Karpinski, will open Kachina Southwestern Grill…
The venue formerly known as Swallows has kept its Pride-friendly vibe but polished up the kitchen and the decor as Eden. Chef Ching-yuan Hu has created a weekend brunch spread — with vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options — that fills the dining room, but the dinner menu is also a…
Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard, a homegrown chain, is heating up this green chile season by rolling out a roster of chile-injected menu items: a green chile burger, a green chile chicken sandwich, green chile sliders and breakfast burritos, all smothered with New Mexico Hatch green chiles. The new…
