Food & Drink

Last week, Josiah Hesse and Amber Taufen faced off in a point/counterpoint on tipping, and readers have continued the debate…

On Thursday, September 6, Dish, Westword’s eighteenth annual food-and-drink festival, will fill the Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex with great entertainment, great drinks and great food from restaurants and trucks that have been hand-selected by Cafe Society scribes. But Denver’s plate is very full this week, and…

Okay, so this morning I posted a contest giving one Cafe Society commenter (and a guest) the opportunity to swell their guts with beer and grub for free at Sunday’s Justice League of Street Food bash, which gets started at 5 p.m. and takes place at the TAXI development –…

Frank’s Kitchen will close temporarily, from September 2-9, so that owners Dina and Frank Berta can take a short “stay-cation.” The restaurant will re-open Monday, September 10…

The ink! Coffee location at 1590 Little Raven Street will be giving away one scoop of free ice cream per person on Sunday to celebrate the expansion of its business, which will soon sell Sweet Action and Little Man ice cream…

The Mestizos food truck will be showcasing its street-style fusion cuisine at this year’s Dish — Westword’s eighteenth annual food-and-drink festival taking place in Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex next Thursday, September 6. Here’s what to expect from the truck’s unique menu:…

Winner announcement: blogs.westword.com/cafesociety/2012/08/winner_pool_party_justice_league.php With the mercury continuing to hover in high double digits — and a three-day weekend upon us — most of us will be picnicking and boozing it up in a park, or splashing around in the pool, diving for beer cans. And on Sunday, you can knock…

Two new restaurants hope to soar to new heights in the former home of Twisted Olive. And while Hoot and Howl and Sal’s Street Food and Sushi will be sharing the space at 8270 East Northfield Boulevard in the Shops at Northfield Stapleton, each will offer a different dining experience…

We asked several of Westword’s previous restaurant reviewers to offer advice for Gretchen Kurtz, our new Cafe critic, whose first review will be published next week. Laura Shunk, who left the job for a move to New York in June, came up with ten tips, including this one: 9. If…

Goats are some the strangest animals on the farm, and after recently having an excruciatingly hot (albeit exceptionally good) goat vindaloo, my tongue was flopping around my mouth much like the goat in the video below. If only I could echo the noises. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special…

City, O’ City, Denver’s go-to-meatless hipster hang-out, will be dishing eats at Dish — Westword’s eighteenth annual food-and-drink event taking place in Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex next Thursday, September 6. Here’s the dish on what City, O’ City will be dishing that night:…

Josh Barhaug Fired Up 1135 Bannock Street 303-825-1995 www.gtfiredup.com Part one of my chef interview with Josh Barhaug, who mans the line — and pizza oven — at Fired Up, ran yesterday; this is part two of our chat. What you’d like to see more of in Denver/Boulder from a…

The food truck row at Dish — Westword’s eighteenth annual food-and-drink event taking place in Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex next Thursday, September 6 — is full of stars this year: Biker Jim’s Gourmet Dogs, Comida, Mestizo’s, Waffle Brothers, Hey PB&J, Basic Kneads… And Crock Spot –…

Colorado is a key swing state in the upcoming presidential election. In polls, Colorado looks like a toss-up between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama, with leads shifting back and forth by the day — and which way the vote ultimately goes could decide the national outcome. By the numbers, though,…