Food & Drink

Pagliacci’s has been dishing up classic Italian food — and ambience — since 1946. “It’s been an awesome experience,” says Mark Langston, whose mother bought the place from other relatives in 1977. “It’s just time to move on.” A developer has bought the property, and plans to tear down Pagalicci’s…

It might be strange to think of Hooters as an institution, but that’s what the one on South Colorado became. Not only was this breastaurant the first link in the chain in Colorado, it was the first Hooters west of the Mississippi. But after 23 years, the shirt-bursting establishment shuttered…

Not exactly your typical gumbo — and that’s just fine, since the flavors were spot-on, plenty of seafood gave it the required oceanic splash and the rice was textbook-perfect. Only thing missing? A squeeze of lemon. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct…

The film Forks Over Knives has been called “vegan propaganda” by some and lauded as a truth-filled wake-up call by others. I haven’t seen it, but that didn’t stop me from picking up the official Forks Over Knives Cookbook as soon as it was available. This is an adaptation on…

Cafe Society dished out five Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a wedge salad dressed with blue cheese and bacon from Park Burger to a king-sized Mideast feast from Jerusalem to a scoop of seasonal Palisade peach ice cream from Fired Up. And then there was the burger…a crumbly…

Are Denver diners — including Jenn Wohletz — hicks to eat cream-cheese and crab wontons? That’s what VonBlancoLA suggested when he agreed with Denver Doughboy. And at this point, the discussion has gone far beyond wontons….Here’s VonBlancoLA’s take: I’m a Californian Refugee and I must admit, after four years here…

Last Sunday, Lance Barto and his kitchen crew rolled out Central Bistro and Bar’s first brunch menu, and earlier this week, we posted a contest, giving one Cafe Society reader, along with three guests of their choice, the chance to check it out for free this Sunday (morning libations and…

This past Sunday, Central Bistro and Bar, Lance Barto’s hot, hip and happening contemporary American hangout in Highland, rolled out its new brunch menu (Nutella waffles!), and in honor of the occasion, we’re giving one Cafe Society reader (and three guests) the chance to stuff their bellies for zero dollars…

When Zinger’s, a mishmash of chicken wings, chicken nuggets, chicken sandwiches and green chile that wasn’t long for this world, shuttered a few months ago at 2075 South University, the corner strip mall space, which was also a Quizno’s at one point, opened itself up to another plea for food…

Clever, market-savvy purveyors of food and drink have spent some serious Cheddar on making sure that we, the consuming public, buy whatever they are peddling. Sometimes their efforts work like Lucky Charms, and other times the slogans are so bad that people will go out of their way to avoid…

Every so often, when I feel nostalgic, I’ll order a wedge salad dressed in blue cheese…with bacon, of course, because I don’t care how good the dressing is: If the iceberg doesn’t come crowned with crisp smidgens of pig candy, it’s just another salad. Can you guess where I’m eating?…

While I f*cking love California Pizza Kitchen, I generally don’t like low-calorie dishes, and I really, really can’t stand quinoa. And don’t get me started on malls, where all of metro Denver’s five CPK outposts are located. So I was a little wary of embarking on last night’s adventure: the…

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. Earlier this month,…

What’s your favorite homegrown fruit? Those tart cherries that inspired the Tree Line, Marnie Ward’s winning Colorado cocktail? The juicy peaches that will be celebrated at the Palisade Peach Festival this weekend? Or the beleaguered Rocky Ford cantaloupe, wrongly fingered last year as the cause of a listeria outbreak that…

Summer’s searing temperatures have finally been turned down, but this weekend will still be perfect patio weather. And there’s nowhere better to enjoy it than at a ringside seat on the 16th Street Mall, which offers the city’s best people-watching. This week, we served up our “Ten best patios on…

Eating Chinese food has several benefits: It’s usually low-cost; if you’re lucky the portion sizes are large enough that you can fill up on the first try, with leftovers for an hour later (they’re no good after that); and you can always ask for extra fortune cookies, read the messages…

In this week’s food review, we dished on the British Bulldog, the Pakistani-Brit hybrid located in a building on Stout Street with a considerable history of its own. Cafe writer Jenn Wohletz trekked down to the Union Jack-wrapped restaurant and tried bangers, mash, curry, fried pickles and aloo gosht salin,…

Yesterday Dan and Kristen Cofrades opened Early Bird restaurant, their breakfast/lunch spot in Westminster. The place was inspired by their four-year-old daughter, Izzy; not only was she born prematurely (early), but they also wanted to have a business that closed early in the day so that they could spend more…