Ian Kleinman isn’t interested in opening his own restaurant. He’s having way too much playing around in everyone else’s. Last month, Kleinman, the mad scientist behind the Inventing Room, a roving stage of entertainment that revolves around molecular gastronomy, orchestrated a series of fantastic (and fantastical) pop-up dinners at Studio…
No one’s saying you have to go meatless just because it’s Monday — but as incentive to join the growing movement, every week we’re offering an animal-free recipe. This is one of the easiest soup recipes you’ll ever make, and it’s also very nutritious. The one-pot recipe makes enough for…
Cafe Society dished out five Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a salad with sheets of salty pig at Lowry Beer Garden, to an unsalted burger from Five Star Burgers, to an Italian grinder from Cinque Soldi Sulumeria. We also served up a plate of lasagna from Gaetano’s, whose…
Lori Midson eats out hundreds of times a year, which gives her ample opportunity to observe servers and diners alike. And lately, she’s noticed a lot of guests displaying obnoxious theatrics, which inspired her list of the “Ten rudest things customers do to make servers wish you’d never come to…
The Denver FIVE dinner at the Village Cork, 1300 South Pearl Street, sold out over the weekend and there’s no waiting list, but there are many other events on the culinary calendar this week, including a visit from a legendary barman tonight. Here’s a taste of what’s on the menu…
Opa! One of Denver’s oldest summer celebrations, the Denver Greek Festival allows people from all walks of life to eat, drink and dance like Greeks at least once a year. “This is our 47th year doing the Greek Fest. We’re one of the original ethnic festivals around,” says festival chairman…
Jourdan Adler, the owner of The 1Up, the hip arcade/bar in LoDo, now has a second outpost of his video game-centric bar in the former Pete’s Monkey Bar space at 717 East Colfax. the 2Up. Last night, the 2Up — complete with 35 games, eight pinball machines and three skee-ball…
After having lunch recently at Masalaa, the excellent vegetarian Indian restaurant in Aurora, which has recently undergone a spiffy facelift, I spotted a sign around the corner of the strip mall that simply reads “Mexican Empanadas: Coming Soon.” The space, located at 3140 South Parker Road, is undergoing construction, and…
Happy Place: Hapa Sushi, 2780 East Second Avenue, 303-322-9554 The Hours: Daily from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. The Deals: $1-$3.50 sake specials; $2 Hapa beer; $2 nigri specials; half-priced appetizers Were we happy? Flip the page to find out…
I ate out nearly 500 times last year, and when you eat out as often as I do, you’re bound to witness truly bad behavior, both on the side of the server and on the side of the guest. But recently, I’ve seen far more diners than servers exhibit the…
While Denver’s getting better and better at disguising the fact that it was once a cowtown with all the trappings of the Wild West, there are still a few holdover spots that provide a window into this state’s rough-and-tumble history. Here, in no particular order, are our five favorite spots…
Over the past few years, I’ve been fortunate enough to get to know Dale DeGroff. The driving force behind New York’s famous Rainbow Room, Dale has been widely credited with reinventing the bartending profession, setting off a cocktail explosion that continues to this day. He’s the James Beard Award-winning author…
I’d rather have a burger (or a sausage) with my brew, but a salad with swine will suffice. 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, we select…
Starting July 1, California will enforce a ban on foie gras — delicious, delicious, fatty goose/duck liver — and while PETA is thrilled, chefs are pissed. Why the ban on these tasty liver-lobes? Gavage, or forced tube-feeding off the animals, is seen as cruel and inhumane. But neither side in…
The Wynkoop Brewing Company was founded in 1988, just three years after Bess Dougherty was born. And this week, Dougherty became the brewpub’s first female brewer. “It’s intimidating for a lady to try to go into this because it’s a boys’ club, a super boys’ club,” says Dougherty. “It’s a…
Garden Grapes & Hops takes place tonight at the Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York Street, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. The event features food from over twenty restaurants and drinks samples from local breweries and wineries. Participating restaurants include Wazee Supper Club, Rialto Cafe, the Cherry Cricket, Marlowe’s, Bombay Clay…
Next Monday night, Samir Mohammad, the exec chef of the Village Cork, is cooking a five-course French-inspired feast as part of the ongoing dinner series hosted by FIVE — a ring of five chefs, two mixologists and a coffee roaster. And last week, we put up a contest, giving Cafe…
The historic Flagstaff House, 1138 Flagstaff Road in Boulder, recently brought on sommelier Melanie Kaman to revamp its drink program — specifically its cocktail menu, which previously featured what the restaurant describes as “old-school classics.” “Some of the new drinks are just cocktails we love that weren’t already on the…
You’re back!” booms Steve Clifton, diverting his eyes away from the flattop just long enough to greet a customer who’s on his third day straight of tortas. “It’s been like that ever since we opened,” says Clifton, who, along with his wife, Ardeni, took over the former Pineapple Grill at…
Bones, named Best Hip Noodle Bar in the Best of Denver 2012, has become even hipper: It’s now serving weekday happy hour items on a newly covered patio…
Cake batter fried in oil, then smeared with sugar icing. Sometimes I wonder how the human race managed to survive the advent of doughnuts, and then the materialization of chains like Krispy Kreme. Krispy’s has been very, very successful at tapping into the fat-and-sugar lust that people inherited from their…
Why is it so difficult for restaurants, especially restaurants that ballyhoo their burgers, to properly season their beef? The burger in the above snap, which had never been introduced to salt or pepper, is a perfect example of my gripe, plus it was way overcooked: Can you guess where I’m…
