The fact that Snarf’s, the Boulder-based sub shop that’s generated a cult following, has unveiled its eleventh location in Colorado isn’t exactly the most groundbreaking news on the culinary front, but then again, this Snarf’s, which just opened near the University of Denver at 1729 East Evans, in the former…
After closing her groundbreaking cupcake spot for a few days of renovation, Porche Lovely has resurrected Lovely Confections,1489 Steele Street, as the Church of Cupcakes — a religious-themed altar to the almighty cupcake. Here’s a peek at the redesigned space:…
Big personalities — and big sandwiches — are the calling cards of this Italian deli. 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 one lucky winner…
In Colorado, nothing says “summer” as much as a big mouthful of turkey leg. Photographer Nick Callaio went to the Capitol Hill People’s Fair this weekend and caught dozens of those people dining on big hunks of bird…
Derek Dietz’s mouth moves faster than just about anyone I’ve ever met — but he chalks up his gift of gab to unabashed excitement. The Philly native and CIA graduate is just a few weeks away from opening Bocadillo, a Spanish-influenced sandwich shop and tapas cafe at 4044 Tejon Street,…
Cafe Society unleashed four Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a yet to be identified Ethiopian feast to an oblong burger from a diner, whose location continues to mystify readers to tampiqueña from Tacos Jalisco to a behemoth plate of chicken and dumplings sided with collard greens and macaroni…
The folks behind Bull & Bush Pub and Brewery shocked the world — but not themselves — in early May when head brewer Gabe Moline and owners Erik and Dave Petersen earned a whopping four medals at the World Beer Cup, which is sponsored by the Brewers Association every other…
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. You may think that you hate oatmeal, but if you’ve only eaten that instant abomination, then you should really give steel-cut oats…
On June 1, Cafe Society published our “Restaurant roll call for May”, a compendium of all the openings and closings around town. Among the noteworthy openings: Sassafras, a bright spot that’s moved into a real black hole of a location. (Most recently, 2367 swallowed up Nonna’s, but it can claim…
Summer is in full swing — as evidenced by the blossoming of the local street-food scene — and its culinary fruits are bountiful. Here’s a taste of what’s on the calendar for the first week of June (and if you know of one we missed, feel free to share it…
Two years ago, Sean Kenyon bested a handful of international bartenders to take home $10,000 — and much respect for Colorado’s bartenders — for his work in the Domaine de Canton ginger liqueur competition in St. Maarten. Last year, Noah Heaney was the West Coast representative in the same contest,…
Like a lot of voyeurs, I’m intrigued by the contents of other people’s refrigerators, especially the refrigerators of chefs. And, apparently, so is Leigh Sullivan, the innovator behind FIVE — five local chefs and their bar cohorts, all of whom cook (and pour) at various restaurants and venues around the…
Tony’s Market, 950 Broadway, is hosting a deli challenge, pitting its newly-featured deli brand, Dietz & Watson, against Boar’s Head meats (which the market no longer carries) in a blind tasting this weekend to prove what it believes is Dietz’s superiority. Seeing as how the downtown location is across the…
We’re not exactly avid cyclists here at Cafe Society, but we’re sold on B-Cycle, since the bike share basically takes all the annoying parts of riding around out of the equation by letting us check out and dock up without having to worry about finding a place to lock up…
Happy Place: Lala’s Wine Bar + Pizzeria, 410 East 7th Avenue, 303-861-9463. Happy Hours: Daily from 3 to 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. to close The Deals: $5 glasses of wine on all pours under $10; half price on any glass of wine over $10; $3 Peroni drafts; $3 well…
It appeared impossible that any Mexican restaurant in Denver could manage to get the temperature of its tampiqueña right, which, in my book, means rare, or, at most, mid-rare. And of all the Mexican joints I’ve been to — and there are hundreds of them in this green chile-soaked city…
The latest bar to take advantage of Denver’s rooftop-patio mania is The Irish Rover Pub. Manager Ashley Robertson says the wide-open deck is the product of one-and-a-half years of hard work and jumping through hoops — but the final product is well worth the effort. “People in Denver love rooftop…
Todd Regan took over the old Marrakesh address on Blake Street last year and quickly drew up plans to instill TD’s Dogs, a bar-focused hot dog and hamburger joint with a California theme…
Several new brewpubs rolled out this month, as well as the Lowry Beer Garden — and there are many more beery spots brewing. But the gang isn’t all beer: Last month saw dozens of other eateries open, which specialize in everything from upscale street tacos to vegan tamales to breakfasts…
Pizzerias, a chef recently groused, are swarming the city like Miller moths. To the contrary, breakfast joints, he lamented, have been regulated to the back burner, slipping into the abyss like paying for porn. But Julia Grother, who just opened Sassafras American Eatery last week in an historic Victorian at…
So what has America’s favorite fast-food fried chicken chain been up to lately? Just the usual stuff, like releasing restaurant founder Colonel Harland Sanders’ autobiography that was “found” last year, hiring Top Chef alum Edward Lee to pimp it out using Facebook and YouTube, destroying Indonesian rainforests, and continuing to…
Is the delicacy a “donut” or “doughnut”? The latter spelling is as old as the pastries themselves, while the truncated “donut” spelling seems to lack a certain maturity. But spelled either way, the ‘nuts are delicious. Today, June 1, is National Doughnut Day, an American holiday started by the Salvation…
