On Friday afternoon, I got the text: “Heeeeey! I sold the Pinyon — going to make the move to Denver. Kablammo!” read the message from Theo Adley, the exec chef-owner of the Pinyon in Boulder, a restaurant he opened in late 2010 on the East End of the Pearl Street…
Penny Parker may have lost her job at the Denver Post, but she hasn’t lost her interest in a charity that helps breast-cancer patients — a charity that will benefit from a fundraiser at Coohills this Tuesday. Here’s a taste of what else is on the culinary calendar this week:…
Looking for a way to resurrect your energy on Easter morning? This blood orange mimosa could be just the cocktail. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Guess Where posts is entered into a pool — and every Monday,…
In this interview, Adam Hodak — the beverage manager for Frank Bonanno’s restaurants who’s frequently behind the stick at Green Russell, Osteria Marco and Russell’s Smokehouse — weighs in on how he got to where he is, the night he pepper-sprayed himself and the irony of lime usage at Mexican…
Denver dumpling enthusiasts can breathe a sigh of relief: Lao Wang Noodle House reopened today, several days after Chung-Ming and Tse-Ming Wang had closed the place for renovations. Follow @CafeWestword on Twitter and at facebook.com/denvercafesociety…
I wasn’t thrilled with Paxia, the upscale Mexican joint brothers Cesar, Roberto and Ignacio Leon opened in the Sunnyside neighborhood last year, especially because their original restaurant, the vibrant Los Carboncitos, is located just six blocks away. And after I’d eaten my review meals at Paxia, I went diving into…
Havana Street in Aurora is home to several new restaurants, according to the latest word from the Havana Business Improvement District. Among them: Havana Street Station, a family restaurant serving mostly American and Mexican food in the space at 1911 South Havana Street that used to be Dumitri’s Family Restaurant…
If one cyclist left Denver Beer Co at noon, traveling at fifteen miles per hour, and another left from the City and County Building at noon, traveling at 10 miles per hour, how long would take them to grind up 500 pounds of malted barley?…
When Tyler Nemkov joined Cafe Society as a twenty-year-old intern from Johnson & Wales three years ago, he knew he wanted some kind of career in the culinary world. And now he’s found it — although he’s still a month away from graduation at the University of Colorado, the 23-year-old…
Denver’s most doomed address has claimed another victim. Nanna’s Teas opened last summer in the charming Victorian bungalow that was the original home of La Loma, and over the past four decades has housed restaurants ranging from Filipino to Mexican to Chinese to Mexican to continental to Mexican. After El…
Yes, that’s sausage studding the spicy Hollandaise on top of poached eggs on top of, yes, chicken-fried steak! Guess who’s serving this gut bomb? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts is entered into a pool — and every Monday,…
The RMS Titanic sank on April 15, 1912, and for the hundredth anniversary of that event Cullen’s Upscale American Grille in Houston is offering a replication of the first-class passengers’ last dinner. For a thousand bucks a plate, ten lucky diners can enjoy a ten-course meal that includes such dishes…
Andrew Casalini and his wife, Jen Dactano, opened Satchel’s on 6th just over a year ago, but the restaurant at 1710 East Sixth Avenue — a replacement for Satchel’s Market, the Park Hill market-turned-restaurant they closed in the fall of 2010 — is on its third chef. Jared Brant was…
Boulder Wine Merchant, 2690 Broadway Street in Boulder, will host a free wine-tasting tonight from 5 to 7 p.m. Join representatives from the family-owned Herdade do Esporao Winery as they showcase four well-balanced wines from the Alentejo region of Portugal. The tasting is open to the public; no RSVP required…
Peach Street Distillers first fired up the stills in Palisade in 2004, a project from Rory Donovan and Ska Brewing co-founders Dave Thibodeau and Bill Graham. Since then, the company has grown steadily from a risk-it-all bootstrapped operation into a well-known local craft brand. And the hard work just paid…
Fred Rex worked in the electronics business for two and a half decades, but when his company closed in the early 2000s, he decided to change careers. “I ran a pretty successful hot dog stand in the Boston area for about seven years,” he explains. “We’re not just a stainless…
New Belgium Brewing will build a second major brewing facility in Asheville, North Carolina, giving the Eastern Seaboard its own claim to the nation’s second largest craft brewer and the company that made its name on a bike-friendly beer…
Just two weeks shy of its fourth anniversary in Denver, the Vine Street Pub & Brewery finally got its brewery license on Wednesday, and although the brewers won’t whip up their first batch of beer until Wednesday, they are allowed to start filling up growlers now. To celebrate, co-owner Kevin…
“I met Jim at the Gramercy Tavern,” Frasca Food and Wine owner Bobby Stuckey explained by way of introduction to Jim Meehan, the star bartender who stopped into the Boulder restaurant last night to host a cocktail seminar and dinner. “He gave Danette [Stuckey, Bobby’s wife] and me a really…
Like a lot of people in this city, I yearn for a great Jewish deli, but until we get one, most of us can agree that this sandwicheria passes mustard — er, muster. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the…
Joe Troupe Lucky Pie Pizza & Tap House 1610 16th Street 303-825-1021 www.luckypiepizza.com This is part two of my interview with Joe Troupe, exec chef of Lucky Pie Pizza & Tap House. Part one of our chat was posted yesterday. Best thing about cooking in Denver: The food and markets…
This week’s feature story, “Mexican Hamburger Helper,” by Gustavo Arellano, takes a look at the unique “Den-Mex” cuisine. Proclaims Arellano:…
