The Great Harvest Bread Co., 5910 South University Boulevard in Greenwood Village, is having a one-year anniversary celebration in honor of its new owners, who took over the spot last February. The joint will be offering family activities — face painting and balloon animals — from 3 to 4 p.m…
Denver Restaurant Half Month, not surprisingly, is bringing out the glutton in all of us, and while rezzies are filling up fast, it’s not too late to stamp your name on a seat at one of the 340 feedlots offering multi-course feasts between now and March 9, when the culinary…
Most of the Greek joints in Denver, as I note in this week’s review, are mediocre places where people yell “Opa!” — an expression of joy — despite the fact that the fare they’re serving is rather joyless. Given how vibrant Greek culture is, that just makes me sad. There…
It’s a good thing the food is bright and bold, because the non-existent decor is some of the most bland and boring I’ve ever seen — in an Ethiopian restaurant or otherwise. And would someone please turn on the lights during the lunch hour? Can you guess where I’m eating?…
The Bitter Bar may have made a name for itself from pouring championship-winning cocktails, but that doesn’t mean it’s not into other beverages, too. The Boulder-based cocktail bar and restaurant recently brewed up a collaboration with Avery Brewing Company, bringing a spiritous touch to the project…
When the Cheeky Monk opened in 2007, not many people thought a restaurant specializing in Belgian beer and food would last on Colfax Avenue. Nearly five years later, the spot is thriving, and its owners James and Tina Pachorek will add their own brewery, Three Saints, next door this fall…
Troy Guard, the chef/owner of TAG, TAG|RAW BAR and Madison Street, is, like hundreds of other chefs, in the throes of Restaurant Half Month, and he had hoped to complete an expansion of the diminutive TAG|RAW BAR before last Saturday night, when the two-week feeding frenzy kicked off. But while…
There’s still more than a week to go in Denver Restaurant Week, and just reading the comments that diners have posted about their DRW experiences has made us very, very hungry, as we salivate over the descriptions of great meals at Trillium, 1515, TAG and many others. But this round…
Patrick Canfield Trinity Grille 1801 Broadway 303-293-2288 www.trinitygrille.com This is part two of my chef and tell interview with the Trinity Grille’s Patrick Canfield. Part one of our chat ran yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: Edwardo’s in Westcliffe, Colorado. Going there always reminds me that I’m on vacation, plus they…
If food is, indeed, the next rock-and-roll, as Ferran Adria once said, then Michael Pollan is certainly one of its superstars; the author and professor has made major inroads in how we all think about what goes into our body, using his body of work — which includes Botany of…
Gridiron Grille is set to open Friday at 5650 Greenwood Plaza Boulevard in Greenwood Village. The address, which was formerly occupied by the Royal Gorge, was taken over by local sports fans Tony McGuinnis and his sister-in-law, Audra Jackson Powers. The two plan to offer an affordable menu featuring an…
The Crushery has closed, adding another casualty to the list of restaurants that have shuttered on South Pearl Street. “I love the people in this neighborhood, and, in a way, I feel like I’m letting them down, but I got a very nice offer from Sexy Pizza, and now I’m…
Each week, the folks at Cured, Boulder’s only specialty cheese shop, host a seminar and tasting focused on the artisan products they sell. Tonight’s class will be all about the history and classifications of cheese; complete with tastings from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Admission is $35 per person (which includes…
Denver Restaurant Half Month, not surprisingly, is bringing out the glutton in all of us, and while rezzies are filling up fast, it’s not too late to stamp your name on a seat at one of the 340 feedlots offering multi-course feasts between now and March 9, when the culinary…
This week’s review took me to Axios Estiatorio, the restaurant Telly Topakas opened on Tennyson Street when Brasserie Felix closed last year. Royce Oliveira runs the kitchen here, and it was quickly obvious that the chef, who never trained in a Greek kitchen, wasn’t exactly interested in adhering strictly to…
Here, at this Chinese restaurant, I’ve learned that going with a chef definitely has its advantages. These clams — God, they were fresh — aren’t on the menu, but the owner, who sensed immediately what the chef in residence wanted to eat, delivered the best the kitchen had to offer…
It’s technically February 29, but if it weren’t a leap year, today we’d be flipping the page on the calendar over to the month of March. Seems like mere days ago we were ringing in the new year and plotting all manner of ways to help you live up to…
It’s been almost two years since Bill Feid opened Billy’s Gourmet Hot Dogs in the Ballpark Neighborhood, vending wieners tricked out with the traditional stylings of Chicago, his hometown, in addition to dozens of other sausages and dogs with an array of toppings. Now, the owner is about to branch…
Here at Cafe Society, we’re meat fiends who subscribe to the adage “stop tofu abuse, eat foie gras,” so we don’t exactly spend tons of time seeking out sources of tofu. But if we’re going to buy bricks of silken soy beans, we’d prefer to get it locally, rather than…
Breckenridge Brewing released its Stranahan’s Well Built E.S.B. this week to liquor stores around town, the first of what should be several quarterly releases of this barrel-aged beer. The beer is one of several delicious new brews that have hit shelves in recent days: Others include Deviant Dale’s IPA tallboys…
When Dixons Downtown Grill shuttered last Labor Day, it left an enviable plot of restaurant real estate in its wake. Numerous restaurateurs and chefs eyed the behemoth space — which has since been divided into two separate entities — but luck was on the side of a Louisville-based restaurant called…
Journalist, author, professor and sustainable living advocate Michael Pollan is lecturing at the Paramount Theater tonight, and yesterday, we held a contest that would give one Cafe Society reader the opportunity to snag a pair of complimentary tickets to his presentation. We asked readers to submit questions for Pollan, and…
