Taprooms and food trucks are a perfect match: the taprooms need good grub to feed their customers, and the food trucks need to find good spots with a lot of hungry people. Over the past few years, it’s a combination that’s worked well for more than a dozen breweries in…
In this week’s Chef and Tell interview, Patrick Horvat, the head chef of Venue, weighs in on crappy Mexican joints, six guys who just love to make great food and culinary tips for the home cook. “Start with the basics and go from there,” Horvat advises. His recipe for beef…
I still love the dishes turned out from this Thai kitchen, but no longer do I believe that it’s the city’s top Thai restaurant. Guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts is entered into a pool…
This Sunday night, at 7 p.m. on FOX, The Simpsons will dish up a food-centric episode, in which oh-my-god! star chefs Mario Batali, Anthony Bourdain and Gordon Ramsay all appear in animated cameos. It’s all part of a weird dream that Marge has about starting a food blog called “The…
Readers are raving about Lori Midson’s Chef and Tell interview with Patrick Horvat, the exec chef at Venue. Among those commenting? Former Venue exec chef James Rugile: Great interview Patrick, I’m overdue to come up and see you. Let’s grab a beer sometime soon. Cheers, buddy! And that inspired this…
The week’s top foodie fracas started when TMZ posted photos of Anthony Bourdain and his then-sous chef in a pool, nakie-nakie-eggs-and-bakey. Apparently the photos were twelve-year-old shots taken during a Caribbean vacation by Bourdain’s now ex-wife, and Bourdain had no reservations about showing off his Taylor pork roll. But why…
Brauns closed its doors at 1055 Auraria Parkway this spring after nine years; the Pepsi Center, which owns the building, did not renew the lease. Now the space is getting ready to pour again: Aramark, which has the concessions contract at the Pepsi Center, is in charge of the kitchen…
A year ago the Four Seasons opened downtown, with its stylish restaurant, and tonight Edge Restaurant & Bar will toss a One-Year Anniversary Party. The festivities include a masquerade ball, a special multi-course menu and more. Tickets are $111 per couple; for more info, call 303-398-3343 or go to www.edgerestaurantdenver.com…
Earlier this week, we gave readers and opportunity to score free dinner for two at a restaurant participating in First Bite Boulder, the town’s annual feeding frenzy showcasing high-caliber restaurants like Pizzeria Basta, Pizzeria Locale, The Kitchen, The Empire Lounge and Restaurant in Louisville and Terroir in Longmont. The rules?…
The news these days is enough to drive you to drink. That’s why we asked a local barfly, Schmitty, to take on the task of creating a shot to go with the hottest story in the news. His debut offering? The Joe Paterno Shot…
For this week’s Cafe review, I head up to 2600 High Street, where husband-and-wife team Frank and Dina Berta run Frank’s Kitchen, a restaurant that feels so integral to the neighborhood that it seems like it’s held down this corner for years — even though Frank’s has only been open…
There’s no shortage of Indian restaurants in this city, but with the exception of a few — Jai Ho and Masalaa — they’re mostly carbon copies of one another. Add now we can add another mimic to the lineup: India’s Best Restaurant & Bar, which opened recently in a Littleton…
Breckenridge Brewing doesn’t always release limited-edition, barrel-aged beers, but when it does, there’s a big to-do about it, complete with a party. On Saturday, the brewery, located at 471 Kalamath Street, will offer 240 hand-numbered 750 ml bottles of Summer Cab Ride, Breck’s Summerbright golden ale aged in cabernet sauvignon…
You never hear a word about this suburban restaurant that just does what it does without any fanfare, but the food, which spans the globe (but leans toward the Mediterranean), holds its own — even if one night is devoted to (groan) prime rib. Guess where I’m eating? Special bonus:…
Patrick Horvat Venue 3609 West 32nd Avenue 303-477-0477 www.venuebistro.com This is part two of my interview. Part one of my interview with Patrick Horvat ran in this space yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: Marotta’s, in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. It was where I got my start in the business, and it…
Superfoods are the latest cool diet trend, despite the fact that most people couldn’t pick an antioxidant or a free-radical out of a lineup. Sometimes knowing why some foods are better for you (clever marketing tool) than others isn’t as important as carting around an expensive bottle of acai-blueberry-spinach-blah juice…
On November 17, metro Denver will finally get its own Steak ‘n Shake, a link in a chain that started in Normal, Illinois, back in 1934, and proclaims that it’s “Famous for Steakburgers.” Aimee can’t wait:…
There’s no better deal than free, and every Thursday evening from 4 to 7 p.m., Sip Fine Wine & Spirits, 1920 Market Street, offers free wine tastings. For more details, call 303-298-9463. For information on dozens of culinary events around town, visit our online Food & Drink listings — and…
Once a self-described risk taker, Chris Cina, a veteran Denver chef who’s slung sauté pans behind the line of numerous local restaurants — most recently, Hideaway Steakhouse, where he was pushed out — now admits that taking too many chances can often lead to unsavory consequences. “Every job I’ve taken…
When Dina Berta made the jump from writing about restaurants to running a restaurant, she had one insight that helped prepare her for the road ahead: “I knew a little about the industry, and I knew it was a lot of work, but also a lot of fun,” she says…
While 2011 may have been the year of the small brewery in metro Denver — which has so far toasted the arrival of six new ones — 2012 may be even bigger. Black Shirt Brewing, 3719 Walnut Street, and Prost Brewing, 2540 19th Street, have both announced plans to open…
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. Right, so turkey…
