A few years ago, Joel Cline, a Denver chef who’s cooked at Castle Pines golf club, the long-gone Adega and the recently shuttered Argyll, was eyeing a space in downtown Littleton, where he planned to open a crepe cafe. But while he was pondering the situation, Penzys Spices, a national…
Yes, it snowed. Get used to it. Better yet, take advantage of it. The Rackhouse Pub, which celebrates its two-year anniversary later in the week, is marking the time-honored tradition of calling in sick on powder days by offering a free pint to anyone who shows up with a lift…
Like it or not, for years people have habitually lumped wines from Colorado into its own special (read: inferior) category of domestic winemaking. Bottles from other, more mainstream wine-producing regions in the U.S., like California, Oregon, and Washington State, seem to score all the props, while the Centennial state gets…
I’m always on the lookout for new Indian restaurants, and at this recently-opened Indian emporium located in a part of town that most foodniks bypass, I found the usual suspects, including a lamb vindaloo that was passable but certainly not fiery. Alas. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus:…
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. While this week’s…
Scott Yosten Steakhouse 10 3516 South Elati Street 303-789-0911 www.steakhouse10.com This is part one of my interview with Scott Yosten, executive chef of Steakhouse 10. Scott Yosten has seen it all: a maître d’ who could acquire any drug you could ever want, another maître d’ who had the social…
You’ve drunk beer. Maybe you’ve made bread out of it, or even cooked up some beer-battered onion rings. Now the Ritz-Carlton is offering a higher-brow — and way more expensive — way to get your hops on: a full-body spa treatment. The Mile High Malt Scrub and Microbrew Massage, part…
Kyle Garratt recently headed to the West End Tavern in Boulder, where he took on the Wing King Challenge: fifty wings in thirty minutes. Man V. Food host Adam Richman gave it a try last year, and repeats of that show keep sending a lot of delusional eaters to the…
You’ll be in hog heaven tonight at Row 14 Bistro & Wine Bar, 891 14th Street, where the folks from Il Mondo Vecchio will host a Disassembly Dinner. Each course will focus on a different cut of pork. The dinner starts at 6:30 and costs $70; for reservations, call 303-825-0100…
Don your best fedora and overcoat combo for tonight’s gangster-themed Halloween Community Table at Firenze a Tavola, 4401 Tennyson Street. Appropriately enough, the multi-course dinner is always served family style, and starts at 6:30 p.m. At $28, this is an offer you can’t refuse! For reservations, call 303-561-0234 or visit…
You can get great Chinese food in this town, but you have to know where to look — especially if you’re on the hunt for real Szechuan food, not the dumbed-down American version of the cooking of Southern China that’s a mainstay of dollar-a-scoop joints and many strip-mall spots…
One of the biggest challenges I face in life is making my girlfriend happy. We’ve been together almost four years, and I still haven’t a clue as to how to bring a smile to her face. It’s a beautiful smile, though, rare as it is, lighting up both the room…
Since he opened the first Pasquini’s on South Broadway in 1986, Tony Pasquini has grown his Italian restaurant into a family of five, expanding (in some cases via franchise) into the Highland neighborhood as well as Uptown, Lone Tree and the Tech Center. Now the owner is about to add…
Justin Cucci, owner of Root Down and Linger, has been gardening near Root Down since it opened three years ago. But he’ll be the first to deny credit for what grows there. “I’m a city person,” he says. “I have no green thumb in me. We have some great people…
The rooftop patio at Ale House at Amato’s is gorgeous — and even though snow is forecast for tomorrow, given typical Colorado weather, it won’t be long before diners can bask in the sun while enjoying skyline views of the city. And although the menu tends toward the meat-heavy, there…
There are nearly a half-dozen pizzerias slated to pop up all over Denver within the next several months, including Wazee Wood-Fired Pizza, a new joint from celebrated New York chef and restaurateur Charlie Palmer that’s taking over a portion of the former Big Game space. In addition, Slices will open…
Pumpkin beers are an acquired taste. Some people love them, others hate them. Most drinkers can only tolerate a few. But there is an amazing array of pumpkin beers on the market, from the subtle to the spicy to the completely over-the-top…
Margaritas are a dime a dozen in this city, but a margarita shaken with an avocado? You’ll find that in only one restaurant in Denver. Even weirder than the margarita itself is the fact that I really liked it — and wouldn’t think twice about ordering it again. Can you…
I was about 25 wings into the Wing King Challenge at the West End Tavern — fifty wings in thirty minutes — when I realized I wasn’t going to be able to finish the second half of the bucket of wings in the ten minutes that remained. I was starting…
Hot sauces? Steak knives? Wallpaper? Yesterday, Lori Midson dished the dirt on “Dining thieves: Weird and crazy stuff people steal”. And while Cafe Society’s readers aren’t quite the scofflaws described on seattle.eater, her post still collected a few interesting admissions…as well as this from GFTW: This is all small beans…
Amaro Drinkery Italia, 2785 Iris Avenue in Boulder, will pour on the charm — and pour out the Alpha Zeta wines — at tonight’s five-course dinner. The meal starts at 6:30 p.m., and each course will be paired with wines from the Veneto region of Italy. Tickets are $79; for…
So, have you been to China?” I was sitting at the small bar in Chef Liu’s Authentic Chinese Cuisine on a slow Sunday evening, waiting for the feast that Vincent — my inquisitor, and also Chef Liu’s waiter, bartender and host — had ordered for me from the Chinese dinner…
