Food trucks have been the signature food trend in Denver for the past year, but across the Atlantic Ocean a Colorado native is mastering an entirely different kind of mobile gastronomy. Sean Fowler, formerly the chef at Cucina Leone and Ranelles, mans a mobile kitchen and cooks team meals and…
While consumers continue to dish dirt about the lack of local farm produce at the area’s farmers markets, Kimberly put “farm to table” on the table as one of the “Thirty overused, irritating and just plain awful food words and phrases that make our mouth hurt.” As Kimberly states her…
At the monthly Satellite Tap Room, West End Tavern is featuring drafts from a different brewery, with reps on hand to discuss the beers. Today, Grand Teton Brewing Co. out of Jackson Hole is the featured brewery. For more info, call 303-444-3535 or visit www.thewestendtavern.com. For information on dozens of…
Wild yeast strains can produce delightfully funky and oddly delicious beers. But they can also be a pain in the ass — which Odell Brewing discovered last week when customers reported that some bottles of Hiveranno New American Wild Ale, the latest one-off from the brewery’s’ Single Serve Series, were…
There are words, cliches and phrases that we, as food writers, use far too often, and while we’re all probably guilty of making your nostrils flare when we use some of the very same vocabulary that we’re now going to criticize, it’s when other food writers use these annoying and…
In this week’s Westword, I review Row 14, a sleek spot in the Spire, a new downtown high rise. Arik Markus, the restaurant’s chef and co-owner — his cohort is front-of-the-house man David Schneider — has put together a menu that’s as polished as the environs, and I had one…
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. Ge used to…
You can find pizza anywhere in the city — but finding vegan-friendly pizza is a slice more difficult. Pizza Fusion made the hunt much easier when it opened a few months ago; its vegan pie is topped with casein-free soy cheese (Follow Your Heart mozzarella — which, as you can…
Breakfast is served all day, every day, until 5 p.m. at this neighborhood java joint with a palpable hippie vibe. Can you 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 — and…
Every time I think that there can’t possibly be enough room in the market for another brewery in Denver, I step into a packed tap room and I change my mind. In fact, it’s so difficult to get a seat sometimes at places like Great Divide and Dry Dock, that…
Theo Adley The Pinyon 1710 Pearl Street, Boulder 720-306-8248 www.thepinyon.com This is part one of my interview with Theo Adley, executive chef/owner of the Pinyon in Boulder. Part two of my chat with Adley will run in this space tomorrow. Theo Adley failed algebra three times in high school. As…
Brauns Bar and Grill, which had been a prime hangout for Colorado Avalanche and Denver Nuggets fans since it opened in 2002, has left its giant warehouse spot on the Auraria Parkway; the Pepsi Center, which owns the building, did not renew Brauns’s lease. But the Brauns concept lives on…
We’ve got dozens of cupcake shops in the Mile High City, and the past few months have seen an onslaught of frozen yogurt shops, too. But there have been few — if any — places that offer both. Until now. 32nd Treat, “part self-serve yogurt bar, part gourmet cupcake and…
Comments have been springing up about our tour of the Cherry Creek Fresh Market this past weekend — which had very little that was fresh and Colorado-grown. Bsquared hits the issue squarely: So much prepared food, so little fresh produce…This is the problem with all farmers markets in Colorado. WE…
Row 14 continues its summer wine classes with :Old World vs. New World Wines,” half-hour seminars featuring side-by-side comparisons and paired snacks. The wine starts pouring at 6 p.m. and class costs $10 in advance, $15 at the door; for more info, call 303-825-0100 or visit www.row14denver.com. For information on…
You could, we suppose, say that the writing was on the wall. The Comfort Cafe, a donation-based, non-profit community kitchen and restaurant in Berkeley Park, whose philosophy is pay-what-you-can-afford, recently posted a note on its Facebook wall, pleading for volunteers:…
One of downtown Denver’s newest architectural assets is the Spire, a skyscraping complex of sleek condominiums located directly across from the Convention Center. In addition to stylish condos, the building houses a handful of restaurants, including the posh Row 14, which holds down a corner street level spot…
A friend called me a while back to let me know he was coming to Denver for an indefinite amount of time and needed a place to crash. That’s just the way the guy is: spontaneous, which is one of his many charming traits (his strong Southern drawl is another)…
It took a while, but Ricky and Anna Choi finally have what they want: a second restaurant to complement their successful Purple Ginger in Lakewood. Last fall the Chois had opened Zi Fusion, a restaurant at 7340 South Clinton Street in Englewood; they closed it in April for what was…
A long time ago, Basil Doc’s pushed a fantastic white clam pizza (it now sucks). Several other pie palaces also toss white clam pizzas, none of which are great, but this one — save for the deluge of flour beneath the crust — is good. Can you guess where I’m…
True story: We recently made the acquaintance of the creator of a local website dedicated to all things male. After we inquired about the topics typically featured on the site, the author responded with something along the order of “You know…guy stuff. Bars, sports, beer, things like that.” Intrigued, we…
Jason and Jeanette Burgett’s Wooden Spoon Cafe & Bakery is a regular stop for Highland neighbors who can’t get enough of the spot’s pastries, breakfast sandwiches, egg scrambles and baguettes. Weekends are particularly busy, and after a three-day 4th of July stretch that called for extended hours, the cafe is…
