I spent Saturday morning meandering around the Cherry Creek Fresh Market — a market, frankly, that I’ve never been terribly fond of, mainly because much of the produce is unseasonal and trucked in from outside state lines, plus I was tired of seeing vendors pimping acres of dried pasta, soaps…
More than eighty years after Maid-Rite got its start in Muscatine, Iowa, the chain has finally made it as far west as Denver, where Ralph’s Maid-Rite Sports Diner opened last week in Littleton. Ralph’s serves the loose-meat and breaded pork tenderloin sandwiches that are hallmarks of Maid-Rite, but it’s also…
Welcome to In the Weeds. Kyle will be right with you — most likely to complain about something. Usually he is pleasant, but this is his place to blow off some steam. Don’t take it personally; he just needs to vent because he’s been doing this for about thirteen years…
Cafe Society served up six Guess where contests last week, ranging from a summery bowl of gazpacho at Vert Kitchen to a jaw-breaking bagel sandwich to a marg on Taco Tuesday in Cherry Creek, right before the crowds descended for the Cherry Creek Arts Festival. For correctly identifying that drink…
On Friday, we posted our “Restaurant roll call for June,” a compendium of the town’s recent openings and closings — some of them quite surprising, including Squeaky Bean (looking for a new home, this one with a kitchen), Baur’s Ristorante (Robert Thompson of Argyll will turn the space at 1512…
Sushi just might be the perfect summer dish — light but still filling, always refreshing. And you can learn just what raw talents are needed to create sushi from 6 to 9:30 p.m. tonight, when Cook Street School of Fine Cooking, 1937 Market Street, will offer a “Sushi and Samurai”…
I wanted a burger. I wanted a big, fat, meaty burger that would smear condiments and grease across my face as I attempted to stuff it down my gullet. I wanted a protein bomb that would sit like a dead weight in my stomach all afternoon, inducing a food coma…
Row 14 isn’t the only eatery that’s taken up residence on the ground floor of the Spire. Just around the corner, Organic Pizza Co. turns out take-home pies, and next door to that is an outpost of Snarf’s Sub Shop, the beloved sandwich shop that got its start when Jim…
Happy 4th of July weekend, Denver. It’s really summer in the city now, when patios beckon and menus bloom with produce. In celebration, we’re serving up twenty things to eat in restaurants around town between now and fall…
In January of 2010, Virgilio Urbano, the pizza slinger — and owner — of his namesake pie palace, issued a humongous challenge: In two hours or less, stuff your gullet with eleven pounds of pizza without puking, taking a bathroom break or falling over dead, and your success (or stupidity,…
In the Best of Denver 2011, we named Common Grounds the Best Coffeehouse for Finding a Date, thanks to the constant crowd of young professionals who mingle there over cappuccinos. And because we’re big proponents of ditching online dating and blind set-ups every now and then in favor of meeting…
Dazbog Coffee understands that its undercaffeinated, too-tired-to-function customers may not always remember their wallets — and so the stores are offering a payment method that doesn’t require a wallet. “Everyone has their cell phone before their wallet these days,” says Leonid Yuffa, co-owner of the thirty-store chain that’s based in…
Along with Rackhouse Pub, this week I paid a visit to Pints Pub, the quirky British brewpub that claims to stock the largest collection of single malt whisky outside of Great Britain. I had my doubts — a number of restaurants make the same claim, including Dundee Dell, an Omaha…
Lester Karplus, co-founder of DelectablePlanet.com, has eaten veggie for almost forty years; he’ll be offering up cooking demonstrations at VegFest tomorrow, which runs from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds. We talked to Karplus about his shift toward vegetarianism, the mission behind DelectablePlanet, and what he…
Happy Place: The Corner Office, 1401 Curtis Street, 303-825-6500 The Hours: Daily from 4 to 6 p.m.; Sunday through Thursday from 9 p.m. to close The Deals: $3-5 small plates; $1 PBR; $3 draft beers; $5 martinis and wines by the glass Were we happy? Flip the page to find…
The canned craft beer revolution started in Lyons in 2002 with Oskar Blues, and although Colorado is still the leader, we don’t yet have metal to match our mountains. That will change in late July or early August when the Eddyline Brewery in Buena Vista becomes the first craft beer…
Talk about a mouthful: A single bagel from this shrine to ringed dough with a hole already stretches your jaw, but the sandwiches, towered with everything form salmon to roast beef, are comedic skyscrapers. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to…
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau is the founder of www.compassionatecooks.com and the author of three must-have cookbooks for plant-based eaters: The Joy of Vegan Baking, The Vegan Table and Color Me Vegan. She’ll be speaking at VegFest tomorrow at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds; we caught up with her to talk about her VegFest…
Boutique roaster Novo Coffee recently got a batch of Esmeralda Geisha, one of the most lauded coffees in the world and the subject of the Westword feature “Pot of Gold.” If you stop by Novo’s retail location at the Museum Residences, 1200 Acoma Street, you can grab a cup for…
Linger topped the action last month, with a stunning space that takes Highland to new heights. Chinook Tavern also blew back onto the scene, almost three years after it left its home in Cherry Creek. Gone for good? The old Northwoods Inn, which is now a swingers club. Here’s our…
The news that Soul Daddy, the winner of America’s Next Great Restaurant, had closed its last outpost — despite Chipotle’s Steve Ells serving as one of the show’s judges — didn’t surprise readers. Says aceranchero: I watched the series finale, when they announced the winner I turned to my wife…
The Margarita, 7350 Pine Creek Road in Colorado Springs, will serve up the next installment of its Dinner & a Movie series tonight; the featured film is M*A*S*H. For details, cCall 719-598-8667. For information on dozens of culinary events around town, visit our online Food & Drink listings — and…
