Sometimes I need something a little stronger than caffeine to jump-start my day. Fortunately, right across the street from the Wooden Spoon Bakery & Cafe is the Gallop Cafe, which serves a great Bloody Mary: a goblet full of peppery tomato juice and vodka garnished with a long toothpick loaded…
East Colfax is home to several Ethiopian restaurants, and another joint just opened near the corner of Colfax and Quebec: Peacock Restaurant and Bar, which, says owner Eden Habte, is unaffiliated with the other Ethiopian spots in the area. There, in a dark dining room painted gold and infused with…
Last Thursday, a staggering number of employees who work at TAG, Troy Guard’s restaurant on Larimer Square, walked off the floor (and line), or handed in their two-week notices after news broke that Guard and Leigh Sullivan, his wife (soon to be ex-wife) and business partner had split up. Sullivan,…
My recent review of Rackhouse Pub, the restaurant that fronts the Stranahan’s Distillery and pairs high-end pub food with bourbon and beer, inspired several readers to jump to the defense of Rackhouse, including this anonymous e-mailer: As you may have read, Miss Shunk is not respected by your Westword readers,…
I don’t cook with meat very often, due to laziness and a limited budget, but every so often, I simply can’t resist the basic human urge for pork. I can do without beef or chicken painlessly enough, but for some reason, the thought of pig evokes a deep, inexplicable desire…
Buffalo Doughboy Bakery, our pick for Best Bakery in the Best of Denver 2010, has been closed since June 30 while owner/pastry chef Clark Eaton recovers from surgery. The bustling, seven-year-old bakery should be back in business on July 14, and will attone for its brief absence by offering customers…
Nothing says summer like ice cream, whiskey and sushi … and beer dinners, train dinners and everything else taking place on this week’s culinary calendar. Here’s a taste of what’s ahead:…
There’s nothing like blaring rock music to wake you up on on Monday morning — and that’s exactly what I got when I clicked on the website of Rock Wood-Fired Pizza & Spirits, a Pacific Northwest chain with a music-theme roster of wood-fired pizzas, most of them titled after classic…
In my review of Row 14, I had very little to gripe about, since the restaurant served me one of the best meals I’ve had in a long time. But I did take issue with the temperature of a glass of pinot noir, which hit my table a few degrees…
Aside from the fact that the floor was so sticky that it stuck to my shoes like glue, this deli turns out a decent sandwich, and the fries, when hot, are good, too. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the…
Notice the date? It’s July 11, or 7-11, and 7-Eleven, the nation’s most prolific convenience-store chain, is giving away free 7.11-ounce size Slurpees all day until midnight at participating stores throughout Colorado. To mark its 84th birthday, the chain, which has 8,600 locations in North America, and 41,500 stores worldwide,…
Dancing Noodle Thai Cuisine, the family-run spot we named Best Thai Restaurant in 2010, is closed until Thursday, July 21, while the couple that owns it is on sabbatical in Thailand. And that’s ultimately good news: Once Dancing Noodle reopens, its commitment to authentic Thai fare should be reinvigorated with…
Cafe Society served up six Guess where? contests last week, ranging from an incredible bowl of berry/basil ice creams to a sign at the Welcome Inn to a good white clam pizza — in a town that’s definitely short of them. For correctly identifying that pie as coming from Ernie’s…
The fat’s in the fryer now! Our list of “Denver’s five best plates of fried chicken” has some readers squawking. No Steuben’s? No Welton Street Cafe? No Castle Cafe? And no Cora Faye’s Cafe? That omission inspired this from Sarcasumsus the Magnificent: Amazing that this list does not include Cora…
Isabelle Farms, 10029 Isabelle Road in Lafayette, will host the second annual Farm Dinner in conjunction with Mateo, featuring Isabelle’s produce, Colorado-based drinks and more. The party begins at dusk and costs $80; call 303-443-7766 or e-mail info@mateorestaurant.com to sign up. For information on dozens of culinary events around town,…
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…
Right, so we do have other big news to report today, namely the announcement of a superhero champion in our Justice League of Street Food contest, the winner (and a guest) of which gets to eat and drink for free at the Justice League soiree on Saturday night. There were…
Crema Coffee House, the eclectic cafe on Upper Larimer, is just putting the finishing touches on a new kitchen. After two-and-a-half years of providing much-needed caffeine along a somewhat desolate stretch of Larimer Street, owner Noah Price has decided to offer breakfast and lunch to his ever-growing crowd of regulars…
New Belgium Brewing announced this week that it will add a massive new canning line to its fifty-acre Fort Collins compound. When construction is complete, the brewery will have the ability to can around thirty percent of its total output. But just because it can doesn’t mean it will, says…
The Great American Beer Festival sold out — all 55,000 or so tickets — in an amazing seven days this year, or roughly twelve weeks before the world’s biggest beerapalooza begins on September 29. Last year’s fest sold out about five weeks before the event, while the 2009 festival didn’t…
A scoop of basil ice cream and a second scoop of berry ice cream, paired with a split of prosecco, was the finale to dinner earlier this week. 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…
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…
