Pary’s on 28th aims for a June 22 opening

Pam Read has owned Goddess Catering, a local catering business, for a few years — and when Satchel’s Market vacated its digs in Park Hill (the owners relocated to a spot next to Oliver’s market, where they created Satchel’s on 6th) — she jumped at the chance to expand into…

Round two with Hideaway Steakhouse chef Chris Cina

Chris Cina Hideaway Steakhouse 2345 West 112th Avenue, Westminster 303-404-9939 www.hideawaysteakhouse.com This is part two of my interview with Chris Cina, executive chef of Hideaway Steakhouse. Part one of that interview ran in this space yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: Zuni Cafe in San Francisco. I worked with Sean Kelly…

Fake meat to coffee crotch: Our top five favorite restaurant lawsuits

Dunkin’ Donuts is being sued again. Danielle Jordan, 47, a diabetic, alleges that the cup of coffee she ordered from her local DDs was laced with sugar instead of the artificial sweetener she’d asked for, and is seeking “unspecified damages” (code for a shload of coinage) after allegedly experiencing physical…

Eco-Burger closes its doors in Cherry Creek

It was bun while it lasted: Eco-Burger has closed in Cherry Creek. David Pellegrin and his wife, Rebekah Donovan Pellegrin, who also owned the now-defunct Q Worldly Barbecue, opened the burger spot exactly a year ago in the former home of Soleil Mediterranean Grill, which they’d closed three months earlier…

Reader: Was Brian Laird too good for Russo’s?

The news that Brian Laird, who lasted a decade at Barolo, is out after just a few months at at Russo’s Kitchen + Tavern , the restaurant that Peter Kudla put in his Vallagio project, has generated lots of response, including this from Tico: Know the feeling, I once ran…

Colorado Winefest, Music and Martinis, Taste of the Nation all tonight

There’s an embarrassment of riches at tonight’s booze-and-food-filled events: Colorado Winefest, a sister event of the Colorado Mountain Winefest, lands at Northfield Stapleton today and continues through Saturday, June 11, with tastes from Colorado wineries and local restaurants, plus wine seminars and chef dinners. For more details, go to www.coloradowinefest.com…

Kaos Pizzeria excels in the Neapolitan style

In Greek mythology, Kaos is the universe and Gaia the earth — and the two are lovers, intertwined counterparts that create the existing world. Kaos Pizzeria, which opened two years ago, is the counterpart of Gaia Bistro, the five-year-old restaurant on South Pearl Street owned by Patrick Mangold-White and Jon…

Help the GrowHaus win $50,000

The GrowHaus is a community garden, market and education center in Elyria-Swansea that’s encouraging healthy eating and creating local jobs in the process, too. It is also one of ten nonprofits contending for Maxwell House’s Drops of Good contest that will award five organizations $50,000 each. And the GrowHaus needs…

Food porn: Gaia Bistro

I kicked off patio season this year with a review of Gaia Bistro, which is housed in an old bungalow on South Pearl, serves a seasonal board made from local ingredients — and produce it pulls from its own lush garden. I was as charmed by Gaia’s food as I…

The Perennial Plate comes to Durango

Daniel Klein’s resume includes some of the best restaurants in the world, restaurants including The Fat Duck and St. John in England, Thomas Keller’s Bouchon and Tom Colicchio’s Craft. Now he’s producing The Perennial Plate, a weekly web series about sustainable eating. While the first season focused on the kitchen,…

TAG gets ready to unveil a summer cocktail list

Last month top-notch bartender James Lee gave up his Salida gig to return to the Front Range, taking over as the beverage director at TAG, Troy Guard and Leigh Sullivan-Guard’s flagship Larimer Square eatery. He’s spent the last few weeks getting his feet wet, learning the spirits list and board…

Green Tea Mint Julep and Cupp O Spring at Row 14

I stopped by Row 14 Bistro & Wine Bar, the stylish new restaurant in the Spire whose bar is stashed behind floor-to-ceiling, chain-link drapes, just before the Kentucky Derby — which was why the bartender’s suggestion of a Green Tea Mint Julep ($10) seemed like a sacrilege. Some things, like…

Guess where I’m drinking?

I sneaked away over the weekend, taking a jaunt to the mountains, where I found myself in a little town, population just over 100, that doesn’t have a whole lot going on, save for scenery gazing and a single restaurant with a gorgeous bar. Can you guess where I’m drinking?…

Cooking with Pete and Barb Marczyk: Early summer salad

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. “It’s June, which…

Chris Cina, exec chef of Hideaway Steakhouse, on being a goof in the kitchen, the day he made a bride cry and the ups and downs of opening a new restaurant

Chris Cina Hideaway Steakhouse 2345 West 112th Avenue, Westminster 303-404-9939 www.hideawaysteakhouse.com This is part one of my interview with Chris Cina, executive chef of Hideaway Steakhouse. Part two of that interview will run in this space tomorrow. Chris Cina wasn’t born with a silver spoon in his mouth, didn’t have…

Top five retro breakfast cereals that deserve a comeback

According to a recent article in 24/7 Wall St., a handful of beloved breakfast cereals are steadily declining in popularity — and may end up in the annals of cereal history rather than being shoveled into the eager mouths of children every morning. The cereals currently on life support are…

Civic Center Eats rolls back into Civic Center

Civic Center Eats, billed as “the largest gathering of food trucks in metro Denver,” is back in Civic Center Park for the summer. The inaugural event yesterday drew such standbys as Steuben’s, which was the first truck out of the gate last summer, Stick It To Me, Chicago Louie’s, Street…

Reader: A new restaurant in an old mortuary leaves me cold

Linger, the latest restaurant to join the increasingly crowded lineup in Lohi, opened yesterday, in one of the buildings that once housed Olinger mortuary. Just down the street, another former mortuary facility now houses Vita and Lola. The location prompted this memory from NW Denver: How can people eat in…

Second Home hosts Pinots & Prevention tonight

Second Home with host Pinots & Prevention, a wine and heart-healthy educational seminar at 6 p.m. tonight. And it’s free! For more info, go to womenheart.org. For information on dozens of culinary events around town, visit our online Food & Drink listings — and if you have information for a…