Most of us don’t think much about the supply chain; grocery stores and restaurants just put the food out for us and we buy it. But every once in a while, something happens to remind us that there are farmers, ranchers and living plants and animals at the beginning of…
On Sunday, September 7, 2014, Westword will host its twentieth annual celebration of the Denver dining scene, DISH, in Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, where many of the favorite restaurants of Cafe Society writers and readers will be serving delectable dishes. South Broadway’s Azucar Bakery — our…
Who knew there was a vineyard producing wine grapes in Burlington, that some of the state’s best Pueblo green chiles come from Colorado Springs, or that sweet and earthy beets grow at 7,600 feet just outside of Durango? Colorado Proud — the marketing branch of the Colorado Division of Agriculture…
Eight years after opening the Retro Room at 2034 Larimer Street, owner Dominic Roybal has opened The Refinery two blocks away at 1932 Blake Street, in a space that the Sports Column was using as an overflow room. While the Retro Room has an old-school feel, The Refinery has more…
You could once find red-sauce joints all over Highland, which decades ago was this town’s biggest Italian neighborhood. But over the years, those spots have been closing….and now Lechuga’s , which got its start as Carbone’s and continued to serve some of its classic dishes over the next two-plus decades,…
On Sunday, September 7, 2014, Westword will host its twentieth annual celebration of the Denver dining scene, DISH, in Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, where many of the favorite restaurants of Cafe Society writers and readers will be serving delectable dishes. Lola Mexican Fish House, for example,…
Range covers a lot of territory. The restaurant opened this past spring in the new Renaissance Denver Downtown City Center Hotel, and so it’s designed to feed business travelers and offer solace to solo guests looking for a chance to unwind at the bar. But Range was also conceived as…
No. 79 Pork Bulgogi at Dae Gee 7570 Sheridan Boulevard, Westminster 720-540-0700 Dae Gee’s menu might be a little confusing for a novice to Korean cuisine, and even the well-versed might find a few dishes intimidating (like gohp chang jun gol — beef intestines and tripe). But you can’t go…
Lechuga’s, one of the last old-school red-sauce joints lingering in the once Italian-heavy Lower Highland neighborhood (LoHi to hipsters, but simply the northside to longtime residents) has been sold and is throwing a retirement celebration for owners Chuck Lechuga and Rachael Vigil tomorrow. The Lechuga’s building — with its parking…
On Sunday, September 7, 2014, Westword will host its twentieth annual celebration of the Denver dining scene, DISH, in Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, where many of the favorite restaurants of Cafe Society writers and readers will be serving delectable dishes.Interstate Kitchen & Bar, for example, will…
On Sunday, September 7, 2014, Westword will host its twentieth annual celebration of the Denver dining scene, DISH, in Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, where many of the favorite restaurants of Cafe Society writers and readers will be serving delectable dishes. Dae Gee, named Best Korean Restaurant…
Being a restaurant critic is a bit like being a colander. Every time I enter a restaurant, I’m filling myself up, both literally and figuratively, with thoughts about everything from how the sauce tasted to lighting and noise levels to whether or not the server knew his stuff. When it’s…
“If it’s not right, it’s wrong.” Those are the words of wisdom that chef Brady Marcotte of Table Top, which opened this summer in Park Hill, learned from Steven Redzikowski, chef and co-owner of Boulder’s Oak at Fourteenth and Acorn in Denver. Marcotte, who worked for Redzikowski for two years…
Brother and sister duo Paul and Aileen Reilly can often be seen pouring their heart and soul into every aspect of Beast + Bottle, Aileen running the front of the house while Paul heads the kitchen. Known for its in-house butchery program, the restaurant has a whole pig delivered to…
To close out a month of eating barbecue for Ethniche, Mark Antonation visited a new spot, 3 Sons BBQ, that occupies an address with a long barbecue history, since it was once home to M&D’s Cafe. Although 3 Sons might not live up to that legendary spot, he still found…
On Sunday, September 7, 2014, Westword will host its twentieth annual celebration of the Denver dining scene, DISH, in Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, where many of the favorite restaurants of Cafe Society writers and readers will be serving delectable dishes. Like Fooducopia, an eatery that’s shipping…
Pizza in some form — a disk of baked dough with a few toppings — has been around since probably the dawn of agriculture, while pasta in Italy dates back to as early as the 13th century. Tomatoes, on the other hand, didn’t make it to the land of San…
On Sunday, September 7, 2014, Westword will host its twentieth annual celebration of the Denver dining scene, DISH, in Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, where many of the favorite restaurants of Cafe Society writers and readers will be serving delectable dishes. Like Glazed and Confuzed, for example…
On Sunday, September 7, 2014, Westword will host its twentieth annual celebration of the Denver dining scene, DISH, in Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, where many of the favorite restaurants of Cafe Society writers and readers will be serving delectable dishes. Like Adelitas Cocina y Cantina, for…
So this is becoming a trend: for the second time in four weeks, I’ve encountered an Ohioan running a barbecue restaurant in Denver. I get it that who wouldn’t want to come to Colorado from Cleveland or Cincinnati? — but the barbecue connection is a little more tenuous. Perhaps it’s…
The Golden Triangle is full of cultural amenities, large and small, from the Denver Art Museum to Walker Fine Art to the Clyfford Still Museum. But while you can find fine art in the area, maybe not it’s not the right spot for fine dining. That’s the theory of one…
On Sunday, September 7, 2014, Westword will host its twentieth annual celebration of the Denver dining scene, DISH, in Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, where many of the favorite restaurants of Cafe Society writers and readers will be serving delectable dishes. The Hornet, for example, will be…
