Cafe Society served up four Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a bowl of gumbo, paired with a side of cornbread, from Bang! to a chicken salad sandwich from Modmarket to a cheese-blanketed bowl of spaetzle that may be Denver’s best drunk food…
Comrade Brewing Company opened this weekend in southeast Denver, an area thirsty for more beery options. But will the name draw many comrades? “There are lots of double meanings, but it is all in fun,” says owner David Lin. “The only thing we take seriously here is the beer. The…
The storefront space at 15th and Champa streets that once held Champa Street Liquors, next to Shag Lounge, for many months wore a sign promising that it would become a second location of Beirut Grill. But that restaurant never materialized. And now, two years later, the spot has a brand-new…
This week on Cafe Society, Gretchen Kurtz visited The Abbey Tavern, which turns out to be much more than just a neighborhood watering hole for Park Hill. In Chef and Tell, Sharif Villa Cruz, executive chef at Corner House, talked about the importance of fresh, made-from-scratch ingredients and more. And…
The meat in the taco snap above? Camel. And, why not? According to i24news.tv, the camel, “dubbed the ‘ship of the desert,’ occupies a significant place in the culture of the Arabian Peninsula.” In fact, the story continues, in the United Arab Emirate, there are “camel races, camel beauty contests…
Doyle Robinson, co-founder and executive director of Sox Place, knew it was inevitable that he’d have to move his drop-in center for Denver’s street youth out of the building at 2017 Larimer Street where’s it’s been for the last four years. And he recently got word that the non-profit will…
Shine Restaurant and Gathering Space will use the magical light created by the city’s annual Tulip Fairy and Elf Festival to launch its line of “bottled potions” at their Fairy Day Release Party on Sunday. The potions, which have been available in Shine at the bar, are drinks with a…
In early July, Denver Union Station will hold its grand opening, the tenants of which include a swell of restaurants, bars and cafes: Mercantile Dining & Provision, a restaurant and market from Fruition chef-owner Alex Seidel; Stoic & Genuine, Jennifer Jasinski’s new restaurant, the kitchen of which will be commanded…
I believe I’ve found the best dish in Denver to eat when you’re three sheets to the wind, namely this restaurant’s butter-soaked, crisp-edged, pan-fried spaetzle sheeted with cheese that mimics Whiz. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to a Guess Where…
After four years, Waffle Brothers will be closing its original location at 393 Corona Street at the end of service Sunday, and moving to a bigger spot a few blocks away. But while that space is being renovated, you’ll still be able to get your fix: The Waffle Brothers Pub…
Today is Dining Out for Life, and more than 250 metro area restaurants are participating in the fundraiser for Project Angel Heart, donating 25 percent of their food sales to the non-profit that provides life-sustaining meals for those suffering from life-threatening illnesses. The restaurant where we ate this Caesar salad…
The space at 2200 South Broadway that was recently vacated by Zocalo already has a new tenant, and one with a long history in Denver: 4G’s Mexican Restaurant. And after several recent failures in this spot (including El Olvido, Hades and South Broadway Grill, as well as Zocalo), 4G’s should…
Have you ever noticed how two people can look the same on paper, but when you meet them you sense that one has what the French would call a certain je ne sais quoi that sets that person apart? The same is true for restaurants: Sometimes that extra spark comes…
Corner House 2240 Clay Street 720-287-1895 cornerhousedenver.com This is part two of my interview with Sharif Villa Cruz, exec chef of Corner House; part one of our chat ran yesterday. What do you enjoy most about your craft? I’ve always been an artistic kind of guy, and when I was…
Manners don’t seem to improve with age. Since Sean Kenyon offered his list of the “Ten rudest things servers and bartenders do to guests to make them wish they’d never come in” two years ago, restaurant behavior has not improved, judging from the comments posted after we reheated and served…
Finding space on East Colfax for his new restaurant and pub, says owner Glen Eastwood, “turned out to be a blessing.” And the Abbey’ Tavern’s Park Hill neighbors would agree. Much as a traditional Irish pub is designed to do, the Abbey brings locals together in a friendly place over…
Waffle Brothers, which got its start in a cart and then opened its first brick-and-mortar location four years ago, will be leaving its original spot at 393 Corona this weekend. See also: First look at Waffle Brothers Pub Style in Uptown…
No processed sugars; no wheat flour; no fake meat; and no colon blow. Instead, says Justin Cucci, owner of Root Down, Root Down at DIA and Linger, expect “super-vegetarian-centric-slow-fast-food” at Vital Root, a new restaurant that he’s opening on Tennyson Street early next year with business partner — and yoga…
Years ago, at 7 p.m. on a sunny weekday evening, the patio at this diminutive restaurant would have been packed, but last night, it was just me and another table of three, which prompted the server to wonder out loud: “Where is everyone?” Good question, because the gumbo and the…
Corner House 2240 Clay Street 720-287-1895 cornerhousedenver.com This is part one of my interview with Sharif Villa Cruz, exec chef of Corner House; part two of our chat will run tomorrow. It’s a tradition in Mexico to “gather our families together for big meals, usually at our grandmother’s house,” says…
Unusual, earthy, minty: that’s how Chris Mohaupt, owner of the Federal Bar and Grill, described the bouquet of purple shiso I’d brought into his bar. He and bartender Jeremy Johnson rubbed the thick, fuzzy leaves between their fingers, sniffed, bit off bitter nibbles in their attempts to pinpoint the complex…
“Want to provoke a fight? Just start a discussion of where to find the best pizza in town.” That was the intro to yesterday’s list of the twelve best pizzas in Denver, and the fight got off to a fast start, with readers serving up many other favorites: Proto’s. Pizza…
