The space now occupied by Scatch Burrito and Happy Tap, which we review this week, once held Shazz Café, an ambitious restaurant that chef Benny Kaplan opened in late 2008. But his hyper-local shrine to innovative cuisine just didn’t make it in that location, and he closed the place in…
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 a spacious kitchen. They often bring some of their market’s best ingredients home with them and cook up a feast, and when they’re not…
Denver is about to get several restaurants whose names each link two words. Partners Delores Tronco, Tony Maciag and Dana Rodriguez will open Work & Class at 2500 Larimer Street on January 29, right across the street from Troy Guard’s new Los Chingones. And Guard has another new restaurant opening…
If it weren’t for something called breaking and entering, I’d likely sneak into this charmingly elegant restaurant in the quiet of the night and curl up on the velvet Victorian sofa with a weathered copy of Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, a bottle of whiskey and a plate of the terrific…
Martin Campos Comida Cantina 3350 Brighton Boulevard 303-296-2747 eatcomida.com This is part one of my interview with Martin Campos, exec chef of Comida at the Source; part two of our interview will run tomorrow. “I was an incredibly picky eater as a child,” laments Martin Campos, who admits that while…
If you happen to find yourself in Los Angeles between March 21-23, you’ll be in esteemed culinary company: Jennifer Jasinski, chef-owner of Rioja, Euclid Hall, Bistro Vendome and the forthcoming Stoic & Genuine, along with Alex Seidel, chef-owner of Fruition and Mercantile Dining & Provision, which will open in Union…
We had a long, long wait for brunch at the Highland Tavern Saturday, but put the time to good use: strolling the neighborhood to see what projects are under way in lower LoHi, listing other restaurants/bars with long lines, and arguing over the town’s best brunch spots — with and…
Everyone was a Broncos fan on Sunday — even if the bar where they were drinking could only show the game on ancient, black-and-white TVs. Can you guess where we were drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to a Guess Where post is entered into a…
The long-anticipated Nectar House Cafe and Elixir Bar is finally open on South Broadway. The eatery took over the lobby space at Kindness Yoga, and yogis and yoginis leaving class can even get discounts on their sustenance! As the city’s first true purveyor of raw vegan food, Nectar House is…
Cafe Society served up five Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a plate of kung pao chicken from Shanghai Garden to a bowl of cumin-spiced green beans from Shish Kabob Grill to a parade of side dishes from a stalwart Japanese restaurant…
On Saturday, when a restaurant-industry pal was craving tater tots for his 25th birthday breakfast, we headed to Highland Tavern, renowned for its homemade tater tots — and very long brunch lines. A wait that was originally estimated at half an hour translated to ninety minutes before we finally got…
Soup is a winter favorite for lots of cooks — it’s easy, it’s cheap and it’s filling on a cold day. And a little effort nets you a big pot that can last several days (or feed lots of people). But for hungry eaters who aren’t satisfied by a bowl…
Entrepreneur alert: Denver needs more brunch places. Make that more good brunch places. The spot we stopped by shortly after noon on Saturday is definitely a good brunch place — with a waiting list for tables that stretched ninety minutes. But the chicken-fried steak was definitely worth the wait. Can…
Yes, it’s another brewery opening in Denver — this one Alpine Dog Brewing, which Gardiner Hammond, a former brewer at the Old Mill in Littleton, plans to open this spring in part of the space on East Colfax Avenue that once housed Independent Records. And Alpine is just one of…
This week in Cafe Society, Gretchen Kurtz reviewed Acorn, an offshoot of Oak at Fourteenth that opened last summer in The Source and has already come into its own. For Chef and Tell, Lori Midson talked with chef/co-owner Noah French about another new spot, Sugarmill, a sweet spot that is…
How to grab the interest of future culinary masters? Hold an ice cream-creation contest, for which the winner gets a year’s worth of free ice cream. That’s what the Buell Children’s Museum and Cold Stone Creamery did in Pueblo last fall as part of the museum’s Math Carnival exhibition. Kids…
Steven Redzikowski, co-owner with Bryan Dayton of Oak at Fourteenth and Acorn, which the partners opened in The Source this summer, knew that Denver and Boulder were far more different than just a thirty-mile separation might suggest. Still, he was taken aback by just how adventurous Denver diners can be…
Omaha! Omaha! Bronco-related deals and decor are popping up all over town in anticipation of this Sunday’s big game. We spotted this fan at a restaurant better known for its green chile than its orange-and-blue devotion. Can you guess where we’re eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct…
Yesterday we released our updated list of the best dives in the metro area, and the comments have been fast and furious. Mostly furious. Some people are peeved we included their favorite bars — which means they’ll be more crowded — and others are irritated that we ignored their favorite…
Sweet Cow, an award-winning local enterprise devoted to ice cream, will open its third store today, this one in north Boulder. See also: Sweet Action is in a deep freeze until February 1…
Sure, it’s winter, but just because there’s a chill in the air doesn’t mean that we stop craving ice cream. For proof, just look in my freezer. Nonetheless, the crew from Sweet Action Ice Cream, one of the most popular ice cream spots in the city, is on a month-long…
The dishes at this suburban strip mall restaurant are straight-ahead Americanized Chinese, which appeases my picky parents, who don’t have adventurous palates and always order their fish and meat at temperatures that would set a house ablaze. But while chicken feet, duck blood soup and fried cow stomach lining are…
