Suffice it to say that I eat out more than the general population, unless, of course, the general population can catalogue more than 450 restaurant meals in a year — which is about the number of breakfasts, lunches and dinners that I stomached in 2012. Pathetic, isn’t it? But all…
In this week’s Chef and Tell interview, I chat with Jonah Munson, chef of the Walnut Room, a restaurant and bar that’s popular for its pizzas. Munson, who makes his own dough, also bakes desserts, a skill he learned at an early age, when he started baking cakes from scratch,…
Despite a menu that boasts a large vegetarian section — and mock meat — it’s not all carrots and mushrooms at this Chinese restaurant that also turns out an excellent plate of fried rice…liberally pelted with pork. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first…
McDonald’s recent posting of a hypothetical household budget for its minimum- wage employees has birthed an Occupy-style French fry revolution. Frustrated, vastly underpaid fast-food workers across the country are now asking their employers to raise their earnings from the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour to $15 per hour,…
You can’t miss Little Man Ice Cream, that giant milk can in LoHi with a welcoming patio and lines that wind down the street, has been scooping handcrafted, locally sourced ice cream since 2008. And now, it’s are opening a pop-up shop on the 16th Street Mall. See also: -…
Examples of true Southern hospitality are few and far between in Denver — but you certainly find it at Jezebel’s, which will feed your soul with authentic barbecue delights, comfort food and cocktails from the friendly bar. While the menu features specialties like tender brisket, skillet mac n’ cheese and…
Tin Star Smokehouse, which I review this week, offers two homemade, sweet, ketchupy, Kansas City-style barbecue sauces. I tried squirting each of them on the meat on my BBQ plate, but they both left me craving sauce of another kind…from Carolina. See also: – Tin Star Smokehouse review: Everyone in…
Despite a familiar menu that mimics its counterparts, this is not your average curry-in-a-hurry Indian joint — not by a long shot. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to a Guess Where post is entered into a pool — and every…
Eel is my favorite protein, in an “if-I-had-a-last-meal-request-on-death-row” kind of way. I was very disappointed in the eel I tried at Tokyo Joe’s, but at least my review of that sad meal inspired an insightful Westword reader to steer me toward local mini-chain Kokoro. And as it turns out, the…
Jonah Munson Walnut Room 3131 Walnut Street 303-295-1868 2 Broadway 303-736-6750 thewalnutroom.com This is part two of my interview with Jonah Munson, exec chef of the Walnut Room. Part one of our conversation ran yesterday. What do you enjoy most about your craft? Working with my hands with simple, wholesome…
More than two dozen restaurants opened in the metro area in July, serving everything from empanadas to tacos to pizza…and beer, of course. Leading the way in the eatery action? Glendale, whose CitySet project will soon have eleven restaurants — but the town also lost its oldest saloon, Jack Casey’s…
Did you ever get in trouble as a kid — not for something small, like tracking mud through the kitchen, but for something really big, when your mom’s brain would freeze and she’d rattle off the names of all your siblings and pets before finally calling yours — (both first…
Pizza Public — the pizza-tapas-wine restaurant/bar that took over the former home to Veronica’s Bases Loaded at 3109 Federal Boulevard last year — has shuttered. According to the restaurant’s Facebook page, the closure is due to “unforeseen personal reasons.” See also: – Latkes, burgers and lots of beer: Restaurant Roll…
We’re gathered here today to celebrate the start of a prosperous tomato season — and all that comes with it, including this tomato soup that gets a wallop from a jolt of curry. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to a…
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 choicest ingredients home with them and cook up a feast. Whitney Ariss, the merchandising…
“Standing in an empty parking lot four years ago, I never dreamed that we’d be so successful, or that the city would embrace the Justice League they way it did,” reflects Delores Tronco, who, along with a entrepreneurial cartel of committed chefs, restaurateurs and street-food slingers, started the Justice League…
Jonah Munson Walnut Room 3131 Walnut Street 303-295-1868 2 Broadway 303-736-6750 thewalnutroom.com This is part one of my interview with Jonah Munson, exec chef of the Walnut Room. Part two of our conversation will run tomorrow. “I started cooking when I was really young, and we had family dinners nearly…
In A Federal Case, I’ll be eating my way up Federal Boulevard — south to north — within Denver city limits. I’ll be skipping the national chains and per-scoop Chinese joints, but otherwise I’ll report from every vinyl booth, walk-up window and bar stool where food is served. Here’s the…
Jack Casey’s Four Mile House, a Glendale fixture for decades, has closed. The bar, which won Westword’s 2003 Best of Denver award for Best Happy Hour for Absolutely Free Food, started life as a barn, back in the days when what’s now Glendale was filled with dairy farms dedicated to…
In early June, Lon Symensma, the exec chef of ChoLon Modern Asian Bistro, along with his co-sous chef, Jeff Stoneking, traveled to Vietnam, Singapore and Malaysia, a two-week journey that all started because of Symensma’s affinity for fish sauce — specifically Red Boat Fish Sauce, made with salted, black anchovies…
The Denver Burger Battle, one of summer’s most sizzling culinary celebrations, takes place Thursday, August 8 at Sculpture Park, where a dozen restaurants from across the state — Park Burger, Juicy Burgers & Dogs, Grind, Larkburger, Highland Tap & Burger, Candlelight Tavern, TAG Burger Bar, Jax Fish House, EDGE, Punch…
The beer list at this neighborhood watering hole far outshines its menu, which pimps a handful of sandwiches, like a hefty but otherwise average corned beef sandwich that doesn’t get any redemption from the lukewarm tater tots. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first…
