Reader: Snooze has seen that camping ban doesn’t work

It’s early Monday morning, so you can count on two things: People are already lining up to eat breakfast at the original Snooze in the Ballpark neighborhood, and outside the restaurant, the homeless are already lining up to wait until the shelters open their doors again tonight. It’s a scene…

A second helping of this week’s Cafe Society

Here’s a second helping of some of what we served on Cafe Society this past week: Gretchen Kurtz reviewed Punch Bowl – Social Food & Drink, and found a lot to like…even if she’s not in love with the place. Mark Antonat continued his travels up Federal Boulevard, and stopped…

100 Favorite Dishes: French fries from Jonesy’s EatBar

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…

Pho Nam is open for business in Aurora

Hungry for new dining options this weekend? Pho Nam recently opened at 13736 East Quincy Avenue in Aurora, and Westword’s Danielle Lirette stopped by for a look at the space. Keep reading for her photos. See also: – China Jade reopens in Aurora after a remodel and expansion – From…

The new happy hour at Trillium makes me ecstatic

You can sink a cheap drink at just about every watering hole in Denver, a city that’s indisputably obsessed with the ritual of happy hour. The bar at Interstate Kitchen & Bar features a late-night happy hour, wherein a cooler of cold beers in cans — barkeep’s choice — are…

Reader: Shroom service! Love the Highland Tap burger

Readers are still digesting our hefty Best of Denver issue, which included more than a hundred editorial picks in the Food & Drink section alone. One of the most hotly contested categories is Best Burger; this year, our choice was Highland Tap & Burger. And at least one reader heartily…

First look: Uber Sausage unleashes its second outpost in LoHi

The city’s second Über Sausage, owned by Marco Macchiaroli, Alex Gschwend, Brad Arguello and Henry DeMetteis, opened today in LoHi with a similar menu of sausage sandwiches augmented by a case slinging fresh sausages and several new dishes, including salads, a burger, a southern fried chicken sandwich and sweet and…

ChoLon refreshes its menu for spring

Blustering snow and winter temperatures may have blown into Denver this week, but that didn’t stop ChoLon from shedding its winter coat and lightening up both its lunch and dinner menus for spring — swapping out celery root soup for asparagus soup with soy-glazed mushrooms and spring onion, for example…

Mad Greens is mad about Haystack Mountain goat cheese

Mad Greens is mad about Haystack Mountain Goat Dairy — and last month ditched its national cheese purveyor in favor of a new partnership with Haystack Mountain. Its chevre is now used exclusively in Mad Greens’s eleven locations along the Front Range, and anyone who’s tried even a taste of…

Guess where I’m eating a curried chicken panino?

It’s not often that I’ll order anything with chicken, arguably the world’s most boring protein, but the chef at the restaurant where the above snap was shot convinced me to try the curried chicken panino — and I’ll admit that it was a fantastic recommendation. Can you guess where I’m…

Round two with Jose Guerrero, exec chef of ViewHouse

Jose Guerrero ViewHouse Eatery, Bar & Rooftop 2015 Market Street 720-878-2015 viewhouseco.com This is part two of my interview with Jose Guerrero, exec chef of ViewHouse Eatery, Bar & Rooftop; part one of our chat ran yesterday. Favorite Denver/Boulder restaurant(s) other than your own: Oak at Fourteenth. The pickles, kale…

Colorado-based Tokyo Joe’s is a fast-food chain that needs to slow down

Fast-casual Japanese food like rice bowls, udon noodles and simple sushi rolls at cheap prices, served in a compact bistro environment that encourages come-as-you-are, quick-service dine-in or even faster carry-out: That’s a golden dragon of a concept. But the unfortunate reality I saw while recently having lunch at Tokyo Joe’s…

Sign of the times: Bubba Chinos space now for lease

Last month, the sign on the door said that the Bubba Chinos at 1361 Court Place was closed for ten days for “remodeling.” At the end of March, that was replaced with an eviction notice. Now there’s a sign reporting that the spot — which has been many, many restaurants…

Guess where I’m eating carne asada fries?

There’s a reason why the parking lot of this panaderia and taqueria is always jam-packed with cars — the gritty Mexican food, including the diabolically good carne asada fries throttled with green chile and melty cheese, is the real deal. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who…