“We’ve done dipped for fifteen years.” Vesta Dipping Grill celebrated fifteen years of dipping in LoDo last night with a six-course feast and fundraiser benefiting the nonprofit LoDo Cares. Owner Josh Wolkon invited former Vesta chefs Tyler Skrivanek of Duo, James Rugile of Mizuna, Wade Kirwan of Adrift, Dillon Maddox…
A signature New York City barbecue pig-out is being expanded to the Mile High City. Danny Meyer’s Union Square Events is debuting the first annual Big Denver Barbecue Block Party, at Skyline Park August 4-5, featuring pitmasters from around the country, cooking demonstrations, live music and, of course, pounds and…
UPDATE: Masterpiece Cakeshop’s days of shutting out same-sex couples appear to be over. In December 2013, an administrative law judge ordered Masterpiece’s owner, Jack Phillips, to cease discriminating against gay couples. In May 2014, the Colorado Civil Rights Commission unanimously upheld his ruling. After the second hearing, however, Philips said…
It’s strange drinking a margarita in a space that used to bake bagels, and I’m guessing some of the staff are leftovers, because it took forever to get a margarita — just like it used to take forever to get a bagel sandwich. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special…
Patxi’s (pronounced pah-cheese) Pizza — a San Francisco-based pizza chain — is opening two locations in the metro area later this year: one in Cherry Creek at 185 Steele Street and one in Englewood at 3455 South University Boulevard…
Business Insider recently served up a list of the most popular fast-food chains in the U.S., put together by food-industry research firm Technomic; McDonald’s rated the number-one slot. And in her own analysis of that fast food list, Jenn Wohletz confessed to having contributed to the financial health of some…
Today Cafe Society (and all the other Westword blogs) rolled out a new user profile platform dubbed My Voice Nation. Your voice in our comments section will now be amplified through a fancy new commenting program called Lifefyre (“live fire”). Read all about it below. (And forgive us any glitches…
Il Vicino, which opened on South Gaylord Street last week, now has a sibling gelateria and coffeehouse. Veloce officially opened yesterday on the front patio, and is serving a half-dozen flavors of Little Man Ice Cream, including classic pistachio and the more unusual mango-habenero…
For the past four days, Chicken Kabob — the fast-casual Persian joint that Foad Aftahi opened last fall at 9678 East Arapahoe Road in Greenwood Village — has been mysteriously closed. The phone mailbox is full, and there’s no message posted on the place to indicate Chicken Kabob’s status –…
It’s been years since I’ve indulged in a patty melt, but earlier this week, the urge hit. That — and a Dr. Brown’s black cherry soda — hit the spot. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Guess Where…
Bentley Folse Finley’s Pub 375 South Pearl Street 303-282-4790 www.finleysdenver.com Part one of my interview with Bentley Folse, exec chef of Finley’s Pub, ran yesterday; this is part two. Favorite restaurant in America: Both Clancy’s and Commander’s Palace in New Orleans. Clancy’s is a quaint little neighborhood place that’s a…
Business Insider’s recent list of the most popular fast-food chains in the U.S. — put together by food industry research firm Technomic — served up the fifteen biggest earners in the biz. I’ve definitely contributed dough to some of these establishments — but eschewed others in favor of my health…
The space once occupied by Office Depot at 600 East Colfax Avenue will be getting a makeover this summer. Hampton Partners, the investment firm responsible for Argonaut’s facelift, is heading up a development there that will not only include a new Office Depot, but a third (and two-story) Billy’s Gourmet…
There’s more going on in Baker than the drama between the city and El Diablo and Sketch, the two restaurants owned by Jesse Morreale that are indefinitely shuttered after the city walloped the building with notice-to-vacate signs, citing safety issues. Just a few blocks way, at 300 Elati Street, Tamara…
The best alambres I’ve found in Denver hail from Los Carbincitos, which is not where I ate this pineapple, ham and al pastor alambre that definitely doesn’t rival Los Carboncitos. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Guess Where…
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 the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market’s choicest ingredients home with them and cook up a feast. For this week’s…
You know you’ve picked a good restaurant for lunch when it’s already filling up at 11 a.m. That’s what we found when we stepped inside Sahara. Like many restaurants in the Denver Tech Center area, Sahara is tucked inside a strip mall, but the attention paid to the decor makes…
Bentley Folse Finley’s Pub 375 South Pearl Street 303-282-4790 www.finleysdenver.com This is part one of my interview with Bentley Folse, exec chef of Finley’s Pub. Part two of our chat will run tomorrow. I suppose my parents liked the car,” muses Bentley Folse, whose first name conjures images of a…
Jack in the Box just introduced its new Breakfast Waffle Sandwich, which is a fried egg, sausage patty and American cheese smushed between two maple-infused waffles — and not to be confused with the McGriddle breakfast sandwich from McDonald’s, which is a fried egg, bacon or sausage and American cheese…
El Diablo and Sketch remained dark yesterday — and as the comments and rumors fly, some people feel they’re still in the dark about why the city closed the First Avenue Hotel building when it did. After all, the restaurants had been operating for two years in that space; why…
When Boulderites say “Meet you at the teahouse,” no one ever asks which or where. The Dushanbe Teahouse is an integral part of the Boulder scene, a fantastically decorated, Persian-Islamic themed place that features hand-painted tiles, intricately carved wooden pillars, an inside fish pool and rows of fragrant roses outside…
After hearing that Consumer Capital Partners — the Denver-based investment company that owns Smashburger — plans to open Tom’s Urban 24 Diner at 1460 Larimer Street this fall, Tom Messina, who’s owned and operated Tom’s Diner at 601 East Colfax Avenue for the past thirteen years, was “a little flattered…
