Any cook can call himself a chef — and often does — these days. Historically, though, the term was reserved for those culinary professionals who’d actually mastered the craft of preparing food, which involved everything from running the kitchen to adding the perfect finishing garnish to a brilliantly constructed plate…
Would you like a jungle of cilantro smothering your shrimp tacos? If so, then this is your place. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts is entered into a pool — and every Monday,…
Mandy Stevens and Kristian Barowsky were planning to unveil The Desk today, giving Denver a combination cafe-workspace that would allow the city’s numerous freelancers a place to post up with a cup of coffee, reserve a desk for hours at a time or hold a meeting in a conference room…
After last summer’s street-food shindigs wound down, there was some indication that the food-truck parties — at least the Justice League soirees, which were at the forefront of catapulting Denver’s street-food scene to prominence — might be grinding to a halt. “We haven’t made any decision about whether we’re going…
No one’s saying you have to go meatless just because it’s Monday — but as incentive to join the growing movement, every week we’re offering an animal-free recipe. Spaghetti squash is fun to prepare and tastes delicious. This Cal-Mex-style dish utilizes mango, avocado, black beans and corn to create a…
Just in time for opening day, Breckenridge Ballpark Pub, 2220 Blake Street, has reopened after taking a month off for renovations…
Cafe Society dished out seven Guess Where? contests last week ranging from a blood orange mimosa from Racines to a noble pastrami sandwich at Backcountry Provisions to a waste-of-a-burrito among well-on-their-way wasted patrons at Hanson’s to a morning gut bomb of sausage-studded Hollandaise sauce, poached eggs and chicken-fried steak. For…
It was a photo in a magazine of a chef in his whites that inspired Fabio Flagiello to pursue a culinary career. “I was nine years old and leafing through a magazine and saw a chef in his jacket and hat, so I told my mom that I wanted too…
On Friday afternoon, I got the text: “Heeeeey! I sold the Pinyon — going to make the move to Denver. Kablammo!” read the message from Theo Adley, the exec chef-owner of the Pinyon in Boulder, a restaurant he opened in late 2010 on the East End of the Pearl Street…
Looking for a way to resurrect your energy on Easter morning? This blood orange mimosa could be just the cocktail. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Guess Where posts is entered into a pool — and every Monday,…
Denver dumpling enthusiasts can breathe a sigh of relief: Lao Wang Noodle House reopened today, several days after Chung-Ming and Tse-Ming Wang had closed the place for renovations. Follow @CafeWestword on Twitter and at facebook.com/denvercafesociety…
I wasn’t thrilled with Paxia, the upscale Mexican joint brothers Cesar, Roberto and Ignacio Leon opened in the Sunnyside neighborhood last year, especially because their original restaurant, the vibrant Los Carboncitos, is located just six blocks away. And after I’d eaten my review meals at Paxia, I went diving into…
Havana Street in Aurora is home to several new restaurants, according to the latest word from the Havana Business Improvement District. Among them: Havana Street Station, a family restaurant serving mostly American and Mexican food in the space at 1911 South Havana Street that used to be Dumitri’s Family Restaurant…
When Tyler Nemkov joined Cafe Society as a twenty-year-old intern from Johnson & Wales three years ago, he knew he wanted some kind of career in the culinary world. And now he’s found it — although he’s still a month away from graduation at the University of Colorado, the 23-year-old…
Denver’s most doomed address has claimed another victim. Nanna’s Teas opened last summer in the charming Victorian bungalow that was the original home of La Loma, and over the past four decades has housed restaurants ranging from Filipino to Mexican to Chinese to Mexican to continental to Mexican. After El…
Yes, that’s sausage studding the spicy Hollandaise on top of poached eggs on top of, yes, chicken-fried steak! Guess who’s serving this gut bomb? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts is entered into a pool — and every Monday,…
The RMS Titanic sank on April 15, 1912, and for the hundredth anniversary of that event Cullen’s Upscale American Grille in Houston is offering a replication of the first-class passengers’ last dinner. For a thousand bucks a plate, ten lucky diners can enjoy a ten-course meal that includes such dishes…
Andrew Casalini and his wife, Jen Dactano, opened Satchel’s on 6th just over a year ago, but the restaurant at 1710 East Sixth Avenue — a replacement for Satchel’s Market, the Park Hill market-turned-restaurant they closed in the fall of 2010 — is on its third chef. Jared Brant was…
Fred Rex worked in the electronics business for two and a half decades, but when his company closed in the early 2000s, he decided to change careers. “I ran a pretty successful hot dog stand in the Boston area for about seven years,” he explains. “We’re not just a stainless…
Like a lot of people in this city, I yearn for a great Jewish deli, but until we get one, most of us can agree that this sandwicheria passes mustard — er, muster. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the…
Joe Troupe Lucky Pie Pizza & Tap House 1610 16th Street 303-825-1021 www.luckypiepizza.com This is part two of my interview with Joe Troupe, exec chef of Lucky Pie Pizza & Tap House. Part one of our chat was posted yesterday. Best thing about cooking in Denver: The food and markets…
This week’s feature story, “Mexican Hamburger Helper,” by Gustavo Arellano, takes a look at the unique “Den-Mex” cuisine. Proclaims Arellano:…
