Some of the best food I’ve had this year came from the kitchen of Ambria, a Mediterranean-New American restaurant on the 16th Street Mall, whose line was built — and quarterbacked — by Jeremy Kittelson, a brilliant kitchen magician whose culinary background is more than impressive: He cooked at Vong,…
The Louisville-based Lucky Pie closed out the month’s action on February 29, when it opened a second Lucky Pie in (half of) the former home of Dixons. But other local ventures have not been so fortunate with their expansion plans: The companies behind both the Spicy Pickle and Mercedes Mexican…
I wanted brain tacos, but the kitchen was fresh out of brains, so I changed my mindset and ordered chips and salsa instead, along with a potent margarita that made my head spin. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the…
Yasmin Lozada-Hissom, the pastry chef of Duo and Olivea, where her husband, John Broening, is also the executive chef, was a regular at Spuntino, an Italian cafe in Highland, owned, in part, by Simone Parisi, who also runs a namesake pizzeria and deli, as well as its downstairs restaurant, Firenze…
MiniBar opened in Cherry Creek nearly three years ago, when Bill Ward, the Denver club owner who once ran now-defunct Below Bar and Slim 7 in Larimer Square, picked up the space below the old Village Inn and installed a lounge…
Cappuccinos for kids? On a recent episode of The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert tipped his hat to Brooklyn baristas for creating the diminutive coffee drinks and “hooking babies on the foam dragon.” And why not? Getting our nation’s spawn to recognize the dual benefits of espresso addiction and effective niche…
Patrick Canfield, the sous chef at the Trinity Grille who’s the subject of this week’s Chef and Tell interview, has won new fans — for his position on gluten-free diets, his memories of old Denver restaurants, and this answer to a question about what would be his dream restaurant: “I…
Denver Restaurant Half Month, not surprisingly, is bringing out the glutton in all of us, and while rezzies are filling up fast, it’s not too late to stamp your name on a seat at one of the 340 feedlots offering multi-course feasts between now and March 9, when the culinary…
It’s a good thing the food is bright and bold, because the non-existent decor is some of the most bland and boring I’ve ever seen — in an Ethiopian restaurant or otherwise. And would someone please turn on the lights during the lunch hour? Can you guess where I’m eating?…
Troy Guard, the chef/owner of TAG, TAG|RAW BAR and Madison Street, is, like hundreds of other chefs, in the throes of Restaurant Half Month, and he had hoped to complete an expansion of the diminutive TAG|RAW BAR before last Saturday night, when the two-week feeding frenzy kicked off. But while…
Patrick Canfield Trinity Grille 1801 Broadway 303-293-2288 www.trinitygrille.com This is part two of my chef and tell interview with the Trinity Grille’s Patrick Canfield. Part one of our chat ran yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: Edwardo’s in Westcliffe, Colorado. Going there always reminds me that I’m on vacation, plus they…
If food is, indeed, the next rock-and-roll, as Ferran Adria once said, then Michael Pollan is certainly one of its superstars; the author and professor has made major inroads in how we all think about what goes into our body, using his body of work — which includes Botany of…
Gridiron Grille is set to open Friday at 5650 Greenwood Plaza Boulevard in Greenwood Village. The address, which was formerly occupied by the Royal Gorge, was taken over by local sports fans Tony McGuinnis and his sister-in-law, Audra Jackson Powers. The two plan to offer an affordable menu featuring an…
The Crushery has closed, adding another casualty to the list of restaurants that have shuttered on South Pearl Street. “I love the people in this neighborhood, and, in a way, I feel like I’m letting them down, but I got a very nice offer from Sexy Pizza, and now I’m…
Denver Restaurant Half Month, not surprisingly, is bringing out the glutton in all of us, and while rezzies are filling up fast, it’s not too late to stamp your name on a seat at one of the 340 feedlots offering multi-course feasts between now and March 9, when the culinary…
Here, at this Chinese restaurant, I’ve learned that going with a chef definitely has its advantages. These clams — God, they were fresh — aren’t on the menu, but the owner, who sensed immediately what the chef in residence wanted to eat, delivered the best the kitchen had to offer…
It’s been almost two years since Bill Feid opened Billy’s Gourmet Hot Dogs in the Ballpark Neighborhood, vending wieners tricked out with the traditional stylings of Chicago, his hometown, in addition to dozens of other sausages and dogs with an array of toppings. Now, the owner is about to branch…
Here at Cafe Society, we’re meat fiends who subscribe to the adage “stop tofu abuse, eat foie gras,” so we don’t exactly spend tons of time seeking out sources of tofu. But if we’re going to buy bricks of silken soy beans, we’d prefer to get it locally, rather than…
When Dixons Downtown Grill shuttered last Labor Day, it left an enviable plot of restaurant real estate in its wake. Numerous restaurateurs and chefs eyed the behemoth space — which has since been divided into two separate entities — but luck was on the side of a Louisville-based restaurant called…
Journalist, author, professor and sustainable living advocate Michael Pollan is lecturing at the Paramount Theater tonight, and yesterday, we held a contest that would give one Cafe Society reader the opportunity to snag a pair of complimentary tickets to his presentation. We asked readers to submit questions for Pollan, and…
This is part one of my interview with Trinity Grille’s Patrick Canfield. Check back here tomorrow to read part two. Patrick Canfield Trinity Grille 1801 Broadway 303-293-2288 www.trinitygrille.com Most of us have scrubbed a few pots and scraped a few plates, but if you eat dinner every night at home,…
Denver Restaurant Week is only five days old, but thousands of meals have already been consumed (and that was in the first hour at Elway’s Cherry Creek alone!), and as many nerves worn thin. Those of this stay-at-home diner, for example:…
