The prayers, pleas and entreaties of Coloradans have been heard, and we are finally getting a Trader Joe’s store at the Twenty Ninth Street mall in Boulder in 2013. The hoopla surrounding this blessed event — akin to the birth of the Christ child — has some uninitiated locals wondering…
The action continues on South Pearl Street, where Sexy Pizza will be opening a second store in March — although Kayvan Khalatbari, who opened the original Sexy Pizza in Capitol Hill four years ago, just signed the deal yesterday. “So we’re a little busy at the moment,” he told Laura…
Mardi Gras is just around the corner, and while the holiday is now mostly associated with drunken sorority girls showing their, um, assets for a strand of shiny beads in the French Quarter of New Orleans, the festival used to provide a reason to stuff yourself before forty days of…
There’s been a lot of restaurant action on South Pearl Street since the beginning of the year: the Pearl Street Grill, India’s Pearl and Ototo moved out, Seven Cups dried up and Izakaya Den announced a move, making way for the Wynkoop/Breckenridge group to take over that space. Now, there’s…
Geisty’s Dogg House opened the week after the Super Bowl, and it seems to have scored with University of Colorado students…
Six years of slinging wieners! That’s the milestone that Steve’s Snappin’ Dogs will mark this weekend, Friday through Sunday, when the hot dog hut on East Colfax celebrates its anniversary with lots of freebies, including Twinkies and cupcakes. “We’ve came a long way since our humble beginnings serving up our…
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. “We have a…
If you want to get to the meat of the matter, you’ll need to battle a barrage of lettuce first. 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…
Tony Clement Roam 1033 East 17th Avenue 720-382-2935 www.denverseafoodrestaurants.com This is part two of my interview with Tony Clement, exec chef of Roam. Part two of our chat ran yesterday…
Stingray, a Sunnyside watering hole that featured pizza when it opened last year, closed this month for a quick concept remodel. And now it’s reopened as Coop de Ville at Stingray — a neighborhood joint with a focus on comfort food, particularly chicken. And to make sure that everything stays…
The pizza oven has flown the coop at Stingray, the bar and pizza joint that Leigh Jones of Jonesey’s EatBar and her partner, Margaret Moore (together they also own Bar Car and the Horseshoe Lounge) opened eight months ago at 2911 West 38th Avenue. And that’s not all that’s changed:…
Zanitas Mexican is coming soon to Boulder. Maybe. We’ll believe this when we see a Facebook page — at the very least — declaring its future existence. At the moment, the only evidence that Zanitas may one day exist is a multi-colored sign posted to the window of the space…
Every taqueria does its gorditas differently, and while I love the puff of masa, these flat gorditas, turned out at a taqueria that also pimps some of the best al pastor tacos in the city, are every bit as delicious as their counterparts. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special…
Mandy Stevens has been a freelancer in the marketing and advertising sphere for years, so she knows what it’s like trying to find a comfortable place to work. “Every space I went to, the space isn’t quite right,” she explains. And that included both coffeeshops and co-working spots, where people…
Tony Clement Roam 1033 East 17th Avenue 720-382-2935 www.denverseafoodrestaurants.com This is part one of my interview with Tony Clement, exec chef of Roam. Part two of our chat will run in this space tomorrow. A few months ago, when the former Wild Catch temporarily shuttered after then-executive chef Justin Brunson…
Cafe Society last wrote about Tim Tebow when Euclid Hall introduced its bone-marrow “T-boning” Manhattan shot. This time around, the world of food and Tebow collide in very different way…
It’s official: Yesterday, Trader Joe’s confirmed that it will open its first Colorado location at the Twenty Ninth Street Mall in Boulder: a 14,000-square-foot store that is slated to open in 2013 at 1906 28th Street, where an Applebee’s is currently located. Although the future Boulder store isn’t yet listed…
No. 38: Panna cotta from Il Posto…
I recently visited family and friends in New Orleans, and needless to say, we ate very, very well. Not to sound like a homer, but the food scene in that town truly is like no other. Flavor, for lack of a better descriptor, is intoxicatingly ubiquitous and engulfs you much…
As difficult as it is to find vegan options at breakfast joints (read: nearly impossible), it’s also not always easy to find plain old meat-free entrees. And the farther from central Denver you travel, the more difficult that task becomes. So we were thrilled to discover the French Press, 85…
If you demolish this for breakfast, God only knows how you’re going to manage lunch. 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, we select one…
Owner/chef Alec Schuler of Arugula Bar e Ristorante, Tangerine and Amaro Drinkery Italia will be one of four Colorado chefs honored on February 20 for leading the charge on the use of locally grown, raised and processed products. The American Culinary Federation Colorado Chefs Association partnered with Colorado food-service companies…
