Patrick Horvat Venue 3609 West 32nd Avenue 303-477-0477 www.venuebistro.com This is part two of my interview. Part one of my interview with Patrick Horvat ran in this space yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: Marotta’s, in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. It was where I got my start in the business, and it…
Superfoods are the latest cool diet trend, despite the fact that most people couldn’t pick an antioxidant or a free-radical out of a lineup. Sometimes knowing why some foods are better for you (clever marketing tool) than others isn’t as important as carting around an expensive bottle of acai-blueberry-spinach-blah juice…
On November 17, metro Denver will finally get its own Steak ‘n Shake, a link in a chain that started in Normal, Illinois, back in 1934, and proclaims that it’s “Famous for Steakburgers.” Aimee can’t wait:…
Once a self-described risk taker, Chris Cina, a veteran Denver chef who’s slung sauté pans behind the line of numerous local restaurants — most recently, Hideaway Steakhouse, where he was pushed out — now admits that taking too many chances can often lead to unsavory consequences. “Every job I’ve taken…
When Dina Berta made the jump from writing about restaurants to running a restaurant, she had one insight that helped prepare her for the road ahead: “I knew a little about the industry, and I knew it was a lot of work, but also a lot of fun,” she says…
Hot soup on a cool, autumn day equals one of my favorite lunches. 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 lucky winner who’ll receive…
Patrick Horvat Venue 3609 West 32nd Avenue 303-477-0477 www.venuebistro.com This is part one of my interview with Patrick Horvat, executive chef of Venue. Most chefs are quirky — or at least have quirks — and Patrick Horvat, the executive chef of Venue, is no exception. Horvat is obsessed with argyle…
The story of My Smart Snacker begins with a man eating out of a portable dog bowl. The man is Brighton resident Loren “Sam” Samuelson, whose sister invented the To Go Bowl, a water bowl for pets that fits into a cup holder; Samuelson would fill the bowl with snacks…
Jim Pittenger, aka Biker Jim, already had an eponymous brick-and-mortar restaurant on Larimer Street, along with gourmet hot dog carts on the 16th Street Mall and at the Auraria campus. Now he’s added a food truck to his sausage empire, and it won’t be long before he rolls the business…
It’s that time of year again, when the James Beard Foundation beckons the public fooderati to cast their nominations for the 2012 James Beard Awards, the “country’s most coveted honor for chefs; food and beverage professionals; broadcast media, journalists, and authors working on food; and restaurant architects and designers.”…
It will soon be Thanksgiving, the yearly occasion where we can stuff ourselves until we surrender and then wallow on the couch for a few hours. But, as we all know, not everyone has fond memories of the holiday. In fact, just about every Thanksgiving feast with my family included…
I walked into In Season Local Market on a sunny, brisk, fall afternoon and was pleased to see a basket filled to the brim with delicious looking apples. An ever-present snack in my house and a frequent accoutrement to a plate of cheese, apples are my favorite fruit. But until…
New Saigon, a stalwart Vietnamese restaurant on Federal Boulevard, is deservedly popular; even during our between-hours Sunday meal — and with a plywood walkway to navigate due to some construction work out front — the restaurant was almost completely full. With a menu that includes typical meats like chicken and…
The text from Biker Jim simply read: “Tired. Taking a nap.” The sultan of sausages and high-priest of hot dogs had just returned from a food truck show in Las Vegas, where he pimped frankfurters from the kitchen of the very first Biker Jim’s food truck — which, if Jim…
While our waitress had absolutely no idea what “fra diavolo” was, the chef did. But he must have been worried that I couldn’t stomach the sauce — which translates to “Brother Devil” in Italian — because it arrived on its own, in a bowl, on the side. Apparently the majority…
While other joints on Tennyson, such as the Hole, have closed, Hops & Pie is expanding. Drew and Leah Watson’s neighborhood hangout is taking over a space next door, and will more than double in size — as well as offer more food options, including “more appetizers, a few more…
He’ll have the spaghetti and meatballs, because he always gets the spaghetti and meatballs. I think I’ll have the cheesesteak tonight, though. I haven’t had one of those in a while.” The thirty-something woman and her husband were standing in Frank’s Kitchen discussing their dinner options. They didn’t need to…
For the past six months Dina Berta has thrown herself head first into the operations of Frank’s Kitchen, which she owns with her husband, Frank. But before she committed to life in the kitchen, she made a living writing about restaurants. As a business reporter at the Rocky Mountain News…
No. 50: Noodle jelly salad from Thai Street Food…
Since getting spiffed up a few years back, Boulder’s Twenty Ninth Street has played host to more than twenty restaurants, a mix of fast-casual and full-service chains plus independently owned spots that has changed frequently. Now the development is about to get another new joint to replace a restaurant that…
The first thing you’re likely to notice upon breezing through the door at Coohills, a new French restaurant that opens in LoDo on Wednesday, is the show-stopping chandelier, a six-foot-tall contortion of twirls and spirals, twists and tangles, twigs and roots lustered with white lights. They’re wine vines…
The pies are one size fits all at this local pizzeria, but that’s the only thing about the joint that’s generic. 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…
