I’m a certified spud head with an unwavering affinity for potato skins, and at this bar, which also does a great job with burgers, the skins, surfaced with cheese, bacon and scallions, would be worth the price of admission…if there were one. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus:…
Sesame Street, the show that has taught several generations of suburban white kids how to ask where the potty is in Spanish, is introducing a new Muppet this Sunday in a special episode about hunger, sponsored by Wal-Mart. Lily, the “food-insecure” Muppet, is seven years old, pink-faced, dressed in what…
Since Stranahan’s was sold to Proximo late last year, fans have been watching for signs that the corporate culture — not to mention Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey itself — has been changing. And they got a big clue yesterday when Jonathan Shikes reported that Stranahan’s is no longer allowing craft brewers…
Welcome to In the Weeds. Kyle will be right with you — most likely to complain about something. Usually he is pleasant, but this is his place to blow off some steam. Don’t take it personally; he just needs to vent because he’s been doing this for about thirteen years…
Shawn Tram is rattling off the names of Denver chefs and restaurateurs who have recently stuffed themselves to the brink at Super Star Asian, the Chinese emporium, renowned for its dim sum, that Tram has managed for the past three years: “Matt Selby, Frank Bonanno, Gene Tang from Restaurant 1515…we…
Almost ten weeks ago, the construction on Tennyson street moved a little too close to the patio at Tastes Wine Bar. “They literally started unbolting the patio rail mid-shift,” says Daniel Kuhlman, who owns the spot. “The people who were out there having a glass of wine really enjoyed that.”…
The couple behind us were gushing — positively gushing, I tell you — over the green chile that spans the plates at this long-standing Mexican joint. But just like I don’t get the hoopla surrounding the frankfurters at Coney Island, I definitely don’t understand the obsession with the green chile…
Thanawat Bates Palace Arms at the Brown Palace 321 17th Street 303-297-3111 www.brownpalace.com/dining This is part two of my interview with Thanawat Bates, exec chef of the Palace Arms at the Brown Palace. Part one of my interview with Bates ran yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: I have so many,…
In late 2008, there was a race to see which restaurateur would open the first hip noodle bar in the area. Dave Query’s Big Red F group was planning to open Happy at 835 Walnut Street in Boulder, and the folks behind the Jet Hotel were going to put XO…
In honor of the recent Hug a Vegetarian Day, Cafe Society served up the “Thirteen hottest vegetarians.” But several commenters took issue with our choices:…
When Todd Regan took over the old Marrakesh space on Blake Street earlier this year, he optimistically planned to open a new restaurant in the space as baseball season got under way. But thanks to “the government,” he says, which “wanted to make sure I knew who was in charge,”…
Next week, EatDenver, a ring of local, independent restaurants, is hosting Harvest Week, a series of themed, multi-course pop-up dinners (and one brunch) that will take place between October 9 and 13 at the GrowHaus, an urban farm located at 4751 York Street. Last week, we announced a contest, in…
Every year, my neighbor goes antelope hunting, and much to my satisfaction, shares the fruit of his labors. While the morality of meat is questionable, depending on your point of view, wild game is the most ideal form of it in my opinion. Not to be preachy, but with regard…
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. Ah, fall, the…
The staff at the joint where I sunk my jaws into a Philly cheesesteak — with everything, please — is nothing short of hilarious, and the cheesesteaks nothing short of stupid-good. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where…
Thanawat Bates Palace Arms at the Brown Palace 321 17th Street 303-297-3111 www.brownpalace.com/dining This is part one of my interview with Thanawat Bates, exec chef of the Palace Arms at the Brown Palace. Part two of my interview with Bates will run tomorrow. The definition of culture shock? Spending your…
Producing alcoholic beverages is a time-honored enterprise, and creating tasty homemade hooch on the cheap makes good financial sense right now. For a measly $10, you can buy a “Spike Your Juice” kit, containing everything you need for six batches — except the necessary juice and the crumpled brown paper…
When Cafebar started serving last week at 295 South Pennsylvania Street, residents welcomed it to the neighborhood — but what neighborhood is that, exactly? In her post on Cafebar’s opening, Lori Midson referred to it as West Washington Park — which is one of three neighborhoods that the City and…
No. 55: Samosas from the British Bulldog…
Beware the killer cantaloupes! It sounds like a horror-flick spoof, but for Jensen Farms in Holly, it’s all too real. In September, the Colorado farm recalled all of its potential globes of death, approximately 300,000 cases. Nonetheless, the case of the listeria-carrying melons already ranks as the second-most-deadly food-borne outbreak…
First Wolfe’s closed, then OiNKs! bit the dust, leaving very little besides Moe’s in terms of barbecue options for non-meat-eaters in the metro area. But there is another chain option — a locally grown chain, of course — that serves up a decent barbecued tofu: Brothers BBQ…
While the Justice League of Street Food, Denver’s original coalition of food trucks, held its last bash of the year (and possibly ever) last weekend, and Civic Center Eats, the city’s summer gathering of food trucks at Civic Center Park, has gone dormant until next year, another gang of food…
