The dishes at Dish: Kickin’ pork green chile from Sam’s No. 3

Cafe Society invited some of our favorite eateries to share samples at Dish, September 9 at Ninth Avenue Historic Park. Here’s what they’ll be serving: Patrick Armatas Sam’s No. 3 http://samsno3.com/ What dish are you serving at Dish? We’re serving our kickin’ pork green chile, as well as our veggie…

Upslope Pale Ale makes handmade pasta worth the effort

While making a pasta dish to cheer up my girlfriend last week, I thought to myself, “Why not make my own pasta?” I’d been fortunate enough to taste fresh pasta and knew that it’s vastly more satisfying than dried, but I had yet to make it myself — but soon…

The Wooden Table will open next week in Greenwood Village

“I want to bring the upscale downtown bistro feel to the suburbs,” says Jane Knauf, a former executive at the Magnolia Hotel, who, along with Brett Shaheen, fresh off the heels as exec chef of Osteria Marco, will open the Wooden Table next week at 2500 East Orchard Road, in…

Ali Baba Grill vegetarian spread brings the Middle East to Golden

Vegetarian fare plays an important role in Lebanese cuisine, and Golden’s Ali Baba Grill is testament to the fact that you can get delicious (meat-free!) international cuisine as far west as the foothills. There doesn’t seem to be a downtime for this eatery; when we stopped by on Labor Day…

Photos: 43,000 pounds of turkey legs ingested at A Taste of Colorado

Turkey legs. Everyone was eating them over the weekend at A Taste of Colorado at Civic Center Park, where the meaty beasts are downright ubiquitous. On Monday, Taste officials released their cutely named “festimates” of food consumed at the festival, which you can see below, in addition to many more…

Guess where I’m eating?

The menu at this tidy, convivial restaurant, whose exterior completely belies its interior, is a mash-up of different cuisines, including Mexican and Greek, the latter of which has garnered the joint a fiercely loyal following. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer…

The Gourmet Spoon buys the Seasoned Chef Cooking School

Thirteen years ago, chef Dan Witherspoon gave up an executive-chef position to build the Gourmet Spoon, which offers catering services plus a roster of interactive cooking experiences as private, on-site events. During that time, he also taught classes at the Seasoned Chef Cooking School. And when the opportunity presented itself…

Pearl Street Steak Room sets an October 10 opening

Peter and Mara Soutiere, owners of Boulder’s Tahona Tequila Bistro and Sushi Tora, have big plans for the small spot they recently took over behind Tahona — even if those plans have been slightly delayed. The pair had originally planned to open the Pearl Street Steak Room in in late…

Guess where I’m eating?

It’s been way, way too hot to slurp pho, but the warm weather is perfectly suitable to Vietnamese soft shell crabs and fresh vegetables. 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…

Good Times now offering Santiago’s green chile

Head to any Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard store and you’ll find four items showcasing green chile. And not just any green chile, but green chile from Santiago’s, now featured on Good Times’s chile cheese fries, cheeseburger burrito, chicken drunken burrito and green chile slider. The Green Chile Lover’s…

Reader: No Denver Restaurant Week in August? That bites!

Don’t look for a second installment of Denver Restaurant Week next summer: Visit Denver, the convention and visitors bureau that organizes the event that’s grown into two weeks in the winter, says that DRW can’t split those two weeks and share the dining wealth between seasons because August is just…

Sabi Sushi, the restaurant without a restaurant, launches today

You may not know it, but there’s a culinary revolution unfolding right under our noses. Right now, a man in a black chef’s coat and a green bandanna is standing in the courtyard of the World Trade Center at 16th and Court streets, handing packages to customers who’ve placed an…

Denver’s five best breakfast burritos

While we especially love a greasy mess of eggs, green chile and chorizo wrapped in a tortilla when we’re combating the effects of a night of bad decisions, we’ll brake for breakfast burritos in this town any day of the week. And while it’s hard to mess up a breakfast…

Garbanzo opens in Fort Collins today, more in store for 2012

Garbanzo Mediterranean Grill, the Denver-born fast-casual chain, is opening its first location in Fort Collins today. This is the company’s thirteenth store, with another slated to open in Colorado Springs later in the month. Come 2012, Garbanzo hopes to award its first franchises and expand outside of Colorado. Currently, the…

GrowHaus unveils its hydroponic growing system — that’s a lot of lettuce!

In June, GrowHaus won Maxwell House’s Drops of Good contest and $50,000, which it’s using to build a state-of-the-art hydroponic farm and create a market space. Yesterday, that space was celebrated with a group of volunteers, GrowHaus board members, Maxwell House and Rebuilding Together reps (with marquee volunteer Bronco Mark…