Grabbing lunch to go is easy for most meat-eaters: No matter where you stop in, there’s bound to be something on the menu that looks good. Not so for vegetarians and vegans. Sure, most places offer up at least one veggie-friendly dish … but if you’re not a big fan…
Biker Jim, Denver’s most notable wiener wizard, has a fetish for more than just fat sausages; he also has an obsession with slogans, and early last month, we rolled out a contest asking Cafe Society readers to submit a few hot dog slogans of their own to replace the current…
It’s a damn good thing that this piss-poor excuse for an Italian restaurant has a beautiful patio flush with foliage, because if it didn’t, I’d never go anywhere near it again. With nothing but love for the person who brought me here, I still have to say it: Worst. Sauce…
Just the ‘fax, ma’am. Laura Shunk’s recent visit to Bourbon Grill, a hole-in-the-wall on East Colfax, inspired this from Steve065: I haven’t eaten there in years, but I have a soft spot for the bourbon chicken combo. Laura’s right; it’s perfect food after drunken debauchery. Which can be at any…
Today, Colorado marks a major milestone: The state is celebrating its 135th birthday, and in honor of the anniversary, we’re giving shout-outs to ten of our favorite food and drink products made in our own back yard…
When IKEA opened its 38th U.S. store in Centennial last week, the offers of free sofas, mattresses, chairs, meals and even baby spruce trees turned what would already have have been a stampede of eager customers into a veritable feeding frenzy of folks feeling the Need for Swede. But what…
Gumbo holds a particularly special place in my heart. Early on in life, it was my go-to comfort food. My dad used to make his mom’s recipe for special occasions; it was the one truly traditional Langlois dish, and it had a flavor I will never forget. But that wasn’t…
At lunchtime on Saturday, I dragged a couple of friends east on Colfax, eager to sate my curiosity about Bourbon Grill, the walk-up window under a red awning that seems to always have an eclectic line of people waiting for an order…
Many of Stella Cordova’s dozens of grandchildren have attempted to capitalize on the matriarch’s iconic recipes introduced at the original Chubby’s on West 38th Avenue, creating spin-offs all over the city. And while none of them can use the Chubby’s name — one of the grandkids landed a federal trademark…
It’s not often that you’ll find a shrimp noodle bowl on a bar roster, but, then again, not every bar trumpets a kitchen commanded by a household name chef. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I…
In the same city that welcomes visitors with “Focus on the Family” signage, there resides a bar called Copperhead Road, a self-described “honkey-tonk saloon” that promises “the best live music, and the wildest late night parties” in the Springs. But as Euclid Hall/Squeaky Bean star-tender Sean Kenyon found out this…
Hot dog joints are on a roll in Denver, with Uber Sausage joining a scene that also welcomed the largest IKEA restaurant in the country. But Denver also said farewell to Bistro Felix and Organixx, as well as some of the earliest food trucks. Here’s our Restaurant roll call for…
Cafe Society served up four Guess where? contests last week, including two stumpers — a disappointing huarache and some mystery proscuitto and melon — as well as this plate with the town’s most incredible falafel. For correctly identifying the veggie feast as coming from Mecca Grill, Brian wins an EatDenver…
The Denver County Fair may have celebrated some of this city’s most innovative entrepreneurs — but the vendors selling food there didn’t rank among them. Jenny An’s criticism of the eating opportunities at this inaugural fair got her labeled a “commie” by AllAmericanVet: What kind of comi writes a bad…
KimBa Grill, the fast-casual Vietnamese noodle house located at 1470 South Santa Fe Drive, has closed after eighteen months of business. John Forde opened the spot in March of 2010, but according to a recorded voice message, the location didn’t generate enough traffic to keep the restaurant afloat. “We are…
It’s that time of year again. Wine Spectator has just unveiled its annual list of restaurants with admirable cellars, bestowing the eateries with tiered awards of excellence — and giving anyone who chooses a restaurant for its wine list a handy place to start. Of the 3,700 places worldwide that…
In the Best of Denver 2011, we named Common Grounds the Best Coffeehouse for Finding a Date, thanks to the constant crowd of young professionals who mingle there over cappuccinos. And because we’re big proponents of ditching online dating and blind set-ups every now and then in favor of meeting…
When Biker Jim first hauled out his wiener wagon nearly six years ago on the 16th Street Mall, he wanted frankfurter fans to know that he wasn’t pushing dirty dogs jacked up with unidentifiable bits, pieces, or by-products, so he created a slogan — “Our meat is no mystery” –…
In 2009, when Jason Sheehan, Westword’s former restaurant critic, reviewed Organixx, whose menu verbiage touted “the best of organic, natural, local, wild caught and traditional products available to us,” he wanted to hate the joint. ” I’m not coming to your restaurant to join your cult or be converted. Just…
If you’ve ever had a huarache, the sandal-shaped Mexican canvas of fried corn dough smeared with refritos and layered with marinated meats, onions, shredded lettuce and crumbles of cheese, then you know how good they can be. Los Carboncitos makes a killer huarache — the huarache in the above pic…
In case you haven’t heard, our esteemed governor, John Hickenlooper, proclaimed August 10, 2011, “Denver Burger Battle Day” in the state of Colorado. No, seriously. It’s true, and for Jeremy and Kelly Kossler, the brains behind the Denver Burger Battle, a beefy combat among twelve Denver restaurants, all of which…
Not that Charlie Palmer needs much of an introduction: The world-renowned, James Beard award-winning master chef, whose progressive American cooking, stylized with classic French techniques, has generated accolades all over the country, presides over an extraordinary number of restaurants, from New York to Dallas, Washington DC to Sonoma, Las Vegas…
