With the news that Dylan Moore was garaging the Little Orange Rocket for good, a reader ominously predicted that this food truck wouldn’t be the last to go. That reader was right: Walnut A-Go-Go, the mobile arm of the Boulder-based Walnut Cafe group, is now parked permanently…
In this week’s Chef and Tell interview, Noah Stephens, exec chef/owner of Vert Kitchen, talks about the motivation behind his sandwiches, all of which are inspired by his travels around the world. I especially love Vert’s BLT, sandwiched with bacon, oven-roasted tomatoes, lashes of lemon mayonnaise and bibb lettuce. “There’s…
These are not your average tamales. To the contrary, these tamales, the tender masa fragrant with sweet corn, and rolled with cheese, chiles, chicken or pork, are flat-out delicious, and they’re offered solo, by the half-dozen or dozen. You can get them smothered, too, with what has got to be…
When we broke the news yesterday that Dylan Moore was putting the brakes on the Little Orange Rocket, his mobile meals on wheels, several Cafe Society readers wondered if this was the beginning of the end to Denver’s street food movement. Just like restaurants, food trucks come and go, but…
Husband-and-wife team Danielle Diller and Gilles Fabre opened Brasserie Felix three years ago on Tennyson, bringing neighborhood French bistro to an area that had supported mostly bars. Today, the Berkeley neighborhood supports a raft of restaurants, everything from a new ice cream parlor to barbecue — but Brasserie Felix is…
Shannon Piserchio, who co-owns The Bookery Nook with her husband, Gary, used to write posts on Facebook asking someone, anyone, to open an ice cream shop near their place at 4280 Tennyson Street. She didn’t know she was talking to herself: Three weeks ago, the Piserchios opened the Ice Cream…
The 1876 Restaurant at the Grand Hyatt downtown is revamping its menu this month. The new lineup will feature local, sustainable and organic ingredients whenever possible, in dishes that cater to special dietary needs; vegan and gluten-free options will be available. The move to greener pastures is part of a…
Dylan Moore put the brakes on the Little Orange Rocket yesterday, parking the food truck after a final appearance at Civic Center Eats in order to focus on his restaurants: Deluxe, Delite and Deluxe Burger. The news did not come as a surprise to Kaz: The food truck scene in…
It didn’t quite hit the July 1 target, but Belvedere Restaurant is now open at 323 14th Street, in the former home of Cafe Berlin. (That restaurant moved to a second-floor spot at 1600 Champa Street.) Kinga Klek, who also owns Kinga’s Lounge, transformed the spot into a fine-dining restaurant…
Twisted Olive, the giant martini lounge and restaurant that opened in November 2009 in the Shops at Northfield Stapleton, has dried up. The Twisted Olive website says just this: “Twisted Olive is Closed. We’d like to thank everyone who supported us over the last two years.”…
About a year ago, the Wash Park Underground opened on Downing Street in the alley below Mecca Grill. That spot, which sought to turn the address into one that was more savory than previous tenants, featured Foosball, shuffleboard, art by local artists, craft beer taplines and bar food served late…
Yesterday, in my Guess where I’m eating? post, I called out one of the worst offenders of green chile that I’ve ever seen. Disgusting doesn’t even begin to describe what was on that plate. Interestingly, I had high expectations for the Butcher Block’s green chile, mainly because more than one…
Noah Stephens Vert Kitchen 704 South Pearl Street 303-997-5941 www.vertkitchen.com This is part two of my interview with Noah Stephens, exec chef/owner of Vert Kitchen. Part one of my chat with Stephens ran in this space yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: I love French restaurants, and my favorite is Le…
Just over a year ago, Dylan Moore, the owner/chef of Deluxe and Delite and co-owner of Deluxe Burger, launched the Little Orange Rocket, a tangerine-hued food truck that hustled what Moore called “refined street food from around the world.” And while it was a good ride, says Moore, the truck…
While food trucks are on a roll in Denver, Commerce City has been putting the brakes on the business…
Last week, Kendra Anderson poured out the “Five things every man needs to know about wine,” and offdisc, for one, didn’t appreciate the advice: OMG — first you start off all condescending towards men and their reluctance to admit out loud that they drink wine, then you proceed to give…
Breakfast could be the toughest meal of the day for plant-based eaters. With meat, cheese and eggs off the menu, that doesn’t leave much beyond toast (no butter) and fruit (no yogurt). But Cafe Europa still manages to cater to the vegan breakfast crowd…
July is National Ice Cream Month, and ABC’s The View will celebrate by featuring five top-notch ice cream shops from around the country on this Friday’s show. One of the chosen, frozen treat-slingers? Denver’s very own Sweet Action Ice Cream…
The former Emporio do Brasil has big plans. It’s already changed its name to Little Brazil, and within the next few weeks will move from the small spot on Federal Boulevard where it’s been for five years to a much larger space near Colorado Boulevard and Leetsdale. The new Little…
If we issued an award for Denver’s worst green chile, this version, thick with cornstarch (including clumps of it), would be at the top of the shit list. 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…
Noah Stephens Vert Kitchen 704 South Pearl Street 303-997-5941 www.vertkitchen.com This is part one of my interview with Noah Stephens, exec chef/owner of Vert Kitchen. Part two of my chat with Stephens will run tomorrow. It’s the Friday before a long Fourth of July weekend, and Noah Stephens, Vert Kitchen’s…
When the homegrown Smashburger decided to create a burger for Colorado, as it already had for Idaho (topped with potato chips) and Minnesota (topped with cheddar bar cheese and garlic-grilled onions), it came up with an iconic combo for the Colorado Smashburger, adding grilled fresh green chiles, grilled onions, cheddar…
