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When San Francisco food blogger Sabrina Modelle heard about the earthquake and tsunami devastation in Japan, she reacted the same way that most of us did: staring, dumbfounded, at the horrific images on the television screen, or listening in disbelief to the coverage on the radio. And it was while…
Years ago, when I was the restaurant critic at 5280 magazine (then a startup without a big budget), I spent way more money eating out than I actually got paid, which always came as a major shock during tax time (and made me wonder why the hell I ever wanted…
Cafe Society had stooped to a new low with its list of the “Top five most ridiculous Denver Yep restaurant reviews,”Jennifer said. Obviously not, since we’re going even lower by highlighting this response by Jay to Jennifer’s comment: 50% of yelp reviews are: A. “The portions were small, I’d rather…
An uncontrollable craving for xiao long bao (aka Shanghai dumplings, aka soup dumplings, aka heaven) hit early this afternoon, and there was one obvious place to feed the beast: Lao Wang Noodle House, the Taiwanese joint that makes a kick-ass basket of the buns. But as we pulled off Federal…
It’s completely fitting that this restaurant, where the above snap was flashed, has deviled eggs on its menu. That’s it: That’s all you get. 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…
I was once a district spelling bee champion. I first competed in the district contest when I was in the fourth grade, and got stymied by the word “avocado.” In seventh grade, I was ousted by a classmate in our school’s run-off, so served as our team’s alternate in the…
Eater National recently created heat maps for several cities across the country that chronicle the hot new places in a city and plot them on a map with descriptions, for anyone wondering where to eat right now. And today, Denver gets its very own…
Mel and Janie Master, who owned the original Mel’s Bar and Grill in Cherry Creek, until it shuttered in 2007, were back in town yesterday to host a Mel’s reunion at the Egg Shell of Cherry Creek — the space at 235 Fillmore Street where Mel’s resided for more than…
During our weekend travels through Cherry Creek, we spotted the above sign adhered to the window of the former Aera Studios, directly above the still shuttered Q Worldly Barbecue at 2817 East Third Avenue. “Vinue Food and Wine Bar,” it reads, along with an announcement that it will open this…
In New York, people are yelping over Yelp’s Elite Squad, “the most passionate Yelpers that makes our community so funny, useful and cool.” And poorly behaved, according to recent reports on the bad behavior of Elite Squad members. Those reports inspired Jenn Wohletz to write about the “Top five most…
In my second helping of Spanky’s, a faux roadhouse near the University of Denver that serves up a convivial atmosphere and a weekly fish fry, I mentioned that the place also hosted Geeks Who Drink on Wednesday nights. That was wrong. The bar has long since abandoned the weekly trivia…
“Tonight’s the night, as Neil Young would say,” quips Joe Kaplan about tonight’s episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, in which Guy Fieri, the bleached-out blonde whose hair resembles the scrappy, canary-colored bird from Charlie Brown, brakes at the Bagel Deli, the decades-old shrine to Jewish comfort food that Kaplan…
Last September, Andrew Casalini shuttered his vibrant Park Hill restaurant, Satchel’s Market, to make way for a new concept called Satchel’s on 6th, which was originally slated to debut late last year in the Larimer Associates-owned building at 1710 East Sixth Avenue. And after months of delays, the place is…
Eating oysters on the half-shell in public is normally prim and proper, with the beautiful, icy tray placed in front of you with its tiny fork and diminutive ramekins of horseradish and wedges of lemon. You garnish the oysters, one by one, with nibs of hot sauce, and then sigh…
There are those of you who read this blog and undoubtedly assume that all I eat is pork, every which way, and tacos — usually with pork. And for the most part, you’re right, but there are occasions when I’ll forgo my obsessions to sink into a salad. Can you…
The Ale House at Amato’s was all lit up last night, displaying its new neon sign to the neighbors while wining (or beering) and dining some friends inside. But while the place looks ready to go, there are a few details to work out — and so the official opening…
TAG|RAW BAR, the newest Larimer Square spot from Troy Guard and Leigh Sullivan, is serving up a roster of dishes that contains nothing cooked at a higher temperature than 120 degrees. And after the TAG|RAW BAR food porn we posted last week, we had high expectations. We returned to the…
It’s been a long time coming, but they’re baaack! Restaurateurs and long-wedded couple, Mel and Janie Master, whose original, groundbreaking Cherry Creek food temple, Mel’s Bar and Grill, was one of the Mile High City’s most revered restaurants until it shuttered in 2007, when the duo relocated to be closer…
Joining the throngs of kids on spring break this week is the staff of Encore, who are taking the week off to revive their mojo, while executive chef Paul Reilly creates a new menu and spruces up the joint. “A la Barolo Grill style, I’m giving the staff a week…
Members of the Yelp “Elite Squad” in New York City recently received a chiding e-mail asking them, among other things, to stop acting like greedy trolls; to stop freeloading the grub; to quit auctioning off their event RSVPs to the highest bidders; and to quit bringing their entire families to…
Gordo Loco is fast gaining a reputation for its fast, filling 98-cent breakfast burrito, which it starts making at 6 a.m. every morning. But Gordo Loco offers many other burritos, including the monstrous El Diablo that was featured at its grand-opening celebration last Sunday, a month after Gordo Loco opened…
