For a long, long time, we had to take our uppers and downers the old-fashioned way, popping an Adderall with a beer, or drinking a vodka-Red Bull, the nightclub cocktail of champions. The big alcohol producers wanted in on the fun, so several created caffeinated malt beverages, sold in cans…
The grand opening of Wyland’s Ocean Blue restaurant/gallery in the Shops at Northfield Stapleton appeared to be a swimming success, with artist Wyland (he doesn’t use his first name, Robert) himself in attendance last night, cutting the ribbon, plugging his gallery of artwork and flagrantly sipping at his own branded…
Matt Anderson Bistro Vendôme 1420 Larimer Street 303-825-3232 www.bistrovendome.com Matt Anderson wanted to become an Olympic downhill skier from the time he was three and wobbled on skis for the first time. But eighteen years later, he threw his skis in the trash. Anderson, once a member of the U.S…
The space at 753 Santa Fe Drive — most recently occupied by Club 753 — is once again dark. But the address deserves some time in the spotlight for one very good reason: It was here that the Mexican hamburger, a major Colorado contribution to the world’s culinary scene, was…
On a block just beyond the revitalized stretches of downtown, twelve, at 2233 Larimer Street, is tucked amidst dilapidated storefronts…
Gustavo Arellano, author of Ask a Mexican and a former food critic in Orange County, California, is in town this week for a visiting professorship at Metro and his debate tonight with Tom Tancredo. But really, he’s here to eat — a mission that has so far taken him to…
For months, the rumor mill has been swirling with rumblings that Hades Bar & Grill, the live music/poker/beer pong/karaoke venue with a hot ladies night and a flaming sign at 2200 South Broadway, was closing. And a drive-by earlier today all but confirmed the speculation, thanks to a dark restaurant…
I have, in my grubby little hands, a copy of the just-published Vesta Dipping Grill cookbook, 151 pages of recipes (including chef Matt Selby’s fifty dipping sauces), hot food porn, biographies of Selby and owners Josh and Jen Wolkon (who also run Steuben’s) and a section on the “Vesta Vibe,”…
Just in time for the holiday season, Forbes Travel Guide released its annual list of four- and five-star hotels, restaurants and spas, facilitating luxury travel planning around the U.S., Canada and, uh, China. Just 23 restaurants made the five-star cut, and 152 eateries were granted four stars…
Swamped with everything vegetarian, including tofu, the Thai green curry that hails from the kitchen of this swanky food temple is far different from what you’ll encounter at most Thai joints that litter Denver’s globalized streets. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct…
Bryan Dayton first started talking about his own project six months ago, when he forewent an offer from then-beverage director James Lee at Happy’s Bitter Bar, 835 Walnut Street, to pursue his own project. He’d teamed up with chef Steve Redzikowski and beverage distributor Annie Polk, and the trio went…
There was a time when diners desiring truffles would have to grab their specially trained pig or dog and hunt the ripe grounds of Italy or France. That, or fork over upwards of $2,200 a pound for white truffles. Luckily for Denver foodies, the bosses at Barolo Grill, 3030 East…
After months of construction and permitting work, Zook’s Coffee and Ice Cream is finally open in the Denver Puppet Theater, the bright-yellow institution at 3156 West 38th Avenue. And just like the puppets that have long called the theater home, Zook’s is colorful, fun and designed for kids of all…
Have you been to twelve?” That was a question I got a lot when I first moved back to Denver, as people I met working in the restaurant industry offered their recommendations for dinner, casually tossing around the vitals of the newest places in town the way my brother throws…
In three or four weeks, another food truck will join the fleet that has taken over the Mile High City, and this one seeks to fill a notable void in the cuisine offered by mobile vendors. Ezra Malmuth and Nate Barnett are unveiling their creation, Stick it to Me, a…
“I’ve wanted a Big Boy for years after my first trip to Burning Man,” says Charlie Puma, owner of Enzo’s End Pizzeria, 3424 East Colfax. Burning Man, an annual week-long art and dance festival held every year in the Black Rock Desert in northern Nevada, commences with a ritual burning…
If My First Bacon is too low-brow for the gift recipient on your list, and you’re shopping for little people whose toy collections are worth more than your collective assets, Dylan’s Candy Bar, a three-story sugar shack in New York City, has you covered: the sweet-monger has erected an edible…
For years, this dark and moody restaurant — a playground for affluent singles and an absolute annoyance for those who have no desire to be pawed — has turned out the same short board of simple dishes, including an ambrosial rotisserie chicken, which used to be unassailable. But on a…
“Things are starting to look pretty official,” says the caption under the Facebook photograph of the wooden sign hanging at Oak at Fourteenth, 1400 Pearl Street in Boulder. Official, indeed. After months of planning and renovations, the restaurant, a venture of Colorado Bartenders’ Guild president and Frasca Food & Wine…
Since Glenn Beck’s recent marketing genius includes plugging a kit of 3,792 freeze-dried gourmet entrees for the bargain price of $9,599.99 via foodinsurance.com (don’t sweat it, middle-classers, there’s a layaway plan for this), he and his fellow Tea Party patriots can rest easy when he’s elected overlord of the Northern…
Cafe Society served up five Guess Where contests last week, including everything from fried pickles at Madison Street to bone marrow at Euclid Hall to the box of baked goods above. For correctly identifying its source as Buffalo Doughboy Bakery, SAxcuy wins an EatDenver deck…
Behold the highlights and low lights of what you may have missed this week on the Cafe Society blog…
