Shelly Steinhaus opened Bella Bistro, 7702 Ralston Road, three years ago hoping to lure regulars who would dine with her several times a week. To accomplish that, her restaurant changes like a chameleon as the week progresses. On weeknights, it offers an enchanting culinary vacation to after-work diners who come…
It’s been far too long since I’ve stepped foot in the whimsical restaurant that made my belly fat and happy with a fantastic plate of risotto tangled with housemade mozzarella and fresh vegetables. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the…
Last night, after dinner service, Tambien, the irreverent Mexican cantina at 250 Steele Street, in Cherry Creek, has shuttered its doors. The lease on the subterranean taqueria, which opened in 2006 after owners Jesse Morreale and Sean Yontz closed Sketch at the same address and then later reopened the wine,…
The Front Porch Cafe has closed almost as quickly as it opened at 1115 Grant Street, where it didn’t last any longer than Carmen’s Cafe, the previous occupant of the space. No word on what’s coming next for the spot — or whether the Front Porch Cafe wore out its…
Here’s the thing, says Leigh Jones: “I want a chef that has kitchen manager capabilities, and that’s not Brendon.” Last Thursday, during a routine manager’s meeting, Jones sat down with Brendon Doyle, who’d been running the line at Jonesy’s EatBar, 400 East 20th Avenue, for the past eleven months, and…
Consumer Reports takes on fast-food burgers in its October issue, and the results aren’t good for the world’s burger behemoth. The magazine asked 28,000 subscribers for their opinion on fast-food burgers, and McDonald’s came in last — by a margin much larger than a clown nose. The highest-rated burgers? A…
It’s been the summer of food trucks. Every day, we find ourselves chasing down a new vendor, standing in line to sample a slice of pizza fresh from the oven or ice cream made with liquid nitrogen or a new version of banh mi. (We’ve seen sliders and vegetarian renditions…what…
Cafe Society served up six Guess where contests last week, featuring everything from an overloaded burger at Jack-n-Grill to this off-the-menu dish at a still-unidentified Thai restaurant to an Ethiopian feast. For correctly tying it to Queen of Sheba’s kitchen, Jay wins an EatDenver deck. Jay, send your contact info…
Behold the highlights from this week’s Cafe Society blog: 1. Sean Kenyon, the no-holds-barred bar baron at Steuben’s, takes on vodka — specifically whether or not it’s run its course — in this week’s Ask the Bartender, a new addition to Cafe Society World Headquarters. In case you’re wondering whether…
This year’s Taste of Colorado kicked off earlier today at Civic Center Park; Westword photographer Johnny Molfetta brought back these photos. Taste of Colorado runs through 8 p.m. Monday…
This week marks your last chance to eat in the original rendition of Frasca Food & Wine, the Boulder restaurant at 1738 Pearl Street owned by master sommelier Bobby Stuckey and chef Lachlan MacKinnon Patterson that started making big waves on the Front Range dining scene six years ago. The…
The board hasn’t changed in months, maybe years, quite possibly because regulars would stage a protest. But the paella, a mainstay since day one, continues to inspire and satisfy, even if the behavior in the kitchen seems a little too casual for a restaurant that’s shrouded in sensuality. Can you…
Got milk? Clarissa Bradford took her family, including a five-month-old son, to a McDonald’s in Phoenix , and while the rest of the family noshed on the dollar menu, she pulled out a breast to feed the nipple nibbler. At which point, the manager on duty asked them to leave…
Tiffany got sent home from Top Chef this week. I was a little distressed when Arnold was told to pack his knives a few episodes back, because his problems were the fault of mean-spirited Lynne, and also I expected him to come up with some interestingly piquant dishes over the…
After fifteen years working in management at Pizza Huts across the country, Ted Huss was done — done with the corporate bullshit, done with inferior ingredients and done with chains. “I was frustrated and really discouraged with the way the business was going. It was all about profit, when it…
At this tiny Thai temple, stashed in a strip mall that’s nearly invisible from the street, the one-woman kitchen turns out generous plates and bowls of curries, noodles and stir-fries from the straight-ahead Americanized Thai menu. Go late in the afternoon, however, after the lunch crush has subsided, and you’ll…
With all the food trucks and carts revving up, it was only a matter of time before someone decided to cater exclusively to mobile vegetarians and vegans. That someone was Trevor Smith, who now parks the Sprout House downtown at the corner of 17th Avenue and Lincoln from 11 a.m…
Justin Brunson Masterpiece Delicatessen 1575 Central Street 303-561-3354 www.masterpiecedeli.com This is part two of Lori Midson’s Q&A with Justin Brunson, chef/owner of Masterpiece Delicatessen. To read part one of that interview, click here. Greatest accomplishment as a chef: Becoming a restaurateur. You work so many years in the trenches to…
Fortunately, England is not in the Banana Belt, because Fran Dando, a 21-year-old resident of Hastings in East Sussex, has a rare phobia: a fear of bananas. When she was seven, her brother played a practical joke by placing the phallic fruit in her bed. She “felt this horrible, slimy…
Down at the far end of the bar, next to the open garage door leading to a wrap-around patio, a twenty-something has posted up with a beer and her computer, the wind tousling her hair as she hacks away intently. Behind me, at the long, high center table, a group…
Sean Kelly first made a name for himself in Denver when he helped open Blair Taylor’s Barolo Grill in 1991, and he manned the kitchen there until he could cook in his own place: the well-respected Aubergine Cafe, a Mediterranean small-plates restaurant he established on Seventh Avenue in 1995. After…
JoeAnn and John Falco closed the sale on the Brittany Hill building at 9350 Grant Street, a massive structure with sweeping views of the Front Range, in spring 2009, prompting buzz that the space would rise again. Almost a year and a half later, though, the spot still sits dark…
