Garbanzo Mediterranean Grill opened its eighth location at 3453 West 32nd Avenue in Highlands Square on Friday. Founder Alon Mor had been eager to expand his business to northwest Denver. “The people in this neighborhood believe in our values,” he says of his homegrown chain. “Fresh, healthy and authentic Mediterranean…
Ever wonder what happened to the “Super Chef” sign at Emilio’s? The restaurant, located at 338 East Colfax Avenue, seemed so keen to capitalize on the old school diner sign it found when it renovated its space that it resurrected the name and even called itself “Emilio’s Super Chef” for…
In the hands of the remarkably talented chef at this transporting restaurant/bar, everything that comes to your table is exquisite, including a salad heaped with a tangle of glistening leaves, lentils and crisp-edged, cider-soaked pork belly. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct…
Tim Doherty wanted out of the bar business, and after running Lodo’s Bar & Grill for sixteen years, who can blame him?…
We’ve been jealously eyeing the French macaron trend as it spreads like wildfire through culinary hot spots like New York. Our search for these delicate almond meringue confections in the Mile High City had yielded nothing to satisfy our curiosity, so it was with great interest that we noticed them…
More than two dozen restaurants and Colorado wineries are taking part in Sunday’s Taste of Pearl in Boulder, a four-hour walkabout along pedestrian Pearl Street Mall that combines the three greatest past times on the planet: grazing, imbibing and shopping. A slew of downtown Boulder businesses, including Art & Soul,…
Have you ever had Chinese buffet food on a high stool by a window, diner-style? If not, here’s your chance. Green Tea Cafe has set up shop in the old Spin’n Chicken space at 6901 East Colfax Avenue, which, at one time, was also home to Joe’s West of Memphis…
I was lucky enough to experience the Pig ‘N Whistle, a classic West Colfax motel on the “fabulous 40 strip,” when it was still run by former boxer Eddie Bohn. I heard tales from Bohn as we drank beers in the front bar, covered with boxing memorabilia; I hosted a…
Go ahead, play with your food. For every piece of virtual bread art you make between now and June 30, the Bread Art Project will donate $1 to Share Our Strength. The Grain Foods Foundation created the Bread Art Project in 2009 to help raise awareness of hunger in America…
Up until today, I’d never met a chile challenge that blistered me into submission. Hell, I can pop habanero chiles in my mouth like they’re Skittles. But the lobito agua chiles challenge at Colorado Steakhouse & Mexican Grill, which opened on Friday, April 16 at 11961 Bradburn Boulevard in Westminster,…
If you take a little of this, some of that, and a lot of those from the mammoth salad bar that’s a simple prep course before the the gut-busting final, then you should also have the nearest crane company on speed dial, because a crane is exactly what you’ll need…
No more feeling guilty, averting eye contact and mumbling excuses when you go to Natural Grocers. Unlike at Whole Foods, where forgetting your reusable totes is akin to a sin, if you forget to bring your own bags to the Natural Grocers, the worst that’ll happen is you juggle your…
Denver’s got itself a new Argentinian restaurant. Viejo Domingo opened this past Saturday in the space formerly occupied by Playa de Oro at 3555 West 38th Avenue. It features a meat-centric menu of Argentinian specialties like parrilladas and milanesas, a full bar and live performances of Argentinian folklórico music every…
This is part two of Lori Midson’s Chef and Tell interview with Corey Cunningham, exec chef of Baur’s. To read part one of Corey’s interview, click here. Proudest moment as a chef: When I graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in New York. I’d been cooking for six or…
You might think that Mars — one of the world’s biggest candy companies — and sustainability would be mutually exclusive concepts. But that just means you haven’t met Howard Shapiro, the chief agronomist for Mars and the man behind the chocolate you can now taste in goodnessKnows, a snack that…
The bar where I was meeting my chefs before the show was packed. The hearth-fire lighting glowed in prisms of condensation on the windows; jackets and scarves were hanging on hooks and draped over chairs. The five of us squeezed around the corner of the wide, hickory-topped bar, aged and…
Yesterday was the first night the kitchen used ribeye rather than skirt steak for this dish, and the result was delicious — particularly after a margarita or two. Can you guess where I was eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I…
Like small plates and Asian fusion, street food has descended on the culinary scene like gangbusters. It’d be like plague or pestilence if it weren’t so damned brilliant, and delicious. Centro Latin Kitchen & Refreshment Palace in Boulder has embraced the trend, and its new spring menu, inspired by popular…
Boulder-based IZZE Beverage Company has added a new flavor to its fizzy, fruity family. Sparkling Guava joins eight other IZZE flavors, among them blueberry, grapefruit, clementine and lime. While most IZZE drinks can be found at various outlets around town, including Spicy Pickle, Target, and Starbucks, the new guava drink…
Oceanaire Seafood Room’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy woes have finally come to an end, with news that the upscale nautical chain has been sold to Landry’s Restaurants, Inc., the parent company of nearly 100 branded restaurants, including Simms Steakhouse, Willie G’s Seafood & Steak, the Chart House, Landry’s Seafood House and…
The Rockies are heading back to town, which means Coors Field is stocking up. In ascending order, here are the five most popular food items at the Denver ballpark (not including beer): 5. Peanuts 4. Nachos Supreme 3. Foot Long Brat 2. Super Dog 1. Rockie Dog The Rockie Dog…
Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market’s choicest ingredients home with them, and cook up a feast. “It’s spring, and…
