I feel bloated, exhausted and fat as a bastard–lying splayed out in the middle of my living room floor like a beached whale, catching up on old episodes of The Simpsons on DVR and sweating pure suet. It’s been a week, more or less, since I rolled gimpily into town…
Whether you love or loathe molecular gastronomy, there’s one kitchen that’s having as much fun as it possibly can with all that geeky food science stuff, creating everything from foams to basil seeds. I’m not a big proponent of foam with my food, but I could eat sweetbreads — with…
Numerous restaurants are donating ten percent of their sales today and tonight as part of Road Home,Governor Mayor John Hickenlooper’s ten-year-plan to eradicate homelessness. The ambitious project, which relies on partnerships with local organizations, aims to provide long-term solutions, particularly housing, to Denver’s homeless community. Racines, 650 Sherman Street, which…
I remember drinking my first Negroni when I was in college. I hated it. But I was a typical “girl” and liked sweet, fruity drinks. Now, as a “woman,” I love the bitterness of a good Negroni. But I still love a good college town. Can you guess where I’m…
As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up, in no particular order, a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com…
This is part two of my interview with Virgilio Urbano, chef/owner of Virgilio’s. To read part one of the interview, click here. Culinary inspirations: My mama, who I’ve always called, “ma-MAH,” did all of the cooking for our family — that’s what she lives for — and I’ve learned pretty…
Denver-based Mad Greens is ready to conquer Fort Collins. On January 12, the company dropped $675,000 on a former Waffle House building at 616 South College Avenue, which will be its second location in that town. Mad Greens opened its first Fort Collins spot at 2120 East Harmony Road a…
Little Anita’s has slowed down its frenetic fast-food pace in two metro Denver locations, where it is now offering full-service, sit-down dining. “We have eleven restaurants in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and that’s how they do all of their restaurants down there,” says Mike Ponzio, Colorado general manager and part-owner of…
When you’re ready to start a different part of your life, you have to leave old things behind. That wasn’t the lifestyle I wanted to lead anymore,” says Adriana Aguilar, sitting at a table inside Melita’s Greek Cafe & Market, the restaurant that she and her mother, Maria Gibson, took…
Art Cormier’s name has popped up plenty of times in Westword — in our stories about the Regency Hotel ,and most recently in a post about Amazing Jake’s, the funplex in Aurora where Cormier tried to revive the scene he had going in northwest Denver. Complaints from neighbors helped end…
Pesce Fresco, a longtime favorite at 6600 South Quebec in Centennial, has new owners, a new chef, a new menu and, as of February 2, new hours that include lunch. Joel and Merilee Diner, who’ve run the restaurant for the last ten years, have passed it on to another married…
As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up, in no particular order, a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com…
Virgilio Urbano, the pie-slinger behind his namesake pizzeria in Lakewood, tosses his hands up in the air — an automatic reflex, no doubt, from spinning pizza dough for the past four years — and shakes his head. “Look, I can’t make everyone happy. God knows I try, but some people?…
El Bulli, the Spanish restaurant widely considered the best in the world, at least by people who have never eaten drunk at Jack in the Box at three in the morning, will close for two years starting in 2012 — and may not ever return, chef Ferran Adria announced today…
There are dozens of reasons to brave the chaos that ensues here every weekend, but the best reason of all may be the pork chops adovada, three chops, tender as a whisper, smothered in green chile and served with rice, beans and a blistered jalapeno. Special bonus: Every Friday, anyone…
Panzano is slated to reopen for dinner on Thursday, January 28, after a major renovation of the eleven-year-old space tucked into the Hotel Monaco. The remodeling project was designed by the Puccini Group, an award-winning restaurant design firm out of San Francisco, and done over the past two weeks. “When…
“Creating good food is a little like rocking out a good set on the dance floor,” says Adriana Aguilar. “It’s about making people feel satisfied with their experience.” Last fall, after a dozen years of spinning around the country as DJ Miss Audrey, Aguilar gave up the music business in…
Two great tastes that go together got an Iowa tavern in trouble with the local police department. In Iowa City on January 31, 2009, the constables went out and did compliance checks at local watering holes with a couple of underage volunteers. When they got to the Union Bar, a…
Munchies were the best invention ever. You know — the snack bags stuffed with a combination of Doritos, Sun Chips, Rold Gold pretzels and Cheetos. Eating an entire bag of any singular item is so mundane, but Munchies offered variety: They added texture to an otherwise monotonous crunch. A greatest…
I haven’t been loving the food coming from the kitchen where the above pic was snapped, but a marvelous plate of pork has a way of dulling bad memories. And this pig platter parading pork three ways, and paired with a glass of cabernet franc, went a long way in…
As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up, in no particular order, a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com…
Although New Year’s resolutions are usually made in bulk, why not make things easier for yourself this year? Simply resolve to drink more wine. Research abounds as to the health benefits of resveratrol, that nerdy-sounding compound found in red wine that’s been purported to do everything from lowering your blood…
