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. Last month, Pete…
Last week, I asked whether pho could be on the horizon for the Streets at Southglenn — specifically a second outpost of Pho 95, Aaron Le’s original temple of pho at 1002 South Federal Boulevard. I have an answer…
After fifteen months of reviewing sandwiches, it’s time to take a step back, time to consider what has passed between many, many slices of bread, time to take a break from sandwiches and offer a countdown of the ten best I’ve had. It’s easy to pick twenty good sandwiches, but…
Right, so I just received the following e-mail from Perky Cups, which, as you can gather from the note, is apparently a java joint — maybe — that employs bikini-clad females. Lori, Hello. We are Perky Cups. Denver/Auroras first Bikini Model Baristas coffee shop. We are having a grand opening…
As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Number 93: BBQ Masher from Cabin Creek Smokehouse…
For decades, University of Denver students have downed beers at the Border Restaurant and Lounge, a sometimes Mex joint tucked into a strip mall at 2014 South University Boulevard. Some of those students even did so legally. But for the past thirty days, the Border has been dark: Its liquor…
UPDATE: Check out our interview with head baker Sammy Marquez and catch his recipe for raspberry shortbread bars.Oh, my. This beauty of a sticky bun, studded with pecans and glazed with a crème brûlée-like shell, is certainly one way to start off your morning at Hi Rise (2162 Larimer Street). But there…
As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com. Number 94: Cheeseburgers from Larkburger…
“Instead of doing a mezcal-tequila tasting like we normally do, we came up with some killer cocktails to pair with each course,” says Sean Yontz, executive chef of Tambien (250 Steele Street), the gathering quarters for tomorrow night’s multi-course holiday mezcal dinner. The fact that Yontz is serving mole de…
One in eight Coloradoans will struggle to put food on the table this holiday season, and 99 percent of food banks in the state have reported an enormous surge in the need for emergency assistance. Kudos, then, to the Colorado Egg Producers, whose Good Egg Project is lending a helping…
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. Last month, Pete…
“Look, when I was here in 2002, I walked for what, eight hours, all over downtown and you know what I found? I found chicken wings — chicken wings and fried fucking mozzarella sticks. I didn’t see anything that looked like it was chef-driven, and Jim’s cart sure as hell…
This is part two of my interview with Brian Laird, exec chef of Barolo Grill. You can read part one of my interview with Laird here. Best food city in America: San Francisco. It’s all about what I love most: fresh ingredients, seafood, farm-raised animals, vegetables, cheese, wine and beer,…
For the chef at a seafood restaurant — Oceanaire — Matt Mine sure loves his bacon. He often features a slab of it on Oceanaire’s menu, and he recently cooked up a batch of bacon brittle with Anthony Bourdain in mind, which was included in the pre-talk meal that Oceanaire…
My favorite movie of all time is Blade Runner. It gave me a serious yen for the intersection of Japanese and American culture that’s flavored my tastes for years but still, I think, comes off as a bit more wholesome and less creepy than an obsession with Japanese schoolgirl uniforms…
Colorado has recently gone through something of a barbecue boom. Sure, there are places like M&D’s that have been around since forever, but over the past five years, Colorado in general (and Denver in particular) has seen a surge in joints that exist for the greater worship of the smoker…
Just got off the blower with Curt Steinbecker (that’s him in the funny hat up there, standing beside his wife, Deicy) of Ondo’s, the Spanish tapas restaurant that I’ve been waiting forever for at 250 Steele Street (in the former home of French 250). Okay, so maybe it hasn’t quite…
Dear Mr. President. As you are no doubt aware, the Kellogg Company recently announced that it is experiencing a catastrophic waffle shortfall owing to a sort of “perfect storm” of circumstances: scheduled maintenance and upgrades to their army of waffle-making robots, flood damage in the vast waffle fields of the…
I love flapjacks as much as the next person (maybe even more), but the smoked salmon, red onion and caper pizza that you see in the above snap is seriously, deliriously delicious. And it’s just one of several breakfast pizzas on the new brunch menu at a Denver restaurant that’s…
As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com. No. 95 Assiette de charcuterie maison from Z Cuisine À Côté…
“It was a step off the cliff for sure, but at the same time, I just knew that I was a good fit for the job,” says Brian Laird of Barolo Grill, the Northern Italian restaurant whose kitchen Laird has cooked in for the past twelve years — the last…
Sometimes what we like is a little comfort food, even when the sun’s shining. This homey macaroni and cheese dish might seem small, but it packs a satisfying wallop of creamy goodness set off by a crunchy topping. The side salad is just a bonus. Can you guess where I’m…
