At this relatively new Mexican restaurant, the menu is a mash-up of the usual suspects — carne asada, burritos, fajitas and huevos rancheros — and more interesting south-of-the-border foodstuffs like posole poblano, nopales and shrimp ceviche, the shout-out dish in the above photo. Splashed with fresh citrus juices and vivid…
Opus, Michael Long’s long-standing restaurant at 2575 West Main Street in Littleton, just introduced a new autumn dinner deal that runs Sunday through Thursday from now until Thanksgiving. The deal, which includes three courses, is $33 per person; wine pairings are available for an additional $12. Here’s a peek at…
Downtown’s Italian restaurant scene just grew by one with the opening of Mangiamo Pronto!, a sleek and modern cafe out of Santa Fe, in the former Common Grounds space at 1601 17th Street. “We had soft openings Friday and Saturday just to do some test runs and opened the floodgates…
Last week in Ask the Critic, I was trying to help out a buddy (and frequent Cafe Society commenter) who was looking for a place to get some real Hong Kong-style roast goose — but either no one who frequents this little corner of the blogosphere knows where to find…
There was no morning sun on Saturday, the day that Elise Wiggins (above), executive chef of Panzano, had picked for her lunch and cooking class at Bear Mountain Ranch, the 100-acre parcel of land in Genesee that’s grazing territory for the Black Angus steers that Wiggins is buying for her…
I love breakfast. It is, indisputably, one of my six favorite meals of the day. But I’ve always had a problem with breakfast, too: It generally doesn’t come with enough alcohol. Oh, sure. There are bloody Marys. The beautiful people have their mimosas and their straight champagne. And Irish coffee…
Denver’s apparently getting a fifth gastropub — and that could give Jason Sheehan a major case of indigestion, as you know if you’ve been following his gastropub rants right here on Cafe Society. As we reported last month, Denver’s three existing, self-proclaimed gastropubs — Jonesy’s, Argyll and Colt & Gray…
It could have the oddest name ever: Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids and Solids. But don’t let that deter you from trying out this restaurant — because the liquids will come out of 43 craft taps. “This is an authentic craft beer bar right down to the keg-based fountains,” says…
8 Rivers, Scott Durrah’s modern Caribbean restaurant that opened last October at 1550 Blake Street (after a successful stint in a much smaller spot at 3609 West 32nd Avenue, now occupied by Venue), is changing its hours for the winter. And they’re very ishy. The restaurant, which also bills itself…
The menu description in the above snap obviously never went through a menu Spellcheck. The more I look at it, the more I laugh — I have this image of some 400-pound linebacker with bulging muscles sitting on the pot eating chips, and daydreaming about getting laid instead. Have your…
What you might have missed this week on Cafe Society while checking out Jason Sheehan’s top ten places on 17th Avenue to swell your belly. Lori Midson got a sneak peak of Sean Yontz’s new restaurant space during a sit-down with the Sketch, Mezcal and Tambien executive chef, who’s also…
I want to make myself absolutely clear here: I hate the word “gastropub.” Just to be sure, I’m going to repeat that: I hate the word gastropub. Got it, everyone? The word. Words are my business. I take them very seriously. And as far as words go, gastropub is a…
While cheering the Rockies on to victory tomorrow at Coors Field, why not check out the stadium’s newest and most unusual concession location: the gluten-free stand behind Section 147 on the left-field concourse (near the in-stadium playground). Believed to be the first of its kind in Major League Baseball, the…
Some people just can’t get enough pork. If you’re one of those people, head to Cook Street School of Fine Cooking, 1937 Market Street, for “Pleasures of the Pig.” The dinner, originally scheduled for October 9, has been moved to October 23, and will feature cider-glazed pork shoulder, potatoes lyonnaise…
Ben Ali, co-founder and namesake of Ben’s Chili Bowl in Washington, D.C., died Wednesday night at the age 82. Thursday morning, his joint — the one that he has run for 51 years with his wife, Virginia, and their extended family, the one that has fed everyone from politicians, actors…
Steve Abo — you know, the guy behind eighteen Abo’s Pizza stores throughout Colorado — is using some of the dough he’s pocketed from tossing millions of pies to open a new restaurant that won’t have anything at all to do with pizza. Abo plans to open Circle, a “Continental…
The inn at Gold Hill, ten miles up from Boulder, has been around about as long as Colorado has been a state. Poet Eugene Field stayed there, and described his visits in “Casey’s Table d’Hote,” the first poem in his 1889 book A Little Book of Western Verse. Oh, them…
When Olivea opened in May at 719 East 17th Avenue, it immediately earned a spot among the top ten restaurants on 17th Avenue, which has become a real restaurant row. Below, nine more places to brake for food along 17th…
It’s Friday morning. Where are your pancakes? If you can pinpoint the exact location of the pancake in the above pic — which on further examination, looks like a distorted Halloween mask, what with those freaky butter eyes (not intentional, by the way) and rivers of syrup that somehow managed…
Dylan Moore already runs a couple of this city’s most engaging restaurants: Deluxe at 30 South Broadway, one of the (very) few examples of intelligently designed, historical California cuisine done right in Denver, and right next door at 32 South Broadway, Delite, which offers a kind of Deluxe-lite menu (a…
Just got news from the Rocky Mountain BBQ Association that Mike McCrea of Big Mike’s BBQ, at 8751 Pearl Street in Thornton, died on Tuesday night. McCrea had been injured in a flash-over from a propane tank in late September and spent that Friday night in an ER in Grand…
It’s not easy baking at 8,000 feet, but this pastry chef seems to have hit the jackpot. Want to be rolling in dough? Then guess where I’m eating…
