Firehouse Subs, a Florida-based fast-casual chain specializing in hot subs, just opened a second store in Aurora today. Like all the other stores opened by former firefighting brothers Robin and Chris Sorensen, this Firehouse Subs location has a custom, hand-painted mural inside the dining room that pays tribute to local…
UPDATE: We have a winner of our DSTILL Showcase contest, in which we asked Cafe Society readers to answer this question: What were the first five distilleries to open in Colorado that continue to operate today? Congratulations to Lee5324, who correctly guessed all five: Stranahan’s, Peach Street, Peak Spirits, Mystic…
Tomorrow is Fat Tuesday (and National Pancake Day), and although we may not be in New Orleans, Denver definitely knows how to celebrate. Fat Tuesday originally got its name from the practice of eating lots of rich and fatty foods before the ritual fasting for Lent, which starts Wednesday. Over…
This bar, like many bars, offers a bartender’s choice, a throw-caution-to-the-wind cocktail that’s custom created by someone who you hope will wow you with their mixology magic. The cocktail in the above snap was unlike any I’ve ever had, a marriage of lemon, sugar and sparkling rosé dominated by bitters…
Cafe Society served up four Guess Where? contest posts last week, ranging from a textbook-perfect daiquiri from the Capital Grille to a terrific thin-crust pizza (that beat out the more popular deep-dish pizza) at Denver Deep Dish, which resides inside Bar Car, to a plate of chilaquiles that made everyone…
Billed as “Denver’s largest gathering of local food producers, manufacturers, growers, retailers and restaurateurs,” the 2014 Local Food Summit, hosted by the Mile High Business Alliance, in partnership with the City of Denver, kicks off this morning at 10 a.m. at the McNichols Civic Center Building with a full day…
After months of renovation work and delays, Gozo quietly opened this past weekend for friends, family members and a few lucky neighbors — and just as quietly closed again for a few last-minute touches before it reopens for good on Friday, March 7. See also: Gozo will open on South…
Chefs are shifting all over town, and now baRed and CY Steak, which share a kitchen (and father-and-son owner/managers Cliff and Zach Young), are looking for a new chef de cuisine, after the departure of Doug Mace. But a new chef isn’t the only change baRed should make, according to…
Don’t head to Wafflich for breakfast this morning — or lunch, for that matter. The sandwich shop that Benny Kaplan opened at 4166 Tennyson Street after closing his much more ambitious Shazz (now the home of Scratch Burrito) never returned from its winter break. Instead, when the doors of this…
This week in Cafe Society, Gretchen Kurtz visited the mild, mild West for her review of The Curtis Club. Aniedra Nichols, executive chef at Elway’s Cherry Creek, dished on why she dislikes burgers and tacos, her favorite ingredients and more in her Chef and Tell interview. And Mark Antonation, now…
In 2005, a former repo man with a rather impressive rap sheet stemming from a reckless and wild youth plunked down a hot dog cart on the 16th Street Mall, in an area of downtown that already pimped plenty of wiener beaters, but this wasn’t your average hot dog cart…
In just a few weeks, spirit hounds from here and afar will descend on Denver for DSTILL, a week-long celebration that trumpets more than fifty craft spirits producers from Colorado and around the country, all of whom will gather under the roof of the McNichols Civic Center building on Thursday,…
Yes, the big news in February was the long-awaited debut of Trader Joe’s in Colorado — and the company opened a trio of stores on Valentine’s Day. But the Denver dining scene also welcomed more than a dozen new restaurants, and also said goodbye to a few longtime institutions. Keep…
It’s the deep-dish pizza at this joint within a joint that gets all the accolades, but after trying both a deep-dish pie and a thin-crusted pizza, I’m firmly entrenched in the thin-crust camp. Don’t get me wrong: The deep-dish pizza is very good, but the thin crust, in my opinion,…
A few weeks ago, when I spoke to Jon Mendoza, he had just been let go from Uncle, Tommy Lee’s noodle shop in Highland. But while Mendoza, who was Uncle’s chef, vented his frustrations about getting the boot, he also made it very clear that his departure from Uncle would…
Nothing Bundt Cakes, a Las Vegas-based chain that specializes in contemporary, custom-baked bundt cakes, will be opening a shop at 2710 Arapahoe Avenue in Boulder tomorrow. See also: Sneak peek: The Kitchen Next Door opens today in CitySet…
Adam Platt, restaurant critic for New York, recently decided to out himself, publishing his picture on the cover of the magazine and writing about why he decided to give up his anonymity. You won’t find me doing the same thing. As anyone knows who’s shared a meal with “somebody” –…
After 95 years in business, it’s not surprising that the Blue Parrot would opt for a bit of a facelift. But when the Colacci family that owns the blue-hued, red-sauce joint in Louisville decided to update the facade, they chose to celebrate not just the history of the iconic restaurant…
Sometimes you find the best examples of a certain dish at a restaurant that you’d never expect would serve that dish, much less do it better than just about anyone else. But that’s exactly what happened with the chilaquiles in the above snap. Not only was it an unexpected surprise…
Aniedra Nichols Elway’s Cherry Creek 2500 East First Avenue 303-399-5353 elways.com This is part two of my interview with Aniedra Nichols, exec chef of Elway’s Cherry Creek; part one of our conversation ran yesterday. What’s the best food- or kitchen-related gift you’ve been given? I’ve had quite a few, but…
Smiling Moose Deli, which got its start in the Vail Valley in 2003, recently opened four new locations in Ohio, South Dakota, Montana and North Dakota. But this casual deli chain has not only expanded its geographic range: it’s also expanded its menu with a brand-new dish, the Mo!Mac, a…
Denver was home to the first Hooters west of the Mississippi. Although that pioneering breastaurant on South Colorado Boulevard is now gone, more curvaceous concepts have come to take its place — including Twin Peaks, which now has three locations in the metro area and its own Twin Peaks Mountain…
