Cafe Society dished up five Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a vodka-based cocktail shrouded in liquid nitrogen from 1515 Restaurant, to a lovely pasta-and-mozzarella salad from Amerigo Delicatus Restaurant and Market, to a lackluster skillet of corn bread from a bar with numerous locations…
For the first time in close to two decades, Chipotle is rolling out a new protein. The Denver-born chain will debut “sofritas” in all 74 of its Colorado stores today. In advance of the roll-out, we got a chance to try the new protein (spoiler alert: it’s meat-free, but so…
DISH, our nineteenth annual celebration of the Denver dining scene, filled Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex with food and drink from some of Cafe Society’s favorite restaurants, as well as Best of Denver reader choices. See also: Slide show on the food of DISH 2013…
For this week’s Cafe review, Gretchen Kurtz visited Epernay, the restaurant that opened nine months ago in front of the Denver Performing Arts Complex. Although she appreciated chef Duy Pham’s artistry in the kitchen and the sleek, modern setting, she found that the staff really needed to clean up its…
For this week’s restaurant review, Gretchen Kurtz went to Epernay, a restaurant where chef Duy Pham does incredible things in the kitchen — but the service out front can be incredibly bad. Mark Antonat, who’s been eating his way up Federal Boulevard, stopped at the Far East Center for a…
On Sunday, September 22, DISH will dish out food and drinks from dozens of Cafe Society’s favorite restaurants and trucks, as well as Best of Denver readers’ winners, in the Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. And Table 6, 609 Corona Street, is bringing its pork and duck…
The signature signs of a city that’s on the culinary fast track reside in its willingness to take aggressive risks, push infinite boundaries and continually adapt to a fickle dining public whose expectations are always on the upswing. Denver is that city — a major metropolis that refuses to slow…
This past spring Maxfield’s began working with local gardeners, urban farmers and other businesses, such as Root Down, to cultivate crops with premium organic soils from Maxfield’s. And now that it’s harvest time, the entire city is beginning to reap the benefits of those gardens. Maxfield’s doesn’t plan to hoard…
Despite the fact that the spirit in this cocktail is vodka — and vodka is evil — the ghostly cloak of liquid nitrogen that swirls around the glass definitely makes for an interesting conversation piece. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer…
OpenTable, the popular online restaurant reservation service, recently revealed its coveted list of the 100 restaurants in the United States that are most “Fit for Foodies.” And the roster, which is based on more than five million restaurant reviews submitted by OpenTable diners for more than 15,000 restaurants in all…
The signature signs of a city that’s on the culinary fast track reside in its willingness to take aggressive risks, push infinite boundaries and continually adapt to a fickle dining public whose expectations are always on the upswing. Denver is that city — a major metropolis that refuses to slow…
On Sunday, September 22, DISH will dish out food and drinks from dozens of Cafe Society’s favorite restaurants and trucks, as well as Best of Denver readers’ winners, in the Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. Sushi Sasa, our pick for Best Sushi Restaurant in the 2013 Best…
On the Western frontier, fur traders would rendezvous to barter goods and share ideas. Chef Kurt Boucher is now working to create a similar gathering place at the Rendezvous Cafe at the History Colorado Center, one that focuses on homegrown goods. “Basically we’re Colorado-based,” Boucher says of the restaurant, “so…
On Sunday, September 22, DISH will dish out food and drinks from dozens of Cafe Society’s favorite restaurants and trucks, as well as Best of Denver readers’ winners, in the Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. Robin Baron of Udi’s will be featuring her date-braised short ribs with…
You know what most pasta salads are like: potluck blasphemies harboring overcooked macaroni slathered in mayonnaise. But this pasta salad, trumpeting orbs of fresh mozzarella, leafy spinach, heirloom tomatoes and handmade strands of fettuccine, is a summer stunner. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the…
Denver will be in the national spotlight next week — and we’re not talking about Monday Night Football. The really big game is on TV two days later, when Jen Jasinski will compete in the final round of Top Chef Masters. The chef/co-owner of Rioja, Bistro Vendome and Euclid Hall,…
Adam Brock The GrowHaus 4751 York Street 720-515-4751 thegrowhaus.com This is part two of my interview with Adam Brock, founder of the GrowHaus; part one of my chat with Brock ran yesterday. What do you grow at the GrowHaus? Mostly leafy greens and herbs like lettuce, kale, cilantro, bok choy…
This city is about to start rolling in dough! On Tuesday, Denverites will finally be able to dip into Dunkin’ Donuts. At long last, the beloved East Coast institution will have a stand-alone store in the metro area (there are already three in Colorado Springs): The spot at 366 Broadway…
If you heading to Grandma’s house next holiday season, you’ll be rewarded…with beer. Yes, Denver is getting another craft-beer spot, this one located at 1710 South Broadway and named Grandma’s House. “I wanted to go with the crafting and craft brewing aesthetic and maintain that kind of Etsy-type community feel,”…
On Sunday, September 22, DISH will dish out food and drinks from dozens of Cafe Society’s favorite restaurants and trucks, as well as Best of Denver readers’ winners, in the Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. The Hornet will be on-site, serving its popular lobster-and-bacon mac and cheese…
If anyone wonders if I get special treatment as a critic, they should have been at Epernay, the nine-month-old, high-gloss restaurant and sushi bar a stone’s throw from the Ellie, one evening last month. “I’m sorry,” the hostess said, “but we’re full tonight.” My husband and I looked at each…
“Just take a walk around Denver and you’ll encounter a variety of regional and international cuisines that are unparalleled anywhere else in the state; everything is represented here, even Peruvian,” says Pepe Aparicio, the chef and co-owner of Taita Peruvian Cuisine & Bar, a restaurant that he opened just over…
