Things are smoking again on the banks of Bear Creek off highway 74 in Kittredge. Darryl Swarts and three friends, all from Ann Arbor, Michigan, bought the former Dick’s Hickory Dock in February 2011, and after a total overhaul of the charming but decrepit building — starting with “squirrel removal,”…
Nate Bychinski Mateo 1837 Pearl Street, Boulder 303-443-7766 mateorestaurant.com This is part two of my interview with Nate Bychinski, exec chef of Mateo; part one of my interview with Bychinski ran yesterday. Most memorable meal you’ve ever had in Denver: Although it wasn’t a traditional meal, last year’s Denver Burger…
Denver is knee-deep in food-and-drink events this Memorial Day weekend, what with the two-day South Gaylord Street Festival, EatDenver’s Big Eat on Sunday and the Full Moon Street Carnival on Friday — and there’s plenty of culinary action in the altitude-high town of Vail this weekend, too. FEAST! Vail –…
Eww. Just eww. A reader alerted us to the notice from the Denver Department of Environmental Health ordering the closure of Pho on 6th for “imminent health risks” — which the restaurant had posted behind a tree. A tree that wasn’t there when the notice was issued by the city…
When I first moved to Paris, I was insulted by the comments people would make about American food. “You call that cheese?” they’d say, referring to Velveeta, or “What’s for dinner tonight, hamburgers?” It didn’t matter that I never liked processed cheese — not even melted over macaroni as a…
Odyssey Beerworks in Arvada had a soft opening last Friday, but will host a grand opening this Saturday at 2 p.m. with live music from Jimmie Hope, the Ablaze food truck, door prizes. There are currently four beers on tap, but there will be six come Saturday, including Psycho Penguin…
May was not a good month for Pho on 6th, which received a notice from the city ordering it to close due to “imminent health risks.” The restaurant was required to post that notice, but put it behind a tree in front of the building, so that it can’t be…
Spicy, absolutely, but more to the point, salty — way too salty, even for someone like me, who will dive for the bag of ridged potato chips long before the slice of chocolate cake. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to…
Today, at 10:30 a.m., in front of the Oxford Hotel, Larimer Associates announced the names of three new restaurants that will take up residence in Union Station, the historic, century-old train depot that’s currently being redeveloped by the Union Station Alliance. A new restaurant and market concept by Alex Seidel,…
Nate Bychinski Mateo 1837 Pearl Street, Boulder 303-443-7766 mateorestaurant.com This is part one of my interview with Nate Bychinski, exec chef of Mateo; part two of my interview with Bychinski will run tomorrow. “I didn’t play with knives, but I definitely did my fair share of cooking,” says Nate Bychinski,…
In A Federal Case, I’ll be eating my way up Federal Boulevard — south to north — within Denver city limits. I’ll be skipping the national chains and per-scoop Chinese joints, but otherwise I’ll report from every vinyl booth, walk-up window and bar stool where food is served. Here’s the…
Ghost Plate & Tap opened in June 2011 in the historic Ghost Building. It had a great location (the former home of the Rocky Mountain Diner) and savvy owners: the Wynkoop/Breckenridge crew. But Ghost won’t be around to celebrate its second birthday; it’s closing on Friday. Initially, the restaurant was…
The owners of Sushi Bay, which took over the space in the Berkeley neighborhood that had been occupied by the Hole, now have a place in Uptown, too. Sushi Bay 17 is located at 1728 East 17th Avenue; keep reading for a look at the space and the food. See…
Next month, Ghost Plate & Tap, an elevated pub with a formidable beer list and an excellent cocktail program, would have celebrated its second anniversary downtown, but the Wynkoop/Breckenridge concept, which opened in June of 2011, is shuttering just shy of its two-year anniversary, closing this Friday, directly after lunch…
A one-topping jalapeno pizza from Marco’s Pizza.I had one of those accidental TMI conversations right in front of the guy ringing me up at Marco’s Pizza. My boyfriend and I were discussing Game of Thrones (and by discussing, I mean I was going on for minutes while he was pretending…
Thanks to a recent influx of pizza palaces, I’ve eaten way, way too much of the stuff over the past week, including at this restaurant, which, while new, isn’t as new as some. In fact, it’s been around long enough that the kitchen should have its pizza down pat, but…
Update: We have a winner of our Toques and ‘Tails contest giveaway! Last week, we asked Cafe Society commenters to guess how many Culinary Connector tours owner Becky Creighton has conducted in Denver. Congrats to BSquared5280, who guessed 330 tours, the exact number. BSquared5280, we’ll send you an e-mail with…
The lunch line was out the door today at Snarfburger, which just opened at 2000 Arapahoe in Boulder, in the space vacated by Daddy Bruce’s Bar-B-Que in March 2012. Until now, the Snarf’s empire — which Jim Seidel started in Boulder a decade ago — has been devoted to subs…
Tom Ryan and his partner Rick Schaden are on a roll — a burger roll, a 24/7 restaurant roll and a pizza roll. The two men, both of whom are the entrepreneurial brains behind Consumer Concept Group, one of the country’s top companies in the field of restaurant development and…
After nearly eight years cooking alongside Max MacKissock, chef-owner of the Squeaky Bean, Crickett Burns, the sole woman in McKissock’s kitchen, is stepping away from the Bean team to join Rob and Karin Lawler at the new Truffle Table, which will open in Highland on June 4. See also: -…
I spent a lot of time drinking in tap rooms over the weekend, including this one, where none of the house-brewed beers are sold at any liquor stores — and that’s a huge bummer, because it’s a long trek from my house to here. Can you guess where I’m drinking?…
Cafe Society served up four Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a mouth-numbing Colorado spirit poured at an Italian restaurant that has yet to be identified, to a old-fashioned from Bull & Bush, to a plate of fantastic tacos from a still-unnamed taqueria, to a scallop pooled in squid…
