Cafe Society dished out four Guess where? contests last week, ranging from a margarita from the new Ay Caramba!, to a glass of beach-y rum punch from the Cherry Cricket to a plate of superb lamb chops from a restaurant whose chef just nabbed our Best of Denver Best Chef…
Over a dozen restaurants opened in March, ranging from the ambitious Beast + Bottle to Beantree Coffee & Deli. By contrast, only a handful of eateries closed their doors, including Big Easy and Grand Lux Cafe. Keep reading for our Restaurant roll call for March. See also: – Photos: ViewHouse…
We just published our thirtieth Best of Edition, with more than a hundred editorial picks in the Food & Drink section, many of them accompanied by Readers’ choices. And the readers have once again shown good taste and not given the Best French Fries award to McDonald’s, a frequent readers’…
It’s no secret that Denver is one of the nation’s burrito capitals — a fervent mecca of seam-busting tortillas jammed with everything but the kitchen sink. And while there’s nothing wrong with that distinction, the beans-rice-cheese combination isn’t exactly groundbreaking territory. And that’s one reason why Clay Markwell is making…
Sumo Sushi opened last week at 2353 South Havana Street in Aurora. Westword’s Danielle Lirette brought back these photos from the restaurant, which features local sports-themed rolls as specials. Score! See also: – Restaurant roll call for February: Old Major in, Pig & Block out – Denver’s ten best sushi…
Music, great food, libations and local art — that’s the mantra of Cold Crush, a new venue opening April 20 in Ballpark at 2700 Larimer Street. The all-in-one package, run by model and DJ Cassie Stevens and three guys obsessed with music and art — general manager Eric Cunningham, owner…
Denverites love their barbecue — even if great barbecue can be tough to find in this city. Boney’s, which won our Best BBQ in the Best of Denver 2013, used to have a cart at Writer’s Square, but closed that in order to focus on its newly expanded restaurant on…
It’s a good thing that the tom yum goong, a tart and spicy Thai seafood soup, was on the money, because the service — stoic and uncomfortably unfriendly — definitely wasn’t, and nor was the chalky panang curry, ordered “Thai hot” and arriving inexplicably milder than the pot of rice…
Fast-casual restaurants are taking over the world, one burrito, burger and bowl of pasta at a time, offering customers the convenience of quick-service joints and some of the atmosphere and ingredient quality of sit-down places. And given Colorado’s casual lifestyle and entrepreneurial spirit, it’s not surprising that this state has…
The Best of Denver 2013 is out, with more than a hundred categories in our Food & Drink section. One of the most hotly contested categories is always Best Green Chile. This year, the readers voted for El Taco de Mexico, a many-time winner. Cafe Society’s pick for Best Green…
Just over a month ago, Jeff Bauman and his brother Marc shuttered Pig & Block Charcuterie, their butcher shop at 3326 Tejon Street, in LoHi. “We were given a really decent offer to sell, and while things had been going very, very well for us — we were even preparing…
Earlier this week, three Colorado chefs — Elise Wiggins (Panzano), Daniel Asher (Root Down and Linger) and Riley Romanin (Hooked in Beaver Creek) — convened in the kitchen of Metropolitan State University Hospitality Learning Center to vie for an opportunity to cook at the Taste of Derby competition at the…
I had low expectations for the margarita at this new Mexican restaurant. But while it didn’t make me howl with glee, it was far from the worst marg I’ve had. With any luck, this restaurant will stick around longer than the space’s last tenant — and I’ll be able to…
Paul Schutt, former chef at Work Options for Women, just opened Tin Star Smokehouse in the space vacated by Chia’s Breakfast & Lunch Counter at 16400 South Golden Road in Golden. Not coincidentally, Paul’s brother, Andrew Schutt, owns Tin Star Cafe & Donut House in Evergreen — another barbecue joint…
I have yet to find my go-to Chinese restaurant, chain or otherwise, in Denver. And that’s not from lack of trying. I have favorite Japanese/sushi, Vietnamese and Thai spots all over town, but the best I have scrounged up for moderately priced, decent Chinese is effin’ Panda Express. And, yes,…
Grand Lux Cafe closed in Park Meadows last week. According to the Park Meadows website, the mall (inside or out) still has Brio Tuscan Grille, California Pizza Kitchen, Champps, Cru – a Wine Bar, Earl’s, La Sandia, P.F. Chang’s, Red Robin, Thai Basil, White Chocolate Grill and two restaurant/pubs in…
Announcement: We have a winner of our Jax Fish House High West Oyster Fest contest. Congrats to kayodo, who guessed 10,887 oysters. The correct number is 11,932. (Sorry, CRGWKM, but as I said, if you don’t leave an e-mail address, you can’t win.) Kayodo, we’ll send you can e-mail about…
The Best of Denver 2013 has hit the streets, and once again, LoHi is our Best Restaurant Neighborhood. At the end of 2012, the LoHi Merchant Group did a count of all the eateries in the area and came up with over fifty — more than double the count from…
In case you haven’t heard, Westword’s Best of Denver issue hits the streets later this afternoon, and somewhere within the confines of the newsprint is a big shout-out to the chef whose lamb chops are depicted in the above photo. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who…
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…
In advance of the Best of Denver 2013, which will hit the streets (and the web) later today, we took a look back at the winners of the Best New Restaurant award over the past decade. Most of those winners are still going strong; a few have lost the chefs…
Central Bistro & Bar will start serving lunch tomorrow, eight months after Isiah Salazar opened his restaurant on the very edge of LoHi, almost three months after opening exec chef Lance Barto abruptly left the kitchen. That kitchen is now in the hands of Gerard Strong, who’d come from Z…
