Last week Gretchen Kurtz reviewed Cafe Byblos, a new Mediterranean restaurant whose sunny interior and bright flavors transported her to a much warmer place. Over the last few months, Cafe Byblos has collected many fans…but not of its pita, apparently. See also: – Review: A quick trip to a land…
Denver finally got snow again this week, but Gretchen Kurtz found a warming trend at Cafe Byblos, the restaurant she reviewed this week. For Chef and Tell, Lori Midson interviewed Jeremy Thomas, chef of Le Grand Bistro & Oyster Bar. And Mark Antonation continued his culinary tour of Federal Boulevard…
Whenever we have people over, it seems there’s always someone who doesn’t eat meat. I’m sympathetic to the cause; after all, I grew up in a house with a vegetarian. To complicate matters, guests often aren’t fond of soy, so I’m always on the lookout for riffs on rice and…
Last fall, in early September, Andrew Zimmern, host of the Travel Channel’s Bizarre Foods, jetted to Denver, his film crew on his heels, to film footage of an upcoming episode of his wildly popular television show, in which Zimmern stuffs his gullet with foodstuffs that some people would find peculiar…
The java was a little cold, and so was the soup, but the eggs Benedict at this wee breakfast and lunch spot were simply perfect, the lemon-smooched hollandaise and yolk-soaked eggs draping the salty sheets of ham lurking beneath. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives…
While much of the action on South Pearl Street centers on the 1400 South block — where Tavern Platt Park will break ground in March, and Izakaya Den will move in May — there’s plenty of activity four blocks south. That’s where the original Park Burger expanded last year, Makan…
At 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, the phone call that Steve Ballas and his wife, Linda, had been waiting eleven months to get, finally came. On the other end of the horn was Keith Montoya, owner of Denver-based Doc 1 Solutions, and the local partner with LS Travel Retail, a multi-billion…
Announcement: We have a winner of our free Guinness for a year from Fado Irish Pub contest. The actual number of Guinness pints served during the month of March, 2012, was 13,854. Ericwrites came the closest without going over with his guess of 12,656. Congrats! On Friday, Fado Irish Pub…
Brittany Hill is back in business. The first upscale restaurant to open in Thornton — a special-occasion place renowned for its view — closed in 2007, and went through several ownership/management changes as various ventures attempted to resurrect the legendary spot. Now it’s reopened as a Crystal Rose event and…
Is Denver a chain-restaurant town? That’s what Joel Klatt declared on talk-radio before the Super Bowl, and that’s exactly the image that Mark Antonation hoped to dispel when he invited Klatt to dinner at Squeaky Bean. Where they ate some amazing things, including cauliflower couscous. See also: – Joel Klatt…
Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it…and repeat it. On Sunday, a car crash outside of Gaetano’s sent a minivan spinning off West 38th Avenue up to the restaurant’s front door, and pushed a Ford Probe right through the patio on Tejon Street into one of the…
Yesterday Glacier Ice Cream & Gelato opened its newest output at 3455 South University Boulevard in Englewood. And while the weather could soon be as chilly as a frozen dessert, the seasonal selection available from this Boulder-based chain is still enough to inspire a stop anytime of year. That’s why…
The menu at this watering hole is big departure from the kind of cooking that you’d normally expect from a chef whose roots are firmly entrenched in Italian cuisine, but the contemporary take on the Reuben — and the German potato salad — point to a chef who can’t be…
In advance of the Super Bowl, 104.3 The Fan morning sports commentator Joel Klatt declared that Denver was a chain restaurant town without a unique food culture. In the course of the subsequent Twitter barrage, chef Paul Reilly of the soon-to-open Beast + Bottle jumped to Denver’s defense with this:…
Jeremy Thomas Le Grand Bistro & Oyster Bar 1512 Curtis Street 303-534-1155 www.legranddenver.com This is part two of my interview with Jeremy Thomas, chef of Le Grand Bistro & Oyster Bar; part one of our conversation ran yesterday. What’s never in your kitchen? Green peppers. When I worked at Sacre…
As the chef at Le Grand Bistro & Oyster Bar, Jeremy Thomas sees a lot of oysters. The one food he can’t live without, though, is crab lebs. “I’ve loved them ever since I was a little boy eating at SeaGalley by Southwest Plaza,” he tells Lori Midson in this…
If Denver were lucky enough to get a nor’easter — one of those storms that dumps rain for so many hours, you’re sure the sky has never been anything other than dishwater gray — I know just what I’d do. Not stay inside, though I gave away my long raincoat…
Rosa Linda’s reopened today after electrical problems caused the restaurant to close last Friday. Here’s the word from Oscar Aquirre on Facebook: Wooohhoo! We are open! The city of Denver and Xcel energy, as well as our contractor came together and got us open! Contrary to any rumors, Rosa Linda’s…
Considering what lay ahead, Bertrand Bouquin, the executive chef of the Broadmoor, was incredibly relaxed. It was just hours before the swanky Colorado Springs resort and hotel pulled off — with grace and ease — the eleventh annual Salute to Escoffier, a monumental feast that trumpeted more than 100 dishes…
As we reported last week, Izakaya Den plans to move into its new home at 1477 South Pearl, right next to Sushi Den, by the end of May. That will finally free up the current home of Izakaya Den, at 1518 South Pearl, which the Breckenridge-Wynkoop group acquired last year…
Judging from the sentiments posted on the Denver Bacon Company’s Facebook page — emotions like the accolades below — chef Justin Brunson’s maple slabs of hog should have brought home the blue ribbon at last week’s Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival, which took place in Iowa’s capital city. See also: -…
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…
