Attention to detail would safeguard the Kitchen’s brand in Denver

Long before Anthony Bourdain ranted in Kitchen Confidential about how brunch is for the B-team, a restaurant’s last-ditch effort to make money off of marginally fresh food, I did my best to steer clear. Potatoes formerly known as crisp and pancakes the size (and texture) of Frisbees? I’ll pass. Not…

Win VIP tickets to Westword‘s Dish! #dishword — now with winners

Update: Congratulations, teresa.giovanne, Charles Wood, and Heather Ashley Davis, you’ve each won two VIP tickets to Westword Dish 2012! Please check your email for details on how to claim your tickets. It’s almost here: Tomorrow night, Westword’s annual food fest arrives in Sculpture Park, but for a few lucky Cafe…

Chef Mark Fischer on treating knives badly, pussies and unicorns

Six89 689 Main Street, Carbondale; 970-963-6890 www.six89.com Phat Thai 2900 East Second Avenue; 303-388-7428 343 Main Street, Carbondale; 970-963-7001 www.phatthai.com The Pullman 330 7th Street, Glenwood Springs; 970-230-9234 www.thepullmangws.com This is part one of my interview with Mark Fischer, exec chef-owner of Phat Thai, The Pullman and Six89. Part two…

Good Times now pouring on Hatch green chile, not Santiago’s

Before there was a Smashburger, before there was a Noodles & Company, before there was even a Chipotle, Colorado had another born-and-bred chain: Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard. Good Times was founded in 1987, six years before the first Chipotle went up on East Evans Avenue. The company was…

Reader: Green chile is central to Denver’s culinary culture

It’s green chile season. In her advice for new Cafe critic Gretchen Kurtz, former restaurant reviewer Laura Shunk said that it was important to have a favorite green chile…and then served up her own: Chubby’s. And while one commenter dissed the mean green, far more readers are fans of Colorado’s…

Guess where I’m eating steak and potatoes fried in glorious duck fat?

New chef, new menu…including steak, beautifully crimson, and crisp-edged potatoes fried in duck fat. Life is good. Dinner? Even better. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Guess Where posts is entered into a pool — and every Monday,…

Eden is a retreat for plant-eaters and carnivores alike

The venue formerly known as Swallows has kept its Pride-friendly vibe but polished up the kitchen and the decor as Eden. Chef Ching-yuan Hu has created a weekend brunch spread — with vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options — that fills the dining room, but the dinner menu is also a…

Good Times’ new breakfast burritos — lean and green

Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard, a homegrown chain, is heating up this green chile season by rolling out a roster of chile-injected menu items: a green chile burger, a green chile chicken sandwich, green chile sliders and breakfast burritos, all smothered with New Mexico Hatch green chiles. The new…

Dish, Tour de Fat and more on the culinary calendar this week

On Thursday, September 6, Dish, Westword’s eighteenth annual food-and-drink festival, will fill the Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex with great entertainment, great drinks and great food from restaurants and trucks that have been hand-selected by Cafe Society scribes. But Denver’s plate is very full this week, and…