When Sarah Worton and Joe Jaramillo opened the Copper Pot in July 2010 at 508 East Hampden Avenue, their motto was “comfort food times two” — a reference to the “two families’ experiences in the kitchen” that were blended in the independent, neighborhood restaurant. But now the partners are really…
No one’s saying you have to go meatless just because it’s Monday — but as incentive to join the growing movement, every week we’re offering an animal-free recipe. There are times when the last thing you want to do after getting home from a long day at work is to…
Cafe Society bloggers have formed their own bracket for March’s madness, and reader votes will determine the best neighborhood for a nosh in metro Denver. We’ve included sixteen neighborhoods in this tournament, and we want your input as to the best. Is it LoHi? Havana Street in Aurora? Larimer Square?…
Many readers sent as heartfelt accounts of their Denver Restaurant Week experiences, offering an interesting snapshot of the town’s two-week eating orgy. And then there was this hilarious bit of satire from an alleged suburbanite, which went right over the heads — and stomachs of some of the other commenters:…
Cafe Society dished out five Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a bloody Mary at Mona’s to a meat market of men (and beer and pretzels) at Denver Beer Co. to a still-unidentified plate of nowhere-near-spicy “Thai spicy shrimp” to a feast of fried chicken, pork chops, collard greens…
Aoba won’t be getting into the swim of the Denver dining scene as soon as it had hoped. The new sushi joint going into 1520 Blake Street — the former home of Organixx — had hoped to open this month. But today, the Aoba construction project was put on hold…
In the last two years, two Argentine restaurants have tried to bring South American cuisine to the corner of 38th Avenue and Lowell Boulevard, but neither was able to get anything going. The most recent resident, Caminito Tango, shuttered quietly earlier this year after taking over the space from Viejo…
Ladies, if you’re looking to meet men, this place is full of them. When I stopped by recently, I was one of only two women in the place. Perhaps that’s because all it serves is beer and pretzels. But sometimes that’s enough. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special bonus:…
Things don’t look too sweet at Sugar House these days. A broken window in front is covered with plywood and a card from the Denver Police Department dated February 16. The door is locked up tight. The voicemail box is full. Both Sugar House, the swingers club that Scottie Ewing…
Aurora, Denver’s upstart neighbor to the east (and the focus of this week’s cover story, “Wish You Were Here”), has just released Yum!, a guide to the city’s independent ethnic restaurants — more than 150 of them, ranging from Thai Street Food Restaurant to Jai Ho Indian Restaurant. It’s an…
Westword caught some sh*t for our Sh*t People From Denver Say video, especially from readers who thought we omitted a few key catchphrases. So we compiled a list of sh*t our video should have said, including this line submitted by a reader: “All the good ethnic food is in Aurora.”…
Chances, which opened last year at 1135 Bannock Street, has moved into the LoDo space at 1320 15th Street formerly occupied by Rack & Rye and, most recently Sauced. Chances will have a soft opening today and will host a variety events over the weekend to celebrate the new digs…
Brett Shaheen Wooden Table 2500 East Orchard Road, Greenwood Village 303-730-2152 www.thewoodentablerestaurant.com This is part two of my interview with Brett Shaheen, exec chef of the Wooden Table. Part one of our chat ran yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: Grizzly Bar in Roscoe, Montana. It’s located in a podunk town…
What’s John Waters’s favorite movie-watching snack? In anticipation of “An Evening With John Waters at the Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design this weekend, we asked the famed filmmaker several questions submitted by Westword readers, and then threw in the movie-snack question. His answer? . “I love candy!” he…
City Fruit is powered — literally and figuratively — by Kendra Vaughn. Every weekday, the young entrepreneur gets up at 5 a.m. to pack a bicycle cart full of the freshest produce she can find. Then she prepares for a day of fighting downtown traffic, dressing for battle in layers…
The raves are coming in for the Wooden Table and its talented chef, Brett Shaheen, the subject of this week’s Chef and Tell interview. Shaheen has worked at kitchens around Denver, and left a gig as exec chef at Osteria Marco to do his own thing — in the ‘burbs…
A year ago, Bryan Dayton and Steve Redzikowski were just hitting their stride at Boulder’s Oak at Fourteenth, garnering national accolades in the process. And then on March 9, fire broke out in the chimney of the wood-burning oven, forcing Oak to close for months so that the entire space…
It all started with a rum collection and a tiki night. “I collect rum, and while I was bartending at Madison Street, I started bringing in my own rum collection, which then turned into a great tiki culture on Tuesday nights,” says Matty Durgin, who, along with Wade Kirwan and…
In just a week and a half, the Denver outpost of The Kitchen will make its debut on 16th Street, extending the community-based restaurant empire Kimbal Musk and Hugo Matheson began in Boulder eight years ago to the Mile High City. And while Musk has promised that the Denver space…
This was hailed on the menu as “Spicy Thai shrimp.” Spicy? Hardly. But if you have a sweet tooth, the sugary sauce could double as dessert. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts is…
Jenna Johansen, the former exec chef — and still part owner — of Dish restaurant, in Edwards (she’s now in Denver, engaged to Il Mondo Vecchio sausage king Mark DeNittis, who’s involved with a new project, Salumeria Cansano in Wash Park), is strutting her culinary prowess on a new Bravo…
Brett Shaheen Wooden Table 2500 East Orchard Road, Greenwood Village 303-730-2152 www.thewoodentablerestaurant.com This is part one of my interview with Brett Shaheen, exec chef of the Wooden Table. Part two of our chat will run tomorrow. Flipping pizzas at Pizza Hut. That was Brett Shaheen’s first introduction to a professional…
