We’ve always been pretty cranky about the lack of Colorado-centric food items at Denver International Airport — especially Colorado-centric food items that visitors can take back home as souvenirs from this state. But that will soon change: Provenzano Resources, which is in charge of adding fourteen kiosks and 24 RMUs…
We shunned the lamb kabobs, the lamb shank and the chicken shawarma (all of which I love here) to better our bodies with a platter of vegetarian dishes, which included — dare I say it — the best falafel I’ve had at a Lebanese/Middle Eastern restaurant in Denver. Can you…
Andy Martinez Citron New World Bistro 3535 South Yosemite Street 303-771-5800 www.citronbistro.com This is part one of my interview with Andy Martinez, executive chef of Citron New World Bistro. Part two of my chat with Martinez will run in this space tomorrow. When Denver native Andy Martinez, the executive chef…
In an obvious but well-timed bid to compete with other chain restaurants’ efforts to provide more calorie-cutting offerings, Chick-fil-A, the prominent purveyors of fried chicken sammies to willing masses of mall-walkers, is now serving oatmeal. As of this past Monday, the current menu is lightly seasoned with less-bad-for-you items such…
The KIND truck will make its first non-East Coast stops in the Denver-Boulder area starting tomorrow and running through August 6, passing out samples of the all-natural KIND fruit and nut bars that retail for $1.99. The stops on Tuesday, August 2, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at Union…
TAG, you’re it. The fallout from TAG continues to radiate across the restaurant scene, with the news yesterday that James Lee and Michael Pacovsky are going to Le Grand Bistro & Oyster Bar, Robert Thompson’s spot slated to open in the former home of Baur’s at 1512 Curtis Street late…
Chopsticks China Bistro held down the corner of Federal and Mississippi for four years, turning out stellar Chinese cuisine that spanned Szechuan specialties, Taiwanese soup dumplings and sandwiches. We loved the place, and we were sad to see it go when it ditched its digs on Federal to move to…
After experimenting with unique ice cream concoctions in a three-quart mixer in the kitchen of Crook’s Palace in Black Hawk, Matt and Mike Casarez set out to break the Guinness World Record for the highest number of ice cream flavors on display at one time. And they just got it:…
Deronn Turner is a cookbook author and soul-food warrior in this town; originally hailing from Oklahoma, Turner knows what down-home cooking should taste like. And she makes that evident during occasional private dinner parties thrown with friends, where she takes over the kitchen and cooks up a delectable all-you-can-eat spread…
What could you buy with $117,000? A really nice luxury vehicle. Some sort of tricked-out boat. A home away from home. Or one bottle of wine…
I’ve been presented with many, many versions of beer bread over the years, and despite my love of both beer and bread, I’ve yet to try a loaf that I actually liked. Nothing against the people kind enough to share theirs with me, but they tended to choose darkish, full-bodied…
I’ve never been a fan of brunch buffets — or any buffet for that matter. That said, when there’s seafood on the dock, I’m more inclined to turn off the snob factor and forgive myself for partaking in the gluttony. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who…
Frank Bonanno is about to expand his empire, adding Russell’s Smokehouse to the vast underground area in Larimer Square where Green Russell is already located. “I’m not doing traditional barbecue, or Texas barbecue, or Kansas City barbecue, or St. Louis-style barbecue,” he tells Lori Midson. “I’m doing barbecue my way…
I have never suffered food envy as intense as the first time I ate at Tao Tao Noodle Bar. I should have been satisfied. Begging for mercy, even, since I’d already polished off a steamer of eight juicy pork dumplings, then barely taken a breath before diving into a platter…
I usually go to Star Kitchen for dim sum. And I’m not the only one. At lunch time — especially lunch time on the weekends — the restaurant is a chaotic sea of people, with families huddled around tables, the adults passing dishes back and forth on a lazy Susan…
Late last week, we broke the very good news that Jensen Cummings, the ex-chef de cuisine at TAG, who resigned from Troy Guard’s Larimer Square restaurant after some high-voltage drama, had snapped up the exec chef position at Row 14, following the departure of Arik Markus, Row 14’s opening chef…
Patsy’s has been serving up red-sauce Italian fare in northwest Denver since 1921, and the bar and dining room — along with the menu itself — is a window into the neighborhood’s past. The restaurant keeps pulling in legions of diners, and now it’s added a new incentive to stop…
Close to a year ago, chef and restaurateur Frank Bonanno, whose colony of collections already included Mizuna, Osteria Marco, Luca D’Italia and Bones, inked a lease on a mammoth, 6,000-square-foot down-reaching space in Larimer Square that soon became the dwelling pads to Wednesday’s Pie, a one-day-a-week pie parlor, and Green…
The server made a mess of the French press coffee, serving it less than lukewarm and managing to spray coffee grinds all over the table with an unnecessarily severe push, but the kitchen, at least, has a deft hand, turning out a summery plate of prosciutto-wrapped honeydew forested with greens…
You’ve heard it all before: the local, sustainable, organic, farm-to-table, eco-conscious culinary buzzword chant that chefs, foodniks and food writers dispense to ballyhoo the food movement of the moment. Some chefs are professionally rehearsed in the hyperbole, despite the fact that a peek in their walk-ins raises skeptical eyebrows –…
After I ate at Bittersweet for this week’s review, I stopped by chef-owner Olav Peterson’s old stomping grounds, Bistro One, where owner Alex Waters has turned his three-year-old restaurant into a solid neighborhood joint with a menu full of Southern comfort food. And Bistro One is about to add another…
We’ve carped plenty about the lack of Colorado-created items at Denver International Airport, and a new program will not only introduce a few state-specific retail outlets, but will also be hiring some Coloradans to work at them at a job fair today. Over the next two weeks, up to fourteen…
