The ink was barely dry on Carmelo Anthony’s $65 million deal to play for the New York Knicks when NYC’s iconic Carnegie Deli added a sky-high sandwich devoted to Melo to its menu. “We put bacon on there, because we hope that Melo will bring the bacon back to New…
Sitting in the shadow of the Pepsi Center, Brauns Bar and Grill has been a prime hangout for Colorado Avalanche and Denver Nuggets fans since it opened in 2002. But when the seasons are over, things can get a little quiet over there, which is why owner Troy Johnston and…
While Boulder is experiencing an explosion of wood-fired pizzerias — Pizzeria da Lupo and Pizzeria Locale opened within a few weeks of each other, in December and January — Kelly Whitaker was here first. He’s been hawking Napolitano-style pies, with a focus on seasonal toppings, at Pizzeria Basta in the…
“Antonia,” crooned Paula Deen after last night’s Quickfire Challenge on Top Chef (which, naturally, required deep frying), “you won.” Antonia wept. Somehow in all the fuss and hurry, she’d neglected to make the requisite two plates for the judges — she’d made only one — and that technicality lost her…
HUSH founder Phil Armstrong, Denver’s duke of underground dining and restaurateur (he’s partnering with Arugula chef/owner Alex Schuler to open Tangerine in Boulder), is moving ahead with plans to introduce pop-up restaurants to Front Range foodniks — and the first of those pop-up parties will take place on Saturday, March…
Up until 2008, Jim Adams’ career followed a logical path: TV reporter, PR director, head of marketing for hometown burrito empire Chipotle. But after he quit his job overseeing witty billboards featuring foil-wrapped behemoths, his career took a sharp turn. “Now I make dog food,” Adams says. Raw dog food…
The food choices are limited to nachos, all things fried, burgers, popcorn and hot dogs, and the liquor choices aren’t much better, as evidenced by the plastic cups of Bud Light, but when you want to to get your game on, chugging liquid nothingness keeps you sober enough to stand…
Geoffrey Groditski The Fort 19192 Highway 8, Morrison 303-697-4771 www.thefort.com This is part one of my interview with Geoffrey Groditski, executive chef of The Fort. In part one of that interview, Groditski raps on his $40,000 mistake, raw bull’s balls and how pine nuts make him puke. Favorite restaurant in…
I’ve been in a carnivorous mood, so after eating my fill of Louisiana-style ‘cue at Jabo’s Bar-Be-Q and trying the suburban outpost of Yazoo, which takes its inspiration from Memphis, I headed to Five Points to visit a barbecue legend in this city: M & D’s Cafe…
Food truckery exploded in Denver in 2010; every week it seemed like there was a new mobile kitchen rolling through town. That’s why we added Best Food Truck to our readers’ poll for this year’s Best of Denver awards, along with Best Coffeehouse for Finding a Date and Best Cupcake…
While comments continue to fly over Rush Limbaugh’s response to Michelle Obama’s visit to Vail and Amber Taufen’s open letter to militant vegans (148 comments and counting), some readers are fed up with controversy. If you can’t stand the heat, get back in the kitchen. That’s what Scubasteve did, getting…
Welcome to In the Weeds. Kyle will be right with you — most likely to complain about something. Usually he is pleasant, but this is his place to blow off some steam. Don’t take it personally; he just needs to vent because he’s been doing this for about thirteen years…
It’s full speed ahead for Leonard Cordova and Bubba Chinos. The restaurateur has four or five more locations in the pipeline for spring, and two new stores just opened today. One is at 88th and York in Thornton. The other is in the University Hill food court in Boulder, a…
In 2000, brothers Abe and Pierre Dagher closed Cedars, a Lebanese joint on Federal Boulevard they’d owned for fourteen years, and went their separate ways, exiting the restaurant industry for other trades. But now they’re back together — and back in the business: In mid-January, they opened Shawarma Mediterranean Grill…
With three outposts in the metro area (555 Broadway, 2390 South Colorado Boulevard and 5535 Wadsworth Boulevard in Arvada), it’s no surprise that Kokoro has become a go-to lunch and dinner destination for people craving a quick Japanese-style meal. (The South Colorado Boulevard and Arvada locations even have drive-thru facilities.)…
There’s a new suburban sushi pit stop in town that’s all of a month old, but judging from the full house over the weekend, it’s already generated a loyal following of revelers starving for sustenance that doesn’t end in “burger” or “Grill.” Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus:…
Toby Keith’s favorite thing on the menu of the chain of restaurants named after his hit song? The fried baloney sandwich. While in town yesterday for the official grand opening of Northfield Stapleton’s Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill, the ninth and largest of the locations that actually…
Former Denver Nuggets superstar Carmelo Anthony touched down in the Big Apple on Monday night as the newest bright light of the New York Knicks, part of a three-team trade that will reward the latest Knick forward, who plays his first game tonight at Madison Square Garden, with a whopping…
Geoffrey Groditski The Fort 19192 Highway 8, Morrison 303-697-4771 www.thefort.com This is part one of my interview with Geoffrey Groditski, executive chef of The Fort. Part two of my interview with Groditski will run in this space tomorrow. Less than 24 hours before the Valentine’s Day stampede, the kitchen at…
It’s been a big week for Kelly Liken of Vail’s Restaurant Kelly Liken, who was named a James Beard semi-finalist for Best Chef: Southwest (for the third time) — and then fed Michelle Obama and three friends over the weekend. Liken recently competed on Top Chef, and Michelle Obama heard…
Should Rush Limbaugh have commented at all on Michelle Obama’s visit to Vail — much less suggest that the First Lady, who has made childhood obesity her major cause, had no business eating short ribs? And did Cafe Society have any business getting into this political food fight? The answer…
I played a lot of hooky in high school. Especially during sixth period, an unpalatable world geography lesson that started, somewhat inconveniently, right around noon. So I frequently used this 47-minute time slot for an entirely different kind of geographical education: exploring the culinary landscape of the Denver Tech Center…
