After falling in love with Euclid Hall, I decided it was time to return to Rioja: Jen Jasinski and Beth Gruitch’s first restaurant, the place where I sometimes take out-of-town guests but rarely go to otherwise. Still, this Larimer Square spot has been packed since the moment it opened six…
Euclid Hall, 1317 14th Street, the third restaurant within one block for partners Jennifer Jasinski and Beth Gruitch, who also own Rioja and Bistro Vendome, was one of the hottest openings of the summer. The crowds packed into the beautifully refurbished space that most recently held the grimy Martini Ranch…
Maybe it’s the change in seasons, or the fact that I live in an ancient bungalow with single-pane windows and a thermostat that doesn’t understand the concept of heat, but whatever the reason, I’ve been on a macaroni and cheese kick for the past two weeks, even guiltily breaking out…
Jimmy the Butcher isn’t used to performing for a large audience. “He spends most of his day bundled up in a sweatshirt and fourteen coats in the meat-processing room which, frankly, is how he likes it,” says Barbara Macfarlane, co-owner of Marczyk Fine Foods, where Jimmy “the Butcher” Cross works…
Until recently, Olmeca Altos, a 100 percent blue agave tequila from the Los Altos region of Jalisco, Mexico, had only been available outside of the United States, but in July of this year, the double-distilled agave juice was introduced stateside — specifically in Chicago and Denver — and last night,…
Steele Platt is back in the Denver restaurant business. The 1982 graduate of the University of Denver opened several restaurants/clubs in the Tivoli — including Kahlua, EFEX and the Boiler Room — back in the ’80s, before the old brewery became the student union for the three colleges on the…
A couple of weeks ago, when I reviewed Big Bill’s New York Pizza, I also made a trip to Lil’ Ricci’s at 5332 DTC Boulevard, a link in the local chain of pizzerias where Bill Ficke got his start before opening his own Lil’ Ricci’s outpost, which eventually became Big…
Judging from the comments posted after Friday’s update on the neighborhood campaign against Mod Livin’, the mediation session Thursday night only heightened hostilities. Erick Roorda and Jill Warner — owners of Mod Livin’ and partners with Dylan Moore in Deluxe Burger, the retro restaurant that opened in a corner of…
Back in September, Satchel’s Market, a five-year-old market-cum-restaurant in North Park Hill, served its last dinner and shuttered after it was unable to overcome problems with the lease of its space. Owners Andrew Casalini and Jen Dactano wouldn’t be gone for long, though. They were already planning on opening Satchel’s…
Finding a good restaurant to take a date or meet a group of friends or plan a corporate dinner might be easy enough, but it’s another challenge entirely when you’re looking for a venue to accommodate a massive crowd. Especially if you want to do it the economical way –…
Every other week, we feature a recipe from the crew at Marczyk Fine Foods, the gourmet market at 770 East Seventeenth Avenue overseen by Pete Marczyk and his wife, Barb Macfarlane. The market pimps, among other things, pies, which are a hot seller during the holidays, although Barb insists that…
There were a group of us slouched over the bar, rolling our eyes at the Denver Broncos debacle unfolding on the TV screen. Most were spilling tears into their beers, seeking solace in a microbrew. But since I was holed up in a Boulder bar, and didn’t want to risk…
Cochon555, the exclusive nationwide traveling swinefest that was started three years ago by founder Brady Lowe, has pig-pointed Denver as a stop on its 2011 ten-city jaunt, which kicks off in New York City on January 16…
Back in August, local restaurant consultant and chef Michel Wahaltere was preparing to join the street food revolution, promising to launch Aja to Go, “the first mobile food truck in the city to travel day and night around Denver serving up great sushi, salad bowls, noodle bowls and Asian tapas.”…
Some very hot sauce has a Cleveland Steak ‘n Shake in hot water. Tim and Mary Katherine Gann were at the restaurant with their son, who was eating chili — and encouraged by a server to add some hot sauce. Blair’s Mega Death Sauce, to be specific, a sauce not…
Cafe Society served up five Guess Where contests last week, featuring everything from a still unidentified duck dish to green chile at Little Anita’s to this Italian grinder found at a surprising spot. For correctly identifying it as coming from Kaos, EJ wins an EatDenver deck…
Bob’s Sandwich Shop, 820 Main Street in downtown Louisville, has served the community breakfast, subs and sandwiches for a few years now. But it’s time for a remodel — and a new name. “Closed for repairs” often means a place has bit the dust, never to return, but there are…
Smother love: It’s easy being green in Denver in September and October, when the smell of roasting chiles overrides the odor of exhaust along Federal Boulevard, and the green chile at your favorite Mexican joint carries the heat of the new harvest. For the next several weeks, Cafe Society will…
Good news: the Justice League of Street Food is back with another bash. The crew, which includes the Little Orange Rocket, the Inventing Room, Sully’s Slice Truck, the Cupcake Truck, Biker Jim’s, Steuben’s, the Biscuit Bus, Pinche Tacos, Steamin’ Demon and the Gastro Cart, will be setting up on Thursday,…
Kathleen Nevin, a breast-cancer survivor and owner of Big Fat Cupcake, held a party last night at Second Home to celebrate the release of her Big Fat Cupcake calendar and to raise funds for the Big Fat Cupcake Foundation, which assists cancer patients who need help paying their mortgage or…
Charles MacDonald, the mouthpiece of this week’s Chef and Tell interview and the chef de cuisine of Z Cuisine, which serves some of the state’s best French food, makes la marmitte du pecheur — or fisherman’s stew — at the bistro, the recipe of which he’s sharing with Cafe Society…
Last night, EatDenver, a local network of independent restaurants and 9Health Fair teamed up to host a Saucey Affair, a judged small plates and sauce showdown, the proceeds of which benefited 9Health Fair, Colorado’s largest volunteer-driven healthcare program offering free and low-cost health screenings to more than 100,000 people each…
