Were you a pleasingly plump baby? If so, you might have a case against your mother — if she was ingesting trans fat by the gallon while breastfeeding. Alex Anderson, assistant professor at the UGA College of Family and Consumer Sciences, and his team studied 96 women and their babies…
Looks like the old bungalow at 2637 West 26th Street that was the first home of La Loma, then went on to house ventures ranging from Cafe International to Bali Island to La Fabula to the Shooting Star coffeehouse, finally has a new tenant. Coming soon to this spot: Gordo…
Last week, Cafe Society served up six Guess Where contests (not including this unidentified entry from our seasonal green chile category), featuring everything from a scrumptious shrimp appetizer at the bistro at Tony’s Market to spring rolls at Pho-natic to a huge plate of oysters at Elway’s in Cherry Creek…
The Larimer Associates and operating partner Brian Sifferman, of Larimer Square’s Corridor 44, haven’t even opened the doors to Madison Street, their newest project at 1222 Madison Street, and already they’re getting all kinds of flack from the neighbors, many of whom don’t want to see the space, which promises…
Back in June, Michelle and Steve Gelman shuttered their eponymous restaurant at 2911 West 38th Avenue and reopened the space a month later as Boston Fish Shack, a New England-influenced joint that turns out everything from seafood chowder to lobster rolls. And now that restaurant is up for sublease while…
Happy hour is prime time for getting awesome deals on the bar bites doled out where the above pic was flashed. We love the jalapeno poppers wrapped with prosciutto, but the jumbo shrimp, lightly battered and fried and glistening with a sweet and spicy Thai glaze, gratifies our bellies, too…
I was longing for hot and sour soup and soup dumplings yesterday, but when I pulled into the parking lot of Chopsticks China Bistro, 5117 South Yosemite Street, one of my favorite joints to get both, the dining room was dark and the front door and windows had been plastered…
Neil and Jennie Bakewell — a very aptly named British couple — had eaten so well that they couldn’t sleep together, let alone get nude with each other. Before they called a halt to their very conspicuous consumption, their combined weight was an unbelievable 924 pounds, according to this story…
Pizzeria Basta, at 3601 Arapahoe Avenue in Boulder, is on a roll. After opening early this year, it managed to lure crowds of diners to a location hidden in an unlikely apartment complex in east Boulder. In the process, Pizzeria Basta picked up enough steam to introduce several innovations this…
That was easy. Yesterday, we asked Cafe Society readers to guess the location of Olav Peterson’s new restaurant, scheduled to open in early December, and the only clue we gave was in the form of a black-and-white photo from way back when. But it was enough to generate several guesses,…
The comments posted on the Cafe Society blog always provide plenty of food for thought, even when they’re not particularly warm or fuzzy or supportive. And sometimes a reader will leave a real gem — a work of literary genius or a head-scratcher or something that just makes us burst…
Korean barbecues have been a hot topic this week. I reviewed Seoul BBQ, 2080 South Havana Street in Aurora, and also wrote about my meal at Sik Gaek in Queens. Although both restaurants feature Korean cuisine, the two dinners could not have been more different. Except for this: both places…
Tickets go on sale today for the Denver Celebrity Chef Tour, a star-studded squad of kitchen sorcerers, including Matt Selby (Vesta Dipping Grill and Steuben’s); Alex Seidel (Fruition and Fruition Farms); Eric Skokan (Black Cat, Boulder); and Michael Ginor, the co-founder and chef of Hudson Valley Foie Gras, all of…
Allyson Fredeen isn’t a big fan of fish — her aversion dates back to some squeamish incident in her childhood — so it was ironic that when Elway’s Downtown first opened in the Ritz-Carlton, it installed a raw bar at the front of the bar, at the entrance to the…
The greaseless egg rolls, accompanied by leafy lettuce, cilantro and nuoc cham sauce, are just one of many stellar dishes at this Vietnamese restaurant that’s quickly becoming one of my favorite lunch stops in the city. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct…
Jay Spickelmier Japoix 975 Lincoln Street 303-861-2345 www.japoix.com This is part two of this week’s Chef and Tell. Read the rest of Lori Midson’s interview with Jay Spickelmier, executive chef of Japoix, here. Favorite restaurant in America: Osaki’s Sushi & Japanese Cuisine in Vail. I just feel at home when…
Many Americans fondly remember food from their childhood — a peanut butter and jelly sandwich on Wonder Bread for lunch, macaroni and cheese for dinner. But those aren’t the comfort foods of my youth. Spending seven of my first nine years in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, gave me a very…
The lobster was staring up through beady black eyes, flicking its tiny feelers while lashing out menacingly with a clicking claw. Our main course — a recently decapitated crustacean plunged into a massive clay bowl of boiling broth set above a flame on the table — was so fresh, it…
Those who are still missing Neighborhood Flix can take heart: Tavern Hospitality Group, which was going to turn the space in the Lowenstein project at 2510 East Colfax Avenue into the Tavern Congress Park, just signed an agreement with the Denver Film Society to lease the Neighborhood Flix space to…
Over the past six years, The Kitchen, 1039 Pearl Street in Boulder, has amassed a following of diners who come to the chic, airy space for dishes that pay homage to the farms the ingredients come from, with a menu of simple American offerings. A year after the restaurant opened…
Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market’s choicest ingredients home with them, and cook up a feast. It all started,…
Teenager Mellissa Peacock has had a medical issue on her mind for years: migraines. She has a condition that causes her body to make too much spinal fluid; since the age of nine, she’s suffered from periodic episodes so painful that she sometimes couldn’t get out of bed. Finally, specialists…
