Two months ago, Chris Cina exited his gig at Timberline Grill, a steak house at the Ameristar Casino in Black Hawk, to set sail for Jax-Denver, where he was tapped as the seafooder’s new chef de cuisine. His first day on the Jax line was June 16; his last day…
Jesse Morreale takes me by the hand and leads me down a narrow passageway, past the rustic wooden tequila lockers and kaleidoscopic altar littered with white candles, and into the lantern-lit dining room of El Diablo, the new Mexican restaurant at First and Broadway that he and executive chef Sean…
A great martini is a joy, and this one, which comes from a new restaurant in town, more than lived up to my expectations. Poured at the table, perfectly chilled and generous in size, it had the added bonus of a red olive as part of the olive garnish, which…
This Saturday, August 21, the Justice League of Street Food will gather for its inaugural party, the first in a series of bashes that will bring diners together in the true spirit of fun that surrounds the mobile vending scene. And we want to add to the fun, giving one…
Cafe Society served up six Guess where? contests last week, featuring everything from pork buns at Pho on 6th to a cocktail at Bistro One (a restaurant in the middle of some major changes) to a soothing watermelon salad at Interstate Kitchen + Bar. For identifying that first, Nic wins…
Sometimes when you try the favorite cocktail of your server, you find a hidden treasure. And sometimes you encounter a regional taste that isn’t really something you’d want to try again. The cocktail in the above photo belongs in the latter category, but I’m not sorry I tried it, because…
Starting tomorrow, a Washington Park neighborhood bakery that had been baking its cakes, pies and cookies only by special order, will start opening a couple of hours every Saturday morning in the very small space it shares with a Basil Doc’s pizzeria…
If you’ve been keeping tabs on the Justice League of Street Food on Facebook, you may have noticed the daily trivia questions — and the new logo…
We reported last Friday that Hoffbrau Bar & Grill, 1301 Santa Fe, was set to reopen under new ownership sometime this week after a quiet closure earlier this year. And indeed, today it opened its doors — under the name 1301 Santa Fe Tavern & Grill — and welcomed lunch…
The interior is pink and green, the furniture is modern and the whole outfit looks an awful lot like a Pinkberry, but Ty Mai says he’s never heard of Pinkberry…
We’re officially nervous that PETA is taking over the world. Mario Batali, head of an empire that’s entrenched in pork fat, beef cheeks and cured meat, is writing a vegetarian cookbook. First Meatless Monday and now this? What’s the deal?…
Earlier this year, president of Colorado Bartenders Guild Bryan Dayton was set to leave his five-year post as bar manager of Frasca Food & Wine and head to the Bitter Bar–until his own project kicked into high gear instead. After months of keeping mum about that project, Dayton just told…
Those of you who’ve eaten the trio of tacos in the above snap will recognize their origin immediately. For those of you who haven’t had the pleasure of inhaling those tacos, your next opportunity is as soon as tomorrow at a local farmers’ market. Can you guess where I’m eating?…
Are you the Food Network’s next star? The Next Food Network Star, the culinary reality series that will wrap up its current season on Sunday, is holding an open casting call in Denver for the first time. “We are looking for people who are full of personality, passionate about cooking…
The Larkburger burger has come a long way since it was first featured on the bar menu of Larkspur Restaurant in Vail. In fact, that burger has proven to be the sandwich that launched a thousand ships. Or at least four…
So, that friendly little contest we’ve been rolling out over the past week — the one where we were giving away free tickets to EatDenver’s Harvest Week pre-party at Balistreri Vineyards on Sunday, August 15? That contest has concluded and we have our fifty lucky-ducky winners, ten from each day…
Back in May, we reported that the Purple Martini, the cocktail lounge in the Tabor Center, had been seized by the city for failing to pay taxes. The place reopened for a few weeks, but early this month, it went dark for good…
Three words: Bloody Mary bar. Fourth word: YUM! Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts is entered into a pool — and every Monday, we select one lucky winner who’ll receive an EatDenver dining…
Swift’s Steak House #4 just got a liquor license and will soon start pouring booze, as well as serving dinner. But that’s not all that’s changing at the Greek diner, located at 8 South Broadway…
Are the folks at Bravo as bored with Top Chef as some viewers have started to be? No photos of the food on the website this week. No insider blogs. No Michael Voltaggio telling us how to make the winning dishes, which is the only way I can figure out…
Watermelon won’t be in season much longer, which is why it would behoove you to get your butt over to the joint that refreshed my day with its watermelon salad, bolstered by crushed pistachios, turmeric-dusted rings of pickled onion, housemade cheese curds and verdant arugula leaves. Can you guess where…
Frasca Food & Wine’s chef and co-owner Lachlan MacKinnon-Patterson has amassed a number of awards for his kitchen talents, but now he’s earned one for how he lives his life when he’s not on the line: Food & Wine listed him as one of the country’s top 10 healthiest chefs…
