Perhaps I just ordered all the wrong things, especially the steamed pork buns, that, while fluffy, pudgy and served scalding hot, had that unmistakable freezer burn taste. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts…
Zeke Emanuel admits he has no qualifications to review food, and that he’s writing about restaurants for the Atlantic’s website only because he “argued with Corby Kummer about the merits of molecular gastronomy and Alice Waters’ cooking.” Still, Emanuel knows what he doesn’t like — and he really didn’t like…
We got a little too hopped up on caffeine this weekend — to the point of heart palpitations, in fact — because we couldn’t stop sucking down the cappuccinos at Aviano Coffee, 3031 East Second Avenue, which reopened a month ago in a former Peaberry’s shop in Cherry Creek…
Cafe Society served up five Guess where? contests this week, featuring everything from this very scary slice of watermelon served at a still-unidentified restaurant to a surprising cheesesteak at Den Deli to an incredible breakfast sandwich. For correctly pegging that to the Crushery, Jim Rome wins a DINR deck…
Last we heard, Monday was meant to be the opening day for Euclid Hall Bar & Kitchen, Jennifer Jasinski’s new tavern at 1314 Fourteenth Street, but Jasinski, her business partner Beth Gruitch and chef de cuisine Jorel Pierce quietly opened the doors today with minimal fanfare. “We did it sneakily,”…
Two-Fisted Mario’s, 1626 Market Street, has long been a unique place to sit and put down a pizza, but the digs of the eatery’s sibling restaurants are some of the most inventive interiors in town. Right next door, Mario’s Double Daughters Salotto, 1632 Market Street, feels like an acid-induced tumble…
Red Robin’s onion straws and teriyaki glaze, fried eggs and garlic Parmesan butter kind of give us a headache. At the very least, they make us want to shout, “Where’s the beef!” You’ve practically got to cross your eyes a la “Where’s Waldo” to find a regular old burger on…
Eat Denver’s Harvest Week, a seven-day jubilation that pays homage to Colorado’s bountiful crops, sprouts the week of August 21, when nearly forty of the city’s best independent restaurants will pimp seasonal menus showcasing locally-sourced ingredients and products. Bur before that happens, there’s going to be a little party, and…
The Hoffbrau Bar & Grill, a dark two-level dive inhabiting the plot at 1301 Santa Fe Drive, closed quietly a few months ago, but is set to reopen next week under new ownership…
The plate in the above snap comes from my own eclectic collection of weird shit, but the breakfast sandwich, mounded with sausage, cheddar and a soft egg omelet, comes from a joint in the ‘hood that’s often my go-to breakfast jaunt for a.m. sustenance. Can you guess where I’m eating?…
Satchel’s Market, 5021 East 28th Avenue, was closed for summer vacation last week, leaving the colorful building dark for five days. Vacation is over, though, and as promised, the Park Hill restaurant has reopened for business…
Happily, the truce between Civic Center Eats and Cherry Creek Fresh Market has opened the doors for many vendors to make regular stops at both events. One vendor taking advantage of the new arrangement is 528˚, a wood-fired pizza oven on wheels, which has also been making regular appearances at…
Everyone hates Alex. The viewing audience hates Alex. His fellow contestants hate Alex. Ask any food obsessive you encounter whether Alex stole Ed’s pea puree, and the answer will be an unhesitating “of course” — though no one really knows for sure. So, perversely, I’ve been feeling kind of sorry…
So what do you do when you’re a big magazine publisher that’s strapped for cash? Close a couple of magazines? Build new mobile apps? How about open a restaurant?…
Oi Nguyen and her son, Nhanh Tran, spent weeks standing outside the front door counting feet before taking the plunge. “We’d been looking for a restaurant location for more than three years, and when we found this one, we thought we had a hit, but just to make sure, we…
Highland Tap and Burger didn’t just take over the space that once held Panaderia Guadalajara. It’s also swallowed up the spot next door at 2223 West 32nd Avenue that had been occupied by Aztec Sol. The tequila bar had a selection of tequila as impressive as the setting was modest…
A lovely summer small plate, comprised of shrimp, yellow pear tomatoes, watermelon and cucumbers, set the stage for a litany of beautifully-crafted dishes created in a kitchen that just keeps getting better and better. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to…
Brendon Doyle Jonesy’s EatBar 400 East 20th Avenue 303-863-7473 This is part two of my interview with Brendon Doyle, executive chef of Jonesy’s EatBar. To read part one, click here. One food you detest: Tripe. It’s awful — like chewing on textured bubble gum. One food you can’t live without:…
Back in March, I christened Lon Symensma one of the sexiest chefs on the culinary planet, a pronouncement by which I still stand, especially since unearthing a Youtube video of the hot shot kitchen magician foraging for food around Vietnam — research for his new restaurant, ChoLon Modern Asian Bistro,…
“I still hate dining alone. That’s probably the hardest part. Figuring out how to sit comfortably in a restaurant without a date by your side. Some restaurants are good for it, others are terrible. You adjust, I guess. But I avoid it if I can.” I’m sipping a Campari on…
There may be a few lonely faces in the crowd at Rodney’s restaurant in Cherry Creek, but Rodney’s second outpost, in the Tamarac Square shopping center, is about to become a very lonely business. As Developers Diversified — the owners of both the center and the land under it —…
Same concept, different location — and by different location, we mean barely. Longtime Cherry Creek lunch spot Pasta Pasta Pasta vacated its original space at 278 Fillmore Street and moved just two blocks away, to 2800 East Second Avenue, on Fillmore Plaza. Why the hopscotch jump? Owner Lisa Miller explains…
