Craig Dixon Cafe Options 1650 Curtis Street 303-573-0733 www.cafeoptions.com Craig Dixon, chef of Cafe Options, is struggling. I’ve just asked him what it’s like to work in a kitchen staffed predominantly by females — the restaurant is a project of Work Options for Women, a local nonprofit that provides women…
A month ago, when Samba Room went dark and a sign appeared in the window of the restaurant at 1460 Larimer Street announcing that the space was under “construction,” Joe Vostrejs, COO of Larimer Associates, started getting calls. Restaurateurs were interested in leasing this corner spot in hot-hot Larimer Square,…
Yesterday was only its second showing at Civic Center Eats, but for the second week in a row, Walt’s Mobile Bistro scored the biggest sales at the weekly who’s who of street food , says owner and truck namesake Chris Walter. Haven’t heard about Walt’s? You’re not the only one…
It was a sad day for Denver coffee connoisseurs when Doug and Saadia Naiman, owners of Aviano Coffee, finally gave up on their bitter struggle with the beleaguered Beauvallon condo complex and closed the doors on their posh coffee shop in April. But now caffeine junkies can raise their espresso…
Over the weekend, I settled into my usual routine of eating — only on Sunday, this entailed stuffing (and stupefying) my belly with dishes from more than twenty restaurants hawking their grub at the Cherry Creek Arts Festival, where I was a culinary judge alongside SAME Cafe’s Brad and Libby…
Pizzeria Basta is not the kind of place you stumble upon. You’d never find it if you weren’t looking, unless you happened to be perusing property in one of Boulder’s still half-empty upscale eco-housing complexes. The small restaurant is tucked into an invisible courtyard, flanked by colorful industrial jigsaw puzzle…
KaTcH Fish House opened just a month ago, but its owners are already moving forward on plans to open additional Colorado locations — and more. In fact, the restaurant’s director of operations, Ian Rubinstein, says he and owners Chris and Emily Deutschman — who also own Magnolia Restaurant and Sushi…
While everyone else in Denver was lighting up the sky with explosive fireworks over the weekend, I managed to sneak in a quiet dinner with a friend at a neighborhood hang whose near-empty dining room was in no way indicative of my hanger steak, squeaky green beans and twice-baked potato,…
He might hang out at cocaine- and sex-fueled parties on South Park, but in real life, you’re more likely to report that local Fox News anchor Ron Zappolo is savoring saltimbocca and sipping red wine at his favorite Denver restaurant, Venice Ristorante and Wine Bar. You could ask Zappolo time…
One of the hardest reservations to get in Boulder County these days isn’t even in a restaurant. It’s on a farm. Meadowlark Farm Dinners is a roving troupe of chefs and servers that pack their cookware into a bus and make meals of seasonal ingredients at the farms from whence…
Cafe Society served up five Guess Where I’m Eating/Drinking contests last week, featuring everything from rotisserie lamb at SALT to a vegetable dish at a still-unidentified Indian restaurant to this dessert at the new Sienna Wine Bar. For correctly guessing that spot, Derek W wins a DINR deck. Derek, send…
Those are stacked enchiladas, and you’ll either immediately recognize where they came from, or you’ll be completely stumped. Here’s a clue: Up until just a few weeks ago, you had no choice but to inhale them from the confines of a comfortably grungy, dimly lit bar that doubles as a…
Just in time for the weekend, here’s a meat-filled recipe for the grill. Ingredients:- 3 all-beef franks- 1/2 pound of bacon- ground beef…
Maybe I’m just a cynic, but yesterday, while getting lost in the suburban sprawl of Northfield Stapleton, I passed by the sign in the above pic announcing the impending arrival of Guy Harvey’s Perfect Spot Bar & Grille — and I heaved. Maybe it was the ridiculously perfect hair, the…
About a month ago, if you’ll recall, I raked my former idol, Mario Batali, over the coals for jumping on the bandwagon of the cute veggie campaign, Meatless Monday. And in the aftermath, as was only fair, I was chastised for my pigheadedness (no pun intended). But as my comments…
“In short, The Local is by locals, for locals,” says Jeff Estey, who opened his Wash Park daylight diner yesterday at 2217 East Mississippi in the space formerly occupied by Dino’s, which closed earlier this year due to non-payment of taxes. Estey, who also owns Washington Park Grill and Max…
Ready, set, sizzle! You know that summer’s in full swing when the sun beats down on the Cherry Creek Arts Festival, which kicks of its three-day crowd-burst tonight at 7 p.m. on Clayton Street, between Second and Third Avenues. The annual event draws throngs of grubniks and arty-farty types to…
Chef Jim Cohen wanted to celebrate summer while still capitalizing on the strengths of his kitchen at Louisville’s Empire Lounge and Restaurant. His solution? A “picnic menu” composed of a number of grilled items — Empire’s kitchen centerpiece is its mesquite charcoal grill — with an emphasis on being picnic-ready…
I’m not a sugar fiend — never have been, never will be. But that doesn’t stop others from trying to convince me to change my weird ways, which is what happened the other night when a friend all but forced me to lap up the orange Creamsicle ice cream with…
Steve Ballas doesn’t believe that the fact his birthday coincides with the beginning of National Hot Dog Month is a coincidence. “I believe in fate and everything happening for a reason.” Ballas, who owns Steve’s Snappin’ Dogs, 3535 East Colfax Avenue, is hoping diners will bank on their own fate…
Spit-shine your cowboy boots and dig out your hats, y’all! In just two months, Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill is putting its shit-kickin’ foot stomp on a 20,000-square-foot plot of land at Northfield Stapleton. According to Paul Sewell, the chain’s corporate marketing director, the mammoth restaurant, bar…
I hate it when Tom Colicchio gets sententious, as he did facing the losing four contestants on last night’s third episode of Top Chef D.C.. Stephen, Tim, Kevin and Tracey stood in front of him, shaken and close to tears, waiting to see who’d get sent home. “Your challenge was…
