As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up, in no particular order, a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com…
For the past 25 years, Ba Forde has been the matriarch behind Kim Ba, the excellent Vietnamese joint at 2495 South Havana that’s been the recipient of numerous Westword Best of Denver awards, including Best Vietnamese Restaurant, a prize it snagged every year between 2005 and 2009. And now her…
Despondent over a breakup with his girlfriend on Friday, Chad Allen did what any 22-year-old would do: He drank a lot. Unfortunately, he decided to take his binge on the road on the afternoon of April 2, stopping off at the New Panda restaurant at 17732 South Golden road in…
Cafe Society served up five Guess Where I’m Eating/Drinking contests last week, featuring everything from D Bar’s delicious fries to a still-unidentified order of eggs Benedict to the chiles relleno at La Pasadita, a former Best of Winner. For correctly identifying that dish, Lisa is now the lucky winner of…
What you may have missed this week on Cafe Society, while bickering over whether Argyll, Colt & Gray, Olivea or TAG should have walked away with the Best New Restaurant award in this year’s Best of Denver 2010 (Argyll, if you didn’t already know, won that award):…
The United States government thinks your child is an obese, junk-eating machine. How to put a stop to this? The best idea the feds have come up with is to remove the toys from fast-food meals — because the meals contain so many calories and the toys contain lead from…
As part of an upcoming photo essay project spotlighting Denver restaurant pros whose tatts are as prevalent as their dissections, burns, blisters, knife slashes and stabs, we promised that we’d post some of the best on the Cafe Society blog. Earlier this week, we posted the food ink of Brandon…
As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up, in no particular order, a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com…
We swung by Buffalo Doughboy Bakery, which just won our Best of Denver Best Bakery award, early Thursday morning to see what was on offer. The pastry case overflowed with fat danishes and hefty croissants, making it hard to decide what would best accompany that morning cup of coffee. Though…
While the service can be brusque — even rude — at this quirky neighborhood feeding hole, the kitchen doesn’t miss a beat, turning out plate after plate of excellent food, including a comforting chicken pot pie fashioned with biscuits, to appreciative crowds squeezed into the vividly painted dining room. Can…
Green chile could well be this state’s major contribution to the culinary canon. Unlike the stew of green chiles, and sometimes just green chiles, served in New Mexico, Denver’s various green chiles can feature pork, tomatoes, even beans. We thought we’d tried them all (and loved most of them) until…
Bernie’s Hot Dog Co., Joe Zemla’s year-old joint at 1601 Mayberry (in the Highlands Ranch Town Center) in Highlands Ranch, introduced a new menu last month. Now it has another treat on tap: beer! Bernie’s just got its liquor license, and will begin selling beer today. To mark the august…
Operation Fortune Cookie, the colorfully named drug investigation that led to the largest weed bust in Colorado history and then imploded in allegations of crooked cops, paid-off politicians and bureaucratic cover-ups, has caused serious blowback for the law-enforcement agencies and elected officials involved. Now it may have similar repercussions in…
Denver-based Novo Coffee roasts some of the best beans in the city from their Larimer Street roasting facility, and while the company’s three Novo coffee bars located in the Denver Art Museum, Hamilton Building and Duncan Pavilion and Museum residences are all doing well, the Arvada location will stop percolating…
I love a good tamale, and at this Denver stalwart, the tamales, smothered in a piquant green chile, are just as good now as they were back when Westword bestowed them with a Best of Denver award. Can you guess whose tamales have withstood the test of time?…
Early last week, when the James Beard Foundation announced the crop of chef and restaurant finalists vying for the Foundation’s annual awards, there wasn’t one Denver chef or restaurant that made the cut. In fact, Colorado’s culinary prowess, save for Frasca Food & Wine (Outstanding Wine Service) and Ryan Hardy…
If you’re in Tempe, Arizona on Sunday, hop on over to Caffe Boa for an Easter dinner with all the trimmings. Most of them bunny. Executive chef Payton Curry planned the menu for this Easter service, which includes such rabbit-enriched dishes as carrot soup with a crispy rabbit confit, ravioli…
Time for our monthly round up of restaurant openings and closing: RESTAURANTS/VENUES OPENING IN MARCH* Black Pepper Pho, 2770 Pearl Street, Boulder Cabin on Broadway, 2479 South Broadway Campagna Salumi Bar and Pizzeria, 1120 East Sixth Avenue Delizios, 2299 West Main Street, Littleton Freshii Fast Casual, 6380 South Fiddlers Green…
As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up, in no particular order, a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com…
Bacon, cheese and chives: Delicious, but not exactly uncharted territory when it comes to smothered fries. Make those fries garlic-Parmesan flavored and drizzle a smidge of ranch on top, though, and this $7 app starts feeling more like a meal. Need a hint? At this joint, the fries are just…
The homegrown chain of Garbanzo Mediterranean Grill restaurants has added kid’s items to the lineup. “We wanted to give parents the opportunity to bring their kids and not battle the Mediterranean menu,” explains Alon Mor, a restaurant veteran who founded Garbanzo in 2007. “We are finding out that kids are…
Frankly, we could never understand how the Tea Box, at 2353 East Third Avenue, stayed in business — even with that “dim sum” sign in the window. Now we no longer need to ponder that question: The storefront operation has closed. Signs on the spot indicate it may reopen –…
