This is part two of Midson’s interview with Sheila Lucero, head chef of Jax Fish House. To read part one of the interview, click here. Culinary inspirations: My dad. He’s a great cook who’s got an unbelievable passion for food. I’ve always wanted to cook like him. The seasons are…
You don’t have to be a marathon runner to appreciate the relationship between food and your physical well-being. That’s the message that Deena Kastor — Olympic bronze medalist and former Alamosa resident — plans to share in a cookbook that’s not about counting calories and fat content, but about how…
Pork-chop-on-a-stick: It’s what’s for dinner. And lunch. And breakfast, if you can guess where I’m eating. Special bonus: Every Friday, anyone who gave the first correct answer to any of the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts will be entered in a pool — and we’ll pull out one lucky…
Swing Thai started serving yesterday in the Jet Hotel, 1612 Wazee Street. This fourth location of the homegrown chain took over the space left open when XO closed ten weeks ago. To make sure that Swing Thai doesn’t suffer the same fate, Buddhist monks will perform a blessing at the…
At the Boulder Farmers’ Market a couple of summers back, John Long — round, garrulous, deeply knowledgeable about Colorado agriculture and the quintessential pig farmer — put his arm around my shoulders and led me to a booth where chefs from The Kitchen were serving his product: pulled pork on…
Second Home Kitchen and Bar, the restaurant at 150 Clayton Lane in the JW Marriott, is starting off the new year with daily dishes, a new lunch deal and two new menus “with a greater focus on using locally purchased products,” according to exec chef Jeff Bolton. “For this winter…
When the Georg family closed Chinook, their longtime restaurant at 265 Detroit Street, in the summer of 2008, they promised to relocate within a few months to the new Landmark project. But now, more than eighteen months later, it looks like Chinook will never open in Greenwood Village. The space…
First, the kitchen skimped on the sticks, which prompted the bartender to ponder the situation before heading back to the kitchen to haul out a few more. Things were looking up until a rather unsightly insect scuttled across the bar, which prompted me to get the hell out of there…
As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com…
“I get such an adrenalin rush when I’m in the kitchen and there’s great satisfaction in making it all happen in a very small and hot environment and having people leave happy about their decision to eat here,” says Sheila Lucero. The newly promoted executive chef of Jax Fish House,…
Last fall, Dylan Moore revealed that for the next outpost in his empire, which already includes Deluxe and Delite, he’d be moving off that hip block on Broadway. And as this new billboard (right by Yazoo downtown) shows, Moore is partnering with Mod Living, the hip decor store at 5327…
There are a few things that I like about Boulder and many that I don’t. For example, it bothers me that Boulder exists where it does, snugged up tight against the base of the Flatirons, frantically humping the leg of a mountain range that would be that much more splendid…
Here we are in the dead of winter with 60-degree temperatures. Sweet. If only Sweet Action Ice Cream, the awesome addiction at 52 Broadway that churns out flavors like brown sugar banana, blueberry lavender, baklava and salted butterscotch and Stranahan’s caramel brickle, wasn’t taking the WHOLE MONTH OF JANUARY OFF…
Yee haw! The National Western Stock Show is in town, which means that wannabe Westerners are playing cowboy at bars all over town. But this saloon is the real thing. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Post your answer — with an actual address for this bar, or enough details…
Just got this note from an Ohio man, who needs someone with a more encyclopedic knowledge of the Denver dining scene than I possess: “My wife and I will be there the weekend of February 6. As a kid I’m pretty sure we drove through Denver on our way back…
The pizzas at this slice of life are being pumped out at a record pace, which isn’t surprising, considering their perfect crusts and premium toppings. Which pizza palace has tossed me a new favorite? Special bonus: Every Friday, anyone who gave the first correct answer to any of the week’s…
Virgilio Urbano, the pie man behind Virgilio’s Pizzeria, 7986 West Alameda Avenue, has just issued a challenge: Stuff your piehole with a 28-inch pizza — all 11 pounds of it — topped with sausage, pepperoni, black olives, mushrooms, green peppers and onions within a two hour time frame (bathroom breaks…
As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com…
People love McDonald’s in the worst way. And as two recent incidents show, although there have been billions served by the burger chain, it has not always been happily. On December 27, a still-unidentified woman completely trashed a McDonald’s in Kansas City because she didn’t like her hamburger. A 99-cent…
“A few years ago, during a brainstorming session, I came up with an idea to create an all-female chef cooking event, something that would bring together some of the best female chefs in Denver,” says Sheila Lucero, executive chef of Jax Fish House in Denver and Boulder, and the force…
The waft of spices have stopped escaping from the kitchen at Aroma Cafe & Grill, an Indian-Mediterranean restaurant that opened last May at 2017 South University Boulevard. The dining room is still intact, but the lights are dark, the phone number has been disconnected and the signage has disappeared. Better…
We know how much chefs love their knives — “It’s hurt me, I’ve hurt it, and we’re still together,” joked Kyle Fitzgerald in last week’s Chef and Tell interview — but Heiko K, a slasher chef in Germany, took butchery to a whole new level when he dismembered a man…
