Steve Lerach wrote Fried: Surviving Two Centuries in Restaurants as his thesis as he prepared to become a culinary instructor in Minnesota. Because of its academic orientation, the book includes historical accounts of cooking intertwined with Lerach’s own experiences in the kitchen over the decades – and even a few…
The Landmark project in Greenwood Village will get a big boost this week, when Comedy Works South finally opens. But what was supposed to be one of the development’s big tenants was grounded long ago: Sparrow was once going to open not just a second restaurant that played off the…
October is National Chili Month! But here in Denver, the only chili that matters is spelled with an “e,” and features those hot, hot peppers now being roasted up and down Federal Boulevard. So all this month, chile fans will be weighing in on their favorites around town. Green chile…
While other chains are pulling back, Red Robin Gourmet Burgers just keeps growing. This morning, Red Robin Gourmet Burgers — which got its start outside the University of Washington in the ’40s, but moved its national headquarters to Greenwood Village in 1996 — is opening its 22nd Colorado restaurant at…
Frosted Rice Krispies Kellogg’s Rating: Two spoons out of four Cereal description: Toasted kernels of crispy puffed rice visually differentiated from regular Rice Krispies by… nothing. Yep, they look identical, which means keeping Frosted Krispies and their namesake segregated must be a bitch…
Almost right on schedule, Moe’s Original BBQ opens today at 2395 South Broadway, in the former Falcon space next to the Gothic Theatre, and we hear the place should be smoking! Moe’s is originally out of Tuscaloosa, but the company moved its headquarters to Vail eight years ago…
I’ve been hearing about these new “upscale” M&M’s for awhile, and have been really eager to try them since our earlier foray into new M&M’s flavors had gotten mixed reviews. We really enjoyed the Limited Edition Wild Cherry M&M’s, but the Indiana Jones Special Edition Mint Crisps just tasted wrong…
Ex-employees say Jim Sullivan ran his empire like the dictator he named a restaurant after. Since Monday, when I posted my first blog about the sudden closure of Nine75 and Ocean — Jim Sullivan’s last two Sullivan Restaurant Group operations — my phone has been ringing off the hook. Some…
Now that Ocean has closed, no one will ever make a reservation at Oceanaire thinking they’re dining in Cherry Creek. But once you step inside Oceanaire, the Denver link in a national chain of upscale seafood houses that debuted last year at 1400 Arapahoe Street, you could never mistake it…
Not only am I a very budget-conscious shopper and eater, I have also been a vegetarian for nearly seven years and am married to a lifelong vegetarian. So I know a thing or two about finding affordable, planet- and animal-friendly eats around town. In the weekly Veggie Girl, I’ll be…
“I always bite the right side first…” If I know my fans (and I think I do), I’ll bet that every single one of you — Democrat, Republican or Independent, naturalized citizen or space alien here on those secret intergalactic visas given out by NASA — wants to know what…
October is National Chili Month! But here in Denver, the only chili that matters is spelled with an “e,” and features those hot, hot peppers now being roasted up and down Federal Boulevard. So all this month, chile fans will be weighing in on their favorites around town. I come…
For a slide show from their romantic night, go to westword.com/slideshow. For the video, go here. Irina Voronina sucks at beer pong. Or Beirut, if you prefer that name, which I most certainly do. That’s how the distinctly college game in which competitors stand on either side of a table…
Last week, I got stuck in three “best pizza in blahblahblah” discussions. One was a drunken confession. One was a declarative statement: If I didn’t agree that this was the best pizza ever made, I was some kind of idiot. And one was almost a fistfight over thin-crust-versus-sorta-thin-crust, an angry,…
I was thinking that they could probably hear my stomach rumbling from three tables away. “So, what are you going to have?” Laura asked. “Everything,” I said. “One of everything. Maybe two.” “I’m serious, Jay. What are you going to have?” “What are you going to have?” “I don’t know…
Scott Durrah has moved 8 Rivers from Highland to LoDo “Highlands is no more.” That’s the word from 8 Rivers, which closed its original Denver (but not its original metro) location at 3609 West 32nd Avenue this week. Jason Sheehan loved the place when he reviewed it last November: loved…
For weeks, we kept our eye on the business opportunity ads in the dailies, watching in horror as the price of a “newly remod restaurant for sale” kept dropping, and dropping. The address listed was 102 South Broadway, which meant it was the oddly named Old Guy Pasta & Salad…
Salmon in foreground; turkey in back. Cook’s Fresh Market 1600 Glenarm Place 303-893-2277 Salmon BLT Salmon, bacon, lettuce, tomato, dill aioli on rye. $8.99 Smoked Turkey Smoked turkey, dill havarti cheese, red onions, cucumbers, lettuce, tomato and ranch dressing on whole grain bread. $8.49 Once you get past tuna salad…
October is National Chili Month! But here in Denver, the only chili that matters is spelled with an “e,” and features those hot, hot peppers now being roasted up and down Federal Boulevard. So all this month, chile fans will be weighing in on their favorites around town. When it…
When we heard that the folks behind the Jet Hotel planned to open a new bar in Larimer Square, we couldn’t figure out where it would go. Troy Guard has already claimed the only remaining storefront for TAG, his restaurant that’s slated to open early next year and has already…
I was thinking that they could probably hear my stomach rumbling from three tables away. “So, what are you going to have?” Laura asked. “Everything,” I said. “One of everything. Maybe two.” “I’m serious, Jay. What are you going to have?” “What are you going to have?” “I don’t know…
Back in 2006, Matthew Jansen, chef/owner of Mateo in Boulder, decided to stretch by opening Radda Trattoria, which Jason Sheehan raved about when he reviewed the restaurant in February 2007. Mateo dates back to 2001, and Jansen has scratched the seven-year itch there by adding a new partner: Rayme Rossello,…
