It’s been a year and a half since Taylor Swallow, his wife Kajsa and chef Brian Laird, whose cooking skills have taken him around the metro area since he departed Barolo Grill in early 2011, signed a lease for a new restaurant in transitional Jefferson Park, a neighborhood until recently…
There’s a new development going up at 2601 Larimer Street in Ballpark/River North, and it’s called, appropriately enough, 2601 Larimer. It will feature 20,000 square feet of office, retail and restaurant space — that’s the important part — and last night 2601 threw a neighborhood party to introduce its concept…
Menus are changing faster than the leaves, as chefs update their offerings to reflect the season. But at Panzano, executive chef Elise Wiggins approaches her menu with more than just fall produce in mind. She’s also aware of the way autumn makes us feel. See also: Fall Has Arrived at…
The conversation about Gretchen Kurtz’s recent review of Kobe An Shabu Shabu, a long-anticipated restaurant that opened this year in LoHi, got hot — hot enough to disintegrate the shabu shabu meat and veggies that diners are supposed to drop in hot broth and swish into a DIY dinner. See…
Helga’s German Restaurant and Deli hides midway between a Holiday Inn Express and a JCPenney (both high on the list of depressing businesses), in a warren of seemingly permanent road construction and suburban mall sprawl. There’s also a U.S. Army recruiting office and a Chuck E. Cheese’s nearby, just to…
Lunch options for the Denver Tech Center crowd are about to get a little more interesting. Fry bread and Indian taco specialist Tocabe: An American Indian Eatery announced last week on its Facebook page that it will be opening a location in Centennial near Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre. See also: Jelly…
Czech Potato Pancakes from Sobo 151 Bar & Grill 151 South Broadway 303-778-1560 Sobo 151 isn’t known as a culinary destination, but those with a hankering for hockey and hearty Czech fare will always head here. When you’re watching the Avs — or playing billiards or trivia, or even listening…
Since Massimo Ruffinazzi, who was born and raised in Italy and then was a chef/partner at Il Fornaio, took over the Shangri-La coffee house in LoHi three years ago, he’s given neighbors plenty of reasons to hang out there. Great coffee, for starters, as well as homemade breads, salumi plates…
Boost Burger, the automotive-themed burger joint on South Federal Boulevard, opened last spring in a building that had previously housed a branch of Bubba Chinos. Things were looking good over the summer as a new, permanent sign went up to replace the original banner. But now the windows are boarded…
Since he opened his first store in Boulder almost twenty years ago, Pete Turner has been serving up big burrito as well as lots of community support for neighbors, musicians and other good causes. But recently, Illegal Pete’s has also been the source of plenty of food for thought: A…
This week in Cafe Society, Mark Antonation visited with Lorena Cantarovici, who moved Maria Empanada from Lakewood to South Broadway this year. Gretchen Kurtz reviewed Kobe An Shabu Shabu, an offshoot of Kobe An, a longtime Japanese restaurant in Lakewood that just closed in anticipation of a move to Cherry…
Lo Stella Ristorante opened in 1850 in Portofino, Ital and now, over 160 years later, Denver is getting a taste of the famous restaurant that has been in the same family for eight generations. Lo Stella Ristorante opened today in the former home of Gallo di Nero in the Golden…
Caulden Jackson, a Johnson & Wales student and sous chef at the Early Bird in Westminster, braved a barrage of Halloween-themed challenges to take the top spot on Food Network’s Cutthroat Kitchen. The Texas-born father of two did everything from bob for eggs to cook cricket stew on a shovel,…
The first Hopdoddy Burger Bar opened in Austin, Texas in 2010. There will be seven locations on Monday, when the newest Hopdoddy opens next to Union Station. Hopdoddy President Dan Mesches says the company chose the location because of its combination of historic and modern surroundings. “We love the urban…
Fooducopia Corner Store & Cafe in Washington Park was named Best Brunch in Westword’s 2014 Best of Denver edition, so I thought it deserved a taste, especially on my birthday weekend. And while the nice, if flustered, service and long wait times indicated a tiny kitchen a little overwhelmed by…
Billboards have gone up around town, asking “Can you spot the pot?” They’re from smartcolorado.org, of course, the leading opponent of legalized marijuana. But the Denver Police Department is also cautioning parents that their kids might be handed pot-laced candy this Halloween, and media outlets are jumping on the story…
Shoo-fly Pie from the Long i Pie Shop thelongipie.com The Long i Pie Shop isn’t really a shop, it’s a mobile vendor based out of a 1966 Airstream trailer named Stella. You can order pie on the bakery’s website and pick it up at any number of locations; delivery is…
This year, just as I’ve done for as long as my kids can remember, I joined a local farm share. Flush with produce for nearly five months, I made zucchini bread, seared green beans, melon aguas frescas, panzanella, turnip puree and fennel-and-orange salads, cooking my way from early summer to…
Do you have what it takes to be the next celebrity chef? Our announcement that the Food Network would be holding a casting call for Food Network Star in Denver on November 1 inspired a number of Howie haters to pop up — and several people to toss their toque…
Coffee’s on at Cafe United, in the new Mile High United Way Morgridge Center for Community Change. This is the latest open-to-the-public spot run by Work Options for Women, a local nonprofit that trains at-risk women (and men) for careers in the food-service industry. WOW already runs the cafeteria at…
Craig Singleton is a do-it-yourself guy. “I like self-sustenance, DIY,” he says. “Mom and Dad are that way.” So Singleton brews beer, hunts, fishes, barbecues and cures his own meats. He’s both passionate and enthusiastic, traits that sometimes earn people the label “nerd” or “geek” — but in a professional…
Like many Coloradans, I’m a little obsessed with my dog. He sleeps on my bed. He’s attended concerts with me and even come on a vacation or two. And of course I’m obsessed with what he eats (or, rather, what I feed him). I won’t bore you with the details,…
