It was an “inspiration trip” to Japan last fall, says Daniel Asher, that gave him food for thought. Asher, the culinary director of Linger and Root Down, says part of the journey stemmed from “wanting to be infused with a new perspective on cuisine, especially street food,” the mission being,…
UPDATE: We have a winner of our Gallo di Nero contest, in which we asked Cafe Society readers to answer this question: How many wood-fired ribeyes did Gallo di Nero serve during the month of February? Congratulations to zimmerlw, who came the closest with his answer of 43; the correct…
Give me caramelized plantains dusted with brown sugar and a scoop of vanilla bean gelato, and you’ve just made my day. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to a Guess Where post is entered into a pool — and every Monday,…
Construction has started on the former Subway Tavern, which the Larimer Group bought after the family that owned the spot — reputed to be the first place in Denver to serve pizza — put it on the block. The Longos sold the place in September 2012, after running the restaurant…
While the buffalo empanadellas at Bocadillo needed more pop in both the filling and the sauce, the special got Gretchen Kurtz thinking about other stuffed dough dishes she’s loved in Denver. On Wednesday, she served up five of her favorites, including the agnolotti at DiFranco’s. See also: Five favorite stuffed…
Is St. Louis taking over Denver? On Saturday, March 8, Arch Pizza Co. will open its third St. Louis-style pizza restaurant in less than a year. And it will be the biggest one yet, with 2,800 square feet indoors and plenty of outdoor dining space outside, too, at 10101 East…
Ed Cotton, a contestant on season seven of Top Chef, the former chef de cuisine at BLT Market, a disciple of Daniel Boulud and the current exec chef of Sotto 13 in New York City, is touching down in the Mile High City on Saturday to cook up a storm…
Sunnyside is a fast-changing neighborhood, attracting restaurants like Bocadillo (which Gretchen Kurtz reviews this week), with more new spots to come. And one of them will be moving into the former home of Hash, which Heather Haupman opened back in 2011 in a storefront that had held La Crema Cafeteria…
While Kyle Zeppelin, one of the developers of the Source, waits on a liquor license for a new — and still unnamed — permanent afternoon and evening tenant to replace CapRock Farm Bar, which poured its last cocktail on February 28, the vacated middlemost space will become center stage for…
If you’re yearning for a little of this, a little of that and a little of everything else that’s on the small bites side of the menu at this intriguing restaurant, then you’d find yourself in good company. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the…
Richard Glover Fooducopia 1939 East Kentucky Avenue 303-722-7838 fooducopia.com This is part two of my interview with Richard Glover, exec chef of Fooducopia; part one of our conversation ran yesterday. Your three favorite Denver restaurants other than your own: Pho 79 on Havana and Mississippi. I love the broth, the…
Oysters are getting out of their shell all over Denver, with raw bars popping up at restaurants around town and the mollusks making frequent appearances on happy-hour menus, including the spot Lori Midson visited for yesterday’s Guess Where I’m Eating? The old adage used to hold that you should only…
Derek Dietz, the one-man show behind Bocadillo, has a fine-dining background, but you wouldn’t know it from walking into his restaurant. Potted plants, in various stages of dying, sit in front windows where curtains should be. Cookbooks and records spill out of banged-up wooden shelves. Fossils from the collection of…
Monday through Friday, from 3 to 6 p.m., this restaurant pimps oysters for a mere dollar a shuck. That’s my kind of happy hour. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to a Guess Where post is entered into a pool –…
Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with a spacious kitchen. They often bring some of their market’s best ingredients home with them and cook up a feast, and when they’re not…
Richard Glover Fooducopia 1939 East Kentucky Avenue 303-722-7838 fooducopia.com This is part one of my interview with Richard Glover, exec chef of Fooducopia; part two of our conversation will run tomorrow. Every so often, you’ll hear the lilt in Richard Glover’s voice. Born in South Africa and raised in Botswana,…
In A Federal Case, I’ll be eating my way up Federal Boulevard — south to north — within Denver city limits. I’ll be skipping the national chains and per-scoop Chinese joints, but otherwise I’ll report from every vinyl booth, walk-up window and bar stool where food is served. Here’s the…
A lot has changed since Derek Dietz opened Bocadillo on a quiet street in Sunnyside in early 2012. The little sandwich shop immediately won fans, but then Dietz took a one-year hiatus to deal with a family emergency. And when he reopened Bocadillo last summer, it was with dinner added,…
It’s the end of an era. For decades, Burger King reigned from a prime piece of property at the busy intersection of Sixth Avenue, Broadway and Speer Boulevard. But the fast-food joint has closed, and the property is up for sale. See also: Burger King: Where’s the effin’ beef?…
Earlier this afternoon around 2:30 p.m. when I walked into Luca D’Italia for a meeting, the room was dark, and so, too, were the the dining rooms at Bones and Vesper Lounge, all of which are Frank Bonanno’s restaurants. Just a few minutes earlier, I learned, the electricity had gone…
After over fifteen years, Bacaro Venetian Taverna will close its doors for good late tonight. But the restaurant is going out with a bang: After a month-long farewell February celebration, the establishment is throwing a final Mardi Gras bash tonight. See also: Bacaro closing on March 4 following a farewell…
Keegan Gerhard and Lisa Bailey, the married couple who own D Bar, the diminutive storefront in Uptown that’s renowned for both its desserts and savory dishes, is closing its original shop and relocating to what the couple describes as a “new location [that] will stay true to the core of…
