“Are you open?” “When are you opening?” “I can’t wait until you open!” I lost count of how many eager people passed through the doors of Olive & Finch earlier this morning, their hopes high that Mary Nguyen’s new Uptown restaurant, a casual European-style cafe, was actually selling the muffins,…
Pints Pub claims to have the largest collection of single-malt whisky outside of Britain. The twenty-year-old Golden Triangle mainstay also has plenty of authentic English paraphernalia, including a British phone booth in front of the building. Which last week got a new outfit, in honor of Doctor Who’s fiftieth anniversary…
Highland remains hot as a restaurant ‘hood and Jefferson Park is one of the town’s up-and-coming dining destinations — but its location on the edge of both areas didn’t cast any glow on 5th Sun Cafe and Lounge. And now this Mexican restaurant has gone dark. See also: 5th Sun…
After binging on turkey and all the fixings last week, I shoved the multiple pounds of leftovers in the refrigerator (thanks, Mom!) and headed out for something completely different: a spicy Thai green curry with pork. And judging from crush of bodies anxious to get a table — the wait…
The owners of Namaste India, which Gretchen Kurtz reviewed last week, are both from Nepal and say they make their food the same way they would back home — but while the fare is solid, it’s also a little stolid. Namaste’s kitchen does stock ginger, cumin, turmeric, cardamom, coriander and…
Upper Larimer is experiencing a serious case of sugar shock now that Sugarmill, a new dessert bar and lounge from Noah French, pastry chef of TAG, is teasing everyone who walks through the door with extravagant display cases of cookies and cupcakes, French macarons and fat muffins, cakes and croissants,…
On Wednesday, after showing off the space to friends and family tonight and tomorrow night, chef and restaurateur Troy Guard, who owns TAG, TAG Raw Bar, Tag Burger Bar and Sugarmill, will open Los Chingones on Upper Larimer, directly next door to Sugarmill, a dessert bar. Los Chingones, a whimsical,…
Dessert is rarely in the cards when my family eats at Indian restaurants. On occasion, I’ll get the carrot pudding known as gajar halwa, but without something chocolatey to tempt my spouse and kids, they usually pass and I content myself with another bite of saag and cup of chai…
Anytime you use kale — or any other green, for that matter, from collard to mustard — you’re left with stems that most people throw away. But you can saute these, much like the leafy parts of the plant, with some very simple ingredients for a fiber-rich (and nutrient-laden) side…
Back in 2011, when Laura Shunk, Westword’s former restaurant critic, reviewed Mama Sannino’s, an old-school Italian restaurant tucked behind an Arvada strip mall, she wrote that although the joint had been open for just six years, the romp of regulars, all of whom seemed to know one another by name,…
Masterpiece Deli, whose original location in Highland has been such a hit, opened a second spot this morning in Uptown at 1710 Sherman Street. And if you hurry over there before 11 a.m., you can get a free small coffee from Novo Coffee as part of the grand-opening celebration. See…
Love it, or loathe it, green chile is a Denver table staple, and while we all have our undisputed favorite places to get our green fix (El Taco de Mexico is mine), the restaurant squad from Food & Wine magazine just unleashed their own picks for the “Best Chili in…
Cafe Society dished up three Guess Where contest posts last week, ranging from a kinky cocktail that goes by the name of the Rick James Sexual Chocolate Edible Tower of Desire (you can find that cocktail at Two Guns Distillery), to a platter of Cajun-spiced shrimp from Teller’s Taproom, to…
Booze was news in November as several long-awaited bars opened, including Ste. Ellie, the cocktail spot downstairs from the owners of Colt & Gray; the tequila-heavy Matador in Highland; Jagged Mountain Craft Brewery downtown and the Atomic Cowboy on South Broadway. Meanwhile, the suburbs lost multiple locations of the Chammps…
Just in time for holiday hangovers, we posted our updated list of the ten hippest bars in Denver, which includes several new entries, including Our Mutual Friend. But some readers regarded the list not as a roster of must-go spots, but places to avoid. See also: Denver’s ten hippest bars…
This week in Cafe Society, Gretchen Kurtz visited Namaste India, run by two young men from Nepal, that serves good — if Americanized — Indian fare, for her weekly review. Mark Antonation, continuing his trek up Federal Boulevard, grabbed a taste of summer at the surf-themed El Camaron Loco. For…
Thanksgiving is over, and maybe you had enough turkey and stuffing to last you until next November. Or maybe you haven’t, and even worse, you got screwed out of the leftovers by your drunken uncle, who loaded everything into one of your mom’s nice Tupperware pieces and took off –…
Amy Sayles Panzano 909 17th Street 303-296-3525 panzano-denver.com What do you enjoy most about your craft? I get to be imaginative by creating art with food, and I get to create new and exciting flavors for people who might have never thought to try X and Y together. This is…
Heading to the hills this holiday weekend? Eat dessert first — in the form of the Rick James Sexual Chocolate Edible Tower of Desire. At this distillery, you get a shot of made-on-site whiskey delivered in a chocolate shot glass that you drop in a moonshine shake — like a…
Two weeks ago the Hops Grill and Brewery in Littleton shut its doors. Now the Hops Grill and Brewery in Golden has followed suit. See also: Hops Grill and Brewery closes in Littleton…
I spent some time in Asia this fall, and when I got home, everyone asked the same questions: “How was the flight?” and “What was the best thing you ate?” The first was easy to answer. The flight was long, all fourteen hours of it, especially since I was on…
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…
