The seventh annual Civic Center Eats — a moveable feast in the heart of Denver — kicked off yesterday, with an assortment of Denver dignitaries, a record number of trucks…and no urban campers in sight. “We know we’ve had some challenges in the park,” said Lauri Dannemiller, head of the…
Cherry Creek is getting a new/old restaurant: Opus, which was a terrific restaurant when it opened in Littleton a decade ago, is merging with Aria, its sibling. Michael Long, the opening chef at Opus, left that fine-dining restaurant in 2010 to head the kitchen at Aria, which went into 250…
My mom has only commanded a classroom since I was a teenager, but she’s always been a teacher at heart, and when I was a kid growing up in the southern suburbs of Denver, she’d devise elaborate lessons for my brother and me to carry out over summer break, packing…
A new program that will provide free meals for schoolchildren this summer starts this week, according to Mayor Michael Hancock. Hancock was at the Curtis Park pool yesterday to announce the Summer Food Service Program, and passed out free lunches to children in the area. “This collaborative program will help…
Larkburger, which got its start as a little stand-alone burger joint in Edwards in 2006, plans to open an eighth Colorado location — this one in downtown Denver…
The southern I-25 corridor has not been known for its proliferation of fantastic eateries — but as Laura Shunk noted earlier this year, things are looking up lately, and Shiraz is one of many good spots we’ve found in the Tech Center…
I’ve had some exquisite food at Opus, the Littleton restaurant that’s orchestrated by executive chef Sean McGaughey, who took over the burners after opening chef Michael Long departed the fine-dining restaurant to spearhead the kitchen at Aria, which opened in late 2010 in Cherry Creek. Long parted ways with Aria…
When you order breakfast or lunch at this cafe straight out of the Elvis era, your waitress will likely answer your request with “Okey-dokey, artichokey.” And when ask for a cup of coffee, it’ll arrive fresh and hot alongside a 45 rpm vinyl coaster. Can you guess where I’m drinking?…
While devouring gluten-free Udi’s bagels yesterday, our office chewed over the news that Udi’s Gluten-Free Foods had been bought by Smart Balance for $125 million. That’s big money, but Udi’s Gluten-Free Foods — founded by Udi’s, the beloved breadmaker that offers fresh-baked goodness in grocery stores and at its own…
Panzano Executive Chef Elise Wiggins has spent the past few weeks in the small town of Panzano, Italy, doing a stagisti with Dario Cecchini, the mad butcher of Panzano and owner of Antica Macelleria Cecchini. Elise is now back in Denver, putting the lessons she learned in Italy to use…
The streets of Denver are filled with bicyclists — some doing errands, some going to and from work, some out for recreation, and others seeking a drink. For that last group, Laura Shunk served up a weekend B-Cycle bar tour that was “seriously cheap and disgusting,” according to Bradman…
Many things in the food industry are not at all what they appear to be. Things like healthy green salads covered in cheese, bacon bits, croutons and ranch dressing; the servers at T.G.I. Friday’s who aren’t always thrilled beyond measure to see your asses plopped in their sections; and those…
The fact that Snarf’s, the Boulder-based sub shop that’s generated a cult following, has unveiled its eleventh location in Colorado isn’t exactly the most groundbreaking news on the culinary front, but then again, this Snarf’s, which just opened near the University of Denver at 1729 East Evans, in the former…
After closing her groundbreaking cupcake spot for a few days of renovation, Porche Lovely has resurrected Lovely Confections,1489 Steele Street, as the Church of Cupcakes — a religious-themed altar to the almighty cupcake. Here’s a peek at the redesigned space:…
Big personalities — and big sandwiches — are the calling cards of this Italian deli. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Guess Where posts is entered into a pool — and every Monday, we select one lucky winner…
In Colorado, nothing says “summer” as much as a big mouthful of turkey leg. Photographer Nick Callaio went to the Capitol Hill People’s Fair this weekend and caught dozens of those people dining on big hunks of bird…
Derek Dietz’s mouth moves faster than just about anyone I’ve ever met — but he chalks up his gift of gab to unabashed excitement. The Philly native and CIA graduate is just a few weeks away from opening Bocadillo, a Spanish-influenced sandwich shop and tapas cafe at 4044 Tejon Street,…
Cafe Society unleashed four Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a yet to be identified Ethiopian feast to an oblong burger from a diner, whose location continues to mystify readers to tampiqueña from Tacos Jalisco to a behemoth plate of chicken and dumplings sided with collard greens and macaroni…
No one’s saying you have to go meatless just because it’s Monday — but as incentive to join the growing movement, every week we’re offering an animal-free recipe. You may think that you hate oatmeal, but if you’ve only eaten that instant abomination, then you should really give steel-cut oats…
On June 1, Cafe Society published our “Restaurant roll call for May”, a compendium of all the openings and closings around town. Among the noteworthy openings: Sassafras, a bright spot that’s moved into a real black hole of a location. (Most recently, 2367 swallowed up Nonna’s, but it can claim…
Like a lot of voyeurs, I’m intrigued by the contents of other people’s refrigerators, especially the refrigerators of chefs. And, apparently, so is Leigh Sullivan, the innovator behind FIVE — five local chefs and their bar cohorts, all of whom cook (and pour) at various restaurants and venues around the…
Tony’s Market, 950 Broadway, is hosting a deli challenge, pitting its newly-featured deli brand, Dietz & Watson, against Boar’s Head meats (which the market no longer carries) in a blind tasting this weekend to prove what it believes is Dietz’s superiority. Seeing as how the downtown location is across the…
