On the days that I’m hankering for al pastor tacos, I’m always on the spy for the spit, but while this bar doesn’t have a spit anywhere in sight, it nonetheless manages to turn out respectable al pastor tacos — and it doesn’t forget the grilled pineapple, either. Can you…
Dirk Holmberg Café 180 3315 South Broadway, Englewood 303-761-4510 www.cafe-180.org/home/ Read part one of my interview with Dirk Holmberg, exec chef of Cafe 180. What you’d like to see more of in Denver/Boulder from a culinary standpoint: More Mexican seafood dishes — that would be a good start. But I’d…
I used to work at T.G.I. Friday’s — I was young, I needed the money — and when customers would ask me what they should order, I unfailingly advised them to stick to appetizers and cocktails: no mussy, no fussy, and no details for me to screw up…
Washington State wants to ship a forty-pound box of Rainier cherries to a restaurant in every state in the country, in an effort to push the product — and it’s is looking for the right recipient in Colorado. Many readers have weighed in with suggestions, including Matthewfw: Cafe 180 since…
A procession of lovely Fridays has made work very difficult when the weekend is just hours away. One recent Friday, as the temperatures crawled slowly and steadily toward the 80s, I gave up trying altogether, ditching my coffee-shop seat and computer in favor of a long lunch with a friend…
There’s only one way to eat whole romaine leaves in a Caesar salad: with your hands…just like you would the pizza. 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…
It’s been a year since Frank and Dina Berta, who once wrote for Nation’s Restaurant News, opened Frank’s Kitchen in the Whittier neighborhood, and they’ve spent the past twelve months building a joint that, with its homey interior and eclectic menu filled with comfort food, feels like it could have…
A sign in the window of the Micky Manor indicates that the owner has a date with the Denver Department of Excise and Licenses on June 8, to see about getting the liquor license back for 2544 Federal Boulevard, which started life as a firehouse — but by the early…
The Denver area has a plethora of good ice cream parlors, and no sooner was our list of the five best published last week than other suggestions began pouring in — for places like Bonnie Brae and Eis Gelato, which are worthy of note, if not a place in the…
Two years ago — long before all that crazy drama at Wild Catch — Justin Brunson, the owner and chef of Masterpiece Deli, was all set to open Lechon at 17th and Central streets with Ben Parsons, who owns the Infinite Monkey Theorem. The deal eventually fell apart, but Brunson,…
Dirk Holmberg Café 180 3315 South Broadway, Englewood 303-761-4510 www.appetitesunite.org This is part one of my interview with Dirk Holmberg, exec chef of Cafe 180. Part two of our interview will run in this space tomorrow. Dirk Holmberg squirms if you call him a chef. “I had always wanted to…
The premiere of Around the World in 80 Plates, a fast-paced reality show hosted by Cat Cora and Chris Stone that debuts tonight on Bravo at 8 p.m., pits two teams of six chefs against one another in a highly competitive sprint across continents that will end with one chef…
It’s the last day of the Colorado Legislature, and this session has definitely driven some people to drink — and possibly move out of state. Breckenridge Brewery, which had been pushing for House Bill 1347, which would have allowed the company to grow in Colorado (craft breweries are currently capped…
An all-chefs — from the properties owned by Tillman Fertitta in Denver, at least — dinner will take place this evening at Simms Steakhouse, 11911 West Sixth Avenue in Lakewood, and will feature a collaborative menu from the chefs of Morton’s The Steakhouse, Willie G’s Seafood & Steak House, Simms,…
I really hate it when fast-food restaurants are out of major items. Like Taco Bell not having tacos, Dairy Queen being out of ice cream, and Burger King not having burgers. I get that working in fast-food places is not all pissing rainbows and shitting kittens, and that running out…
A few years ago, the partners behind The Hornet looked around at small, upscale restaurants that were getting into farming and began to wonder, “Why not us?” “Other restaurants were having success as far as farm-to-table,” Sean Workman, the Hornet’s general manager, explains, “but it doesn’t just have to be…
Ian Kleinman lives in a Willy Wonka world. He’s the mad scientist, the crazy culinary genius who long ago ditched traditional cooking methods to concentrate on molecular gastronomy, for which he’s now known nationwide. And starting this Friday, you can win a golden ticket to a pop-up dinner that will…
Denver’s top female chefs cooked up a storm last night at Temple Emanuel, the stamping grounds for WomenCook, an annual benefit for Work Options for Women, a local non-profit that provides hands-on cooking instruction to disadvantaged women who have hopes of working in the food industry. Hundreds of foodniks turned…
During its short time on the map, Sub-Culture has become very popular; it opened last year and has already garnered a Best of Denver award as the Best Non-Sports Spot for Watching Games. But we were more concerned with the food than the atmosphere when we swooped in to pick…
No filet (thank God), no New York strip, no porterhouse — just a damn good hanger steak, which I’d love to see on more menus. 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…
Washington State wants to donate forty pounds of cherries to an “iconic” restaurant in every state in the nation, in hopes of inspiring recipes that push its product. A Washington PR company asked for Cafe Society’s help in coming up with the right restaurant in Colorado for a fruit-filled delivery…
In last week’s Chef and Tell interview with Joe Freemond, the executive chef of Cellar Wine Bar, he admits that as a kid, he wasn’t remotely interested in wieners or burgers. In fact, his favorite restaurant was Sushi Den, the logical choice of a five-year-old. He also grew up on…
