It wasn’t until Gustavo Arellano, our Ask a Mexican columnist, started researching the spread of Mexican food in this country — or what passes as Mexican food in this country — for his new book, Taco USA, that we realized Denver was not only home to a unique green chile,…
Out of all the continents, Asia is by far the most vegetarian- and vegan-friendly. European cuisines tend to fall toward the bottom of the list — at least, as those foods are prepared in this country. So a French restaurant with good vegan dishes is a real find, and while…
After lamenting the lack of good service at many Denver restaurants, Laura Shunk served up five examples of restaurants that do service right, everything from Frasca Food and Wine to Frijoles Colorado Cuban Cafe. Readers were quick to add a few favorites, including the most royal restaurant of them all…
Today is the deadline for filing taxes with the Internal Revenue Service. In hopes of easing the pain, a couple of local eateries — one high-end, one decidedly low — are offering Tax Day deals. Just remember to hold on to the receipts!…
Gravity 1020 chef Sean Taylor and special guest Mark DeNittis of Il Mondo Vecchio and Cinque Soldi Salumeria will break down an entire hog, demonstrate how to make sausage with it, pair the meat with beer and serve a family-style dinner at a pig-out extravaganza that starts at 6 p.m…
By 8:30 p.m. Saturday night, the crew was on its sixth dinner in three nights, the wine was flowing, and everyone was getting giddy. But then, James Mazzio had reason to celebrate: He’d just taken over the space in the Icehouse that was formerly occupied by Mise en Place cooking…
Cafe Society dished out five Guess Where? contests last week, including a high-altitude Bloody Mary at The 10th in Vail, a forgettable blackened tuna sandwich from Ale House at Amato’s and an Ethiopian feast at Ras Kassa’s. But for correctly (and quickly) identifying the pizza above as coming from Pizza…
Ah, pig. There’s nothing more likely to put you in hog heaven — and heart-attack terroritory — than a dish of absolutely fresh chicharrones, delivered hot from the fryer. Can you guess where these came from? Here’s a hint:…
Chick-Fil-A, known for its iconic cow billboards and fried chicken patties iconically nestled between biscuits, is sweetening up its dessert menu by offering a new cookie, an updated brownie and several sundaes; it’s also bringing back its seasonally available Banana Pudding Milkshake starting today…
When Tyler Nemkov joined Cafe Society as a twenty-year-old intern from Johnson & Wales three years ago, he knew he wanted to pursue both a journalism and a culinary career. He opted to keep working in kitchens while he earned his degree at the University of Colorado — right before…
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright was in Denver over the weekend, promoting her pin collection, “Read My Pins,” that’s currently installed at the Denver Art Museum, and revisiting the town where she spent her teenage years…
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. With the chilly weather this past weekend we decided to skip salad, and instead grabbed some fresh fingerling potatoes and yellow baby…
Jack in the Box, home of good curly fries and notoriously bad tacos, is opening a new store today at 2020 South Federal Boulevard. Doors open at 9 a.m. with an inaugural fiesta including giveaways. This is the second in a series of new, improved Jacks to pop up in…
The first truck gathering of the season rolled into the parking lot by South High School on Saturday, with dozens of outfits serving everything from chile to tater tots…
Is restaurant service a lost art in Denver? That’s what Laura Shunk asked in a post recounting some of the service problems she’d encountered at Charcoal, the restaurant she recently reviewed. Dozens of readers provided their own answer to that question…
There’s a full schedule of food events this week, including a culinary extravaganza at Lola, 1575 Boulder Street, on Wednesday. Here’s what else is on the menu:…
I’m sure I’ve said this before, but it bears repeating: Brunch is my favorite meal of the week. There’s simply nothing better than pissing away a Sunday afternoon in the company of eggs and bloody Marys — or, in the case of the Village Cork, eggs and foie gras, which…
The Boulder Farmers’ Market opened for business at 8 a.m. last Saturday, and from the moment the opening gong sounded, 13th Street between Arapahoe and Canyon was thronged. Organizers have no way of providing an exact number, but they estimate that around 8,000 people attended…
Those of you who live in Platte Park or Washington Park can spend your weekend thanking the god of breadheads: Buffalo Doughboy Bakery, one of the most amazing bakeries in Denver, is shuttering it current location at 33 East Dakota Avenue after service on Sunday and relocating to the former…
Charcoal, I noted in my review this week, has a service problem. The front-of-house team is generally a good-natured bunch of people. They’re friendly, they’re eager, and they seem to want their guests to have a good time. But they missed the boat when they ignored the small details, which…
Notoriously sleepy Cherry Creek, where most people tuck into a martini at 5 and turn to their feather pillow by 7, was pulsating Wednesday night, at least at Margs Taco Bistro, the Mexican taco bar that originated in downtown Denver before adding a second location in the heart of Cherry…
Fellow diners at this Ethiopian restaurant kept stopping by our table to ask what we’d ordered, and I can’t blame them, because everything that was heaped on our plate — the stews, the vegetables, the lentils, the kifto — was excellent. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone…
