What’s a professional eater to do? After a year on the job, Cafe critic Laura Shunk found that she’d gained twenty pounds, and “I now had more rolls on my body than a pastry truck, more cottage cheese on my thighs than a breakfast buffet, more jelly in my belly…
It’s been a while coming, since at least June, but Little H Burger Co should open its doors on Thursday. The first offshoot of the popular H Burger, at 1555 Blake Street, Little H is in the former Smiling Moose at 727 Colorado Boulevard. And about the only hallmark of…
There are numerous reasons why restaurants close to remodel, but it’s not often that it’s because a car comes careening through your kitchen, but that’s exactly what happened on June 21 at T-WA Inn, the stalwart Vietnamese restaurant on Denver’s Silk Road…
I’ve always loved mole for its spicy, chocolatey uniqueness. In fact, if I were forced to pick a favorite sauce, it might very well be mole (though Hollandaise holds a special place in my heart). Making it has always seemed like a daunting task, but the more I cook, the…
If you don’t like hot dogs, then we feel sorry for you. Yes, they are disgusting creations made from pieces of animal ground up, seasoned and disguised to look like “normal” meat — but if you opt for a veggie (or vegan) dog, then you get all the taste without…
Dave Query, the founder of Big Red F, the Boulder-based restaurant group that encompasses the West End Tavern, Zolo Southwestern Grill, Centro Latin Kitchen & Refreshment Palace, a trio of Jax Fish Houses, the Bitter Bar and Lola, is one of the most successful restaurateurs in Colorado. A successful restaurateur…
Finding this off-the-eaten path joint that does a brisk breakfast business isn’t easy, its facade far removed from the street, but here’s a hint: The name includes two initials. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I…
Cafe Society carefully tracks openings and closings on the local dining scene, and late last week we got some back news about Micky Manor closing…or was that bad news? As Jeff notes: The last place in town still doling out Rockybilt burgers. Kind of sad I guess, though there are…
My first taste of offal was awful. I was sitting in a tiny restaurant next door to my friend’s Buenos Aires apartment, choking on smoke of both the grill and Marlboro Red varieties and drinking Quilmes, the crappy Argentine beer of choice, when a sizzling platter of meats — a…
The Argentines may be known for their meat, but when the first waves of reverse culture shock hit after I returned to Denver from Buenos Aires, I didn’t track down an asado — which is what the natives call a big barbecue gathering. Instead, I went looking for other dishes…
A couple of months ago, we noticed that Mariscos Las Islitas, the little Mexican seafood joint that occupied an address on Evans near Federal, had closed its doors. It didn’t take long for it to resurface: The restaurant merely closed down its original location to relocate from one strip mall…
No. 53: Pork shop from Le Grand Bistro & Oyster Bar…
When Dan Landes and his family converted their Lakewood backyard into a small farm four years ago, they started planting vegetables to use at WaterCourse Foods and City O’ City, the two vegetarian eateries Landes owns in Denver. The decision to do so, he says, was at least a bit…
Mark Monette, executive chef/co-owner of the Flagstaff House, stands in his kitchen, beaming like a kid who just got his first video game. “These are all guys I know — guys who I respect, guys who have helped me along the way and guys who have stood beside me,” says…
I’ll be the first to admit that I was loathe to try the tacos from this (somewhat) dignified taco shop that I’ve walked by numerous times on my way to somewhere else. Turns out, these are damn good tacos, even if the kitchen finds it necessary to use wisps of…
No one’s saying you have to go meatless just because it’s Monday — but as an incentive to join the growing Meatless Monday movement, we’re featuring an animal-free recipe each week. Using the words “vegan” and “dessert” in the same sentence inevitably makes some people shudder. These cookies should cure…
For almost eighty years, the Micky Manor — and that’s Micky, without an “e” — has been a landmark on Federal Boulevard, its trademark-respecting neon Mickey and Minnie signs a constant. But now the mouse has left the house…
Cafe Society served up five Guess where contests last week, featuring everything from a still-unidentified tofu dish to a worthy shepherd’s pie at Royal Hilltop to a foie gras pizza. For correctly identifying that pie as coming from Rackhouse Pub, Mama Monroe wins an EatDenver deck…
Denver has no shortage of coffee shops, but Emily’s Coffee is something special. A project of the Emily Griffith Technical College (formerly known as the Emily Griffith Opportunity School) that’s located at the adult-education facility at 1261 Glenarm Street, the new spot is now serving coffee and espresso drinks made…
“Today is a special day,” says Sergio Negrin, his voice booming. The former corporate America businessman, who just opened Frijoles Colorado Cuban Cafe in a Lakewood strip mall, repeats the same sentiment to just about everyone who walks through the door of his new Cuban restaurant — a labor of…
Toshi and Yasu Kizaki have built a Japanese empire on South Pearl Street, expanding the success of Sushi Den into Izakaya Den and, last year, Ototo Food and Wine Bar. Because of the nature of sushi, they import a lot of their fish from Japan. But because they wanted to…
Emily’s Coffee, which just opened at 1261 Glenarm Street, is pouring coffee and espresso drinks made with beans from local roaster Kaladi Brothers and a case of freshly baked pastries. And that’s not all: It’s also providing a training environment for hundreds of refugees who have found themselves in Denver…
