Jesse Morreale’s plans to emphasize burgers and the Broncos at Rockbar, with longtime Borolo Grill chef Brian Laird in that huge hotel kitchen behind and below the dive bar, got a major grilling from readers. Wrote ByeByeBirdie: I met my wife at Rockbar. It was a blind date, so to…
Cebiche, the Peruvian restaurant that opened last Saturday at 7000 West 38th Avenue in Wheat Ridge, does not have the same ownership as the Peruvian restaurant also named Cebiche that reopened on West 32nd Avenue a few months ago. Sergio Iraola, the chef/owner of the West 38th Avenue Cebiche, once…
Late yesterday afternoon, the opening crew of Le Grand Bistro & Oyster Bar, Robert Thompson’s new French restaurant at 1512 Curtis Street, assembled in the kitchen to get a taste of executive chef Sergio Romero’s menu, which Thompson calls “everyday French comfort food.” Le Grand, he says, “is not trying…
A lot of you Cafe Society readers have declared mad love for the joint where the above snap was shot. I can only assume that you never order the Tampiqueña, the flesh of which was strikingly close to the color of an elephant, which is say, it was very, very…
Kevin Taylor Restaurant Kevin Taylor at the Hotel Teatro 1106 14th Street 303-820-2600 www.ktrg.net This is part two of my interview with Kevin Taylor, executive chef of Restaurant Kevin Taylor, Prima Ristorante, Limelight, Kevin Taylor’s at the Opera House, Palettes at the Denver Art Museum, and Rouge, in the Teller…
Steve Horner, the anti-ladies’ night crusader who gave Denver bars fits a few years ago when he complained about their deals for women, has moved on to Las Vegas, where he’s filed complaints against six casinos, arguing that their free pool party offers for women are discriminatory. A new law…
Instead of making food to pair with a specific beer, why not make a beer that pairs with a specific food? That was a question Peter Reinhart posed when he was filming Boulder’s Pizzeria Basta for Pizza Quest, his pizza blog. Patrick Rue, master brewer at The Bruery, happened to…
Cafe Society had people talking, and squawking, yesterday, about everything from Rockbar’s new plans to Sean Kenyon’s mezcal-tasting trip to the Pinyon’s commitment to local ingredients to how to get the best service at wine shops. But one comment in particular stood out, for both for its erudition and its…
Boulder seems close to saturated with Italian restaurants, but someone in the market thinks there’s room for another entrant: a new eatery called Tossa is currently being built in the Arapahoe Village Shopping Center. The 56-seat space has just had its building permits approved and has applied for a hotel-restaurant…
Leave it to the creative crew at Euclid Hall to come up with yet another way to stop traffic. The fanciful tavern, bastion of beer and food hall at 1317 Fourteenth Street has just erected a new sign, but lest you think it’s of the banal square, rectangular, octagonal or…
Kevin Taylor Restaurant Kevin Taylor at the Hotel Teatro 1106 14th Street 303-820-2600 www.ktrg.net This is part one of my interview with Kevin Taylor, executive chef of Restaurant Kevin Taylor, Prima Ristorante, Limelight, Kevin Taylor’s at the Opera House, Palettes at the Denver Art Museum, and Rouge, in the Teller…
By Monday, September 12, when the Denver Broncos host the loathsome Oakland Raiders at the former Invesco Field at Mile High, Rockbar, the deliberately divey dance club and watering hole (and Susan Sarandon’s favorite hangout during the 2008 Democratic National Convention) at 3015 East Colfax Avenue, will have completed a…
The USA Pro Cycling Challenge, formerly (and briefly) known as the Quiznos Pro Challenge, kicked off Monday in Colorado Springs and comes to Denver on the race’s final leg Sunday. The finish line will be on Broadway next to the State Capitol, but the last leg of the route will…
Steve Horner has moved his anti-ladies’ night crusade to Sin City (lots of luck there!) and Las Vegas resident Michael Marstellar, for one, doesn’t appreciate his manly efforts to shut down female-friendly pool parties. In response to yesterday’s update on Horner, he writes: Is there anyway to get in touch…
John Platt has owned and operated Q’s Restaurant in Boulder’s Hotel Boulderado for nearly two decades, which is about the same amount of time that Philip Shull’s BookEnd Cafe occupied a Pearl Street Mall slot just a few blocks away. After that coffeeshop shuttered a few months ago, the pair…
You’re at a restaurant. The menu is big and overwhelming, and all you want to know is, “What’s good?” Forkly, a free iPhone app that launched today, wants to answer that question — as well as the even more elusive “What will I like?” “Martin and I like to build…
Art Johnson still walks with a limp that he earned while playing football for the University of Colorado. He dresses in CU hats and shirts every day. Calling him a proud alum would be an understatement. So when Johnson decided to open his own restaurant in Boulder, a fast-casual spot,…
It’s harvest season, and what’s getting us going are the heaps of fresh produce available on tables all across the city. But sometimes you want a fresh salad, and you don’t want to have to leave the house for it. This is where Door to Door Organics is awesome: It…
While perusing the hospitality help-wanted adverts on Craigslist.com — a daily habit of mine — I came across the above listing announcing that a new French restaurant is opening in Cherry Creek. And while the ad doesn’t specify where that restaurant is planning to take up residence, wagging tongues who…
Last we heard, New Belgium Spoke — a cafe, newsstand and grab-and-go concession that would feature New Belgium beer on Concourse A — was slated to open early this fall, after delays pushed back the date from May. Early fall meant late summer: Laura Coale, spokeswoman for DIA, says the…
There are exactly ten seats in the tiny quarters of this Italian cafe that turns out pastries, breads, paninis and excellent caffeine-jolted cappuccino, the foam finished with fancy swirls. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I…
Yesterday Lori Midson started spilling some of the secret, off-the-menu items offered at local restaurants, starting with one at D Bar Desserts. But it was the photo accompanying the post that snagged the comment that warmed her heart. It’s no secret that Cafe Society photos have come in for criticism,…
