Aside from the vegetarian burgers from Root Down, which, ironically, were the first to sell out, last night’s porny Denver Burger Battle was a carnivorous animal-style nirvana of bloody meat candy, bacon and foie gras. The sold-out soiree pitted twelve restaurants, all of which hustle burgers in one guise or…
Snarf’s, the chain of sandwich shops that got its start in Boulder and is now taking a bite out of Denver, closed its location at 1310 College Avenue in Boulder last month. According to employees at the original location on Pearl Street, this Boulder outpost couldn’t draw enough customers to…
Pho Pasta, a weirdly named restaurant (with an equally odd menu that hustled both pho and fettuccine Alfredo) that opened in March at 295 South Pennsylvania Street, shuttered a few weeks ago, but the space won’t be vacant for long: Dane Huguley, a local real-estate developer with a passion for…
Brett Smith Zolo Grill 2525 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder 303-449-0444 www.zologrill.com This is part two of my interview with Brett Smith, the executive chef at Zolo Grill. Part one of my chat with Smith ran in this space yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: My all-time favorite is a classic red-sauce Italian…
First Applebee’s revved up a food truck (aren’t there enough brick-and-mortar locations if someone is craving a sizzler platter?). But that corporate move is a lot less bizarre than this one: The Gap is getting in on the action with a food truck called Pico de Gap. At least Applebee’s…
We never sausage a thing! On Tuesday, em>Ludo Bites America took on Colorado, , with a segment featuring Biker Jim’s — and fans of Jim Pittenger and his dogs are ready to take a bite out of host Ludo Lefebvre. Here’s Jake’s take: It was cool to see Biker Jim…
Last night, at Euclid Hall’s first anniversary party, executive chef Jorel Pierce wagged a fierce mustache, strutted around in a black tuxedo T-shirt, deftly broke down and butchered a beautiful 230-pound hog from Tender Belly Farm, squeezed out sausages, pulled out the dance moves, came through on his promise to…
When I reviewed Mt. Everest Restaurant & Bar this spring, I was especially enamored of the lunch buffet. Far from the boring, all-you-can-eat-of-this-mediocre food orgies that mark most buffets in this town, Mt. Everest’s buffet featured some of the kitchen’s strangest, and most enjoyable, Nepalese and northern Indian offerings. But…
No, this fresh mozzarella is not from Virgilio’s, although it certainly looks as though it could be. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts is entered into a pool — and every Monday, we…
Brett Smith Zolo Grill 2525 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder 303-449-0444 www.zologrill.com This is part one of my interview with Brett Smith, the executive chef at Zolo Grill. Part two of my chat with Smith will run in this space tomorrow. “I know it’s probably overkill, but we just butchered a pig,…
The Justice League of Street Food will throw another bash on Saturday, August 13, in the Rino/Taxi district, and while a few mobile food vendors have put their projects in park, Josh Wolkon, whose Steuben’s Food Service Truck was the first venture to get rolling in town, doesn’t see the…
A few weeks ago we posted a contest, in which we asked Cafe Society readers how many Cricket burgers the Cherry Cricket, a participant in the Denver Burger Battle, which takes place tomorrow night at Union Station, serves in a week. The correct number is 6,800, and the person who…
Residents of the Ballpark neighborhood finally have a place to go on a grocery run. Dean’s Urban Market, a grocery store in the heart of the Ballpark neighborhood, opened last week, and it’s certainly a welcome addition to the hood. Owner James Dean owns another location in Fairplay, and says…
Mike and Matt Casarez have been running a restaurant in the historic Crook’s Palace since 2008, where they’ve attracted a following with their house-cured bacon, house-baked bread and house-churned ice cream. Over 1,000 flavors of ice cream, in fact, which just landed them in the Guinness Book of World Records…
Quick, what are the hottest restaurants that have opened in Denver since the last time Eater did a heat map of our fair city, chronicling where to eat right this very second?…
Downtown Denver has its share of cute, modern eateries dishing up sandwiches and salads, but the Corner Office still stands out in the crowd. Its so-hip-it-hurts yet still playful decor provides the perfect backdrop for beautiful people sipping martinis and nibbling on the food offerings. Except if you’re eating the…
Thai Wraps @ Tuk Tuk, one of four family-owned operations in metro Denver, has been sold and will change its name to Thai Mango Noodle Bar. The new owner is still a family member, however, and will keep a good part of the fast-casual menu, which focuses on fresh, American-style…
Four months ago, in April, French-born, Los Angeles-based chef Ludo Lefebvre took a road trip to eastern Colorado, where he shot, skinned and butchered a bison. To show his respect for the beast, he then dropped to his knees and took a bite of its heart, still warm and oozing…
MSNBC’s Douglas A. McIntyre recently wrote that the double-dip recession has arrived, a pronouncement that has its share of skeptics (and others who wonder if we ever recovered from the first recession), but double-dip recession or not, there’s nothing wrong with pinching pennies, which is what I did yesterday, ordering…
After ten years as executive chef at the McCormick & Schmick’s in the Denver Tech Center, Jeff Mahony left his post in May and flew over to The Perfect Landing, the destination restaurant located on the second floor of the Denver Jet Center at Centennial Airport. The move was prompted…
Andy Martinez, the exec chef of Citron New World Bistro, isn’t a fan of the Bitchin’ Kitchen. In fact, for his recent Chef and Tell interview, he offered this in answer to the question of which celebrity chef should shut up: The chick on the Cooking Channel’s Bitchin’ Kitchen. She…
The steakhouse’s business card proclaims that Westerkamps is closed Sundays to honor God. It was also closed on a recent Saturday so that the entire staff could head up to Loveland for Heavenfest, a massive gathering featuring workshops, speakers and a lot of God rock. I know this because I…
