El Cuscatleco was always a bit odd. The Salvadoran joint, plunked down on a corner in a dilapidated small mall on South Federal, turned out some interesting dishes, but in the multiple years that it stood, the dining room always felt incomplete and sterile, and the staff — when you…
Are you hungry for street food? Are you hankering to know if, when or where your favorite food truck — or any food truck — is planning to pull up curbside in a neighborhood near you? There’s no need to try to track them all down individually. Just bookmark Westword’s…
Over the past ten years, Danny Cash has built a business on crafting custom hot sauces, wing sauces and rubs — and several Denver restaurants put his creations on the table as a proprietary blend. The private-label man also has a label of his own, though, and he recently opened…
A sign of the times that’s certainly more clever than “No shoes, no shirt, no service.” 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 select…
Does your server need your help? If your server is Kyle Garratt, who offered up “How to help your server and how not to help” in his latest In the Weeds, just refrain from tossing a dirty napkin at him. Readers are throwing plenty of other things. Notes Douglas Stiff:…
Since moving down to Denver from Boulder, I’ve developed a weekend ritual. After rolling out of bed, I walk up West 32nd Avenue to Zuni Street, passing patio-dwellers at the Gallop Café and brushing by brunchers waiting for a table at Duo, then cross the tree-lined street and walk into…
Sometimes I need something a little stronger than caffeine to jump-start my day. Fortunately, right across the street from the Wooden Spoon Bakery & Cafe is the Gallop Cafe, which serves a great Bloody Mary: a goblet full of peppery tomato juice and vodka garnished with a long toothpick loaded…
East Colfax is home to several Ethiopian restaurants, and another joint just opened near the corner of Colfax and Quebec: Peacock Restaurant and Bar, which, says owner Eden Habte, is unaffiliated with the other Ethiopian spots in the area. There, in a dark dining room painted gold and infused with…
Last Thursday, a staggering number of employees who work at TAG, Troy Guard’s restaurant on Larimer Square, walked off the floor (and line), or handed in their two-week notices after news broke that Guard and Leigh Sullivan, his wife (soon to be ex-wife) and business partner had split up. Sullivan,…
My recent review of Rackhouse Pub, the restaurant that fronts the Stranahan’s Distillery and pairs high-end pub food with bourbon and beer, inspired several readers to jump to the defense of Rackhouse, including this anonymous e-mailer: As you may have read, Miss Shunk is not respected by your Westword readers,…
I don’t cook with meat very often, due to laziness and a limited budget, but every so often, I simply can’t resist the basic human urge for pork. I can do without beef or chicken painlessly enough, but for some reason, the thought of pig evokes a deep, inexplicable desire…
Buffalo Doughboy Bakery, our pick for Best Bakery in the Best of Denver 2010, has been closed since June 30 while owner/pastry chef Clark Eaton recovers from surgery. The bustling, seven-year-old bakery should be back in business on July 14, and will attone for its brief absence by offering customers…
There’s nothing like blaring rock music to wake you up on on Monday morning — and that’s exactly what I got when I clicked on the website of Rock Wood-Fired Pizza & Spirits, a Pacific Northwest chain with a music-theme roster of wood-fired pizzas, most of them titled after classic…
Aside from the fact that the floor was so sticky that it stuck to my shoes like glue, this deli turns out a decent sandwich, and the fries, when hot, are good, too. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the…
Dancing Noodle Thai Cuisine, the family-run spot we named Best Thai Restaurant in 2010, is closed until Thursday, July 21, while the couple that owns it is on sabbatical in Thailand. And that’s ultimately good news: Once Dancing Noodle reopens, its commitment to authentic Thai fare should be reinvigorated with…
Cafe Society served up six Guess where? contests last week, ranging from an incredible bowl of berry/basil ice creams to a sign at the Welcome Inn to a good white clam pizza — in a town that’s definitely short of them. For correctly identifying that pie as coming from Ernie’s…
The fat’s in the fryer now! Our list of “Denver’s five best plates of fried chicken” has some readers squawking. No Steuben’s? No Welton Street Cafe? No Castle Cafe? And no Cora Faye’s Cafe? That omission inspired this from Sarcasumsus the Magnificent: Amazing that this list does not include Cora…
Welcome to In the Weeds. Kyle will be right with you — most likely to complain about something. Usually he is pleasant, but this is his place to blow off some steam. Don’t take it personally; he just needs to vent because he’s been doing this for about thirteen years…
Right, so we do have other big news to report today, namely the announcement of a superhero champion in our Justice League of Street Food contest, the winner (and a guest) of which gets to eat and drink for free at the Justice League soiree on Saturday night. There were…
Crema Coffee House, the eclectic cafe on Upper Larimer, is just putting the finishing touches on a new kitchen. After two-and-a-half years of providing much-needed caffeine along a somewhat desolate stretch of Larimer Street, owner Noah Price has decided to offer breakfast and lunch to his ever-growing crowd of regulars…
A scoop of basil ice cream and a second scoop of berry ice cream, paired with a split of prosecco, was the finale to dinner earlier this week. 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…
In the Best of Denver 2011, we named Common Grounds the Best Coffeehouse for Finding a Date, thanks to the constant crowd of young professionals who mingle there over cappuccinos. And because we’re big proponents of ditching online dating and blind set-ups every now and then in favor of meeting…
