Sitting at a corner table at McCormick’s Fish House & Bar last night, we were reminiscing about when the place opened in 1987, in the corner of the venerable Oxford Hotel, taking over a space that most recently had been a jazz club. This was before LoDo became an official…
T.G.I. Friday’s — which has five restaurants in the metro area and a frightening number around the country — is trying to update its image with craft beer and other specials. But is it too little, too late? Our “Top Five Reasons T.G.I. Friday’s isn’t cool anymore” is bringing out…
I’ve yet to find a cuisine I’d pass up in just about any context. But at the end of a long day, I often go looking for that holy grail of low-key dinners: hot pizza and cold beer. There are plenty of places in Denver that feature both good beer…
If you want pizza, your best bet is to head to Chicago or New York; for lobster, go to Boston (or better yet, Maine); Salmon or Pacific oysters swim best in Seattle; crab is best in San Francisco or Maryland; and a hankering for barbecue will take you to Kansas…
Park Hill residents are spreading the bad news: Perk Hill, a coffeeshop at 2202 Kearney Street that’s a neighborhood institution, has lost its lease and is closing for good today. The owners are looking for a new location; in the meantime, they’re reportedly offering free kid cones at 3 p.m…
During the one sun-smooched day we enjoyed last week — or was it two? — I spent the afternoon soaking up the rays while dissecting the Denver restaurant scene with a handful of television producers, all of whom, smartly, ordered calorie-shy dishes, while I dug into a decidedly calorie-high Philly…
T.G.I. Friday’s would be so much cooler if the chain would just embrace and enjoy the fact that it’s a punchline. Being a joke isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Charlie Sheen, Tom Tancredo and the entire cast of Jersey Shore get it and make it work for them, and are…
The fur’s flying on Old South Gaylord Street, where Brown Dog Pizza, an outfit out of Telluride, wants to open a 100-seat restaurant — with a liquor license and little parking. But then, many neighbors walk to this block, including Cafe Society editor Lori Midson, who’s signed a petition in…
Are you going to eat that?” I asked, eyeing the golden-brown crust my companion had abandoned after she’d eaten the rest of the slice, the part with all the toppings. She glanced at me. “Uh, no,” she said, then looked away, as though I was embarrassing her. I was too…
Just a few blocks away from Hops and Pie, another spot is taking a crack at elevating the classic pizza-and-brew pairing. Stingray Lounge, which opened two months ago in the former home of Gelman’s-cum-Boston-Fish-Shack, is the most recent effort from Leigh Jones and Margaret Moore, the duo behind Jonesy’s EatBar,…
The weather may still be slightly schizophrenic, but most of the restaurants along the 16th Street Mall have started hosting diners and drinkers on their patios. And tonight, the Southwest Porch at Skyline Park, which debuted last September at the base of the D & F Clock Tower, will join…
About a month ago, Yellow Deli started hawking Reuben sandwiches, veggie burgers and fresh-squeezed juice from its Boulder kitchen at 908 Pearl Street. But that’s not all the menu offers: It also serves the Fruit of the Spirit — a biblical term that encompasses the nine visible attributes of a…
I recently learned a valuable lesson in the kitchen after serving a horrible meal to some hungry friends: Be prepared…
Having trouble sleeping? Rather than popping an Ambien, why not have a melatonin-laced brownie?…
Here, at this temple of noodles, dumplings and potstickers, it was a who’s who of Denver chefs, servers and bartenders, all of whom packed the house on Sunday, along with just about everyone else in Denver undeterred by the thirty-minute wait for a table. Can you guess where I’m eating?…
It goes without saying that I spend most of my days and nights in restaurants — which has been the story of my life for the past fifteen years or so, ever since I began writing about food. But truth be told, cooking is my therapeutic outlet; the kitchen, my…
Cafe Society served up four Guess Where contests last week, including this still-unidentified dish of spinach (creamed or not) , a disappointing rainy-day Reuben at Ship Tavern, and this innovative check-holder (and a giveaway tab). For being the first to tag that tab to La Fogata, Wermer wins at EatDenver…
On Wednesday, regular readers of the Denver Post food section were startled to find a column devoted to blind items — and no answers. Was it a bid to get comments? If so, it failed there — but the comments have been flying here since Lori Midson posted Leigh Sullivan-Guard’s…
We interrupt your happy hour escapades to bring you news that we’ve chosen a winner in our Meet the Masters pizza dinner and demo contest, which grants one lucky Cafe Society reader two seats at the pizza blowout, taking place Monday night at Marco’s Coal-Fired Pizzeria at the Vallagio at…
We’ve seen booze-y caviar, alcoholic foam and whipped cream packed with liquor, but now there’s another weird way we can get our alcoholic intake: Gin paper. And yes, that means parchment you can actually scribble on — and then eat…
Amie Arias has been in the restaurant industry for years, but when she decided to start her own venture, she picked up an ’86 Chevy Hi Cube with one goal in mind: to roll out a mobile enterprise hawking vegan treats — and she’s doing exactly that, even naming her…
In Best of Denver 2011, we named Common Grounds the Best Coffeehouse for Finding a Date, thanks to its constant crowd of young professionals who mingle over cappuccinos. But because we’re big proponents of ditching online dating and blind set-ups every now and then in favor of meeting people the…
