I went to Swimclub32 more times than I liked to admit, since the dark den in the heart of Highland was haunted by a crowd more common to the depths of LoDo. My friends and I were fascinated by the hordes of men bathed in Acqua di Gio, the women…
Once he decided he truly wanted to be part of the neighborhood, Grant Gingerich abandoned his addled Swimclub32 concept and instead returned to the area’s roots with a Mexican restaurant — albeit one in a tricked-out, contemporary form. It was a smart move, since this slice of northwest Denver has…
I have never been to a Jack in the Box, but as I was making the descent into Denver this weekend after a jaunt to Vail, I saw one just off Sixth Avenue and Colfax — and I got a sudden urge to go there. But then I got permanently…
Colorado has a reputation as one of the healthiest places in the country — and in many regards, it is. But while this state’s residents may be more successful than most at resisting over-consumption, that doesn’t mean Coloradans are without food issues. According to a 2007 Boulder County youth-risk behavior…
There are plenty of $10 meal-deals in Denver, as evidenced by our recent roster detailing five of the city’s best dinners for a tenner or less, but a lot of those joints are cheap to begin with, and unless you eat like us — pigs — you’d be hard-pressed to…
The new South Philly Cheese Steaks location is open at 2070 South University Boulevard. Students and passerby alike can take advantage of the joint’s daily happy hour from 3 to 7 p.m. with dollar beers, thirty-five cent wings and cheese steaks on straight-from-Philly Amoroso rolls…
Never mind that the mountaintop picnic at this year’s Taste of Vail was nearly blown into oblivion by 50 mph wind gusts that knocked over tents, and, in some cases, a few snow bunnies who were tipsy to start with, thanks to the high volume of alcohol that was being…
In Best of Denver 2011, we served up many places to drink, including Best New Bar, Best Dive Bar and Best Tap House. But what if you’re looking for a drink and a smoke? Frank asks: Your last edition featuring “Best of” failed to mention best Cigar Bars. I would…
After pigging out on a lot of pork this past weekend at the Taste of Vail, I continued the streak when I get back to Denver, stopping at one of my favorite delis for an Italian sausage and roasted red pepper cannoli. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus:…
Here’s something we haven’t seen before:Former employees of restaurateur Antonio Race are opening a wine shop called Vino & Vino — and it’s attached to Pulcinella Pizzeria and Wine Bar (read my recent Pulcinella review here) /a>, by punching through a wall, allowing direct interaction between the shoppers and diners…
Last Friday, Denver District Court Judge Edward Bronfin stuck former Chopsticks & Sushi owner Yan De Yang with a six-year prison sentence for the shooting death of Lloyd Running Bear, who’d come to the restaurant to collect a football gambling bet from Yang — who shot him five times. Convicted…
Westword staff writer Joel Warner recently had a big night out with his wife and three-year-old son — not at Chipotle, their regular family haunt, but at Frasca Food and Wine, which just won Best Front of the House in the Best of Denver 2011 (as it has several years…
Last week Cafe Society served up six Guess Where contests, featuring everything from the skull art at the revived El Charrito to the lamb tongue soup at House of Kabob to this colorful serving of chips and guac. For correctly identifying them as coming from Table Mountain Inn, the appropriately…
The Masters Tournament starts this weekend, which is always a great excuse to invite the guys over for some grub and stogies, and trade stories about that pay-for-play night during that last golf outing in Vegas. If you’re lucky, your indentured servant, err, wife will make you a smorgasbord of…
Frasca Food and Wine scored “Best Front of the House” in this year’s Best of Denver, and with good reason. The employees are like epicurean Navy SEALs, making sure every guest’s needs are met instantly and unobtrusively. But what if that guest is just recently out of diapers? Does Frasca’s…
In this week’s Chef and Tell interview with Pizza Republica’s Eric Chiappetta, the kitchen wizard offered insight about what it was like to work with Sean Kelly, his chance meeting with Julia Child and why he believes the cook at Griff’s Hamburgers is a culinary god. He also talked about…
While the rest of you are down in Denver doing whatever it is that you do on a Friday, I’m currently living the high life in Vail, wining and dining at some of my favorite restaurants, including this one, where the above photo — sweetbreads — was snapped during one…
As long as there are pigs and people alive on the earth, bacon will never be over. Food trends have come, gone, lingered past their usefulness and then been recycled every week on the Food Network, but bacon remains an emotive staple, and a timeless culinary reality. Bacon has been…
Bacon can be used as a weapon. I visited the Denny’s at 900 West Alameda Avenue last evening, and was promptly greeted, not by a hostess or server (c’mon, that would be expecting way too much), but by a gigantic sign perched by the ubiquitous claw machine full of poorly-sewn…
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…
After all of the drinking we did in order to pick our booze-related awards in the Best of Denver 2011 — like Best Martini, Best House Margarita, Best Dive Bar and Best New Bar — (coupled with, uh, our normal food and booze pairing habits), we began to think of…
Want to be the star of your very own reality show? If you have an ailing pizzeria, you could soon be a big cheese. Cafe Society just received news of a casting call from Chad Patterson of Beyond Around the Block Productions in Los Angeles (you can look him up…
