During a quick stop to have a cocktail, I decided I was hungry and ordered the tagliatelle with roasted mushrooms and crème fraiche, which I’d eat every day, if only I didn’t have to drive to Boulder to get it. Can you guess where I’m drinking (and eating)? Special bonus:…
Groupon, the national deal-hawker that one woman claims nearly sunk her business, is unveiling a brand new publicity stunt called Grouspawn, which is sure to rile up Glenn Beck and his fellow Tea Partiers…
Kelly Liken, chef/owner of Restaurant Kelly Liken and one of the top-four contenders in this year’s Top Chef DC, likes shallots. “I put them in almost everything,” she says in this week’s Chef and Tell (read the complete Kelly Liken interview here). They definitely play a starring role in the…
While food trucks are still on a roll in Denver, several brick-and-mortar restaurants opened in September — with many more slated to open in October. But the Denver dining scene also lost some notable spots, too. Our restaurant roll call for September:…
On Sunday, you could be one of the first oenophiles to swirl and sip Balistreri Vineyards’ new wine releases at the winery’s eighth annual Balistreri Harvest Party, a tribute to the fruit of the vine that benefits CASA of Adams and Broomfield counties. Tickets are $55 in advance, and $60…
As if the lighters, air fresheners, swimsuits, earrings, handbags, hoodies — and hell, just look at all this stuff — weren’t enough, Ed Hardy is now emblazoning his logo on the cardboard pizza boxes of Tony’s Pizza Napoletana in San Francisco. Eater provides this photo, perfect for all you male…
I’m enjoying Just Desserts more than I enjoyed the regular Top Chef, though in many ways I’m more interested in savory food than dessert. Although the Dessert contestants are pretty high-octane, they’re also more emotionally honest, and there’s a lighter, more playful feel to the whole thing — perhaps because…
A month ago, we reported that Madison Street, the Larimer Associates restaurant at 1200 Madison, would open on September 29, barring any construction obstacles. Well, they’ve hit a few…
Finally heard from the Counter — not from an official for the California-based company, where I’d left my message early Tuesday morning, but from a PR representative who’d read my post on the quick closure of the Park Meadows store. “They’ve closed the location, and don’t have any plans to…
Every time I go to the restaurant where the above pic was flashed, I order one of the infused spirits. They change regularly, but lychee and ginger are favorite ingredients of the bartenders. Yum. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to…
In late August, we reported that Linda and Garen Austin had acquired the space at 1710 Sherman Street with the intention of converting it into Mona’s Cafe, a more casual rendition of the pair of Mona’s Restaurants, located at 2364 15th Street and 141 South Broadway. The new spot will…
Apparently, it’s not the triple-cream Brie, the foie gras or chicken liver pâté, or the supersize burger, milkshake and xx-large boat of fries that’s contributing to our nation’s obesity. Nope. According to new research, the muffin that droops over your waistline is caused by the “fat bug,” which, discovered scientists…
Making a date dish can be challenging — especially if you’re not in the bloomin’ mood. Serve one of these onion appetizers to your significant other, and we guarantee you won’t need that condom that’s been sitting in your wallet for the last three months. The top five onion appetizers…
There’s nothing better than a burger that’s been slapped with blue cheese and prosciutto, which is my go-to guilty pleasure at this beef depot that also turns out fantastic skin-on french fries. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s…
“I love this little truck, so much, in fact, that I could seriously put a little bed in there and sleep in it.” Kathleen Nevin, the baking mistress behind Big Fat Cupcake, 129 Adams Street, just bought herself an antiquated ice cream truck for $900 in Colorado Springs, and while…
This is part two of Juliet Wittman’s Q&A with Kelly Liken, chef/owner of Restaurant Kelly Liken. To read part one of that interview, click here. Kelly Liken Restaurant Kelly Liken 12 Vail Road, Vail 970-479-0175 Do you turn to food books or cookbooks? I read Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal, Vegetable, Miracle…
If you have a hankering for the food cooked up by chef/owner Jeff Osaka at the almost-two-year-old twelve, head there tonight — because tomorrow, the restaurant at 2233 Larimer Street will close for an eleven-day “break to rejuvenate.” Until twelve reopens, appropriately enough, on October 12, you can get a…
I wasn’t thrilled with the margaritas at this Mexican spot opened this spring by a couple of restaurant veterans, but the beers were icy cold. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts is entered…
“I’m really, really passionate about food, and we have so many food events in Denver that fly under the radar that I wanted to create a way to capture people who might want to be in the know about those events.” That’s the premise behind Food Events in Denver, a…
“I’m tired. I’m 85 years old. I want to get my head back and figure out what I want to do all day,” says Zona Moore, speaking from her screened-in office in the blue-and-orange building from which she’s sold tamales, pig’s ears sandwiches and soul food for the past forty…
Govinda’s Buffet, the restaurant in the Krishna center at 1400 Cherry Street, has reopened after a year-long hiatus, with a buffet that features “karma-free spiritual vegetarian food” cooked by a Brahmanical chef and blessed by Krishna. What that translates to: all-you-can-eat vegetarian fare that might expand your horizons, mind –…
Twelve years ago, bison ranchers in the West were feeling fenced in. While demand from restaurants and consumers for steaks, roasts and other prime cuts was just beginning to increase, nobody wanted the rest of the beast — the parts that get ground up and turned into hamburger. In fact,…
