Everyone has a recipe for chili. Lady Bird Johnson’s recipe called for two to six generous dashes of liquid hot sauce. Kenny Rogers uses tomato paste and finely chopped jalapeños. Bobby Flay adds dark beer and semi-sweet chocolate, habaneros and toasted cumin. Chili is a dish that can be thrown…
Once of Denver’s best dives, Len & Bill’s Lounge at 2301 South Broadway, suddenly went dark two weeks ago — after fifty years in business. Jerry Morris, who owns the Dirty Duck Bar (4780 East Evans Avenue), says he considered buying Len & Bill’s, but when he figured out how…
Nine companies have joined the proposed class action lawsuit against Yelp, the San Francisco-based Internet giant, attorneys in Miami and California announced this morning. The new plaintiffs are located everywhere from Tujunga, California, to Washington, D.C. They include businesses ranging from a sofa outlet to a bakery to the heart…
As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up, in no particular order, a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com…
I don’t like mushrooms, at least not button mushrooms, which taste like dirt, as do beets, which I happen to like a lot. In any case, see the heap of mushrooms in the above flash? Tossed with fresh lime juice, pops of jalapenos, scraps of red onion and cilantro, button…
Nelson Perkins Colt & Gray 1553 Platte Street 303-477-1447 Hours: 5-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 5-11 p.m. Friday-Saturday; 4-9 p.m. Sunday; brunch 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Nelson Perkins frowns, rolls his eyes and lets out a groan when I ask him about the “G” word. “I finally just got so tired of…
From their tiny converted house in Park Hill, Joe Johnson and Rick Bousman knew how to make the hungry happy: Fry up a big batch of chicken, toss in a heap of smoky collard greens, maybe a scoop of mac-and-cheese, some coleslaw, a generous slab or two of peach cobbler…
The Emerald Isle is no match for the globe-conquering Christopher Columbus and his ship of fools. For years, the two cultures have waged an epic battle for ethnic supremacy in this country. On the one plate, you have some boiled potatoes. On the other, a generous serving of seven-layer lasagna…
We’re just two weeks away from the Best of Denver 2010 and starting to tally the Readers’ Poll ballots, on which we asked your opinion on everything from the best blowout brunch to the best nachos to the best vegetarian dish in a non-vegetarian restaurant to the best new restaurant…
If you haven’t had your fill of Bobby Flay, the Food Network TV personality who recently agreed to throw down a whopping $800,000 to staffers who accused the Iron Chef of cheating them out of wages and tips while working in his Manhattan restaurants, then here’s your opportunity to actually…
“I kept seeing all those taquerias along Federal Boulevard and thought if they can do it, so can I,” says Joyce Schaefer, owner of Socorro’s, a new taqueria at 19 East Bayaud Street. Schaefer, who also runs Joyce’s Famous Pizza, 2035 South Broadway, hails from Socorro, New Mexico, and her…
As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up, in no particular order, a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com…
I love a great mid-rare, blood-dribbling burger just as much as the next carnivore, but I’m not opposed to stuffing a little falafel in my mouth either, especially when it’s vibrant with herbs and dolloped with a scoop of garlic-studded, lemon-smooched hummus. Guess where I renounced beef in favor of…
You won’t find Donna Simpson, world’s fattest woman, anywhere near this state. As David McSwane reported here yesterday, a recent Gallup poll crowned Colorado as the winner in the competition for slimmest U.S. metro cities, with its four largest metro areas taking a huge bite out of the top ten…
Sasquatch is a mythical creature who lurks in the shadows and is rarely seen by humans. All we get are a bunch of plaster casts and maybe some hair samples. Well, we now know how they breed, as the mother of all the creatures has been found: in the swamps…
I had lunch with my fiancee today, which is good and bad. Good because she for some reason is convinced she wants to marry me. Bad because she always wants to split things. She has this idea that eating an entire cheesesteak sando and french fries in the middle of…
When my husband and I tied the knot in August 2008, we knew we wanted a low-key ceremony and informal but still delicious food for the reception. We thought barbecue would be perfect. We found the former at the Jefferson County Courthouse and the latter — after tasting just about…
The organizers of hushDenver hit another grand slam on Saturday night at their third dinner party – this time with kitchen magic by current and former Root Down chefs Erin Boyle, Victor Mena, Brent Buxton, Samm Sherman and Samuel Martinez. I’m not a food critic – thank god, for the…
Jimano’s Pizzeria, a pie palace headquartered in Gurnee, Illinois, is blowing into Denver — and bringing Chicago-style deep dish pizza with it. When Jimano’s opens later this spring at 2950 South Broadway, it’ll be the fourteenth outpost for former finance manager-turned-pizza-baker Jimmy OBerto, who operates additional stores throughout Illinois, Wisconsin…
As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up, in no particular order, a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com…
Of the never-ending parade of dishes that recently took me on an incredibly amazing culinary joy ride, the deconstructed pasta dish in the above snap may have been my favorite. Where did I swoon for my supper?…
When Bump and Grind, the Uptown breakfast and lunch joint best known for its wickedly crass drag queens who made weekend brunch worth the early rise, shuttered at the end of 2009, you could hear the collective cries of anguish all over the city. There was nothing — absolutely nothing…
