Farm-to-fork, farm-to-table, pasture-to-plate: Whether industry buzz phrases or genuine attempts to improve the quality of meals for restaurant diners, the trend has blossomed into a nationwide obsession for restaurateurs and dedicated gourmands alike. The sincerity of a kitchen’s efforts is generally apparent with the first forkful: Is the salad topped…
Hundreds of whiskey and chicken-wing aficionados swarmed the quarters at Ace Eat Serve on Sunday afternoon to partake in the restaurant’s first Wings and Whiskey jubilee. A coop of chefs, including Tyler Wiard (Elway’s Cherry Creek), Troy Guard (TAG), Jamey Fader (culinary director of Big Red F/Post Brewing/Good Bird Chicken),…
Steve’s Snappin’ Dogs slings hot dogs and deep-fried things, like panko-breaded onion rings and skin-on fries. The kitchen also cooks up chili con carne and green chile from scratch to top its various creations. So it makes perfect sense that hot dogs would end up in the deep fryer at…
Beryl’s Beer Company opened for business on Saturday. The new brewery, located in Denver’s craft-centric River North neighborhood, specializes in barrel-aged beers. Its first, Antero Ale, is an ESB aged in brandy barrels and was named for the 14er where the mineral beryl is found. Westword photographer Brandon Marshall was…
The recent appearance of Kolache Cabin won applause from Texans, who’d missed their state’s version of this Eastern European treat. That got us thinking about other foods that Texans might be craving here in Colorado, and while a few readers added helpful suggestions to the list that one-time Texas resident…
This week in Cafe Society, Gretchen Kurtz visited El Chingon, where the relleno fell on the soft side, but almost everything else rose to the side of delicious. In Chef and Tell, Jordan Wallace of Pizzeria Locale dishes on a particularly bad calzone, studying cooking in Italy and more. Also…
The little brick storefront tucked under a looming tan awning at Iliff and Havana isn’t exactly an eye catcher. Perhaps that’s why restaurants — including Sumo Sushi and Seoul Dook Baegi — haven’t had much success gaining a foothold. Newcomer (at least to Denver) Tofu House is the latest to…
Lakewood just got its second Stack Subs location, this one in Belmar. Built on white or wheat baguettes, with a preztel roll and gluten-free bread from Udi’s as additional options, the sandwiches are the main draw at Stack, but both shops also offer salads, soups and milkshakes. See also: Breakfast…
Number 99: Gurage kitfo at Megenagna Ethiopian Restaurant 307 Ironton Street, Aurora 720-532-0266 Kitfo — finely minced beef seasoned with the Ethiopan herbed clarified butter called niter kibbeh and the tongue-searing spice blend called mitmita — originated in the foodways of the Gurage people of southern Ethiopia. The deceptively simple…
A few weeks ago, when a rash of readers were claiming that the best meals were made in their own kitchens, we asked what you wanted to read about on Cafe Society. Home cooks? Professional cooks? Good restaurants? Bad restaurants? National trends? Local trends? See also: Reader: I love all…
The British Bulldog may be the most American bar in Denver during the FIFA World Cup. Go to one its parties during a USA match through July, and prepare to be serenaded by multiple Bruce Springsteen songs, stand shoulder-to-shoulder in the sun and get an occasional drop of beer spilled…
Even with experienced teams, it takes a while for a new restaurant to settle in. But right around the time chefs usually begin to catch their breath, the family behind El Chingon realized that they’d need to do it all over again — soon. “Within the first three or four…
July marks the thirtieth anniversary of the release of Legend: The Best of Bob Marley and the Wailers, the compilation released after Marley’s death that brought reggae to the forefront of rock-music popularity (read all about it in our current Bob Marley Backbeat feature). Marley fathered nearly as many children…
Jordan Wallace Pizzeria Locale 550 Broadway 720-508-8828 pizzerialocale.com This is part two of my interview with Jordan Wallace, chef of Pizzeria Locale; part one of our chat ran yesterday. Most memorable meal you’ve ever had: A dinner at Quince in San Francisco before the restaurant relocated to its current home…
The restaurant and bar landscape in Edgewater keeps evolving and improving. With craft breweries, Thai joints and neighborhood bars filling in the gaps around longtime favorites like the venerable Edgewater Inn, it’s no surprise that the quality and quantity of options vying for space along Sloan’s Lake is rising as…
A traditional chile relleno is soft, but some people like a crispy variation. And then there’s a version unique to Denver: the relleno in an eggroll wrapper. “I’ve had chiles rellenos stuffed with cream cheese in Arizona copper country, with ground meat in Oaxacan dives, with quinoa in hippie places,”…
David Lopez, who shares executive-chef duties with his grandmother, Gloria Nunez, at El Chingon restaurant in the Berkeley neighborhood, says that his family’s goal for the eatery, which moved from Arvada last year, is “to keep it a bistro, a little more high-end.” As a result, diners will find items…
From chef Marcus Samuelsson’s impressive finish in a 5K charity race to Jose Andres stuttering in the microphone when a reporter asked about his first “foodgasm,” this past weekend’s Food & Wine Classic in Aspen was a bonanza of celebrity chefs, grape masters, spirit kingpins and beer authorities, boozy hazes,…
UPDATE: We have a winner of our Top Taco contest, in which we asked Cafe Society readers to answer this question: How many Stella’s pork carnitas tacos did Comida Cantina at the Source sell during the month of May? Congratulations to lydianew204, who came the closest with a guess of…
No. 100 Chile Relleno at La Fiesta 2340 Champa Street 303-292-2800 The traditional chile relleno is soft — like the relleno served at El Chingon, which Gretchen Kurtz reviews this week; Gloria Nunez, who shares the kitchen there with her grandson, grew up in Mexico City. But crispy rellenos also…
Jordan Wallace Pizzeria Locale 550 Broadway 720-508-8828 pizzerialocale.com This is part one of my interview with Jordan Wallace, chef of Pizzeria Locale; part two of our chat will run tomorrow. There are two breeds of chef: those who know from day one that cooking is in the cards, and those…
When Jeanna Hoch posted photos showing her breastfeeding her baby, it created a controversy on Facebook — and what started as a discussion of web protocol soon spilled over into such issues as sexism and voyeurism — and even food. See also: Jeanna Hoch makes statement about sexism and more…
