Ever have a hankering for a dozen chocolate-iced Bismarks and an iced latte from Dunkin’ Donuts — and then realize that because you live in Denver, you can’t have them? Watching the occasional Dunkin’ Donuts advertisement on the telly just rubs sprinkles in the stummy wound. Right now, there are…
It was just two years ago that Steuben’s Food Service became the very first food truck to roll into Civic Center Park, a ground-breaking, if not turf-smashing, development that rated a cover story in Westword. Today, of course, mobile food vendors are all over the city — and Civic Center…
It was once perfectly acceptable to have a three-martini lunch in this country, but that practice has gone the way of fax machines and napping under your desk after a long, liquid lunch. Not every culture is so prudish, though: The Italians and French still like wine at their mid-day…
Everyone, insists Jensen Cummings, the exec chef of Row 14 Restaurant & Wine Bar, and one of the partners of a new fast-casual restaurant that will haul balls, owns a slotted spoon, knows someone who owns a slotted spoon, or, at the very least, has seen a slotted spoon in…
“Denver is an amazing coffee city,” says Chris Dohse, manager of Drip Denver, “and we’re excited to be part of its coffee culture.” Not long ago, the future of dining and retail at the beleaguered Beauvallon building looked bleak. But with Drip, which just opened its doors on Monday in…
After relocating to Cherry Creek North from Lakewood last year, Bisque has shuttered. The restaurant’s voicemail simply states: “We are now closed. Thank you for your support and we do apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.” Follow @CafeWestword on Twitter and at facebook.com/denvercafesociety…
Pete Marczyk (who’s interviewed in this week’s chef and tell) and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market’s choicest ingredients home with them…
I know, right? A smurf fart, otherwise known as blue vodka and Sprite in a shot glass. I’m seriously too old for this shit. And while my kid is too young to drink it, he’s also at that age where saying “smurf fart” five billion times can keep him and…
Pete Marczyk Marczyk Fine Foods 770 East 17th Avenue, 303-894-9499 5100 East Colfax Avenue, 303-243-3355 www.marczykfinefoods.com This is part one of my interview with Pete Marczyk. Part two of our chat will run tomorrow. Bread head, wine geek, cheese gigolo, butter junkie. Ask Pete Marczyk, the chef and co-owner of…
Celebrity chefs are winging into Colorado for this weekend’s Aspen Food & Wine festival, and one lands in Denver today: Amanda Cohen, chef-owner of Dirt Candy, a renowned vegetarian restaurant in New York, will be at Linger tonight as part of the Celebrity Chef Tour, a moveable feast that crosses…
Chipotle Mexican Grill got its start in Denver, and in October it will be bringing its hometown a major thank-you present: the free Cultivate Food, Ideas & Music Festival. The one-day festival, which Chipotle introduced last year in Chicago, drew 17,000 people to a city park for demonstrations by celebrity…
Justin “Crunchy” Gwin is best known as a loud-talking, dick joke-telling, action-packing chef at Occupy Denver’s free (and now former) kitchen, the Thunderdome. And while he might be the Thunderdome’s only chef to have avoided arrest, Gwin still managed to blend food politics with anarchist politics while he supported the…
Wazee Supper Club, 1600 15th Street, opened its doors today after closing in late April for a remodel. The renovated space now boasts air-conditioning, new furniture, an upstairs lounge and, most important, a fully redesigned kitchen — which Wazee chef Randy Balch couldn’t be happier about. Read why in his…
When the new Squeaky Bean finally opens next week in LoDo, much of what will appear on your plate will come directly from Squeaky Acre, a one-acre farm in Lakewood that’s growing the majority of vegetables that executive chef Max Mackissock, his kitchen crew and the rest of the Bean…
Our waitress — she was tiny — nearly fell over from the weight of the bibimbap at this funky Korean restaurant, where the gargantuan portions result in leftovers for days to come. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s…
Michael Zheng opened Okinawa in late 2010 at 2301 East Colfax Avenue, in a spot that had failed before as a sushi joint — but it’s done well enough that Zheng opened another outpost of Okinawa in a strip mall at 12652 West Ken Caryl Avenue, in a space that…
Whole Foods doesn’t just fill your shopping cart — and empty your wallet. Several of the stores, including the Whole Foods in Capitol Hill, now offer a one-stop shop for basic bike problems: a Dero Fixit bike stand. “There are fifteen to twenty bikes parked out in front of our…
Some new restaurants open with big publicity campaigns and wind up delivering little but disappointment. Not Torta Grill. Opened by Steve Clifton and his wife, Ardeni, in the former Pineapple Grill space at 1818 East Colfax Avenue on June 1, Torta Grill is tiny — but delivers big. And it’s…
Amanda Cohen, the chef-owner of Dirt Candy, a vegetarian restaurant in New York that’s generated national accolades, will be in Denver Wednesday night as part of the Celebrity Chef Tour, a moveable feast that traverses venues all over America to pay homage to the late James Beard, the “father of…
For more than forty years, the Mexican City Lounge has held down its particular patch of Larimer Street, serving up hot, hot green chile and great greasy steak tacos to generations of faithful fans. Back in the early ’70s, when the Garcia family opened this neighborhood joint, it was in…
Tacos y Salsas has been a hit since the original opened on Federal Boulevard six years ago — and since then, this homegrown chain has spread out across the metro area, with more than a half-dozen locations in the metro area now open. Not, however, the Aurora location at 2284…
I love these bright-hued Japanese ice cream orbs with their soft mochi exterior, and after a wonderful dinner of sushi, sashimi and udon noodles, it’s the perfect sugar finale. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Guess Where posts…
