Before the barrage begins over the Food & Drink picks in the Best of Denver 2011 (and our apologies to anyone who’s been trying to post a comment after a Best of Denver pick — we’re working on a few glitches), we wanted to highlight one last comment from the…
When Amber Brummer was last in California, where she grew up, she bought a bunch of basil for 25 cents. That same amount would cost her about five dollars in Summit County, where she now lives. Brummer is part of the Leadership Class at Colorado Mountain College that’s conducting a…
When Cochon 555, the nationwide, heritage breed pig-off, trots into town on Sunday, April 3, it won’t be just five Colorado chefs battling it out for the “Prince or Princess of Porc” title. In addition to Jennifer Jasinski (Rioja, Euclid Hall and Bisto Vendome); Kelly Liken (Restaurant Kelly Liken); Lachlan…
A sizable sect of Boulder’s population — and dozens of Denverites — make the Boulder County Farmers’ Market a regular Saturday stop. Up and down a tree-lined section of Thirteenth Street, vendors sell everything from potted herbs and cheese to fresh eggs, mushrooms and salted caramel. Families stock up on…
It was just over a year ago when the former Café Cafe at 2339 West 44th Avenue in the Sunnyside neighborhood became La Crema Cafeteria, but when we drove by it this morning, the windows were covered with brown paper, and a sign read, “closed until mid-April for remodeling.” But…
Sitting down for an Ethiopian meal is a communal experience, and it’s no wonder why Arada, 750 Santa Fe Drive, is one of the most popular Ethiopian restaurants in the city. Even after peak hours on Saturday night, the exposed-brick dining room was three-quarters full of tables — mostly families…
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When San Francisco food blogger Sabrina Modelle heard about the earthquake and tsunami devastation in Japan, she reacted the same way that most of us did: staring, dumbfounded, at the horrific images on the television screen, or listening in disbelief to the coverage on the radio. And it was while…
Years ago, when I was the restaurant critic at 5280 magazine (then a startup without a big budget), I spent way more money eating out than I actually got paid, which always came as a major shock during tax time (and made me wonder why the hell I ever wanted…
Cafe Society had stooped to a new low with its list of the “Top five most ridiculous Denver Yep restaurant reviews,”Jennifer said. Obviously not, since we’re going even lower by highlighting this response by Jay to Jennifer’s comment: 50% of yelp reviews are: A. “The portions were small, I’d rather…
An uncontrollable craving for xiao long bao (aka Shanghai dumplings, aka soup dumplings, aka heaven) hit early this afternoon, and there was one obvious place to feed the beast: Lao Wang Noodle House, the Taiwanese joint that makes a kick-ass basket of the buns. But as we pulled off Federal…
It’s completely fitting that this restaurant, where the above snap was flashed, has deviled eggs on its menu. That’s it: That’s all you get. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts is entered into…
I was once a district spelling bee champion. I first competed in the district contest when I was in the fourth grade, and got stymied by the word “avocado.” In seventh grade, I was ousted by a classmate in our school’s run-off, so served as our team’s alternate in the…
Eater National recently created heat maps for several cities across the country that chronicle the hot new places in a city and plot them on a map with descriptions, for anyone wondering where to eat right now. And today, Denver gets its very own…
Mel and Janie Master, who owned the original Mel’s Bar and Grill in Cherry Creek, until it shuttered in 2007, were back in town yesterday to host a Mel’s reunion at the Egg Shell of Cherry Creek — the space at 235 Fillmore Street where Mel’s resided for more than…
During our weekend travels through Cherry Creek, we spotted the above sign adhered to the window of the former Aera Studios, directly above the still shuttered Q Worldly Barbecue at 2817 East Third Avenue. “Vinue Food and Wine Bar,” it reads, along with an announcement that it will open this…
In New York, people are yelping over Yelp’s Elite Squad, “the most passionate Yelpers that makes our community so funny, useful and cool.” And poorly behaved, according to recent reports on the bad behavior of Elite Squad members. Those reports inspired Jenn Wohletz to write about the “Top five most…
In my second helping of Spanky’s, a faux roadhouse near the University of Denver that serves up a convivial atmosphere and a weekly fish fry, I mentioned that the place also hosted Geeks Who Drink on Wednesday nights. That was wrong. The bar has long since abandoned the weekly trivia…
“Tonight’s the night, as Neil Young would say,” quips Joe Kaplan about tonight’s episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, in which Guy Fieri, the bleached-out blonde whose hair resembles the scrappy, canary-colored bird from Charlie Brown, brakes at the Bagel Deli, the decades-old shrine to Jewish comfort food that Kaplan…
Last September, Andrew Casalini shuttered his vibrant Park Hill restaurant, Satchel’s Market, to make way for a new concept called Satchel’s on 6th, which was originally slated to debut late last year in the Larimer Associates-owned building at 1710 East Sixth Avenue. And after months of delays, the place is…
Eating oysters on the half-shell in public is normally prim and proper, with the beautiful, icy tray placed in front of you with its tiny fork and diminutive ramekins of horseradish and wedges of lemon. You garnish the oysters, one by one, with nibs of hot sauce, and then sigh…
There are those of you who read this blog and undoubtedly assume that all I eat is pork, every which way, and tacos — usually with pork. And for the most part, you’re right, but there are occasions when I’ll forgo my obsessions to sink into a salad. Can you…
