The first e-mail — from Melissa Cournoyer a.k.a. Daphne TartNSweet, First Mate of The Nautilus, Colorado Rogues — seemed innocent enough. “We will be hosting our annual chili cook-off on April 10, 2010 and are looking for judges,” it said. “We seek three to five hearty carnivorous souls unafraid of…
If I were placing bets, I’d wager that within five seconds of checking out the dry erase board in the above pic, the correct answer to today’s Guess Where I’m Drinking? game will be typed into the comment section below. Yes, it’s that obvious, but since it’s Monday, and we’re…
Best of Denver 2010 was released April 1, but Cafe Society continued to count down, in no particular order, our 100 favorite dishes, a project that ends today with our final dish, the feijoada from Emporio do Brasil…
This is Greekness in all its glory: spit-roasted lamb and crumbles of feta tucked into a warm pita picket, a Greek salad specked with oregano and sided with a small cup of Greek dressing and a little plastic container of tzatziki, tart, garlicky and delicious. Where did I get my…
The name on the storefront says it all — and then some: The Argentinean Restaurant Bar and Grill is coming to northwest Denver. And judging from the cleanup action yesterday, this joint could be just days away from opening. The building at 3555 West 38th Avenue is right around the…
Cafe Society served up four Guess Where I’m Eating/Drinking contests last week, featuring everything from Tony’s (the location at 950 Broadway is the only market in town where you can buy a glass of wine and drink it while shopping), to a still-unidentified plate of scampi to a beautiful tangle…
What you might have missed this week on Cafe Society while you were making wiener rounds in celebration of opening day at Coors Field:…
Stick-e-Star, the catering operation/Asian fusion/American restaurant — and former home of Star Market and Catering — at 2070 South University Boulevard, closed earlier this week, leaving University of Denver students yearning for chicken satay, Cubanos and Thai ribs. Owners (and DU alums) Mike Schettlerand and Ton Phairatphiboon are vacating the…
This is the only place in town that I know of where I can eat a meal, drink a bottle of wine and shop. Even better: I can grocery shop while I’m drinking a glass of wine or knocking back a bottle of beer. Can you guess where I’m shopping,…
Nothing goes with Opening Day like hot dogs. Why would you even try? And while the grilled dogs and brats – with everything, please – you can get at Coors Field are truly delicious, even if the buns never seem to hold up, Denver is rich with other options. The…
Best of Denver 2010 was released April 1, but Cafe Society is still counting down, in no particular order, our 100 favorite dishes. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com…
The apple pie from Bang! (3472 W. 32nd Avenue), which won first place in a recent pie competition at Steve’s Snappin’ Dogs, is a thing of beauty, with its thin slices of apple stacked between two golden crusts and accompanied by a single scoop of vanilla ice cream…
Jennifer Jasinksi, executive chef of Rioja and Bistro Vendome, and the subject of this week’s Chef and Tell interview, recently wrote The Perfect Bite , a soon-to-be released cookbook chock-a-block with recipes from Rioja, including one of our favorites, the black truffle crème fraîche potato salad. “We have served this…
A restaurant supplier in Aachen, Germany, has driven a steak through the hearts of carnivores everywhere. When the owner of a steakhouse there didn’t have enough euros to cover his outstanding balance, the supplier sensibly decided to confiscate the meat he’d already supplied that day. He started with the steaks…
Now through April 30, Arc thrift stores will be collecting non-perishable foods for their tenth annual Feed Colorado food drive. Arc, in partnership with Volunteers of America, distributed 112 tons of non-perishable food to local food banks last year, and this year they are hoping to get even more. “We…
Nearly everything the kitchen trots out from this neighborhood slurp house is excellent. The beer and wine lists are formidable, too, but at the moment, we’re most besotted with the artfully composed and intelligently-crafted cocktails. Can you guess where I’m drinking?…
Best of Denver 2010 was released April 1, but Cafe Society is still counting down, in no particular order, our 100 favorite dishes. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com…
The pile of greens in the above photo might not be the first dish you’d think about eating at this neighborhood joint, but the salad, a tangle of arugula, hits of goat cheese, and a sprinkling of apricots and almonds, does the place proud. Where did I restrain myself at…
This is part two of Lori Midson’s interview with Jennifer Jasinksi; to read part one of that interview, click here. Best food city in America: San Francisco Bay. I love the growing capabilities of the area and how you’re so closely tied to the land. Restaurants there have the opportunity…
You know that spring has sprung when the crest of Vail Mountain morphs from a skier’s powdered paradise into an al fresco grazing ground for foodniks and oenophiles, a transformation that takes place every year during the Taste of Vail, a three-day gastronomic romp that begins today…
It started off so innocently: Elizabeth Thomas, pastry chef forWaterCourse Foods and City O’ City, was visiting her sister, who works at Marczyk Fine Foods, and got a taste of the pie that John “Haji” Hinman had been making for the market. “She said it was lame,” Hinman remembers, “and…
Every year, the weather provides some kind of drama on the first day of the Boulder Farmers’ Market: a rainy deluge that pounds on awnings, trickles down shivering necks and sends customers scuttling back to their cars, or snow and sleet that keep buyers and most vendors home, with the…
