The news that Boulder, the “foodiest town” in the country, will finally get a specialty cheese shop when Cured opens next month was greeted enthusiastically by most readers — and with some skepticism from Dave M: There was a great specialty cheese shop in Boulder a couple years ago. The…

The Vine Street Pub & (Brewery) does not take credit cards — a policy that’s led to a lively discussion following our update on construction at the pub that will finally let the place brew its own beer. As readers point out, Vine Street does have an ATM — which…

Cafe Society writers are hard at work on the Best of Denver 2011, which will include more than a hundred food and drink categories, many of which are included on the Best of Denver Readers’ Poll. Paper ballots are due at the office by Friday — but you can vote…

The Breckenridge and Wynkoop brewing companies have finally sealed the deal on their joint venture, which we first reported in December. Under the agreement, the two companies will keep their identities and their individuality, but they will share their brewing and restaurant resources. The Wynkoop’s restaurants include the flagship Wynkoop…

Readers are still pouring out stories about Denver Restaurant Week, as well as their opinions on wine-server etiquette and the ATM at the Vine Street Pub. But the biggest, fattest discussion yesterday focused on the dine-and-dashers captured on video at Virgilio’s Pizzeria & Wine Bar. RevBAFrederick weighed in with this:…

Don’t misunderstand: Lee Hayward enjoys a night out as much as the next guy — maybe more, since he and his wife, Kathy, wrote the book Drinking and Driving in Colorado, recently re-released as the more tastefully named Tapping Colorado Craft Beer: A Guide to Centennial State Brewpubs. But looking…

With just four more days to go before Denver Restaurant Week ends on March 11, many diners are still scrambling for reservations. But some are sitting back, unbuttoning their pants, and digesting everything that’s gone before. Hotdog, for example, is taking a much-deserved break. But first, he offered this comment…

Last week Cafe Society served up five Guess Where contests, featuring everything from a breakfast sandwich at the Wooden Spoon to the Best of Denver award-winning nachos at Racines to this serving of queso and chips. For correctly identifying it as coming from Patzcuaro’s, Tdjacks wins an EatDenver deck…

As Denver Restaurant Week entered its second week this past weekend (yes, the official “week” is two weeks long, with the promotion running through March 11 — and longer, at some spots), it sounds like some servers are getting tired….and tired of bad behavior. Downtown and Disgruntled, for example, who…

A lot of places do a smokin’ business during Denver Restaurant Week, but at Ototo Food and Wine Bar, the hot times started the day before DRW started, when the kitchen crew coming out of a duct. There was no fire, but the restaurant wound up closing for a week…

ChoLon Modern Asian Bistro is one of the more than 300 restaurants participating in Denver Restaurant Week. We’re collecting diners’ accounts of their DRW meals on this post; the best and/or worst stories will win EatDenver decks. In the meantime, ChoLon chef/owner Lon Symensma is dishing up stories of his…

Michael Olsen, who ran the original Hush on Larimer Street, wants to put a new Hush in the subterranean space at 250 Steele Street that Tambien surrendered in September. But Olsen isn’t going in alone: He has the support of the Little Pub Company, which owns nineteen joints in the…

After a glitchy start of the month, our comments function is working again — and readers are putting it to good use, commenting on everything from Denver Restaurant Week (best and/or worst stories will win an EatDenver deck) to cranky carnivores. And then there’s Kyle Garratt’s latest In the Weeds…