Comfort Cafe, the non-profit, pay-what-you-please restaurant in Berkeley Park, is back in business, after a three-week hiatus to “rest and restructure a bit.” “Construction on Tennyson Street was a big part of the break,” explains business and building owner Jan Bezuidenhout, “There’s no parking. We’ve seen almost a 50 percent…
The 1876 Restaurant at the Grand Hyatt downtown is revamping its menu this month. The new lineup will feature local, sustainable and organic ingredients whenever possible, in dishes that cater to special dietary needs; vegan and gluten-free options will be available. The move to greener pastures is part of a…
The former Emporio do Brasil has big plans. It’s already changed its name to Little Brazil, and within the next few weeks will move from the small spot on Federal Boulevard where it’s been for five years to a much larger space near Colorado Boulevard and Leetsdale. The new Little…
I don’t cook with meat very often, due to laziness and a limited budget, but every so often, I simply can’t resist the basic human urge for pork. I can do without beef or chicken painlessly enough, but for some reason, the thought of pig evokes a deep, inexplicable desire…
Buffalo Doughboy Bakery, our pick for Best Bakery in the Best of Denver 2010, has been closed since June 30 while owner/pastry chef Clark Eaton recovers from surgery. The bustling, seven-year-old bakery should be back in business on July 14, and will attone for its brief absence by offering customers…
Dancing Noodle Thai Cuisine, the family-run spot we named Best Thai Restaurant in 2010, is closed until Thursday, July 21, while the couple that owns it is on sabbatical in Thailand. And that’s ultimately good news: Once Dancing Noodle reopens, its commitment to authentic Thai fare should be reinvigorated with…
Crema Coffee House, the eclectic cafe on Upper Larimer, is just putting the finishing touches on a new kitchen. After two-and-a-half years of providing much-needed caffeine along a somewhat desolate stretch of Larimer Street, owner Noah Price has decided to offer breakfast and lunch to his ever-growing crowd of regulars…
A friend called me a while back to let me know he was coming to Denver for an indefinite amount of time and needed a place to crash. That’s just the way the guy is: spontaneous, which is one of his many charming traits (his strong Southern drawl is another)…
When I was a kid, I hated mayonnaise — or at least thought that I did. It looked gross, and that was reason enough for me to avoid the stuff for nearly twenty years. But once I started falling in love with food — coincidentally around the same time I…
At the beginning of this year, my thirtieth coincidentally, I quit my longtime job in the craft beer industry to pursue a career in writing, despite strong disapproval from pretty much everyone I knew. Most of my friends thought I had the coolest job ever working for a microbrewery; an…
Denver Yard Harvest, a new urban farming initiative, is kicking off its cause at a fundraiser from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. tonight at Fuel Cafe. The non-profit group’s goal is to harvest surplus fruits and vegetables from residential properties throughout town and distribute them to daycare facilities, homes for the…
Chances is celebrating its first-year anniversary with a three-day bash that starts tonight and ends on Saturday. The festivities will include fifteen-plus DJs providing bass-thumping tunes well into the night, along with free food and drinks until they run out. “It’s been a great year, and getting better and better,”…
When I moved to Boulder almost six years ago, I was a virgin to the organic, local and crunchy West Coast vibe that wafts over the Rocky Mountains. Being from the much less breezy South, I grew up eating very well, but was not at all familiar with the pleasure…
Not all sports fans are dudes. Not all sports fans are bros. Some of us were offended by Kobe’s and Joakim Noah’s insensitive language this year and felt they deserved to be fined; some of us don’t dress and act like we did in college; some of us think Lebron’s…
An old friend was coming over for lunch the other day, and I wanted to make something special for him. He’s a family man who works his ass off to support them and, needless to say, doesn’t get to hang out with the fellas very often. I had some duck…
A good friend of mine frequents a certain awful fast-food chain as often as twice a week, and when I asked him why, he answered that it’s cheap and convenient, and that since he’s a student, “cheap” and “convenient” are requisites for a meal. I understood his motives, but I’ve…
My neighbor came over the other night to talk about what we’ve been reading lately. Over the past few months, we’ve started our own book club of sorts — and I knew that the discussion would go better over food. I was in the mood for something simple and, for…
American Craft Beer Week is in full force, and it seems all of Denver is flowing with beer — which makes sense, seeing that we’re right in the middle of the Napa Valley of it. With all the specialty tappings going on around town, it’s difficult to to taste everything,…
American Craft Beer Week kicked off Monday, offering a week-long toast to do those who brew and drink it. One of the best parts of this week is that breweries all over the state release small batch “one off” beers to commemorate the occasion and to show their skills (case…
I recently learned a valuable lesson in the kitchen after serving a horrible meal to some hungry friends: Be prepared…
Spinach is in season at Berry Patch Farms, a family-owned certified organic farm in Brighton, and Berry Patch spinach — deeply forest green in color and bitter and sweet in flavor — is some of the best around. While I was munching on some of that spinach the other day,…
I love asparagus. It’s probably my favorite vegetable, and the fact that I can’t get it fresh all year long makes it that much more alluring. So when I walked into In Season Local Market the other day and found the entire produce cooler packed full of the stalky vegetable…
