You can tell summer is approaching not just because the air is warmer, but menus around town are heating up, introducing lighter dishes that feature seasonal produce. Some of those board changes look particularly delicious. Here are five that caught our eye:…
After I ate at Silla for this week’s review — and before I discovered the bibim naeng myun at Sae Jong Kwan — I decided to try Grandma’s Korean BBQ, a popular spot that had relocated from Sixth Avenue to 11650 Montview Boulevard in Aurora after Song Park, the woman…
Inspired by how the nearby Atomic Cowboy added Fat Sully’s and Denver Biscuit Company to its amenities, David Senger decided to put an authentic taco shop inside his bar, 3014. And Odelay Tacos will make its debut at 4 p.m. today, just in time for Cinco de Mayo. The menu…
Because, you know, we don’t already have enough eatertainment in Denver this weekend to satiate our hunger pains, what with The Great Food Truck Race motoring into the Mile High metropolis and gazillions of Cinco de Mayo celebrations, now comes word that past contestants from Bravo’s Top Chef are making…
Just in time for Cinco de Mayo, the family-owned, homegrown Tacos y Salsas chain has opened its most colorful location — in downtown Denver, in the former home of Cilantro Fusion at 1531 Stout Street. This Tacos y Salsas offers the same wide array of tacos, as well as a…
“We’ve only got four orders left, so if you want one, get it now,” said the chef of this neighborhood gathering place that clearly knows when a chicken flies right. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am…
Just a quick update to this weekend’s The Great Food Truck Race celebrations in Denver, which we’ve been covering extensively on the Cafe Society blog: Cafe con Leche, the Cuban food truck from Van Nuys, California, will be camped outside Great Divide Brewery, 2201 Arapahoe, on Sunday, from 3 to…
A sign on the Garden Spot Cafe at 3163 Larimer Street indicates that the restaurant has shut its doors and will be put up for auction on May 18 at 10 a.m. The City and County of Denver seized the place due to unpaid taxes. The building itself will not…
Jackie Cuyler, who’s been a server at Jax Fish House in Boulder for nine years, was at a park with her kids a few years ago when an ice cream truck stopped by. “It was all junk,” she remembers. Soon after, when she was in Brooklyn, she noticed an ice…
The big story on the streets of Denver is this weekend’s The Great Food Truck Race, the Food Network hit of the season, hosted by Tyler Florence, that struts the street-food prowess of numerous gourmet food trucks, all of which are making their way across the American landscape, stopping in…
The news that Corona Light qualifies as heavy-enough to be sold in Colorado bars and restaurants — just in time for Cinco de Mayo! — inspired this from mtnrunner2: Bless you, o omnipotent state government, for permitting us do something we should have been able to do all along without…
Although Cinco de Mayo celebrations started last weekend, the party begins in earnest today. Among the festivities on tap for tonight: Vine Street Pub had to reschedule its Smokin’ Hot Anniversary Party because of bad weather, and it will kick off today — rain or shine — at 4:20 p.m…
Bombay Bowl, a fast-casual curry joint that got its start in Centennial in 2009, just opened a second store this week in the mini-mall at 575 Lincoln Street that already houses Jamba Juice, Sonoda’s, Il Vicino, Chipotle and Noodles & Company. “We wanted to try our concept in a more…
Bars and restaurants across town will celebrate Cinco de Mayo tomorrow — but you’ll have to go pretty far to beat the celebration planned at Lola. For the third annual “Picnic of the Pig: A Roast to Spring,” which runs from 5 to 11 p.m. on May 5, Lola chefs…
The bad economy has been very good to the Friday Store, a busienss devoted to selling surplus grocers at discount prices — but only on Friday and Saturday, and only what owners Martin and Jo Palumbo find that week. We feature the Friday Store in the Cafe section this week;…
For this week’s review, I headed straight to Silla, a Korean barbecue joint in Aurora that serves one of the best versions of bibim naeng myun in the city. And after I fed my craving for those cold noodles, I ate my way through the rest of Silla’s menu, as…
There are several frozen-yogurt shops opening soon in Denver, but possibly none so ambitious as Golden Spoon, which will open its first Mile High City outpost — and fifth Colorado location — this weekend in Stapleton at 7505 East 35th Avenue. And Mike and Julie Haslar, the franchisees behind the…
New Belgium releases two new Lips of Faith beers this week, Abbey Grand Cru and Super Cru, which celebrates the Fort Collins brewery’s twentieth anniversary. Super Cru is a double version of Fat Tire, meaning it has twice the malt and twice the hops; it has also been enhanced with…
Restaurateur Jesse Morreale, who owns Sketch, El Diablo and La Rumba, is always contemplating his next move, and his latest endeavor is a courtyard that will occupy the vast, graveled space that resides behind the back doors of Sketch and El Diablo, which sit side by side on the corner…
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…
When Holly Arnold Kinney, owner of The Fort, was in New York City last year promoting her cookbook, she met with some people from the James Beard Foundation. And that turned into an invitation for her chef, Geoffrey Groditski, to return and cook at the prestigious James Beard House. “I’m…
No explanation needed. 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 a pool — and every Monday, we select one lucky winner who’ll receive a 2011 EatDenver dining deck, worth up to…
