Forty-five years ago, Jose Trujillo quit his job with Lockheed Martin to pursue his dream of restaurant ownership. He started by selling burritos and tacos out of the back of the old Kitchen Bar on Littleton’s West Main Street. And ten years later, on this exact date in 1976, he…
I stayed as far away as I could last night from the Valentine’s Day shit show, choosing instead to plop my ass down on a stool at a neighborhood bar, where I drank pear cider, did shots of Fernet-Branca, listened to a mellow band and noshed on bacon-wrapped meatloaf. Can…
Over the weekend, during brunch at the Ballpark Snooze, 2262 Larimer Street, we endured the joint’s inevitable hour-long waits for a pancake flight and eggs Benny by soaking up the Colorado sunshine on the patio. Despite the fact that the morning temps were in the fifties — a welcome relief…
Every year, in the July issue, the editors of Food & Wine magazine announce who they believe are the top ten best new chefs in the country — chefs like Fruition’s Alex Seidel, for example, who was named a 2010 Best New Chef and strutted his culinary prowess at the…
I’m flying to Durango this morning for a 24-hour adventure in beer. It will start with a plane that uses propellers to fly over the mountains. It will involve a lot of malt, a lot of hops and perhaps some honey. When it’s over, I hope to have helped Ska…
The city has just issued its revised Food Truck Guide — a new document that pulls together all the old rules that still regulate the operation of mobile food vendors in this city. Yes, some seem contradictory, others very outdated, as councilmembers acknowledged at a committee meeting three weeks ago,…
Some people thought this refashioned green chile looked delicious. Others, like WFK, did not: I can’t believe i am the first one to say that.. this is the absolute worst and unappealing looking dishes i have ever seen. Is this Willy Wonka’s take on a 5th grade birthday party? Please…
Valentine’s Day is over, but participating Front Range McDonald’s stores still want to show you some love: From now through Sunday, February 27, you can stop in for a free (small) cup of McDonald’s coffee. No purchase necessary! For more info, go to www.mcdonalds.com. For information on dozens of culinary…
On a Friday night, the vibrant yellow building on Federal Boulevard that houses the original Bubba Chinos is packed. A tented stand in front of the place displays a maze of T-shirts; inside, a woman is hawking pirated DVDs. The adults socializing in the equally yellow, cement-floored lobby and dining…
Stella Cordova had ten children and dozens of grandchildren — and Leonard Cordova isn’t the only one to build a business on her legacy. Three years ago, Leonard’s cousin Alex Cordova exported Chubby’s to Hawaii, doling out that same jalapeño gravy to islanders while learning to surf. But after Stella…
No. 69: Mais pizza from Pizzeria Locale “This is the oven that nearly bankrupted us,” says Lachlan MacKinnon-Patterson, peering into the behemoth Stefano Ferrara oven, a floor-to-ceiling labor of love, shipped direct from Italy, that’s constructed from volcanic rock culled from Mt. Vesuvius. It’s a stunning piece of craftsmanship that,…
It’s 11:30 a.m. on Valentine’s Day, and I am the only patron at Hooters, that mammary mecca on Parker Road. With a big beer in front of me and a server with cleavage to match, I inquire about today’s special. It’s all about the wings: buy ten boneless or traditional…
Mile High Pizza Pie, the downtown pizzeria currently hustling a 7.5-pound calzone that, should you successfully stuff it down your piehole, will likely cause your heart to stop, is offering a gentler, kinder Valentine’s Day pizza to make your heart beat faster. For the remainder of the day, the pie…
Yee-haw! Twenty-four Colorado breweries will round up some wild firkins this weekend and drive them down to Colorado Springs for the seventh annual Firkin Rendezvous. Hosted by Bristol Brewing Company, the rendezvous — February 19 from 1 to 5 p.m. — is a fundraiser for the Colorado Brewers Guild, a…
No matter your current Facebook relationship status, Valentine’s Day is a miserable holiday. If you’re not working it, you’re either frantically dialing for a last-minute reservation at an already overbooked restaurant, bitterly downing a pint of Ben & Jerry’s on your couch or avoiding text messages from a remorseful ex…
Weird. Just weird. That was the overriding observation last night at Skew, the globalized food-on-a-stick restaurant that Ton Phairatphibon opened at 2070 South University Boulevard exactly one month ago. A small crowd, assembled on the patio, puffed on smokes, shook their heads in unison and talked quietly among themselves, looking…
The week’s starting off with a big, heart-shaped bang and winding down with chili cook-offs and docent dinners. Here’s a taste of what’s ahead: Monday, February 14: There are far too many Valentine’s Day events to list here; check our online listings to see all the heart-warming opportunities….
While my New Year’s resolution to try out the “Top five foods to get you laid on New Year’s Eve” proved less than fruitful, all my research did help me come up with the “Top five foods that will not get you laid.” Just in time for Valentine’s Day, here…
It’s hard to find a bona fide bouillabaisse in this town, and while the bath of seafood in the above pic didn’t bowl me over, it was a valiant attempt — if not exactly ooh-la-la. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer…
If you’ve ever sat on the 11,000 square-foot patio at the Tavern Downtown before a spring Rockies game, you know that it’s not a bad place to be, and according to Nightclub & Bar, a national bar management publication, it’s the best place for a sports fan to be in…
With Valentine’s Day upon us once again, love is in the air. Birds are tweeting, butterflies are floating on the gentle breeze, and Internet connections are blinking away as the lovelorn hit up their hard-working little modems and wireless routers to locate a date. Finding that date can be as…
Last week Cafe Society served up five Guess Where contests last week, featuring everything from a big buffalo burger at Walk-In Burgers, to the refashioned green chile from Squeaky Bean that one reader compared to a Willy Wonka birthday party plate, to a delicious piece of pie. For correctly identifying…
