Cafe Society writers consumed hundreds of meals in restaurants over the course of 2010, but a few really stood out. Next week, several of those writers will be serving up memories of their favorites (and we encourage you to post yours, too). In the meantime, here are my top five…
Sean Kenyon knows how to pour out both drinks and advice. A third-generation bar man with almost 25 years behind the bar, he is a student of cocktail history, a United States Bartenders Guild-certified Spirits Professional and a BAR Ready graduate of the prestigious Beverage Alcohol Resource Program. You can…
Our good deed for the holiday season: A local author — and pal of several Cafe Society scribes — is writing a book about his trials and tribulations in overcoming Celiac’s Disease, and he’s looking for other men in the area willing to talk about their experience with gluten intolerance…
Welcome to In the Weeds. Kyle will be right with you — most likely to complain about something. Usually he is pleasant, but this is his place to blow off some steam. Don’t take it personally; he just needs to vent because he’s been doing this for about thirteen years…
Caffe Boa, the restaurant in Tempe, Arizona, that served rabbit at a very special Easter dinner, is at it again, with a multi-course, not-so-tasteful menu for Christmas that’s a reindeer roundup. Chef Payton Curry claims that his holiday meal features reindeer not from the North Pole, but from our own…
Mike Adams Racines 650 Sherman Street 303-595-0418 www.racinesrestaurant.com This is part two of Lori Midson’s chat session with Mike Adams, executive chef of Racines. Part one of that Chef and Tell interview ran yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: The Trout House, on the Deschutes River in Bend, Oregon. It specializes…
Celebrating ugly sweaters is a beautiful trend — check out Westword’s own ugly sweater festivities — and tonight you can put our sweaters to shame at Jax Fish House, 1539 17th Street, which from 6 to 8 p.m. will host its annual Ugly Sweety, a pre-Christmas ugly sweater contest with…
We all know how the holiday gift-giving hierarchy works: Your best-effort gifts are given to people you like (or people whose asses you pucker up to the rest of the year); you give cost-effective, neutral gifts to those you pretend to like (bring on the Hickory Farms boxes of fossilized…
Nicolo’s Chicago-Style Pizza, 1205 East 13th Avenue, has completed its expansion into the space formerly inhabited by Cricket on the Hill. The joint now has more seats, slick new televisions, an arcade game and a pool table. The renovation came with a new menu: The pizza is about the only…
Just got off the horn with Michael Long, exec chef and partner at Aria, Long’s New American restaurant at 250 Josephine Street, and the news is good: After months of getting the dining room, kitchen and bar in tip-top shape, Aria will open tomorrow at 5 p.m. “My stress level…
Since it opened back in June, Comfort Cafe, 3945 Tennyson Street, has fed the community as a non-profit, pay-what-you-can restaurant, offering comfort-food meals to anyone who walks through the door for however much of a donation that person can muster up. And on Saturday, it will be providing Christmas dinner…
The next generation in mobile food has arrived: In California this week, the Roving Mammoth hit the slopes at Mammoth Mountain, using a snowcat-like base to bring burritos and beverages to skiers all over the hill…
Vine Street Pub, 1700 Vine Street, is known for its brews (pouring Mountain Sun-made ales, stouts and lagers) and its hippie-friendly atmosphere. The walls are decorated with an array of mostly psychedelic band posters, and there are no televisons — although the pub does provide board games and books if…
Every year, Westword publishes a little guide called the “Best Of Denver,” wherein our writers rank the city’s best stuff, including food. Last year, the Highlands Mommies — the formidable northwest Denver parents group profiled in our cover story, “The Mommies” — did their own “Best Of” for the Highlands…
Ramon Campos, owner of Empanada Express Grill in Golden, hopes to have his second restaurant open by tomorrow, Christmas Eve at the latest. The new spot is taking over the former home of a Mexican joint at 4301 West 44th Avenue, just off Tennyson Street. And even if the doors…
This is part one of Lori Midson’s interview with Mike Adams, the executive chef of Racines. Part two of that interview will run in this space tomorrow. Mike Adams Racines 650 Sherman Street 303-595-0418 www.racinesrestaurant.com “Are you seriously going to write that?” asks Mike Adams, stretching over his chair to…
To those of you who have the wherewithal to take photos like this in a bar, thank you. “Drunk octopus wants to fight you” is an example of the kind of observant commentary the best drinkers make while drinking…
2010 has come and almost gone, and Colorado still doesn’t have a Trader Joe’s. And the state has few prospects of getting one. Are you bitter? We are, especially since we got a hold of the Trader Joe’s list of its top-ten most popular products from 2010, which includes some…
The comments keep coming in response to Kyle Garratt’s initial In the Weeds: A Waiter’s Rant. Yesterday, B2 posted this: Cafe Society is becoming the service industries yelp. Its an avenue for waiters, cooks and chefs to bitch and moan about paying customers, much like yelp is that means for…
Every Wednesday, Interstate Kitchen & Bar, 901 West Tenth Avenue, will host Soul Service & SIN, with DJ Nick Sullivan playing blues, jump, delta, funk, boogie and more, from 10 p.m. to close tonight. The bar will be serving $3 wells and $2 Genny Cream Ales, and groups of four…
Know what I’m really looking forward to this holiday season? Not the gifts or the family time or the generosity of spirit or the tidings of comfort and joy. Nope, I’m looking to the fact that having Christmas fall on a weekend gives me an extra day or two to…
My mom loves a good Old-Fashioned — and this was the best I’ve ever tasted. It was so good I couldn’t help but wonder if the altitude helps make this drink so special. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the…
