You can try to deny it all you want, but Thanksgiving is a mere nine days away. That’s right: In exactly one week and two days, you’ll be up to your eyeballs in gravy, green bean casserole and drama. If your family is anything like mine, you’ll wise up and…
Rock Bottom Brewing, which was founded in Denver in 1991 and now has 35 locations nationwide, has merged with the Tennessee-based Gordon Biersch brewpub chain to form one of the largest craft beer-focused companies in the country. The new firm, called Craftworks Restaurants & Breweries, also now owns Rock Bottom’s…
Swamped with everything vegetarian, including tofu, the Thai green curry that hails from the kitchen of this swanky food temple is far different from what you’ll encounter at most Thai joints that litter Denver’s globalized streets. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct…
Bryan Dayton first started talking about his own project six months ago, when he forewent an offer from then-beverage director James Lee at Happy’s Bitter Bar, 835 Walnut Street, to pursue his own project. He’d teamed up with chef Steve Redzikowski and beverage distributor Annie Polk, and the trio went…
There was a time when diners desiring truffles would have to grab their specially trained pig or dog and hunt the ripe grounds of Italy or France. That, or fork over upwards of $2,200 a pound for white truffles. Luckily for Denver foodies, the bosses at Barolo Grill, 3030 East…
After months of construction and permitting work, Zook’s Coffee and Ice Cream is finally open in the Denver Puppet Theater, the bright-yellow institution at 3156 West 38th Avenue. And just like the puppets that have long called the theater home, Zook’s is colorful, fun and designed for kids of all…
How much do you know about GMOs (genetically modified organisms)? From 7 to 8:30 p.m. tonight, Unity Church of Boulder, 2855 Folsom Street, will host “Learn the Facts: Make Healthier Choices,” a talk by Jeffrey M. Smith, author of Seeds of Deception and Genetic Roulette. The discussion is free; for…
Have you been to twelve?” That was a question I got a lot when I first moved back to Denver, as people I met working in the restaurant industry offered their recommendations for dinner, casually tossing around the vitals of the newest places in town the way my brother throws…
I often wonder how my political science major and Spanish minor have played into my career. But Alexandra Parks, a bartender who’s now splitting her time between Lala’s Wine Bar and Frank Bonanno’s Green Russell, has no such concerns about her biochemistry degree. Although Parks looks more like head cheerleader…
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…
In three or four weeks, another food truck will join the fleet that has taken over the Mile High City, and this one seeks to fill a notable void in the cuisine offered by mobile vendors. Ezra Malmuth and Nate Barnett are unveiling their creation, Stick it to Me, a…
Thanksgiving dinner isn’t complete without a big glass of wine, and King Soopers will open its first and only grocery/liquor store just in time to take advantage of that. The store, at 4600 Leetsdale Drive in Glendale, will roll out the shopping carts and slide open the automatic doors on…
This week — through Saturday, November 20 — Scorpios drink free at miniBAR, 222 Columbine Street (303-668-4064 or visit www.minibardenver.com), from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m.; there will also be music, food and drink specials. You’ll find many more deals and events taking place this week in our culinary calendar;…
“I’ve wanted a Big Boy for years after my first trip to Burning Man,” says Charlie Puma, owner of Enzo’s End Pizzeria, 3424 East Colfax. Burning Man, an annual week-long art and dance festival held every year in the Black Rock Desert in northern Nevada, commences with a ritual burning…
If My First Bacon is too low-brow for the gift recipient on your list, and you’re shopping for little people whose toy collections are worth more than your collective assets, Dylan’s Candy Bar, a three-story sugar shack in New York City, has you covered: the sweet-monger has erected an edible…
For years, this dark and moody restaurant — a playground for affluent singles and an absolute annoyance for those who have no desire to be pawed — has turned out the same short board of simple dishes, including an ambrosial rotisserie chicken, which used to be unassailable. But on a…
“Things are starting to look pretty official,” says the caption under the Facebook photograph of the wooden sign hanging at Oak at Fourteenth, 1400 Pearl Street in Boulder. Official, indeed. After months of planning and renovations, the restaurant, a venture of Colorado Bartenders’ Guild president and Frasca Food & Wine…
Since Glenn Beck’s recent marketing genius includes plugging a kit of 3,792 freeze-dried gourmet entrees for the bargain price of $9,599.99 via foodinsurance.com (don’t sweat it, middle-classers, there’s a layaway plan for this), he and his fellow Tea Party patriots can rest easy when he’s elected overlord of the Northern…
Cafe Society served up five Guess Where contests last week, including everything from fried pickles at Madison Street to bone marrow at Euclid Hall to the box of baked goods above. For correctly identifying its source as Buffalo Doughboy Bakery, SAxcuy wins an EatDenver deck…
chili, Twisted Pine Brewing Co.
Behold the highlights and low lights of what you may have missed this week on the Cafe Society blog…
“Perhaps it’s as simple as [Rene] Redzepi argues: it just tastes a lot better this way.” That’s where Lars Eriksen leaves his Guardian discourse on the ethics of eating a live animal. The piece was inspired by a meal the author had at Chef Redzepi’s Copenhagen restaurant, Noma, San Pellegrino’s…
