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…
Jimmy the Butcher isn’t used to performing for a large audience. “He spends most of his day bundled up in a sweatshirt and fourteen coats in the meat-processing room which, frankly, is how he likes it,” says Barbara Macfarlane, co-owner of Marczyk Fine Foods, where Jimmy “the Butcher” Cross works…
Read carefully, because opportunities like this don’t come around very often. Cuervo is celebrating the release of a tequila (or re-release, because the tequila is Tradicional Silver, the original recipe from 1975), and the liquor brand that a lot of us associate with nights of epic debauchery is throwing a…
If you’re looking for something to do this Halloween weekend but enjoy good food over dipping a ladle into a bowl of spiked punch with eyeballs floating in it, these parties may be just right for you. (Don’t see your Halloween food event listed here? Hype your party in the…
Until recently, Olmeca Altos, a 100 percent blue agave tequila from the Los Altos region of Jalisco, Mexico, had only been available outside of the United States, but in July of this year, the double-distilled agave juice was introduced stateside — specifically in Chicago and Denver — and last night,…
Halloween is still a few days away, but Qdoba Mexican Grill just served up a special treat: a recipe for honey chipotle pumpkin seeds created by Ted Stoner, director of strategic project development for the homegrown chain. He’s the head chef who comes up with all the new items for…
Let’s be honest: Halloween is not a holiday that typically conjures up images of wine drinking. Visions of miniature Snickers bars, pumpkin-flavored beer and slutty costumes? Absolutely. Still, as any serious wine lover will assure you, not even the omnipresence of glowing jack-o’-lanterns needs to get in the way of…
Steele Platt is back in the Denver restaurant business. The 1982 graduate of the University of Denver opened several restaurants/clubs in the Tivoli — including Kahlua, EFEX and the Boiler Room — back in the ’80s, before the old brewery became the student union for the three colleges on the…
A couple of weeks ago, when I reviewed Big Bill’s New York Pizza, I also made a trip to Lil’ Ricci’s at 5332 DTC Boulevard, a link in the local chain of pizzerias where Bill Ficke got his start before opening his own Lil’ Ricci’s outpost, which eventually became Big…
Judging from the comments posted after Friday’s update on the neighborhood campaign against Mod Livin’, the mediation session Thursday night only heightened hostilities. Erick Roorda and Jill Warner — owners of Mod Livin’ and partners with Dylan Moore in Deluxe Burger, the retro restaurant that opened in a corner of…
Casselman’s Bar & Venue, 2620 Walnut Street, offers Taco Tuesday today and every Tuesday. The kitchen serves up free ground-beef tacos from 6 p.m. until they run out. For more info, call 720-242-8923 or visit www.casselmans.com. For information on dozens of culinary events around town, visit our online Food &…
Back in September, Satchel’s Market, a five-year-old market-cum-restaurant in North Park Hill, served its last dinner and shuttered after it was unable to overcome problems with the lease of its space. Owners Andrew Casalini and Jen Dactano wouldn’t be gone for long, though. They were already planning on opening Satchel’s…
Finding a good restaurant to take a date or meet a group of friends or plan a corporate dinner might be easy enough, but it’s another challenge entirely when you’re looking for a venue to accommodate a massive crowd. Especially if you want to do it the economical way –…
Every other week, we feature a recipe from the crew at Marczyk Fine Foods, the gourmet market at 770 East Seventeenth Avenue overseen by Pete Marczyk and his wife, Barb Macfarlane. The market pimps, among other things, pies, which are a hot seller during the holidays, although Barb insists that…
The food scene is getting in on the Halloween fun; on this week’s calendar, you’ll find several restaurants hosting special Halloween dinners and parties (and keep checking Cafe Society for our top Halloween picks). But there’s much more beyond the ghouls and goblins — here’s what else is on the…
Last week, we divulged the details of this Thursday’s Justice League of Street Food party, a Halloween bash that will feature the usual crew of food trucks, which includes the Little Orange Rocket, the Inventing Room, Sully’s Slice Truck, the Cupcake Truck, Biker Jim’s, Steuben’s, the Biscuit Bus, Pinche Tacos,…
Dads & Dudes Breweria, a new pizzeria and brewpub in Aurora, 6730 South Cornerstar Way, is planning to open on November 1, after having to push back its first day by a week. Once it opens, the father-and-son team of Tom and Mason Hembree will toss pizza made from the…
There were a group of us slouched over the bar, rolling our eyes at the Denver Broncos debacle unfolding on the TV screen. Most were spilling tears into their beers, seeking solace in a microbrew. But since I was holed up in a Boulder bar, and didn’t want to risk…
Cochon555, the exclusive nationwide traveling swinefest that was started three years ago by founder Brady Lowe, has pig-pointed Denver as a stop on its 2011 ten-city jaunt, which kicks off in New York City on January 16…
Back in August, local restaurant consultant and chef Michel Wahaltere was preparing to join the street food revolution, promising to launch Aja to Go, “the first mobile food truck in the city to travel day and night around Denver serving up great sushi, salad bowls, noodle bowls and Asian tapas.”…
Some very hot sauce has a Cleveland Steak ‘n Shake in hot water. Tim and Mary Katherine Gann were at the restaurant with their son, who was eating chili — and encouraged by a server to add some hot sauce. Blair’s Mega Death Sauce, to be specific, a sauce not…
Cafe Society served up five Guess Where contests last week, featuring everything from a still unidentified duck dish to green chile at Little Anita’s to this Italian grinder found at a surprising spot. For correctly identifying it as coming from Kaos, EJ wins an EatDenver deck…
