Every month, the Park Hill Golf Club, 4141 East 35th Avenue, teams up with Argonaut Wine & Liquor for a wine-tasting event; this session, which runs from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. tonight, focuses on ’90s club wine rated ninety points or above. Proceeds benefit the Positive Project, and admission is…
Unfortunately, the website for “Jerk and Go” was already taken (har), so Brian Levin settled on naming his company “Perky Jerky.” While the name is a step down on the Crude-O-Meter, it’s a step up in the accuracy department. Perky Jerky is caffeinated meat. Levin, a Colorado native, and friend…
Two months ago, Colt & Gray bartender Noah Heaney barely edged out another Colt & Gray barman, Kevin Burke, in a sudden-death mix-off when the two tied for first at the Colorado chapter of the US Bartender’s Guild Don Q rum competition. The prize: a trip to New York to…
Memorial Day is all about barbecues: in the backyard, at the park and in the woods, near the pee tree, if you’re so inclined. But if you don’t feel like throwing wood chips on the grill this year, there are plenty of barbecue barns in and around Denver that can…
The Denver Roller Dolls have narrowed the number of possible names for their signature beer down to ten — and now they want the public’s help in choosing the winner. The beer, brewed especially for the Dolls by the Wynkoop Brewing Company, is reportedly a “pre-Prohibition-style lager” that’s “smooth and…
Gimme a Y! Gimme an O! Broncos cheerleaders will be on hand tonight for the opening of a new self-serve fro-yo shop in Cherry Creek. Yogurt Guru, 2636 East Third Avenue, also has other treats in store for tonight’s opening, including 50 percent off all yogurt between 5 and 8…
You know the summer festival season is upon us when Beaver Creek kicks off the high-country Blues, Brews & BBQ. That’s only one of many culinary events to get you through Memorial Day; here’s a sampling of what else is in store: Monday, May 24: Frasca presents its Monday Night…
Bombay Clay Oven 165 Steele Street 303-377-4454 bombayclayoven.com…
The cast of the Denver FIVE — chefs Matt Selby (Steuben’s and Vesta Dipping Grill), Troy Guard (TAG) and Tyler Wiard (Elway’s Cherry Creek) — is joining forces with Big Red F culinary director Jamey Fader tonight at Lola, 1575 Boulder Street, for a six-course dinner, beginning at 6 p.m…
As part of an upcoming photo essay project spotlighting Denver restaurant pros whose tats are as prevalent as their dissections, burns, blisters, knife slashes and stabs, we promised that we’d post some of the best ink on the Cafe Society blog…
This spud’s for you. Potato skins — they’re not just for happy hour anymore. Can you guess where we were presented with this platter of breakfast potato skins?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…
Cafe Society served up seven Guess Where I’m Eating/Drinking contests last week, featuring everything from the new patio sign at the Star Bar to a Frito pie at the Fort to this plate of hummus. For correctly identifying its origins as Mecca Grill, Konk wins a DINR deck. Konk, send…
Luca d’Italia, 711 Grant Street, is the site of tonight’s incredible benefit dinner; all proceeds from the meal will go toward the neurology department at Children’s Hospital. But here’s what you really want to know: Who’s cooking?…
Garbanzo Mediterranean Grill, the quick-casual chapel to falafel, hummus and shawarma, is turning Saturday, May 22, into family funday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at its Highlands Ranch location, 1100 Sergeant Jon Stiles Drive. The store is hosting an afternoon of games, music, face painting and most important, free…
After my fourth trip to Oaxaca, arguably Mexico’s most vibrant food city, I’m still convinced that it’s one of the most magical places on earth. The open-air markets, which seem infinite in scope and scale, are extraordinary, the people of colonial Oaxaca are some of the most intensely welcoming in…
A new cafe run by Panera Bread in St. Louis has caught the nation’s attention. Why? Hint: It’s not because of the bread. The cafe, operating under the name St. Louis Bread Co., is a non-profit — a pay-what-you can afford non-profit. Ring a bell? Cafe Society readers know that…
In all the talk of Colorado cocktails, a few folks have mentioned the Colorado Bulldog, a variation on a White Russian. Here’s one sample recipe: 1 shot vodka 1 shot Kahlua milk 1 splash Coca-Cola In a shaker, mix vodka, Kahlua and milk. Pour into a rocks glass and add…
Leave it to the guys at Oskar Blues Brewery to create a beer festival dedicated strictly to canned craft beer – and why not, since they were the ones who did it first. On June 26, the company will host Burning Can, a festival at Sandstone Park in Lyons (where…
Since launching a contest earlier this week seeking a new name for its 16th Street Mall food cart, Pinche Tacos has been receiving an influx of suggestions via its Facebook page (as well as our post). The name Pinche Tacos, while earlier passing muster with the Downtown Denver Business Improvement…
Lime XS 730 East 6th Avenue 303-722-5463 www.eatatlime.com…
Three years ago, in 2007, Jeffrey and Zach Chodorow, the father and son partners behind Big Game, which opened three weeks ago at 1631 Wazee Street in the long-vacant Il Fornaio space, toured the country in search of markets where they could expand their restaurant empire. “Denver was on our…
At this Middle Eastern joint, whose air reeks with garlic, anyone who’s sensible orders hummus. Smooth, splashed with olive oil, sprayed with a jolt of lemon and ashed with cumin and sumac, it’s one of the best of its kind in Denver. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus:…
