The owners of the Vine Street Pub have big plans – big plans and a lot of space – and they talked about both Tuesday at the restaurant’s second anniversary party. First up is a plan for the former Harry’s Chop House next door to Vine Street, 1700 Vine Street,…
No more feeling guilty, averting eye contact and mumbling excuses when you go to Natural Grocers. Unlike at Whole Foods, where forgetting your reusable totes is akin to a sin, if you forget to bring your own bags to the Natural Grocers, the worst that’ll happen is you juggle your…
Irish Snug Restaurant And Bar 1201 East Colfax Avenue 303-839-1394 www.irishsnug.com…
Denver’s got itself a new Argentinian restaurant. Viejo Domingo opened this past Saturday in the space formerly occupied by Playa de Oro at 3555 West 38th Avenue. It features a meat-centric menu of Argentinian specialties like parrilladas and milanesas, a full bar and live performances of Argentinian folklórico music every…
This is part two of Lori Midson’s Chef and Tell interview with Corey Cunningham, exec chef of Baur’s. To read part one of Corey’s interview, click here. Proudest moment as a chef: When I graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in New York. I’d been cooking for six or…
You might think that Mars — one of the world’s biggest candy companies — and sustainability would be mutually exclusive concepts. But that just means you haven’t met Howard Shapiro, the chief agronomist for Mars and the man behind the chocolate you can now taste in goodnessKnows, a snack that…
There are so many food-related events on Earth Day — some focusing on sustainability, some just happening to fall on April 22 — that there’s certain to be one that appeals to you, whether you’re a hard-core vegan environmentalist or a carnivore driving a gas-guzzling Hummer. Here’s a sampling of…
The bar where I was meeting my chefs before the show was packed. The hearth-fire lighting glowed in prisms of condensation on the windows; jackets and scarves were hanging on hooks and draped over chairs. The five of us squeezed around the corner of the wide, hickory-topped bar, aged and…
It hasn’t been a good day for aim. For the past four hours — outside of three different bars in three different neighborhoods — we’ve been trying to peg street signs with snowballs at distances of less than ten yards. The results, well, they’ve been sad. Emasculating. Indicative not just…
Yesterday was the first night the kitchen used ribeye rather than skirt steak for this dish, and the result was delicious — particularly after a margarita or two. Can you guess where I was eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I…
Like small plates and Asian fusion, street food has descended on the culinary scene like gangbusters. It’d be like plague or pestilence if it weren’t so damned brilliant, and delicious. Centro Latin Kitchen & Refreshment Palace in Boulder has embraced the trend, and its new spring menu, inspired by popular…
Read all about it: Two former Rocky Mountain News employees, John Fletcher and Tim Meyers, plan to open Denver’s newest beer house, Strange Brewing, in May. Both men were laid off by the Denver Newspaper Agency in February 2009 when the News – which was half of the DNA, along…
Boulder-based IZZE Beverage Company has added a new flavor to its fizzy, fruity family. Sparkling Guava joins eight other IZZE flavors, among them blueberry, grapefruit, clementine and lime. While most IZZE drinks can be found at various outlets around town, including Spicy Pickle, Target, and Starbucks, the new guava drink…
Oceanaire Seafood Room’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy woes have finally come to an end, with news that the upscale nautical chain has been sold to Landry’s Restaurants, Inc., the parent company of nearly 100 branded restaurants, including Simms Steakhouse, Willie G’s Seafood & Steak, the Chart House, Landry’s Seafood House and…
The Rockies are heading back to town, which means Coors Field is stocking up. In ascending order, here are the five most popular food items at the Denver ballpark (not including beer): 5. Peanuts 4. Nachos Supreme 3. Foot Long Brat 2. Super Dog 1. Rockie Dog The Rockie Dog…
Benny’s Restaurante y Tequila Bar 301 East 7th Avenue 303-894-0788 bennysrestaurant.com…
Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market’s choicest ingredients home with them, and cook up a feast. “It’s spring, and…
As part of an upcoming photo essay project spotlighting Denver restaurant pros whose tatts 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…
Corey Cunningham Baur’s Ristorante 1512 Curtis Street 303-534-4842 www.baursdenver.com Corey Cunningham has cooked for Bill Cosby, former presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, NASCAR and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame — and he also once gave a cigarette to Queen Latifah. “Cooking for Bush was wild,” recalls…
From now until May 30, Ted’s Montana Grill is challenging all at-home chefs to compete in the Secret Ingredient Showdown. The contest involves coming up with recipes for any one of four secret ingredients. Bison was the first, and Ted’s just revealed Anaheim peppers as the second. Using those ingredients…
Atif Mehana came to the United States from Egypt two decades ago. The 58-year-old spent more than a decade selling seafood to tourists in Miami, and saved enough to open a second eatery in 2008. But now he’s broke. Who’s to blame? He says Yelp, the megapopular website that allows…
Earth Day isn’t until tomorrow, but several culinary events today will whet your appetite for April 22. For starters, Channel 6 will air Food Inc. at 9 p.m. tonight. PBS is suggesting that you host a potluck, then blog about what you served and what you thought of the film,…
