As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up, in no particular order, a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com…
On Sunday, March 7, Radek Cerny’s Full Belly Bistro celebrated its one year anniversary…by changing concepts. The strip mall space, located at 2779 Iris Avenue in Boulder, is now Radex Bistro, a concept, says managing partner Brian Kelly, that’s more in tune with what Boulder diners are looking for. The…
With spring officially sprung, it’s time to switch up your clothing, eat bushels of asparagus, and yes, drink wines that conjure up images of everything we love about spring. Look at the next three months as the perfect season for drinking wines that are as cozy as they are refreshing,…
I have a bone to pick with the tipster who sent me an email professing his adoration for the chile relleno torta at the joint where the above flash was snapped. He assured me that my time wouldn’t be wasted, that the torta would evoke sighs of rapture and groans…
If you’re Fergie, and your 34th birthday lands on the 22nd show of the Black Eyed Peas E.N.D. world tour, which happens to be in Denver, how do you celebrate? With a Bacardi V.I.Pea, which was served at the VIP after-party at Beta…
A husband and wife were just popped by police in East Northport, New York, and charged with product tampering and petty larceny after they tried to peddle repackaged Jell-O pudding. Sixty-eight-year-old Alexander Clement and his 64-year-old wife, Christine, allegedly bought boxes of Jell-O pudding at local stores, then emptied the…
Most people think of soup as a winter meal, but it’s a versatile food you can enjoy year-round — and still make it a seasonal favorite, depending on the ingredients you use. Tonight at 6 p.m., Heirloom Gardens, at 4460 Winona Court, is offering a class in Seasonal Soups and…
Wild Bangkok Bar and Grill opened last Thursday at 1630 Welton Street. That’s the former Chopsticks & Sushi space, which was the unseemly site of a murder scene back in October when Chopsticks & Sushi owner Yan de Yang allegedly shot and killed Lloyd Running Bear II. While Yang hangs…
As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up, in no particular order, a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com…
On tap this week: everything from classes on seasonal soups and breads to a pie contest to the wrap-up of 151 Days of Tequila to Easter brunches galore. Here’s a taste of this town’s culinary offerings: Monday, March 29: Interstate Kitchen & Bar, 901 West 10th Avenue, is offering an…
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 on the Cafe Society blog. Brandon Biederman, chef of Steuben’s, didn’t waste any time showing…
If you like your eggs Benny torpedoed with a lemon-kissed hollandaise and throttled with a roasted red pepper sauce, this is your kind of breakfast, which is served all day long at this kitschy cafe. Can you guess where I’m eating?…
Still fat, part deux. Donna Simpson, the female fatty from New Jersey who wants to eat her way to 1,000 pounds, now has a doctor in her kitchen corner. Dr. Sanford Siegal, “a practicing physician in South Florida best known as the creator of the popular Dr. Siegal’s COOKIE DIET…
Mark Stoddard, a mixologist at Happy and its late-night alter-ego, Bitter Bar, was in New Zealand last week, competing in the 42Below Cocktail World Cup with fellow TeamUSA members Todd Thrasher of Washington, DC, and Sean Hoard of New York City. This contest is not for the timid. Over five…
Cafe Society served up seven Guess Where I’m Eating/Drinking contests last week, featuring everything from a Johnson’s Corner cinnamon roll (sighted at a local 7-Eleven) to a shot of vodka served with a side of pickles to a stunning amuse bouche at TAG. For correctly identifying that dish, Rae is…
So, you think you want to open a restaurant or food business? Before you pour your life savings — and then some — into the idea, make a much smaller investment. The Cook Street School of Fine Cooking, 1937 Market Street, has teamed up with the Accounting and Business School…
Okay, so here’s a thoughtful question: Would you rather get naked and dirty with Lon Symensma, the Denver-bound former New York pretty boy culinary artist who NYeater called a “strong contender for the title of New York’s Hottest Chef,” or Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson, the executive chef of Frasca Food & Wine…
The company behind Woody’s Chicago Style hot dog stands wants to give away the store — or at least one of the stores. CEO Kristen Meyer has created a contest that will give away a franchise as a prize. “Our intent is to just grow our business on behalf of…
“Gimme your best seasonal on tap,” I request as I belly up to the handcrafted bar at Twisted Pine Ale House (3201 Walnut Street, Boulder). Bartender Jody Valenta slides a sample of her favorite seasonal, Hoppy Man, across the planks and I can see why she digs it. (Check back…
Next month, Adrews McMeel Publishing is releasing Steak with Friends, a new cookbook from Rick Tramonto, a celebrated Chicago chef and cookbook author. The cover of that book isn’t of Tramonto decked out in his starched whites, nor is it a choreographed studio shot of embellished plates from his Chicago…
Samir Mohammad, exec chef of the Village Cork, and the mouthpiece in this week’s Chef and Tell interview, has spent the last few months expanding his menu, which now includes, among other winners, a slow-cooked tomato and garlic salad with scratchmade ricotta. “It’s an incredibly easy recipe that you can…
“I was on tour with U2 in 1997, and I woke up one morning and I had lost my eyesight by like 50 percent,” remembers Rage Against the Machine drummer Brad Wilk. “I just felt horrible — like I had a hangover, but I hadn’t been drinking.” When he finished…
