Tomorrow from 1 to 4 p.m., Wynkoop Brewing Company, 1634 18th Street, presents Kegs & Curds, a tribute to beer-and-cheese pairings which seem to have suddenly become rather popular. There will be samples of 25 Colorado, U.S. and Belgian beers thoughtfully paired (by the brewers) with twenty gourmet cheeses, courtesy…
For proof that there’s no such thing as too many dessert bars, look no further than Après Dessert Bar at Generous Servings, a Highland confectionery at 3801 West 32nd Avenue. Sisters Jill and Mary Brinig opened Generous Servings a little over two years ago as a small cafe and community…
Denver is a lush when it comes to beer, but that doesn’t mean the city’s been cut off. The producers of the Denver International Wine Festival & Competition for the past six years plans to hold a Denver International Beer Competition this May, followed by a June dinner that will…
Everyone knows that food tastes better when it’s made from scratch — but unless you had an older relative teach you the secret behind that flaky pie crust or savory chicken soup, you might not have the know-how necessary to put such killer foods together. Heirloom Gardens to the rescue…
How much control do you want over the meals you eat at restaurants? If your answer is “a lot,” then you’ll love tonight’s dinner at Randolph’s, 1776 Grant Street. Stop by at 5:30 p.m. to taste-test eighteen items over seven courses, and help determine what the restaurant will put on…
The U.S. Department of Labor plans to conduct investigations of the local construction and restaurant industries throughout the year, with an emphasis on overtime pay and child-labor regulation violations. Chad Frasier, district director for the labor department’s Wage and Hour Division in Denver, says that the restaurant industry has been…
An incredible story out of Charlotte, North Carolina, where a Taco Bell was robbed — not of money, but of food! Who knew that Taco Bell even served edible items? A car with three men had pulled up to the drive-thru window when one of the men pulled out a…
You know the other night when we got that wet, sloppy snow disturbance that amounted to little more than nothing? Right. Anyway, much to my chagrin, several neighborhood bars and restaurants shuttered early, which is never good news to a lush in search of her next liquor rush, or to…
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…
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. “This is really…
Samir Mohammad The Village Cork 1300 South Pearl Street 303-282-8399 www.villagecork.com This is part two of Lori Midson’s Chef and Tell interview with Samir Mohammad. To read part one of that interview, click here…
Everyone has their least favorite Easter treat–you know, the stuff you find in your basket year after year despite never liking the stuff, never eating it, and even leaving ol’ Easter Bunny a note kindly suggesting he spend a little more time on the candy aisle next year, or risk…
A second location of Tacos Rapidos, which serves Mexican fast food 24/7, opened last fall at 2345 West Alameda Avenue, thrilling hungry night owls. But apparently not everyone appreciates the new outpost…
There are plenty of reasons why you might want to plant your own kitchen garden — money and health foremost among them. But how do you go about figuring out what to plant, and how do you design your garden so that you get the same aesthetic pleasure from fruits…
Vintners blend wines made from different grapes to improve or enhance the flavors and textures of wine — and you can do the same thing at home with a little know-how and practice. Learn more from 6:30 to 9 p.m. tonight, when Vic Bourassa of Napa’s Bourassa Vineyards will host…
My discovery of Camembert took place at an unmarked crossroads — one of late adolescence and early adulthood. I could have gone either way. It was a shaky yet impressionable time. The place was Normandy, France. The year was 1973. It took an afternoon. It included a nap. It involved…
The drink: Absinthe has such a splendid, uninhibited history — inspiring Toulouse-Lautrec, Vincent van Gogh and Oscar Wilde — that it must be great, right? And more of it must be even greater, right? Wrong. For its Sazerac — known as a Shazzerac ($10) — Shazz pours on the absinthe,…
Drink minimums make me think of strip clubs. Strip clubs make me feel dirty. By the transitive power of logical inference, then, drink minimums should make me feel dirty. Which they do, sort of — just not in the I-hate-to-see-you-subjugating-yourself-like-this kind of way. More in a defiant, dumbfounded, I-just-got-taken-advantage-of kind…
When Star Bar at 2137 Larimer Street received a liquor-code violation late last year, it had to close from January 1 to March 1, and the future looked dim for the last surviving saloon from the days when this area was Denver’s Skid Row. But new owners just took over…
Peter Ryan, the former chef of Z Cuisine, Denver’s best French restaurant at 2239 West 30th Avenue, is returning to his roots as an instructor at Cook Street School of Fine Cooking, the culinary institution from which he graduated in 1999 and then taught at for eight years as a…
The Place: Venue, 3609 West 32nd Avenue; 303-477-0477 The Hours: Monday through Friday, from 4 until 6:30 p.m. The Deal: Small plates are priced between $3-12; all beer, wine, and cocktails are half-price The Digs: Contrary to what one would assume, Venue does not have a bar. The space is…
The annual Snowmass Chili Pepper Brew Fest in June attracts some of the best chili cooks in the state to an International Chili Society-sanctioned cook-off. It also attracts beer geeks looking to sample some of the best brews made in Colorado. So you would think that Twisted Pine Brewing Company’s…
