If you haven’t had your fill of Bobby Flay, the Food Network TV personality who recently agreed to throw down a whopping $800,000 to staffers who accused the Iron Chef of cheating them out of wages and tips while working in his Manhattan restaurants, then here’s your opportunity to actually…
Perfection is fleeting: snowmen melt, flowers fade, breasts sag. But sometimes you catch something at its apex and enjoy it for all it’s worth — until it’s gone. That is the story of bottomless mimosas at Sputnik, the hipster hangout at 3 South Broadway, which used to offer a $5…
“I kept seeing all those taquerias along Federal Boulevard and thought if they can do it, so can I,” says Joyce Schaefer, owner of Socorro’s, a new taqueria at 19 East Bayaud Street. Schaefer, who also runs Joyce’s Famous Pizza, 2035 South Broadway, hails from Socorro, New Mexico, and her…
Beer hasn’t always been delivered by truck. In the early 1900s, it took a horse and carriage to get Denver’s suds from the brewery to the bar. Although the tradition died after prohibition, the Wynkoop Brewing Company plans to bring it back. “I’ve got a horseman, two horses and an…
At-home wine tasting parties rock. They’re fun. They’re educational. And most important, they involve drinking unseemly amounts of wine, all in the noble pursuit of practice. There are literally dozens of types of wine-fueled soirees you can throw with only a modicum of effort, and you’re guaranteed to endear yourself…
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…
I love a great mid-rare, blood-dribbling burger just as much as the next carnivore, but I’m not opposed to stuffing a little falafel in my mouth either, especially when it’s vibrant with herbs and dolloped with a scoop of garlic-studded, lemon-smooched hummus. Guess where I renounced beef in favor of…
Denver has its fair share of watering holes where you can grab a green beer and official Irish grub on St. Paddy’s Day, but the reopening of Clancy’s Irish Pub is good news for anyone in the western suburbs. The Wood family purchased the restaurant, located at 10117 West 37th…
You won’t find Donna Simpson, world’s fattest woman, anywhere near this state. As David McSwane reported here yesterday, a recent Gallup poll crowned Colorado as the winner in the competition for slimmest U.S. metro cities, with its four largest metro areas taking a huge bite out of the top ten…
Sasquatch is a mythical creature who lurks in the shadows and is rarely seen by humans. All we get are a bunch of plaster casts and maybe some hair samples. Well, we now know how they breed, as the mother of all the creatures has been found: in the swamps…
Firenze a Tavola, the special Tuscan-centric dining room at Parisi, 4401 Tennyson Street, is offering up something special at 7 p.m. tonight: the Ultimate Tuscan Experience. Italian guest chef Daniele Raddi will re-create the flavors of Tuscany in four courses. The meal is $48, which doesn’t include tax or tip;…
I had lunch with my fiancee today, which is good and bad. Good because she for some reason is convinced she wants to marry me. Bad because she always wants to split things. She has this idea that eating an entire cheesesteak sando and french fries in the middle of…
When my husband and I tied the knot in August 2008, we knew we wanted a low-key ceremony and informal but still delicious food for the reception. We thought barbecue would be perfect. We found the former at the Jefferson County Courthouse and the latter — after tasting just about…
The organizers of hushDenver hit another grand slam on Saturday night at their third dinner party – this time with kitchen magic by current and former Root Down chefs Erin Boyle, Victor Mena, Brent Buxton, Samm Sherman and Samuel Martinez. I’m not a food critic – thank god, for the…
Jimano’s Pizzeria, a pie palace headquartered in Gurnee, Illinois, is blowing into Denver — and bringing Chicago-style deep dish pizza with it. When Jimano’s opens later this spring at 2950 South Broadway, it’ll be the fourteenth outpost for former finance manager-turned-pizza-baker Jimmy OBerto, who operates additional stores throughout Illinois, Wisconsin…
It’s a week of whiskey, green beer and Italian wines. Here’s just a taste of what’s ahead on the Denver dining scene: Monday, March 15: Enjoy a five-course pig feast, complemented by handpicked local brews from Odell, at Hooves & Hops, which starts at 7 p.m. tonight at Osteria Marco,…
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…
Of the never-ending parade of dishes that recently took me on an incredibly amazing culinary joy ride, the deconstructed pasta dish in the above snap may have been my favorite. Where did I swoon for my supper?…
When Bump and Grind, the Uptown breakfast and lunch joint best known for its wickedly crass drag queens who made weekend brunch worth the early rise, shuttered at the end of 2009, you could hear the collective cries of anguish all over the city. There was nothing — absolutely nothing…
Dean Ornish M.D. — founder and president of the non-profit Preventive Medicine Research Institute and a clinical professor of medicine at the University of California at San Francisco — has a few thoughts about how to keep off the weight. Let’s find out what’s up white, medical coat sleeve…
After seven years at 2401 Blake Street, the Blake Street Tavern is moving a block south — to 2301 Blake, into a storied space that’s held everything from 23 Parish to Polly Esther’s to Club 303. Chris Fuselier, the tavern’s owner, says he hopes to have everything in place by…
Cafe Society served up eight Guess Where I’m Eating/Drinking contests last week, featuring everything from shiny Chinese food to some very scary soups to yes, a drink that did not contain alcohol. For correctly identifying Pablo’s latte, Rachel is now the lucky winner of a DINR deck. Rachel, send your…
