The Market Report, May 16

Considering it is currently 86° outside, the Boulder Farmers’ Market might want to set up a Slip ‘n Slide right along the row of booths, so farmers can throw bags of arugula, chicken thighs, candy stripe beets and everything else they have on hand into my satchel as I gleefully…

First impressions of TAG

Sultry cocktails, social food and a whole gaggle of really sociable Denver chefs, many of them still wired from a recent cooking stint at the James Beard House in New York, made for one helluva fun Sunday preview night at TAG, Troy Guard’s new restaurant at 1441 Larimer Street that…

Breaking news on Tony’s

Got off the phone thirty seconds ago with someone at the original Tony’s Market at 4991 Dry Creek Road in Centennial, and she just told me that the plan — as it stands right now — is to have a soft-open for the new Tony’s at 950 Broadway (right across…

Let the breakfast burrito wars begin!

In this corner — weighing in at seven pounds (if you’re going for the official Big Burrito challenge, as Adam Richman did on a recent episode of Man v. Food), or a more reasonable pound or so, if you just want to grab a breakfast burrito when the place opens…

Milking It: Trix

Trix General Mills Rating: Two spoons out of four Cereal description: Puffed corn orbs in a variety of notably radioactive colors: a light green that would result in thousands of casualties if it was ever used on camouflaged uniforms, an orange that looks like a nugget of hellfire, a yellow…

Big Papa’s getting bigger

Big Papa’s BBQ is about to get bigger. Andrew Besemer’s homegrown chain — which Jason Sheehan raved about a few years ago, earning himself a “This I Believe” slot raving about barbecue on National Public Radio — is about to get another link. Big Papa’s, which already has a store…

Wine dinners tonight at Frasca, Osteria Marco

Tonight at Frasca, 1738 Pearl Street in Boulder, winemaker Etienne Hugel will present the wines of Hugel & Fils at a Monday Night Wine Dinner devoted to the flavors of Alsace. Dinner is $45 per person, with optional wine pairings extra; for reservations, call 303-442-6966. Osteria Marco, 1453 Larimer Street,…

The List: No, I’ll just eat at the bar…

Gastropub, gastropub, gastropub… This week’s Cafe section was all about gastropubs and my intense dislike of the term. So this week’s list is simple: my favorite places where it’s just better to eat at the bar, places that would never think about calling themselves gastropubs. No knock againt their dining…

Cafe Society: Week in review

What you might have missed this week on Cafe Society…Jason Sheehan got people talking about the best barbecue in Denver.  Have an opinion?We had a crush on cans for American Craft Beer Week.  Check out our profiles of local breweries perfecting the art of canning craft beer.It was also World…

A Crush on Cans: Steamworks, Upslope and more

It’s American Craft Beer Week – seven days that even the United States Congress felt should be set aside for drinking micro brews. But Colorado’s beer culture is worth a deeper look, since 100 craft breweries operated here in 2008, producing 75,000 barrels of delicious beer. Of particular interest is…

Introducing MiMa, the ultra-mini farmers’ market in Highland

Okay, so even though the name — Highland Micro-Market — clearly refers to a market on a miniature scale, I laughed out loud when I pulled up to the itsy-bitsy-teenie-weenie patio at Generous Servings Cooking Classes and Cafe, the site of the new Highland Micro-Market, or MiMa, which debuted yesterday…

The Flavor Bible is my good book

It’s 1:30 in the morning and, regardless of what substance I may or may not be on, my stomach is yelling at me to eat. I scour my kitchen but finding nothing pre-made, stare at some beets, hoping they will miraculously become a meal. This is about the time when…

Cebiche space turning into Chavin

When Cebiche, the Peruvian restaurant at 2257 West 32nd Avenue, closed right after the start of the year, its phone message promised to announce a new location within a couple of weeks. Cebiche’s Sergio Iraola says he’s still looking for the perfect spot — and in the meantime, there’s some…

Steak Bar putting down stakes in Highland

When Jason Sheehan checked in with Joe Vostrejs a couple of weeks ago, he had high hopes that the LoHi Steak Bar that’s moving into 3200 Tejon Street — the old home of North Star Brewery — would be open in June. He just didn’t know when in June. “We…

Will Bachelorette get a pizza the action?

Don’t order in from the Denver Pizza Company tonight. Although that’s the purported business of The Bachelorette competitor Mark Huebner, described as a “pizza entrepreneur” from Denver in advance publicity for the show that kicks off Monday, there’s no such joint in town. Not yet. But then, it would be…

Make a pig of yourself this weekend

Go hog wild on Friday, May 15, when the Culinary School of the Rockies, 637 South Broadway in Boulder, offers “Pork on Pork: The Wide World of Bacon” from 5:30 to 9 p.m. The price for all the pig is $95; for more information, call 303-494-7988 or go to www.culinaryschoolrockies.com…

Argyll joins the brunch bunch

Robert Thompson’s Argyll, in the old Squealing Pig space at 2700 East Third Avenue, made its debut on April 30 with a slow roll-out. First there were dinners. Then, a few days later, lunch service was added. And this Saturday, Thompson and his crew will add two more services to…

A Crush on Cans: Ball Packaging

It’s American Craft Beer Week – seven days that even the United States Congress felt should be set aside for drinking micro brews. But Colorado’s beer culture is worth a deeper look, since 100 craft breweries operated here in 2008, producing 75,000 barrels of delicious beer. Of particular interest is…

Candy Girls: Jolly Rancher Fruit Chews

Ah, Jolly Ranchers.  Every person of a certain age who grew up in Colorado has a bit of hometown pride attached to the brand.  Started in Golden by two locals in 1949, the company was sold to Hershey in 1996, though the factory that made the glossy candies here stuck…

(Udi’s) Nuggets on the Rachel Ray Show

If you were tuned in to The Rachel Ray Show this morning — and honestly, who wasn’t? — you probably caught the “snack time”segment, when she hands out a little something for her audience to munch on as the show continues. The snack this morning was from Udi’s here in…