Ten FIDY Imperial Stout Oskar Blues Lyons Ten FIDY is a big, bad mutha. Almost completely black, it looks like motor oil when poured out of one of Oskar Blues’s unusual black-and-silver cans. But it tastes fantastic – rich, complex and brimming with roasty, toasty chocolate, nut and coffee flavors…
The Cody Inn is back in business. The restaurant located at 866 Lookout Mountain Road in Golden closed this summer, and reopened September 30 with Perri and Paul Gummerson as the new owners. The Gummersons renovated the eighty-seat restaurant, replacing lighting and adding a lounge area, a new bar and a patio that’s a…
Recently I had a run-in with some less-than-delicious bacon. After I wrote about it, Sue from Whole Foods posted a comment that I should get in touch. So I did, and Sue Raney, store accountant at the Ideal Market in Boulder (which owned by Whole Foods), made a gracious offer of a gift…
Every Monday through the end of March 2009 (when we unveil the Best of Denver 2009) we’ll be posting a list of some of our favorite Denver dishes/restaurants on Cafe Society. Have a request? A comment? Post it here. Jason Sheehan’s recent review of The Counter (shown here) got us thinking about…
Mark Tarbell has finally chosen a name for the new restaurant he’s putting into the old Chama space near The Oven, his great pizza restaurant in Belmar. This second spot will be called Mark & Isabella. “The name, like a good rock lyric, has no real story,” he tells me…
People have been raving about Palazzo Verdi since the office building housing the Madden Museum of Art as well as the Atrium event space debuted last month. And now Mangia Bevi is giving them more reason to applaud. The European-style cafe, created by Larry DiPasquale and run by his Epicurean Catering (which also…
After I posted last Friday’s blog about the opening of El Camino, I received this note from partner Chris Golub about the new spot, which took the place of his four-year-old Swimclub32: Howdy Jason! Thanks for the mention in the blog! I have yet to reach out to you to discuss the…
Echo Mountain, the ski area closest to Denver, just kicked off its third full season of operation on Friday, and while the mountain is relatively no-frills, it does have a restaurant: the Echo Cafe, located in Echo’s Garage. Fresh soups, sandwiches and pizzas have been added to the menu at this indoor/outdoor dining…
Ski lodge-style restaurants are all the rage in New York City, the New York Times reports in “Antlers and S’mores,” a piece in the paper’s December 7 edition. There’s the Pinetree lodge, “a maze of comfy rooms with so many trophy heads mounted on the walls that you’d think they’d snagged…
This beer was a welcome change of pace from a multitude of sweet, dark, heavy beers. But it wasn’t exactly light – more like a brown than an English strong ale, with thick head and a lighter, red hue. The nutty, roasted flavor reminded me of a holiday-season toffee –…
Sad news on the sandwich front. The Deli Zone franchise at 955 Lincoln, my favorite local sammie joint, has closed for “economic reasons,” according to a handmade sign on the front door that was addressed to “loyal customers” (me). I reviewed Deli Zone’s Chrysler Building (pastrami, Swiss cheese and mustard…
Eggo Maple Syrup Cereal Kellogg’s Rating: Two and a half spoons out of four Cereal description: Puffy wheat, corn and oat platters, light yellow in color, with a series of holes punched through them. The result suggests manhole covers with a thyroid condition…
How to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the repeal of the 18th Amendment? At Steuben’s, the two-year-old restaurant/watering hole at 531 East 17th Avenue that celebrates regional cuisines and quirks, they marked the 75th anniversary of the ratification of the 21st Amendment on December 5, 1933 — which effectively ended Prohibition…
Big Hoss BBQ has been big since almost the minute opened the joint opened two years ago at 3961 Tennyson Street. And on Saturday, December 6,, Big Hoss will celebrate its second anniversary in a big way: with $9.99 night (that’s the price for all single ribs, BBQ plates,…
Yeah, it did. Swimclub 32, where sake and hot-rock wagyu kobe ruled. Small plates and Asian-influenced nouvelle cuisine was what Swimclub 32 started out with (as documented in the picture at right), before it shifted into a strange, Italian fusion concept with a garden on the roof and sous-vide prep in the minuscule galley. Next…
Tonight, and tonight only, starting at 9:30 p.m. all Smithwick’s pours at the Fainting Goat, the new bar at 846 Broadway, will be just a nickel. Until the joint runs out of the Irish ale, that is, and we’ve been assured they have at least sixty pints. Cheers!…
Isolation Ale Odell Brewing Company Fort Collins Isolation Ale is one of several local winter warmers – Avery’s Old Jubilation, Boulder Beer’s Never Summer and Breckenridge Brewery’s Christmas Ale among them. But this traditional English-style strong ale is lighter and easier to drink than some of the others. It’s a…
So Candy Girls is cheating a little this week by devouring some tasty treats from across the pond that aren’t technically new. But what better time of year to revisit foreign favorites, especially if you’re looking for fun and economical gifts for loved ones? We got these at the House…
When I talked with Charlie Master over a month ago, he stated rather conclusively that he was getting out of the restaurant business for good once his parents, Mel and Jane Master, sold the last Mel’s – whose former home at 1120 East Sixth Avenue is now occupied by Mojitos…
Mayor John Hickenlooper, in New York City for an appearance on Good Morning America earlier today, isn’t taking off the rest of the day. He’ll be pitching the city’s restaurant scene to Food & Wine travel editor Jen Murphy. Murphy’s most recent Denver reference was in the September issue, which…
In the Best of Denver 2008, Jason Sheehan proclaimed Izakaya Den, the Japanese restaurant at 1518 South Pearl Street, as the Best New Restaurant last year. And now Izakaya’s gone one better — by adding weekend lunch, which could well be the most exotic brunch in town. The restaurant is…
