I didn’t technically jump into a swimming pool full of whiskey Wednesday afternoon, although I drank from one – and my head hurts almost as much as if I had cannonballed off the diving board. No, what I did was attend a little party thrown by Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey (2405…
Three things to enjoy on a hot summer night at Marco’s Coal-Fired Pizza on Larimer Street: The excellent, thin-crust pizza, the very powerful air-conditioning, and a good view of the incredible changes on this 2100 block of what was once Denver’s skid row. Sure, there are still pawn shops, but…
The first time I saw Keegan Gerhard, it was on TV. That was also the second place I saw him. And the tenth, fiftieth and hundredth. Given Gerhard’s ubiquitous star status, there was a time — like, right up until last week, maybe — when a man (like me) could’ve…
Last week, after I’d finished my review of D Bar, I called chef-owner Keegan Gerhard to ask the Food Network star a few questions. First and foremost: How the hell did he end up in Denver? “That’s funny,” he replied. “That’s a result of a few things, really.” And then…
No OGs, new Gs or dirtballs allowed. No sluts, sports fanatics or dudes who love the sight of their own pectorals. Definitely no one coming straight from the gym. You clowns are not welcome at Lucky Strike Lanes (500 16th Street), at least not according to the dress code —…
After my time at D Bar Desserts, I wanted to revisit another dessert bar. One major problem: Though Denver has seen a few dedicated dessert bars open, it has also seen just about all of them close soon after. Remember Emogene and how fast that nascent chain tanked? Though the…
Mick Rosacci’s favorite sandwich at Tony’s Market, where he is head chef, is the Italian Sub, which comes with mortadella, capicola, two kinds of salami, provolone, oil, vinegar, lettuce, tomato and peppers on artisan bread. “That one makes me crazy!” he says. But like a lot of people, Mick has…
Earlier this week, a jalapeno pepper in southwest Colorado tested positive for salmonella. That finding gave particular weight to the testimony that Representative Diana DeGette, vice-chair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, gave today before the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture at a hearing to discuss…
The town of Olathe’s population will swell 1400 percent on Saturday, August 2, when it hosts the annual Olathe Sweet Corn Festival. But you don”t have to head to Olathe to enjoy sweet corn — Colorado annually produces more than 130 million pounds of it, and it’s now in local…
The first time I saw Keegan Gerhard in person was at the James Beard Awards in early June. He was cooking the final course for the awards dinner — a dessert, natch, of smoked cherries and chocolate that involved super-call scotch as a main ingredient — and because my table…
There’s sad news on Market Street — and it’s not the closing of Buca de Beppo. No, six blocks away at 2019 Market, the space occupied by Mori Japanese Restaurant is flying a rain-soaked, “temporarily closed for renovation” sign. More telling, though is the sign on the other side of…
Just heard from Leigh Jones regarding Jonesy’s EatBar, which took over the space that once held her Dish Bistro at 400 East 20th Avenue. While Dish was definitely a bistro — a small, informal restaurant serving wine — Jones says the new joint is absolutely a gastropub: a neighborhood bar…
Yes, Jen Jasinski’s segment on The Early Show was on awfully early — 6:30 a.m. last Saturday, July 26, when the Rioja/Bistro Vendome chef/owner was cooking live in the New York studio of the CBS show. But better late than never — because you can still catch Chef Jen in…
Dear Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson, I’ve heard you are a great chef, and that your restaurant, Frasca (1738 Pearl Street, Boulder), is awesome. But it is unlikely I will get to Boulder anytime soon –and even if I did, my budget at the moment doesn’t allow for a lot of fancy stuff…
CVVC Virus Report, 7/25/08: The Center for Viral Video Control has reported that this video (shown after the jump) has been responsible for the sudden cranial detonation of approximately 90% of the population of the North American continent. Unconfirmed reports have the video (in translated form) already appearing in Central…
Cocoa Puffs Combos General Mills Rating: Two and a half spoons out of four Cereal description: Whole corn grain and corn meal inflated into uniform orbs — half of them a pleasant light brown that visually says “chocolate,” the rest a light tan hue that, well, doesn’t. Vanilla is so…
Steve’s Snapping Dogs, hot dog
The good folks of the Wynkoop Brewing Company, as well as its six related saloons, have launched an extensive fundraising effort to assist Africa’s endangered mountain gorillas. From now through October, when the annual Gorilla Run goes ape in downtown Denver, the Wynkoop and its allied establishments — Gaetano’s, the…
This week the Candy Girls didn’t really get to go on vacation, but Aubrey did manage to make it out of town a couple of weeks ago to visit her home state of New Mexico. While in the Land of Enchantment, she picked up a few treats at Senor Murphy,…
Jennifer Jasinski will be cooking at your house tomorrow morning — but you may need to eat breakfast out afterwards. That’s because Jasinski, chef/owner of Rioja and Bistro Vendome, has accepted the “Chef on a Shoestring” challenge issued by CBS’s The Early Show, and will be preparing a $30, three-course…
Greg Carelli, the owner of Carelli’s Ristorante Italiano, is an architectural artist as well as a restaurateur, and every few years he adds a new “wing” to his place in Boulder. And the most recent, dubbed the Osteria and unveiled this month, is a doozy: a bigger and better bar…
Jason Sheehan is no fan of Hell’s Kitchen, but he watches it. And now he’s playing it, as he describes here. Now on to week four: Playing Hell’s Kitchen drunk was embarassing but fun, which was why I let my buzz roll me right through into week four. Another table,…
