At Grand Lux Cafe, the kitchen tries to cook a little bit of everything — the menu runs to over a hundred plates — and does almost nothing well. I don’t blame the cooks for this sorry state of affairs. I mean, how could I? You walk into an Italian…
I wanted to love PS Lounge (3416 East Colfax Avenue). Really, I did. I wanted to love the cash-only policy for its antediluvian charm. But when I returned from trekking down Colfax for cash and the bartendress wouldn’t keep a simple drink tally for me (even though I was nice…
Meg is a childhood friend, and some days I believe that I learned everything important from her. She has been a force in my life since we met at West Middle School. We’ve experienced a lot together — everything from dating and dieting to divorce and death. One of my…
Keen readers may have noticed we didn’t give an award for Best Coffee Shop in this year’s Best of Denver issue. There’s a reason. Coffee shop awards are the third rail of best-of editions. Most people rabidly adore their favorite java joint with the same passion usually reserved for a…
Plan on eating out — a lot — on Thursday, May 1, when Dining Out For Life returns to Denver. Hundreds of restaurants will be donating 25 percent of their proceeds this day to Project Angel Heart, which delivers meals to people living with AIDS/HIV. Last year’s event raised $380,000,…
I felt I had to set down my initial impressions of the place before I lost them — before they were blown clean out of my head with shotgun severity by the next outrage. So there I was, hunched up against the wall, frantically scribbling on the back of an…
Today, Tuesday April 29th, is Ben & Jerry’s annual Free Cone Day. Stop by any area location to sample one of the many delicious ice cream flavors. The only location with a Denver address is near DU at 2339 East Evans, where they will be serving from noon to 8…
I’ve been raving about Jeff “Maestro” Hughes, a violinist whose music mixes hip-hop sensibilities with classical technique, since I first clicked on his website . But you can catch him in person Thursday, May 1 at the Denver Food Rave, which promises plenty of other tasty entertainment, including a fourteen-model…
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I finally made it back to New York for what was not “one of,” not “among” the best meals of my life — but, plainly and simply, was the greatest meal of my life. It was only the third most expensive (coming in behind a dinner last year at the…
The clubby atmosphere at Morton’s always makes an evening at this LoDo institution feel special (especially if you hit the cozy bar when those free steak sandwiches make their appearance). But on Monday, April 28, Morton’s will host a particularly special event: the fifth annual Wine-Tasting Benefit for the Tennyson…
There’s a bit of man-wisdom (folly?) that goes like this: All women are crazy. You just need to find one with the kind of crazy you can deal with, and then marry her. Well, if knowing immense quantities of information about brewing really good beer could be considered a “kind…
What does Colorado taste like? To create Colorado: See the New West Like a Local, the new exhibt on the skybridge leading to Concourse A at Denver International Airport, DIA’s art office asked Coloradans to submit written descriptions responding to the question “What does Colorado Look Like to You?” A…
We love the brunch at Lola, the coastal Mexican restaurant at 1575 Boulder Street that won Best Brunch in the Best of Denver 2008, but we love this event even more: On Wednesday, April 30, Lola is hosting Dos Casas, a charity event benefiting Brent’s Place, a haven for young…
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Coming down from the mountains, I was eating tafelspitz with my fingers. I was scooping up spaetzle — sticky with gravy, dyed purple by the pickled cabbage it had snuggled up against on the plate — and shoveling it into my mouth. Like a caveman (or just another unprepared culinary…
On my way to Westfalen Hof, I decided to make a quick detour into Georgetown to visit a couple of my favorite, uniquely Colorado businesses. First stop, the Georgetown Valley Candy Company, at 500 6th Street. Owners Rube and Nina Goeringer have been making and selling artisan chocolates, fudge and…
Go ahead and burn my cool card. I’ve learned to accept tattoo sleeves and tramp stamps, but I just can’t understand why people put tattoos on places they can’t hide, like necks and faces. Didn’t they learn anything from hickeys? As I said to one of my friend’s children: “Do…
Much as I might enjoy them, man cannot live on caramel corn and kartofelpuffer alone. So while I was experiencing springtime in the Rockies, I stopped by another Georgetown favorite, the Raven Hill Mining Company, for a quick lunch. Like T-shirt shops on the boardwalk and shacks selling coconut boats…
I spent a long time talking with the Candy Company’s Rube Goeringer last week, and got a fascinating glimpse into the history of Georgetown – particularly that part of Georgetown now occupied by his candy shop. I got even more of a peek into the past just by hanging out…
We don’t do a lot of reporting on food recalls here, but this recent one really caught my eye. “On April 5, Malt-O-Meal announced that it was voluntarily recalling its unsweetened Puffed Rice and unsweetened Puffed Wheat Cereals produced with ‘Best If Used By’ codes between April 8, 2008 (coded…
Calling all couch potatoes! Check out the Food Network this Sunday at 7 p.m. for the Iron Chef America battle between Bobby Flay and Martin Rios of the Inn of the Anasazi in Santa Fe. Why? Because Chef Rios brought along his brother Daniel Rios as one of his two…
