The dog days of summer are over, but dogs still rule at pooch-friendly patios around town. As of July 1, Denver has allowed dogs on restaurant patios — and some spots, such as Racines , were happy to comply with the new rules. But diners are still divided about pets…
Saturday lunch is the best time for an all-you-can-eat buffet. You don’t have to worry about returning semi-comatose to work and you’ve probably already done yard work or something else outdoorsy to justify the added caloric load. Indian restaurants, especially, tend toward low-risk, high-reward buffets, with plenty of potential for…
Santa Fe Drive has long been one of Denver’s main drags, and when Interstate Kitchen & Bar opened at the corner of Tenth Avenue five years ago, the strip finally got a classic roadhouse — even if it was a brand-new spot in the middle of Denver. This section of…
The address that was briefly the home of Illegal Pizza, which closed the same week that I wrote about it for A Federal Case, has been vacant since February. Now there’s a new banner on the front of the building announcing that Brewshine BBQ and Tap House will open this…
Bird is the word today. Lakewood’s White Fence Farm, famous for its down-home atmosphere, animal attractions, and especially its fried chicken, has been named one of the Top Family Friendly restaurants in America by nationwide food supplier US Foods. See also: The Ten Best Plates of Fried Chicken in Denver…
Protein Bar, the Chicago-based quick-casual, healthy-foods concept that opened its first location in Boulder early this year, then quickly added locations by Union Station and on South Colorado Boulevard, will open a fourth metro store before the end of the year, at 1600 Glenarm Street. See also: First Look at…
So your brother dumps a bag of Cheetos on your bed so what’s your next move? Stab him in the neck with a hunting knife, obviously. A Glenwood Springs guy was arrested for this very act last week (he got caught orange-handed), which could lead to the ‘ol “Cheetos made…
This summer Taita Peruvian Restaurant quietly closed up in the spot next to Tooey’s at Colfax and Marion, but the location didn’t stay vacant for long. Zach Parker, co-owner of the new Las Margs, says he was ready to move on the place just eighteen days later. He owes the…
Eighteen months ago, when renowned restaurateur/chef Frank Bonanno revealed that he was opening Bonanno Brothers Pizzeria in Park Meadows Shopping Center, Cafe Society readers had high hopes the venture would inject some local flavor in an area whose main dining options are outposts of national chains: Brio Tuscan Grille, California…
Need an eye-opener this morning? You might if you’d joined the throngs at DISH, Westword’s twentieth anniversary of the Denver dining scene, which yesterday filled Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex with booths featuring signature dishes from forty of our favorite local eateries — with Bloody Marys from…
Score! Last night’s Broncos win kicks off a week of great after-work culinary activities. You can eat a good meal while supporting do-gooders, raise a glass (or three) of beer at Frasca, or exercise your animal instincts at the Denver Zoo. Keep reading for details. See also: Seven Great Dishes…
Do good things come in small packages? That’s been Gretchen Kurtz’s experience this summer; she’s reviewed a number of tiny restaurants over the past few months, most recently Bistro Barbès, and found that while the kitchens may be tiny, they cook up big flavors. And speaking of big flavors, before…
Colorado restaurants have had their fair share of interest from the ever-popular Food Network in recent years, and more than one of our chefs have competed head-to-head with other chefs on deathless competition shows like Top Chef. Now our state can crown another TV champ: Dakota Soifer of Boulder’s Cafe…
On Sunday, September 7, 2014, Westword will host its twentieth annual celebration of the Denver dining scene, DISH, in Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, where many of the favorite restaurants of Cafe Society writers and readers will be serving delectable dishes. For example, Lala’s Wine Bar +…
You may have seen a black-and-gold bicycle-trailer contraption peddling coffee and other treats on the 16th Street Mall at Larimer Street; it’s been setting up shop there since January. Now Marley Coffee, the brainchild of chairman Rohan Marley (son of reggae legend Bob), is expanding its bicycle caffe program into…
After eating Jon Robbins’ inspired French-North African fare at Bistro Barbès, I was hungry for more. Not just more of his upscale fusion, but more dishes such as the tagines and harira I came to love in Morocco, Algeria and France, a second home to many North African immigrants. Yesterday…
For more than a year Bonanno Brothers Pizzeria, Frank Bonanno’s first restaurant outside of Denver city limits, made a go of it in a tough Park Meadows Shopping Center location — tough for independent restaurateurs, at least, if not for the national chains. “We loved the mall — the mall…
The BSide opened just last Wednesday at 17th and Humboldt, a corner that is quickly becoming a restaurant destination quarter. Justin Lloyd, the owner of Star Bar on Larimer Street, is also behind the debut. The new restaurant is serving craft beers and cocktails and food that ranges from down-home…
When Breckenridge Brewery opens its $20 million, park-like beer campus on the banks of the South Platte River in April 2015, it will be unlike any other brewery in the state: The twelve-acre spot, tucked between two swaths of open space, Santa Fe Drive and the bike path along the…
As Michael Roberts reports on the Latest Word this morning, yesterday’s protest outside the McDonald’s at 505 East Colfax Avenue — part of a nationwide campaign demanding higher wages and union rights — resulted in three arrests and plenty of attention for the issue. And the comments keep coming in…
This weekend is overflowing with food events, including Westword’s own DISH, a Broncos season kickoff party at Elway’s (where else?) and the Denver Food and Wine grand tasting — among many other dinners and festivals. Keep reading for a taste of what’s on the culinary calendar. See also: Whet Your…
We’re mixing in the last ingredients for DISH, our annual celebration of the Denver dining and drinking scene, at Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex on Sunday, September 7. This is Westword’s twentieth anniversary event, and it promises to be quite a party: sun, fun and fine food…
