“Our food is addictive, and our concept is fresh!” exclaims the website of Teriyaki Madness, a Las Vegas-based, fast-casual chain that focuses on scratch-made teriyaki sauces lobbed on proteins like chicken, pork, beef and tofu. “Teriyaki Madness is the frenzy experienced by our raving fans who desire to have our…
Cafe Society dished up four Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a lime-kissed shrimp ceviche, courtesy of Taqueria 7 Salsas, to a lackluster plate of pulled pork and sausage links from Moe’s Original Barbecue to a Goliath-size lamb shank from a restaurant whose new chef is doing everything right…
Its menu boasts that Mexico City Lounge has been family-owned for over forty years — and every year shows in the depth of flavor this modest kitchen gives its green chile (offered hot or mild), its fried tacos, its steak and breakfast burritos, even that squeeze bottle of salsa. Although…
First the lines formed outside Dunkin’ Donuts, which opened on Broadway last September. Then they moved to East Colfax for Voodoo Doughnut’s opening in December. And on Friday, the crowds descended on the three locations of Trader Joe’s that finally opened in metro Denver. See also: Slide show of Trader…
The start of Denver Restaurant Week is still six days away. Before you plunge into that annual eating orgy, there are still plenty of delicious events on the culinary calendar. Here’s just a taste of what’s on tap. Front Range Brewing Company will host a Brewmaster Dinner, the second of…
This week in Cafe Society, Gretchen Kurtz reviewed Session Kitchen, the restaurant that the Breckenridge-Wynkoop group opened last fall in the former home of Izakaya Den. Lori Midson talked to Caitlin Mandigo of City Bakery about what it takes to bake bread for a living — and at altitude –…
Clear your calendar and unbuckle your belt: The tenth annual Denver Restaurant Week is only a week away. And unlike past years, when it sprawled well into March, this time DRW is really a week long: From February 22 through February 28. (For the first time this year, there will…
The Wynkoop Brewing Company presented its inaugural Masters of the Brewniverse Beer Festival and Brewery Pageant on Thursday night at the Oriental Theater. Guests got to sample lots of beer from more than fourteen breweries while watching reps and brewers from each brewery compete on stage for the crowning title…
When Mayor Michael Hancock’s office announced that it would be sending green chile from the Original Chubby’s, as well as other local Mexican restaurants, to the mayor of Seattle to pay off a Super Bowl bet, we were concerned: Did the mayor mean the original Chubby’s, the restaurant on West…
Lines formed hours before the doors opened this morning, but Denver has been waiting much longer for Trader Joe’s, the famous West Coast grocery store chain, to arrive in Denver. And today, three stories opened simultaneously in the metro area — one in Boulder, one in Greenwood Village, and one…
Caveman Cafeteria might have put the brakes on its food truck, but the paleo-centric company started by Army vet/standup comedian Will White is still on the move. Caveman Cafeteria, now under the motto “Where the Hunters Gather,” is now delivering — nationally. See also: Cavemen didn’t have trucks, but that’s…
After almost twenty years in lower downtown, longtime restaurateur Kenny Sonoda is calling it quits, and at the end of service tomorrow, the Sonoda’s at 1620 Market Street will go dark. When Sonoda opened this second location of Sonoda’s — in the former home of the Manhattan Cafe, a pioneer…
Over the thirty years of the Best of Denver, we’ve made a few changes: We now do our Readers’ Poll in two rounds, for example, and the first round of voting ends tonight; a second round with just the five finalists in each category will start late next week. And…
Most of the reservations at romantic restaurants around town have already been scooped up, but you should still be able to have a lovely evening out with your loved one at a neighborhood joint. And if you’re own, at least when you’re at a bar crying in your beer, it’s…
Clear your calendar and unbuckle your belt: The tenth annual Denver Restaurant Week is only days away. And unlike past years, when it had sprawled well into March, this time DRW is really a week long: From February 22 through February 28. (For the first time this year, there will…
For the first time ever, Denver will host the annual Craft Brewers Conference, the industry’s biggest trade show. The conference, a four-day-long series of seminars, networking events and parties, will bring 7,000 beer-minded people to town April 8 through April 11. To show off the Centennial State, the Colorado Brewers…
“This year has been awesome, scary, rewarding, exciting, educational and eye-opening, and reaching the one-year mark is humbling,” reflects Kevin Morrison, who will celebrate the first anniversary of his Highland taqueria, Pinche: Tacos, Tequila, Whiskey this afternoon and evening with a parade of food-and-drink specials. But while today’s jubilee will…
A few days ago, I had the misfortune of eating the horrible macaroni and cheese from Moe’s Original BBQ, specifically the outlet at 3295 South Broadway. The cooks at Moe’s could learn a few tips or three from the kitchen crew at a certain mountain restaurant that also makes macaroni…
The name Los Chingones — “The Badasses,” more or less — suggests that Troy Guard’s new restaurant is populated with tequila-slamming roughnecks. Yet its paloma, a tequila drink made with pink grapefruit and soda, is not exactly chingón, shall we say. The gentle yet addictive paloma has single-handedly caused my…
Caitlin Mandigo City Bakery 5454 Washington Street 303-292-3989 citybakerydenver.com This is part two of my interview with Caitlin Mandigo, bread baker at City Bakery; part one of our conversation ran yesterday. There are all sorts of romantic notions about what it’s like to bake bread. What’s it really like? Baking…
“Start sessioning!” That was the cry when Session Kitchen opened last fall, with an emphasis on jam sessions in the art that fills the space, as well as the timing of sessions in the size of its plates. But several months after the restaurant opened, Session Kitchen is downplaying the…
When Tincup American Whiskey hit liquor-store shelves, it came with plenty of Colorado trappings. The bottle makes multiple references to the state, as does the leaflet attached to the neck. Its website is plastered with whiskey bottles positioned picturesquely in Colorado mountain backdrops, and the company boasts of its connection…
