Ian Clark, founder of BRU handbuilt ales & eats, is one smart man. Not because he’s been successful in a business where it’s notoriously hard to succeed, but because he knows how to get brownie points where they matter most: with the in-laws. See also: Review of BRU handbuilt ales…
Tropical Smoothie Cafe, a nationwide chain known for its healthy eats with a tropical twist, opens Monday in the Denver Tech Center, and one person will receive free smoothies for a year as part of the grand opening celebration, which will also include complimentary smoothies for anyone who walks through…
The distillery where Suerte Tequila is made can be found in the highlands of Jalisco, an hour-and-a-half east of Guadalajara in a very small town called Atotonilco El Alto. But long before that location became Suerte’s home, co-founders Laurence Spiewak and Lance Sokol shared the dream of launching a tequila…
The Food Network’s Chef Wanted sent chef/host Anne Burrell to the Mile High City for tomorrow night’s episode, a “Mile High Melee” in which Burrell helps Second Home Kitchen + Bar find a new chef. See also: Second Home among Denver’s ten best plates of chicken and waffles…
Most Mexican restaurants turn out some version of skewered shrimp, usually wrapped in bacon, but this Mexican joint keeps its brocheta minimal, forgoing the pig and threading the stick with plump shrimp and simply grilled vegetables brushed with a tart tomatilo salsa. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus:…
The Great American Beer Festival, which starts tomorrow and runs through October 12, is dominating Colorado this week, as locals and out-of-town visitors fill up breweries, restaurants and bars all along the Front Range. But GABF doesn’t just fill up the Colorado Convention Center. The days around it are a…
Steve Redzikowski Acorn 3350 Brighton Boulevard 720-542-3721 denveracorn.com Oak at Fourteenth 1400 Pearl Street, Boulder 303-444-3622 oakatfourteenth.com This is part one of my interview with Steve Redzikowski, exec chef of Acorn and Oak at Fourteenth; part two of my one-on-one with Redzikowski will run tomorrow. Steve Redzikowski grew up on…
In A Federal Case, I’ll be eating my way up Federal Boulevard – south to north – within Denver city limits. I’ll be skipping the national chains and per-scoop Chinese joints, but otherwise I’ll report from every vinyl booth, walk-up window and bar stool where food is served. Here’s the…
Chow Down, Boulder’s first food film festival, gets under way tonight. Hosted by the International Film Series and the Boulder Public Library, the event will bring together a slew of passionate Boulder foodies and local businesses over three days of programs that include seven films about food, family and the…
Baker Street Pub & Grill, a Sherlock Holmes-themed eatery, has closed in Boulder; three more links in that national chain are still open in the Denver area. See also: Baker Street Pub & Grill in Boulder has closed…
Man does not live by beer alone…that beer could accompany a five-course meal, for example. At 6 p.m. tonight, the Kitchen Denver is hosting the Young Guns Dinner. Each of five courses will be paired with two beers from the following breweries: The Bruery (Orange Country, California), Cigar City Brewing…
Ian Clark is a man of many hobbies. But what sets him apart from the rest of us is his ability to turn his hobbies into a career, not just a drain on discretionary income. A veteran chef (hobby #1), Clark turned an interest in home brewing (hobby #2) into…
MegaFauna, the award-winning retail store, boutique and artists’ emporium, is giving its cafe a major makeover. Now that MegaFauna has moved to its new location, at 3102 Blake Street, where it has twice the space as before, owner John McCaskill wants to expand the cafe to serve not just customers,…
Every time I drive by Palais Casablanca — which is often several times a day — there’s rarely, if ever, a single car in the parking lot, and on the various occasions when I’ve poked my head through the door, the dining room, with its plush pillows and traditional floor…
The Baker Street Pub & Grill in Boulder closed its doors over the weekend, after four years of operation. See also: 25 things you never knew about Dwight Long, bartender at My Brother’s Bar…
Barley, hops, water and yeast. And wild sage and dandelion greens, yarrow and golden currants. Oh, and rabbit brush. These are some of the ingredients that were used by seventeen Colorado breweries as part of this year’s Beers Made by Walking. The festival, today at the Wynkoop Brewing Company, is…
The kid was hankering for seafood, and so was I, so we ended up here, where we eagerly polished off five pounds of shrimp, clams, mussels, crawfish and crab, along with plenty of potatoes, corn and sausage, all of it seasoned with Cajun spices. We came, we feasted, we made…
As it has done for many years now, the Falling Rock Tap House kicked off the week leading up to the Great American Beer Festival with a beer lovers’ party. The granddaddy of Denver craft-beer bars counted down the seconds on its digital GABF clock before tapping numerous beers from…
UPDATE: We have a winner of our Mateo “Provence to Lyons” flood relief benefit contest, in which we asked Cafe Society readers to tell us, in twenty words or less, why they’re craving a spectacular meal. Congratulations to Matt Reilly, whose words won us over. Matt, we’ll send you an…
As Westword’s Ask the Bartender columnist, I’ve talked with many bartenders for Cafe Society’s “Behind the Bar” series, posing numerous questions to Denver’s top bartenders…and often receiving the same answers: “I love chartreuse,” or “I’m really into smoked cocktails/barrel aging/bottled cocktails.” See also: A bartender by any other name…is still…
UPDATE: Congratulations to Jordenroman, who won the contest by telling a tale of a beer so delicious it had to be taken into the shower. Thanks to everyone else for your stories of beer love. Cheers. Tickets to the Great American Beer Festival, which takes place October 10-12 at the…
Toast is best known for its pancakes and French toast; the eatery boasts six different varieties of French toast and almost a dozen sweet pancake offerings (including a pancake “flight” that will allow you to sample several). But for those brunch-eaters who are seeking something on the more savory side…
