When did you first start drinking coffee? The sudden realization that this dark and mysterious beverage that brings your parents to life each morning is actually delicious is a mark of growing up, not unlike turning 21. The first tentative sips begin a new identity — cream? sugar? — and,…
UPDATE: We have a winner of our Taste of the Nation contest, in which we asked Cafe Society readers to answer this question: How many hours have Cooking Matters Colorado volunteers contributed so far in 2013? Congratulations to sarakep, who guessed 6,000 hours; the actual number is 6,551. Sarakep, we’ll…
For a Western city, Denver has been generating a lot of press for Southern food lately, and not just in this week’s review of Jezebel’s. Some of it was positive, like the excitement over Adrian Miller’s book Soul Food: The Surprising Story of an American Cuisine, One Plate at a…
There’s a harvest of autumn restaurant openings that I’m looking forward to, but the one that I’m most excited about — the one that I’m tracking with intense anticipation — is Session Kitchen, a new restaurant from Breckenridge-Wynkoop that’s tentatively slated to open in Platt Park on October 29. We…
What defines an essential restaurant? Several opinionated friends and I were recently discussing that topic during dinner at a trendy newcomer that’s amassed a flurry of flattery since opening its doors. It’s a restaurant-of-the-moment, but will it still be relevant in six months? Will the crowds continue to jam the…
The Broncos smacked the Raiders on Monday night, but the hometeam couldn’t repeat the triumph on Wednesday, when the final episode of Top Chef Masters aired on Bravo. Jen Jasinski, chef/co-owner of Rioja, Bistro Vendome and Euclid Hall, who was named this year’s Best Chef Southwest in the James Beard…
Epic Brewing will open its soaring new taproom at noon Saturday, September 28, welcoming thirsty Colorado beer drinkers who’ve been curious to get a peek inside the $2 million facility that the Utah-based company has been working on for months. In addition to 25 taps of Epic beer and two…
The wait for a table is nothing short of ridiculous, and even if you’re one of the lucky ones who manages to slide your butt into a chair, there’s the real possibility that whatever you’re eying on the menu sold out long before you got there, but if you time…
Guido Barilla dipped his noodle in boiling water this week when he told an Italian radio show that the Barilla pasta company “likes the traditional family,” which means we won’t see any gays in Barilla’s advertising — and if they don’t like it, he said, “they can always go eat…
In 1950, Bill Rosenberg opened the very first Dunkin’ Donuts in Quincy, Massachusetts. After he’d opened his fifth store, he was touted as a rising entrepreneur in such legendary publications as the Saturday Evening Post. The little doughnut-shop-that-could now has over 10,000 franchises in thirty countries, but it seems that…
The upper Larimer/RiNo neighborhood is hopping these days. Tenants continue to open in The Source, at 3350 Brighton Boulevard, and new plans are popping all over the area. The latest: Joshua Bitz, sous at the original Squeaky Bean in Highland and again at the new Squeaky Bean in LoDo, plans…
The Great American Beer Festival is still two weeks away, but a river of beer runs through the Denver area this weekend. Get a taste of the local history behind this brew at Beer! Boulder’s History on Tap, which runs through October 27 at the Boulder History Museum. Hours are…
As we just reported, Colt & Gray is reopening its doors this afternoon after an expansion of the dining room. When photographer Nate Hemmert popped by to take a photo of the exterior, he got to see that new and improved interior, and sent back these photos. See also: Colt…
Colt & Gray reopens at 5 p.m. today, after closing for ten days (following “a drink the bar dry” bash on September 15) for a final push on the expansion of the dining room. And with the new, improved space comes a new menu, too. But that’s just part of…
Last August, when global chef and restaurateur Richard Sandoval opened Al Lado, a Latin wine and tapas bar directly adjacent to Zengo, his Latin-inspired food temple in Riverfront Park, he described the sultry wine bar as his “homage to a new generation of Latin winemakers, and the thoughtful cuisine that…
Last weekend, I went on a taproom crawl north of Denver, hitting up small towns affected by the devastating Colorado floods, and not surprisingly, there were plenty of people commiserating at their local watering holes, including this one, which was packed to the rafters with resilient beer hounds. Can you…
Iain Chisholm Amerigo Delicatus Restaurant & Market 2449 Larimer Street 303-862-9850 amerigodelicatus.com This is part two of my interview with Iain Chisholm, chef-owner of Amerigo Delicatus Restaurant & Market; part one of our chat, in which Chisholm admits that he doesn’t mess with Asian ingredients and likens the absence of…
When the weather starts to cool, kitchens across the city heat up as pastry chefs concoct delicacies with the last late-summer peaches and berries and start cooking with crisp autumn apples. Here, in no particular order, are ten of our favorite desserts to ease the transition to fall. See also:…
Old South Gaylord has changed a lot over the past two decades. And at the end of October, the block will see another big change: Japon will close on Halloween. “We’ve had eighteen great years serving our loyal customers, many of whom have become close friends,” says owner Miki Hashimoto…
Wine or beer — you make the call. Denver’s Harvest Week is under way, and tonight The GrowHaus will host a face-off between the Colorado Association for Viticulture & Enology (Grapes) and the Colorado Brewers Guild (Grains). See also: GrowHaus founder Adam Brock weighs in on permaculture elitism…
Bill Crow, executive chef Ocean Prime, has cooked up a special dish for tonight, with all proceeds going to Colorado flood relief efforts. The Colorado Lamb Lollipop Chop is finished with a maple Digon and cabernet au jus, and served with warm, fingerling potato salad, red onion and arugula salad…
The first night I stopped in at Jezebel’s Southern Bistro and Bar, it was hotter than a bottle of Tabasco. With an overloaded swamp cooler and no ceiling fans in the back room where we were seated, and not a hint of breeze on the patio where we later moved,…
