“Hapa” is “a Hawaiian term that describes a harmonious blend of Asian and American cultures,” according to the Hapa Sushi menu. And this homegrown, four-restaurant chain is devoted to making moving between those cultures easy — and delicious. Those unfamiliar with sushi will find Hapa a comforting jumping-off point, with…
Two well-known out-of-state brewers are invading Colorado this month. Speakeasy Ales and Lagers, a sixteen-year-old brewery from San Francisco started pouring at a few bars around town this week and should follow up with bottles of some of its flagship beers, like Big Daddy IPA and Prohibition Ale, sometime soon…
“I started making charcuterie in 1980 while training under a master chef, and it fascinated me so much that I just never stopped,” says Brian Polycyn,” chef and author of Salumi: The Craft of Italian Dry Curing and the James Beard Award-nominated book Charcuterie: The Craft of Salting, Smoking and…
On Sunday, September 22,DISH will dish out food and drinks from dozens of Cafe Society’s favorite restaurants and trucks, as well as Best of Denver readers’ winners, in the Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. Joining the lineup this year: Patxi’s, which will be dishing out two deep-dish pizzas…
Crickett Burns The Truffle Table 2556 15th Street 303-455-9463 truffletable.com This is part one of my interview with Crickett Burns, chef of the Truffle Table; part two of our chat will run tomorrow. “I can count on one hand the number of times we ate the same thing for dinner,…
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…
Go green with Chomp! The vegan supper club meets on the first Wednesday of the month; tonight’s gathering will start at 7 p.m. in Congress Park. The menu is Vietnamese-inspired, and the price is a suggested donation of $7 to $10, (Beer and soda will be available for an additional…
Creativity is a good thing, except in pizza, when cooks have been known to slap on ingredients better left to other things. Peaches, for example, are great inside a fluted, buttery crust, but not so good smothered with streusel on the dessert pizza I had at a festival this summer…
Yes, it looks pretty, but food, as we know, isn’t just about appearances. Flavor counts — a lot — and in the case of this paella, there wasn’t much flavor, if any, to be found, making me wonder if the kitchen was completely bereft of saffron, paprika, garlic, onions, salt…
On Sunday, September 22,DISH will dish out food and drinks from dozens of Cafe Society’s favorite restaurants and trucks, including Pink Tank, in the Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. Pink Tank’s offering? Its award-winning Finger Lickin’ Waffles & Chicken dish — hold the chicken. See also: Best Food…
At this time of year many people start thinking about putting their gardens to bed. But chef Pat Perry has put the entire Highland’s Garden Cafe to bed. At the end of service on Saturday, August 31, the restaurant — two linked Victorian houses surrounded by lush gardens — closed…
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…
Growing up, I loved visiting my grandmother’s house because of everything she cooked. Now grown up, I still think she made the best American country cuisine I’ve ever tasted. One of the dishes she always had in her fridge was homemade applesauce. Much like homemade vegetable broth, applesauce made from…
Epic Brewing, which started making beer at its huge new Denver facility in July, has even more good news for fans of its brainless and off-kilter beers. The Salt Lake City-based brewery will use three 60-hectoliter wooden barrels — called foeders — that it just bought from New Belgium Brewing…
There can never be too much pho, yo? Just a few weeks ago, Pho Real opened in Littleton, and now, Pho 007, another Vietnamese noodle parlor, has unlocked its doors at 389 West Littleton Boulevard, in the former space of Jade Dragon. The menu, which includes several starters, twelve variations…
On Sunday, September 22, DISH will dish out delicious food and drinks from dozens of Cafe Society’s favorite restaurants and food trucks in the Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. To whet your appetite for what’s ahead, in the coming days we’ll be serving a look at the…
Cafe Society dished out five Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from an Italian beef sandwich from Mustard’s Last Stand — a sandwich that was shredded to pieces by commenters — to a plate of burrata and beets from Locanda del Borgo that had commenters salivating. We also featured a…
Josh Schwab’s doughnuts may be glazed, but he’s not confused about where his business is going. After nearly a year of selling doughnuts at farmers’ markets and a few cafes, the owner of Glazed and Confuzed Doughnuts is ready to open the doors of a new brick-and-mortar shop this fall…
Tamayo, the modern Mex restaurant that Richard Sandoval opened on the edge of Larimer Square a dozen years ago, wasn’t looking so modern last winter. That’s when the internationally renowned restaurateur put a million bucks into an update of the space. In her current review, Gretchen Kurtz suggests that Tamayo’s…
The ninth annual Denver Food and Wine classic — a six-day celebration of local food, wine and spirits — will pop the cork today at Metropolitan State University of Denver’s Hospitality Learning Center, with a special wine-pairing dinner at 6 p.m. courtesy of Troy Guard of TAG Restaurant. Tickets to…
This week Gretchen Kurtz visits the remodeled Tamayo — the second Mexican eatery in Richard Sandoval’s global chain of restaurants, which he first opened a dozen years ago in Larimer Square — for her review, while Carrie Shores of Table 6 spoke with Lori Midson about how she’s always found…
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…
