Adrian Miller wrote the book on soul food — even though while he was growing up in the Denver suburbs, there weren’t many places he could get soul food beyond his own kitchen. But while there still aren’t many soul-food restaurants in Denver, there are at least five that Miller…
It’s National Lemonade Day, and local Red Robin restaurants are setting up lemonade stands to raise funds for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to finding better treatments and ultimately cures for all kids with cancer. See also: – Red Robin’s Burger Works delivers signature dishes in a…
Early this morning, I got word that the Squeaky Bean, easily one of the most talked about — and vaunted — restaurants in Denver, would soon become a restaurant that was about to undergo some changes. And these weren’t small, insignificant changes; they were major changes. See also: – The…
UPDATE: We have a winner of our FIVE Hawaiian Luau contest, in which we asked Cafe Society readers to answer this question: How many total events have the FIVE participated in — in Colorado and New York — since its inception in 2008? Congrats to Bails, who guessed 46; the…
Uno Mas, a new taqueria and cantina, opens at 5 p.m. today on South Pearl Street in Platt Park, and while this city is dotted with taquerias, especially on Federal Boulevard, Uno Mas, which means “one more” in Spanish, isn’t a carbon copy of those — it’s better, says Patrick…
Diebolt Brewing in the Sunnyside neighborhood opened quietly this past weekend with limited hours and just two beers on tap. But owner Jack Diebolt and his parents, who moved to Denver to help, plan to ramp things up significantly over the next couple of weeks. Located on residential Mariposa Street…
Ricky Padilla, founder of Brown Water Coffee, doesn’t think his company’s mission ends with serving good coffee. He also wants that coffee to support good works. See also: – Denver’s ten top coffee shops for work productivity – Thump Coffee will start brewing in Capitol Hill in late August -…
Yazoo Barbecue Company has won several Best of Denver awards since Don Hines opened his barbecue joint in a 700 square-foot bunker at 2150 Broadway a decade ago. Since then, Hines has opened a second location an East Arapahoe, and his places are so popular that Yazoo was a finalist…
The third annual Roots, Beans and Greens goes down at Crossroads Theater, 2590 Washington Street, from 6 to 9 p.m. this evening. The all-ages, free party will focus on educating kids and their parents about the importance of an organic, local diet. And that mission is especially close to Ietef…
Linger, Justin Cucci’s globally-inspired hotspot in Highland, has taken its rooftop patio to new heights, so says Travel + Leisure magazine, which just released its list of America’s Best Outdoor restaurants. Kate Parham, who penned the story, spoke to Cucci, who also owns Root Down — anther Highland restaurant with…
Last week, Cafe Society posted five Guess Where? contests, ranging from a bowl of mussels pooled in a panang curry from Jax Fish House to an Ethiopian spread from Queen of Sheba to a gut-busting — and woefully overrated — quesorito from an iconic Mexican/American restaurant restaurant that one commenter…
Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies are the ultimate sweet treat: They’re healthy-ish (for a cookie, anyway), and the replacement of the traditional raisins with mini chocolate chips adds decadence. Even better: This recipe is totally vegan, so the plant-based eater can enjoy all they want — and their dairy-loving friends won’t…
For those jonesing for java from Aviano Coffee, which had to move — quickly — into a new location in Cherry Creek this winter, then closed this spring for what was supposed to be a relatively quick renovation, there are hopeful signs that the spot is about to reopen. Finally…
In one of the more interesting real-estate deals of the last few years, the Breckenridge-Wynkoop group swapped property — and cash — with the brothers behind Sushi Den and Izakaya Den, taking on the Izakaya space at 1518 South Pearl in exchange for giving up the Pearl Street Grill at…
The Mi Casa Center, 360 Acoma Street, is welcoming Samuel Adams Brewing for a free speed-coaching advice program for upcoming entrepreneurs in the food and beverage industry today. This year’s event will feature a “Pitch Room” competition that gives eight Colorado companies a chance to win a trip to Boston…
Mark Antonation has been eating his way up Federal Boulevard and posting weekly dispatches on Cafe Society. This week he landed at Vietnam Bay, at 472 South Federal Boulevard, where the pristine white facade and nautical blue logo don’t begin to hint at the collision of Louisiana and Vietnamese cuisine…
Fired Up, the restaurant that chef/ownerJosh Barhaug opened a year ago at 1135 Bannock Street in the former home of Chances, is living up to its name: The place is currently closed for repairs after a “small electrical fire,” according to its phone message. See also: – Chef and Tell…
Black Crow is the Rio Grande’s answer to the food truck — and its central location in LoDo makes it a distinctively urban, yet hidden, oasis in the heart of the city. The sprawling multi-tier patio is directly next to the Rio, but provides a decidedly different, deeply casual setting…
“This is a recipe that really captures the essence of summer,” says John Little, the executive chef of Harman’s Eat & Drink — and the subject of this week’s Chef and Tell interview. “It’s light and allows you to focus on the main stars of the dish – the Olathe…
Growing up in the suburbs of Denver, Adrian Miller didn’t see a lot of soul food at nearby restaurants — but he did see it on his family’s table every holiday. His culinary obsession, though, was barbecue (he’s a certified judge) until he stumbled across John Egerton’s book Southern Food:…
Suffice it to say that I eat out more than the general population, unless, of course, the general population can catalogue more than 450 restaurant meals in a year — which is about the number of breakfasts, lunches and dinners that I stomached in 2012. Pathetic, isn’t it? But all…
Despite the proliferation of eager whippersnappers rushing to open craft breweries and distilleries, people have been working diligently to get us drunk for centuries. St. Germain, for example, originated in France in 1885, and its exuberantly fruity taste, which benefits from that most European of herbs — the elderflower –…
