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…
Yesterday Lori Midson celebrated the lobster macaroni and cheese at Mizuna as one of our 100 Favorite Dishes. This is not standard, comfort-food mac and cheese; it uses poached sweet lobster meat in place of Oscar Meyer ham and silky mascarpone instead Velveeta. And it doesn’t have your standard, comfort-food…
The Dos Casas fundraising dinner at Lola, 1575 Boulder Street, is sold out this evening, but the restaurant will be hosting an after-party that will open to the public at 9:30 p.m. There will be live tunes from Lane/Meadows/Levy of The Congress and food and drink specials till midnight. See…
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…
Echo Brewing, which celebrated its first anniversary this past weekend in Frederick, has decided to straddle I-25 and open a second brewery in Old Town Erie. Until that’s ready, though, Echo will also serve as a jumping-off point for a second brewing company that plans to open in Erie: Atom…
Nine local bartenders — Justin Lloyd (Star Bar); Joe Hines (Williams & Graham); Adam Hodak (Bonanno Concepts); Pat Ruberto (Gaetano’s); Brandon Meyer (Crave Dessert Bar); Melissa Durant (Old Major); Anika Zappe (Punch Bowl – Social Food & Drink); Les Baker (Tom’s Urban 24) and Randy Layman from Ace, who’s pictured…
Dos Casas, the fundraising dinner at Lola tomorrow night, is completely sold out. “Brent’s Place, and all the great things they do to help cancer patients, is extremely near and dear to everyone at Lola, and to all the chefs who participate in this event,” says Jamey Fader, the culinary…
While doing research – i.e., eating out a lot – for this week’s review of DJ’s 9th Avenue Café, I encountered Toad-in-a-Hole pancakes. And ever since, I’ve had fun thinking of other foods with humorous names. See also: – Photos: DJ’s 9th Avenue Cafe opens in the Golden Triangle -…
From the labor-intensive Japanese cakes to the fashionable French macarons, everything at this gorgeous bake shop makes me swoon. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to a Guess Where post is entered into a pool — and every Monday, we select…
Even though there’s snow on the ground, spring is now three weeks old — and that means shaping up for summer weather. Our favorite lighter fare? A chopped-up salad atChoppers Custom Salads — either the downtown or DTC location. It’s kind of like Illegal Pete’s mixed-up-burrito, but in salad form…
Purple Door Coffee opened yesterday at 2962 Welton Street in Five Points. In addition to serving beverages with locally-roasted beans, the nonprofit coffee shop also serves as an employment opportunity for troubled and homeless youth. Owners Madison Chandler and Mark Smesrud started the venture in order to provide faith-based guidance…
The Oreo turned 100 last year, which means that the cookie has had its lovers and haters for a century. Count Jenn Wohletz among the latter; she included Oreos on her list of five terrible foods. Although many readers love the cookie, one says it’s even worse than it used…
Every Tuesday, Cured, a cheese/specialty shop at 1825 Pearl Street in Boulder, hosts a free wine sampling. See also: – Best New Cheese Shop 2012 Cured – Cured cheese shop opens The Larder, a new micro-grocery in Boulder – Cured celebrates its first birthday by opening seven days a week…
The Boulder Farmers’ Market on Saturday, April 13, is one of those variable Colorado days when you’re not sure whether to wear a coat, a jacket or a heavy sweater — and you find yourself peeling off layers as the morning advances. JJ in his wheelchair and Raelene wearing her…
For the fourth year in a row, the Govnr’s Park Beer Fest matched local beer aficionados with more than 100 craft beers over the weekend. With brews from across the state and country, the event raised funds for both the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the Big Nose Beer…
Red Claw Seafood & Wings was part of a small wave of seafood-cum-Cajun-cum-Asian joints that washed up in Denver a few years ago. Now the spot at 472 South Federal Boulevard has changed hands — and names. Although the new owners say they’ve kept the same concept, the name has…
Last night’s “Good vs. Evil” throwdown of jabs between Eric Ripert and Tony Bourdain solidified three things that most of us already know: Bourdain’s favorite noun is “motherfucker,” his adjective of choice is “motherfucking,” and Paula Deen, according to Bourdain, is a motherfucking motherfucker who doesn’t know fuck about Southern…
My teenager is currently on a Thai food kick, which couldn’t make me happier, because next week, when we’re in California on vacation, it’s going to be all In-N-Out, all the time, at least if he has his way. In the meantime, we Thai-d one on at this iconic Denver…
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…
Cafe Society served up five Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a crock of macaroni and cheese topped with Chex Mix from ViewHouse, to a huge mound of green chile-smothered carne asada fries from El Alamo Mexican Bakery, a taqueria and panaderia at 3165 West 38th Avenue, to a…
Six months after Fero’s Bar & Grill was the site of a crime night that left five people dead, the space is for lease…with little sign left of its previous occupant, or of the murders committed there. See also: – Young Suk Fero, owner of Fero’s, killed in robbery/arson -…
It’s early Monday morning, so you can count on two things: People are already lining up to eat breakfast at the original Snooze in the Ballpark neighborhood, and outside the restaurant, the homeless are already lining up to wait until the shelters open their doors again tonight. It’s a scene…
