In 2013, proms are no longer just for adults — or meat-eaters. Over the weekend, the Mercury Cafe hosted a spin-off of the traditional high-school rite of passage with a completely vegan affair to raise funds for the Peaceful Prairie Animal Sanctuary. The evening’s menu included live music, gift giveaways…
If you’re going to call yourself a bona-hide steakhouse, then for the love of cows everywhere, hire a kitchen staff that understands the concept of temperature, specifically mid-rare. This barn of steer doesn’t have a clue, delivering the first slab of steer so beyond well-done that it was inedible; a…
After Ali Baba Grill first opened in Golden a dozen years ago, two more outposts followed, including one in Greenwood Village and another in Highlands Ranch, which is now closed. But the Middle Eastern joint, whose cuisine is rooted in Lebanon, Persia and the Mediterranean, is now back to being…
Cafe Society dished out four Guess where? contests last week, ranging from a margarita from the new Ay Caramba!, to a glass of beach-y rum punch from the Cherry Cricket to a plate of superb lamb chops from a restaurant whose chef just nabbed our Best of Denver Best Chef…
Over a dozen restaurants opened in March, ranging from the ambitious Beast + Bottle to Beantree Coffee & Deli. By contrast, only a handful of eateries closed their doors, including Big Easy and Grand Lux Cafe. Keep reading for our Restaurant roll call for March. See also: – Photos: ViewHouse…
We just published our thirtieth Best of Edition, with more than a hundred editorial picks in the Food & Drink section, many of them accompanied by Readers’ choices. And the readers have once again shown good taste and not given the Best French Fries award to McDonald’s, a frequent readers’…
The Boulder Theater is hosting the High West Oyster Fest tomorrow, April 2, with live music by local funk band Juno What?! and fresh oysters courtesy of Jax Fish House (its LoDo outpost was this year’s Best Seafood Restaurant); Odell’s Brewery will be pouring its Emersum Oyster Stout. The event…
The 2013 Best of Denver is now on stands (and online), and in its 196 pages you’ll find Westword’s picks for the best restaurants, bars and chefs around town. Along the way, we asked you to nominate and then vote for your favorites in dozens of categories; halfway through the…
It’s no secret that Denver is one of the nation’s burrito capitals — a fervent mecca of seam-busting tortillas jammed with everything but the kitchen sink. And while there’s nothing wrong with that distinction, the beans-rice-cheese combination isn’t exactly groundbreaking territory. And that’s one reason why Clay Markwell is making…
Sumo Sushi opened last week at 2353 South Havana Street in Aurora. Westword’s Danielle Lirette brought back these photos from the restaurant, which features local sports-themed rolls as specials. Score! See also: – Restaurant roll call for February: Old Major in, Pig & Block out – Denver’s ten best sushi…
Several of our favorite dives have dried up over the past few years. Fortunately, the Denver area still has an abundance of old-time dives, which we visited while researching the Best of Denver 2013. But who are we kidding? We’d be bellying up to these bars, anyway. Here, in no…
It’s been quiet out there in the craft beer world this week — primarily because most of the movers and shakers from around the country are in Washington, D.C. for the annual Craft Brewers Conference, and industry-only event hosted by the Brewers Association. This year’s version — the thirtieth one…
Music, great food, libations and local art — that’s the mantra of Cold Crush, a new venue opening April 20 in Ballpark at 2700 Larimer Street. The all-in-one package, run by model and DJ Cassie Stevens and three guys obsessed with music and art — general manager Eric Cunningham, owner…
Next Wednesday, April 3, Denver will be raining small-batch spirits: vodka, whiskey, gin, bourbon, brandy, grapa, absinthe and more at DStill’s American Craft Spirit & Cocktail Showcase, which runs from 6 to 10 p.m. and takes place at the McNichols Building at 144 West Colfax. There are 44 distilleries participating…
Denverites love their barbecue — even if great barbecue can be tough to find in this city. Boney’s, which won our Best BBQ in the Best of Denver 2013, used to have a cart at Writer’s Square, but closed that in order to focus on its newly expanded restaurant on…
It’s a good thing that the tom yum goong, a tart and spicy Thai seafood soup, was on the money, because the service — stoic and uncomfortably unfriendly — definitely wasn’t, and nor was the chalky panang curry, ordered “Thai hot” and arriving inexplicably milder than the pot of rice…
Fast-casual restaurants are taking over the world, one burrito, burger and bowl of pasta at a time, offering customers the convenience of quick-service joints and some of the atmosphere and ingredient quality of sit-down places. And given Colorado’s casual lifestyle and entrepreneurial spirit, it’s not surprising that this state has…
The Best of Denver 2013 is out, with more than a hundred categories in our Food & Drink section. One of the most hotly contested categories is always Best Green Chile. This year, the readers voted for El Taco de Mexico, a many-time winner. Cafe Society’s pick for Best Green…
The Fancy Plants Vegan Prom takes place tomorrow night at the Mercury Cafe, 2199 California Street. Marilyn Megenity’s club that was awarded our Best Free Entertainment award in the Best of Denver 2013. The prom, which starts at 8 p.m., isn’t free, but it will raise funds for Peaceful Prairie…
There are time-honored traditions that define a good whiskey, from the type of grain used in the mix to the type of barrel in which it’s aged. But Lenny Eckstein, owner and head distiller of Deerhammer Distilling Company in Buena Vista, is not afraid to mix tradition with new practices…
Just over a month ago, Jeff Bauman and his brother Marc shuttered Pig & Block Charcuterie, their butcher shop at 3326 Tejon Street, in LoHi. “We were given a really decent offer to sell, and while things had been going very, very well for us — we were even preparing…
Earlier this week, three Colorado chefs — Elise Wiggins (Panzano), Daniel Asher (Root Down and Linger) and Riley Romanin (Hooked in Beaver Creek) — convened in the kitchen of Metropolitan State University Hospitality Learning Center to vie for an opportunity to cook at the Taste of Derby competition at the…
