The McRib has been resurrected for the holiday season, and Jenn Wohletz celebrated its reappearance yesterday in her Merry McRibness ode. But not everyone is celebrating its return (or another fast-food post on Cafe Society). See also: – Merry McRibness! A holiday poem -The McRib is back, and Denver’s got…
Lucky Pie Pizza & Tap House, 1610 16th Street, is tapping a spiced holiday ale from River North Brewing at 5 p.m. today. The beer-centric pizza joint is also midway through its Twelve Beers of Christmas celebration, so there will be a special release from Sierra Nevada on tap as…
Denver has been very, very good to some New Jersey transplants — and now they want to give back to the state where they got their start. From 5 to 11 p.m. tonight, they’ll gather at Vesper Lounge, which Frank and Jacqueline Bonanno opened this past Saturday, to “raise a…
With out-of-town guests beginning to trickle in for the holidays, it’s a relief to know you won’t have to house, feed and entertain them all by yourself. Well, make that “yes” on house, but with restaurants that double as entertainment zones, there’s plenty of help in the other two areas…
All this week, I’m featuring my favorite culinary stocking stuffers and presents for the fervent foodnik, cook and restaurant fiend in your life (yesterday’s pick was the indulgent hot chocolate and salted caramel marshmallows from Spuntino). These are all gifts that are available locally — and locally made or produced…
Never mind that the guy behind the bar, a self-described beer geek since 1995, had never heard of sour beers. Weird, but forgivable, particularly since he suggested I try The Abyss, an inky special reserve Imperial stout, from Deschutes, with hints of caramel and licorice. Get it now, before I…
It’s not that easy to find vegetarian-friendly (let alone vegan-friendly) Mexican food; between lard in the refried beans and chicken stock in the rice or green chile, there’s no telling what animal products might be lurking in the foods you order. That’s why we just love places like Tarasco’s New…
Back in September, we spilled the very good news that Paul Reilly, the former chef of Encore, which closed early this spring, would open a new dining mecca called called Beast + Bottle, a restaurant, he told me, that would be nose-to-tail and “much more about the food and food…
Yesterday marked the glorious return of America’s favorite onion-ed, pickled, sauce-slathered, probably-pork sandwich. Much to my delight, the McDonald’s location at 505 East Colfax Avenue is now serving the McRib sandwich — and thanks to McDoo’s extremely persuasive “Get a second McRib for $1,” I not only got one McRib…
Jax is about to add a fourth location, in the new City Set development in Glendale, behind the Hilton Garden Inn at the corner of Colorado Boulevard and Cherry Creek Drive — an area definitely shy of good restaurant options. Jax isn’t the only eatery going into the project: Udi’s…
The recently opened Bin 1884 Cheese Bar, 1886 South Pearl Street, is offering a free wine and cheese pairing for the holidays from 6 to 8 p.m. this evening. See also: -Bin 1884 Cheese Bar is open in the Empty Bottle -Bin 1884 Cheese Bar will fill space in The…
Colorado is one of the country’s top two markets for Tuaca, a liqueur as ubiquitous as snow (and sometimes more so) in the high country. But how did that happen? Blame it on two Summit County bartenders who came across the brand on their travels, then made it at home…
Cafe Society served up four Guess Where? posts last week, zigzagging from a rich — and rewarding — bowl of Malaysian shrimp laksa from Phat Thai, to a healthy kale salad from True Food Kitchen, to a dish with sliced lamb, scallions and chiles from a suburban Chinese joint, whose…
While I was sitting on the toilet the other day reading a months-old copy of The Atlantic, something caught my eye in its annual “Ideas List” — the notion that employers should hire introverts. As one of those annoying extroverts, I immediately got upset and irritated that the article wasn’t…
The first Denver Beer Festivus filled the renovated McNichols Building on Saturday with a real craft-beer festival for the rest of us. With its focus firmly on Denver, the event featured more than twenty local brewers and their drafts. For more photos, visit our full slide show. See also: -…
All this week, I’ll be featuring my favorite culinary stocking stuffers and presents for the fervent foodnik, cook and restaurant fiend in your life. These are all gifts that are available locally — and locally made or produced — and they’re all things that I hope to find in my…
If you’re looking for something to bring to the office for the holidays — and you work with people who don’t eat animal products — these vegan ginger cookies are a quick, easy solution. Softer than gingersnaps but with a similar bite imparted by the distinctive root, they’re a great…
Last Friday, we broke the news that Dave Query, the mastermind behind Big Red F, the Boulder-based restaurant group that already lays claim to eight restaurants in Boulder, Denver and Fort Collins, is adding a new chicken joint and brewery to his repertoire next year, this one in Lafayette. But…
The concept of “the backup” is a pretty familiar one in sports, electrical generators and dating, but you don’t usually see it applied to restaurants. But the International House of Pancakes is my idea of the perfect backup restaurant: It’s not a first choice for dining, but it’s a suitable…
Can there ever be too much bacon? Diners were in hog heaven at last weekend’s Bacon and Beer Festival, featuring craft beers from some of the state best breweries as well as bacon in every form imaginable, some edible — and some not, as the photo above indicates. It was…
The Mayan calendar ends this Friday, December 21, which some people believe predicts the end of the world. As a precaution, the Curtis Hotel, 1405 Curtis Street, is offering would-be refugees a Party Like There’s No To-Maya package this Friday. The deal includes rental of the entire fifteenth floor; limousine…
Colorado — home to the Great American Beer Festival, the Brewers Association and 161 breweries — is the center of the universe when it comes to craft beer. But is it also the center of the “crafty” beer universe? On Thursday, the Brewers Association, which represents small brewers nationwide, fired…
