Do you want a shot of attitude with that beer? Laura Shunk’s interview with Adam Hodak, the Green Russell bartender who doesn’t think bartenders should be pretentious, hit a few people in their funny bones, not to mention wallets lightened by the cost of craft cocktails. The comments keep flowing…
Penny Parker may have lost her job at the Denver Post, but she hasn’t lost her interest in Sense of Security, a charity that helps breast-cancer patients. Her third annual Evening of Decadent Delights — a benefit for the charity — will take place at Coohills, 1400 Wewatta Street, tonight…
Any cook can call himself a chef — and often does — these days. Historically, though, the term was reserved for those culinary professionals who’d actually mastered the craft of preparing food, which involved everything from running the kitchen to adding the perfect finishing garnish to a brilliantly constructed plate…
Would you like a jungle of cilantro smothering your shrimp tacos? If so, then this is your place. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts is entered into a pool — and every Monday,…
Mandy Stevens and Kristian Barowsky were planning to unveil The Desk today, giving Denver a combination cafe-workspace that would allow the city’s numerous freelancers a place to post up with a cup of coffee, reserve a desk for hours at a time or hold a meeting in a conference room…
The owners of Denver Beer Co. found out how long it takes a bike-powered grain mill to chew up barley when they hooked the mill to a stationary bike provided by their Platte Street neighbor, Salvagetti Bicycle Workshop, and fired up the contraption. Read more: Denver Beer Co. uses pedal…
After last summer’s street-food shindigs wound down, there was some indication that the food-truck parties — at least the Justice League soirees, which were at the forefront of catapulting Denver’s street-food scene to prominence — might be grinding to a halt. “We haven’t made any decision about whether we’re going…
Opening Day at Coors Field may as well be a holiday in the Mile High City: Denver’s residents descend upon downtown en masse, kick off the baseball festivities early and keep partying until late. Earlier today, Jonathan Shikes, aka Colorado Beer Man, divulged a list of spots to find craft…
No one’s saying you have to go meatless just because it’s Monday — but as incentive to join the growing movement, every week we’re offering an animal-free recipe. Spaghetti squash is fun to prepare and tastes delicious. This Cal-Mex-style dish utilizes mango, avocado, black beans and corn to create a…
Baseball fans are going to find awesome deals today on America’s favorite light lagers at LoDo bars and restaurants. Awesome, awesome deals. But if you are looking to drink something else, perhaps a deliciously flavorful ale brewed by one of this state’s amazing independent beer makers, you need to have…
Just in time for opening day, Breckenridge Ballpark Pub, 2220 Blake Street, has reopened after taking a month off for renovations…
Cafe Society dished out seven Guess Where? contests last week ranging from a blood orange mimosa from Racines to a noble pastrami sandwich at Backcountry Provisions to a waste-of-a-burrito among well-on-their-way wasted patrons at Hanson’s to a morning gut bomb of sausage-studded Hollandaise sauce, poached eggs and chicken-fried steak. For…
It was a photo in a magazine of a chef in his whites that inspired Fabio Flagiello to pursue a culinary career. “I was nine years old and leafing through a magazine and saw a chef in his jacket and hat, so I told my mom that I wanted too…
To be pretentious or not? About the only than that people could agree on after reading the interview with Adam Hodak of the Green Russell was that a margarita needs real lime…
On Friday afternoon, I got the text: “Heeeeey! I sold the Pinyon — going to make the move to Denver. Kablammo!” read the message from Theo Adley, the exec chef-owner of the Pinyon in Boulder, a restaurant he opened in late 2010 on the East End of the Pearl Street…
Penny Parker may have lost her job at the Denver Post, but she hasn’t lost her interest in a charity that helps breast-cancer patients — a charity that will benefit from a fundraiser at Coohills this Tuesday. Here’s a taste of what else is on the culinary calendar this week:…
Looking for a way to resurrect your energy on Easter morning? This blood orange mimosa could be just the cocktail. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Guess Where posts is entered into a pool — and every Monday,…
In this interview, Adam Hodak — the beverage manager for Frank Bonanno’s restaurants who’s frequently behind the stick at Green Russell, Osteria Marco and Russell’s Smokehouse — weighs in on how he got to where he is, the night he pepper-sprayed himself and the irony of lime usage at Mexican…
Denver dumpling enthusiasts can breathe a sigh of relief: Lao Wang Noodle House reopened today, several days after Chung-Ming and Tse-Ming Wang had closed the place for renovations. Follow @CafeWestword on Twitter and at facebook.com/denvercafesociety…
I wasn’t thrilled with Paxia, the upscale Mexican joint brothers Cesar, Roberto and Ignacio Leon opened in the Sunnyside neighborhood last year, especially because their original restaurant, the vibrant Los Carboncitos, is located just six blocks away. And after I’d eaten my review meals at Paxia, I went diving into…
Havana Street in Aurora is home to several new restaurants, according to the latest word from the Havana Business Improvement District. Among them: Havana Street Station, a family restaurant serving mostly American and Mexican food in the space at 1911 South Havana Street that used to be Dumitri’s Family Restaurant…
If one cyclist left Denver Beer Co at noon, traveling at fifteen miles per hour, and another left from the City and County Building at noon, traveling at 10 miles per hour, how long would take them to grind up 500 pounds of malted barley?…
