In late 2010, after a few years of fighting between convenience and grocery stores, bottle shops and beer makers, the State of Colorado discovered — much to its chagrin — that it was illegal for restaurants and liquor stores to sell low-alcohol beer. That’s right, citizens: Colorado was trying to…
Bless the beasts and the children…and Adrift. Yes, that’s correct: This morning, three Buddhist monks from a monastery in Parker sat side by side on a chartreuse banquette at Adrift, the tiki bar that will open this week on South Broadway, and chanted, blessing the new space and wishing it…
Pizza Public is set to open at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 4. It’s taken over the space that was once home to Veronica’s Bases Loaded, a definite dive bar. But according to Pizza Public’s Facebook page, this new spot will be a “pizza-tapas-wine restaurant/bar with a nice highland upscale…
Les Delices de Paris, the charming bakery at 600 South Holly Street, will reopen at 7 a.m. tomorrow after being closed for remodeling. “We have a big, new pastry case for new pastries,” explains French-born Christelle Donat, who co-owns the spot with her husband, Gerard. “New paint, too. It’s a…
There were two interesting components to my meal at this Indian restaurant: a server who recommended a Tibetan dish that, he said, was laced with chiles “that were nothing like Texas-style chili” (WTF?) and the deep-fried naan, which would probably be a huge hit in Texas. Nonetheless, I’ll continue to…
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. Hummus is awesome. It’s one of those versatile spreads that can work on bagels for breakfast, in sandwiches for lunch, or with…
South Federal Boulevard is Denver’s best restaurant neighborhood, according to votes cast by the readers of Cafe Society. In a poll that pitted South Federal vs. Lower Highland, South Federal came away with 53.48 percent of the vote when polls closed at 11:59 p.m. Sunday night. The weekend-long voting was…
March saw some much-anticipated openings, including a Denver outpost of The Kitchen as well as James Mazzio’s Red Star Deli in the Ice House, Cinque Soldi Salumeria on South Pearl Street, and the revamped Spuntino in Highland. But longtime barbecue joints dried up all over the metro area. Keep reading…
Cafe Society posted five Guess Where? contests last week ranging from a still-unidentified creepy coconut to a breakfast feast of “truck stop cuisine” from Johnson’s Corner to a terrific plate of chiliquiles from Tacos/Carnitas Estilo Michoacan to a sphere of glistening oysters. For correctly identifying those pearls as coming from…
Pinche Taqueria won our Best New Restaurant designation in the Best of Denver 2012; Laura Shunk discussed her pick here. But as she looked over the list of eateries that had opened in 2011, and assessed how they were holding up, she revised our late December list of Denver’s ten…
Boulder may have been knocked out of our Street 16 neighborhood tournament (look for the winner later today), but it was Cafe Society’s pick for the Best Food Neighborhood in our Best of Denver 2012 — and this week’s culinary calender will highlight many reasons for that. But there are…
While scouring this week’s tweets, I came across this snarky slam from Ali Wallers, a stand-up comedian, former writer for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and Best Week Ever and, it appears, an advocate of a reality show…that would pursue pretentious vegans. The show could start with Clueless star Alica…
The woman sitting in the booth behind us was beside herself: “We kept telling city council that we needed a barbecue place out here. We’ve been to every single barbecue place in Denver and this is by far the best,” she declared, waving her arms dismissively when I interjected something…
The Wynkoop Brewing Company has added a new beer to its roster, Rocky Mountain Oyster Stout, and it will only be available on one day, Sunday, April 1. Enough said…
Despite the volume of beer being pumped out of this state’s kettles, breweries keep opening at a breakneck pace. We’re just fine with that, especially when those breweries come with taprooms, because taprooms are a really good way to daytime drink and somehow seem less alcoholic than if you were…
Karma Bar & Tapas, a surprisingly hip bar at 5654 South Prince Street in downtown Littleton, is celebrating two years of good karma today by offering free food, giveaways and drink specials. There will also be a tattoo booth on-site. Call 720-524-8420 for more info. For information on dozens of…
At the end of last year, we published our list of the ten best restaurants that had opened in 2011 — as we saw them at the time. Over the next few months, though, as we prepared for the Best of Denver 2012, we had a chance to really digest…
Come Sunday, downtown Denver will benefit from another reason to rise and shine when Ryan Leinonen, exec chef/owner of Trillium, the Scandinavian-inspired restaurant that he unleashed in the Ballpark neighborhood just a few months ago, opens his restaurant at 10 a.m. with what he calls “infinite mimosas.”…
About three hundred restaurants opened in the metro area in 2011, and many of them were very good restaurants indeed. There’s no question that the bar has been raised in Denver — and things are only going to get better from here. But as we considered the contenders for the…
I’ll never forget the first time I attended the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen. It was the final year that Julia Child, the late, great American chef who demystified French cuisine — and passed away in 2004 — made an appearance at the annual Aspen culinary orgy, back when…
Starbucks’ outspoken support of same-sex marriage prompted the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) to create an international campaign to “Dump Starbucks,” an attempt to persuade people to stop buying coffee from Starbucks because, according to itsDump Starbucks website, “it has taken a corporate-wide position that the definition of marriage between…
After four years and a pile of red tape, Vine Street Pub (and Brewery) is getting ready to brew beer on site for the first time this Sunday. The restaurant, part of the Boulder-based Mountain Sun group, has had its equipment set up since last fall, but just received its…
