Paul Handley was so inspired by the success of Jim Pittenger — and by his Biker Jim’s dogs — that he wrote a poem, “which I sent him and was published in Puffin Circus, as was an abbreviated version on-line in Every Day Poets,” Handley reports. “Jim was good enough…
“Treat everyone right, because you never know who’s sitting at your bar,” says barman Joshua Smith, who currently commands the beverage program at TAG in addition to slinging drinks at Williams & Graham a couple of nights a week. That lesson was hammered home for him a few weeks ago,…
That tiny hut, tucked into a courtyard on Vine Street at the Streets at SouthGlenn, is the future home of Yo’Cheese, a takeaway stand “making grilled cheese the way you wished your Yo’Mom made,” its Facebook page promises…
For obvious reasons, we don’t make New Year’s resolutions here at Cafe Society that involve cutting delicious morsels out of our diet. But since we used the holidays as an excuse to go on even more of a gastronomic bender than usual this year, we are thinking about switching our…
Like Colorado, Wisconsin has a long beer tradition and a new breed of craft brewers. The most well-known is probably New Glarus, a brewery that has reached cult status nationwide because of unusual fruit beers like Wisconsin Belgian Red and Raspberry Tart — and because it only distributes in Wisconsin…
Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market’s choicest ingredients home with them and cook up a feast. During the month…
Like a fine-art collector, Euclid Hall’s Ryan Conklin has been gathering up special, rare or unusual examples of his muse over the past nine months and secreting them away. But this month, Conklin, a certified beer Cicerone, is ready to put on a show. Euclid Hall will tap one of…
Actually, let’s stay away from the word “resolution.” Because we all know how well those New Year’s resolutions tend to work out, don’t we? For 2012, we’d like to recommend you take a radical yet stunningly simple approach when it comes to drinking wine: Make it a lifestyle…
The best Ethiopian food I’ve had in the state comes from this kaleidoscopic storefront that’s not in Denver, but in a town that’s easily within reach. 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…
For last week’s “Year in Review,” we recapped what the subjects of the 2011 Chef and Tell interviews would like to see less of in Denver. This time, we’re serving up their wish lists of what they’d hope to find on Denver’s plate in the new year – everything from…
Everyone’s favorite pho parlor — Pho 95, which has locations on South Federal Boulevard and Streets at SouthGlenn — has a new sibling. The space at 2990 West Mississippi, which was the original Chopsticks China Bistro (and, after that, one of those sub-par $1.25-a-scoop Chinese travesties), is now Pho 96…
The news broke yesterday that Gabor’s, the beloved joint on East Thirteenth, will close a few months from now to make way for the Marion Street Tavern, a new bar by Sam Roots, who owns the Providence Tavern in Edgewater. “I don’t want to give too much away right now,”…
Get your international education every Thursday at Bistro Vendome, 1420 Larimer Street, when the charming restaurant highlights a different classic French dish. Tonight’s star: tournedos rossini. Whet your appetite by reading Lori Midson’s recent Chef and Tell interview with Bistro Vendome exec chef Dana Rodriguez. For more information, call 303-825-3232…
When M&D’s Cafe shut its doors after 34 years in business this weekend, it didn’t just leave behind a legion of fans. It also left a big debt — including a million dollars that it owes on a loan issued by the Denver Office of Economic Development when owners Daisy…
Late last week, Tilman J. Fertitta, who owns Landry’s, Inc., closed a deal to purchase McCormick & Schmick’s, a nationwide restaurant chain that has two locations in Denver, including one in the Oxford Hotel. That spot has been serving up cheap happy hour deals and oysters since 1986 — before…
This week’s review took me to the area just north of West Washington Park, where Dale Huguley created Cafe|Bar in the former home of Pho Pasta. With the help of chef Eric Rivera, he married European cafe culture to sustainable sourcing and excellent design. The result is a versatile neighborhood…
The National Western Stock Show is rolling into town, which means there will be almost as much beef on the hoof as on the plate in this cowtown, although steakhouses definitely anticipate fattening up. And this year, in addition to the usual funnel cakes and turkey legs and pork chops…
We’ve seen a lot of beer cocktails make best-beverage lists over the past year, and they range in complexity from a glorified michelada — a classic Mexican blend of lime juice and lager — to the Naughty Girl Scout, a drink on the list at Euclid Hall that uses a…
So far, 2012 is sucking up restaurants and bars at a rapid pace. In a matter of just days, Pearl Street Grill, India’s Pearl and OTOTO have called it quits; after 34 long years, M&D’s Cafe shuttered; Se7en, the corner bar in the Beauvallon, is gone, too; and the California…
I’d asked for no glaze — it came glazed. I’d asked for it mid-rare — it arrived medium-well. And the third time? Mid-raw. Perhaps the moral of the story is don’t order a pork chop at a steakhouse. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the…
Have you run the gauntlet at Star Bar? If not, you’ve got through February 6 to try and drink thirty Avery Brewing beers available at the hip Larimer Street beer bar. For starters, you’ll need to drink all of these: IPA, White Rascal, Ellie’s Brown, Joe’s Pilsner, Out of Bounds…
For last week’s Year in Review issue, we recapped what the subjects of the 2011 Chef and Tell interviews would like to see less of in Denver. This time, we’re serving up their wish lists of what they hope to find on Denver’s plate in the new year — everything…
