Joe Mohrfeld, who’s been wrangling hops, malt and yeast for Odell Brewing in Fort Collins for the past three years, is headed to a new gig with Pinthouse Pizza, a brewery in formation in Austin, Texas, where the craft-beer scene is getting ready to explode. It will be a big…
It’s not yet December 25, but Cafe Society would like to play Santa early, stuffing a reader’s stocking with suggestions for where he and his friends can enjoy holiday atmosphere — and beverages. Here’s the note that Charles sent Santa:…
When Forbes recently released its list of 100 rising star companies in 22 industries, “privately held up-and-comers with compelling business models, strong management teams, notable customers, strategic partners and precious investment capital,” exactly one restaurant company made the cut. And Colorado’s very own Smashburger didn’t just make the list; it…
Denver has always been a center of the beer-making world — but until recently, you could have argued that Boulder was a better craft-beer town. But after counting up the number of craft brewers coming to Denver, Jonathan Shikes just asked, “Has Denver finally surpassed boulder as a beer city?”…
Too cold to grill outside? Let Lala’s Wine Bar + Pizzeria, 410 East Seventh Avenue, do the work for you at today’s Argentina BBQ & Wine Tasting, complete with grilled barbecue, a wine-tasting inside and tapas paired with that wine. And don’t worry about the weather; this is all indoors…
Clutching a Mason jar full of hot chocolate and peppermint schnapps and trying hard not to spill, I stared pleadingly into the eyes of a snarling man in flannel who was attempting to push past me. “Excuse me!” he repeated, without a trace of sympathy. I was trying to get…
After a series of pop-up dinners at Cafe Options, which played host to chef Max MacKissock and several squad members of the soon-to-reopen Squeaky Bean on Friday and Saturday night, the staff celebrated by shotgunning beers in the kitchen. The Squeaky Bean’s irreverence is alive and well…
Novo Coffee does the vast majority of its business wholesale, selling its beans — some of our favorite beans in Denver — to restaurants and cafes. But for the past five years, the company has also kept one retail location by the Denver Art Museum, where patrons can score a…
I have no idea why restaurants continue to ring plates with specks of parsley, but regardless of needless adornments, the buffalo pot roast, wreathed with butternut squash, at this longstanding American gathering place, more than makes up for it. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives…
Denver will lose a familiar face this week when Club 404, a classic dive bar at 404 Broadway, changes hands after sixty years under owner Jerry Feld…
Over the last few months, I went from the worst shape of my life to the best while continuing to eat like a food critic. Don’t punch me in the face; instead, read how I did it in part seven of this series: There have been a few defiant (mostly…
Denver has always been a center of the beer-making world. From our rip-roaring past to the Great American Beer Festival to the beer-fueled redevelopment of LoDo. But until recently, you could have argued that Boulder was a better craft beer town. Not anymore. In 2011, Denver surpassed its smaller, hipper…
As the restaurant community gears up for Christmas — and let’s not forget the planned blowouts on New Year’s Eve — this week’s culinary calendar is somewhat slim. Don’t forget, though, you can check out a blizzard of ongoing weekly and monthly events in our online food-and-drink listings, and we’ll…
Wazee Wood-Fire Pizza, Charlie Palmer’s tribute to New York-style pies, opens today at 11 a.m. downtown at 1631 Wazee Street, directly next door to District Meats, which the New York-based star chef unleashed in October…
Temple Micah’s fourth annual Top Latke Cook-off Friday night featured budding young chefs serving up some seriously creative takes on potato pancakes. There were otherwise traditional latkes smothered in peanut butter and jelly; sweet potato latkes with marshmallow topping; Asian-spiced cakes topped with ginger; round latkes stuffed with cheese and…
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. If you think you can’t enjoy creamy, rich foods like risotto on a plant-based diet, this recipe will prove you wrong. The…
Cafe Society dished up three Guess where? contests last week, including a bowl of lackluster French onion soup, a trio of terrific pineapple-topped tacos from Vesta Dipping Grill, and a surprisingly good cheeseburger heaped with grilled onions. For identifying that plate as coming from Red Robin’s Burger Works, Chris B…
It’s no secret that we’re fans of Meatless Monday, and today you can join the movement with minimal effort by eating at Olivea (719 East 17th Avenue, 303-861-5050) or Duo (2413 West 32nd Avenue, 303-477-4141), which offer vegetarian specials every Monday. If you’re interested in cooking something up yourself, then…
Brian Smith, the barman at Pinche Taqueria who will also be behind the stick at the resurrected Squeaky Bean when that restaurant opens next year, began his love affair with the bar before he was even legal. “I’ve been bartending at home since I graduated from high school,” he admits…
Back in November, the Wynkoop Brewing Company hosted a membership rally for the Boulder-based National Homebrewers Association — a rally that turned into a giant brewing session: each of the 210 AHA members in attendance pitched a cupful of hops into a boiling brew kettle, making a beer that will…
If you work downtown and are often in need of a quick lunchtime pho fix, help will soon be at hand. Pho 79, one of our favorite pho restaurants in the city, has signed a lease on the 16th Street Mall and will soon be slinging up big bowls of…
Nick Nunns isn’t looking to take over the world. He just wants a cool, intimate spot for his brewery where people can hang out and drink good beer. “A dive mead hall,” he calls it. This week, Nunns signed a lease on the former Rule Gallery space at 227 Broadway,…
