Fifteen years ago, Josh Wolkon and his wife, Jen, opened Vesta Dipping Grill in a cavernous space in LoDo, and they’ve packed in crowds ever since. Those crowds followed them and Matt Selby over to Steuben’s, the garage-turned-hip-retro-restaurant in Uptown that features American classics and a great bar program. Last…
Talk about a freak accident: This morning at Rock Bottom Brewery on the 16th Street Mall, a flash fire broke out, which shut down two blocks of Curtis Street. The cause? A dropped keg…
Cafe Society invited some of our favorite restaurants and food trucks to share samples at Dish, September 9 at Ninth Avenue Historic Park. Here’s what they’ll be serving: Mike Carlin and Mike Levine Mikes² kitchen www.mikes2kitchen.com/ What are you serving at Dish? Gumbo, red beans and rice, all of which…
In this week’s Chef and Tell chat with Sean McGaughey, the kitchen king of Opus, he admits that the spaghetti from his high school cafeteria has scarred him for life but that his obsession with Jubes Nata De Coco is alive and well. McGaughey has a passion for bread, too,…
Cafe Society invited some of our favorite restaurants and food trucks to share samples at Dish, September 9 at Ninth Avenue Historic Park. Here’s what they’ll be serving: Jim Pittenger Biker Jim’s Gourmet Dogs bikerjimsdogs.com/ What are you serving at Dish? We’ll be hustling a flight of sliders: elk, wild…
Dish (formerly Menu Affair), Westword’s annual culinary bash that extols the city’s best bites, wine sips, suds and sounds, kicks off tonight at Ninth Avenue Historic Park with food from thirty restaurants and food trucks all invited to participate by Cafe Society scribes, along with such liquid assets as beer…
Last month, after Jake Norris left Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey, the homegrown company that was” target=”_blank”> sold late last year to Proximo Spirits, Rob Dietrich was named head distiller. After I chatted with Jake Norris about why he left, I decided it was important to talk with Dietrich. And in an…
Saturday marks the one-year anniversary of Highland Tap and Burger — but you’ll have to wait until October 5 to really celebrate. Although the party was originally scheduled for September 17, the start of football season and events booked during the Great American Beer Festival with the likes of Left…
After a five-week makeover, the expanded City, O’ City made its debut yesterday — to both raves and rants. The vegetarian restaurant has merged its original home — which was once the home of its sibling, WaterCourse Foods — with the space next door, gaining twice as much dining area,…
Firefighters know from good chili — they should, since they have to cook enough of it in the station house. So the competition should be heated today when firefighters face off to see whose chili recipe is the best. The Denver Firefighters Chili Cook-Off will take place at Larimer Square…
Cafe Society invited some of our favorite restaurants and food trucks to share samples at Dish, September 9 at Ninth Avenue Historic Park. Here’s what they’ll be serving: Manna from Heaven www.mannafoodtruck.com/ What are you serving at Dish? We’re doing our version of a bánh mì with our own signature-marinated…
An Oklahoma City restaurant slated to open its doors this week will feature gourmet onion burgers, “vintage modern decor” (according to EatAroundOKC) — and, as pointed out by the Oklahoma City Egotist, a logo that looks like it was blatantly ripped off from one of this city’s busiest restaurants: Steuben’s…
Cafe Society invited some of our favorite restaurants and food trucks to share samples at Dish, September 9 at Ninth Avenue Historic Park. Here’s what they’ll be serving: Jorel Pierce Euclid Hall euclidhall.com/ What are you serving at Dish? Short-rib beef kielbasa and uncensored hoppwurst with mustards, pickles and bretzels…because…
We’d heard rumors that Shazz may not reopen after its August sabbatical, but now we have confirmation. The restaurant has clearly been cleaned out, and a neighboring business owner tells us that chef/owner Benny Kaplan has definitely pulled out. That same neighbor also says that he’s noticed some groups looking…
Cafe Society invited some of our favorite restaurants and food trucks to share samples at Dish, September 9 at Ninth Avenue Historic Park. Here’s what they’ll be serving: Brad Arguello The ÜBER Sausage www.theubersausage.com/ What are you serving at Dish? The Swiss sausage, which is a typical European street food…
The Blue Moon Brewing Company @ the Sandlot has been Denver’s most unusual brewery since it debuted inside Coors field in 1995. Only open to the public during baseball season, and only to Rockies ticket holders during games, the brewery actually runs year-round, making Blue Moon and other seasonal beers…
Cafe Society invited some of our favorite restaurants and food trucks to share samples at Dish, September 9 at Ninth Avenue Historic Park. Here’s what they’ll be serving: Zach Hines OG Burgers www.ogburgers.com/ What are you serving at Dish? A few of our signature, grass-fed burgers. We’re probably going with…
We’re still in the throws of street-food season, and this Saturday, from 5 to 10 p.m. at TAXI, 3507 Ringsby Court, the Justice League of Street Food will be out in full force, hustling grub from Biker Jim’s Gourmet Dogs, Pinche Tacos, The Biscuit Bus, Sully’s Slice Truck, Cream City…
Some restaurants do rotisserie chicken very, very well. Other joints, however, like the one where the above snap was flashed, should stick to what they know best, which is most definitely not rotisserie chicken. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to…
Cafe Society invited some of our favorite restaurants and food trucks to share samples at Dish, September 9 at Ninth Avenue Historic Park. Here’s what they’ll be serving: Ian Kleinman The Inventing Room inventing-room.com/ What are you serving at Dish? I’m doing an heirloom tomato and Thai basil space foam…
Sean McGaughey Opus 2575 West Main Street, Littleton 303-703-6787 This is part two of my interview with Sean McGaughey, exec chef of Opus. You can read part one of that interview here. Favorite restaurant in America: Blue Hill at Stone Barns, a restaurant directly on a farm in Pocantico Hills,…
Late last year Proximo Spirits, distributors of 1800 Tequila, Kraken Rum, Three Olives Vodka, Hangar One and other labels, purchased Denver’s homegrown brand, Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey. Once the sale was complete, original owners Jess Graber and George Stranahan moved on; head distiller Jake Norris stayed with the company. But in…
