It’s worth taking the pilgrimage to this off-the-radar taqueria to stuff your belly with street tacos, as well as the shrimp diablo, a fiery dish that’s jolted with chipotle chiles. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am…
Cured, a gourmet cheese shop, opens this week (latest tweet says August 20) at 1825 Pearl Street in Boulder — and that’s just the beginning of the delights on this week’s culinary-events menu. Here’s a taste of what’s ahead:…
WaterCourse Foods, the city’s flagship vegetarian restaurant, is busier than ever these days. That’s because its sibling, City, O’ City, is closed this month for a much-needed expansion . “It’s been crazy busy since City, O’ closed; we crushed a record week last week,” says WaterCourse general manager Chadwick Breithaupt…
Cafe Society served up five Guess where? contests last week, ranging from a classic breakfast at the Pepper Pod in Hudson to guacamole chips at Taco House to this plate of fresh mozzarella. For correctly identifying the cheese — and the plate itself — as coming from Portofino Pizza &…
First Applebee’s rolled out a food truck. Then the Gap introduced its own food truck, which will be rolling through several towns (although not Denver) as part of a “tacos and denim” campaign. Asks Owen: Where’s the Ikea truck?!…
Frasca Food and Wine will host the next round in its Monday Night Wine Dinner series tonight, when Andre Mack presents Mouton Noir wines. Admission is $50 and up; for more information, call 303-442-6966 or visit www.frascafoodandwine.com. For information on dozens of culinary events around town, visit our online Food…
When we got wind that the León brothers — Ignacio, Roberto and Ceasar — were unleashing Paxia, a new Mexican restaurant in Sunnyside, we were overcome with fits and bursts of enthusiasm, hoots and hollers of joy, and an overwhelming urge to sling a sleeping bag over our shoulders and…
Months ago, we got wind that another New Belgium-themed outlet would soon take flight at DIA, picking up a spot on Concourse A that would be a sibling of the New Belgium Hub that serves beer and burgers in the hinterlands of Concourse B…
Colorado creameries Fruition Farms Dairy and Creamery, Haystack Mountain Goat Dairy and Avalanche Cheese Company took home prizes from the American Cheese Society’s annual competition held last weekend in, of all places, Montreal, Canada. With 1,676 cheeses and other dairy-derived products (like butter and yogurt) entered into more than 100…
Deluxe Burger officially closed its doors last Sunday so co-owner Dylan Moore could focus on his pair of South Broadway restaurants, Deluxe and Delite. But if you missed your opportunity to get in there and say good bye, you’ve got another chance: The burger joint, located next door to Mod…
Real “Thai spicy.” That’s what owner and Chiang Mai native Joy Phom promises at Thai Monkey Club, opening on Saturday at 102 South Broadway, in the Baker neighborhood. To celebrate (and bring more folks through the door), she’s offering a buy-one-get-one-free special up to $10 that’s applicable to anything on…
Happy Place: Izakaya Den, 1518 South Pearl Street, 303-777-0691 Hours: Tuesday through Friday from 5 to 6:30 p.m. The Deals: $5 hot or cold sake, cocktails, wines by the glass, and appetizers; two-for-one Kirin draft beers Were we happy? Flip the page to find out…
If you’re still trying to figure out what to do tonight, you might want to ingest some culture and pick up some tickets to the booze-themed Mixed Taste lecture tonight at MCA Denver…
Eating tacos at a joint whose menu mainly focuses on Italian food is usually not a good idea, but the Asian-inspired soft shell crab tacos at this relatively new restaurant seemed like a good idea at the time, if only because the owner/chef has Vietnamese blood running through her veins…
Denver Beer Co doesn’t have a kitchen, but the city’s zoning inspectors may be tempted to double check. The brewery, which opens today on Platte Street, serves Kaffir Lime Wheat as fresh and nuanced as any chef’s signature appetizer, a rauschbier that smells and tastes like a plate of smoked…
In this week’s Chef and Tell interview with Brett Smith, the executive chef of Zolo Grill in Boulder, Smith admits that you won’t find too many dishes on his menu absent of chiles — a staple (along with pig) in his kitchen. While I was having dinner at Zolo, Smith…
The Village at Edgewater, a “soft-play cafe” near Sloan’s Lake, quietly closed earlier this month, leaving behind a voice message thanking customers for the “pleasure” of serving them. The kid-friendly restaurant and community center had opened last year with a professed goal to “entertain, educate and empower parents and their…
Paxia – Alta Cocina Mexicana is set to open today at 40th and Tejon, and while fans of the nearby Los Carboncitos are overjoyed, at least one is also dubious: Dear Steve and Michelle: You really thought that the Sunnyside Neighborhood needed yet ONE MORE mexican restaurant?!?!? In the six…
The Friday fish fry is a time-honored tradition in Catholicism — and though many religious rules have gone by the wayside, fried fish tastes so heavenly that we’re sticking by this one. And tonight, inspired by a recent shipment of Alaskan cod and flounder, Frank’s Kitchen, the new Whittier neighborhood…
Some traditions have lasted for centuries because they’re simply fabulous — like afternoon tea. Ceylon Pearl Tea, 7770 East Iliff Avenue, will host an afternoon tea from 3 to 6 p.m. with delicacies and a tea talk by Judy Williams. For more information, call 303-745-2800. For information on dozens of…
The stock market’s fluctuating wildly, economists are giving glum prognostications that run the gamut from double-dip recession to depression and, best of all, the politicians we put in charge of taking care of the greater good are just making things worse. So no time like the present for a cheap…
My meals at Westerkamps Steakhouse and Meat Market, which I review in this week’s Westword, unleashed a strange but insatiable craving for steak — cheap steak, like a griddled flatiron or hanger, preferably sided by a couple of eggs and a pile of potatoes. Which is how I found myself…
