Aside from the vegetarian burgers from Root Down, which, ironically, were the first to sell out, last night’s porny Denver Burger Battle was a carnivorous animal-style nirvana of bloody meat candy, bacon and foie gras. The sold-out soiree pitted twelve restaurants, all of which hustle burgers in one guise or…
In the months since a massive fire consumed Boulder’s Oak at Fourteenth, requiring a remodel that would strip the property to its studs, owner Bryan Dayton hasn’t exactly been idling. The former president of the Colorado Bartenders’ Guild has kept up with staff trainings, continued his involvement with the state’s…
Snarf’s, the chain of sandwich shops that got its start in Boulder and is now taking a bite out of Denver, closed its location at 1310 College Avenue in Boulder last month. According to employees at the original location on Pearl Street, this Boulder outpost couldn’t draw enough customers to…
Pho Pasta, a weirdly named restaurant (with an equally odd menu that hustled both pho and fettuccine Alfredo) that opened in March at 295 South Pennsylvania Street, shuttered a few weeks ago, but the space won’t be vacant for long: Dane Huguley, a local real-estate developer with a passion for…
Brett Smith Zolo Grill 2525 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder 303-449-0444 www.zologrill.com This is part two of my interview with Brett Smith, the executive chef at Zolo Grill. Part one of my chat with Smith ran in this space yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: My all-time favorite is a classic red-sauce Italian…
First Applebee’s revved up a food truck (aren’t there enough brick-and-mortar locations if someone is craving a sizzler platter?). But that corporate move is a lot less bizarre than this one: The Gap is getting in on the action with a food truck called Pico de Gap. At least Applebee’s…
We never sausage a thing! On Tuesday, em>Ludo Bites America took on Colorado, , with a segment featuring Biker Jim’s — and fans of Jim Pittenger and his dogs are ready to take a bite out of host Ludo Lefebvre. Here’s Jake’s take: It was cool to see Biker Jim…
Want to get an early start on the weekend? At 3 p.m. every Thursday, Local Table Tours hosts a Cocktail Tour in Boulder. Tickets are $30; for more information and the itinerary, go to www.localtabletours.com. For information on dozens of culinary events around town, visit our online Food & Drink…
Because of Colorado’s increasingly controversial liquor laws, only one outlet of any grocery chain — Safeway, King Soopers, Target, Whole Foods and the like — can sell full-strength beer, wine and alcohol. Target’s spot is in the superstore in Glendale, but until recently, its single aisle of liquid refreshment hasn’t…
When I first stepped through the doors of the covered wagon-adorned building that houses Westerkamps Steakhouse and Meat Market, which I review in this week’s Westword, I thought I was on the way to a quiet breakfast special of pork chops and eggs. What I found, though, was a kitschy…
It’s a well-known fact in the wine industry that the majority of consumers decide which bottle of fermented grape juice to spring for based solely on their attraction to the label. If you’d count yourself as a member of that particular buying demographic, we feel compelled to tell you’re generally…
Dry Dock Brewing kicked its weekly firkin in a record 49 minutes last Friday, and since the taproom opens at 3 p.m., that means there was none left for anyone who showed up after 3:50 p.m., which can be tough since most people don’t get off work til later. So…
Last night, at Euclid Hall’s first anniversary party, executive chef Jorel Pierce wagged a fierce mustache, strutted around in a black tuxedo T-shirt, deftly broke down and butchered a beautiful 230-pound hog from Tender Belly Farm, squeezed out sausages, pulled out the dance moves, came through on his promise to…
When I reviewed Mt. Everest Restaurant & Bar this spring, I was especially enamored of the lunch buffet. Far from the boring, all-you-can-eat-of-this-mediocre food orgies that mark most buffets in this town, Mt. Everest’s buffet featured some of the kitchen’s strangest, and most enjoyable, Nepalese and northern Indian offerings. But…
Regulars did some moaning when the popular Perk Hill coffee shop abruptly closed last spring, after a celebrated tiff with the landlord over its funky outdoor seating. But in a few weeks, the place will reopen as a tapas bar. Permits are in and construction has begun on Park Hill…
No, this fresh mozzarella is not from Virgilio’s, although it certainly looks as though it could be. 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 entered into a pool — and every Monday, we…
Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project, one of the most unusual and exciting brewing concepts to start up in Colorado, plans to release its first two bottled beers, Pure Guava Petite Sour and Wild Wild Brett Rouge, on Thursday in Fort Collins. Both “wild” or “sour” beers have been aged with…
Brett Smith Zolo Grill 2525 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder 303-449-0444 www.zologrill.com This is part one of my interview with Brett Smith, the executive chef at Zolo Grill. Part two of my chat with Smith will run in this space tomorrow. “I know it’s probably overkill, but we just butchered a pig,…
The Justice League of Street Food will throw another bash on Saturday, August 13, in the Rino/Taxi district, and while a few mobile food vendors have put their projects in park, Josh Wolkon, whose Steuben’s Food Service Truck was the first venture to get rolling in town, doesn’t see the…
Union Station, 1701 Wynkoop Street, will be the site of the Denver Burger Battle from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. tonight. And you get to taste twelve of the best burgers in town! Tickets run from $65 to $85; for more info, go to www.denverburgerbattle.com. For information on dozens of culinary…
A few weeks ago we posted a contest, in which we asked Cafe Society readers how many Cricket burgers the Cherry Cricket, a participant in the Denver Burger Battle, which takes place tomorrow night at Union Station, serves in a week. The correct number is 6,800, and the person who…
Westerkamps opened decades ago in north Denver as a grocery store serving a then-German neighborhood. The name remains, but the original owners are long gone — as is the market concept, save for the butcher counter in one corner of the space that still peddles cuts of cow…
