Cafe Society served up five Guess where? contests last week, ranging from a shrimp noodle bowl at Crash 45 to an order of tacos dorados drowning in sour cream at Juarez to a plate of ravioli with what might be the Worst.Sauce.Ever — and a meatball that was no better…
It was bun while it lasted. But yesterday, Deluxe Burger closed its doors, just a month after the Little Orange Rocket also parked itself permanently. Co-owner Dylan Moore says he wants to focus his efforts on Deluxe and Delite, his side-by-side establishments on Broadway; Jill Warner and Eric Roorda, his…
With Euclid Hall’s first anniversary party, the Denver Burger Battle and the Dinner in White, the Denver dining scene already has a very full plate this week. But there’s more, lots more, including Vesta Dipping Grill’s Menu Classic Mondays ((those are Vesta’s samosas you see before you). Here’s a taste…
Maybe you don’t have a very friendly neighborhood, or maybe you just want someone else to do the cooking. Randolph’s Restaurant and Bar, in the Warwick Hotel, has the solution. Every Monday in August, the restaurant is hosting a Block Party BBQ — and Randolph’s staff will do all the…
Plans tonight? If not, and you happen to be looking for a kick-ass way to get your food and drink on that’s a little out of the ordinary, head over to Tennyson Street and partake in some First Friday activities. A scaled-down version of the busy Santa Fe First Friday…
When I reviewed Boulder’s Salt the Bistro almost a year ago, it seemed to have unfulfilled potential. “Every detail at this place, so painstakingly crafted to fit perfectly into an ideal rendering of a Boulder restaurant, is fine on its own — but added together, those details equal exactly a…
Happy Place: Linger, 2030 West 30th Avenue, 303-993-3120 The Hours: Tuesday through Friday from 4 to 6:30 p.m. (Food service begins at 4:30 p.m.) The Deals: $3.50-$7 small plates; $3 select draft beer; $4-$5 specialty cocktails; $5 glasses of house red and white wines. Were we happy? Flip the page…
First the Deluxe food truck, the Little Orange Rocket, drops off the curb, and now Deluxe Burger, the cow palace that Dylan Moore, the chef/owner of Deluxe and Delite, opened last year on Valentine’s Day, is going dark…
Twisters Burgers and Burritos, the Albuquerque-based fast-casual chain with a New Mexican menu and seventeen outposts, crossed the border into Colorado a couple of years ago, opening shops in Parker, Lakewood and Aurora. And now the company is getting ready to open a fourth Denver-area spot, planting a Twisters in…
There’s nothing worse than having high hopes for a restaurant, only to have them completely dashed, and that’s exactly what happened last night when I ordered the tacos dorados, which arrived with little more than lettuce and enough sour cream to overburden a landfill. And if that wasn’t bad enough,…
It’s going to be “a liquor-infused, gastro-visio musical blowout.” That’s how Jorel Pierce, the chef at Euclid Hall Bar & Kitchen, Jennifer Jasinski’s nearly unassailable shrine to pig parts, poutine, offal and everything else we love in the food world, describes Euclid’s Hall upcoming first-anniversary party, which kicks off at…
The City of Boulder is considering ways to make it easier for breweries, wineries and distilleries located in industrial parts of the city to open restaurants. Right now, those businesses are only allowed by the city’s zoning code to open a kitchen under certain conditions. For instance, they have to…
In this week’s Chef and Tell interview with Doug Anderson, the chief baker and owner of Hi*Rise, he talks about everything from his mother’s epic cinnamon rolls to baking bagels at Moe’s in Boulder, where he churned out more than 300-dozen bagels a day — just for the University of…
El Diablo, which won our Best New Bar award in the Best of Denver 2011 and is reviewed this week in Cafe, turns one this month. It’s been busy from the start — and that’s both good and bad news, according to Angel Hernandez. as good as this place may…
Does this signify the end of Denver’s hottest food trend? Last Saturday, AmRest, which owns Applebee’s restaurants in eight states, including Colorado, rolled out the first Applebee’s food truck at its Colorado Burger contest at the Glendale Applebee’s, where many innovations — including new decor and design — have been…
The Denver Hispanic Chamber of Commerce is throwing the fourth annual Sabor at the Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York Street. The bash, which includes food and drinks from Denver restaurants as well as live entertainment, runs from 6 to 9 p.m. (5 to 11 p.m. for VIP ticket-holders) and costs…
Our feelings for the magical pairing of chips and salsa extend beyond just casual flirtation. We love them deeply. In fact, we’re pretty sure we could live on chips and salsa alone if we had to, and at many restaurants in this city, we’ll gladly skip everything else just to…
If you’re looking for one of the few Denver bars that has Strongbow on draft, you’ll have to look past the British Bulldog, 2052 Stout Street — at least for the next few weeks…
AmRest, which owns and operates over a hundred Applebee’s in eight states, had challenged its Colorado stores to create the perfect “Colorado Burger” — ideally, one that incorporated “Stinkin” Good Green Chile, created by Bronco Mark Schlereth, spokesman for this campaign. He met up with four other judges at the…
We here at Cafe Society headquarters love our taquerias, and Los Carbonicitos, which has three locations scattered across the city, is definitely one of our favorites. We can’t get enough of the joint’s street tacos, the Goliath-size tortas, the namesake carboncitos, the superb huaraches, the incendiary salsas. The trio of…
The kid always goes with pepperoni, occasionally risking his gag reflex with mushrooms, whereas I prefer, at least on this occasion, arugula, roasted garlic and prosciutto — and the kitchen was happy to oblige us both. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct…
Just over a month ago, Jamawn Woods shuttered the last of his three Soul Daddy locations. That was the fast-casual chain he was trying to get going with the help of Chipotle CEO Steve Ells, Bobby Flay, Curtis Stone and Lorena Garcia after that team of investors awarded him the…
