It’s Memorial Day weekend, which means lots of people will be cooking out — and if you’re already sick at the thought of a weekend full of burgers, brats and beer, head to the Fresh Fish Company, which will present a Memorial Weekend Lobster Festival with specials on Maine lobster…
Plump, ripe strawberries with their tips dipped in dark, silky melted chocolate are pretty sexy. Placing them gently, one by one, onto the warm, supple flesh of a naked woman is even sexier. And being that woman, in a roomful of people who not only understand why I would do…
Tomorrow, at precisely 4 p.m., nearly a dozen street-food trucks, including Street Eats, the Crock Spot, Biscuit Bus, Steuben’s, Max Lunch, Brava Pizzeria, Stick It to Me, The Bon Bon Buggy, Mikes2 Kitchen, Mythos Greek and Sweet Revenge Cupcakes, will cruise into the parking lot at the corner of Ninth…
The Memorial Day weekend is upon us, which means that many of you are firing up the grills and planning to hit the parks for a weekend of frolicking in the sunshine. As for us, we’re getting ready to celebrate the holiday — and what feels like the beginning of…
Sean Kenyon knows how to pour out both drinks and advice. A third-generation bar man with almost 25 years behind the bar, he is a student of cocktail history, a United States Bartenders Guild-certified Spirits Professional and a BAR Ready graduate of the prestigious Beverage Alcohol Resource Program. You can…
Pristine Hookah Lounge opened near Evans Avenue and South Sheridan Boulevard last year, and it’s about to get a concept overhaul: Owner Iran Faamausili has shut down the smoking operation and will reopen it as Pristine Bar & Grill, a Hawaiian restaurant. Though details are still scarce on exactly what…
After two weeks of downpours, it looks like we’re finally turning a corner: The forecast for today, thankfully, promises sunny skies and temps in the high 70s. And if you’re ready to hit a patio after being cooped up, you might want to head down to the Four Seasons tonight…
Despite the blanket of lettuce burying everything in its path, those really are tacos. It’s just that when my kid orders them — as was the case here — they more closely resemble a gerbil snack on tortillas. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the…
Things are heating up between Euclid Hall and the Sowbionese Liberation Army, the hooligans who made off with Euclid Hall’s iron pig this past Sunday at The Big Eat at Union Station, and are holding it hostage. The staff at Euclid Hall have pinpointed several prime suspects in the heist,…
Robin Baron Udi’s Pizza Cafe Bar Udi’s Bread Cafes (four locations) www.udisfood.com This is part two of my interview with Robin Baron, executive chef of Udi’s Pizza Bar, Udi’s Bread Cafe and the soon-to-be-open Pickled Lemon in Boulder. Part one of my interview with Baron ran yesterday. Favorite restaurant in…
Late last month, a cartel of food trucks — Street Eats, the Crock Spot, Biscuit Bus, Steuben’s, Max Lunch, Brava Pizzeria, Stick It to Me, The Bon Bon Buggy, Mikes2 Kitchen, Mythos Greek and Sweet Revenge Cupcakes — were all set to congregate in the parking lot on the corner…
With the Rocky fight theme blaring from an iPod speaker and a modest crowd shifting between watching intently and applauding fervently, six butchers gathered at the Cherry Creek store yesterday to compete for the top spot in the Whole Foods Top Butcher Competition. Attractive men wielding big, sharp knives laying…
No sour grapes here! Every week, Swirl Girl Kendra Anderson pours out information — and opinions — about wine. Too much info? Not according to Mo Smith, who posted this comment on “Three major sommelier service don’ts”: Enjoy your columns, but will say that some of us love the dorky…
Both Jax Fish House locations — 928 Pearl Street in Boulder, 303-444-1811, www.jaxfishhouseboulder.com; and 1539 17th Street, 303-292-5767, www.jaxfishhousedenver.com — will host An Aquaponic Feast at 7:30 p.m. tonight. The three-course fundraising dinner will showcase sustainably farmed (at the very urban GrowHouse) rainbow trout and more. Admission is $55 (wine…
Sean Kenyon knows how to pour out both drinks and advice. A third-generation bar man with almost 25 years behind the bar, he is a student of cocktail history, a United States Bartenders Guild-certified Spirits Professional and a BAR Ready graduate of the prestigious Beverage Alcohol Resource Program. You can…
Cantastrophe! Oskar Blues, the Longmont brewery that inspired the canned craft beer craze, has canceled its 2011 version of Burning Can, a festival it kicked off last summer. The fest, which debuted in Lyons in 2010, was going to be held in Longmont on June 18 and feature around 100…
For this week’s review, I visited African Grill and Bar, an oasis in an Aurora strip mall that offers a culinary journey to West Africa — as well as an education on the fare served in Ghana, Nigeria, Gambia, Senegal and Liberia. Here’s a side of food porn of some…
If you booked a table to cash in on the $52.80 prix fixe deals offered during Denver Restaurant Week (or, as TAG’s chef de cuisine, Jensen Cummings, more accurately put it, “Denver Restaurant Half-Month”), you helped create a banner year for the event. According to Visit Denver, the seven-year-old citywide…
A few months ago, we ranted about four all-too-common restaurant wine service mistakes that drive us absolutely mad. And while it’s one thing to have a less-than-transcendental wine experience when there’s no trained sommelier on staff, it’s quite another to have one when there is. After a few recent wine-and-dine…
For a man who’s known around the country for his meat-tastic fare served out of his original hot dog cart, Biker Jim is astoundingly sensitive to the needs of his non-meat-eating clientele. (His wife, we’ve heard, is vegan herself. How’s that for a match made in heaven?) Walking into his…
It’s beer festival season, which means that over the next few months we’ll have some sort of fest — and sometimes two or three — every weekend. Which is why it’s important to pace yourself. The first fest takes place this Saturday — rain or shine! — in Fort Collins…
The demands from the pig pluckers, who ran off with Euclid Hall’s pig mascot last Sunday during EatDenver’s The Big Eat, have risen — and they keep getting more and more hilarious. Initially, the ransom note called for five servings of bone marrow and five fine whiskeys to be placed…
