Food & Drink

The first mobile food vendor on wheels was launched nearly 150 years ago, in 1872, when a Rhode Island native called Walter Scott trotted his horse-drawn freight wagon, stocked with sandwiches, hard-boiled eggs, coffee and pies around the town of Providence, satiating the bellies of late-night factory workers. A century…

Just as he did two years ago with Bones, Frank Bonanno opened a new restaurant, Lou’s Food Bar, in the last days of the year. But there was much more action on the Denver dining scene, as documented in our Restaurant roll call for December:…

Denver’s restaurateurs are an incredibly generous group, with chefs and owners alike stepping up to contribute to endless good causes throughout the year. Olivea — the eighteen-month-old restaurant owned by Keith Arnold and Stephanie Bonin (who’re also responsible for duo) and chef John Broening and pastry goddess Yasmin Lozada-Hissom –…

Cafe Society served up four Guess where contests last week, ranging from an obscene sake container at Matsuhisa in Aspen to an unusual combo cocktail at Rackhouse Pub to a post-Christmas dish of steak and eggs . For correctly identifying that plate as coming from Pete’s Kitchen, Nate wins an…

Happy New Year! We’ll see you back here bright and early on Monday morning…

“Yeah, it’s been stressful, and there was a point where I felt like I was going to throw up,” confesses Frank Bonanno, who’s clinging to a glass of red wine while sitting at the bar of Lou’s Food Bar, his newest restaurant that opened last night at 1851 West 38th…

Tonight, one lucky Cafe Society reader will get to celebrate New Year’s Eve at Olivéa, the sensational Mediterranean restaurant in Uptown whose kitchen is overseen by the dynamic husband-and-wife duo of exec chef John Broening and pastry goddess Yasmin Lozada-Hissom. Earlier this week, we asked you to tell us, in…

All the talk about “In the Weeds” inspired Brian Melton to send in this missive about the restaurant industry. It’s our New Year’s Eve gift for everyone in the business –and anyone out on the town tonight who benefits from exemplary workers in the service industry. “My Love Affair with…

In this week’s Westword, I headed down to Alameda for a glimpse of the loncheras that ruled the streets before this year, when tricked out mobile vendors (or luxe loncheras) became a hot trend. And in the course of the time I spent with the family who owns La Villa…

I love the service here, and the wine list is both sensibly priced and well-crafted, but after a recent dinner that included a wad of paper in my chile rellenos and a woefully underseasoned seafood dish that arrived lukewarm, it’s on my shit list. Can you guess where I’m eating?…

We reported yesterday that Primebar, the 300-seat restaurant at 1515 Arapahoe Street, had closed without warning a year and a half after it had opened. We received no comment from Restaurants America, the company that owns the place as to why the sudden shutter, but the word’s out now: The…

Yesterday, several local chefs — Michael Long (Aria and Opus); Eric Skokan (Black Cat); Brandon Biederman (Steuben’s); Brad Rowell (Colt & Gray); and Troy Guard (TAG and TAG Raw Bar) — dished on the culinary trends that would shape 2011, sounding off on what they’d like to see more (and…

Early this month, Jason Sheehan gave Chipotle Mexican Grill a glowing review in the Seattle Weekly, our partner publication where he now works — and where the haters haven’t stopped rolling their eyes and asking why he’d bother writing about such a ubiquitous fast-casual joint. His piece provided the perfect…

Yes, you read that headline correctly: Olivéa, the sensational Mediterranean restaurant in Uptown whose kitchen is overseen by the dynamic husband-and-wife duo of exec chef John Broening and pastry goddess Yasmin Lozada-Hissom, is offering a free three-course dinner for two on New Year’s Eve. The gift is for the early…

Welcome to In the Weeds. Kyle will be right with you — most likely to complain about something. Usually he is pleasant, but this is his place to blow off some steam. Don’t take it personally; he just needs to vent because he’s been doing this for about thirteen years…

At the risk of riling up those readers who like to tell me I drink too much, I plan on ringing in 2011 the same way I welcomed 2009 and 2010: with plenty of bubbly followed by a cocktail or five. And I’m sure there are at least a few…

Laura Shunk’s recent review of Barolo Grill prompted dozens of responses — some agreeing that Blair Taylor’s iconic restaurant needed to try harder, but many more incensed with Shunk’s criticism. After reading both the review and the comments, Ashley Hausman served up this:…