Smother love: It’s easy being green in Denver in September and October, when the smell of roasting chiles overrides the odor of exhaust along Federal Boulevard, and the green chile at your favorite Mexican joint carries the heat of the new harvest. For the next several weeks, Cafe Society will…
The unemployment rate remains over 9 percent — about the same as it was a year ago. But you already knew that, educated readers of Cafe Society. What you didn’t know, or maybe haven’t thought about, is what you shouldn’t eat if you find yourself in that third or fourth…
Cafe Society served up four Guess Where contests last week, featuring everything from green chile at La Fogata (yes, we’re folding the green chile guesses into this contest) to a bowl of mystery pho to this plate of Syrian sausages. For correctly identifying it as coming from Damascus Grill, Jason…
Chris Kimball, founder of Cook’s Illustrated and host of America’s Test Kitchen and Cook’s Country, will be at the Tattered Cover in LoDo at 7:30 p.m. tonight to talk about his book Fannie’s Last Summer: Re-creating One Amazing Meal from Fannie Farmer’s 1896 Cookbook. Here’s what Mark Bittman, author of…
The Great American Beer Festival might be fading into memory (or, depending on how much you drank, your memory is gone entirely), but believe it or not, it’s still Oktoberfest season. In that spirit, City, O’ City, 206 East 13th Avenue, will present the Boozenfud Bavarian Beer Hall, where you…
Denver’s first Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon takes to the streets on Sunday, October 17. The race web site offers tips on where spectators can watch the sold-out event — but we have a better idea than going to a park “oasis”: Head directly to the old First Avenue Hotel, now…
Our favorite table scraps of the week from the Cafe Society blog:…
Another sign that Indian summer continues: One more night of Meat on the Street at Marczyk Fine Foods. The crew is grilling Niman Ranch burgers right now at 770 East 17th Avenue; they’re $6.99 each. The attached wine store will also be offering a wine-tasting until 7:30 p.m. Find more…
Despite some readers’ allegations that we’re milking the video of the live octopus hot pot (something, by the way, we never condemned nor condoned but merely documented) to a cruel and unusual extent, the glorious comments keep pouring in– and we’re going to keep showcasing the best ones. And today,…
Quizno’s is not having the best Friday. Denver Fair Foods showed up at the corporate offices of the Denver-based chain to protest today, calling out the sandwich maker for buying produce from suppliers with unsound labor practices. Denver Fair Foods works in direct partnership with the Coalition for Immokalee Workers…
Earlier this year, Phil Armstrong, a veteran restaurant industry guy who has more ambition than the entire graduating class of Harvard, unleashed Hush, an underground supper club that hosts intimate dinners at various venues around Denver and Boulder, many of them in unusual places — fields, warehouses and atop parking…
It’s Friday afternoon. Do you know where your fresh-hopped beers are. If not, then here are two suggestions. All 27 Old Chicago locations began pouring Colorado IPA Nouveau this week. It’s a limited release that was made especially for Old Chicago by Tommyknocker Brewing in Idaho Springs. The beer uses…
Smother love: It’s easy being green in Denver in September, when the smell of roasting chiles overrides the odor of exhaust along Federal Boulevard, and the green chile at your favorite Mexican joint carries the heat of the new harvest. For the next several weeks, Cafe Society will feature some…
We now have a copy of the Zagat 2011 America’s Top Restaurants Survey in our grubby little hands. The guide, better known as the “burgundy bible,” ranked 1,552 restaurants in 45 major markets across the country, including Colorado, based on votes from more than 153,000 diners. The Survey also tracks…
After service tomorrow, Bliss Bar & Bistro — an oasis of good taste in Arvada — will close the doors at 7501 Grandview Avenue for good. “I think Arvada is just really hurting,” says general manager Andrea Marion, who opened the place four years ago. “We just don’t have that…
It’s a pizza joint. No, it’s a brewpub. Pizza joint! Brewpub! It’s both. It’s a Breweria! The father-an- son team of Tom and Mason Hembree are getting ready to open Dad & Dudes Breweria in Aurora later this month…
Rachael Ray’s world has a lot of layers. I know this because when I was sitting at Crook’s Palace in Black Hawk, munching on a surprisingly good burger with house-cured bacon and a homemade bun while researching this week’s cover story, I was watching one of her shows, $40 a…
Are you lovin’ it? Although many couples, including the happy pair pictured here, have made McDonald’s part of their nuptials, McDonald’s devotees now have a place where they can officially consummate their affection for the Clown: Hong Kong is the first city in the world to host weddings under the…
Everyone knows that Colorado rules when it comes to craft beer — and now, Breckenridge is celebrating another aspect of craft alcohol with the inaugural Craft Spirits Festival…
We knew when we posted the video of the live octopus hot pot at Sik Gaek in Queens that we’d stir some feelings of outrage. And we weren’t disappointed. Haterade poured in on Digg, Youtube and Cafe Society, decrying us for what we ate. We already gave special recognition to…
For a landlocked city, Denver is about to be swimming in seafood. At 5 p.m. today, Wyland’s Ocean Blue will open in the Shops at Northfield, close by Guy Harvey’s Perfect Spot, which opened earlier this month at 8336 Northfield Boulevard and will host a grand opening party on Friday,…
The Oskar Blues Brewing Company has expanded its empire of oddly-named eateries yet again, adding The Old Chubway: Expeditious Chow Dispensary in Lyons. Oskar Blues already runs its original Grill & Brew in Lyons, the Tasty Weasel Tap Room in Longmont and Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids, a full-service…
