Why did the chicken cross the road? To get away from McDonald’s. Ronald McDonald apparently wants his laying hens to spend their days inside a cage too small even for a waif supermodel s addicted to binging and purging her morning Egg McMuffin. The Humane Society of the United States…
Cafe Options, the classy, fast-casual spot at 1650 Curtis Street, is celebrating its first birthday by giving a present to customers — free coffee from 9 to 10 a.m. today. The cafe has a full-service coffee bar, and also serves up freshly baked pastries, made-to-order salads, fresh soups and big…
Cafe Society served up six Guess Where I’m Eating/Drinking contests last week, featuring everything from a bowl of chili at the renovated Mountain Ranch Club at Coors Field and white sangria at Cucina Colore to a fennel-stuffed branzino. For correctly identifying that dish as coming from Empire, Ferris is now…
We’ve heard from a couple of faithful Cafe Society readers that our e-mail sent out more than a hundred random e-mails on Friday. We’re trying to get to the bottom of the glitch; if you were a victim, could you please e-mail cafe@westword.com? And in the meantime, accept our apologies…
When you’re plunging back into the work week after two days of freedom, it’s comforting to know that others are continuing their work, too. Today four different series will serve up very different culinary events — any one of which should gt your week off to a good start. First…
What you may have missed this week on Cafe Society, while checking out the Chef and Tell interview with Matt Mine, exec of the Oceanaire Seafood Room, who’s fishing for a new girlfriend. Red Claw Seafood & Wings opened today in the former Pho Van Noodle Souper space with a…
It’s mid-April, and that means that homebrewers around Colorado are probably lazily toying with the idea of growing their own backyard hops. What would be cooler, after all, than growing your own ingredients for the beer you make in your basement? The only thing cooler? An entire Beer Garden –…
Despite our usual aversion to stupid kitchen gadgets, cheeseburger-inspired jewelry and food that’s been lacquered and strung on a rope, we still love fun food-themed gifts, especially when we’re not likely to find them at every mall store on the planet. There are dozens of must-have food-related finds all over…
When April rolls around, says Bill Freeman, CEO of McCormick & Schmick’s, “we recognize that American taxpayers need a break — and this year is no exception.” To that end, the seafood chain, which has two stores in Denver — McCormick’s Fish House & Bar at 1659 Wazee Street and…
A lovely biscuit is one of those things that seems so simple, yet is entirely too easy to get wrong. While you hope for buttery, tender and flaky, the few simple ingredients can result in a biscuit that’s just as likely to be mealy, tough or tasteless. But with a…
Smashburger, the homegrown burger barn that’s multiplying like calculators, will open its eleventh Colorado location in June at 1203 16th Street in the lower level of the Tabor Center. The burger chain, which began building its beef empire back in 2007, isn’t skedded to build any more outlets in Colorado…
Rural Colorado is coming to the Capitol today for Southeast Colorado Appreciation Day, and giving Denver a real taste of the area with a hamburger fry. The grill on the east lawn of the Capitol will be turning out burgers from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. today, while the Koshare…
Breakfast! It’s what’s for dinner! That’s the siren song of this year’s Breakfast for Boobs, a benefit to battle breast cancer. The fundraiser, which takes place on Sunday, April 18 from to 5 to 8 p.m. at Hot Cakes Diner, 1400 E. 18th Ave., is hosted by the Denver chapter…
Whatever your passion or palate, there’s a culinary benefit for you today. First up is Tortillas for Tepeyac, a tortilla-making contest in which twenty local leaders will test their skills in a benefit for Clinica Tepeyac. The event runs from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Stapleton Recreation Center,…
Shopping — shopping for anything — is always better when booze is involved. The folks at Tagawa Garden Center and Florist, 7711 South Parker Road in Aurora, realize this, which is why they’re presenting A Night of Wine and Roses tonight. Sample wines and enjoy a variety of fruits and…
Tocabe, the native American fast-casual restaurant at 3536 West 44th Avenue that Ben Jacobs and Matt Chandra opened in December 2008, is the focus of a new Atlantic story headlined “Fry Bread Nation.” While the piece looks at the increased hunger for native American foods nationally, Tocabe gets the most…
Now that they’ve seen what a bloody steak can do for your libido, ELWAY’s Downtown, 1881 Curtis Street, is adding a sushi bar to bait and hook raw fish aficionados. It’s still fishy as to when, exactly, the sushi bar will open, but Elway’s Downtown spokesperson, Allison Fredeen, says they’re…
First things first: You’ll need to traipse to a restaurant in Boulder Country to swim with the fish in the above pic, a fennel-stuffed branzino that was the finale to an excellent multi-course dinner in an underrated restaurant, whose kitchen is churning out some really sensational dishes. Can you guess…
When the King Soopers at 1331 Speer Boulevard went through a major remodel ten months ago, the overall shopping experience definitely improved. But there’s still a resounding sketchiness to the place. Herewith, ten proof positive examples:…
For the duration of today — National Tax Day — all metro area P.F. Chang’s China Bistro locations are providing a little relief by offering guests a 15 percent discount on all food items, with the exception of happy hour specials. Alcohol — bummer — isn’t included, either, and while…
This is part two of Lori Midson’s interview with Matt Mine, executive chef of Oceanaire. You can read part one of that interview here. Culinary inspirations: Many things, but the weather and the seasons usually play a big part in how I cook, in everything from the ingredients to the…
Zinfandel Advocates & Producers (commonly known as ZAP) will uncork at the Mile High Station, 2027 West Colfax Avenue, and conduct a trade tasting from 2 to 5 p.m. today. All that wine will be available to the public from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., when you can taste wines from…
