Rachel Ray, the painfully annoying non-chef that everyone loves to loathe, just announced her top pick for pizza dominance — and she didn’t choose Marco’s Coal-Fired Pizzeria, Mark Dym’s pie palace at 2129 Larimer Street. Instead, she awarded the title of Best Pizza in America to Pizzeria Bianco in Phoenix,…
Mark Tarbell’s new restaurant opened last fall in the Streets of Southglenn, at 6955 South York Street, but tonight it will finally celebrate its grand opening with a charity fundraiser. And it will do so under a new name: What had been Home is now Tarbell’s…
For years, the Saturday morning sales at the Western Beverage distribution center, aka Beer Warehouse, were the greatest deal in town — if you could find the warehouse in north Denver. “It was amazing. It was like that scene in Indiana Jones where they open the vault on the Holy…
The expanded, full-service Starbucks in the Grand Hyatt Denver, 1750 Welton Street, reopens today — and 100 percent of the day’s sales will benefit the Denver Public Library. Which is appropriate, because among the new amenities at this Starbucks include a collection of historic Denver photos, culled from images available…
It’s Fat Tuesday — which means the six weeks of abstinence heading into Easter start tomorrow. Make the deprivation worth your while by partying hearty tonight:…
Billy’s Gourmet Hot Dogs, the brainchild of owner Bill Feid, a wiener-loving Chicagoan who says he couldn’t find a noble Chicago-style dog when he first moved to Denver, opened last week at 2445 Larimer Street. The menu, a catchall of eight different Vienna beef, Polser and salmon hot dogs and…
Late last Valentine’s night, I stopped by one of Denver’s better bars to meet a friend for a drink and, as it turned out, nachos, which well and truly sucked. I love pretty much everything about this joint — the staff, the tunes, the stiff pours, the crowd — but…
As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up, in no particular order, a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com…
There’s plenty going on this week for Fat Tuesday, but if you don’t feel like abstaining for six weeks until Easter, don’t fret; we’ve got all the indulgent food-and-drink events to keep the debauchery going for as long as you please, including Wynkoop’s 2010 Beerdrinker of the Year brew. Here’s…
Nv Lounge has a date with the Denver Department of Excise and License this morning for its liquor license application at 475 Santa Fe Drive. Does the address sound familiar? It should. For a brief, shining moment, it was the Continental Club, the hippest new bar in town — until…
Larimer Hot House has gone cold, less than six months after it opened at 2810 Larimer Street, in the former home of Espo Gelato. Most of the contents have been removed, and the few that remain are tagged with a “sold” sign. And when you dial Larimer Hot House, you…
First, Cherry Creek got Toast — a second outpost of the popular Littleton cafe that moved into the old Village Inn space at 222 Columbine Street last summer. Now, it’s apparently going to get Syrup. A new sign is up at 300 Josephine Street, in the spot that the Egg…
Cafe Society served up just four Guess Where I’m Eating/Drinking contests last week — but a few were stumpers. So by correctly identifying the Squeaky Bean cocktail, Sonny is now the lucky winner of a DINR deck…
We’ve got a lot to thank George Washington for, and now you can add something else to the list: Celebrate his birthday today at Randolph’s, 1776 Grant Street, where when you purchase a drink, you can buy an appetizer for just a buck. Thanks, George! For information on dozens of…
We interrupt the constant coverage of awkward sweaters and fake snow with an important alert. Sorry to rain on your Winter Olympics parade, but there’s some serious international food news we must deal with: El Bulli is closing permanently!As reported by the New York Times’ Diner’s Journal and Eater (which cleverly called…
Valentine’s Day is almost here, which means guys are hurrying to make sure they take care of their ladies — or at least get a dinner reservation for Sunday before they’re all gone. And while they’re scrambling to find a two-top at Denny’s, here are five ways that ladies can…
At 5 p.m. today, the Wynkoop Brewing Company will pull the hand pump on the 2010 Beerdrinker of the Year beer, one of the perks of winning this august crown. The beer is Auld Rabbit, a cask-conditioned, molasses-infused brown ale that’s 6.4 percent ABV, brewed by Wynkoop head brewer Andy…
Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” campaign against childhood obesity kicked off yesterday in full force. Among her goals are the demand for promoting more exercise within school curriculums, teaching children about healthy food choices, and ensuring that nutritional information will be less misleading. TED prize winner and chef Jamie Oliver has…
Sometimes, a cocktail requires the presence of pigs, in this case a male and female who were apparently as enamored as I with this Valentine’s Day flame. Who poured on the love? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts is…
As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up, in no particular order, a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com…
Happy, at 835 Walnut Street in Boulder, just made Forbes.com’s list of America’s Best New Restaurants. “The notion of affordable, flavorful Asian dishes (primarily noodles) is nothing new, especially since the rise of chef David Chang’s Momofuku empire in New York City. But a dedicated focus on pairing unique cocktails…
On Monday, February 22, Matt Selby, executive chef of Steuben’s and Vesta Dipping Grill, will join 15 of the nation’s top chefs and mixologists in Washington DC, as part of the Share Our Strength contingent at the Democratic Governor’s Association conference. Selby, who is the chef chair for Denver’s own…
