The website doesn’t give away any clues, but the very visible public notice sign is plunged deep into the dirt in front of the former Grazio Italian Grill & Bar space at 9271 Park Meadows Drive. According to the wooden post, that restaurant, which lasted about as long as a…
If you’ve never read Anthony Bourdain’s infamous post on Michael Ruhlman’s blog eviscerating Food Network stars and proposing theoretical Iron Chef matches, please do so now. It’s one of the funniest bits of food writing out there. So when I read that Paula Deen got an accidental pork facial during…
I tore through Jonathan Safran Foer’s book, Eating Animals, and then sat back and watched the weak-willed and easily influenced suddenly declare their vegetarian sovereignty with a blood-streaked smile on my face and a bloody rare cheeseburger in my hand. Novella Carpenter’s Farm City was one of the best food…
Talk about a warming trend! We’re heading into the holiday season, a time of red and green chile cheeseburgers. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Every Friday, anyone who gave the first correct answer to any of the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts will be entered in…
Erin Clark used to work in the advertising industry; today you’ll find him behind the bar at Jax, at 1539 17th Street in Lodo. And although he hasn’t won any bartending awards, “my family really, really likes me,” he says. “I think.” Now serving: Erin Clark…
Is this the apocalypse or what? Last week, Eggo devastated Jason Sheehan, school children and bachelors everywhere by reporting that a massive waffle shortage was taking place. And now Libby’s and Nestle have put the kibosh on their canned pumpkin production for the rest of the year. That’s right. No…
As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com. Number 91: Burrata from Osteria Marco…
Kevin Taylor’s eponymous restaurant has attained Denver’s first Forbes (formerly Mobil) Travel Guide Four Star rating, making it into the first round of 2010 winners named since the Mobil brand moved to Forbes. The Forbes Travel website describes the insane criteria process for rating hotels, spas and restaurants, which sounds…
It’s that time of year again: Time to gather around a table of people you don’t know or don’t like, shovel uninspiring food into your face and then retire to the couch and wait for the Tryptophan to get working. But what if it wasn’t that way? What if you…
Back in September, during the Mile High Chef Competition at Dish-the Westword menu affair, Jay Spickelmier went knife-to-knife against Argyll GastroPub chef Sergio Romero in a spirited battle to see who would saunter away with the Pillsbury Doughboy-esque statue of distinction. At the time, Spickelmier, who emerged victorious, was the…
Boy, are our cheeks pink. Turns out that our guy in Paramus can only lay claim to the bagel and some pastry recipes baked at Hi Rise, 2162 Larimer Street. Head baker Sammy Marquez is the on-site, flesh-and-blood man behind many of the sweets, including several that we featured on…
Learn how to prepare warm winter meals at “The Secrets of Soups: Legumes,” a class that will offer up recipes for white bean and cheddar soup, Appaloosa bean medley soup, and charred minestrone. The lesson runs from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. tonight at the Kitchen Table, 5375 Landmark Place in…
The phone kicks callers over to a cheery-voiced hostess talking about the hours of operation and the happy-hour specials, but take a cruise by the website and the news is very plain, typed out in black against a plain background. “mark & isabella has closed its doors” That’s all there…
As always, our online Food & Drink listings contain dozens of culinary events across Colorado, including where to eat Thanksgiving dinner if you don’t feel like cooking but still want to feast. A taste of what’s ahead:…
That picture there? That’s what Ondo’s looked like a few weeks ago. The space at 250 Steele Street was still coming together, and even as recently as last week, there was no set menu because no one on staff had actually been able to get into the kitchen to cook…
Fresh off the breasts heels of last Friday’s news that Perky Cups has opened in Aurora, at 12101 East Iliff Avenue, comes Perky Cups owner and self-described Chief Bikini Inspector, Jason Bernal, mouthing off for the cameras, while his bikini-clad buttercups awkwardly reassure Barbara Bush types that all is well…
Bummer. Tosh’s Cantina, which opened in March in Marina Square, at 8101 East Belleview Avenue, has gone dark and empty, which, to be frank, isn’t even slightly surprising considering the off-any-beaten-path location which — let’s face it — utterly and completely sucked. Still, it’s sad to see it shuttered, especially…
My love of Manhattans is no secret — but the happy hour at this downtown establishment is not nearly as well-known as it should be. Four-ounce well Manhattans, vodka/gin martinis, cosmos and lemondrops for just $6 each — and a great happy hour menu as well. So on a gloomy…
According to owner Andrew Casalini, Satchel’s Market, his Park Hill restaurant at 5021 East 28th Avenue, is taking on a new chef by the name of Jens Patrik Landburg. A native Swede who began his culinary career at fifteen in Stockholm, Landburg made his way to Denver by way of…
As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com. Number 92: Apple pancake from the Original Pancake House…
On Friday night, I went to Lincoln’s Road House to see Dear Marsha play its last gig (the frontwomen are moving away, and the band will be no more). The club was packed, and a rumor quickly ran through the crowd that Dan Aykroyd, who was in town for a…
If you haven’t heard about NYC restaurant owner Vadim Ponorovsky and his epic acts of douchebaggery, get ready for a story that plays out like a white trash reality soap opera. Podorovsky, who owns a restaurant called Paradou, told his waitstaff to start collecting e-mail addresses from the guests in…
