May is on its way, bringing with it a bevy of culinary events — everything from tequila tastings to veggie cooking classes. Here’s a taste of what’s on the calendar this week. See also: Steve Lewis uncorks at Monday Night Wine Dinner at Frasca…
WaterCourse Foods, Denver’s landmark vegetarian restaurant, is losing the “vegetarian” part of its menu and going all vegan as of today. See also: After nearly six years as exec chef at WaterCourse Foods, Rachel Kesley gets the boot…
Copper Kettle Brewing celebrated its third anniversary last week with a four-day long party that came complete with special beer tappings, food trucks, live music and a glimpse at the east Denver brewery’s new fifteen-barrel brewing system — something that should make fans happy. Westword photographer Danielle Lirette was there…
Spring menus are in full bloom all across the city, and this dish, a tangle of tagliatelle, fresh peas and morels (my favorite mushroom) straddling a venison ragu, beautifully summarizes the season. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to a Guess…
Cafe Society served up four Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a bowl of gumbo, paired with a side of cornbread, from Bang! to a chicken salad sandwich from Modmarket to a cheese-blanketed bowl of spaetzle that may be Denver’s best drunk food…
Comrade Brewing Company opened this weekend in southeast Denver, an area thirsty for more beery options. But will the name draw many comrades? “There are lots of double meanings, but it is all in fun,” says owner David Lin. “The only thing we take seriously here is the beer. The…
Bobby Stuckey, co-owner of Frasca Food and Wine, is a Master Sommelier, and he proves it every Monday night when the landmark Boulder restaurant invites a winemaker to be the featured guest at a special Monday Night Wine Dinner, the only menu served that night. Tonight the four-course menu will…
The storefront space at 15th and Champa streets that once held Champa Street Liquors, next to Shag Lounge, for many months wore a sign promising that it would become a second location of Beirut Grill. But that restaurant never materialized. And now, two years later, the spot has a brand-new…
This week on Cafe Society, Gretchen Kurtz visited The Abbey Tavern, which turns out to be much more than just a neighborhood watering hole for Park Hill. In Chef and Tell, Sharif Villa Cruz, executive chef at Corner House, talked about the importance of fresh, made-from-scratch ingredients and more. And…
The meat in the taco snap above? Camel. And, why not? According to i24news.tv, the camel, “dubbed the ‘ship of the desert,’ occupies a significant place in the culture of the Arabian Peninsula.” In fact, the story continues, in the United Arab Emirate, there are “camel races, camel beauty contests…
Doyle Robinson, co-founder and executive director of Sox Place, knew it was inevitable that he’d have to move his drop-in center for Denver’s street youth out of the building at 2017 Larimer Street where’s it’s been for the last four years. And he recently got word that the non-profit will…
Shine Restaurant and Gathering Space will use the magical light created by the city’s annual Tulip Fairy and Elf Festival to launch its line of “bottled potions” at their Fairy Day Release Party on Sunday. The potions, which have been available in Shine at the bar, are drinks with a…
In early July, Denver Union Station will hold its grand opening, the tenants of which include a swell of restaurants, bars and cafes: Mercantile Dining & Provision, a restaurant and market from Fruition chef-owner Alex Seidel; Stoic & Genuine, Jennifer Jasinski’s new restaurant, the kitchen of which will be commanded…
I believe I’ve found the best dish in Denver to eat when you’re three sheets to the wind, namely this restaurant’s butter-soaked, crisp-edged, pan-fried spaetzle sheeted with cheese that mimics Whiz. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to a Guess Where…
Denver’s newest brewery will open this weekend in a neighborhood in the southeastern part of town that is thirsting for craft-beer options; Comrade Brewing, which has a large taproom, two bar areas and six beers on tap, makes its official debut on Saturday. But at least four other breweries in…
After four years, Waffle Brothers will be closing its original location at 393 Corona Street at the end of service Sunday, and moving to a bigger spot a few blocks away. But while that space is being renovated, you’ll still be able to get your fix: The Waffle Brothers Pub…
From burgers to benefits and lectures to elves, this weekend has an abundance of choices for those looking to tantalize the taste buds. Here’s a sampling of what’s on the culinary calendar… See also: Win free tickets to Adult Daycare at The Lobby…
What was your first cocktail? I recently found myself at Centro Latin Kitchen & Refreshment Palace, the place where I had my first-ever drink. Er, first legal drink, that is. With a tasty mezcal cocktail in front of me, and a light crowd of happy-hour Banana Republic professionals around me,…
Today is Dining Out for Life, and more than 250 metro area restaurants are participating in the fundraiser for Project Angel Heart, donating 25 percent of their food sales to the non-profit that provides life-sustaining meals for those suffering from life-threatening illnesses. The restaurant where we ate this Caesar salad…
This Saturday, The Lobby kicks off Adult Day Care, its monthly summer beer dinner series, with a beer-vs.-wine-themed event that will pair libations from River North Brewery and Infinite Monkey Theorem with bites from Tender Belly, MM Local and the Growhaus. And while you can buy tickets for $65, we’re…
The space at 2200 South Broadway that was recently vacated by Zocalo already has a new tenant, and one with a long history in Denver: 4G’s Mexican Restaurant. And after several recent failures in this spot (including El Olvido, Hades and South Broadway Grill, as well as Zocalo), 4G’s should…
Scott Witsoe makes 31.5 gallons of beer at a time. That’s such a tiny amount compared to the output at other breweries — even other small breweries — that is doesn’t seem possible that Wit’s End Brewing would be able to stay in business, let alone thrive. But that’s exactly…
