On Sunday, September 22, DISH will dish out food and drinks from dozens of Cafe Society’s favorite restaurants and trucks, as well as Best of Denver readers’ winners, in the Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. The crew from Dae Gee Korean BBQ will be setting up shop…
Kachina Southwestern Grill, 10600 Westminster Boulevard in Westminster, continues its “Beast & Beer” dinner series showcasing locally raised meat and Colorado craft beer. Tonight’s feast features beers from Oskar Blues paired with meat from the brewery’s own Hops and Heifers Farm. See also: At Kachina, the chiles pack heat –…
What defines an essential restaurant? Several opinionated friends and I were recently discussing that topic during dinner at a trendy newcomer that’s amassed a flurry of flattery since opening its doors. It’s a restaurant-of-the-moment, but will it still be relevant in six months? Will the crowds continue to jam the…
On Sunday, September 22, DISH will dish out food and drinks from dozens of Cafe Society’s favorite restaurants and trucks, as well as Best of Denver readers’ winners, in the Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. This year, Gaetano’s will be dishing up some of its authentic Italian…
Long before Linger and Bittersweet and Twelve, there was Tante Louise, a French restaurant at 4900 East Colfax Avenue that Corky Douglass ran for over three decades. There were many storied periods during this run, but one of the most lauded was when the kitchen was under the direction of…
It felt strange waking up Saturday and remembering that the Boulder County Farmers’ Market had been cancelled because of the flood. Wondering how the loss of revenue — not to mention the flooding itself — was affecting the farmers I see and talk to every week, I called a few…
I love the menu at this Mexican joint, not for its enchiladas, tacos or burritos, all of which are good, but for the dishes that you don’t often see elsewhere, including a plate of swoon-worthy suckling pig. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first…
McDonald’s new Mighty Wings — bone-in, breaded chicken wings — have finally made it to Denver area stores, along with some fall-themed goodies. So I made a beeline to the nearest golden arches at 1444 South Havana Street in Aurora, to see if the buzz over the wings is deserved…
It’s not too late to take advantage of Beso de Arte’s gorgeous patio — with a fantastic view of the hogback and a waterfall pond built into the structure. And not only does this Latin bistro boast one of the finest al fresco spaces in the metro area, but it…
The signature signs of a city that’s on the culinary fast track reside in its willingness to take aggressive risks, push infinite boundaries and continually adapt to a fickle dining public whose expectations are always on the upswing. Denver is that city — a major metropolis that refuses to slow…
Back in May, when I stopped by Vietnam Grill for an education in Vietnamese cooking as part of my Federal Boulevard restaurant tour, I wrote that I was looking forward to “many more surprises and culinary lessons,” including a bowl of rice porridge with the simple yet intriguing modifier of…
The owners of the Cheeky Monk Belgian Café are racing to open their new Denver brewery before the Great American Beer Festival starts on October 10. But even if they are delayed, Lost Highway Brewing will be pouring two beers at GABF. “We’ve had our brewing permits for almost two…
Highland’s Garden Cafe closed on August 31, shutting down for the season. But will the sixteen-year-old restaurant reopen next spring? The property — two connected, converted Victorians on a lovely spot in northwest Denver filled with patios and gardens — is on the block for more than a million bucks…
Alamo Drafthouse, 7301 South Santa Fe Drive in Littleton, is hosting a Fight Club food and film event tonight. Chef Seth Rexroad has prepared a four-course meal coordinated with David Fincher’s movie. See also: First look: CapRock Farm Bar opens Tuesday at the Source — and whiskey is on the…
On Sunday, September 22, DISH will dish out food and drinks from dozens of Cafe Society’s favorite restaurants and trucks, as well as Best of Denver readers’ winners, in the Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. Lola will join the fiesta, serving its shrimp ceviche (no, not the…
Lance Hanson is a self-described “classics nerd.” And he parlayed that interest into a job teaching Latin to high school kids, eventually giving up academia to pursue a career in the software business, which made him, well, rich — rich enough, at least, to “dive off the deep end and…
Harvest Week begins this Sunday and runs through Friday, September 27. The week-long celebration features 36 EatDenver restaurants collaborating on a series of pop-up dinner parties at the GrowHaus, 4751 York Street. The parties (a brunch and five dinners) will have interactive themes and sell out incredibly quickly; go to…
Left Hand Brewing, which for years has proudly touted its beer as being “brewed on the banks of the mighty St. Vrain,” has been cursing the river over the past few days. The St. Vrain, which has destroyed homes, roads and bridges all over Longmont, also flooded parts of the…
It’s a shame when you go to a restaurant for a very specific dish — in this case, duck — only to discover that the duck (cold, cold duck) is superseded by a rudimentary dish of shrimp with black bean sauce. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone…
By some act of alchemy, Chipotle has done it again. In 2011, Back to the Start — a short film about the immense error of factory farming and the necessity of a sustainable farming system — established the homegrown Chipotle chain as a model of these beliefs. Last week, Chipotle…
As Westword’s Ask the Bartender columnist, I’ve talked with many bartenders for Cafe Society’s “Behind the Bar” series, posing numerous questions to Denver’s top bartenders…and often receiving the same answers: “I love chartreuse,” or “I’m really into smoked cocktails/barrel aging/bottled cocktails.” See also: A bartender by any other name…is still…
On the last day of August, Highland’s Garden Cafe closed for the season, with promises to reopen the restaurant — two connected Victorian houses — in its lovely garden setting next April. But will Highland’s Garden Cafe really bloom again? See also:-Highland’s Garden Cafe pulls up stakes for the season…
