Thanks to years of cliche-building commercials for a certain steakhouse, you might think the only things in Australia are koalas, cars zipping across the empty desert and big steaks. But Karen Wee Lin Tan Beckman, chef-owner of Makan Malaysian Café, which I review this week, begs to differ. Born in…
Tony Pasquini has had a very wild year…and it’s not over yet. His history in the local restaurant business stretches back to 1986, when, barely of legal age to have a liquor license, he founded the first Pasquini’s Pizzeria, at 1310 South Broadway. He later sold it to his sister…
Fred and Ginger; baseball and hotdogs; sunsets and walks on the beach; Bella and Edward. Some things are meant for one another. But beer and bacon? The jury is still out on that one. Event planning company Eat Boston, along with Forkly and Denver Off the Wagon, hope to deliver…
Last week, we wrote about the numerous connections between the ski and snowboard industries and Colorado’s craft-beer makers that will take place this year. And now you can add another one to the list: Denver Beer Co and Denver’s Grace Skis are teaming up on a bock-style beer that they…
Most of you will be eating turkey tomorrow, which was always the tradition in our family, too, until this year, when my mom suddenly announced that she was doing a leg of lamb instead. Nonetheless, I embrace the change and even started celebrating early with skewers of grilled lamb at…
If your family’s anything like ours, then it’s not so much the turkey, stuffing and cranberry you’re looking forward to inhaling tomorrow — it’s the booze. There’s a reason why most of us make sure we only commit to spending several hours in the company of these people two or…
Drew Hardin Lola 1575 Boulder Street 720-570-8686 www.loladenver.com This is part one of my interview with Drew Hardin, exec chef of Lola; part two of our chat will run tomorrow. Drew Hardin grew up watching Julia and Jacques, sometimes begrudgingly, but when dinnertime came around, he appreciated the fact that…
Thanksgiving is a fly-over holiday. While other holidays, such as Valentine’s Day, have an entire month’s worth of ramp-up –and special heart-shaped candy to boot — year after year this noble-sounding, federally-approved holiday is relegated to a mere day’s worth of turkey-munching and football-watching, followed by a trail of stores…
Every day, Lori Midson serves up another entry in her Guess Where I’m Eating series, asking readers to identify the restaurant serving a particular dish — in yesterday’s case, enchiladas. But one reader declined to play along, citing a major problem with that dish. See also: – Guess where I’m…
The Fainting Goat — the go-to holiday escape for working Westworders — realized there was a need for official Thanksgiving hours early today, when they got a call from a group that wanted to make a reservation for thirty…at ten o’clock on Thanksgiving night. We’re sure that the Goat, which…
When the Colorado Convention Center created an urban farm on the piece of land between the complex and Speer Boulevard, it forgot about one minor detail — the winter. But when cold weather descended, the fragile plants at Blue Bear Farm had to be relocated — or die. Enter “Adopt-a-Pot,”…
Last Friday, the world as we know it nearly collapsed when Hostess Brands announced that it would shutter all of its distribution centers and bakeries and file for bankruptcy in light of a worker strike. This, we cried, was the day the Ding-Dong died. And before you could mutter “icing…
In this week’s Chef and Tell interview, which runs tomorrow, I chat with Drew Hardin, exec of Lola, and when I asked him which food trend he’d like to see fall by the wayside, he had this to say: “I don’t know if it’s the worst trend, but it’s definitely…
The space that once held Luciano’s Pizza & Wings has been vacant since the pizza place closed in March, seized for back taxes. But there are signs of life at 1043 Broadway. Specifically, a sign that Pizza Pizza has applied for a liquor license at the address. See also: -Luciano’s…
Vegetarian lunch specials are special indeed, because while restaurants around town offer meaty specials at the noon hour, vegetarian specials are usually only offered at vegetarian restaurants. Volcano is an unexpected exception to that rule. It’s one of a growing number of non-chain restaurants in the southeast Denver area, prime…
I’m not an advocate of the tacos at this taqueria, but the salsa bar has merit and the enchiladas, draped with a tomatillo green chile, aren’t bad, either. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Guess Where posts is…
In terms of holidays, Christmas is the king of lists. Every December, I make so many lists, I need a master list to keep track of them all. There’s an address list for Christmas cards, a list of teachers to thank, a list of friends and neighbors to bake for,…
Were you at Chef & Brew, which paired some of the town’s top toques with some of its best brews? Lori Midson was; she helped judge the event. And so was Mantonat — which is why he was not at Westword’s Denver Web Awards, to pick up the prize for…
The weekly wine tasting at Cured, 1825 Pearl Street in Boulder, will feature samples of four affordable wines that the shop recommends for a Thanksgiving meal; the free wine-tasting runs from 4 to 7 p.m. today…
Last Thursday night at Infinity Park Event Center, the Rocky Mountain French-American Chamber of Commerce celebrated the arrival of the 2012 Beaujolais Nouveau by inviting local chefs to create French-inspired dishes and pair them with the grapey, fruity French wine as part of the annual event’s culinary competition. The battle,…
Years before the seedy side of downtown was officially named the Lower Downtown Historic District, artists and other hipsters recognized that it was the creative heart of Denver. And at its heart? City Spirit. Although the cafe closed fifteen years ago, it’s spirit lives on — and was much in…
Punch Bowl – Social Food & Drink is now open — and judging from the crowd at Friday night’s debut party, a benefit for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado, the place should be on a roll. Keep reading for a look at Punch Bowl. See also: – Slide show:…
