Food & Drink

Last month, the seafood hot pot at Da Lat rated a 100 Favorite Dishes designation. But when Heather Miller ordered it, the dish contained an unexpected ingredient: a cockroach. Lori Midson shared her cockroach story here , and the comments have been flying. Should the dish have been comped? The…

Hana Japanese Bistro is the full package — complete with instructions. Every meal at this six-month-old spot in Louisville starts with warm towels and complimentary bowls of miso soup (a little dish of pickled vegetables or edamame often finds its way to your table, too). And on my most recent…

Wayne Adams doesn’t like to talk about the ghosts, the apparitions dressed in seventeenth-century period garb that haunt the Capitol Hill corner store that’s been in his family for 38 years. “They get more active when you talk about it,” he says matter-of-factly, detailing the rows of Shurfine brand canned…

“I love pizza. No. I love pizza!” And to prove his declaration, Justin Vogel slams his elbows on the bar, revealing a wrist-to-elbow jet-black tattoo inked with the word “pizza.” Point taken…

Executive chef Elise Wiggins of Panzano, our Best Italian Restaurant in the Best of Denver 2012, broke down a 175-pound wild Russian boar from Tender Belly in her restaurant’s kitchen on Saturday afternoon. And of course, we wanted to show you where the bacon — and much of the other…

Olivea, 719 East 17th Avenue, is hosting a special dinner tonight featuring a Catalonian tapas menu paired with wines of the same region. “Our regional series is for the more adventurous eater,” says Brooke Bishop, director of operations for Olivea and its sister restaurant, Duo. “We go more in-depth within…

Israel Trevino has been trying to get back to Colorado since he left in 2000 and returned home to Texas, where he opened two outposts of La Playa Mexican Cafe in Harlingen and Austin. Those successful operations allowed him to explore possibilities for another location, and he settled on Centennial…

It’s been called the “burgundy bible” for zealous restaurant nerds, and for the first time since Tim and Nina Zagat (pronounced Zuh-GAT) launched their Survey in 1979, Colorado — the whole state — is getting its very own Zagat restaurant ratings guide, which is a big deal considering that the…

Hops & Pie is an ideal neighborhood establishment: simply furnished, small enough to have a strong sense of intimacy — but with a big beer list. As a bonus, the kitchen offers not just several vegetarian options, but also vegan dishes. One look at the menu, and moving to the…

I spoke to a chef yesterday who lamented the dearth of good delis in Denver (he’s not the first). And while the anemic Reuben in the above snap doesn’t come from a deli, it gives us one more reason to hunger for better sandwiches in this city — sandwiches that…

So much for family-friendly cola chicken at Coop de Ville at the Stingray, the Sunnyside restaurant that Leigh Jones and her partner, Margret Moore, reopened and re-conceptualized in February after closing Stingray, a neighborhood watering hole and pizza joint that the two had opened last year. The chicken shack, as…

Yesterday, Jenn Wohletz offered her assessment of the new Chick-Fil-A desserts in the latest installment of Jenn in Chains, her semi-regular look at developments on the fast-food scene. She loved the brownie, lusted for the waffle fries (and the cute little ketchup packets)…but isn’t a fan of Chick-Fil-A’s politics, and…

Six years ago, when Daniel Kuhlman and his wife, Kristal, opened Tastes Wine Bar & Bistro on Tennyson Street, they had a vision. “What we created at Tastes was a venture of love fueled by passion, and we wanted to share that passion and love with the neighborhood and customers…

After a recent jaunt to L.A., where I soaked up Disneyland, the sun and the city’s restaurant scene, I arrived home just in time to have breakfast at one of my favorite suburban cafes. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to…

The Desk, a co-working cafe, is now open in the former Buffalo Exchange space at 230 East 13th Avenue — after a slight delay/. But that’s just part of the business. “We’ve been very positively received,” says Kristian Barowsky, who co-owns the spot with his wife, Mandy Stevens. “We’re really…

I had just finished eating mole at a brilliant Oaxacan restaurant in Santa Ana, California when my phone beeped. And there it was…an upside down cockroach dead on its ass on a plate. The offending restaurant? Da Lat, a Vietnamese joint on Federal Boulevard that just last month made my…

At 10 a.m. on Sunday, when Encore, Paul Reilly’s “country club” restaurant on East Colfax, opened its doors for the final time, ninety people were already standing in line to get a seat…and that was just the start of the ambush. “We got our asses kicked. I’ve never taken a…