Panzano Executive Chef Elise Wiggins is in the small town of Panzano, Italy, doing a stagisti with Dario Cecchini, the mad butcher of Panzano and owner of Antica Macelleria Cecchini. Wiggins, who recently won a Colorado Restaurant Association Industry Spot award and also earned Panzano another Best Italian Restaurant award,…
Cafe Society dished up three Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a cheesesteak with tater tots that still hasn’t been linked to the correct restaurant (or bar…with very loud music), a Thai curry that also has readers stumped and a burger with fries from an Uptown pub…
The news served up a smorgasbord of tidbits on buffet last week, including a guy in Wisconsin who picketed a restaurant that cut him off from an all-you-can-eat fish fry, and a Chinese buffet in the U.K. where management instituted a clean-your-plates or pay a $20 tab policy. Waste not,…
Paul Reilly, the former executive chef/owner of Encore, which closed last month, along with a posse of local big-name chefs and mixologists, are convening in the kitchen of Yia Yia’s, the home turf of chef Aaron Whitcomb, on Sunday night for Eat Drink Give, a benefit for the neo-natal ICU…
Three months after the Uptown Pasquini’s turned into a Serioz, the Denver Business Journal announced that Tony Pasquini had inked a deal on the old two-story Uptown building that most recently held J.R.’s Bar and Grill, making good on his plan to return to the neighborhood…
On Saturday night, the season’s first Justice League of Street Food party will take over the pavement at TAXI, and earlier this week, we held a contest, giving one Cafe Society reader the opportunity to eat and drink for free. Ten trucks will be at the bash, including Manna from…
Someday, Patrick Creager and his wife, Ari Murdock, would like to open up a soda fountain. “I love the concept of a modern soda shop,” he explains. “I really delved in behind the bar at Olivea, and I found ways to incorporate fruits and vegetables and spices and herbs with…
The new Lowry Beer Garden, which opens next Wednesday at 4 p.m. in the Hangar 2 project, is not, insists Joe Vostrejs, a German mimic. In fact, says Vostrejs, the COO of Larimer Associates, a coalition of partners who are developing the Hangar 2 project, it’s a homegrown, Colorado-style beer…
I’ve been a junkie of this Thai joint for years, and while its reputation is no longer what it used to be, its longevity, coupled with the fact that there’s usually a wait, suggests that there are plenty of Thai food zealots — industry folks, included — who continue to…
UPDATE: The winner is announced here. Paul Reilly may no longer have his own restaurant — after a last hurrah Sunday brunch, he shuttered Encore last month when he and the landlord couldn’t agree on lease terms — but he has the support of plenty of Denver chefs, many of…
When the Kokoro outpost at Sixth and Broadway closed last year, the space was quickly snapped up by Five Star Burgers, an outfit out of Taos, New Mexico that already has several metro area spots, including one at the Streets of SouthGlenn. Now this Five Star Burgers is open, slinging…
This has been a helluva week for buffets, what with a guy in Wisconsin picketing a restaurant that cut him off from an all-you-can-eat fish fry, and a Chinese buffet in the U.K. where management has instituted a new policy of “clean your effin plates or get charged $20.” Do…
Six months after District Meats opened in a space that hsd already swallowed up a big-time national restaurant operator (the Chodorows, who’d brought Big Game to Denver as well as an outpost of Il Fornaio), another big-time national restaurateur has stepped in to change up his LoDo spot. “I’m renaming…
Last October, after the Justice League of Street Food, a confederation of food trucks that pioneered the city’s love of pavement grub, held its final street food bash at TAXI, there were rumblings that this could be the end for the Justice League. “We haven’t made any decision about whether…
Before the ‘Pizza as a vegetable’ debacle made national headlines and inspired legislation from District 2’s House Representative Jared Polis, there was the original school lunch controversy: the battle over ketchup…
Every time I leave Einstein’s, I feel like I have just left a cathouse — I’m sticky, covered with crumbs, and my wallet is considerably lighter…because I just got f*cked…
Boulder has been burgerfied. Later today, at 4 p.m., H Burger Co, which already pimps a location in downtown Denver, along with a smaller sibling named Little H Burger Co, in southeast Denver, will introduce Boulderites to its first foray into the collegiate city. And it’s been a long time…
Bubba Chinos, the burrito chain started by Leonard Cordova, grandson of Stella Cordova, the late and legendary Chubby’s founder, will open a new franchise location at 1361 Court Place next month. “We’re excited to cater to the downtown crowd. There aren’t many lunch options over here,” says franchise owner Kenneth…
Beau Green Denver Zoo 2300 Steele Street www.denverzoo.org Read part one of my interview with Beau Green, exec chef of the Denver Zoo. Most memorable meal you’ve ever had: Chef Travis Kight — our corporate chef here at the zoo — always takes me out to the best/coolest places to…
The news that Laura Shunk is moving to New York and opening up a slot for a new restaurant critic inspired many readers to suggest possible candidates — including old restaurant critic Jason Sheehan, for example. Penny Parker. And two words: Dave. Barnes. “I think more reviews should be focused…
Dark wood, bright red paint and a gargantuan patio define La Revolución Taqueria y Cantina, a brand-new taco joint on Louisville’s bustling Main Street. Owner Rick Betance, who’s brought on star bartender James Lee and Zolo Southwestern Grill chef Brett Smith to consult on cocktails and food, respectively, hopes that…
Beirut Grill is opening a second location at 1600 Champa Street, in what was once the home of Champa Street liquors. Although information is sketchy, we know that the menu will be the same as at the original location, 203 West Hampden Avenue: traditional Middle Eastern fare. Look for this…
