Just got off the horn with Mandi Clement, who, along with her husband (and ex-Mizuna chef) Tony, are now consulting at Wild Catch, the former sustainable seafood restaurant that Daniel Kuhlman opened in August — and subsequently shuttered — several weeks ago when then-chef and co-owner Justin Brunson made the…
This is part one of my interview with Rob Lawler, former chef and the sovereign of cheese at the Truffle. Rob Lawler The Truffle 2906 East Sixth Avenue 303-322-7363 www.denvertruffle.com When you actually want someone to cut the cheese, Rob Lawler, who owns the Truffle with his wife, Karin, does…
Last week the Huffington Post served up a food trend list — which Jenn Wohletz thought was one of the worst food trend lists ever, confessing that she was “Bugged by the Huffington Post’s ’11 Biggest Food Trends of 2011.'” After all, meatballs? Fancy donuts? Macarons? And insects for number…
Eder Yanez-Mota is antsy. His coolers and freezers are empty, and his restaurant, Chili Verde, has been closed for almost two weeks during one of the busiest times of year, thanks to a fryer that caught on fire November 30. But today he’s re-stocking all of his food, and he’s…
It’s not easy to find a good veggie burger when you’re off the meat wagon, but thankfully, Smashburger — a homegrown chain whose burgers have garnered rave reviews since it opened its first location on Colorado Boulevard in 2007, and which was recently listed as a rising-star company in Forbes…
When a second Waffle Brothers opens later this month on the Hill in Boulder, you can expect more than just waffles: “There will be a sexy Australian up there, too,” teases Rod Dupen, who hails from Sydney and owns the Waffle Brothers in Denver with business partner John Power, who’s…
“You would not have bought this book and read this far into it if your food culture was intact and healthy.” Michael Pollan I’m just about finished with Michael Pollan’s In Defense of Food, a great read that’s as fascinating as it is depressing. It’s the kind of book that…
My kid turns twelve today (Happy birthday, Elliott!), and that calls for a celebration, which, in our house, typically means dinner out. We began the festivities last night — not with pizza or burgers — but here, at this Asian restaurant, where we slurped bowls of ramen and stuffed our…
When Forbes recently released its list of 100 rising star companies in 22 industries, “privately held up-and-comers with compelling business models, strong management teams, notable customers, strategic partners and precious investment capital,” exactly one restaurant company made the cut. And Colorado’s very own Smashburger didn’t just make the list; it…
Denver has always been a center of the beer-making world — but until recently, you could have argued that Boulder was a better craft-beer town. But after counting up the number of craft brewers coming to Denver, Jonathan Shikes just asked, “Has Denver finally surpassed boulder as a beer city?”…
Clutching a Mason jar full of hot chocolate and peppermint schnapps and trying hard not to spill, I stared pleadingly into the eyes of a snarling man in flannel who was attempting to push past me. “Excuse me!” he repeated, without a trace of sympathy. I was trying to get…
After a series of pop-up dinners at Cafe Options, which played host to chef Max MacKissock and several squad members of the soon-to-reopen Squeaky Bean on Friday and Saturday night, the staff celebrated by shotgunning beers in the kitchen. The Squeaky Bean’s irreverence is alive and well…
Novo Coffee does the vast majority of its business wholesale, selling its beans — some of our favorite beans in Denver — to restaurants and cafes. But for the past five years, the company has also kept one retail location by the Denver Art Museum, where patrons can score a…
I have no idea why restaurants continue to ring plates with specks of parsley, but regardless of needless adornments, the buffalo pot roast, wreathed with butternut squash, at this longstanding American gathering place, more than makes up for it. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives…
Denver will lose a familiar face this week when Club 404, a classic dive bar at 404 Broadway, changes hands after sixty years under owner Jerry Feld…
Wazee Wood-Fire Pizza, Charlie Palmer’s tribute to New York-style pies, opens today at 11 a.m. downtown at 1631 Wazee Street, directly next door to District Meats, which the New York-based star chef unleashed in October…
Temple Micah’s fourth annual Top Latke Cook-off Friday night featured budding young chefs serving up some seriously creative takes on potato pancakes. There were otherwise traditional latkes smothered in peanut butter and jelly; sweet potato latkes with marshmallow topping; Asian-spiced cakes topped with ginger; round latkes stuffed with cheese and…
No one’s saying you have to go meatless just because it’s Monday — but as incentive to join the growing movement, every week we’re offering an animal-free recipe. If you think you can’t enjoy creamy, rich foods like risotto on a plant-based diet, this recipe will prove you wrong. The…
Cafe Society dished up three Guess where? contests last week, including a bowl of lackluster French onion soup, a trio of terrific pineapple-topped tacos from Vesta Dipping Grill, and a surprisingly good cheeseburger heaped with grilled onions. For identifying that plate as coming from Red Robin’s Burger Works, Chris B…
If you work downtown and are often in need of a quick lunchtime pho fix, help will soon be at hand. Pho 79, one of our favorite pho restaurants in the city, has signed a lease on the 16th Street Mall and will soon be slinging up big bowls of…
The Huffington Post has succumbed to the temptation of food trends lists. While the Huff-P does politics like everybody’s business, why are they now trying to convince the dining public that they’re eating more bugs, that pimento cheese is suddenly cool and that macarons are falling from the heavens? Maybe,…
The Whole Foods in Golden is now pouring Marley Coffee — the only store in the state to distribute the coffee promoted by Rohan Marley, Bob Marley’s son. “My father came from the farmland in Jamaica and frequently spoke about returning to the farm one day,” he says. “We created…
