This is part two of Lori Midson’s interview with Robert Bogart, executive chef of Elway’s Downtown. In part one of that interview, which ran yesterday, Bogart raps on strange guest requests, one roof and how he wishes that cooks would get the respect they deserve. Rules of conduct in your…
Would you eat at a joint called Sports Orgy? What if all the waitresses looked like Anna Kournikova? Well, judging by the Craigslist ad below, you may soon have the chance. The ad, which was posted last month, explains that a Denver restaurant called Sports Orgy is looking for waitstaff…
Is gin really “the original flavored vodka”? That’s what Sean Kenyon suggested in his recent Ask the Bartender devoted to gin, and more than one reader took exception to the description. But it didn’t bother Harvey, who loves gin no matter how it’s categorized: I love gin. But my brother…
No. 83: Cazuela Colombiana from Cafe Brazil Every single time I go to Cafe Brazil, I feel compelled to study the menu — a menu that I’ve all but memorized — even though I nearly always order the same dish, a plate that’s been on the board for two decades,…
The last time we went seeking a decent veggie burger in this cowtown, we checked out Park Burger, whose house-made veggie burger is definitely a winner, particularly if you’re looking for a traditional mustard-and-pickle setup. But if you work or live closer to downtown than to Englewood, or you’d like…
It’s only a matter of time till Melo gets his All-Star game out of this cowtown and takes his talents to Sopranoland on the East Coast. The Denver Nuggets are close to trading their best player for the last seven years for a pack of bubble gum, a couple of…
Locavores, foodies and organic-amatrons: Rejoice! Your mecca, The Kitchen, will reopen tonight after a remodel, which has been going on since January 1. “We aren’t doing anything special with the menu tonight, and we’re opening at our normal time of 5:30 p.m.,” says manager Ray Decker. “The big stuff was…
Last night, John Hickenlooper, Denver’s former mayor — and now governor — was surrounded by supporters hungry for change, which Hickenlooper vowed to deliver in a sixteen-minute speech earlier yesterday before the blow-out inauguration party at the Fillmore celebrating his rise to the top. But Hick’s proponents were hungry for…
Here’s one we missed in our December and our 2010 Restaurant Roll Calls: On December 29, the windows at the Park Meadows Illegal Pete’s, 8283 South Akron Street in Centennial, went dark. “The trend in that area was not too positive,” says owner Pete Turner. “All of our other locations…
Skew, which opened Monday night at 2070 South University Boulevard, is all about inexpensive but high-quality ingredients slipped on sticks in a hip environment that’s both fast-casual and full-service, says Ton Phairatphibon, who operates the University Park restaurant with his brothers. “We want to offer a different kind of value…
Robert Bogart Elway’s Downtown 1881 Curtis Street 303-312-3107 www.elways.com This is part one of Lori Midson’s interview with Robert Bogart, executive chef of Elway’s Downtown. Part two of that interview will run in this space tomorrow. Robert Bogart, a former Marine who became the executive chef of Elway’s Downtown in…
How cold was it yesterday? So cold that this concession stand at the National Western Stock Show — which specializes in funnel cakes, corn dogs and fried Twinkies — turned off the fryer, with a sign noting that it was closed due to weather. The forecast sounds warmer today, so…
Yesterday, Drink of the Week columnist Nancy Levine told of a disappointing stop at a restaurant that had opened eleven days earlier — opened enough to be on OpenTable, where she’d made a reservation for dinner. But after she discovered that the bar alone wasn’t ready for prime time –…
Until very recently, beer was the alcoholic beverage I drank when I wanted something refreshing that would give me a buzz, but didn’t want to have to think about it too hard. But in the past year or so, it’s become less easy to do that. Beer has claimed a…
“We didn’t want to open fast; we wanted to open right,” says Christina Smith, who, along with her partner, Josh Epps, had hoped to un-jar Jelly, a new breakfast joint in Capitol Hill, on the first day of 2011 — just in time for the drunks to wobble in at…
It’s no secret that Denver loves Chipotle, our hometown hero achieving world domination in the mission-style burrito restaurant chain universe. But the rest of the country loves Chipotle, too — including the youngsters who voted in peta2’s fifth annual Libby Awards to give Chipotle the honor of being named the…
Colorado Senator Chris Romer, who’s making a run for mayor now that Hick is the new guv, seems to be making cupcakes — notably those from the Denver Cupcake Trucks — one of his top priorities. Last week, we reported that Romer had splashed his official website with a plea…
The King Tut exhibit closed at the Denver Art Museum yesterday — which means that the citywide Mad Greens tie-in, the King Tut Salad, is officially off the menu as of tomorrow. But if you were a big fan of the salad (which comprised romaine lettuce, chickpeas, couscous with dried…
Last night at Roth Distributing, where state-of-the-art kitchens played house to some of Denver’s top chefs and mixologists, Leigh Sullivan-Guard, the founder of FIVE — a cartel of chefs who cook in Denver, at the Aspen Food & Wine Classic and the James Beard House every year — introduced the…
The former Red Trolley — that beloved coffee, gelato, cereal and hot dog shop at 2639 West 32nd Avenue in Highland — will soon become Spuntino, a quick and casual Italian restaurant. Simone Parisi, owner of Parisi and Firenze a Tavola, 4401 Tennyson Street, will operate Spuntino with Dorina Miller…
Jason Sheehan has been gone from Westword for a year, but he is far from forgotten, as evidenced by yesterday’s missive from Still Reading in response to the Julia & Julia characterization of Laura Shunk’s Sachi Sushi review: It’s hard to be Jason Sheehan. Probably not as hard as it…
No. 84: Pork osso buco from Osteria Marco Osteria Marco is Frank Bonanno’s homage to the hog, a ward of house-crafted charcuterie, pizzas tarped with prosciutto, puddings laced with pork fat, and Sunday-night pig roasts. The subterranean enterprise — a sound system of ruckus and racket pinging off the ceilings…
