The Counter, part of a California-based chain, may not have been able to cut it in Colorado, but the homegrown Smashburger continues to smash the competition. Since it got its start at 1120 South Colorado Boulevard in June 2007, the company has grown to eighty stores, with hundreds more on…
As much as I’d like to be a better representative of womankind, I am not girly. I’d rather smoke a cigar over Scotch than comment on cute brunch tartlettes filling some silver platter. I’d rather yell obscenities at a baseball game than teeter around on high heels during a girls’…
I may not be girly, but like any female who doesn’t have some sort of social disorder, I’ve got a group of delightful women with whom I like to spend an inordinate amount of time, typically bitching about my most recent significant other, predicting whose marriage is about to fail,…
I got off to a rough start during a recent meal at the Village Cork, 1300 South Pearl Street, mostly because I was having trouble integrating myself into the feminine fold. The restaurant, full of charming knickknacks and smiling women, could sell you a lifestyle with dinner. And given that…
Pinkberry, the cult of frozen yogurt, with two stores in Denver, recently unleashed its 100th outlet, and to mark the milestone, the pink and green swirl machine is holding a contest that will make at least one person rich…with a Pinkberry gift card worth $1,000. Here’s the deal: Starting September…
Smother love: It’s easy being green in Denver in September, when the smell of roasting chiles overrides the odor of exhaust along Federal Boulevard, and the green chile at your favorite Mexican joint carries the heat of the new harvest. For the next several weeks, Cafe Society will feature some…
The block-long shoppette that runs along the east side of Jersey Street, between Ninth and Tenth avenues, seems like a great location for a restaurant. Located in the Mayfair neighborhood, it is close to lots of homes, offices and Mayfair Park. But owner Alex Pappas has had a hard time…
Tavern Hospitality Group just broke ground on the project that will debut as Tavern Littleton in April 2011. Last year, THG owners Frank Schultz and Terry and Al Papay purchased a building and lot at 2589 West Main Street in the heart of the historic district, where they plan to…
See that photo up top? That’s the former home of Ron & Dan’s Keg, and the future address of Lou’s Food Bar, Frank Bonanno’s new restaurant, which was gutted yesterday after Bonanno, who also owns Bones, Luca d’Italia, Mizuna , Osteria Marco (and soon, Wednesday’s Pies), sealed the deal on…
Another one bites the dust: Arapahoe Junction, a longtime breakfast/lunch/happy-hour/cheap dinner hangout at 1805 Arapahoe Street, has gone dark, and its phone is disconnected. No word yet on what will happen with this ground-floor space, which also has a spacious patio…
The Justice League of Street Food is on a roll, and will hold its third party October 1. From 5 to 10 p.m. this Friday, the Deluxe Little Orange Rocket, the Inventing Room and Sully’s Slice Truck, the Cupcake Truck, Biker Jim’s, Steuben’s, the Biscuit Bus, Pinche Tacos, Steamin’ Demon…
The Counter created a big buzz when it opened two years ago in the new Vistas at Park Meadows development. But now it has apparently closed very, very quietly. Although the restaurant is still listed as a dining option on the Park Meadows website, the Colorado location has been wiped…
This is Guinness and champagne — which, if you’re drinking low-end champagne (or, more likely, sparkling wine), is a great way to temper the sweetness. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts is entered…
OpenTable.com, the free (for consumers) online reservations program, just released its 2010 Diners’ Choice Awards for restaurants that are most Fit for Foodies, the victors of which were determined by more than seven million online reviews as voted by OpenTable diners. The question is, how many Colorado restaurants made the…
Proving that happy hour isn’t just for lushes, drunks on a budget, cougars or socialites, Eco-Burger, the Cherry Creek beef barn at 2817 East Third Avenue is rolling out an after-school kids’ happy hour…
Organic Pizza Company, an eco-conscious take-and-bake pizza joint, opened on Friday at 4500 West 38th Avenue in Highland, the first of a forthcoming wave of organic pizza dens from partners Allen Milham and Darrell Naughton, who plan to open a second outpost in SPIRE Denver, 891 Fourteenth Street, in early…
We weren’t offered the happy hour menu, even though the bartender made sure that everyone else around us got one; the flank steak, albeit a perfect mid-rare, was so chewy that I gave up; and then the computers failed, which made paying by credit card all but impossible. But the…
Last week, Cafe Society served up four Guess where contests (not including our seasonal green chile category), featuring everything from this still-unidentified sea urchin roe (sorry, not Long John Silver’s) to a champagne cocktail at Capital Grille to some unexpected tacos. For correctly identifying them as coming from the new…
First came Chick-fil-A’s Spicy Chicken Sandwich. Now Denver is among the five markets testing Chick-fil-A’s new Spicy Nuggets — think of them as Spicken Little. From today through October 2, you can get a free taste (eight nuggets) by making a reservation at getspicynuggets.com. All twenty stores in the metro…
Behold the highlights from this week’s Cafe Society blog:…
Last week, Sean Kenyon, one of Denver’s most championed bartenders and mixologists, vacated his post as bar manager of Steuben’s, where he’d been slinging drinks and crafting cocktails since 2007…
I’m not much of a champagne drinker, but at the posh digs where the above photo was taken, I couldn’t resist this summery champagne cocktail made with Averna, an Italian liqueur. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where…
