Hometown burrito hero Chipotle tends to launch quirky marketing campaigns that inspire strong reactions — sometimes adoration, sometimes not. But all we can say about the restaurant chain’s latest gimmick — emblazoning its takeaway bags with garbled Latin usually used as placeholder text and translating more or less into a…
Robert Thompson’s Argyll was the surprise hit of 2009; despite being labeled a “gastropub,” it even took top honors for Best New Restaurant in our Best of Denver 2010. Argyll was doing so well that Thompson had considered taking on the space next door to the restaurant at 2700 East…
Organic soda-company Oogave is taking over the universe, boasts Gannon Merrell, the company’s Fulcrum of Finance, and it’s starting with Colorado. As two new flavors hit local convenience-store shelves, this boast may not be far off. The soda’s namesake refers to the agave nectar that Stephen Anson used as an…
Thus ends four days of liver damage, debauchery, hangovers, embarrassments and a swollen stomach. The 2010 Food & Wine Classic in Aspen officially came to a close yesterday, and while the weekend isn’t without its fuzzy moments, my brain isn’t so washed up that I’m not without a fleet of…
Good Housekeeping has been keeping an eye on a lot of buns lately. The ladies’ magazine recently voted Boulder-based Rudi’s Organic Bakery’s buns the hottest of them all. Rudi’s buns won out over the likes of Sara Lee and Pepperidge Farm buns in a taste test comparing eight brands of…
Last week, if you recall, I brought you a list of five bar types adults should avoid. Now I’m back with a rundown of what your drink order says about you. Most bartenders aren’t judgmental people. We never really want to bite the hand that feeds. If you want your…
Pay-what-you-want is coming to Boulder. A new cafe modeled after Denver’s SAME Cafe is in the works with the operating name Community Cafe and a guiding philosophy of “giving back, giving forward.” Sandy Robinson, the brains behind the restaurant, says two things inspired her to pursue the pay-what-you-want model: a…
Mezcal mastermind Ron Cooper, who spent the weekend draining bottles of the Mexican distilled spirit at the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen, is in Denver today for a blowout dinner at Tambien, 250 Steele Street, where he’ll mix and pour cocktails made with his single village mezcals, including Del…
BenchWarmers will open its third Colorado location on Thursday, June 24, and in touting this accomplishment, the Colorado-based company offers the most succinct business plan ever: “I was at a Colorado Avalanche game one evening with friends,” founder and chief executive officer Kevin Foote, explains in this earlier Cafe Society…
In between feedings of pig skin from José Andrés’s own hands, the hysterical father-daughter banter between Jacques and Claudine Pépin during their caviar cooking demo, Tom Colicchio’s mighty fine guitar playing and passable singing and a really, really sloshed middle-aged drunk throwing up really, really good wine just outside the…
Project Angel Heart executive chef, Jon Emanuel, the subject of this week’s Chef and Tell interview, serves nearly 800 dishes a day to people with life threatening illnesses, including an herb-roasted pork with pan juices, a brining recipe, says Emanuel, that’s easy to do at home. “Everyone should know the…
Perky Cups has covered up. The Aurora coffee shop, which delighted some locals and infuriated others by offering up scantily-clad baristas along with caffeine, has apparently closed amid a dispute with its landlord. Store owner Jason Bernal couldn’t be reached for comment, but an Aurora Sentinel article says the dispute…
Starting next Tuesday, Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant is going to spice up Broomfield by introducing a limited-time Caribbean menu and a new Kolsch-style beer at its 1 West Flatiron Circle location. The menu features an assortment of seafood, fruit and spice combinations, including shrimp and lobster spring rolls, a Kobe…
Former Top Chef contestant Richard Blais was in Denver recently, and he’s still all shook up over what he found when he visited H Burger: a copycat version of his Burnt Marshmallow and Nutella milkshake. “Maybe I should just be flattered?” he asks in this steaming-mad blog post. “But instead,…
Greg Goldfogel checked in a couple of weeks to reveal his new plans since abruptly closing Alto, the restaurant that replaced the beloved Ristorante Amore, last summer. “I have finally got my head back on straight,” he said, “filed for bankruptcy, and decided to launch Amore Natural Foods, bringing back…
While by day you’ll find him teaching aspiring bartenders how to mix up a martini and what garnish to put in a White Russian, you won’t necessarily find Tom Lucas honing his cocktail-shaking skills at home…
“Eat*Drink*Play,” urges the logo of Chances, a new joint that just opened today in the spot at 1135 Bannock Street that had been Wolfie’s and, before that, Bambino’s. Make that half of the spot — the space has been cut back (the other half is a salon), but there’s still…
Gelman’s Restaurant and Bar has been turning out American classics like burgers and wedge salads and veal meatloaf since November 2005. Now it’s last call: The restaurant will be closing its doors on June 27 to make way for a new concept the Gelman Group is creating, a seafood restaurant,…
If this was a world in which the dining scene was scrutinized like professional sports, with gamblers placing bets on the what pastry will be the next cupcake, what technique will become the new foam or which chef is most likely to win a James Beard award, we’d head down…
Beer pairings aren’t the newest movement on the culinary scene, but how about an entire menu full of pairings — dessert included — numbering some sixty all told? That’s how many matches made in heaven Baker St. Pub & Grill has put together for diners interested in suds selected specifically…
Elway’s was hot, hot, hot at last night’s Hot Rocks Griller Challenge, a benefit for the men’s programs at Denver Health. Governor Bill Ritter welcomed the crowd — and got to speak from experience about Denver Health’s care, since he spent several days in the hospital in March after his…
The first episode of Top Chef D.C. aired last night, and like every other food obsessive I know, I was glued to the set. Now in its seventh season, at this point the show is pretty much pure formula — Quickfire Challenge, chefs’ race through Whole Foods, Elimination Challenge, critics’…
