First things first: You’ll need to traipse to a restaurant in Boulder Country to swim with the fish in the above pic, a fennel-stuffed branzino that was the finale to an excellent multi-course dinner in an underrated restaurant, whose kitchen is churning out some really sensational dishes. Can you guess…
This is part two of Lori Midson’s interview with Matt Mine, executive chef of Oceanaire. You can read part one of that interview here. Culinary inspirations: Many things, but the weather and the seasons usually play a big part in how I cook, in everything from the ingredients to the…
Imagine a world without hangovers. Go on, imagine: ten-day benders without alcohol poisoning; all-night binges with 8 a.m. board meetings the next day; the end of brain-numbing, stomach-souring, entire-day-losing debilitation at the groping, productivity-pilfering hands of booze. It’s glorious, this make-believe world where adults can drink whatever they like, as…
I first heard about iX MiXer through Nick, the Squire bartender, who reached out to me via e-mail after reading about my tequila-mixing woes in the Drunk of the Week column about Root Down. “You mentioned that you are a self-proclaimed tequila connoisseur,” he wrote, “but have had some difficulty…
Lance Barto, executive chef of Strings, 1700 Humboldt Street, is always playing with his menu, as are most chefs this time of year when the freshness of springtime calls for new ingredients and new dishes. He’s just added kesra, a traditional Moroccan flat bread, to his spring menu, the recipe…
The Colorado Rockies seem full of beans this season — and so was this chili. Can you guess where I was eating?…
It must be spring if I’m jonesing for a seat on the patio and drinking one of these. Great people watching is an added bonus. Can you guess where I’m drinking?…
Yes, it’s yet another list. Livability, the site that invites you to “discover America’s best places to live,” has just released its list of “Foodie Finds: 10 Surprising Food Cities,” and Colorado occupies two of the top slots. That Boulder ranks third is no surprise at all; after all, it’s…
As part of an upcoming photo essay project spotlighting Denver restaurant pros whose tatts are as prevalent as their dissections, burns, blisters, knife slashes and stabs, we promised that we’d post some of the best ink on the Cafe Society blog. We’ve already exposed the tatts of Matt Selby, executive…
Matt Mine Oceanaire Seafood Room 1400 Arapahoe Street 303-991-2277 www.theoceanaire.com This is part one of Lori Midson’s interview with Matt Mine, executive chef of Oceanaire. To read part two of that interview, click here. Matt Mine, the executive chef of Oceanaire, is searching for a new girlfriend, and since he…
What do you get for that special coffee snob in your life who already boasts a top-of-the-line Italian espresso machine, a French press for every room in the house, and a direct line to as much Indonesian civet-poop coffee as one human stomach can handle? Why, a smart little tote…
Earlier today, when I got Keegan Gerhard, owner of D Bar Desserts and longtime host of Food Network Challenge, on the horn, he was driving through a jungle in Puerto Rico on his way to Saborea, Puerto Rico’s annual culinary extravaganza. He was there with several other Food Network celebrities,…
Robert Sherk was just doing his day job, canvassing the local burb, pounding on doors, peddling meat door to door, when he got caught in a spliff of trouble. Sherk was on the job in Athens, Tennessee, when police accused him of selling meat without a proper permit, according to…
The cocktail list is still a work in progress, but if the above concoction, made with Champagne, muddled oranges and Campari, is any indication of what’s to come, then I may have just found my favorite new watering hole. Whose cocktail roster is new and noteworthy?…
For three months, we forked, spooned and knifed our way around the Mile High City, stuffing our gullets silly so we could bring you 100 of our favorite dishes in Denver. We started with the chicken fried steak from Lola and ended with the magnificent feijoada from Emporio do Brasil…
Turns out, the “Argentinian Restaurant Bar and Grill” sign on the building at 3555 West 38th Avenue does not say it all. The restaurant taking the place of Playa de Oro will be named Viejo Domingo. Watch for it to open on Saturday, April 17…
Pho Van Noodle Souper, the Vietnamese pho shop at 472 South Federal Boulevard, closed early last week — but the space won’t be closed for long. Red Claw Seafood and Wings, which took over the spot just before the lights went dark, opens this Friday, April 16, with a menu…
Pizza Hut, that bastion of American, has largely given up on the 320,000 citizens who inhabit the country of Iceland. The Hut’s departure is based purely on economic reasons, and not the fact that it’s difficult to deliver pies by dog-sled. Since the economy, like the sun, went south, Iceland’s…
Want to buy a restaurant? Kate’s at 35th Avenue, the address of which is really 3435 Albion Street, is on the selling block, and for a mere $525,000, the Victorian farmhouse, complete with a commercial restaurant kitchen, hotel and restaurant liquor license and 60-seat restaurant, can all be yours. But…
The first e-mail — from Melissa Cournoyer a.k.a. Daphne TartNSweet, First Mate of The Nautilus, Colorado Rogues — seemed innocent enough. “We will be hosting our annual chili cook-off on April 10, 2010 and are looking for judges,” it said. “We seek three to five hearty carnivorous souls unafraid of…
If I were placing bets, I’d wager that within five seconds of checking out the dry erase board in the above pic, the correct answer to today’s Guess Where I’m Drinking? game will be typed into the comment section below. Yes, it’s that obvious, but since it’s Monday, and we’re…
Best of Denver 2010 was released April 1, but Cafe Society continued to count down, in no particular order, our 100 favorite dishes, a project that ends today with our final dish, the feijoada from Emporio do Brasil…
