What you might have missed this week in Cafe Society:Spring has sprung — Denver style. That makes for some snowy farmers’ markets and a chilly Taste of Vail. The sun is peeking out a bit for the opening weekend of baseball and Rockies fans’ fav stadium bar. Jason…
Timely news for opening day: I just heard from the manager at what had been the Breckenridge Brewery & Pub that the name of this establishment at 2220 Blake Street, just up from Coors Field, has been changed to the Breckenridge Ballpark Pub. The change is simply to avoid confusion…
This week’s review of D’Corazon marks something of a return to reality — to a restaurant where I can dependably guess what my food is going to look and taste like when I order it, a place where I don’t have to worry about anyone trying to sneak pomegranate…
Two more area Starbucks shops will close as a result of the company’s latest round of cutbacks: one at 7777 East Hampden Avenue at Tamarac Square and another at 5350 South Santa Fe Drive in Littleton. The frappucino magnate announced this week that it will be closing nearly 200 U.S…
Okay, so when super-expensive meat palaces like Morton’s jump on the happy-hour bandwagon, you know times are tough. I mean, Morton’s isn’t exactly renowned for its bargain-basement steals, but starting tonight, at promptly 5 p.m., both Morton’s Downtown Denver and Morton’s Tech Center, located at 1710 Wynkoop Street and 8480…
Starting a cupcake shop in Denver raises some obvious concerns: Will an already cupcake-crazed city welcome yet another baker of tiny cakes? And if so, how do you distinguish yourself from the others? Kathleen Nevin, owner of Big Fat Cupcake, had a clear vision of creating big cupcakes with superior ingredients,…
The sandwich: Smoke stack Where to get it: Safeway What’s on it: Turkey, ham, fontina, tomato, lettuce and mustard on ciabatta bread How much: $5.49 I didn’t really want to review the sandwiches at Safeway; I’d rather check out a small, or at least medium-sized, business, rather than a giant…
For months, the sign on the boarded-up space in Concourse A taunted us: The Denver ChopHouse & Brewery would be opening a branch at the airport. But when?Turns out, sometime last weekend — in the middle of a Westword writer’s trip back East. Sometimedturing his travels, this outpost of the…
So five minutes into our baby shower for Cafe Society’s Veggie/Candy Girl (and three other future mothers here at Westword), a crazy singing telegram man showed up and started singing “Push It.” By the time I had my phone out, he was on to “It’s Raining Kids.” It was cute…
The folks behind the Flagstaff House are heading west…far west. The Monette brothers, sons of Flagstaff House founder Don Monette and now owners of that restaurant, have established a second beachhead in the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel on the Big Island of Hawaii. They designed two separate concepts for the hotel…
When I was growing up, my dad would make dozens and dozens of pork tamales and big vats of rich, beefy red chile and pork posole for Christmas. We’d feast on these New Mexican staples at our family Christmas party and then continue eating everything while it lasted, sometimes through…
While the Chubby’s on Morrison Road is closed, the Original Chubby’s on West 38th Avenue will soon have less competition. I was just at Santiago’s XII at 2925 West 38th Avenue — my favorite place to get the most awesome $2 breakfast burritos on the way to work — and…
First, the bad news: The Chubby’s at 4460 Morrison Road is the latest victim of a tanking economy.And now the good news: Everything inside is for sale — cheap — including a meat grinder that I’m coveting. And the better news: The original Chubby’s is still going strong. For a…
To see more of D’Corazon, go to westword.com/slideshow. Since coming west almost a decade ago, I have developed a deep and meaningful relationship with Mexican food — a love affair with few disappointments, one of the most stable of my otherwise rather unstable life. I’m not saying I love tacos…
At the Rio Grande last week, I watched a lawyer getting fired. There was no screaming, no tears, and it was all handled with reasonable decorum, a fairly civil proceeding between two bosses and the woman being canned, with another onlooker there as backup. But all I could keep thinking…
Yesterday, I reported that Primebar is taking up residence in early May in the former Palomino space at 1515 Arapahoe Street. I told you, too, that a Denver chef was having dinner last night with the top brass from Primebar about a possible exec chef position. And I promised I’d…
3 Sons has closed its original location at 2915 West 44th Avenue, in anticipation of a May move to 14805 West 64th Avenue in Arvada. Susan and Michael Scarafiotti bought the venerable old Italian joint in March 2004 — which means they weren’t responsible for the place back when Jason…
Expect to see some changes at Bacaro Venetian Taverna. Bacaro just marked its tenth birthday, and is overhauling both its menu — adding vegetarian and gluten-free meals — and its patio.After ten years, it was time to refresh Bacaro’s look, says general manager Corrado Fasano, who adds that the addition…
Here is a city where I can get breakfast burritos (delivered to the office, if necessary), tacos on almost every corner, decent (though never fantastic) green chile, the combined cuisines of Puebla and Michoacan and Chihuahua and the D.F., all without being assaulted for flaunting my literacy, without having to…
Vita, winner of our Best Cocktail Menu in 2007, has one of the best views in Denver, which you can enjoy from both rooftop and street-side patios. But that wasn’t enough to draw the brunch crowds, even though next-door neighbor Lola keeps packing them in. So Vita is trying something…
Just got word that Primebar, a “new restaurant concept dedicated to fusing delectable dining with a sophisticated nightlife atmosphere” (according to the press release), is slated to open in the former Palomino space at 1515 Arapahoe Street in early May. Hungry for more, I just checked out Primebar’s website:Denver’s newest…
Two weeks ago, we reported the impending move of V.G. Burgers to a new space at 1650 Broadway in Boulder.Well, the meatless, 100 percent plant-based emporium has closed its original home at 3267 28th Street, but perhaps a bit prematurely — because the new spot won’t be ready for a…
