Brother and sister duo Paul and Aileen Reilly can often be seen pouring their heart and soul into every aspect of Beast + Bottle, Aileen running the front of the house while Paul heads the kitchen. Known for its in-house butchery program, the restaurant has a whole pig delivered to…
To close out a month of eating barbecue for Ethniche, Mark Antonation visited a new spot, 3 Sons BBQ, that occupies an address with a long barbecue history, since it was once home to M&D’s Cafe. Although 3 Sons might not live up to that legendary spot, he still found…
On Sunday, September 7, 2014, Westword will host its twentieth annual celebration of the Denver dining scene, DISH, in Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, where many of the favorite restaurants of Cafe Society writers and readers will be serving delectable dishes. Like Fooducopia, an eatery that’s shipping…
Pizza in some form — a disk of baked dough with a few toppings — has been around since probably the dawn of agriculture, while pasta in Italy dates back to as early as the 13th century. Tomatoes, on the other hand, didn’t make it to the land of San…
On Sunday, September 7, 2014, Westword will host its twentieth annual celebration of the Denver dining scene, DISH, in Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, where many of the favorite restaurants of Cafe Society writers and readers will be serving delectable dishes. Like Glazed and Confuzed, for example…
On Sunday, September 7, 2014, Westword will host its twentieth annual celebration of the Denver dining scene, DISH, in Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, where many of the favorite restaurants of Cafe Society writers and readers will be serving delectable dishes. Like Adelitas Cocina y Cantina, for…
So this is becoming a trend: for the second time in four weeks, I’ve encountered an Ohioan running a barbecue restaurant in Denver. I get it that who wouldn’t want to come to Colorado from Cleveland or Cincinnati? — but the barbecue connection is a little more tenuous. Perhaps it’s…
The Golden Triangle is full of cultural amenities, large and small, from the Denver Art Museum to Walker Fine Art to the Clyfford Still Museum. But while you can find fine art in the area, maybe not it’s not the right spot for fine dining. That’s the theory of one…
On Sunday, September 7, 2014, Westword will host its twentieth annual celebration of the Denver dining scene, DISH, in Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, where many of the favorite restaurants of Cafe Society writers and readers will be serving delectable dishes. The Hornet, for example, will be…
On Sunday, September 7, 2014, Westword will host its twentieth annual celebration of the Denver dining scene, DISH, in Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, where many of the favorite restaurants of Cafe Society writers and readers will be serving delectable dishes.Angelo’s Taverna, for example, is bringing a…
Xtreme Action American Grill, which opened this winter above the 16th Street Mall, billed itself as Colorado’s only mixed martial arts-inspired sports bar. But now there are none: Xtreme Action has apparently been knocked out of the ring. Its website has been suspended, its phone disconnected…
The lawn in front of the Aurora Municipal Center on East Alameda Parkway was home to the first Aurora GlobalFest on Saturday, where cultural performances, beers from around the world and international tastes from local restaurants — from American barbecue to Nigerian curried goat — showcased Aurora’s reputation as a…
No. 80 The Lambada Torta at La Torteria 5115 Federal Boulevard 720-855-8432 There’s no shortage of good tortas in the metro area. Mexican sandwiches pop up in unlikely locations from Centennial to Cherry Creek North, and in versions ranging from little more than subs with spicy sauce to fork-and-knife ahogadas…
In Ethniche, Mark Antonation has been exploring barbecue all month; his final installment on ‘cue runs tomorrow. And even as he’s explored options around town, like Brooks Smokehouse, new places keep opening up, including Burt’s Smokehouse BBQ, now smokin’ in Centennial. But still, readers are hungry for more — and…
This week in Cafe Society, Gretchen Kurtz reviews Mayan Majar Yucateco, an underdog that’s taken over the former Maria Empanada space and could be a real contender. As she approaches her hundredth Cafe review, she also considers how the restaurant scene in Denver has changed over the past two years…
According to some calendars, this Sunday is National Waffle Day, which doesn’t mean you get to be indecisive for 24 hours — it just means purveyors of disks of dented dough get free advertising once a year. Bruxie, the sandwich joint that had the wisdom to substitute Belgian waffles for…
Chef Jorel Pierce of Stoic & Genuine is no stranger to publicity, with an appearance on season ten of Bravo’s Top Chef as well as additional camera time as Jen Jasinski’s sous chef on Top Chef Masters. But if you’ve been to the new oyster house in Union Station, you…
Denver is about to get another burger joint: Hopdoddy Burger Bar will open its sixth location next to Union Station this fall. The chain got its start in Austin, Texas, which inspired the usual Colorado-centric comments — as well as requests fro a different Texas product… See also: Texas Burger…
Custom food is nothing new; Chipotle and other fast-casuals have been allowing people to have it their way for years. When Project Pie opened in Boulder last month, it did so with a “Chipotle-like mantra,” according to its PR firm. Of course, it’s not the only pizza place to do…
When you hit a hundred, it’s time to celebrate. And while I’m far from getting my picture on a Smucker’s Jar on the Today Show, I’m closing in on a milestone of another sort: my hundredth review here. It won’t be published for a few more weeks, but in the…
Rick and Noy Farrell opened Taste of Thailand twenty years ago this month. The restaurant has remained true to its goals — authentic dishes made with fresh ingredients — for the past two decades. But over that same period, dining habits have changed a lot (few people linger over lunch,…
While we were waiting for our food at Mayan Manjar Yucateco, we glanced at the single television screen in the tiny Lakewood spot. It was playing a Spanish version of Rocky: an underdog movie in an underdog restaurant. And like Rocky Balboa, Mayan Manjar Yucateco, which moved into the former…
