Chai & Chai is located in a stretch of fast-food restaurants serving the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora. The eatery is owned by Venu Alla, who enlisted dosa chef Rajesh Kannan to make Indian food and Jordanian chef Enas Khalili to make Arabian food. But rather than offer a culinary…
It started with a reflective traipse through the mountain wilderness, says Samir Mohammad, recounting the day he made the difficult decision to quit his job at Black Pearl, where he’s been the executive chef since January of this year. But he’s not just departing the kitchen of Black Pearl; he’s…
UPDATE: We have a winner of our Avery beer vs. Peach Street spirits dinner contest, in which we asked Cafe Society readers to answer this question: How many barrel-aged Cheeky Peach cocktails can Green Russell get out of its Peach Street barrel before the barrel runs dry? Congratulations to dlitfin,…
The consumption of certain products can contain inherent ethical conundrums — and those are the sorts of conundrums that cause outright hostility between, say, vegans and carnivores. What you eat is part of the issue, but another equally important component is how that food product was created and, perhaps, how…
When the joint next door sternly turned us away, claiming that a catering order would prohibit the kitchen staff from cooking for its customers for at least thirty minutes (seriously?), we opted, in a pinch, for Italian food instead. And my kid, who’s obsessed with Caesar salads, ordered one here,…
Jeff Jones P17 1600 East 17th Avenue 303-399-0988 p17denver.com This is part one of my interview with Jeff Jones, chef de cuisine of P17; part two of our conversation will run tomorrow. When you’re a kid, there’s nothing worse than constantly being on the move. Unless, that is, you happen…
For more than a year, Mark Antonation ate his way up Federal Boulevard. With that journey done, he’ll now explore different cuisines from around the globe right here in metro Denver, one month at a time, in Ethniche. Last month was Hawaiian. And June? Ethiopian. Heading away from Capitol Hill…
Rick Marion, owner of the Pizza Pedal’r, which calls itself “the pinnacle of pizza in the Park” — that would be Winter Park — is opening a second Pizza Pedal’r in Denver, namely in the Prospect neighborhood, where it will join a mini restaurant row, including Santiago’s and Tokio, a…
Jody Johnson has been in the bar business for more than three decades. After owning the Toby Jug in southeast Denver for seven years, he moved to Sedalia and ran the Sedalia Grill for 22 years — but got tired of the winters down there. “Then a friend of a…
After Taki’s, a twenty-year veteran on East Colfax, closed in November of last year, sisters Nancy Brady and Helen Patterson, both of whom own CityGrille next door, fulfilled one of the objectives on their bucket list: They opened a breakfast spot with good coffee. “We’ve always had a dream of…
It’s the end of an era. After thirty years, T-Wa Inn, Denver’s first Vietnamese restaurant, has closed. T-Wa changed a lot over those three decades — and so did Denver’s dining scene, with Vietnamese spots opening all over the city, including longtime favorite New Saigon, just across South Federal Boulevard…
While this Mexican restaurant dispenses tacos, burritos and tostadas, the kitchen performs best when it detours from cheese and green chile. In fact, it’s the ceviches, all citrus and sweet ocean, that are the star of the show. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the…
There’s good news for Coloradans passionate about their pastry: Kolache Cabin, a “drive-thru” kolache vendor, has set up camp at the intersection of West Alameda and Santa Fe Drive, and promises to be in business in “just a few more days.” Bringing a whole new meaning to “food truck,” Kolache…
A shooting early Monday morning outside of Cold Crush — the art/music bar at 2700 Larimer Street that we named one of the ten best new bars of 2013 and the Best Hip-Hop Hangout in the Best of Denver 2014 — has prompted a heated discussion of when you shouldn’t…
Coohills will again sound off this summer with its free, Tuesday evening concert series, which kicks off June 17 with Funkiphino — and a groovy costume contest in which participants can win a $100 Coohills gift certificate. Keep reading for the complete Beats on the Creek lineup. See also: Here’s…
More than fifty craft breweries — most who can their beer — brought their talents to Bohn Park in Lyons on Saturday for the Burning Can Beer Fest. Hosted by Oskar Blues, the native Lyons brewpub, the festival was held in conjunction with the adrenaline-fueled Lyons Outdoor Games and included…
The Kinfolks Soul Food Festival made a stop in Denver this past weekend, and sold out all 10,000 tickets available for Saturday’s soul-food celebration in Civic Center Park. In addition to food from local soul-food vendors, festival-goers enjoyed music by artists including Bootsy Collins, Cameo and Morris Day. Kinfolks will…
Potbelly Sandwich Shop, which got its start in Chicago in 1977, originally as Potbelly Sandwich Works, a small antique store run by a young couple who began making sandwiches for their customers, has arrived in Denver, opening its first Mile High outpost in the University Hills Shopping Center. The Denver…
The mood was incredibly convivial on Saturday afternoon at this shrine to stellar fried chicken, where big platters of gold-tinged fowl arrive with all the fixings that go with it: hush puppies, macaroni and cheese, corn bread and hand-mashed potatoes with gravy. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus:…
It’s summer time, which means its burger time. And as the weather heats up, so do the discussions over who serves the best burger in metro Denver. Do you like the gourmet version? The greasy bar burger? Or is your choice more personal? Our recent pick of the ten best…
Cold Crush has made a splash since it opened on Upper Larimer in May 2013. We named the art- and music-centric spot one of the ten best new bars of the year and Cold Crush won the Best Hip-Hop Hangout award in the Best of Denver 2014. But now Cold…
Next week, on June 6, Colorado’s first LYFE Kitchen will open in Park Meadows, offering suburbanites, shoppers and eaters with a conscience a fast-casual concept that celebrates a healthy lifestyle rooted in a three-pronged philosophy: “Eat Good. Feel Good. Do Good.” See also: LYFE Kitchen — where everything is under…
