The happy hour at Dazzle has always been a thing of beauty: $3 craft beers, $4 glasses of wine and an array of foods ranging in price from $3.75 to $6.75, catering to both carnivorous and plant-based palates. There’s often live music in the lounge, and all the shaken cocktails…
After months of rumors, Carbone’s Italian Sausage has closed — at least temporarily. “We will be be temporarily closed due to a sickness in the family,” says the message on the business’s voicemail, which then thanks customers for their years of patronage. But will Carbone’s be back? Matriarch Rosa Lenardo…
After way too many beers, this sign was a sight for sore (and bloodshot) eyes. Since Scott and Todd Leopold moved their Leopold Bros. Distillery here from Detroit, it’s become a Colorado institution — like the place where we found the Leopold Bros. Whiskey Bar. Can you guess where we’re…
Cornbread is right up there with potato salad and grits as a good, old-fashioned, home-style side. And yes, it can be vegan — making it a great pairing with a bean-based soup (last week’s Southwestern-style stew, for example). Adapted for altitude from Veganomicon, this version is a country-flavored favorite. See…
Too busy to get to everything on Cafe Society’s plate this week? Here’s another helping of some of our entrees: Gretchen Kurtz reviewed Early Bird Restaurant in Westminster. Here’s the capsule version of her full review: It might seem easy to make an omelet, but it isn’t — as the…
Carbone’s Italian Sausage Deli, which has been slinging mouthwatering meatball sandwiches in north Denver for decades, has temporarily closed. See also: – Carbone’s Italian Sausage Deli is closing…maybe – Red alert: Denver’s old-school Italian joints are disappearing – Best Sandwiches – 2011 – Carbone’s…
The Bistro inside of Tony’s Market at 950 Broadway has cut back its hours in anticipation of remodeling the space — and cut out its kitchen altogether. And that project will not only change the configuration of the area, but what’s offered there. The Bistro’s kitchen will be removed, replaced…
Want to try the lamb chops that Governor John Hickenlooper sent to Maryland Governor John O’Malley after losing a bet on the Broncos/Ravens game? Mary and David Miller, owners of Triple M Bar Ranch, will be in Boulder on Saturday, January 26, delivering meat to chefs — and while they’re…
After decades as the Arabian Bar, one of Denver’s classic dives, the LoHi address got a major facelift –everything in it is new — and opened yesterday as Local Bar @ Highland. While we’d reported last October that Barry Zadikoff, owner of Barry’s on Broadway, had plans to essentially turn…
There were plenty of Colorado natives — two- and four-legged — around when we stopped by this bar for a glass of Colorado Native, a creation of AC Golden Brewing, a Coors subsidiary. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to a…
Customers are very fortunate to have fast-food chains that offer adequate — if not 100 percent nutritious or gourmet — breakfast menus for those days when flipping pancakes or cracking eggs at home isn’t time-efficient. And fast-food patrons are also fortunate that not every chain offers breakfast items, since more…
The final tally from last weekend’s NFL playoff game goes beyond the scoreboard for Colorado: Colorado also lost twelve prime lamb chops that Governor John Hickenlooper shipped across the country to Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley to pay off a bet debt. But first, he ate a little crow on the…
Sweet! Although LoHi has lost Living the Sweet Life, that space at 1535 Central Street won’t be empty long. Über Sausage is taking it over, and will open a second spot — twice as big as the original on Colfax — this spring. “I love this neighborhood, I love the…
Red Ginger, offering “Asian Fusion Cuisine,” plans to open soon at 550 Broadway, in the spot formerly occupied by Sonoda’s, a seafood and sushi place that closed in July. It will join Chipotle and Noodles & Co. in the eatery-dominated plaza. See also: – Pizzeria Locale opening in Denver in…
Triple M sheep, destined for Maryland?Governor John Hickenlooper is grilling lamb chops on the steps of the State Capitol this afternoon, in advance of mailing a package of a dozen lamb chops from the Triple M Bar Ranch in Manzanola to Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, to settle their bet on…
Hunter Pritchett’s first job on the line, at fourteen, was slinging fried fish at a Long John Silver’s, a gig that certainly could have persuaded him to go in a very different direction from cooking. But Pritchett, the executive chef of Luca d’Italia, wasn’t deterred, cooking at restaurants around the…
In a recent interview on Esquire.com, Wolfgang Puck commented on chefs’ well-roundedness — or surprising lack thereof. “You have many anxious chefs who know how to cook twenty recipes really well, but they don’t have a good foundation for other things,” he said. Kristen Cofrades, who, along with her husband…
For concrete proof that I’m not a food snob, all you have to to do is look at those pepperoni rolls in the above snap. Nor am I ashamed to admit that I liked those little suckers…especially when chased with a stout. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus:…
David Payne Jelly Cafe 600 East 13th Avenue, 303-831-6301 1700 East Evans Avenue, 720-596-4108 www.eatmorejelly.com This is part two of my interview with David Payne, executive chef of Jelly; part two of our interview ran yesterday. Favorite dish on your menu: I love our French toast with freshly grated nutmeg,…
Tom Ryan, Smashburger’s founder and chief concept officer, yesterday hosted the official unveiling of the new, redesigned Smashburger location at 6305 East Hampden Avenue, walking guests through an eight-course menu of Smashburger items as well as a tour of the store. It was a blast, and I discovered that Smashburger’s…
Mark Antonation has been eating his way up Federal Boulevard in the weekly series, A Federal Case. Yesterday, he landed at Cafe Chihuahua, where he ordered a pregnant burrito. See also: – Cafe Chihuahua is pregnant with possibilities – Andy’s Kitchen Asian Express is worth a risky left on Federal…
After watching Top Chef this season, I have a new theory on why chefs don’t like brunch. Maybe it’s not, as many restaurateurs suggest, because the meal is a disruption to the kitchen’s regular routine. Instead, could it be that they’re secretly afraid of cranking out omelets as brown and…
