In February, the James Beard Foundation released the names of the chef, restaurateur and restaurant semi-finalists vying for a coveted spot as a James Beard finalist. And today, just minutes ago, the Foundation announced its 2012 finalists…and guess who’s in it to win it?…
Tomorrow morning, Hugo Matheson, Kimbal Musk and Jen Lewin will open the doors to the The Kitchen Denver, the Mile High City outpost of their expanding empire which started in Boulder eight years ago. The new restaurant — which features a massive bar, three patios and several nooks and crannies…
Dorina Miller, Yasmin Lozada-Hissom, the pastry chef at Duo and Olivea, and her husband, John Broening, executive chef of both restaurants, quietly re-opened Spuntino last week, the Italian cafe that Miller co-owned with Simone Parisi, who bowed out of Spuntino to concentrate on Parisi and Firenze a Tavola, his two…
With the first-round of the Cafe Society Street 16 neighborhood tournament in the rearview, we’re on to the eight best Denver neighborhoods (and Boulder) for eating. First up is Boulder and Highland West. (Check out the winners and losers of Round 1 of the Street 16.) Vote below!…
Homemade spaghetti and meatballs, Sinatra and Chianti makes for a fine dinner on a Sunday night. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts is entered into a pool — and every Monday, we select…
After a few predictable first-round knock-outs, the first round of Cafe Society’s Street 16 neighborhood tournament was marked by landslides — the closest match-up had a percentage differential of 18 percent (Uptown vs. South Broadway) and the biggest difference was that of 73 percent (Havana vs. South Federal.) Just like…
No one’s saying you have to go meatless just because it’s Monday — but as incentive to join the growing movement, every week we’re offering an animal-free recipe. Like all of the recipes we’ve featured here, vegan lasagna isn’t difficult to make. It does have a lot of ingredients, though,…
Jack is back! Against all odds, Jack in the Box, the San-Diego based chain, has popped back up in popularity, with more than 2,200 restaurants in twenty states, a hip logo that replaced the clownie typeface three years ago and a blabby website. And the newest metro location will debut…
Cafe Society dished out five Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a still-unidentified plate of sushi at an Asian restaurant whose service was atrocious to a charcuterie platter at Charcoal to a Frisbee-size omelet from the Original Pancake House to a saucer of hummus that made me weep tears…
Did beer save the world? According to this infographic, beer has been a boon to mankind since the time of the Egyptians (who used it as medicine), an economic driver behind railroad development, commercial refrigeration and, yes, the automatic (and hypnotic) bottling process…
In this season of Best Of, Cafe Society has set out to determine the top neighborhood for eating out in Denver. And in the spirit of the NCAA tournament (BRACKETS!), we settled on sixteen neighborhoods. Each day this past week we rolled out eight match-ups in eight posts. You can…
Sugarlicious, a sweet shop in Cherry Creek, celebrated its three-month anniversary last night with colorful cocktails, a giant gummy bear ice sculpture, tasties from the pink Comida food truck and, of course, plenty of candy…
It’s been an opinionated first round in this first week of the Cafe Society Street 16 neighborhood tournament (“Boulder’s not a neighborhood!” “The more hipster neighborhood will win every time!”) All part of the fun. Now for the final match-up in the first round, the Golden Triangle goes up against…
Two weeks ago, when I sat down with Matty Durgin, the bar manager of Adrift, a forthcoming tiki bar on South Broadway that’s owned by Jay Dedrick and Brent Kimball, he couldn’t have been more excited. Durgin, who was bartending and hosting Tuesday tiki nights at Madison Street prior to…
The sushi, even at happy hour prices, is unmemorable, but the absolutely abysmal service — some of the worst I’ve ever had in Denver — will linger in my mind for days to come. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to…
Jerry Sturm, a former Denver Broncos guard and pro bowler, along with his wife, Deb, have run the South Restaurant in Greenwood Village for more than four decades, turning out Mexican-American fare and giant margaritas to patrons who frequent their sports-bar-like haunt. But when they partnered with their son, Brett,…
Capitol Hill — specifically, Capitol Hill between Sixth and Seventh avenues — and the Bluebird District. Each area of town has its own flavor and character, but if you had to choose one over the other, which would you pick, and why? Vote below and sound off in the comments!…
It’s been a big week for Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers. The Wichita-based chain opened its fourth metro location this week — just in time for former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich to drop in yesterday for a final meal on his way to the Federal Correctional Institution in Englewood. Freddy’s…
Laura Shunk issued a plea yesterday to local bartenders: Stop shaking your martinis and Manhattans. You don’t shake babies, and you don’t shake drinks. “There’s a geeky, technical reason for stirring these drinks: Booze combined with booze blends without force (unlike citrus and booze, which needs a good hard shake…
The second location of Billy’s Gourmet Hot Dogs is now open at 2950 South Broadway in Englewood. “It was supposed to be a soft opening,” says owner Bill Feid. “But it wasn’t very soft. It’s been really busy, and we were a bit overwhelmed and understaffed. But we’re all staffed…
The Big Papa’s BBQ outpost at 5151 South Federal Boulevard in Littleton has closed, which means the onetime chain (and 2009 Best of Denver winner) now has only one location left, at 6265 East Evans Avenue. Owner Frank Alfonso closed a second Littleton spot, at 12652 West Ken Caryl Avenue,…
No. 33: Seafood hot pot from DaLat…
