I spent plenty of hours drinking tap beer over board games back when the Atomic Cowboy, 3237 East Colfax Avenue, was just a fun bar, a great place for socializing that kept the alcohol flowing and the food list negligible…
Last December, we embarked on a culinary sojourn that took us through our favorite dishes in the Mile High City — one hundred, to be exact — as a precursor to the Best of Denver issue. Now we’re back with round two, counting down (in no particular order) a hundred…
When Frasca Food & Wine owners Bobby Stuckey and Lachlan MacKinnon-Patterson drew up plans for Pizzeria Locale and Caffé, located on the same block as the original Boulder spot at 1738 Pearl Street, there was an essential element at play: a custom-made oven from the Ferrara family in Napoli, a…
Chocolate chip pancakes powdered with sugar: It’s what’s for breakfast, brunch or lunch at this feedlot that flips flapjacks of every flavor. 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…
If you weren’t one of the kids who stole the plastic Baby Jesus from the local church’s Nativity scene, then you were probably one of the good kids. While I never stole one, the preacher’s daughter did that fateful night in 1997 — but that’s a Christmas story for another…
If you’re searching for ideas to stuff a foodnik’s stocking this Christmas, we know of at least one gift that’s definitely worth giving: EatDenver, a culinary cavalry of locally owned independent restaurants, has just released its 2011 Dining Decks, a collection of 52 cards, each pimping $10 off any $25…
Lori Midson just started serving her second round of her 100 Favorite Dishes yesterday, but readers are already dishing up plenty of their own favorites. And then David stirred the pot by giving the Italian wedding soup at the Squeaky Bean, Midson’s first pick, a fail for including cheese…
A former bar owner will be moving into the governor’s office at the State Capitol — so it only makes sense that a bartender will be soon be serving as chief of staff of the House Democrats, now the minority party. Paul Weissmann has been both a state senator and…
Lala’s Wine Bar + Pizzeria, 410 East Seventh Avenue, will host a Bacon & Wine pairing at 5 p.m. tonight, featuring four bacon dishes with wines to match. Just $15 could put you in hog heaven; for more info, call 303-861-9463 or go to www.lalaswinebar.com. For information on dozens of…
There’s a fine line between a manageable and unmanageable hangover, and I was delicately toeing it a few Sundays ago. The night before, I’d met friends at the Atomic Cowboy, where we’d shared a couple of thin-crust pizzas before knocking back PBRs over an increasingly difficult game of Connect Four…
I stopped by Jonesy’s EatBar for a beer and a chat with a friend. I’d already eaten dinner, but halfway through my Breckenridge Vanilla Porter, when my server popped by, the words “We’ll have the mac & cheese fries” spilled out of my mouth like a flood through a crumbling…
On Saturday, Cherry Creek unmasked its newest food temple, Sweet Ginger Asian Bistro & Sushi, at 2710 East Third Avenue in the below-street-level space that, most recently, was the stamping ground of Plush. Owners Julie and Joe He (he’s the sushi chef) used to run Jason’s Thai Asian Bistro &…
Two and a half months ago, we reported that kitchen veteran Theo Adley had taken over the old Bimbamboo spot in Boulder at 1710 Pearl Street and was planning to open The Pinyon, a neighborhood joint with local, seasonal dishes supplemented by American classics. Now, the remodel of the space…
Ah, Christmas: The season of giving, receiving, in-law spats, road rage, parking-lot clusterfucks, check-out line massacres and cookbooks and food books — the ones that you hope will end up wrapped under the tree, right alongside the iPod, iPhone and iPad. Over the course of the last year, as part…
Wine may be the liquid of choice at this global food temple that recently emerged as something different from its original incarnation, but the cocktail curriculum, which includes the sake-based libation in the above snap, is certainly no sloucher. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who gives…
Madison Street, 1222 Madison Street, may have had a few fights with the new neighbors before it opened, but now that it’s settled in, it’s ready to invite those neighbors over for lunch. The restaurant just extended its weekend hours, opening a few hours earlier for daytime eating and drinking…
Last December, we embarked on a culinary sojourn that took us through our favorite dishes in the Mile High City — one hundred, to be exact — as a precursor to the Best of Denver issue. Now we’re back with round two, counting down (in no particular order) a hundred…
The music hasn’t played in the corner space that holds Samba Room, 1460 Larimer Street, for six months now, but despite speculation that the Latin American restaurant might never reopen, the Larimer Associates, who own the property, say the beat will go on– it just won’t start pulsating until early…
Los Gallitos, a colorful taqueria at 2630 West Alameda Avenue, already serves some of the town’s most authentic — and cheapest — tacos. But they’re even better when enjoyed while watching kids get burro rides outside an inflated castle, the scene we snapped on Saturday…
Cafe Society served up five Guess Where contests last week, with dishes ranging from the pork al pastor at El Taco Velez to lobster at JJ Chinese Seafood to the fried chicken above, which you can find at Green Russell. For correctly identifying the the dish as coming from that…
We enjoy reading your comments here on Cafe Society, soaking up the compliments, laughing off the insults and pondering the insights. Sometimes, though, one comment stands out, and we like to acknowledge its specialness with a little extra love…
After a series of construction delays and a no-show from a city inspector, Stir, Katy Hume’s recreational cooking school and bar will open tomorrow at 3215 Zuni Street. “We’re doing a happy dance,” jokes Hume. “We passed our last inspections on Thursday and we’re ready to go.” Hume is holding…
