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Jason Sheehan Leaving \'Westword\'
Denver alternative weekly's restaurant critic to join Seattle alternative weeklyJason Sheehan has been Westword's award-winning restaurant critic for eight years, and I've read his snarky, sometimes profane and always insightful reviews and...
Prime Steakhouse Happy Hour
Denver steakhouse has good bar food, good prices, generous hours and a good chefSince we were going to the theater in Denver, my husband and I thought we'd also check out the German-style Christkindlmarkt in Skyline Park, immediately south ...
Denver Restaurant Weeks in 2010
Two weeks, two multi-course dinners for $52.80Denver Restaurant Week 2010 is doubling from one week to two, stretching from February 20 through March 5 to become Denver Retaurant Weeks. Even if you eat out every single night, that's still only enough...
Chef Ian Kleinman Invents "The Inventing Room"
Innovative culinary catering by acclaimed Denver chefChef Ian Kleinman, until recently performing culinary magic at O's Steak & Seafood in the Westin Westminster, has set up a catering business called The Inventing Room, he reports "named after t...
Early December News Notes
Openings and EndingsThe restaurant rapidly taking shape in the location vacated by Seven on Pearl now has a name, Circle, and an identity.The food will be primarily American and the prices moderate (mostly under $20), plus a full bar. Steve Abo, whos...
Local Restaurants in Media Spotlight
SAME Cafe Contending for Hometown Award
Cast a vote for Denver eatery serving fresh, wholesome, house-made food to allThanks to Westword's Patricia Calhoun for reporting that Brad and Libby Birky, whose three-year-old SAME Café (So All May Eat), a pay-what-you-want or what-you-c...
2009 Taste of Elegance Competition Winners: Corey and Long
Judging a chefs' competition is a delicious but difficult job Once again, I was honored to be a judge at the "Taste of Elegance" chefs competition at the 2009 Denver International Wine Festival. As was the case last year, each competitor&nb...
Just a Few News Notes
Denver International Wine Festival ReportYesterday evening, I was honored to be a judge at the "Taste of Elegance" chef competition at the Denver International Wine Festival. My fellow judges (illustrious Coloradans indeed) were last season's "T...
Food & Wine Events In November
Eat, drink and enjoy the 11th month of '09Champagne Cascade at the BrownThe Brown Palace Hotel's 22nd Champagne Cascade includes a tribute to the Denver Broncos, which were founded during a meeting at the Brown 50 years ago.At the stroke of...
Denver Asian Restaurant Closes; Owner Charged with Murder
Chopsticks & Sushi is closed; owner is jailed. High restaurant drama Chopsticks and Sushi owner Yan "Dave" De Yang has been charged with first-degree murder for a slaying at his restaurant on October 22, and his restaurant is shuttered....
News Notes: Chefs & Festival
Chefs on the MoveHosea Rosenberg, numero uno on last season's "Top Chef" (as every foodie in the state must know), is taking a five-month leave from Boulder's Jax Fish House. With all the invitations and appearances his victory elicited, he has often...
The De-Chainification of Colorado
Local eateries fill the vacuum left after national chains pull outChain restaurants are often fair weather friends, opening when the dining/eating out climate is favorable and pulling out again either when the corporation goes belly-up or when a part...
Westword\'s Restaurant Rollcall
With profound gratitude to Westword's editor Patricia Calhoun for compiling lists of monthly restaurant openings and closings, below is her list for the past two months -- which is about how long it has been since I wrote a "News Notes" post. Her lis...
WaterCourse, Of Course
Uptown eatery caters to vegetarians, vegans and anyone who wants fresh, healthy foodWith its simple, natural and meatless menu, if WaterCourse Foods weren't in Denver, it would fit right into Boulder. But there it is on 17th Avenue in Denver, and was...
Denver Wine Competition Winners Announced
The 2009 Denver International Wine Competition, the largest professional wine competition in the Rocky Mountain region, took place on September 12-13, but the lengthy winners' list has just been posted. Fifteen wine industry professionals served as j...
Gastropubbing at Colt & Gray
Platte Valley's cool new hotspot hits the right taste notesI'm rarely the first in the door of any new restaurant, but occasionally, I'm close. Earlier this month, my husband and I ate at Salt in Boulder a week after it opened (click here to read abo...
Cooperation in the Kitchen
Reality bests reality television when it comes to culinary collegiality Watch any competitive cooking shows from "Top Chef" on down and you'd think that chefs are constantly engaged in battles, wars, throwdowns and assorted other confrontations. But ...
I Ate at Anthony's
Pizza from a chain! What was I thinking?Actually, I know what I was thinking -- or with which body part I was thinking. I was thinking with my stomach. My husband and I found ourselves in the general vicinity of the old Stapleton Airport the other d...
Post Praises Front-of-the-House Pros
Those who meet, greet and make the restaurant experience seamless are lauded in front-page featureAt my first glance at the lead photo of the food section of today's Denver Post over the banner headline, "Front of the House," I thought it was of Bobb...
Chillin' Out with Chiles
It's chile harvest season, so here are some resources and eventsChowhound.com, my favorite time-waster, has published "Know Your Chiles," an online guide to chile varieties. Videos about chiles are available on the page with the click of a mouse.The ...
Upcoming Food & Wine Events
The harvest-season calendar is filled with opportunities to sip and sup. Click on the links for details about specific time, directions, cost, etc. for each event.ColoradoSeptember 4-6Gourmet on Gore - Fourth annual open-air tasting of world-class wi...
Denver Chef of the Year Finalists Announced
Denver Magazine's finalists for 2009 “Denver Chef of the Year” awards program are:Chef of the YearAlex Seidel, FruitionJeff Osaka, TwelveJohn Broening, Duo and OlivéaTroy Guard, TAGRising StarsJames Rugile, Venue BistroMax Mackissock, Squeaky B...
Celebrating Julia's Birthday at La Central
Denver's classic French restaurant honors Julia Child with a month of dishes from her recipesAugust 15 has two-pronged meaning. Today is the 21st anniversary of my move to Colorado, and what would have been the great Julia Child's 97th birthday. With...
Denver Magazine to Select Local Chef of the Year
Local magazine spotlights talents in the kitchen and behind the barThe editors of Denver Magazine surely know the recipients of its new “Denver Chef of the Year” award and related honors, because they are being announced in the October issue, whi...
Unlucky 7
The Grim Reaper of the restaurant world has come for Boulder's Seven and Denver's Nine75 I liked Boulder's Seven Eurobar when Michel Wahaltare, was executive chef there before he departed for opportunities in Denver. Eventually, the "Eurobar" was dro...
Denver's Taste of the Nation This Weekend
Two Colorado food festivals raise money to combat childhood hungerOne of the ironies of modern times is that, according to those who monitor such things, the term “foodie” entered the American lexicon in 1984, the same year that an anti-poverty o...
Bastille Day Dinners in Denver & Elsewhere
A few area restaurants will celebrate the French holiday tonight and tomorrowThe United States has the 4th of July with all if its associated informal food off the grill or out of the picnic basket, fireworks and The Star-Spangled Banner. It commemor...
Farewell to Food Courts?
Tabor Center's food court is gone -- perhaps mercifully On the surface, food courts are a great idea -- inexpensive, casual places for grab-and-go refueling, arguably direct descendents of street-food vendors the world around. But the corporatization...
eCards & Frequent Eater Programs
Resource of dining deals in metro Denver/BoulderI'm no one-trick pony when it comes to blogging. Along with my Denver-based fellow cheapskate, writer Laura Daily, I write about freebies, bargains and deals in the metro Denver/Boulder area. Our blogs...
