Charlie Palmer’s About-Face
District Meats to become Charlie Palmer’s District Tavern and serve fewer “off-cuts” In other cities (New York, Washington, Dallas, Las Vegas, Costa Mesa and others), many of super-chef Charlie Palmer’s restaurants are known for dining — really fine dining. Denver got the dregs — cheaper off-cuts of meat that have become suddenly chic when prepared in a [...]
2nd Annual Colorado Urban Winefest Moves into Town
Winery Row’s Bonacquisiti hosted preview of Colorado Wine Week highlight The Colorado Winefest debuted last June as a three-day offspring of the long-running Colorado Mountain Winefest in Palisade. It’s back for 2012 with a new name and a new venue. Click here for my report on last year’s inaugural. This fine festival moving. Last year, it was [...]
“The Fieri Effect” Means Way More Business
Visit by Guy Fieri of “Diners, Drivie-Ins & Dives” big boost to business “Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives” celebrates independent, family-owned restaurants across the country that prepare timeless regional specialties. Customers expect personal service – and they get it. It’s no secret in the restaurant biz that when a televised Guy Fieri is shown pulling up in his [...]
Country Dining With Chef Rob Corey
Award-winning chef’s “Dinner In the Country” was a 7-course dazzler Chef Robert N Corey and I have crossed paths at culinary events over the years, notably at the Denver International Wine Festival‘s ‘Taste of Elegance’ chef competitions. More often than not, he has been on the podium for one of the categories. He currently wears several [...]
Food, Music & Art at Breadworks
Fab bakery hosts monthly showcase combining skills and talent in three fields Breadworks‘ monthly Community Artist Showcase has been on my list of events to check out for a long time. After all, it offers an inexpensive Friday evening meal at one of the metro area’s very best bakeries at a price that can’t be [...]
Jenna Johansen Goes Global in Denver
Colorado chef on “Around the World in 80 Plates,” new reality TV show Jenna Johansen, until last fall partner/chef of delightful, delicious Dish in Edwards, is the latest Colorado chef to become a reality TV personality. She appears on Bravo’s “Around the World in 80 Plates,” which premiered on Wednesday evening. On Thursday (that’s yesterday [...]
Mail-Order Mochi
Original US maker of tasty Japanese dessert now impoving online ordering Whenever I have room for dessert after a sushi feast, I ask for mochi, if it is on the menu, and when I shop at Pacific Ocean, an Asian supermarket in Broomfield or Denver’s Alameda Square, I buy a box or two if I can [...]
