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Photos: Odyssey Beerwerks, a new Arvada brewery

By Trevor Andersen
This week's craft beer calendar

By Jonathan Shikes
Meet the new restaurants opening in Union Station

By Lori Midson
Mountain Toad Brewing opens in Golden

By Jonathan Shikes
Mateo exec chef Nate Bychinski on the McDouble

By Lori Midson
A Federal Case: J's Noodles Star Thai

By Mark Antonation
Photos: Sushi Bay's second location Uptown

By Trevor Andersen
Ghost Plate & Tap will close on Friday

By Lori Midson
New Belgium airs new TV commercials

By Jonathan Shikes
Chain review: Marco's Pizza has good service

By Jenn Wohletz

Culinary Events

Kitchen Table is now cooking in its new home -- you could be, too

By Cafe Society Tue., May 21 2013 at 5:58 AM

Categories: Culinary Events

Cooking in the new Kitchen Table classroom.

Kitchen Table Cooking School is now cooking in its new location, at 6380 South Fiddler's Green Circle in Greenwood Village. The new spot is close to light rail, but also has plenty of parking as well as a new incarnation of Espressolé Caffe, where you can enjoy a cup of handcrafted coffee as well as the fantastic view before or after your lesson.

And there are two classes today alone.

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Photos: Crowds now snarfing burgers at Snarfburger

By Philip Poston Mon., May 20 2013 at 3:37 PM

Categories: Cafe Society, Open and Shut Cases

All photos by Philip Poston.

The lunch line was out the door today at Snarfburger, which just opened at 2000 Arapahoe in Boulder, in the space vacated by Daddy Bruce's Bar-B-Que in March 2012. Until now, the Snarf's empire -- which Jim Seidel started in Boulder a decade ago -- has been devoted to subs. But burgers won't be the only innovation here; there will also be fried bologna sandwiches and deep-fried hot dogs with bacon.

Keep reading for a look at Snarfburger.

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First Look

Exclusive first look: Live Basil Pizza opens Thursday in south Denver

By Lori Midson Mon., May 20 2013 at 3:20 PM

Categories: First Look, Foodography, Midson: Gastronaughty, Open and Shut Cases, Photos

All photos by Lori Midson.

Tom Ryan and his partner Rick Schaden are on a roll -- a burger roll, a 24/7 restaurant roll and a pizza roll. The two men, both of whom are the entrepreneurial brains behind Consumer Concept Group, one of the country's top companies in the field of restaurant development and investment, founded Smashburger, which now trumpets more than 220 locations across the world, including 22 in Colorado. Last year, on Halloween, they unleashed Tom's Urban 24, a 24/7 food temple that's also expanding outside of Colorado, and on Thursday of this week, Ryan and Schaden will open Live Basil Pizza, their first fast-casual pizza chain, located just off I-25 and Hampden...and conveniently next door to Smashburger.

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Beer Man

Caution Brewing will open second location in Lakewood and can Lao Wang Lager

By Jonathan Shikes Mon., May 20 2013 at 2:35 PM

Categories: Beer Man, Open and Shut Cases

Caution Brewing Facebook page

After just two years in business on Denver's northeast side, Caution Brewing announced Saturday that it will open a second brewery in Lakewood, at 1057 South Wadsworth Boulevard; Cautions' existing brewery will stay open as well.

The new location will have a smaller brewhouse -- three barrels as opposed to five at the existing brewery -- but a larger taproom. It will also be situated in a high-traffic shopping center on Wadsworth, rather than an industrial business park.

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Follow That Story

Voodoo Doughnuts is coming to East Colfax -- where else?

By Cafe Society Mon., May 20 2013 at 12:27 PM

Categories: Follow That Story

The rumor that Denver would soon be getting an outpost of the Portland, Oregon-based Voodoo Doughnuts has been swirling for eighteen months. The colorful shop, owned by Tres Shannon and Kenneth "Cat Daddy" Pogson, pairs weirdly flavored, irreverently named doughnuts -- like the Gay Bar ("chocked full of luscious cream and all the colors of the rainbow!") and the Maple Blazer Blunt ("It's a raised doughnut rolled into a blunt with maple frosting and red sprinkle ember, prices vary due to Blazer Mania!") -- with eclectic decor themed around voodoo priests. It's been featured on Anthony Bourdain's show and named an international tourist destination by the Los Angeles Times and, as Laura Shunk reported in late 2011, you can also get married on-site.

"We'll do something here in the next year," Shannon told Shunk at the time. "Denver's definitely on the radar."

See also:
- Rumors are swirling that Denver is getting a Voodoo Doughnuts
- Reader: Voodoo Doughnuts is x-rated, and x-cellent
- Photos: Take a bite out of Ian Kleinman's pop-up doughnut shop

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Follow That Story

The Squeaky Bean's Crickett Burns tapped as the kitchen manager at the Truffle Table

By Lori Midson Mon., May 20 2013 at 11:30 AM

Categories: Follow That Story, Midson: Gastronaughty

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After nearly eight years cooking alongside Max MacKissock, chef-owner of the Squeaky Bean, Crickett Burns, the sole woman in McKissock's kitchen, is stepping away from the Bean team to join Rob and Karin Lawler at the new Truffle Table, which will open in Highland on June 4.

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A Real Deal

Guess where I'm drinking a flight of beers, none of which are sold in liquor stores?

By Lori Midson Mon., May 20 2013 at 10:15 AM

Categories: A Real Deal, Contests, Guess Where, Midson: Gastronaughty

I spent a lot of time drinking in tap rooms over the weekend, including this one, where none of the house-brewed beers are sold at any liquor stores -- and that's a huge bummer, because it's a long trek from my house to here.

Can you guess where I'm drinking?

Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to a Guess Where post is entered into a pool -- and every Monday, we select one lucky winner who'll receive an EatDenver dining deck, worth up to $520 in discounts at independent restaurants.

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Guess Where

Guess where you're eating? At an EatDenver restaurant if your name is NickCO

By Lori Midson Mon., May 20 2013 at 9:30 AM

Categories: Contests, Guess Where, Midson: Gastronaughty

Lori Midson

Cafe Society served up four Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a mouth-numbing Colorado spirit poured at an Italian restaurant that has yet to be identified, to a old-fashioned from Bull & Bush, to a plate of fantastic tacos from a still-unnamed taqueria, to a scallop pooled in squid ink.

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Open and Shut Cases

The Matador gets its liquor license -- and could soon be pouring tequila on West 32nd Avenue

By Cafe Society Mon., May 20 2013 at 7:59 AM

Categories: Open and Shut Cases, Photos

Danielle Lirette

The former home of Heidi's Deli.

The Matador is moving into the original home of Heidi's Deli, at 3496 West 32nd Avenue. But not as quickly as it had wanted to. Initially, the Seattle-based Tex-Mex chain had hoped to open its eighth location (there are four in the Seattle area, two in Portland and one in Boise) by Cinco de Mayo -- a perfect date to roll out its more than 100 varieties of tequila. But that was before the Highland Mommies started complaining that the area already had enough Mexican restaurants (El Camino is just two blocks away, Pinche Taqueria three) not to mention enough liquor licenses. (Heidi's did not have one.) And the West Highlands Neighborhood Association officially opposed the liquor-license application.

See also:
- Last Call at the original Heidi's in West Denver
- The Highland Mommies are raising babies and raising Cain in northwest Denver
- Common Grounds will pour its last cup of coffee at original location

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Comment of the Day

Reader: Talking on a cell phone in a restaurant is as dirty as a diaper change

By Patricia Calhoun Mon., May 20 2013 at 6:54 AM

Categories: Comment of the Day

Stapleton Starbucks: Would you rather witness a cell phone conversation or a diaper change?

Alex and Ruth Burgos made big news after they changed their one-year-old's dirty diaper on a table at the Starbucks in Stapleton, as a (very) public complaint over the lack of changing tables in the bathroom. They didn't get much sympathy. Some readers wondered why they just didn't take it outside; after all, it's unlikely they walked to this location, so they could have done the diaper-change in their car. The brewhaha inspired Jenn Wohletz to come up with a list of four more things that people shouldn't have to be told were very bad (and unappetizing) restaurant behaviors. And perhaps that list was too short...

See also:
- Five things you should not have to be told NOT to do in restaurants
- Video: Alex and Ruth Burgos face cops after diaper change at Starbucks
- Five reasons you should buy your coffee at Starbucks

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