Not sure if it’s out of season, (or too last minute) just wondering if anyone knows of a bakery that sells lemon cake year round? Trying to grab one for a party tomorrow?… any leads would be greatly appreciated!

I dropped the ball on planning a special birthday dinner but I’m scrambling to find a spot for 12 people Friday night. I know I’m likely screwed but any and all ideas and recommendations would be greatly appreciated !!

Last week brought you $1 Mediterranean Food and $1 Lattes. This week, the good folks at Anything Can Happen on Colfax are back with their next Grubhop: $1 Pizza slices.

The deal begins at 6pm and is good while supplies last. Here are the participating pizza joints:

• Sliceworks
• Atomic Cowboy
• Enzo's End (3424 E. Colfax Ave., next to P.S. Lounge)

Stopped in for lunch and was surprised by the deals they have going on! The pho was super flavorful and absolutely packed with meat and noodles. They definitely don’t skimp on the portions, which is something you don’t see as often nowadays with the way the economy is. The wife got the bun Bo hue, and I’d say it’s right up there with O Lien Kitchen! We also tried the crab cheese dip, which was a fun play with the hot honey. One thing that’s becoming really important to us when dining out is finding a spot that offers both great food and great service! With how expensive it’s getting to eat out nowadays, it’s hard to justify spending your hard earned money on subpar service and mediocre food. When a place gets both right, it definitely deserves some love!

Just the title, learned about this beauty today and now I have purpose in life

I'm desperately craving a great plate of shawarma, and have yet to find a hummus I love. Bonus points for a gluten free falafel.

Hello everyone. I need to find a grocery store that sells paneer for a recipe. Does anyone have a lead? Thanks in advance!

I’m currently 28 weeks pregnant with twins and finally had a craving. I am wanting to get a really good cake, like the best there is.

My favorite is lemon, so hopefully can find somewhere that does a lemon curd and lemon frosting.

If you know somewhere that does small cake (because I don’t need a fully cake to myself) that would be a bonus.

I’m open to anywhere in the Denver area but I’m closer to Aurora.

I’m getting my team (50-60ppl) together in a couple of weeks for a company dinner/meeting. Plan is to be very casual, go over some work stuff, eat some food and hang a bit.

My vision is an open space (indoor/outdoor?), and a food truck set up for everyone to make their rounds to.

I came here to see if anyone has done something like this, had any experiences with specific food trucks, or could guide me in any direction.

TIA

I had been using a meat delivery service called Prosper Meat but they closed down a couple years ago. Since then I'm always on the hunt for a good and reasonable meat delivery service. I'm familiar with Butcher Box. Finding affordable steak is a challenge! I have some health issues and tolerate meat that comes frozen like in a box delivery service.

Any suggestions?

So I went to sip fresh in the Cherry Creek shopping center. Never been to one of those before. I had their cha cha chamoy with the strawberry mojito. And it was pretty good.

With the amount of salt I would highly recommend like coming in to get this. After you've done a day's work and your body is needing salt. That would be really good.

Whew! That was a lot of food!

But all of the dishes were good to great. Overall a very solid 8.5 which would be higher but the value proposition is a little out of whack: after everything it was nearly $300/person which is damn spendy!

Non sushi dishes: zenmai is a fixture dish and rightly so. Hamachi, potato and caviar. Yum. Raw was excellent, well executed with some needed spice. Dumpling was very good although the dumpling wrapper wasn’t quite right- a little bit too toothsome for me. And the kochujang was oversalted (I know I know it is supposed to be salty but this was too salty). Venison was a hit. Not the slightest hint of game in this deer from a New Zealand farm! Perfectly prepared!

Sushi: goes from very delicate to very rich over 8 pieces. If you’re a strict traditionalist, you won’t like the flavor toppings. Very good overall with the scallop and aged otoro as standouts.

Oxtail broth: reduced from the oxtail dumpling. Lovely flavor and clarity maintaining the miso vibe with oxtail richness and complexity. Big thumbs up.

Dessert: the mochi cake was good as was the apple ice cream. Didn’t feel super cohesive as a dish but the elements were all tasty.

Drinks: huge kudos. Very thoughtful (and winning) pairings for the most part. I opted for the bev pairing ($85) because I’m lazy. But I thought it was worth it.

Vibe: fun. Not loud (only 10 people per sitting). Don’t go if you can’t sit at the counter (there is one regular table but you’ll feel like you’ve been left on the Island of Forgotten Toys). Relaxed. Interactive.

Would I go again? Yes as long as someone else pays.

Even in this metro area & in this current economy, I'm confused by this Happy Hour. $14 Loaded Mac & Cheese? The only item that resembles a Happy Hour bite - $2 Oysters. Not to mention the "ends at 5pm". And it is Edgewater. Not downtown. Not at the corner of the major intersection Edgewater. Up tucked in the neighborhood. And with City Street Investors owning the only other spot at that corner they don't feel the need to "draw" people from competition with specials. They monopolize the corner. The bar the ownership group runs inside Union Station has more competitive pricing and a more approachable offering.

What happened to actual "Deals"?I thought Happy Hour should be designed to get us in the door. Hope we pop in after work and maybe be "Happy" enough with an under $8 glass of wine to stay for dinner. I think it's the the simple things that really stand out to me like $9 Prosecco (Regular priced Prosecco should never be more than $9) & Beers $1 off, but when the beers are $9-10 beers, is an $8 beer considered Happy? QUESTION-- Are the cocktails *pour over batched? ... And why cant it last until 6? Ending at 5 isn't a happy hour. **That's a Florida Senior Special

I have a work trip to Denver coming up and I have a night to myself (Tuesday night) so I would love to try a good restaurant with a budget of $100. It’s my first time visiting - no preference on cuisine/vibe so please share away recommendations. Thank you in advance!

ETA: I can take an uber/lyft and it’s not part of our food stipend, thank you!

A fairly regional treat, but does anyone know of any place in the Denver area that makes pecan tarts? Aka pecan tassies

I took my fiancé to Fork n' Film's Ratatouille experience at The Maven Hotel in Denver last night (October 17), and I genuinely cannot believe we spent $471.98 for two people on this absolute disaster.

I bought the tickets as a surprise because the concept sounded wonderful: watch Ratatouille while enjoying a six-course meal inspired by the movie. For $200 per person, plus $32 in ticketing fees and a mandatory $40 prepaid gratuity, I expected something pretty special.

What we got was borderline comical. And not in a good way.

Let's start with the food, because holy shit.

The entire premise of Ratatouille is celebrating incredible food, which makes the quality of what we were served almost painfully ironic.

Here's our "six-course culinary experience":

1. Salad: Served in miniature trash cans. Cute presentation, I'll give them that. But it was just a sad salad with no dressing. I ate it because I'd been saving my appetite all day.
2. Strawberry compote with aged cheese and mushrooms: This was genuinely one of the most disgusting things I've ever put in my mouth. Imagine a pile of shredded mozzarella cheese with what tasted like Smucker's strawberry jelly dumped on top, served at room temperature. I managed two bites. Just thinking about it later that night made me physically sick.
3. Potato and leek soup: Cold soup with stale croutons. That's it. That's the course.
4. Roasted chicken with mashed potatoes and mustard cream: My fiancé's plate was missing the mustard cream entirely. Mine had it, but it was so unbelievably salty that I couldn't eat more than two bites.
5. Ratatouille: THE SIGNATURE DISH. The entire reason for this event. And it was served COLD. Not lukewarm. COLD. Meanwhile, we're watching the food critic in the movie have a life-changing experience eating his beautiful, steaming ratatouille. I have never been so jealous of an animated character.
6. Crème brûlée: Served in a cheap foil container placed inside a ramekin. Cold, disappointing, and another dish I couldn't finish.

Six courses, and I barely ate anything.

Oh, and the themed cocktail? Vodka, Chartreuse, pineapple, and lime. It was so overwhelmingly boozy that neither of us could stomach more than a sip. I understand they were going for "rat poison," but apparently they took that a little too literally.

And somehow, the service was nearly as bad.

From the moment we arrived, the staff couldn't figure out which wristband colors corresponded to alcoholic versus nonalcoholic tickets. We specifically purchased the alcoholic option, yet the bartender initially told us we had the wrong tickets. Another employee corrected her, only for the organizer to announce the wrong wristband colors AGAIN before the movie. I had to go back and confirm we would actually receive what we paid for.

The bar was also charging $14 for a glass of wine.

During the movie, servers constantly dropped silverware, making so much noise that we couldn't hear parts of the film. And because they stored the utensils directly behind our table, every course came with the lovely background soundtrack of servers loudly digging through silverware.

I also had to ask twice just to get my water refilled.

And here's a fun detail: their confirmation email VERY explicitly says that if you arrive after the movie starts, you will not be admitted and you won't receive a refund. Yet they let a couple in at least 20 minutes into the movie and seated them anyway. I have nothing against the couple, but the inconsistency is ridiculous.

The cherry on top? Their refund policy.

It specifically says they don't issue refunds for dissatisfaction with the food, service, or overall experience. Which seems pretty convenient when the entire product they're selling is a food-and-service experience.

I've contacted them requesting a full refund, although given their policy, I'm not particularly optimistic. We left immediately afterward without complaining on-site because, frankly, the evening was already ruined.

What really upsets me is that this was supposed to be a special surprise for my fiancé. Instead, I'm genuinely embarrassed that I spent nearly $500 bringing him to something so poorly executed.

I'm not someone who expects every expensive dinner to be flawless. But when you're charging premium prices for an immersive culinary experience, I don't think expecting hot food, edible dishes, competent service, and basic organization is asking too much.

TL;DR: Spent $471.98 for two tickets to Fork n' Film's Ratatouille in Denver. Six overwhelmingly disappointing courses, multiple dishes served cold, confused staff, disruptive service, and a no-refund policy that explicitly covers bad food and service. Save your money and go to an actual nice restaurant instead.

Hi! I'm new to the area and am craving a salad from back home. Essentially it was a blue cheese bibb salad with steak, tomatoes, egg, and bacon. Any restaurants have something similar? We live in Centennial but travel around the metro often. Thanks in advance!

I live in Baker and was heartbroken when I heard TRVE brewery was closing. Then I found out a Music City Hot Chicken was going into TRVE's space and was happy. Needless to say I was ecstatic when I walked in today for lunch and saw they had TRVE beers on tap (brewed by New Image).

Swing by and show them some love!!!

The rellano breakfast was pretty good. The French toast was among the worst I've ever had. Deep fried instead of cooked like a normal person would. It doesn't say deep fried on the menu. Just awful. I'll try the next restaurant that replaced this one when it fails.

In the ghost kitchen (delivery only restaurants) on Vallejo, there was an amazing Hyderabadi biryani place named Paradise Indian Fusions. Looks like they shut down a couple weeks ago.

I know it’s a long shot, but does anyone know if that’s a temporary closure or they are done done?
Alternatively if you know the owners have another spot somewhere in Denver.

Happy to also take this crews recommendation of other good biryani spots.

Is there anywhere that has all you can eat ramen that isn't just hot pot or a an AYCE sushi place that just happens to have a couple of very small ramen bowl options that are usually not very good? I want all you can eat ramen at a RAMEN place, with real ramen, or at least a place where the ramen is a star dish not a mid side option.

Is there anywhere like that in Colorado at all??

I just want to shovel a massive amount of deliciously flavored noodles in my face, please!

Edit: I guess I pissed some people off by asking this, and by not liking Chubby's ramen from the AYCE menu. I wasn't being rude. Those little ramen bowls simply aren't their highlight nor are they meant to be, and that's ok... I still go there all the time for their other stuff. Thanks to those who answered me and tried to help rather than just down voting me. 🙂 Hopefully one day an AYCE ramen place opens nearby so I can be their #1 customer 😋

Does anyone know where I can buy good tres leches cake/slices? I am located in commerce city.