Now that it seems Spring has finally settled in, we are excited to officially unveil some new additions to our menu!

• After rave reviews as a special, the Oyster Po' Boy has finally found a permanent home at Steuben's. 
• Who doesn't love a good Chicken Marsala? I'm sure most of you East Coast transplants remember where you used to go for your favorite Marsala back home... 
• And, while the Lox & Bagel Salad or the Peel & Eat Shrimp could arguably be considered additional overtures to our friends from the Eastern seaboard, the new Thursday night Paella special should win fans from all over. 
• Need more proof that we love our friends from all over the country? Well, we've added Homemade Apple Pie to the dessert menu. (Don't worry, the Wacky Apple has not been replaced...) 

Check out some great pictures of the new menu items as well as Kate Gibbons' take on the new dishes at Cafe Society. 

See the complete Lunch/Dinner and Dessert menus 

Thanks to the many great voters that took the time to support Steuben's during Westword's Best Of Denver polls, we took home the Readers Choice Awards for Best Mac & Cheese and Best Chicken & Waffles. What an honor! Also on our mantle is the Editor's Choice Award for the Best Official Snack Food Of Colorado: The Steubie Snack. Read about these delicious, bundles of (pork) joy here. 

Thanks again, Denver, Boulder, and the 'burbs! It's been a great pleasure having you join us in 2012, we hope to see you all in 2013... Cheers! 

It should be no surprise to find Montana featured on a show all about great steaks. And, with all of the great steakhouses located in Lodo, it should be no surprise to find a Denver institution either. To have our own Vesta Dipping Grill featured on the show? That's quite the honor! Check out the Steak Paradise episode of Food Paradise featuring Vesta's Three Pepper Grilled Flatiron Steak and Madras Grilled Venison:

Another Chance to Vote: 5280’s Top of the Town

As many of you perennial voters know, 5280’s Top of the Town voting takes place right around the same time as Westword’s Best of Denver poll. While the Westword has some unique and interesting awards, 5280 stays a more traditional route when it comes to categories. We find both to be very useful guides to great local stores and restaurants. To vote for the 2013 awards or to check out the 2012 Top of the Town, click here.

Need a second opinion? If you thought about voting for any of our restaurants in the following categories, we couldn’t agree more!

Steuben’s:

Best Brunch

Best French Fries

Best Food Truck

Ace:

Best Noodle Bowl (Spicy Pork Ramen)

Best Patio Dining

Best Cocktail Menu

Vesta:

Best Wine List

Best Gluten Free Menu

Best Dessert

Restaurant Week Is Just Around the Corner

The countdown is on… We will be hard at work all week preparing to launch our Restaurant Week menu starting February 23^rd. Take a peek at our Restaurant Week menu here. Planning on going out all week? Check out Ace and Vesta Dipping Grill’s menus as well, here and here. Finally, if all of this voting and menu reading is making you thirsty, you are in luck. Steuben’s bar manager, Ryan Layman, has shared the recipe to one of his favorite drinks from our cocktail menu, the Sazerac, for you to enjoy at home:

Sazerac

2 oz Bulleit Rye Whiskey

Splash of Absinthe

4 dashes Peychaud’s bitters

1 large sugar cube

Muddle sugar cube and bitters in cocktail mixing glass with a very small splash of water. Add whiskey and stir. Strain into a chilled, Absinthe rinsed rocks glass. (Add a splash of Absinthe, swirl around the glass, and pour out.) Garnish with a lemon twist and enjoy!

As some of you may know, our dear friend Curtis Caldwell, well know as a Sous Chef at Vesta Dipping Grill, has passed on. Lori Midson at the Westword has honored Curtis with a beautiful story on Cafe Society. If you have a moment to help remember the spirit of Curtis please read the story here.

Steuben's is one of the bars recognized for their barrel-aged cocktails in The Hooch Life

Steuben's Red Rocks from Zerosun Pictures on Vimeo.

Here's a quick recap on the history of the original Steuben's.

It was a great Party On July 19th as Vesta celebrated it's 15 year anniversary. Westword's Lori Midson and Patricia Calhoun were among some of the friends that joined us and the party made it on Cafe Society's blog along with some photos from the evening.

Thanks to Everyone

Happy Anniversary Vesta!

Vesta Dipping Grill's "Beyond The Sauce" makes the list. 

CBS Denver highlights local cookbooks in their article - Top Cookbooks Pertaining To Colorado

Copies of the Vesta Cookbook are still available.