Cuisine
K’s China, a lightning rod for controversy with the Boulder police and the city council for years, has closed its doors, its owner citing the city’s scrutiny. Now, the “problem” business is looking to change its image as NoEntiendo, a South American restaurant that aims to be a more mature business, although the new owner says the pressure continues.
Cuisine
K’s China, a lightning rod for controversy with the Boulder police and the city council for years, has closed its doors, its owner citing the city’s scrutiny. Now, the “problem” business is looking to change its image as NoEntiendo, a South American restaurant that aims to be a more mature business, although the new owner says the pressure continues.
Cuisine
Food assistance in Boulder County has increased rapidly in the past five years. Since April 2007, clients of the Boulder County Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) have jumped from 8,848 to 21,250 as of April 2013, a 240 percent increase.
Cuisine
We know that certain foods can affect the way we feel. But what about the way food makes us think?
Cuisine
Sex, drugs and yogurt: what do they all have in common? They could all affect the hormone associated with happiness.
Cuisine
Rice is known by nutritionists as a “first food.” Easily digested and bland, it is often the first solid food a baby receives. Prior to that, babies may be exposed to rice starch and brown rice syrup in infant formulas, which use the grain as an ingredient digestible by infants with lactose or gluten intolerance.
Cuisine
At 9.4 percent ABV, Funky J ain’t no joke. It pours pitch black with a red wine aroma, and the first taste isn’t far off that mark either.
Cuisine
“There are always these really great chefs, who are like celebrities,” says Katelin Westfall, a mixologist who will compete on behalf of Aji this year. “But bartending has a lot of the same concepts — you’re still creating something from scratch, and you’re still putting your heart into it.
Cuisine
When President Barack Obama signed Congress’s budget bill on March 26, a government shutdown was averted — but many citizens were outraged. A paragraph that could affect the regulation of genetically modified (GM) crops had slunk into the 240-page draft.
Cuisine
People who try to claim they weren’t fascinated by Google Street View when it debuted in 2007 are kidding themselves. The groundbreaking service gave users 360-degree views of about every street in the country and revolutionized the process of going places.
Cuisine
Man, I tell myself as I pull up the blindfold for about the 30th time, I’m glad I’m working right now so I can cheat so often.
Restaurant Review
Antonio’s, subtitled A Taste of Mexico, is a new addition to Longmont’s Main Street dining scene. Ambience here is upscale, with contemporary Southwestern art and dark woods, creating a sense of elegant intimacy. Yet Antonio’s is still the kind of welcoming spot that features a children’s menu and prices more reasonable than the trappings would indicate.
Restaurant Review
Antonio’s, subtitled A Taste of Mexico, is a new addition to Longmont’s Main Street dining scene. Ambience here is upscale, with contemporary Southwestern art and dark woods, creating a sense of elegant intimacy. Yet Antonio’s is still the kind of welcoming spot that features a children’s menu and prices more reasonable than the trappings would indicate.
Restaurant Review
Nowadays Zolo’s lunch menu doesn’t stray too far from the basics of Southwestern cuisine and would still be accessible to the ’90s diner. There’s a certain comforting culinary classicism inherent in a menu showcasing such items as tortilla soup, blue corn fried oysters, rellenos and chicken enchiladas.
Restaurant Review
"Smoke gets in your food," declared John, considered by many to be the dean of local food scribes. Indeed, our lunch courses at the recently opened FATE Brewing Company were adhering to a certain fire-seasoned theme. A rich aroma of smoke wafted off our chicken wing starter, and John’s soon-to-arrive pastrami Rueben promised to continue the smoky motif.
Restaurant Review
At lunch, sandwich selections range from a grilled cheese featuring Swiss, cheddar and brie to a Bistro burger highlighting natural beef and blue cheese. There’s also a meatless sandwich adorned with mushroom, tomato and pesto goat cheese.
Restaurant Review
Unfortunately this led to a few service delays, although she gamely tried her best. Later, a few management-looking types picked up the slack, although our starters arrived after the entrees. However, there are likely far more pressing issues in the world to worry about.
Restaurant Review
South Boulder’s Southern Sun, cousin to downtown’s Mountain Sun, has been a local’s destination for beers, burgers and other relaxed fare. Now, another related eatery, Under the Sun, has recently opened beneath this landmark getaway. This new venue creates more of a fully realized dining, rather than a pub, experience.
Restaurant Review
Sometimes hunger can sneak up on you like a pouncing cat or a stealthy ninja, and this is precisely the dilemma colleague Carin found herself in one fair weekday morning.
Restaurant Review
Exploring the basement food court on University Hill, I recently encountered an eatery with the unlikely moniker of Goody Monster. I was mildly disappointed to discover that the person behind the counter wasn’t a furry blue puppet with ping-pong ball eyes.
Restaurant Review
Attached to Longmont’s Plaza Hotel, Harold’s Restaurant & Lounge ups the ante on this town’s fine dining with retro-styled cocktails and original farm-to-table preparations.
Restaurant Review
My reaction to the cupcake’s resurgence in popularity isn’t all that different to my response to REM’s popularity when I was in college. I get how others might like a red velvet cupcake and/or Michael Stipe, but personally, neither one’s my cup of tea.
TidBites
The 26th Annual Boulder Creek Festival takes place from Saturday, May 25 to Monday, May 27. At the festival, there will be around 50 food vendors, and over 30 percent of the vendors are from Boulder County.
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The 26th Annual Boulder Creek Festival takes place from Saturday, May 25 to Monday, May 27. At the festival, there will be around 50 food vendors, and over 30 percent of the vendors are from Boulder County.
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American Craft Beer Week, which started May 13 and runs until May 19, will include special tappings and events at various breweries around the county. See the notable events and specials.
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Best of Boulder voters knew it. Now the whole nation knows it: The wine list at Frasca's Food and Wine is exceptional.
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Prospect Eats, a burgeoning weekly food-truck gathering in south Longmont, kicked off its 2013 season on Monday, April 29, with a crowd of about 800 showing up to partake in cuisine, live music and community interaction.
Boulder’s Carlin Karr, sommelier at Frasca, was among those who passed the Advanced Sommelier Exam, meaning Karr has one last test to pass before garnering her title as Master Sommelier.
Three hundred Denver and Boulder-area restaurants will participate in the “Dining Out for Life” fundraiser Thursday, April 25. Participating restaurants will donate 25 percent of the day’s food sales to Project Angel Heart, a food delivery service for Coloradans suffering from disease.
Labeling products “organic” can influence perception of food, according to a study done by Cornell University. Known as the “health halo effect,” calling an item organic improves how people perceive its taste, calories and value.
Next week, the 2013 Conference on World Affairs will host two food-related panels — one titled “Veganism: We Have to Stop Meating Like This” and the other, “Food: Waste, Want and Culture.”
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Twenty Ninth Street’s Ristorante L, formerly known as Laudisio, has announced a new menu that will be available at the restaurant’s tapas-style bar during all hours of operation.
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Boulder brewery Twisted Pine is expanding distribution to Iowa.
