Email Author Lori Midson

2009 Stories by Lori Midson

• Desperately seeking volunteers for the IACP conference in Denver

  published Mar 26, 2009

  "Dearest Peers in Food and Life..." That's the word-for-word salutation lifted from an e-mail I just read from Sylvia Tawse, the International Association of Culinary Professionals' host city committe... More >>

• Get your free french fry fix at Steuben's in April

  published Mar 24, 2009

  I've long been a proponent of Steuben's house-cut, judiciously salted, pencil-thin fries, which arrive in a wax paper-lined crab tin. Now comes news that the retro American diner at 523 East 17th Av... More >>

• Bernie's brings hot dog heaven to Highlands Ranch

  published Mar 24, 2009

  With any luck, the addition of Bernie's Hot Dog Co., an independent joint located at 1601 Mayberry in the Highlands Ranch Town Center, will convince all those Land Rover-owning suburbanites who resi... More >>

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  Larkburger alert in Boulder

  published Mar 20, 2009

  Shortly after returning home from lunch today at El Taco de Mexico (Friday afternoon habit), I got an email from a friend alerting me to good news on the restaurant front, namely that earth muffins Bo... More >>

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  Three homegrown Mexican chains get new siblings

  published Mar 20, 2009

  After spending the past week biting off more than I could chew at a bunch of new restaurants with "sustainable," "organic" and "seasonal" jargon littering their menus, I was ready for my Mexican fo... More >>

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  Satchel's Market bags some special meals

  published Mar 19, 2009

  I wanted to ask our server why Satchel's Market -- which isn't a market and has never been a market -- was ever called a market in the first place. But it was a Sunday morning, my head was reeling fro... More >>

• Chuck E. Cheese's wants you to snap

  published Mar 17, 2009

    I love Chuck E. Cheese's, but not for the reasons you might think.Several years ago, when my now nine-year-old son was still enamored of cheap carnival games, shitty pizza raked with rubbe... More >>

• Colt & Gray, a new gastropub, slated for May

  published Mar 16, 2009

  Where the hell is itrI asked myself that question a half dozen times while aimlessly driving down Platte Street searching for Colt & Gray, a new gastropub opening in late May at 1553 Platte Street... More >>

• Aaron Whitcomb goes south to Yia Yia's Euro Cafe

  published Mar 14, 2009

  "Seriously, you left Strings for thisr"We were sitting at the bar at Yia Yia's Euro Cafe (8310 East Belleview Avenue in Greenwood Village), Aaron Whitcomb's newest place of employment, when the words ... More >>

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  Fuel Cafe gases up for expanded dinner hours

  published Mar 13, 2009

  I've had a mad crush on Fuel Cafe, the urban-industrial restaurant at 3455 Ringsby Court in the Riverfront North Taxi project, ever since owner-chef Bob Blair started peddling housemade pastries, sn... More >>

• Soul'd Roots supports justice for all

  published Mar 12, 2009

  At 2 p.m. Sunday, March 15, "Soul'd Roots: A Food & Media Justice Institute," hosts a Community Eat-in and Food Politics Talkback with an impressive roster of panelists, including Oakland-based ec... More >>