Longmont

The Comida food truck is throwing a birthday bash in Boulder today

The crew behind Comida Cantina is celebrating the third birthday for "Tina," the hot-pink food truck that inspired two brick and mortars -- today at Flatiron Park in Boulder. There will be food specials and lawn games from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. See also: - Ten food trucks you need to try this sp ... More >>

Boulder Farmers' Market, week four: Strawberries, and seven things not to do

The big news at the Boulder Farmers' Market Saturday: Randy and Regan of 2 Rs Farm have strawberries. I restrain myself from doing a celebratory dance around their stand -- which is also heaped with cucumbers and luscious greenhouse-grown tomatoes -- and snatch up three little boxes. Within fifteen ... More >>

Marijuana and dogs: Vets warn (again) that you shouldn't give pot to pets

Back in 2010, we published a story in which a veterinarian warned that dogs shouldn't be given marijuana. Shortly thereafter, Fox31 did a lurid version of the same story, complete with imagery straight out of a '60s-era psychedelic flick. Then, last year, CBS4 reported about a vet who'd conducted a ... More >>

300 Suns hopes Indigogo will help it become Longmont's fourth brewery

So far, crowd sourcing hasn't been the most successful way for would-be breweries to raise money in Colorado: There are already so many top-notch beer makers, and many more in the works, that beer lovers probably figure it's not necessary to pour out their own hard-earned cash in order to help get t ... More >>

Cheba Hut downtown has new murals by Gamma Acosta

Cheba Hut is much more than a pot-based joke. The small chain of "toasted" sub shops may be based in Tempe, Arizona, but it definitely appreciates local customers, local produce and local beers -- the Cheba Hut in downtown Denver has twenty Colorado beers on tap. And now it also has two murals by Lo ... More >>

Left Hand Brewing's Week Sauce was designed specifically for craft beer weeks

Colorado Craft Beer Week, which was taken over this year by the nonprofit Colorado Brewers Guild, is just one of many similarly-themed festivals that go on in cities and states across the country. Some of the most famous ones take place in Philadelphia, Seattle and Washington, D.C., but there are do ... More >>

Alert your uncle with the sweet handlebar 'stache: There's a Jethro Tull convention coming

Do you heart Jethro Tull? If so, you better hold on to your hat, hombre. I'm about to flip your wig: For the first time in the States in more a decade, there's a Jethro Tull Convention booked, and apparently, it's happening here. (I know, right?!) Well, not here here, but rather in Longmont up at th ... More >>

The Presser Foot hosts Sew Day for African Girls benefit Saturday

This Saturday, February 16, The Presser Foot, a sewing and quilting store in Longmont, will host a Sew Day for African Girls. Working with the nonprofit Empower Women In Africa, the store will provide all the materials and inspiration to create cloth menstrual pads -- and in the process help women i ... More >>

Chia's Breakfast & Lunch Counter closes in Golden, and will reopen as Tin Star Smokehouse

Last April, Eric Chiappetta, the former chef of Pizza Republica, along with his wife, Jamie, left the piehole world behind to open Chia's Breakfast & Lunch Counter in Golden. But last week, the couple shut the doors See also: - Chia's Breakfast & Lunch Counter is set to open next week in Golden - T ... More >>

Haystack Mountain's cheesy lovefest with Boulder County

This is the seventh in a series of pieces profiling Colorado-grown products...and what some local restaurants do with them. As much pride as we Coloradans take in our local producers and their staggering variety of goods, how many of them can say they tangled with the heaviest of heavyweights on a ... More >>

Photos: Cafe Zuri now pouring in Highland

Coffee's on at Cafe Zuri, which recently opened its doors at 3718 West 32nd Avenue. And its heart is in the right place: metro Denver. The quaint cafe offers locally roasted coffee from Coda, French pastries from Trompeau Bakery in Englewood, apple strudels from Praha Restaurant in Longmont and ice ... More >>

Oskar Blues and Sun King brew a second collaboration beer for #GABF

Oskar Blues and Indianapolis-based Sun King Brewing are whipping up their second collaboration beer today in Longmont under a shroud of secrecy. "We're keeping some suspense about style of the beer," says brewery spokesman Chad Melis. But he promised that details about the collaboration, called The ... More >>

The Wheel Thing

Oskar Blues reveals label for its 2012 Deviant Dale's tallboys

​On Wednesday, I laid down my picks for the best new Colorado beers of 2011 -- a group that had to meet certain qualifications to make the cut. Then, on Thursday, I posted pictures of seventeen new Colorado beer labels we'll be seeing in 2012. Oskar Blues wasn't on either list -- much to the d ... More >>

Strange but true news stories from the past year

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And the winner of dinner for two at a First Bite Boulder restaurant is...

​Earlier this week, we gave readers and opportunity to score free dinner for two at a restaurant participating in First Bite Boulder, the town's annual feeding frenzy showcasing high-caliber restaurants like Pizzeria Basta, Pizzeria Locale, The Kitchen, The Empire Lounge and Restaurant in Loui ... More >>

Oskar Blues taps into viral honey badger video with new beer, but honey badger don't care

Oskar Blues is the second Colorado brewery to tap into a viral YouTube video, releasing Honey Badger Smoked Porter at its restaurants in Longmont and Lyons yesterday. The beer was inspired by "The Crazy Nastyass Honey Badger (original narration by Randall)," a National Geographic video with a hilar ... More >>

Restaurant roll call for July

​Hot dog joints are on a roll in Denver, with Uber Sausage joining a scene that also welcomed the largest IKEA restaurant in the country. But Denver also said farewell to Bistro Felix and Organixx, as well as some of the earliest food trucks. Here's our Restaurant roll call for July:

Air traffic controller at Denver Center removed from job for failing alcohol test (VIDEO)

Video below.​Booze and the airline industry aren't good mixers. But that apparently didn't stop an air traffic controller at the Denver Air Route Traffic Control Center in Longmont, aka the Denver Center, from going to work with alcohol in his system -- putting him in the same club with two Co ... More >>

Creature Comfort

Oskar Blues can-cels Burning Can 2011

​Cantastrophe! Oskar Blues, the Longmont brewery that inspired the canned craft beer craze, has canceled its 2011 version of Burning Can, a festival it kicked off last summer. The fest, which debuted in Lyons in 2010, was going to be held in Longmont on June 18 and feature around 100 flavors ... More >>

Jeff Fortin's tale of dog breeding woes makes him our Shmuck of the Week

​Jeff Fortin surrendered his dog breeding license last week -- much to the delight of animal lovers, who have been complaining about him for years. But he didn't do so before euthanizing 1,200 dogs at his Oberlin, Kansas puppy breeding business, where an outbreak of distemper in December kept ... More >>

Oskar Blues does it The Old Chubway

​The Oskar Blues Brewing Company has expanded its empire of oddly-named eateries yet again, adding The Old Chubway: Expeditious Chow Dispensary in Lyons. Oskar Blues already runs its original Grill & Brew in Lyons, the Tasty Weasel Tap Room in Longmont and Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Sol ... More >>

Changes to Fort Collins brew fest divide drunks, craft beer enthusiasts

http://downtownfortcollins.comThe 21st Annual Colorado Brewers' Festival might taste a little watered down this year.​Summer in Colorado means beer and, even better, beer festivals -- from the Chili Pepper & Brew Fest in Snowmass to the Rails & Ales Brewfest outside Alamosa to the Summer Brew ... More >>

Medical marijuana festival to feature on-site dispensing -- and Corey Feldman?

He's the last Corey left standing.​The Colorado Medical Marijuana Festival, taking place on Sunday, May 30, at Longmont's Radisson Hotel (click here for details), has several unusual attributes. For one thing, says event organizer Sean Bookman, the get-together will feature an on-site "medici ... More >>

Today: Avogadro's Number serves up food for thought

A Flickr photo.​Looking for a way to better yourself -- or your carbon footprint, or your understanding of food? Avogadro's Number, 605 South Mason Street in Fort Collins, is hosting a free panel discussion at 5 p.m. today titled "Global Food Security: What Is It and How Does It Affect Me?" ... More >>

David Kent, drunken truck driver, does one-man reenactment of Duel in Longmont neighborhood

If only Dennis Weaver had been around...​Duel, Steven Spielberg's 1971 feature-length directorial debut about a crazed trucker on a smash-and-trash spree, is well worth seeing -- but residents of a Longmont neighborhood should probably wait a while before checking it out. After all, many of th ... More >>

Q&A with Bill McKay of Leftover Salmon

​ Whether burning down the house with Leftover Salmon, heating up the keys for the Fox Street Allstars, or catching fire with his own outfit, Papa Bill McKay commands attention. In addition to playing with some of Colorado's finest roots acts McKay played in an early incarnation of the Derek ... More >>

Chef and Tell with Max Mackissock of Squeaky Bean

Lori MidsonSqueaky Bean executive chef Max Mackissock​ "After all that nonsense at Primebar -- those guys are the biggest scumbags ever -- it was unbelievably refreshing to get a job at a restaurant that's owned by one of the nicest guys I've ever met," Max Mackissock says during our interview ... More >>

Cannabis Therapy Institute offers framework for dispensary regulations

​Last night, city councils at localities throughout the state, including Longmont, Lafayette, Louisville and Thornton, discussed the issue of medical-marijuana dispensaries at city council meetings. In Durango, for instance, officials approved preliminary tweaks in regulations, setting hours o ... More >>

Holiday beer season 2009 has begun

​Are you still in summer mode? Having trouble folding up your linen and packing it away in favor of fleece? Still pretending to be warm while shivering on some bar's patio? Well, here's a sudsy fact that might shock you into reality: local breweries have already begun rolling out their holida ... More >>

Golfin' for good (with good eats)

​Sometimes hitting a ball with a stick is just hitting a ball with a stick; sometimes it is more. On Sunday, August 23, the Lake Valley Golf Club (located at 4400 Lake Valley Drive in Longmont) is hosting the Danan Schufman Open, a benefit for The Danan Schufman Fund. Schufman was a practicing pro ... More >>

Barbecue in Boulder, by way of Kansas City

Okay, so this one, I did not expect. For quite a while after Kevin Taylor shut down the Boulder outlet of his Prima brand -- the one in the big, lovely space at 1801 13th Street, in the One Boulder Plaza development just spitting distance from the site of the Boulder Farmers' Market -- I wondered wh ... More >>

Not-So-New Urbanism: Prospect

The Congress for the New Urbanism is holding its annual conference in Denver June 10-14, complete with bus tours of our most well-known new-urbanist enclaves. But how do you judge walkable, neighborhood-based developments? Is it by the diversity (or lack thereof) of their residents, the number of ... More >>

Colorado beer drinkers have a crush on cans

It's American Craft Beer Week - seven days that even the United States Congress felt should be set aside for one purpose and one purpose only: drinking micro brews. (To find out about tappings, food pairings and other events, click here or here.) But Colorado's beer culture is worth a deeper look s ... More >>

Dialed in: This week's local music radio playlists

Here what the area's local-centric specialty radio shows were playing this week. We're currently tracking the playlists for five different shows: Radio 1190's long-running Local Shakedown, KTCL's Locals Only, the Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, and the ... More >>

After Midnight

Oskar Blues opens new tasting room in Longmont

Oskar Blues will open its new tasting room, the Tasty Weasel, at 11 a.m. this Friday, February 13, inside its brewing and canning plant in Longmont. At 4 p.m., the Weasel will tap a firkin (roughly a quarter of a barrel) of something to celebrate the grand opening. In fact, Oskar Blues plans to bust ... More >>

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