A few days ago, I was a food nomad. Mindlessly searching for sustenance, I wandered along Colorado Boulevard looking for something cheap yet nourishing -- with nourishing almost immediately eliminating most fast-food joints. But not all. The spots that really piqued my 'buds were places like Qdoba, Noodles and Company, Smashburger, Spicy Pickle and Chipotle.
After finding enough sustenance to make logical thought possible again, it dawned on me that all these places had tw
After my disastrous meals at Beaucoup Burrito, I thought it might be helpful to list for its owners, employees and customers six local fast-casual concepts that actually work. They are, in no particular order:
Chipotle: Founder Steve Ells gets credit for inventing the entire fast-casual concept at his now-ubiquitous burrito chain. And while there might be some argument among culinary historians as to whether Ells was actually inventing anything or just codifying a style that had alre
Spent this past week chasing down the restaurants and watering holes that will join Whole Foods Market at the new Streets of SouthGlenn (Arapahoe Road and University Boulevard), which will hold its grand opening Thursday, August 27 through Sunday, August 30. The majority of restaurants are familiar chains, some homegrown, some national, but the one surprise in the mix was Home, a restaurant from Phoenix restaurateur/chef Mark Tarbell that was an on-again, off-again, on-again, off-again propositi
