Beginning on Friday, November 11 and continuing through Saturday, November 19, a formidable list of more than forty of Boulder’s best restaurants — spots like Pizzeria Basta, Pizzeria Locale, The Kitchen, The Empire Lounge and Restaurant in Louisville and Terroir in Longmont — are offering diners a chance to nab…
Blind tastings: They’re not just for sommeliers anymore. It’s true. A significant part of becoming an advanced level sommelier involves learning to identify wines the hard way — by relying 100 percent on the wine’s appearance in the glass, smell and taste. Given that you are probably not, nor are…
Hot soup on a cool, autumn day equals one of my favorite lunches. Guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts is entered into a pool — and every Monday, we select one lucky winner who’ll receive…
It may be winter, but the Cherry Kriek is flowing fast at Strange Brewing, which is finally able to make enough of the taphouse favorite to supply a few bars, including the Rackhouse Pub, Ale House at Amato’s and Freshcraft, where it goes on tap this weekend. Strange Brewing replaced…
Patrick Horvat Venue 3609 West 32nd Avenue 303-477-0477 www.venuebistro.com This is part one of my interview with Patrick Horvat, executive chef of Venue. Most chefs are quirky — or at least have quirks — and Patrick Horvat, the executive chef of Venue, is no exception. Horvat is obsessed with argyle…
The story of My Smart Snacker begins with a man eating out of a portable dog bowl. The man is Brighton resident Loren “Sam” Samuelson, whose sister invented the To Go Bowl, a water bowl for pets that fits into a cup holder; Samuelson would fill the bowl with snacks…
Jim Pittenger, aka Biker Jim, already had an eponymous brick-and-mortar restaurant on Larimer Street, along with gourmet hot dog carts on the 16th Street Mall and at the Auraria campus. Now he’s added a food truck to his sausage empire, and it won’t be long before he rolls the business…
It’s that time of year again, when the James Beard Foundation beckons the public fooderati to cast their nominations for the 2012 James Beard Awards, the “country’s most coveted honor for chefs; food and beverage professionals; broadcast media, journalists, and authors working on food; and restaurant architects and designers.”…
Frank and Dina Berta didn’t set out to open a restaurant. Instead, they were exploring the idea of a food truck, and searching out locations for a commercial kitchen that would serve as their commissary. But then they found the storefront in the Whittier neighborhood where the Far East Restaurant…
It will soon be Thanksgiving, the yearly occasion where we can stuff ourselves until we surrender and then wallow on the couch for a few hours. But, as we all know, not everyone has fond memories of the holiday. In fact, just about every Thanksgiving feast with my family included…
I walked into In Season Local Market on a sunny, brisk, fall afternoon and was pleased to see a basket filled to the brim with delicious looking apples. An ever-present snack in my house and a frequent accoutrement to a plate of cheese, apples are my favorite fruit. But until…
New Saigon, a stalwart Vietnamese restaurant on Federal Boulevard, is deservedly popular; even during our between-hours Sunday meal — and with a plywood walkway to navigate due to some construction work out front — the restaurant was almost completely full. With a menu that includes typical meats like chicken and…
The text from Biker Jim simply read: “Tired. Taking a nap.” The sultan of sausages and high-priest of hot dogs had just returned from a food truck show in Las Vegas, where he pimped frankfurters from the kitchen of the very first Biker Jim’s food truck — which, if Jim…
One of the owners of Brauns on Blake plans to open a new brewery next spring that will rely on no-nonsense German-style beers and forty-year-old brewing equipment shipped from a brewery in the world-famous beer region of Bamberg, Germany…
While our waitress had absolutely no idea what “fra diavolo” was, the chef did. But he must have been worried that I couldn’t stomach the sauce — which translates to “Brother Devil” in Italian — because it arrived on its own, in a bowl, on the side. Apparently the majority…
Breckenridge Brewing will break ground this week on a new annex to its facility at 471 Kalamath Street, where it will house six massive 300-barrel fermentation tanks. The first two tanks are scheduled to arrive on December 15; the other four should be here by February or March…
While other joints on Tennyson, such as the Hole, have closed, Hops & Pie is expanding. Drew and Leah Watson’s neighborhood hangout is taking over a space next door, and will more than double in size — as well as offer more food options, including “more appetizers, a few more…
What pairs better with cheese: beer or wine? Le Grand Bistro & Oyster Bar, 1512 Curtis Street, will attempt to answer that question tonight at the Beer vs. Wine Dinner, featuring five cheese courses paired with beer and wine. The fun starts at 6 p.m. and costs $20; for more…
He’ll have the spaghetti and meatballs, because he always gets the spaghetti and meatballs. I think I’ll have the cheesesteak tonight, though. I haven’t had one of those in a while.” The thirty-something woman and her husband were standing in Frank’s Kitchen discussing their dinner options. They didn’t need to…
For the past six months Dina Berta has thrown herself head first into the operations of Frank’s Kitchen, which she owns with her husband, Frank. But before she committed to life in the kitchen, she made a living writing about restaurants. As a business reporter at the Rocky Mountain News…
No. 50: Noodle jelly salad from Thai Street Food…
