Eric Skokan Black Cat 1964 13th Street, Boulder 303-444-5500 www.blackcatboulder.com This is part one of Lori Midson’s interview with Eric Skokan, exec chef/owner of Black Cat in Boulder. Part two of that interview will run in this space tomorrow. In the exhibition kitchen, the Black Cat crew is breaking down…
When Pete and Ann Pflum envisioned H Burger Co, the burger joint they put into a new spot at 1555 Blake Street, they designed a space and menu that they hoped would lure downtown dinner crowds to a block that, historically, has emptied out after 5 p.m…
Cafe Society can’t get enough of Lotus of Siam. When she was in Las Vegas last week, Patricia Calhoun twice ventured off the Strip to visit the northern Thai restaurant in its original location, a silly strip mall off Sahara Avenue. That was after a strong endorsement from Lori Midson,…
Stir Cooking School, the lovechild of Katy Hume, a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in New York, will unmask a new Denver culinary academy, focusing on kitchen techniques for the home cook, on November 20, at 3215 Zuni Street in Highland…
Residents of the neighborhood where this restaurant/bar resides were out in full force on a recent Friday night, handing out back-pats, handshakes and compliments to one of the owners, who recommended the fried pickles, which, like everything else we tried, were proof that when the kitchen gets it right, naysayers…
Some enticing photos have been posted on Facebook by Bryan Dayton and Steve Redzikowski, depicting the new kitchen, dining room and bar of Oak at 14th, going into 1400 Pearl Street in Boulder. The photos are especially exciting because they show a complete restaurant. Which means that opening day of…
It’s that time of year again, when chefs from all over the country send out e-mails begging their loyal customers to nominate them for a James Beard Foundation Award, otherwise known as the “Oscars of the food universe.”…
In the photo above, you see an array of beauty products — vegan beauty products — that are animal-cruelty-free, oxide-free, paraben-free, sulfate-free, silicone-free. And they could be entirely free for you! We have bottles of hair cleanser, conditioner, body wash, hair masque and hydrating body oil to give away –…
Pam and Charlie Nathan, proprietors of the Blue Cow in Morrison, have added a pop-art installation right above the entrance to their building: a blue spotted cow driving through Red Rocks…
Domino’s Pizza is as American as apple pie — and just as starchy. The pizza purveyor has been all over American TV, telling us how good it is; now it looks as though Domino’s strategy of brainwashing the masses has been exported to the Land of the Rising Sun. Domino’s…
It was a hot summer day when I first encountered the magic of the Inventing Room. I’d hiked several blocks from the office to Tiri’s Garden, the downtown lot where a gaggle of mobile vendors had started making regular stops. Ian Kleinman’s cart was among them, that day serving everything…
Just over a year ago, when I spoke with Gabriela Bossy, the owner of Cilantro Fusion, a south-of-the-border storefront at 1531 Stout Street, she was optimistic that her Mexican joint would woo downtowners with its green chile, mole enchiladas and Oaxacan huevos rancheros. “We’ve been so busy, and I know…
After a rambunctious Saturday night that resulted in a head-pounding hangover, I stumbled out of bed on Sunday morning desperate for nourishment. I wasn’t feeling menudo, dim sum, posole or, God forbid, liquor, but I was craving bread, which is how I ended up spending nearly $30 on croissants, blue-cheese-and…
On Saturday night, the ritzy new Four Seasons hotel, which opened on October 19, hosted one of the most amazing blowout parties of the year, attracting well over 1,000 movers and shakers, who forked over $325 each to partake in the revelry, which included stilt walkers, a mechanical bull, aerial…
Q Worldly Barbecue and Lounge, the subterranean house of smoked pig, international sauces, corn fritters and live blues bands, shuttered on Sunday after two and half years in Cherry Creek. “The short version is that the crappy economy and all the summer construction that was going on in Cherry Creek…
Last month the Kitchen’s Hugo Matheson and Kimbal Musk picked up the lease on along, narrow spot at 1035 Pearl Street in Boulder, where, come spring, they’ll open the Kitchen Cafe, a pub steeped in the food values of the Kitchen. In doing so, they’ll try to rid the spot…
We’ve long been fans of happy hour at the Boulder outpost of Jax Fish House, 928 Pearl Street, where we can put down dozens of cold, briny oysters at just a dollar a pop. But if it’s seafood you’re after, the kitchen once run by Top Chef Season 5 winner…
Last week, San Francisco banned toys from McDonald’s Happy Meals, which as of December 1 cannot contain more than 600 calories — or a plaything! But that’s not the only unhappy McDonald’s news. While working at a McDonald’s outlet in Brazil for a dozen years, a store manager managed to…
Cafe Society served up four Guess Where contests last week (as well as a Guess Which Food Celebrity Drives These Hot Wheels query after Guy Fieri’s car was sighted in town), covering everything from nachos at Stoney’s to the new TV dinners at Squeaky Bean to a muffaletta at Mangiamo…
Leave it to all those brilliant Yelpers — they who write such compelling prose as “I’ll give them 2 stars since the pizza LOOKED good. I didn’t have any pizza”; “I can get a comperable burger at Wendy’s for 70% less money. I prolly wont go back”; and “My husband…
It’s the week of Asian fast casual. Hot on the heels of Chipotle announcing that it’s opening an Asian fast-casual restaurant somewhere in America next year, Wagamama, the U.K.-based fast-casual noodle shop that’s built a fervent global following, has revealed plans to open 650 outlets in the U.S…
Musician and activist Brian Rocheleau started his Boulder Blind Cafe series last February; since then, he’s put on four dinners (three in Boulder, one in Portland, Oregon), with a fourth scheduled for Austin, Texas. Last night was the start of the third round of the Boulder Blind Cafe (it repeats…
