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Food Wars gets sloppers in Pueblo tonight

Gray's Coors Tavern and the Sunset Inn go head to head -- make that slopper to slopper -- tonight on Food Wars on the Travel Channel. A slopper is a messy delicacy unique to Pueblo: an open-face cheeseburger served in a soup bowl, and covered with red or green chile...
By Patricia CalhounSeptember 1, 2010
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Gray’s Coors Tavern and the Sunset Inn go head to head — make that slopper to slopper — tonight on Food Wars on the Travel Channel. A slopper is a messy delicacy unique to Pueblo: an open-face cheeseburger served in a soup bowl, and covered with red or green chile.

The Food Wars crew, including host Camille Ford, was in Pueblo in April, setting up and filming the challenge.

And the winner? Tune in at 8 p.m. to find out. And in the meantime: does anyone know of a spot in Denver serving a slopper?

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12’s public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

patricia.calhoun@westword.com
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