Executive Chef Joe Arena, Bitter Bar, Boulder
Arena has been cooking since he was 12, but wasn’t legally allowed to do it for a paycheck until he was 17 and working at a supermarket in the prepared foods section. From there, he headed to the...
View ArticleYoung Guns: 2nd Annual Chef’s Issue
This ain’t a playground. From the kitchens of Boulder County, chefs are making names for themselves in the national press, on reality TV and among their own. But there is a new generation making its...
View ArticlePizzaiolo Jordan Wallace, Pizzeria Locale, Boulder
After culinary school in Torino, Italy, Wallace returned to Colorado and landed his first job in the states with Frasca Food and Wine. After working there for more than five years and rising to sous...
View ArticleChef Garde Manager & Expeditor Zach Williams, Sugarbeet, Longmont
A true farm-to-table connoisseur, Williams started at Sugarbeet as a Johnson & Wales intern in 2010 and has been there ever since. He also works the fields at Zweck’s farm in Longmont and at the...
View ArticleChef De Cuisine Rachel Best, Leaf Vegetarian Restaurant, Boulder
Rachel Best started her cooking career in the dining hall kitchens at CU. Before graduating, she worked at the Dushanbe Tea House before taking a few years off from cooking to work in the agricultural...
View ArticleSous Chef Chris Royster, Flagstaff House, Boulder
Starting as a dishwasher at Twist in Hyde Park, New York, and working his way up to executive chef there, Chris Royster knows how to run a restaurant from the ground up. He worked as sous chef at Zucca...
View ArticleChef De Cuisine Jared Sippel, Frasca Food & Wine, Boulder
Originally hailing from a small-town in Iowa, Sippel has major, big-city restaurant cred, with cooking credits including L’oustau de Baumaniere in Provence, France, and Michael Tusk’s Quince in San...
View ArticleChef De Cuisine Adam Royster, Flagstaff House
Starting as a dishwasher at Twist in Hyde Park, New York, and working his way up to executive chef there, Chris Royster knows how to run a restaurant from the ground up. He worked as sous chef at Zucca...
View ArticleRestaurant review: La Revolución Taqueria Y Cantina
Taquerias are hip right now all across the country, so it’s no surprise to me that someone decided to open one on Main Street in Louisville—La Revolución Taqueria y Cantina brings the trend to one of...
View ArticleEatery news
Openings/Closings Rocket Fizz Boulder, a “soda pop and candy shop,” opened on Pearl Street. Twirl Boulder, a self-serve frozen yogurt shop, opened on 15th St. West Flanders Brewing Company opened in...
View ArticleFoodie Adventures: Who says being a foodie means sitting at a table?
When I say “foodie adventures,” I’m not talking about eating Rocky Mountain oysters or chocolate-dipped scorpions—though you could do that, too!—I’m talking about getting out of your seat, out of the...
View ArticleEatery News
Openings and Closings Rinco Argentino opened in Boulder, bringing Argentinian cuisine to The Village on Arapahoe. Harold’s and The Bayonette Room opened on Ken Pratt in Longmont. Press Play, an “arcade...
View ArticleGoing Whole Hog (or Turkey)
Every family has holiday traditions, no matter which holidays you celebrate. For years, my family celebrated Thanksgiving and Christmas with a Butterball and New Year’s with a HoneyBaked Ham. It wasn’t...
View ArticleJill’s Table-Side Spectacle
Jill’s at the St. Julien in Boulder has added some spectacular dishes to their menu. For a truly memorable dining experience, patrons can order one of five dishes—including shrimp scampi and bananas...
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Openings and Closings Poppy Café opened in the Peloton Building in Boulder. Boulder got new brewery when Wild Woods Brewery opened on Conestoga Court. Oskar Blues is opening CHUBurgers in Longmont in...
View ArticleBeing Beehive
If Beehive were a person instead of “a West Pearl Eatery + Bar,” as the website says, she would be that unbelievably hip acquaintance of yours who always looks perfectly chic, who dances ballet for...
View ArticleYou Say You Want a Resolution
It’s kind of rough being a food columnist in January. Oh, everyone’s excited to talk to you in November and December; family is coming into town, the holiday debauchery is in full swing and everyone...
View ArticleDishcrawl Gets You Out of Your County
Sometimes I forget how blessed we are to live in the foodie Mecca of BoCo. I mean, no matter what you’re craving, you can pretty much find it somewhere within the county limits, and that’s a beautiful...
View ArticleDoing the Dishcrawl in LoHi
Whew! What a night. If you saw my post last week about the inaugural Dishcrawl in Denver, you might have been wondering how it went and if it was worth it to venture out of the safety of Boulder County...
View ArticleOur Picks for Valentine’s Day Dinner
Boulder's restaurants have a slew of specials happening to honor St. Valentin; these are our picks for the evening:
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