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Lafayette Really Wants Italian Food

February 1, 2008 Like 0 editor

Lafayette is banking on the fourth time being the charm for an Italian restaurant at Baseline and South Public roads. After three restaurants failed there (most recently 7 West) in the last decade, building owners were set to fill the…

Boiling Point

Just Say No to Abstinence in Colorado

February 1, 2008 Like 0 editor

President Bush’s America includes a big bag of cash for sex education programs that promote abstinence. Consider Colorado one state that says “No thanks” to W’s push away from teaching safe sex. State officials rejected nearly a half-million in federal…

Boiling Point

Religion With Your Morphine

February 1, 2008 Like 0 editor

The sale of Exempla Good Samaritan Medical Center in Lafayette is straddling the line between medical care and religious beliefs. The buyer is a Catholic organization, and many in the community are ready to break out the pitchforks (two lawsuits…

Features

15 Resolutions

January 2, 2008 Like 0 editor

Your New Year’s Resolutions are getting stale. The same goals seem to pop up year after year and many of them revolve around health and body.

Commentary

The Green Glow of Uranium

January 2, 2008 Like 0 editor

The idea of a uranium mine within 11 miles of Fort Collins seems like a ridiculous non sequitur. On the one hand, you have the green glow of a university town known for its environmental friendliness. On the other, you…

Cuisine

One Damn Fine Burger

January 2, 2008 Like 0 editor

The gaping holes which have eventuated along Louisville’s Main Street as a result of the closing of the Druid’s Arms and Pasquini’s are well on their way to being filled. The Waterloo Icehouse, which replaced the former this fall, is…

Cuisine

Just As Strong by Night

January 2, 2008 Like 0 editor

When I first visited Treppeda’s nearly three years ago, it had only recently begun navigating the dangerous waters of dinner service. A popular gourmet lunch counter for years, food quality wasn’t the question.

Cuisine

The Modern, Upscale Twist On a Diner

January 2, 2008 Like 0 editor

Longmont’s posh Prospect neighborhood needed a traditional greasy spoon diner like it needs more expensive housing. So it’s probably a good thing that when Paul Roberts opened Two Dog Diner in June, he put a modern spin on the old…

Cuisine

Restaurant Rumblings

January 2, 2008 Like 0 editor

Tasty tidbits from the dining world

Duly Noted

Standing Back Up

January 2, 2008 Like 0 editor

By all accounts, America in the late ’60s was embroiled in the greatest period of change the country had seen since the Civil War. Knee-deep in a politically-gray conflict half the world over and roiling at home with racial tension,…