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Thumbin’ It
Hitchhiking has always been good to me, but I can’t say the same for a certain drunk who once rolled in an early ‘70s Opel GT. His car was on the verge of a coronary; it was merely fate that…
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This Bloom Hasn’t Faded
When Bloom first came to Broomfield almost 10 years ago, it stood out as one of the first fine dining establishments in the area to take on the burgeoning “new American” style of cuisine. Now, new American is being replaced…
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Fusion You Can Rely On
“Can we get some of those peanut butter marshmallow things?” was the first thing out of my husband’s mouth upon learning we were headed to Bimbamboo, a casual Asian fusion restaurant on Pearl Street.
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Challenging Elements: Pomegranate
The pomegranate is an odd beast, unusual looking and challenging to eat. Cultivated by the ancients and woven into their religions and stories, the fruit is enjoying a renaissance due to a truly modern preoccupation with antioxidants. Traditional cuisines have…
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No Place Like the Stove
The holidays will be here faster than you can say, “I’d like to get an order for take out, please.” That means it’s time to dust off your fine china, warm up your oven and start your timer. It’s time…
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Inspiring Italian
It used to be that “mall food” was about the lowest insult you could sling at a restaurant. Mall food was synonymous with a food court, a wasteland consisting mostly of soft-serve ice cream, pizza slices as big as your…
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Pie in the Sky
Walking down the Pearl Street Mall, I’d never paid much attention to 14th Street Bar and Grill. Its patio tables always seemed packed beneath its cheerful yellow awnings, but I never looked past the façade. How wrong I was to…
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Challenging Elements: Cantina Laredo
A few months ago, Robbie Wright, the general manager of Cantina Laredo at the 29th Street Mall in Boulder asked us why we don’t have a challenge for bartenders. We didn’t have a good answer for him, so we decided…
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Tid-Bites: Park Burger, Denver
My friend Hannah and her husband are my go-to excuse for trying new restaurants in Denver. If I don’t really have an excuse to be down there, but want to try a new place, I’ll call them up and ask…
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2009 Election Endorsements
Some say local politics is boring. Ha! Between the lines of each ballot are mayoral face-offs, city council battles between pro-growth or anti-business, partisan trickery mapped out in hate-filled blogs, and ballot issues that are outcomes of council micromanagement and…
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