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Lacy Boggs

Lacy is an award-winning food writer and blogger. She lives in Westminster with her family. Google

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 the former BJ’s space on Pearl St. Harold’s Restaurant…

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Restaurant review: La Revolución Taqueria Y Cantina

October 17, 2012 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

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 the most happening strips…

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Chef De Cuisine Adam Royster, Flagstaff House

October 3, 2012 Like 1 Lacy Boggs

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 Italian…

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Chef De Cuisine Jared Sippel, Frasca Food & Wine, Boulder

September 17, 2012 Like 1 Lacy Boggs

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 Francisco. He has worked every station at Frasca and has been…

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Sous Chef Chris Royster, Flagstaff House, Boulder

September 17, 2012 Like 1 Lacy Boggs

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Chef De Cuisine Rachel Best, Leaf Vegetarian Restaurant, Boulder

September 17, 2012 Like 2 Lacy Boggs

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 field and then attend the…

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Chef Garde Manager & Expeditor Zach Williams, Sugarbeet, Longmont

September 17, 2012 Like 1 Lacy Boggs

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 CSU extension office as a…

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Pizzaiolo Jordan Wallace, Pizzeria Locale, Boulder

September 17, 2012 Like 1 Lacy Boggs

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 chef, the owners sent him…

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Young Guns: 2nd Annual Chef’s Issue

September 17, 2012 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

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 way into the food world—raised…

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Executive Chef Joe Arena, Bitter Bar, Boulder

September 17, 2012 Like 1 Lacy Boggs

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 Culinary Institute…