Cuisine – Category Archive – North Metro Diversions

Off Menu with Alex Schuler/Tangerine and Chris Royster/Flagstaff

Boulder County is known for its culinary achievements, with award-winning restaurants, wineries and a culture that not only appreciates food but relishes in the diversity of dining options. We want to know what's cooking and who's cooking it. Follow along as we talk to chefs to find out what fuels them – mind, body and soul.

Off Menu With Alex Schuler/Tangerine & Chris Royster/Flagstaff

New Year, New Food

New Brunch Corrida is 10 months old but its brunch menu is brand new, and it’s impressive. Bryan Dayton and Amos Watts opened the Basque region inspired steakhouse on the rooftop atop the Pearl West Building with floor to ceiling views of Chautauqua and Flagstaff and optional outdoor seating. Welcome to brunch. Drinks are a definite part of the equation. Start your meal with a clarified

Bliss Out With Oskar Blues

Oskar Blues’ new series Can-O-Bliss is aptly named. The first of the series to launch, a tropical IPA, fizzles lightly on your tongue, flavors of peach and citrus kiss your tastebuds signaling the hard work of the day is over. It’s the kind of the beer that I like to start my nightcap with even if it ends with something a little stronger. Not that the Can-o-Bliss is light, it

Po’Boys at Julep Pop-up ‘Pirate Alley’: Get ’em now!

Pirate Alley has come to Denver. For the “quick, filling, & affordable...something more casual than dinner service” stop into Julep and have a taste of NOLA goodness done the right way.

Vanilla beans, baby: The second most expensive spice in the world

The sound and feel of the first crack on the caramelized layer of sugar on a freshly fired white chocolate crème brûlée at Piece, Love, and Chocolate in downtown Boulder may have you feeling like Amélie.

Wizards & Witches: The most magical of Beer Festivals (Harry would approve)

There were Potter fans everywhere. The streets were awash in magic and spells and beer drinking leagues highkey appropriating Potter themes. And there was a church - The Church, to be specific - which, as it turns out, was the perfect place for dangling owls and imbibing potions from local Colorado brewers.

Chuck Morris v The Sink: History in ink

Today, February 4th, 2019, former Sink Manager and Colorado Music Hall of Fame inductee, Chuck Morris stopped by the world famous, 96 year old, local Boulder institution, The Sink, to sign the Wall of Fame. There was also an unveiling of his newest caricature... of himself.

Have Yourself a Non-Traditional Merry Christmas Meal

Tis the holiday season, whether you’re celebrating Diwali, Thanks- giving, Hanukkah, Christmas, Yule, Kwanzaa, or some combination. The one thing that factors into all holidays - and all lives, and all cultures - is food. Whether you’re making gulab jamun for Diwali, or roasting a turkey for Thanksgiving, food is what makes these celebrations special. The table is where we gather for

Chowing Down at Spirit Hound

Dinner and drinks at one of Colorado’s best distilleries? Oh yes, count me in. By the time I arrived at Spirit Hound Distillers, the Lyons distillery was already alive with conversation. The mostly local crowd was spread throughout the small dining room, chattering at long picnic tables while waiting somewhat patiently for the next round of craft spirits. Spirit Hound and Spice of