Cuisine

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Fusion You Can Rely On

November 12, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

“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.

Challenging Elements

Challenging Elements: Pomegranate

November 12, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

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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The Pettyjohn Spirit Lives On

November 12, 2009 Like 0 James Burrus

When done right, a local mom-and-pop shop thrives, not only because of a loyal customer base but because it grows up with the neighbors it serves. And for a textbook example, look no further than Pettyjohn’s Liquor and Wine in…

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Nibbles: Want Fries With That?

October 19, 2009 Like 1 John Lehndorff

I’m starting to feel like I’ve moved to Swallow Falls, the mythical town in the film Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs where cheeseburgers rain down from the sky.

Restaurant Reviews

Inspiring Italian

October 19, 2009 Like 1 Lacy Boggs

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…

Restaurant Reviews

Pie in the Sky

October 19, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

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…

Challenging Elements

Challenging Elements: Cantina Laredo

October 19, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

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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Burrus at the Bar: Dry Dock Christened Brewery of the Year

October 19, 2009 Like 0 James Burrus

As much as anything, medaling at the Great American Beer Festival is about bragging rights. Putting together a beer that fits a particular style—especially when that style is being attempted by another four or five dozen brewers around the country—and…

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Bier Essentials

September 10, 2009 Like 0 James Burrus

As Oktoberfest approaches and you prepare for polka music and brats, let’s celebrate what unites us as Coloradans: beer. Here, we raise our glasses to fall beer, locally brewed Märzens and our hop-loving forefathers.

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Nibbles: When John Met Julia

September 10, 2009 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

It was my father, the Austrian-born anesthesiologist, who turned me on to Julia Child, and not Mom, who did all the cooking. I would hear him laughing in the TV room and go in to find out what was so…