Foodie

The universe did not see fit to equip me with both the food appreciation gene and the “let’s exercise for fun!” gene. Could I really reach and stay at a healthy weight while being a professional foodie?

Most kids’ menus feature some variation of the hamburger-chicken finger-mac and cheese trifecta, and for good reason; there are plenty of kids who won’t eat anything but.

It’s kind of rough being a food columnist in January. Oh, everyone’s excited to talk to you in November and December; family is coming into town, the holiday debauchery is in full swing and everyone wants to know where’s the…

Openings and Closings Poppy Café opened in the Peloton Building in Boulder. Boulder got new brewery when Wild Woods Brewery opened on Conestoga Court. Oskar Blues is opening CHUBurgers in Longmont in 2013. Lucky’s Market will expand to Longmont in…

Every family has holiday traditions, no matter which holidays you celebrate. For years, my family celebrated Thanksgiving and Christmas with a Butterball and New Year’s with a HoneyBaked Ham. It wasn’t until after my grandmother passed that my mom decided…

Openings and Closings Rinco Argentino opened in Boulder, bringing Argentinian cuisine to The Village on Arapahoe. Harold’s and The Bayonette Room opened on Ken Pratt in Longmont. Press Play, an “arcade bar,” opened in the former Round Midnight space on…

When I say “foodie adventures,” I’m not talking about eating Rocky Mountain oysters or chocolate-dipped scorpions—though you could do that, too!—I’m talking about getting out of your seat, out of the restaurant and burning off a few calories while you…

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…

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…

Kids in BoCo have it pretty good, as evidenced by the outstanding plethora of classes, camps, and other fun extra-curricular activities touched on in this issue. Lucky for the mini-foodies among us, BoCo adults take their offspring’s food education pretty…