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Challenging Elements: Honey
Sun Rose Cafe is just the sort of place downtown Longmont needed: a classy gourmet soup, salad and sandwich place for those daytime shoppers or early evening commuters looking for a good, solid meal.
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Cuisine
Grandpa Pete’s Vodka Recipe Lives
The story behind 303Vodka is almost as good as the smooth, 80 proof potato concoction it describes. Almost.
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Nibbles: Taking a Bite Out of the Boulder Valley Empire
Money factored in Louisville’s good weather, family-friendly activities, strong economy and outdoor recreation opportunities when the magazine recently named the best small town in America.
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I Love the ‘80s
The year is 1987. You’ve just finished teasing your hair and putting on a final coat of Aqua Net when your boyfriend rings the bell. He’s got the top down on his Celica as the two of you cruise over…
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Refreshing Flavors
“This is my old stomping grounds!” my friend shouted to me as I slid into the seat opposite her at Centro Latin Kitchen. “I used to get drunk here all the time when it was the Samba Room. And I…
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Burrus at the Bar: High-Octane Beer Gets the Wine Treatment
Big beer. It’s a creeper trend that has, in the past year or so, gone ballistic as evidenced by the proliferation of high-alcohol, massively hopped special brews often sporting familiar names with “imperial” bolted on the front. Avery’s Maharaja Imperial…
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Challenging Elements: Mint
There’s something about the ambience at Black Cat that makes you feel as if you are visiting a friend’s home—a very cool, very sophisticated friend. Sofas replace booths or banquettes along the walls, and the open galley invites you to…
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A Seafood Star
When I go onto sites like Yelp and Chowhound, I’ve noticed a lot of user reviews that start out by saying things like, “Longmont is a culinary wasteland, but…” or “Even though most restaurants in Longmont suck…”
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Simply Superb
I started taking French classes in the eighth grade, despite my parents’ suggestions that Spanish might be more useful. They might have had a point, but I precociously told them that French was the language of diplomacy. I became an…
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Challenging Elements: Zamparelli’s
If you’ve ever had the opportunity to watch Nancy and Jimmy Zamparelli together in the narrow galley kitchen of their restaurant, you’ve seen why they’re successful. They work so well together that sometimes they don’t even need words; Nancy will…
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