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Best Drink — Denver
Bar • CRITICS: Tavern Uptown, Uptown There is now a Tavern Downtown, in Lowry and the Tech Center. None of them pass muster when measured against the original (that’s not a knock on the others as much as it is…
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Prospect in the Raw
In this space I have previously disparaged New Urbanism as a conceit. For the uninitiated, this is the name given to housing developments that are designed with their own town square, “distinctive” houses and apartments, and ample retail space.
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At Long Last, Louisville Has its Empire
Settled into the space occupied for so long by its predecessor Pasquini’s, Empire is an eclectic and elegant reimagining of a space that has screamed “potential.” Gone is the shabby familiarity that was the pizzeria’s true hallmark and in its…
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Challenging Elements: Chevre
While reading our first crack at Challenging Elements last month, Moncia Smetena-Hertrich breathed a sigh of relief. The owner and chef at Longmont’s Praha Restaurant figured she was safe from having to work with pinto beans (March’s ingredient) during this…
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Best of the West
It’s been a long few months. We’ve been busy eating at all the best restaurants, checking out the coolest shops, talking to interesting people and spending countless hours at the spa. Our job is terrible, we know. But this is…
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Not Ready For Prime Time Just Yet
Editor’s Note: It’s 11:33 p.m. on deadline night, and we just found out Hunter’s shuttered its doors just months after trying to revamp the 10-year-old eatery into a high-end steakhouse. Perhaps this is why:
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Destination Challenge
There is perhaps no more consistently hopping dining room between Denver and Boulder than the Village Tavern’s, a fact which I overlooked recently when I made the observation that two other FlatIron Crossing spots—Bloom and Flatz—were the mall’s only culinary…
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Challenging Elements: Pinto Beans
“Pinto Beans?” Corey Buck mutters. I’ve just told him this month’s secret ingredient. Silence follows. It turns out this truly is a challenge.
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5 Boulder Faves
Because of the shear volume of places to grab a good bite to eat, Boulder would have dominated our North Metro favorites. This is no knock on the communities to the east—consider it a testament to one of the great…
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Foods We Love
Sometimes we’re in the mood for a fancy dinner. Or we simple go searching for some classic comfort food. Other times a basic fried snack fills us up. Basically, we love to eat out, which got us thinking we should…
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