Wine Shop EC.c Tenacity Wine Shop No matter how small or how large, wine shops are about the personality of the wine and the personality of the people. So, you know a place called Tenacity will be robust and bold,…
Theater Company BD.c : Colorado Shakespeare Festival When does a theater company become more than a theater company? Well, when they provide consistently spectacular productions while artfully crafting a unique performance model. In Boulder, Colorado Shakespeare Festival has been making…
Bagel BD.c : Moe’s Broadway Bagel When a lady from Colorado and a gent from New York decide to start a bagel shop, you get an original mom and pop bagel shop with which Boulder has fallen in love: Moe’s…
$10 Meal EC.c : Cheese Importers (Olde Philly Towne Hoagie, honorable mention) Even after updating its menu, the Cheese Importers’ grilled paninis clock in under $7. A delectable combination of sumptuous cheeses and fresh ingredients toasted between slices of pan…
Overall Restaurant EC.c : Colterra Ever since leaving Boulder (Chautauqua Dining Hall and Full Moon Grill) and taking the reins at Colterra (formerly le Chantecler) in Niwot, owner and chef Bradford Heap has kicked his menu offerings up a notch…
There are some things that deserve more than plain old derision and public scorn—actions so heinous and loathsome that incredulous ridicule just isn’t quite enough. Like mixing 30-year-old Scotch with 7-Up.
“Rumali roti,” my Indian friend explained as I leaned back in our booth, “is a feathery sort of naan. It’s very light and soft. We eat it with many of our meals back home.” As he was talking, our dishes…
A few feet above my head hovered a balcony-in-miniature, complete with a wrought iron railing and shutters reminiscent of those latched to houses in the Italian countryside. Their color evinced a weather-weariness; though, pockets of flowers brought the scene to…
For Italians, food is not just the exclamation point at the end of a sentence—it is the sentence. Marking important moments with food, the Italian way of life means any gathering of family or friends is an excuse to set…