Lafayette

Across the Board

June 14, 2011 Like 0 bball

Brian Ball is the co-owner of Square State Skate in Lafayette. Square State Skate offers lessons, camps and clubs. If you’re not comfortable on your board, are still learning the lingo or are just learning to ride that board, give…

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Summer Cocktails

June 14, 2011 Like 0 editor

Our 5 Favorite Summer Cocktails 1. The newly crafted watermelon spritzer on the blossoming patio of Colterra, Niwot. 2. A giant margarita (try the pomegranate) at Richard’s On Third, Longmont. 3. The Elderflower cocktail featuring the cucumber-infused Hendrick’s gin and…

Online News

Sneak Peak: Month in Review

May 25, 2011 Like 0 Brandy Simmons

We know you’re dying to know, and we just couldn’t wait to spread the news about…well, everything north of 104th (plus general good news). Here’s a sneak preview of the Hot Issue’s Month in Review. U.S. troops killed Osama bin…

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Dishes We Love

February 8, 2011 Like 2 Lacy Boggs

Many of our favorite dishes this year found their grandeur in the essence of simplicity, taking advantage of astonishingly good seasonal ingredients.

Restaurant Reviews

Rockin’ Moroccan

January 6, 2011 Like 1 Lacy Boggs

The real reason to visit Kasbah, a cozy piece of Morocco in downtown Lafayette, is not the lamb—which is delectable—or the mint tea or the b’stella. It’s the all-encompassing experience: a taste of a different culture, a brief visit to…

Challenging Elements

Challenging Elements: Rice Krispies

January 6, 2011 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

An unsophisticated, mass-produced ingredient needs a sophisticated dish,” Connie Ruel, owner of eight-month-old Tutti in Lafayette told us as we settled down to taste her Challenge dish, and that just perfectly sums up what she and her chef did when…

Restaurant Reviews

Pulling All the Right Strings

January 6, 2010 Like 0 Lacy Boggs

When you work in downtown Erie, you’re always on the lookout for good places to eat within a (relatively) short distance. We give props to our neighboring restaurants on Briggs Street, but variety is the spice of life—and one needs…

Features

2009 Election Endorsements

October 14, 2009 Like 5 Lacy Boggs

Some say local politics is boring. Ha! Between the lines of each ballot are mayoral face-offs, city council battles between pro-growth or anti-business, partisan trickery mapped out in hate-filled blogs, and ballot issues that are outcomes of council micromanagement and…

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This Weekend’s Pick: Finding a Way Into a Sold Out Concert

July 10, 2008 Like 0 editor

The days of Bono touring rampantly stateside, belting out the classic “Sunday Bloody Sunday” made infamous at Red Rocks have long passed. We’re lucky to see U2 pass through town once every few years now. But you still want to…

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Lafayette Races

November 3, 2007 Like 1 editor

A City On The Brink A lot has been said recently about Lafayette’s “friendliness” to some of the big box retailers. (See Lowe’s, Super Wal-Mart.) The city desperately needs to pump up its retail sales tax base, but it can’t…