restaurants

Restaurant Rumblings

September 1, 2007 Like 0 editor

Tasty tidbits from the dining world

There was literal outrage in March from Lafayette residents when they rolled up to Bunkers Bagels only to find that the staple morning stop had shuttered overnight. Last we heard it was a lease disagreement.

Cuisine

Things Change

September 1, 2007 Like 0 editor

When I last visited (and reviewed) Colorado Coal Company in Erie a few years back, I remember being impressed by its elegance and near-fine-dining atmosphere. I remember being shown to a table by a host and seated with a hardbound…

Cuisine

Radda: Italian for Boulder Value

September 1, 2007 Like 0 editor

I don’t want to oversell this, but you might want to hold onto something. Ready? It’s possible to get innovative, delicious cuisine in an elegant environment without the check getting into what my parents would call “special occasion” territory. In…

Cuisine

Restaurant Rumblings

August 1, 2007 Like 0 editor

Tasty tidbits from the dining world

Cuisine

Minutes to Buy a Restaurant, a Lifetime to Enjoy the Food

August 1, 2007 Like 0 editor

Standing between two auto shops on 25th and Pearl, the 110-year-old red wooden building with a blue-painted address is somebody’s baby. The blink-and-you’ll-miss it restaurant called John’s is owned by siblings Corey Buck and Ashley Maxwell. It’s an establishment built…

Commentary

August’s Letters to the Editor

August 1, 2007 Like 0 editor

"Police policy: Deliver only the five-second burst of high voltage electricity only as last resort (what are the other methods to be used first?)."

Cuisine

Beating the 516 Curse

August 1, 2007 Like 0 editor

Here’s an exercise: Google “516 Main Longmont.” Go ahead. I’ll wait. Perhaps you dedicated readers (I won’t say “fans;” it’s so narcissistic, really) found what I suspected when I entered Flavor of India: I’ve been there before. In fact, this…

Cuisine

Still the Best of Broomfield

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A recent letter remarked with incredulity that our Best of the West poll had awarded Bloom the honor of Best Restaurant. Our accolade, it seems, had steered them smack dab into a Bad Restaurant Experience. Intrigued, my watchful editor put…

Cuisine

Good Eats With a Side of Good-To-See-Ya

July 1, 2007 Like 0 editor

The Uptown Erie Café is a statement in simplicity that is alternately charming and disarming. The charming part includes the homely atmosphere and the friendly service. Eight tables make up the dining area with large windows welcoming in passers by.…