Cuisine
Parting shot: My favorite restaurants
Editor’s note: This is Clay Fong’s last restaurant review for Boulder Weekly...
A memorable culinary trip to Morocco
Stepping out of a nondescript 28th Street parking lot into Tangier Moroccan Cuisine is a transformative experience. Once inside, one removes one’s shoes and absorbs the warm ambiance of a dining room packed with richly colored rugs and comfy cushions. Faced with ...
The unique taste of Peru
Rosario sits down to lunch with her chef and her two waitresses. It’s all slush and pudgy fog this early afternoon, and I’m sitting across the empty dining room from the group when I’m waved over...
More than a coffee shop
The first impression of downtown Boulder’s Saxy’s Cafe is that of your typical college town coffee shop with a ramshackle, slightly lived-in feel. But a closer look reveals more luxurious trappings epitomized by comfortable sofas and low coffee tables that give the ...
Worth it
The food at Frasca Food & Wine was so good that, at one moment, I cried. It had never happened to me before, nor should it have — the only times one should cry while eating is if they’ve been rescued by a cargo ship and offered a hot meal for the first time in ...
‘Where the beer was born’
“We brew beers that 50 percent of the people are going to love and 50 percent of the people are going to hate, and...
Try this week: Trout Almondine, panino gelato and more
Trout Almondine
Mateo, 1837 Pearl St., Boulder, mateorestaurant.com
Mateo’s a great spot to experience fine dining without busting your wallet. Most entrées come in under $30, with...
What to drink with what you eat, Christmas edition
Though the carols, decorations, and gift-giving might appear standard on the surface, no holiday feast on the calendar is as varied as what makes...
Worlds collide
Worlds collide in layers at the new Moxie Bread Company in Louisville...
South of the border but a cut above
While most local Mexican restaurants are affordable familystyle venues, there are a handful of restaurants in this genre gunning for something rarefied. These locales up the ante with memorable ambience, a gourmet versus utilitarian experience, and prices to ...
Time for a session
It seems lately like craft beer brewers are borrowing a page from their brethren in big beer: Less is more. While the craft beer revolution has fundamentally transformed brewing in the United States towards producing bigger and bolder flavored beers, lately more ...
Profiles in brew: Laura Lodge of Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines...
Held every winter high
up in the Rockies, the Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines Festival is one of
the year’s premier beer events.
“It’s largely a brewers’
festival,”...