Deep Dish
Surviving the Hill
For reasons I won’t attempt to detail in this column, University Hill proves to be a difficult place for many locally grown restaurants (and...
What food says about who we are
Think about how you define yourself — hair color and style, jewelry, clothes, car, nail polish, piercings, tattoos, musical taste, home décor, job; these...
Julia would be pleased
The night was a little cloudy and very windy. Rounding the corner of 11th and Walnut is the cozy Amante Coffee, with its Italian...
Unleash the quiche
When Mark and Carmen Sample set out to found Samples World Bistro in downtown Longmont, they had a couple of objectives. One was to...
The classiest taco
Hi. My name is Caitlin and I’m a taco addict.
I’m only slightly ashamed to admit how often I eat tacos — but I...
My kingdom for a mango lassi
Not all Saturdays are meant for carousing in your finest dancing pants. No, some Saturdays are meant for daylong home improvement projects in your...
Somewhere over the rainbow (curry)
Wind blew light rain this way and that as streams snaked down the sides of Pearl Street. The days are still hot and sunny,...
Why we all love Indian food
Tandoori Grill is a pretty special spot for me; it’s where I ate dinner the day I moved to Boulder, exhausted from three days...
How many slams in an old screen door?
Shel Silverstein once asked, poetically, “How many slams in an old screen door?” The answer, he said, “Depends how loud you shut it.”
The...
Fill up on bread
We’ve all been there: Sitting at dinner, surrounded by loved ones, and out comes a basket of bread. Without fail, someone says, “Don’t fill...
What happens at great bars
A great bar has a great history. This isn’t conjecture, just a simple matter of fact. Think: McSorely’s of New York, The Union Oyster...
Eating pizza with a fork
Americans collectively scoffed last spring when John Kasich, still on the trail for the Republican presidential nomination, picked up a knife and fork and...
