Cuisine
Importing old tradition
Boulder loves beer — we get it. With more than 20 microbreweries putting down roots in Boulder County, where general attitude favors local products, Boulderites seem to love their hoppy, heavy, high-in-alcohol-content brews...
In California, what is old is new again
Arnot-Roberts. Lioco. Matthiasson. Sandhi.
These are just four of the producers that are counteracting the notion that ripeness, butter and oak should define California chardonnay....
Try this week: Sweet pork salad, the Supreme Supreme, and more
Sweet Pork Salad
Café Mexicali, 2850 Baseline Road, Boulder, www.cafemexicali.com
You can’t leave Café Mexicali without being full. This fast casual “fresh as it gets” Mexican...
Hangover killers
Summer is more than here — it’s kicking hard. That means it’s the perfect time to enjoy the warm evenings with some extracurricular activities. But let’s be honest: Boulder isn’t exactly a late-night bumping city. However, with thousands of college students and a ...
Basta’s brunch among the best
Once known as Pizzeria Basta, the Boulder eatery now simply known as Basta still serves savory wood oven pies. But this name change more accurately reflects a menu offering much more than just pizza, which is a smart move. Because while I’ve always felt the pies here...
When veggies are the star
In the heart of downtown Louisville, tucked just far enough away from Main Street to create a mood entirely its own, Zucca’s stucco storefront...
A special place
It’s prime rib night at the tavern. There’s a happy murmur in the dining room, likely because it’s the kind of place where you can get a fat prime rib and baked potato for ten bucks on a Monday night...
Tibet Kitchen: bad parking, great prices
You know Tibet Kitchen. You’ve driven by its location on the corner of Arapahoe and Folsom dozens of times, seen its large sign advertising lunch specials starting at $4.95 and its nightmare of a parking lot and kept right on going, thinking “one day” to yourself. ...
Spring beer news
World Beer Cup results
At this year’s Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America — held in May in Nashville, Tennessee — 2,515 breweries from 66...
Not with a bang but with a shipping delay
It’s the sort of story the Internet lives for: In October, Huy Fong Foods, manufacturer of Asian hot sauce institution Sriracha, aka, “cock sauce,” was sued by its hometown of Irwindale, Calif., a move that threatened to limit America’s strategic hot sauce reserves ...
Four courses to try in Boulder County this weekend
Za Jiang Mian
Zoe Ma Ma
2010 10th St., Boulder, zoemama.com
Zoe Ma Ma continues to be casually great. Their signature za jiang ma is an exercise...
CU dining services constrained from going local
Dining services at the University of Colorado Boulder is attempting to increase the percentage of local food served in on-campus dining halls. However, the rules and regulations involved in the process are hindering localization efforts...


















