Cuisine
Boulder restaurants: Old dogs, new tricks
History bellows from the walls. It is told not quietly under some uniform wallpaper, but through a changing and gaudy array of expressive caricatures, balloon words and inscrutable signatures squished and folded over each other like imprints on soil...
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...
Dressing up your drinks for spring
Trying to eat better this spring? Or at least trying to look better when you bust out the shorts and swimsuits this summer? Boulder Weekly sat down with James Lee, owner/partner of Blackbelly Catering and The Bitter Bar to discuss his favorite seasonal drinks and ...
Everything has value
Toward the end of the night, a patron of the Boulder Shelter for the Homeless said it’s bittersweet when volunteer kitchen manager Mark Biggers makes a meal — the food was always good, but, the man said, it was making him fat...
Snack bar with Boulder ties benefits malnourished
Boulder is about to get another nutritional bar...
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. ...
Embracing the Rhone Rangers
Raise your hand if customers regularly come in and ask for a good Cabernet.”
I recently issued this directive to a group of 40 sommeliers,...
Greenhouse gas
About the only thing Boulderites like to flaunt as much as the city’s plethora of microbreweries is its interest in sustainability. Too bad then that the brewing process creates a butt-ton of carbon dioxide (approximately 100 tons for a 10,000 barrel-ayear brewery), ...
Drink this: It’s National Tequila Day
It’s not like we need to tell you to go to the Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant for all things tequila, but July 24 is...
Trading a desk job for one in the vineyards
Finding Shane Finley was easy.
Via email, we planned to meet for lunch at Bourbon Steak in Washington, D.C., a restaurant that’s housed at the...
Nutrition-conscious drawn to diet for those who can’t digest wheat
The gluten-free diet is no picnic...
