Cuisine

Empire’s main dishes deliver

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Over the past few years, downtown Louisville’s dining options have grown impressively, and the Empire Restaurant and Lounge is one of this burg’s top spots for fine dining in a relaxed setting. While this space can accommodate many diners, it feels smaller and more ...

Breakfast with a side of country charm

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For me, weekend breakfasts take on a distinctly different tenor than workday morning repasts. All too often, the weekday meal is a hurried affair, consisting of downing a cup of java while rushing out the door after gulping down a bowl of granola of piece of fruit. ...

Reaping the bounty of our state

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Boulder County residents are spoiled in that we don’t have to look far for fresh, sustainable foods. And as more foods from the burgeoning local scene pack farmers’ markets and fine dining establishments, curious consumers are not short on choices...

A slice of Italy

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Some local Italian restaurants trace their culinary lineage back to the venerable Americanized red sauce haunts of San Francisco or the East Coast. Alternatively, they may possess a more direct link to the old country without the hindrance of flavors compromised to...

Liquid Mechanics and the art of location, location, location

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Being far too aware of how fun drinking and driving seems at first, I have always preferred to avoid its potential pitfalls and manslaughter charges by frequenting bars that I can walk to. That’s why I wouldn’t have thought of Liquid Mechanics’ new digs at the ...

Brewery burnout

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At some point, I think we all lost the ability to identify beer flavors...

Keeping it hush-hush

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Groucho Marx famously sent a telegram to the Friars Club, a selective association of entertainers that counted the comedian among its membership. His wire went like this: “Please accept my resignation. I don’t want to belong to any club that will accept people like...

Barrel racing

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America has a history of trying to one-up the rest of the world. Maybe it has something to do with our rebellious origins. Maybe that explains monster trucks, KISS and deep dish pizza. So it only makes sense that when the craft brewing revolution started more than 20...

Chicken a la antlers

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The last time I went to The Post Brewing Company in Lafayette, it still hadn’t opened. What a difference a few months makes. The mess of ladders and power tools had been replaced with a buzz of activity as servers darted back and forth between the packed tables, ...

Five hours of sour

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On the heels of last week’s sugary-sweet trip to Wild Woods, things turned sour...

Locals explore adventures in eating

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Jon Emanuel is on a quest to convince people that offal isn’t actually awful...

A distinctive Indian lunch buffet

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For those old enough, you may remember 1985 as a dark time, mostly because that’s when McDonald’s launched the McDLT. In today’s recycling-conscious age, the McDLT probably wouldn’t exist. For those of you unfamiliar with this environmental atrocity, this was a ...