Cuisine
A mile high and growing
Mile High Organics has a surprising business plan. Get fresh, organic produce, and deliver it to customers in the most sustainable way possible...
This must be the place
Wanted: Young, energetic food, beverage and music entrepreneurs to revive a one-of-a-kind, historic Boulder County venue. The location virtually oozes rustic, mountain town charm...
Try this week: Basil duck, enchiladas poblanas, and more
Basil Duck
Five Spice Asian Cuisine, 3325 28th St., #5, Boulder, fivespiceboulder.com
What goes into the basil duck dish at Five Spice Asian Cuisine is not rocket...
Drink this: Avery Brewing Co.’s Pomona Barrel-Aged Tart Ale
Brewed with bushels of blueberry and pomegranate and then aged over four months in oak barrels, Avery Brewing Co.’s newest addition to its barrel-aged...
Taste of the Week: Frescos Rosa de Jamaica
If you’ve dined at a taqueria or attended a party at a Latin American home, you already know about aguas frescas, the flavored soft...
Dispatch from the loud table
Weeks before we even conceived of a tour of Boulder County’s breweries, I made an uncomfortable discovery: When the Boulder Weekly staff goes out to eat — which is pretty often as we’re all wealthy and have tons of time — we’re the loud table...
Love apple lust
You think you know what a tomato tastes like, but you really don’t.
That’s especially true if you only eat supermarket greenhouse tomatoes, as...
Magic is in the air at Shine
Much is made of Boulder County, and particularly the city, being different from the rest of the country. I can’t speak to that as a whole, but I can say it’s pretty different from my hometown in Northeast Ohio. And nowhere was that more apparent than Shine Restaurant...
Rolling with noodles in Lafayette
The brief email arrived late on Saturday afternoon from old friend Daniel, who I hadn’t seen in years. It was a summons to Lafayette’s Udon Kaisha, which he deemed “the best!” Not one to turn down such an invitation, I soon found myself in a strip mall chockablock ...
Taste of the Week: Seeded Dark Rye Bread @ Moxie Bread...
Moxie Bread Co.’s Seeded Dark Rye isn’t for everyone, or even necessarily for those who love rye bread or marble rye for sandwiches like...
Bru is unoccupied and unexpected
Crunch, sweet and spice meld together in the $5 chicken biscuit at BRU handbuilt ales & eats. The fluffy base soaks in the juice and traps the flakes from the expertly fried chicken. A combination of honey and hot sauce results in a cartoon-like mushroom cloud of ...
Get your goat
Regrets? I have a few... including the fact that I didn’t get goat until late in my culinary life. Like a lot of folks...


















