Cuisine
Try this week: Shamane’s Bake Shoppe, Via Perla, and more
Breakfast Sandwich
Shamane’s Bake Shoppe, 2825 Wilderness Place, Unit 800, Boulder, shamanesbakeshoppe.com
Shamane’s is one of those places everyone needs to know about but you selfishly...
A brewery from another world
Just across the Weld County line there is an outpost. It’s a little bit of Mos Eisley Cantina and a little bit of David...
Scratch-made doughnuts, a Titanic meal and an old-timey Boulder recipe
We all have tasted a lot of chocolate-glazed doughnuts, varying from good to barely worth dunking. The chocolate-glazed cake doughnuts at Nok’s Donuts are...
Tossa Pizza strikes a balance
For some odd reason, when I first heard of Boulder’s new eatery, Tossa Pizza, my mind swiftly visualized Luigi Risotto reciting this restaurant’s name in a comical Italian accent...
Liquid Mechanics and the art of location, location, location
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 ...
Good eats in the streets
Popularized by such operations as L.A.’s Kogi, kitchens on wheels have finally hit the streets of Boulder. Far removed from the catering trucks of old, these outfits eschew stale plastic-wrapped sandwiches in favor of ethnic street food and comfort classics. Streat ...
Hooked on curds
My transcendental fromage moment occurred in 2004 during an epic lunch with my family at L’Espadon restaurant in the Paris Ritz hotel. I was...
Health risks unknown for nanoparticles in food
On the surface, nanoparticles seem to offer many potential benefits: By adding them to foods and food packaging, they can help deliver nutrients, act as thickening agents, enhance taste or flavor or ensure longer freshness of food. But these tiny microscopic versions...
Taste of the Week: Tacos built with flavor
Taco Tuesday has become highly competitive. There are so many Boulder County restaurants serving what are labeled “authentic” Mexican street tacos, I checked in...
Whiskey straight up
Whiskey, the spirit that fueled the Wild West, is hot again, with global sales topping $3 billion last year, creating a run on all styles of the spirit. Fortunately for Coloradans, distillers are popping up across the state creating their own unique versions of this ...
Try this week: The Roxborough @ D’Angelo’s Deli
The mother-and-daughters team behind D’Angelo’s Deli in Boulder has been slinging cheesesteaks, subs, salads and breakfast items for several years now and the quality’s...
How to become a mashed potato GOAT
For all its culinary hipness, Boulder is really ground zero of the Mashed Potato Belt. You don’t have to look far to uncover the...


















