Cuisine
The thickest cocoa
The hot cocoa in my life had never been acceptable. It was always too thin and runny. Too much like liquid, and I didn’t...
Try this week: OAK’s ramen, Zoe Ma Ma’s duck wonton soup,...
Chicken and Shiitake Ramen
OAK at fourteenth, 1400 Pearl St., Boulder, oakatfourteenth.com
Only at OAK can you have a lunch that starts with fried pickles, moves on...
Know your brew: amber ale
Amber ale in 2018 might seem a little passé in a world dominated by hazies, adjunct-laden stouts and barrel-aged beasts. But not that long...
More than a cold remedy
Back in the ’90s, I’d hightail it down to Pearl Street’s New York Deli at the first sign of a cold. Reflexively, I’d order a big bowl of chicken matzo ball soup, sided with bagel chips, as a form of self-medication. The steamy, nutritious liquid would help clear the ...
Making room for high-end steak
Word was the Lady in Gray wanted to meet. She’s my counterpart at our cross-town rival, the Obscura, or whatever it’s called, and she thought it would be interesting if we reviewed a place together. She made reservations at the new Pearl Street Steak Room. I got ...
Taste of the Week: Croque Madame with raspberry jam and frites...
I settled in to wait for my Croque Madame with a huge, brightly colored mug of dark roasted coffee at a sunny window with the...
Getting into the Gindi
Boulder’s Gindi Café has a European influence exemplified by offering both food and ambience best described as fresh and modern. One is certainly glad this eatery chooses to emulate these continental qualities instead of, say, those of the Inquisition or Serge ...
Talkin’ terpenes
If you’ve been following along these past few weeks (Boulder Weekly, Aug. 12, 19 and 26), then you know we’ve been talking to Keith Villa...
Over the forest, through the woods
How do you review Christmas dinner at grandma’s house...
Drunk and hungry
As waves of cloudy-eyed CU students ascended the stairs from the University of Colorado Boulder campus to the front of the Colorado Book Store on Halloween, they were met by a group of individuals, some in suits and some in costumes, serving 10 pizzas from The Sink, ...
On the wine frontier
Boulder County’s foremost winemakers knew growing fruit wasn’t easy when they started Bookcliff Vineyards in 1996. Two bad growing years had imperiled the livelihood...
Tour de brew: Avery Brewing Co.
Dear parents of CU-Boulder students,
Welcome to our fine city. Nice, isn’t it? We here at Boulder Weekly understand that Parent’s Weekend can be a...