Cuisine
Shaking up Salt
When a space has been a restaurant almost continuously for nearly 75 years, it retains echoes of all the people who’ve eaten and worked...
Try this week: Sausage toast, hot chicken and waffles, and more
Sausage Toast
Seeds Library Cafe, Boulder Main Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, seedsboulder.com
There was once a time when all you could expect from a library in...
New in brew: Fritz Family Brewers
Five years ago, Niwot was home to two breweries. Bootstrap Brewing was first to market, with Powder Keg not far behind. But as of...
In crust we trust
I love a pretty pie, but as a pie judge for the past 30-plus years, I’ve learned that many pies hide their craveable flavors...
The return of succulent sushi
About a year ago, I was dismayed to learn that Longmont’s Ichiban was suspending its sushi and sashimi service, as this was perhaps my favorite spot for variations on the raw fish theme. I was out of sorts until learning that a retooled version of Ichiban reopened ...
Under-exposed
People who try to claim they weren’t fascinated by Google Street View when it debuted in 2007 are kidding themselves. The groundbreaking service gave users 360-degree views of about every street in the country and revolutionized the process of going places...
Is this the end of craft beer?
Don’t worry; beer ain’t going anywhere. Neither is small and local, but craft beer — as a whole and as a movement — could...
Le Peep’s: Something for everyone
A few years back, I went to a Le Peep’s location in Englewood and had a singularly horrible breakfast, which ran counter to my experience at the Boulder location. I eventually learned the reason for the disparity in quality. The Boulder venue operates independently ...
360 breweries and counting
Beer Here! Brewing in the New West is the latest exhibit to open at the History Colorado Center in Denver, and it tells the...
Belgium, bikes and burgers
Blending the disparate elements of cycling, Belgian gastronomy and burgers, Rueben’s Burger Bistro is a recent, if not risktaking, addition to the downtown Boulder dining scene. This space’s interior harkens back to its two-wheeled heritage, with a depiction of ...
Hops for days
If you’re like me, you’re eager for breweries to open at full capacity — to try samplers of beers and unique taproom-only offerings; to...
Trimming the fat on fat
With the salad days of summer behind us and dark, cold days approaching, fat is in season. The holidays, and the accompanying onslaught of rich feasts, present a timely opportunity to think about fat, and there is much to consider these days. I used to assume that we...


















