Cuisine
Turning green with beer
Beer lovers rarely need an excuse to toss back a few pints. But if you’re looking for one, Saint Patrick’s Day (Monday, March 17) generally qualifies. And there’s some decent happenings this week to toast the patron saint of green on green outfits and bad decision ...
Gemini’s first is an impressive start
Sometimes we throw around this word “unique” and it ends up being more self-congratulatory than anything else. Uniquely self-congratulatory, that is. And we do...
The need for speed read
Read carefully. Always ask your server. And maybe bring a dictionary. Those are the hard lessons Jeff learned in a visit to Backcountry Pizza & Tap House...
Favorite cookbooks for holiday giving
A gift from the kitchen is so often a gift from the heart. We cook for those we love, sometimes saying more through the roast goose or potato latkes than we can ever express out loud. For those people on your holiday gift list who wear their hearts on their aprons, ...
Try this week: Cowboy burger, hopped apple cider and more
Cowboy BurgerEureka! 1048 Pearl St., Boulder, eurekarestaurantgroup.com
Eureka! is an infectiously fun spot in downtown Boulder, but what keeps the place packed, in addition to...
Authentic import
Chez Thuy rewards the brave. The menu is large and varied, representing Vietnamese cuisine that blends French, Chinese, Thai and Indonesian elements. There are myriad noodle dishes, many familiar. There are appetizers, soups, meats and curries that are no doubt ...
Back to gruel
Thanks to a last-minute reprieve, one of Boulder County’s quirkiest annual food events will take place as scheduled on Jan. 12. For the 23rd...
Fabulous fernet
“No quiero terminar en una celda sin mi fernet” “I don’t want to die in a cell without my fernet...
Try this week: Almond Coconut Danish @ Shamane’s Bakery and Cafe
Just try to walk into Shamane’s Bakery and Cafe, a cozy spot nestled in a plaza behind the old Boulder Beer location, and leave...
Que será, será
Boulder’s Il Pastaio — “the pasta maker” in Italian — has everything you could want in a red sauce joint: homemade long and short...
Four courses to try in Boulder County this week
Burrata
Via Perla, 901 Pearl St., Boulder, viaperla.com
There’s much to like in Via Perla’s burrata. First, the burrata itself — a mound of herbaceous, fresh mozzarella...
The coffee is sweeter at Bittersweet
By Imagine! CORE-Longmont Reviewers Editor’s note: Boulder Weekly received this submission from the Imagine! CORE-Longmont reviewers and decided to let them head off this week’s Cuisine section with a story on their experience at Bittersweet in Louisville. Imagine! ...


















