The Tasting Menu

Vegan Southern-Fried Chicken and Waffles Native Foods Café, 1675 29th St., Boulder, nativefoods.com We heard somewhere the fastest growing sector in the food industry today is...

Mushroom Tartine Stowaway Kitchen, 2528 Walnut St., Denver, stowawaydenver.com Winter weekends, when the air is crisp and storm clouds cover the sun, are perfect for brunch....

Baja Fish Tacos Pica’s Taqueria, 5360 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, and 901 Front St., Louisville, picascolorado.com If you’re in the mood for fish tacos, there are few...

Austin Steak Sandwich Waterloo, 817 Main St., Louisville, waterloolouisville.com Waterloo’s Austin steak sandwich falls somewhere on the meat sandwich spectrum between the Philly cheese steak and...

Solano Pizza Pizzeria Locale, 1730 Pearl St., Boulder, localeboulder.com The original Boulder location of Pizzeria Locale is special. Even as the Neapolitan-style pizzeria and bar expands operations,...

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...

Hot coffee and a Montreal-style bagel... not a bad way to start a winter morning. We stopped by Woodgrain Bagels one recent blustery dawn...

Eggplant parm is the quintessential comfort food — hot, saucy, cheesy, savory; what more could you ask of an inanimate object? The folks at...

Crispy Chicken Potstickers The Bamboo Skewer food truck, Mobile, Boulder County, thebambooskewer.com The Bamboo Skewer food truck specializes in “Japanese-inspired grilled skewers,” which sound, objectively, delicious. We,...

The Spirulina Bowl Peachy’s Superfruit Cafe, 1926 14th St., Boulder, peachysboulder.com Good food, good mood” is the name of the game at this superfood joint, which recently...