Boulder bEAT: A Riff on Liquid Dinner
Upon meandering into Riffs Urban Fare for the first time earlier this week, we overheard the host letting the walk-in patrons ahead of us down gently—booked solid for First Bite Boulder, with at least a 2.5 hour wait at 6 p.m. Sunday. What these defeated women weren’t in on: their wait time would have faded...
Boulder bEAT: Bite into Boulder
For anyone meandering up to Boulder for a bite this weekend, you’d be well advised to see if your eating place of choice is among the 47 participating in Boulder’s restaurant week, an annual event highlighting our foodie haven. If it is, make a reso. If not, change your plans. Kicking off its seventh year...
Boulder bEAT: All Treat and No Trick makes Jack a Full Boy
As I made the final strides through my neighborhood and toward my door on Halloween’s eve, something smacked me square in the face. Eyes bugged, I was then carried nose-ward, a cartoon character afloat an olfactory wave wafting from Lucky’s Bakehouse and Creamery this time…instead of the usual China Gourmet (another temptation altogether). I was somewhat prepared for...
Boulder bEAT: Pho Soup for You
Do you crave savory so much that you don’t care if it looks like you’ve been weeping—with eyes so puffy the next day—and when you do cry, the higher-than-average salinity in your tears stings your eyeballs? No? Oh…uh, me neither. For salt fiends of my intensity level, it doesn’t get much better than a fat...
Boulder bEAT: Something Sweet on its Way to NoBo
Those who’ve been dreaming about a diet that permits doughnuts won’t have to wait much longer…Lucky’s new Bakehouse & Creamery is set to open in October. “If you have never had a French doughnut, you are missing one of the great pleasures of life,” asserts Jen Bush, the nationally recognized chef behind this soon-to-launch sweet...
Boulder bEAT: Hazel’s Takes Flight
Whether Hazel kicks your ass or steals your heart, she’ll never leave you scrounging for a bottle, boasting the title of Boulder County’s largest liquor store. Bruce and Carleen Hazel Dierking named and themed their Beverage World around an amalgamation of a number of strong women who have played a big role in their lives....
Boulder bEAT: Attention Hop Heads
Missed your chance to snag a Great American Beer Festival ticket as 49,000 others beat you to the punch in less than an hour? Not to worry. Avery’s Inaugural Boulder IPA Fest promises to deliver what most beer geeks are after anyway: a solid selection of IPAs from renowned craft brewers the nation wide. Presenting IPAs from...
Boulder bEAT: Tossa, What a Concept
If you can make it here, you’ll make it anywhere. It’s up to you…Boulder? That’s, at least, what one restaurant manager told me about our foodie capital as the perfect test market for Tossa—the flagship Italian spot serving up fast-casual by day, full service in the evening since last fall. This dual concept affords diners...
Boulder bEAT: It’s Fine to Dine on Street 29
Many will find what I’m about to say pretty ridiculous. The most significant and recurring argument between my fiancé and I has to do with what’s for dinner…as in, where should we eat, because I’m sure as hell not cooking. Yeah, that’s right, we do live in the veritable culinary mecca that is Boulder, Colo.,...
Boulder bEAT: On Point, Off the Map—Taste II
Perhaps out of a sense of responsibility to the small business owner, here I go again…running my watering mouth off about Boulder’s best budget bites, just like I did last week. Truth is, when I think about it, this support the small guy mentality might be a little misguided, as all of these spots are...
Boulder bEAT: On Point, Off the Map
I’m already kicking myself for telling you this. You’re just as happy scooching your chair in at any restaurant selection along Pearl Street’s renowned row; and why wouldn’t you be? With Frasca and L’ATELIER ready to beam you to foreign fine dining bliss at one end, The Kitchen and SALT there to wrap locally sourced farm-to-table tastes...
Boulder bEAT: Bramble & Hare Serves up Fare from Near
Boulder may have an epidemic on its hands. And ravenous residents are running toward it, arms open, mouths agape. This trend has seen chef-driven restaurants from the likes of Frasca, The Kitchen and Arugula buying up adjacent real estate for offshoot concepts that tend to uphold reputation and quality without the big bill. Bramble &...
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