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Food trucks rev up in Longmont, a duel at Edge and a Feast in Vail on this week's culinary calendar

2013-05-20 06:00:00

Prospect Park in Longmont now hosts a gathering of area food trucks every Monday night from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Prospect Eats also features live, local music; visit the website for the full schedule...

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Williams & Graham and Sean Kenyon both finalists for Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards

2013-05-17 16:52:58

Westword bar columnist Sean Kenyon just landed in New York City about an hour ago for the Manhattan Cocktail Classic, and once he turned his cell phone on, it started buzzing like a palpitating h...

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First look: Jimmy's Urban Bar & Grill opens in LoDo

2013-05-17 13:09:03

You likely won't notice that the front door of Jimmy's Urban Bar & Grill slants, if only a little. It has something to do with luck -- good luck -- and Alicia Bernat, along with her husband Jim a...

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Win admission for two to Toques and 'Tails on Thursday, May 23, at Casselman's

2013-05-17 12:10:14

On Thursday, May 23, Becky Creighton, the founder of Culinary Connectors, a company that exposes foodniks -- both locals and visitors -- to various Denver, Boulder and Aspen restaurants as part o...

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Meatballs on salads might sound odd -- but iced coffee once was, too

2013-05-17 11:01:14

As fast-casual concepts go, meatballs make sense. They can be prepared ahead and finished to order, they're bite-sized, and they travel well. The part that takes explaining, as I say in this wee...

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Crooked Stave's Roy G. Biv day celebrates the end of the rainbow

2013-05-17 10:02:27

Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project will celebrate Roy G. Biv on Sunday with a bottle sale, a party and a couple of rare beer tappings at the Barrel Cellar. Roy G. Biv isn't a person, though (if ...

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Guess where I'm drinking mouth-numbing Tingala?

2013-05-17 09:01:10

I can't imagine what you'd do with this Colorado spirit, which makes your mouth, lips and gums go numb -- a lot like Sichuan peppercorns -- but there's at least one restaurant and bar that's con...

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Five things you shouldn't have to be told NOT to do in restaurants

2013-05-17 07:58:19

A couple took their infant to a Denver Starbucks this week, and when they didn't find a changing table in the restroom, they decided to do a ragey protest-change on a table in the dining room. Th...

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Reader: Can't we come up with something other than pizza and beer bars?

2013-05-17 06:59:04

Although downtown just lost another pizza spot, Toppings, today Pizza Republica will make its debut on 14th Street, right in front of the Colorado Convention Center -- and this downtown version ...

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The Comida food truck is throwing a birthday bash in Boulder today

2013-05-17 06:00:00

The crew behind Comida Cantina is celebrating the third birthday for "Tina," the hot-pink food truck that inspired two brick and mortars -- today at Flatiron Park in Boulder. There will be food s...

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Exclusive first look: Pizza Republica opens tomorrow in the downtown theater district

2013-05-16 15:49:43

Pizza palaces, as we reported earlier today, are peppered throughout the downtown Denver restaurant landscape, and while some of those same pizzerias that opened within the past year have since s...

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Ten favorite cocktails (with recipes!) from ten favorite Denver bartenders

2013-05-16 15:00:54

I'm a big fan of cocktails and have been drinking them longer than some of my coworkers have been alive. But for many people who have never had a real cocktail, ordering one for the first time ca...

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The vegan Beet Box opens a retail bakery

2013-05-16 14:06:18

Swapping out butter and eggs for applesauce and almond milk has been a sweet deal for Blair Ednie and Michael Craig, who started Beet Box six years ago as a vegan catering and wholesale baking co...

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Doomsday beer: Strange Brewing will release Dr. Strangelove in bottles on Friday

2013-05-16 12:58:05

The crew behind Strange Brewing are in their war room today, preparing to launch an all-out offensive on Denver tomorrow -- but their weapons of choice are bombers rather than bombs, even if the b...

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Guess where I'm eating cheap (and good) tacos?

2013-05-16 11:02:00

Talk about a cheap lunch: six tacos and a large pineapple agua fresca for $14. And these aren't your average street tacos. In fact, in my humble opinion, these are the best street tacos in town ...

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Toppings is tapped out in LoDo, but two more pizza places coming

2013-05-16 10:04:16

A string of pizza joints opened in LoDo last year, in a neighborhood that already included the Wazee Supper Club and Two-Fisted Mario's, with Mellow Mushroom and Marco's Coal-Fired Pizzeria just a...

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Round two with Cory Treadway, exec chef of the Wynkoop

2013-05-16 09:01:06

Cory Treadway Wynkoop Brewing Company 1634 18th Street 303-297-2700 wynkoop.com This is part two of my interview with Cory Treadway, exec chef of the Wynkoop; part one of our conversation ran ...

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Black Star Chocolates tweaks truffle recipe for a win at the 2013 Colorado Chocolate Festival

2013-05-16 07:57:51

Chocolatiers Andrew Starr and Jennifer Spielman of Colorado-based Black Star Chocolates weren't satisfied with the first version of their lemongrass-kaffir lime-coconut truffle -- specifically, ...

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Reader: Twelve offers a good dining value -- and a great amuse bouche

2013-05-16 06:56:31

When Lori Midson went to twelve this week for a birthday celebration, she feasted on everything from beet carpaccio to sweetbreads. But the real star was the amuse bouche, a grilled scallop in a ...

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Frank Bonanno helps kick off DU's Vin Festival tonight

2013-05-16 06:00:00

The University of Denver is hosting its fourth annual Vin Festival this week, with food, wine, music and arts courtesy of the Fritz Knoebel School of Hospitality. Chef/restauranteur Frank Bonanno ...

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