Tag: Colorado Restaurants
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Every Colorado restaurant is now eligible for Michelin stars
The Michelin Guide announced Wednesday it will expand its awards to the entire state of Colorado. The acclaimed restaurant guide was first introduced to Colorado in 2023 but limited to the cities of Denver, Boulder, Aspen, Snowmass Village, Vail and Beaver Creek Resort. It was brought with the financial support of the Colorado Tourism Office…
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Regulatory layers turn cost of doing business in Colorado into ‘death by a thousand cuts’ | FISCAL ROCKIES
Editor’s Note: Once among the nation’s fastest-growing economies, Colorado today confronts mounting challenges that threaten its momentum. This series reveals how a state once defined by prosperity is navigating economic cliffs and ridges. We explore the impact that increased regulations, tariffs, shifting tax policies, the high cost of living and widening urban–rural divides have on businesses,…
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Ownership at longtime Colorado Mexican restaurant splits – but the recipes live on
For the first time in the history of one famous, four-decade old Mexican restaurant in metro Denver, there’s only one sole owner. La Loma’s recipes, including its famous green chile, lives on. That’s even through a rights transfer. Now, the La Loma name is reduced to only three of its original five locations – after…
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Colorado Restaurant Association launches gift card campaign for Black-owned restaurants
The Colorado Restaurant Association is launching the “Dine Out to Help Out” campaign, providing Black-owned restaurants with funding for gift cards to give out to customers to incentivize repeat dining. The campaign, in partnership with the Colorado Restaurant Foundation and Planterra Foods, will choose 20 Black-owned restaurants, giving $1,000 in $25 gift cards to each…
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Colorado’s third In-N-Out location to open Monday
The burger chain In-N-Out will be adding yet another location to its Colorado enterprise Monday, this time in Lone Tree. The new Lone Tree location, first announced late last year, is set to open at 10 a.m. Monday morning at 9171 W. Westview Road, right outside of the Park Meadows Mall. This is the third…
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More than $1 million in Winter Outdoor Dining Fund grants doled out to 260 Colorado restaurants
Hundreds of Colorado restaurants were given more than $1 million in grants through the state’s most recent round of the Winter Outdoor Dining Fund, Gov. Jared Polis announced Tuesday. The program, funding outdoor dining spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic, is in partnership with the Colorado Restaurant Association, the Colorado Restaurant Foundation, Xcel Energy and the…
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‘COVID Sucks!’: Customer leaves $1,400 tip at Estes Park cafe
A generous customer calling himself the “COVID Bandit” left a $1,400 tip on a $20 tab Wednesday at the Notchtop Bakery & Cafe in Estes Park. Notchtop owner Nailya Khametvalieva said it was only the customer’s second visit to the cafe, but he told his server Gloria that he had worked in the restaurant industry…
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Adams County caps third-party food delivery fees for extent of indoor dining limits
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to devastate the restaurant industry, Adams County has capped the amount of fees third-party delivery services can charge restaurants. Effective immediately, third-party food delivery services cannot charge retail food establishments more than 15% of the total purchase price, excluding gratuities, taxes and other fees. Delivery services are also banned from garnishing…
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Over $1.8 million raised for second round of Colorado outdoor dining fund
Over $1.8 million has been raised for local restaurants struggling during the pandemic as part of the second round of Colorado’s outdoor dining fund, announced by Gov. Jared Polis Friday. The first Outdoor Grant Program provided aid for 129 restaurants across the state. Eligible applications that were not funded during the first round will automatically…