Tag: Dining
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A Colorado chef’s star-studded journey led her back home for an unlikely honor
ALAMOSA • Denise Vigil would rather tend to other things — inventory, payroll, food prep, etc. — than check social media. But checking social media also comes with running a restaurant. One day this spring, Vigil was checking The Friar’s Fork Instagram when she came by a message from a local customer. It was a…
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A deep dive into The Broadmoor’s fine, flavorful food scene
When Spencer Penrose was building his grande dame of the Rockies, a resort like Colorado had never seen, he knew he needed the food to match. In 1917, Penrose tapped a young maestro from Italy, Louis Stratta, to be The Broadmoor’s first executive chef. Stratta’s initial job was to feed the construction workers at the…
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Colorado’s impressive food scene dishes up a taste of home
As a state, officially, Colorado has had 100 fewer years than New York to develop its food culture. Consider that when you consider this state recently joining New York in gaining a prestigious, culinary recognition that only four other states and cities across America have gained — all older or much older than the Centennial…
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A guide to fine dining at some of Colorado’s finest mountain towns
When certain cities and resort towns were announced as targets for an exclusive food guide coming to Colorado this year, the list was no surprise. There was Denver and Boulder, of course. The others: Aspen and Snowmass Village and Vail and nearby Beaver Creek Resort. Those will be the places for anonymous inspectors to determine…
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Good and bad, rich and poor: Denver’s everyman steakhouse has seen it all | Craving Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER • Celebrities came around once, Socrates Apergis remembers. Rock stars and basketball stars and big Broncos linemen filling up on the best, cheapest steaks around, savored since 1961. “Now they go to Del Frisco’s or Elway’s,” Socrates says, to name a couple of fancy…
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New life for Colorado’s historic Rose — bison meatloaf, ‘sky bar’ and all | Craving Colorado
GOLDEN • Chris Cone gets one question more than any other. “I get asked about the pool all the time. Twice already today,” he says here at the Buffalo Rose, his bar and restaurant in the heart of downtown Golden. “Everyone’s like, ‘What? There was a pool? Where is it?’” It’s in the basement, now…
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The Inventing Room is home to Colorado’s Willy Wonka
DENVER • The 15 kids and kids-at-heart gathered in the small room have an idea of what they are about to eat, candy, but that’s about it in terms of expectations. “Anybody like science?” asks the chef in the kitchen, Ian Kleinman. “That’s why we have this store. We combine food and science together.” This…
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Service lacking at restaurant inside Castle Rock hospital | Dining Review
Given its hospital setting, Manna Restaurant is an atypical dining establishment suffering from symptoms associated with common service deficiency. In Castle Rock 1st Adventist Hospital, Manna oversees the dining room and patient meals. The eclectic menu looks promising, but with little input from our overworked server, it was impossible to learn specifics about most dishes.…
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Sisterly love and a taste of home at a country classic | Craving Colorado
COLORADO CITY • A Tuesday afternoon finds the sisters in their restaurant with flutes of Champagne. “We’re celebrating!” declares Paula Williams. She and Jamie DeVencenty are celebrating nothing in particular — nothing besides being together at their favorite place, which is indeed worth celebrating. They only wish the third sister behind Three Sisters Tavern and…
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Since 1929, this Colorado family has perfected the cherry pie | Craving Colorado
LYONS • A sweet smell drifts through the sweetest memories of Anthony Lehnert. He’s transported to an old home in the Wisconsin countryside, a converted school house where there always seemed to be a pie in his grandma’s oven. “You could smell that burnt apple when you woke up,” Lehnert recalls. Now, you can smell…