Tag: Food
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The Broadmoor’s legendary brunch: a flavorful tour de force
A piano softly plays as a monarch butterfly dances outside the window near my cushioned seat, amid the greenery and the lake glistening from the sun rising in the blue sky above Cheyenne Mountain and The Broadmoor’s regal towers. Pink flowers catch my eye, finely arranged at the center of my linen-draped table. Across the…
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Boulder Taco Fest attendees come for wrestling, stay for food
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It was a fiesta around Boulder Creek Saturday afternoon. The annual Boulder Taco Fest came back to the Boulder Civic Area Saturday afternoon, hosting a variety of events in the shadow of the Boulder Public library. Dozens of vendors, many of them selling a variety…
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Nonprofit brings Denverites together with a mile of tables on Saturday
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Over 5,300 feet of tables and an immeasurable amount of good conversation brought Denverites to the Auraria Campus on Saturday morning. The Mile Long Table, organized by the nonprofit Longer Tables, invited people to break and enjoy getting to know one another, with the only…
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Coloradans are flocking to ‘America’s highest fried chicken’ | Craving Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save ALMA • The bearded, long-haired, tattooed man behind America’s proclaimed highest fried chicken in terms of altitude — and also maybe Colorado’s hottest in terms of recent popularity — is wearing a baggy shirt and sweats and sandals as he dashes up the road to…
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Taste of Arvada celebrates summer event Thursday
Arvada will become a foodie fairytale on Thursday, with bites and brews from across the land. The Greater Arvada Chamber of Commerce will be holding its annual Taste of Arvada culinary festival from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Apex Center in the evening. Attendees will be able to try samples from 40 local restaurants,…
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‘Returning to the land’: Denver couple share about farming in the city
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DENVER • Stepping into the backyard of a cozy home, I’m hit with the perfume of flowers and herbs. Underneath the sheets protecting the plants from an afternoon hailstorm: a lush, growing garden. As we wade through the plant beds, the homeowners point out ripening…
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Was the root beer float invented in Colorado?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Here’s how the story goes: In 1893 at a Cripple Creek brewery, a wandering entrepreneur named Frank J. Wisner was experimenting with carbonated water, roots and sweeteners that did not quite achieve the sweetness he sought. Perhaps a scoop of vanilla ice cream would do…
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Taste of Fort Collins marks the unofficial kickoff of summer
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save FORT COLLINS • Joseph McQuain was ready to throw in the towel. Four years into operating his Fort Collins-based barbecue food truck, BIGS Meat Wagon, McQuain’s confidence and energy had wavered in 2016. “The first four…
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Fufu and fortitude: How an African restaurant beat the odds in Denver | Craving Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save LAKEWOOD • A restaurant’s menu can be a glimpse into a life. This is especially true at African Grill and Bar. A picture of the Osei-Fordwuo family is on the first of the menu’s eight pages, along with words on how they came to establish…