Which comes first: the food or the wine? Master Sommelier Damon Ornowski led an excellent seminar as part of the 11th Annual Steamboat Wine Festival. Ornowski’s discussion of food and wine pairings filled restaurant bistro c.v. in downtown Steamboat Springs, Colorado, with wine- and food-lovers eager to learn and enjoy memorable food and wine. Ornowski introduced … Continue reading
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Black Cat Farm~Table~Bistro: Oohs and Aahs
Dinner at Boulder’s Black Cat Farm~Table~Bistro is a superb experience, from the cozy, romantic setting to the food, each morsel more tempting than the last. Chef Eric Skokan and his team aim to delight from the moment diners cross the threshold of the “lucky” 13th Street eatery. Menu items are prepared using ingredients grown on … Continue reading
The Stanley Hotel: Hush Supper Club with Hosea Rosenberg
The view from the front porch of the Stanley Hotel. In September 2013 the unthinkable happened when epic flooding damaged vast sections of Larimer County and the Front Range. The town of Estes Park was essentially cut off when highways 7, 34, and 36 were washed out. The roads are now open and largely rebuilt, … Continue reading
Taste Around Town: 1515 Restaurant
Denver is getting spoiled. In recent years a number of shining stars have come to the restaurant scene, elevating Denver’s culinary options to increasingly higher levels. It seems with each new day area foodies bask in a diner’s paradise of excellent meals, with options across the state. Meanwhile, more established restaurants have been raising the … Continue reading
Root Down: Don’t miss a morsel
Dinner at Root Down is like a Willy Wonka experience: every dish is more dazzling than the last. An ooh and aah-inspiring creativity is on display, something unexpected in the site of a former auto repair shop, with “Alignment,” “Tune-Lube,” and “Tires” still visible on the exterior. The menu encourages diners to share dishes. Family … Continue reading
Lou’s Food|Bar: “Comfort food and cocktails”
One of our favorite restaurants in Denver is Lou’s Food|Bar. It is reliably good, starting with the housemade sausage and pâté of the day (excellent to share), followed by the French Onion soup. The pâté is often in the coarse country style, mixing ground pork and liver with nuts and farm-fresh ingredients. Those three items … Continue reading
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