Good Taste
by Colin Wrenn
By the bowl
Edwin Zoe was already a local legend. But now he’s also a James Beard semifinalist, having been nominated this year for Outstanding Restaurateur. Anyone...
A little irreverent and a whole lot of earnest
For more than a handful of prominent Colorado chefs, hearing the name Theodore Adley will immediately elicit grins and wistful recollections of joyous time...
Striking gold
Anyone who read this year’s Best of Boulder East County was sure to have noticed one name showing up time and time again. The...
Room with a view
Blackbelly has always been a big deal. That its chef and owner, Hosea Rosenberg, won season five of Top Chef in 2009 certainly helped...
The Shake Shack of Costa Rican chicken
Chef Byron Gomez has cooked alongside a lot of big deal chefs.
He cut his teeth in Daniel Boulud’s kitchens, a fine-dining empire which currently...
‘A part of the legacy and the lineage’
There’s an annual tradition where new graduates from the University of Colorado line up outside The Sink to ink their signature onto the ceiling....
The Big Easy
Of the eight stalls serving food at downtown Boulder’s Rosetta Hall (1109 Walnut St.), there’s one called Chameleon. While most of the other concepts...
The revamp
When longtime patrons saw The Hungry Toad shut down for three weeks, with promises of a new menu and a refurbished interior, there were...
Samosa shoppin’
Dave Hadley’s voice is hard to miss. Folks have probably heard it booming through the farmers market since the chef opened his roving stall,...
‘A sweet little treat at the end of the day’
Andrea Uzarowski spent more than two decades dreaming of opening a bakery. But first, she had to work at Noma, the beloved Copenhagen eatery.
She...
The sanctuary
When Pat McGaughran opened The Rio in Fort Collins in 1986, it was just 19 tables and a small closet where he and a...
The mothership
If folks don’t know what they’re looking for, Stella’s Cucina (1123 Walnut St., Boulder) can be a little hard to find. In early January,...