Cuisine
Getting served
Study shows customer service on the decline Think of the last meal you paid for. How was the service? Did a server fill your water glass before it emptied, or were you left stranded and parched? Did an employee smile graciously, or did he barely glance up as he ...
A hut with potential
With ith a name like Elephant Hut, it’s initially unclear what’s served up at this Boulder restaurant, housed in 30th Street’s Steelyards development. Those with dark imaginations may envision it as akin to Pizza Hut, except with a certain massive land mammal ...
St. Patrick’s Day gives new meaning to ‘going green’
If there was ever a day for revelry, it’s St. Patrick’s Day. Many people drink too much, eat too much, and often end up doing both those things too early in the day. On top of that, a pinch looms imminent for anyone not wearing green. Despite the day’s taxing ...
Smashburger opens in Boulder
Denver-based burger restaurant Smashburger opens its first Boulder location on Wednesday, March 10, at 1650 28th Street, in the 29th Street Mall...
An oldie but a goodie
For folks that have been in Colorado awhile, Beau Jo’s Pizza is a familiar quantity where nostalgia is as much a part of the experience as its signature pizza. Many fondly recall chowing down on Beau Jo’s “mountain” pies at its Idaho Springs location on the way back ...
Local eating contests: Rivalry for the ravenous
Imagine slurping down 111 oysters in one sitting...
Le Peep’s: Something for everyone
A few years back, I went to a Le Peep’s location in Englewood and had a singularly horrible breakfast, which ran counter to my experience at the Boulder location. I eventually learned the reason for the disparity in quality. The Boulder venue operates independently ...
CU dining halls push to go local
After freshman year of college, university dining halls become a mere memory that is, for many people, happily no longer a reality. Yet at the University of Colorado at Boulder, the effort that goes in to feeding thousands of students each day deserves more ...
Snarfing it down
My relationship with sandwiches has been ambivalent at best, due perhaps to their constancy as a lunchtime staple through my elementary school years. One unintended consequence of this routine is that I occasionally experience an inexplicable craving for Underwood’s ...
