Two new French cafés and bakeries have opened in BoCo: Maisonette (921 Walnut St., Boulder) and Bakewell (350 Main St., Longmont). Meanwhile, Lafayette’s Button Rock Bakery has been sold to Julien Renaut, owner of La Belle French Bakery. Kwosson, a fine little French bakery, has closed at 2250 Main St. in Superior.
In other news: Blackbelly Market now offers Rosenberg’s Bagels, unavailable in Boulder since the Denver-based deli shuttered its shop on the Hill.
Valor Peak Distillery tasting room opens May 24 at 110 Emery St., Longmont. PineMelon, the “local-first” online grocery delivery service, has closed its business in Colorado.
Julia Child kudos for Frasca’s Stuckey
Bobby Stuckey was recently named the 2025 Julia Child Award recipient by the Julia Child Foundation. Stuckey is a Master Sommelier as well as the owner of Boulder’s Frasca Food and Wine and Pizzeria Alberico, among other Colorado restaurants. The foundation honored the hospitality advocate’s four-decade career.
Culinary Calendar: Growing Energy and Tomatoes
The coolest only-in-BoCo farm experience this summer is a guided tour at Jack’s Solar Garden and the Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center. It’s a pioneering location growing crops in the shade provided by photovoltaic power panels. Sign up for Saturday public tours: coagrivoltaic.org.
Learn to love pollinators on May 31 when Boulder’s Growing Gardens hosts a family honeybee encounter featuring a look inside a working hive and fresh honey tasting. Register: growinggardens.org.
Sign up for Boulder Food Rescue’s backyard garden donation program and grow produce this summer to help increase local food access. Information: boulderfoodrescue.org
Words to Chew On: A Little Iceberg Love
“There are many categories of salad snob — the ingredient minimalists, the chop evangelists, the dressing-goes-in-the-bowl-first brigade — but perhaps the most vocal, and the most misguided, are those dedicated to the denigration of iceberg lettuce.” - Helen Rosner, The New Yorker
John Lehndorff is the Exhibit Historian for Boulder Eats! opening Nov. 15
at the Museum of Boulder. Comments: [email protected]