Two months ago, Herb Brodsky, co-founder of Novo Coffee, was introduced to Meagan Morris, research assistant of the Laboratory to Combat Human Trafficking, through a mutual friend. “I got an e-mail from Heather Larabee at Whole Foods, and she thought the vibes of our company, like our work with the…
It’s been six months since Tom Nash signed a lease in east Boulder, where he planned to build a lunch and happy-hour restaurant in an area of town that also holds Avery Brewing Co. and the original Ozo Coffee Roasters…
Six years ago, while his Black Cat restaurant was under construction in Boulder, Eric Skokan and his wife, Jill, planted a garden in their back yard…
This week’s review took me to Satchel’s on 6th, the restaurant that Andrew Casalini and his wife, Jen Dactano, opened after they closed Satchel’s Market in Park Hill. While elements of the new restaurant are certainly familiar, preserving the charm of the previous spot, I was pleased to discover that…
Robert Camacho is a former liquor store owner, but earlier this year, he picked up a spot on 32nd Street in lower Highland and switched his focus from booze to sweets…
Location changes often spell doom for restaurants, which can lose regular customers in the move — and not gain new ones. But Andrew Casalini and Jen Dactano, who owned Satchel’s Market, a place I’d liked when I reviewed it last year, were willing to take the risk when they left…
When Olav Peterson and his wife, Melissa Severson, drew up plans for the former gas station that would become Bittersweet, they focused on two patios that, in addition to seating, would provide them ample room to grow their own produce…
Look out, Denver. Just when you thought our restaurant scene couldn’t possibly get any better, the fast-growing Texas-based company Twin Peaks — which has previously expanded into pretty peak-less states like Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma — is bringing more “scenic views” to the Rockies…
When Andrew Casalini and Jen Dactano packed up Satchel’s Market, it didn’t take long for another pair of restaurateurs to pick up the lease on their former spot in Park Hill. After years in the catering business, Pam Read partnered up with her cousin, Gary Fink, to turn the space…
I stopped short right outside the entrance to Satchel’s on 6th. Past the threshold, I could see people sitting and sipping wine at a U-shaped bar in the center of the simple, beautiful space, illuminated by the sexy glow of candlelight reflecting off dark walls. But on the patio, where…
The seeds for Moon Dog Farms, the massive urban garden at 333 22nd Street that’s run, in part, by the Mercury Cafe, were sown during a walk in the park…
In 2001, Matt Robinette sat with his wife, Roberta, brother Jonathan and sister-in-law Cristina in a Tahoe cafe, where they pondered selling Roberta’s Pueblo-style green chile in California, an area of the country that wasn’t familiar with the stuff. It took nearly a decade — as well as a move…
When the Kitchen [Next Door] opened in Boulder earlier this year, it didn’t have a single bottle of wine on the beverage list. Instead, the restaurant installed a keg system from which it pours three whites and five reds. Frasca Food & Wine’s Bobby Stuckey and Lachlan MacKinnon-Patterson pursued a…
I’m not looking for handouts, and I don’t think any restaurant is obligated to give things away for free. Upcharges for higher quality substitutions, a bill for chips and salsa and even an auto-gratuity is all well within a restaurant’s prerogative. But there are a few things that enrage me…
A one-mile strip of Havana out in Aurora can pretty much cure any craving you might have for Korean food, so after making the sad discovery that Sae Jong Kwan, one of my favorite restaurants in Denver for bibim naeng myun, was (at least) temporarily closed, I was consoled by…
Almost ten weeks ago, the construction on Tennyson street moved a little too close to the patio at Tastes Wine Bar. “They literally started unbolting the patio rail mid-shift,” says Daniel Kuhlman, who owns the spot. “The people who were out there having a glass of wine really enjoyed that.”…
There’s a school of thought that argues location is everything when it comes to the restaurant business, and for those types, picking a prominent address in a good part of town is paramount. The opposite? Hiding your restaurant within the confines of another business. And that’s exactly what a handful…
When Todd Regan took over the old Marrakesh space on Blake Street earlier this year, he optimistically planned to open a new restaurant in the space as baseball season got under way. But thanks to “the government,” he says, which “wanted to make sure I knew who was in charge,”…
Master Sommelier Brett Zimmerman, who took over at the Boulder Wine Merchant just over a year ago, was recently consulting on a customer’s cellar when a conundrum led to a new activity. “The client said, ‘I want to reload with a bunch of Burgundy, but I don’t get a chance…
For this week’s review I went to Tres Jolie, the boutique-meets-cafe that is, without a doubt, one of the girliest places in town. While the pretty wares and tearoom-like atmosphere make an ideal setting for a ladies’ lunch, the food is good enough to win over skeptical males — like…
CUT COPY at THE OGDEN THEATRE | 10/4/11Dan Whitford, lead vocalist of Cut Copy, is the guy you want at your party. The way he bounces around the stage, you get the sense that he’s the guy bringing the energy on the dance floor, busting some pretty sweet moves whether…
Six years ago, Holly Smith was trying to decide whether she wanted to open a restaurant to indulge her love of cooking, or open a woman’s boutique that sold scented candles, imported candies and pretty home decor…
