The restaurant: Osteria Alberico, 3455 S. University Blvd., Englewood About: Frasca Hospitality Group opened its first Italian restaurant in the suburbs this week. The company boasts restaurants like Michelin-starred Frasca Food and Wine in Boulder, as well as Tavernetta and Sunday Vinyl in Denver. Osteria Alberico is a sister restaurant to Pizzeria Alberico, which Frasca debuted last year … Read more
Magnus Boee found himself unexpectedly featured on national television on Monday during a White House event honoring college championship athletes. Boee, a member of the championship ski team at the University of Colorado Boulder this year, stood behind Vice President Kamala Harris during a speech — on the day delegates and key party leaders rallied … Read more
Chipotle Mexican Grill announced this week that it will open two new Colorado locations before the end of July. The Denver-born brand, now based in Newport Beach, Calif., is opening its 11th Denver and second Boulder outlets, each with an innovative twist. The new Denver store at 5560 N. Tower Road, in Green Valley Ranch, … Read more
Colorado certainly has plenty of sun in the summer, but venture into the high country and you might even witness snow during the same period. Because of the variability of weather as the elevation changes in Colorado, the summer wildflower season can change and is often short lived in the various elevation ranges. Blooms first … Read more
For chef Brian Lockwood, working in a Michelin-star kitchen is a song and dance that requires skill, experience and, eventually, simple “muscle memory.” But every performance takes choreography and time to practice. The same goes for what you see on the third season of FX’s “The Bear,” which dropped on Hulu in June. The Emmy-award-winning … Read more
After 14 years in a cramped kitchen, Zoe Ma Ma has outgrown its original space in Boulder. The Taiwanese restaurant plans to relocate from 2010 10th St. to a larger space just around the corner on Pearl Street. “The kitchen was so tiny that we were really limited in our offerings and held back on … Read more
The restaurant: Cozobi Fonda Fina, 909 Walnut St., Boulder About: Chef Johnny Curiel, who owns Alma Fonda Fina in LoHi, is opening his second Mexican concept in his old stomping grounds. He previously worked as executive chef for Centro Mexican Kitchen on Boulder’s popular Pearl Street. Cozobi, named after the Zapotec god of corn, will emphasize nixtamalization, … Read more
Great literature is deeply rooted in place, and Colorado towns have been inspiring authors for decades. Ready to try a fiction-fueled vacay? Here’s how it works: Pick a title from the list below, read it solo or with your book club, then follow our travel notes to immerse yourself in a real-life literary setting. Sink … Read more
The first time Sarah and Joseph Stanoch hosted a “Hot Ones”-inspired party in 2017, they debunked the theory that milk is the best way to extinguish a spicy mouth. After watching one of their friends chug a gallon over the sink and then proceed to puke, the couple was grateful they stuck to beer. “I … Read more
Since the pandemic, Joshua Pollack’s New York-inspired restaurant group “has really changed how we think about growth,” he said. After he closed Rosenberg’s Bagels in Boulder in October 2022, a little over a year after opening, Pollack was hesitant to take another risk. “At some point, we will open more Rosenberg’s, pizza places and maybe … Read more
