Denver recently beat out New York, Chicago and Detroit to take the top spot on a controversial list of the best pizza cities in the country. How did it happen? A data team from a company called Clever Real Estate tallied up Yelp ratings and the average price for a large cheese pizza, along with … Read more
Chef Sam McCandless plates food at Corrida in Boulder, Colorado on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) Editor’s note: In September 2023, Michelin awarded stars, five in total, to restaurants in Colorado for the first time, putting the state on the must-visit list for foodies. Which restaurants were left out? … Read more
Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill into law Monday that officially eliminates most restrictions on how many unrelated roommates can live together in Colorado. House Bill 1007 prohibits local governments from enacting occupancy limits, which Polis and other critics of the policy have derided as discriminatory and outdated. Roughly two dozen Colorado cities have such … Read more
University of Colorado football star Shedeur Sanders has stopped into Peckish for wings. So has his food-loving dad. Buffs teammates Travis Hunter and Dylan Edwards have also come by, along with CU basketball player KJ Simpson – and dozens of other college athletes. In fact, a sponsorship by the Boulder restaurant, at 1320 College Ave., … Read more
The University of Colorado announced Tuesday that Justin Schwartz, the executive vice president and provost at Pennsylvania State University, is the sole finalist for chancellor at the University of Colorado Boulder (Courtesy Photo/University of Colorado) The University of Colorado announced Tuesday that Justin Schwartz, the executive vice president and provost at Pennsylvania State University, is … Read more
Three restaurants and chefs advanced as finalists for the James Beard Foundation’s prestigious Restaurant and Chef Awards, the organization announced Wednesday. That stands in contrast to last year, when only one Colorado nominee (chef Michael Diaz de Leon formerly with BRUTØ) made it through to the finals. Two of the finalists were nominated in the … Read more
When Joshua Pollack first started serving New York-style bagels at Rosenberg’s Bagels & Delicatessen in 2014, Denver was practically a bagel desert. “I couldn’t get bagels with schmear or lox really anywhere in Denver,” Pollack said. “There were no, in my opinion, traditional East Coast bagel shops in Colorado, period. I longed for the food. … Read more
Avanti Food & Beverage is bringing its third food hall to Vail Mountain skiers and snowboarders. The Denver-based business and Vail Mountain announced on Tuesday that they are making a joint $4 million investment to build an Avanti food hall next year in place of Larkspur Restaurant, which has operated in the Golden Peak base … Read more
Viewers tuning in to “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” on Friday will enjoy a slice of Boulder as they watch downtown pizza joint Barchetta receive a visit from industry icon Guy Fieri. Fieri’s show takes him on a cross-country road trip highlighting the best classic American restaurants. For Barchetta owner Jesse Jensen, news that Fieri would … Read more
Colorado lawmakers are poised to ban occupancy limits in cities and towns across the state, clearing the way for more roommates to live together as part of Democrats’ push to reform local zoning regulations and address the state’s housing crisis. Roughly two dozen cities and towns in Colorado have the type of occupancy limits that … Read more
