Last month the Kitchen’s Hugo Matheson and Kimbal Musk picked up the lease on along, narrow spot at 1035 Pearl Street in Boulder, where, come spring, they’ll open the Kitchen Cafe, a pub steeped in the food values of the Kitchen. In doing so, they’ll try to rid the spot…

We’ve long been fans of happy hour at the Boulder outpost of Jax Fish House, 928 Pearl Street, where we can put down dozens of cold, briny oysters at just a dollar a pop. But if it’s seafood you’re after, the kitchen once run by Top Chef Season 5 winner…

It’s the week of Asian fast casual. Hot on the heels of Chipotle announcing that it’s opening an Asian fast-casual restaurant somewhere in America next year, Wagamama, the U.K.-based fast-casual noodle shop that’s built a fervent global following, has revealed plans to open 650 outlets in the U.S…

When Steve Ells opened the very first Chipotle Mexican Grill at 1644 East Evans Avenue seventeen years ago, he didn’t anticipate it growing into a massive burrito-hawking chain, one that would infiltrate every city in the country and woo fans with sustainably-raised food that happens to taste damn good. No,…

Pranom Kiatreungwattana, who goes by “P.K.”, and her father had been looking for a spot for a Boulder restaurant for two years when Opas Sinprasong, who’d been charged with human trafficking, left his Siamese Plate/Siamese Plate on the Go spot at 1575 Folsom Street up for grabs. And grab it…

On nights and weekends, it’s almost impossible to maneuver the Whole Foods at 2905 Pearl Street, as Boulder shoppers pack the narrow aisles and socialize over produce. And for that reason, the store’s undergoing a major expansion, nearly doubling in size by taking over the former Barnes & Noble space…

A month ago, we reported that James and Lily Kwon, owners of Aurora’s Seoul BBQ, 2080 South Havana Street, were set to open a new Korean restaurant in Northglenn, Q Table BBQ, 311 West 104th Street, in October. That spot held its grand opening last Friday and is now open…

When I left South America, I brought boxes of frozen empanadas with me, terrified that I’d run out of the food I’d eaten at least three or four times a week for months. Fortunately, the owners of a handful of spots along the Front Range serve fairly authentic versions of…

One bite of an empanada — the crisp exterior wall of the bready pastry giving way to a cascade of rich, savory flavor — and I realized that this plump little semi-circle is an almost perfect food. I ate a steady diet of empanadas during my tenure in South America…

When I returned to the United States after a stint in South America, I feared I’d be unable to find empanadas, that nearly perfect food that stuffs pastry pockets with savory filling. My quest eventually took me to Empanada Express Grill, at 2600 East Street in Golden, where owner Isabel…

For the past six years, Bayleaf has inhabited a small storefront on the west end of Pearl Street, peddling Parisian linens and candles, handcrafted tables and imported spices to Boulderites. After visiting a number of markets, including New York’s Eataly, though, owner Michael Burgermeister decided to relocate and expand so…

Unless you count the tented stand at the Boulder farmers’ market from which a couple of employees proffer tin cans of coffee beans and steaming-hot cups of joe, Mark and Mel Glenn’s Boulder-based Conscious Coffees doesn’t have a retail outlet. The coffee, though, is everywhere, the beans of choice for…

Since its inception in 1987, the Colorado-based chain of Egg & I restaurants has expanded across six states, proffering a menu of breakfast and lunch items to customers who get their egg on in the casual digs. Today, it opened its 41st restaurant at 7830 West Alameda in Lakewood…

For the past six months, Kim and Jake Rosenbarger have been wooing Boulderites with baked goods from Kim & Jakes Cakes, their namesake storefront at 641 South Broadway, where they bake cakes, cupcakes and pies, in addition to cake terrines, moon pies and other sugar-filled experiments. And now they’ve landed…

At about 9 p.m. on Saturday night, we spotted the big yellow trailer that houses Mikes 2 Kitchen (pronounced Mikes Squared Kitchen) setting up for a long night in LoDo. It was the mobile vendor’s first night on the street — and one of the craziest party nights of the…

A couple of weeks ago, we announced that Otis & Henry’s Bar and Grill, a casual spot featuring comfort food favorites, would open this week in the Lady Luck Casino in Black Hawk at 340 Main Street. The bar and grill is part of a growing concept in the nationwide…