Boulder’s Bayleaf to relocate and expand market and food offerings

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…

Top five food and drinks that are likely to kill us

Ah, booze…the instigator of heightened self-esteem, belly laughs, steel balls, one-night stands and shady 3 a.m. breakfast decisions. But a recent study determined that alcohol is more detrimental to humankind than heroin or cocaine. Sheesh. The study, which considered user destructibility on both individual and societal levels, found that Grandpa’s…

Fry Me to the Moon: Ol’ Blue Eyes would love these song parodies

What’s more fun than food? Cheesy song parodies that focus on food. When I couldn’t sleep last night, I stumbled on this Kieto’s Family Fun Center and Kitchen Club website that features ten hilarious songs — “Come Fry With Me” to the tune of “Come Fly With Me”; “Anchovies” to…

Ten sake facts that will blow your mind

Sake and wine have more in common than you might think. Like, way, way more. For starters, both are ancient beverages, with histories stretching back thousands of years. Both are governed by strict production guidelines, upon which stringent quality ratings are assigned. And both can take a meal from everyday,…

Conscious Coffees is Roast Magazine‘s micro roaster of the year

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…

Today: El Diablo celebrates Day of the Dead

El Diablo is already full of incredible art, but the cantina at 101 Broadway got all decked out for Halloween, with giant spider webs reminiscent of what Jesse Morreale found when he took over the old First Avenue Hotel, spooky lights and hanging skulls. The partying went on all weekend…

Tonight: Vino 101 tackles Argentina at Centro Latin Kitchen

Centro Latin Kitchen & Refreshment Palace, 950 Pearl Street in Boulder, is committed to teaching people about the finer aspects of food around the world. To that end, the restaurant will present Vino 101: Argentina, at 8:30 p.m. tonight. Admission is $25 to $35; call 303-442-7771 or go to www.centrolatinkitchen.com…

Ask the bartender: Giving all those old bar terms the finger

Sean Kenyon knows how to pour out both drinks and advice. A third-generation bar man with almost 25 years behind the bar, he is a student of cocktail history, a United States Bartenders Guild-certified Spirits Professional and a BAR Ready graduate of the prestigious Beverage Alcohol Resource Program. You can…

The Egg & I opens in Lakewood

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…

Kim & Jake’s Cakes will start peddling their pastries at Whole Foods

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…

So Perfect Eats makes a splash in Cherry Creek

When Lynda Campbell received her one million mile frequent flyer gift from Delta Airlines, she decided to land. The former senior VP director of Pacific Sunwear, a national clothing chain that hustles popular teen labels, gave up her life in Manhattan and sojourns around the world to move to Denver…

Mikes 2 Kitchen enters the food truck street scene

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…

Restaurant roll call for October

There were major developments on the local dining scene last month, including the openings of ChoLon Modern Asian Bistro and EDGE, the reopening of Frasca Food & Wine — and the closing of Zona’s Tamales after forty years. Our restaurant roll call for October:…

Tonight: Chocolate Dinner at TAG

TAG, 1441 Larimer Street, is getting November off to a decadent start with its Chocolate Dinner featuring Weiss chocolates. Dinner starts at 6:30 p.m. and costs $55 and up; call 303-996-9985 or go to www.tag-restaurant.com. For information on dozens of culinary events around town, visit our online Food & Drink…

Tonight: Olive oil tasting at EVOO Marketplace

By now, you should know that olive oil is a good fat — as well as super-tasty — but what do you know about gauging its quality? From 6 to 8 p.m. tonight, EVOO Marketplace, the olive-oil store at 1338 15th Street, will present a Mediterranean Olive Oil Tasting, where…