Author: Kate Jonuska

The location may be shady, tucked into a strip mall behind a row of fast-food restaurants on the Garden of the Gods corridor, but owners Patrick and Krystyna Garnier have showered sunshine on their ambitious restaurant, La Baguette French Bistro, to make it grow into a stylish secret garden. The owners bought the location in…

La Perla Tapatia Chef Sergio Lauriano and his team’s American dream has grown — from their small street-food restaurant in Old Colorado City with its fierce band of followers into a much larger space in the Flintridge Academy Plaza and a more extensive menu. Westside fans may mourn the relocation, but there are culinary delights…

Located 20 miles outside of Salida and about two hours from the Springs, Monarch Mountain ski resort is a magnet for winter sports enthusiasts in Southern Colorado. Salida itself is often treated as only a way point, someplace to fill up the tank when you’re wind-blown and tired after a day on the slopes. It’s…

Some people escape the workaday world and find adventure counting the number of 14ers they conquer. The mountains’ very existence challenges them.  This week I found Seoul Tofu Grill, and I think I finally understand. The very existence of that 90-item menu of Korean flavor challenges me — nay, begs me — to try each…

The Yukon Tavern has made a delicious comeback. A bar and grill with a loyal following since the early 1980s, its decline could be followed online, starting in 2006, when reviews dove from praise to pans. Most commenters noted either unclean conditions or unfriendly staff/management. Consider that history dead and the tavern reborn under its…

With 35 brewers and more than 2,000 visitors over two tastings last weekend, the All Colorado Beer Festival shattered its past records for participation. More important, the fest raised much-needed funds for TheatreWorks, Home Front Cares and the Gazette’s Empty Stocking Fund. In other words, the festival was all for a good cause and all…