Tag: fine dining
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Italian cuisine at its finest at this Colorado Springs restaurant | Dining review
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Cansano Italian Restaurant recently dropped steakhouse from its name, although the word still crops up online and other places; it likely won’t be missed. After all, the menu, with only three steak offerings, has always been focused on Italian cuisine. And what a focus it…
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A look at 14 Colorado restaurants that gained prestigious Michelin awards
Colorado joined prestigious culinary ranks last year when the Michelin Guide picked restaurants to add to its worldwide list of recommendations. They were restaurants in Denver, Boulder and the state’s central mountains — additions to a French-rooted tradition long trusted by travelers with serious appetites. Michelin Guide’s anonymous inspectors fanned out to find the finest flavors…
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From Africa to Aspen: Chef Mawa’s amazing rise to stardom in Colorado
ASPEN • For the seasonal, rotating menu at Mawa’s Kitchen, beets were a curious choice. Beets recall the childhood home of the chef and owner, Mawa McQueen, who is quick to banish whatever glitzy picture of Paris people have in mind when she tells them she grew up there. For her, her mom and other…
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Creekside in the mountains, an unlikely restaurant dream comes true | Craving Colorado
GEORGETOWN • For years while working at restaurants, Amanda and Ryan Cooper kept a notebook detailing dreams to open their own. “We walked around with it,” Amanda says. “We’d jot something down if we ever had a concept.” The dream of their own restaurant always felt far away. There was, first and foremost, the capital needed for…