Tag: food
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Wine Guy: When it comes to chardonnay, know your preferences
Even with a vastly increasing diversity of grape varieties available to consumers, chardonnay remains California’s most-planted white variety and the bestselling white wine in the U.S. Big, super-ripe, heavily oaked chardonnays were popular in the 1990s, but these “butter bombs” fell out of favor with many winemakers and consumers over the past 20 years as…
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Wienerschnitzel hot dogging its way to new location south of Colorado Springs
Chili dogs and chili cheese dogs are coming to Fountain. Wienerschnitzel, the self-described world’s largest hot dog chain that was founded more than 60 years ago in Southern California, is targeting a Sept. 25 opening for its second Pikes Peak region location, at 8045 Fountain Mesa Road, near Cross Creek in Fountain, south of Colorado…
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This mountain town’s fried chicken will compete on national stage | Craving Colorado
CRESTED BUTTE • When you scan the list of restaurants set to compete at the upcoming National Fried Chicken Festival in New Orleans, you see a lot of names from that city and others around the South. And then you spot the Slogar Bar and Restaurant, tucked in the Colorado mountains. Among the nearly 40…
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Wine Guy: A wide world of grape varieties to delight your palate
As with other areas of life, it’s easy to fall into a rut drinking limited types of wines. But it’s important to remember: a diversity of grapes and their flavor profiles can be enriching. My recent tasting of “alternative” white wines (that is, no chardonnay or sauvignon blanc) proves it. You should find these wines…
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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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Culture is the key ingredient to Colorado’s food scene
It’s hard to miss Mawa McQueen around Aspen — she’s a local celebrity, after all — and yet we struggled to find her. In an unassuming business center across from the airport, we drove between a gas station and a liquor store, between a mechanic and a contractor’s office, between an insurance agency and a…
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Wine Guy: Sparkling wine not just for special occasions
Sparkling wine is the obvious choice for special occasions but it also can be enjoyed any time. Here, I have several options for you. But first a really, really special Champagne: the 2018 Champagne Christophe Baron “Les Closeaux” ($240, magnum). With 100% organically grown pinot meunier from a (100-year-old) single vineyard, it is a rare…
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How a winery kept the party going at Breckenridge’s oldest bar | Craving Colorado
BRECKENRIDGE • It seems everybody around here knows the Gold Pan. “For better or worse,” says Aaron Corich-Kleim. He’s among the ski bums-turned-bartenders-turned-part-owners of Summit County’s oldest bar, dating back more than 160 years. Another is Chris Butler. He similarly observed the Wild West prevailing at the Gold Pan a decade ago. “We’d walk past…
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Wine Guy: Rosé wine enjoying a bloom in the industry
After years of languishing amid negative stereotypes, rosé wine consumption has increased steadily in the past 10 years. Consumers have come to appreciate the quality of a well-made rosé, as well as its food-friendliness. And producers are responding with wines made from a variety of grapes. But generally, expect bright, fresh, crisp wines with aromas…
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California sandwich chain among the latest eateries to expand to Colorado Springs
An expansion-minded California sandwich chain plans to open its first Colorado Springs location next week, which also will be its first in the state. Sourdough & Co., based in suburban Sacramento, is targeting a Thursday launch at 3624 Centennial Blvd. The sandwich shop will occupy a nearly 1,400-square-foot space in a King Soopers-anchored shopping center northwest…