Tag: table talk
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TABLE TALK: TasteCasters get free lunch (or dinner)
Do you have more than 250 followers on Twitter? Then you could be the next food critic on the Colorado Springs TasteCasting team. The idea combines social networking with food to benefit restaurants.It started in Columbus, Ohio, and now there are TasteCasting teams forming in 22 cities, including Denver and Colorado Springs. Louis N. Batides…
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TABLE TALK: El Taco Rey confirms expansion plans
Soon the line outside the door of El Taco Rey, 330 E. Colorado Ave., waiting to order a pork and avocado burrito, smothered in green chili, may disappear.A transformation of the tiny, counter-service eatery into a large, possibly sit-down place is under way, and the hope is to have 68 to 70 more seats available…
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TABLE TALK: Springs woman’s lamb burger wins recipe contest
During the first Local Food Week, Kate Jonuska, creator of localdish .net (and Gazette freelancer), held a recipe contest.Jonuska recruited Brent Beavers, chef at the former Sencha, to prepare the recipes for a Tasting Party. She invited Michele Mukatis, of Cultivate Health and the brainchild behind Local Food Week; Mike Callicrate, owner of Ranch Foods…
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TABLE TALK: Denver event draws local bartender
At the recent Denver Food & Wine Classic’s Art of the Cocktail event, I watched as bartenders shook their arms off making tasty drinks.Lo and behold, right there on the Metro State campus, Nate Windham, a bartender at Blondie’s and The Office, was the lone Colorado Springs spirits master. Though he didn’t get to create…
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TABLE TALK: Serve up edible art in plate contest
Here’s your chance to get in touch with your inner artist.Amuzé Bistro Dining, 292 S. Colorado 105, Palmer Lake, and the Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts, 304 Colorado 105, Palmer Lake, are having a “The Plate is Your Canvas” contest starting at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 26.“It’s a visual contest,” says William Sherman, owner and chef…
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TABLE TALK: Try Afghan cuisine at new restaurant
Shams and Feriba Forough are bringing a taste of their homeland, Afghanistan, to downtown. Their Rumi’s Kabab, 36 E. Bijou St. (in the former Persian Grill spot), will open soon.As the name implies, they will serve a variety of lamb and beef kebabs along with some rice dishes. Lunch will feature a buffet. Visit gazette.com…
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TABLE TALK: New Mollica’s will take place of Par Avion
At long last there will be a new market-deli in the former Par Avion store in the Broadmoor Towne Center.Jerry Mollica, owner of Mollica’s Italian Market & Deli, 985 W. Garden of the Gods Road, will open his second location in the Southgate location in mid-October. It will have the same name but with the…
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TABLE TALK: Restaurant cooperative puts on barbecue
The Independent Restaurant Cooperative will have a summer barbecue at the Margarita at PineCreek, 7350 Pine Creek Road, 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday. Each participating restaurant will offer an entree, side dish and dessert. Expect to sample foods from Jake and Telly’s Greek Cuisine, MoZaic, Edelweiss German Restaurant, Margarita at PineCreek, Craftwood Inn and The…
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Venetucci Farm to host benefit dinner
Some of our most talented chefs will participate in the Starlight Dining at The Venetucci Farm. The chefs prepare a meal from ingredients picked fresh at the farm that day. You’ll get a horse-drawn wagon tour of the farm and get to know more about the importance of eating fresh, locally grown food.Cost is $100…
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Eat early to catch some fine meal deals
Like to get a jump on the evening with an early dinner? A couple of eateries are offering some deals to lure early birds.• Broadmoor’s Tavern Restaurant, 1 Lake Ave., has introduced a “Dine at Dusk” three-course menu for $27.50 per person from 5 to 6 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays. You start with a choice…