Tag: table talk
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TABLE TALK: Restaurant Expo promises heaps of local flavor
You won’t want to miss the Restaurant Expo and Culinary Competition in the Rocky Mountain Ballroom at Broadmoor West noon to 3 p.m. March 8. There will be more than 30 restaurants and caterers offering food samples.The highlight of the event is the Media Iron Chef Competition, at which teams of chefs and media personalities…
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TABLE TALK: Local chef prepares for another opera buffet
Last year, one of the better foodie events was the buffet dinner served at the Warehouse Restaurant, 22 W. Cimarron St., before the Pikes Peak Opera League’s performance of “Carmen.” The owner and executive chef of the eatery, Lawrence “Chip” Johnson, had prepared a Spanish-style meal that got operagoers into the spirit of the performance.Johnson…
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TABLE TALK: Dine out on the cheap with deal card
A couple of weeks ago, after I told you about money-saving restaurant coupons in the Quality Connections magazine, reader Pat Webb e-mailed that I had overlooked another way to save money on eating out: the Dining Card. “The Dining Card is the best deal I have seen in years,” she said. “The cards offer many,…
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TABLE TALK: Restaurants team up for special events
A few years ago, several independent restaurants banded together to create the Independent Restaurant Cooperative. The idea was to support one another by sharing the cost of advertising and bulk food purchases. They also had rotating monthly wine dinners. Six members will be gearing up for dinners starting in February. Visit www.cosirc.com. A group of…
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TABLE TALK: Plate World brings back global menu
In December 2006, Ryan Blanchard, who was the executive chef at Walter’s Bistro, kicked up the dining experience for Colorado Springs with the opening of Plate World Cuisine, a second restaurant under the Walter’s Bistro umbrella. The room was ultraurban. The menu unique. It was the “it” place to dine. And it still is one…
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TABLE TALK: Fill up while benefiting chef program
Think you might want to be a chef? One way to find out whether you can stand the heat of the kitchen is to become an apprentice where you work while you learn. The Broadmoor offers a three-year apprentice program that supplies a small salary and some benefits to chefs-in-training as they rotate through the…
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TABLE TALK: Dream team runs kitchen at private Flying Horse
If you got a piece of mail from The Club at Flying Horse offering “A Personal Invitation For You,” then you received the culinary equivalent of a winning Powerball ticket.The private club at 1880 Weiskopf Point (west of Colorado Highway 83 on the way to Black Forest) sent 19,000 Gourmet Dining Cards to neighboring residents…
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TABLE TALK: More deals at Jake & Telly’s, Craftwood Inn
Last week we told you of some deals for the dining public. Here are a couple more places to try. • Jake & Telly’s Greek Cuisine, 2616 W. Colorado Ave., is jumping on the deal bandwagon. This week it started offering an Early Bird Special, 3 to 6 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays. For $14.95 you’ll…
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TABLE TALK: Restaurants concoct deals to draw diners
In these slow economic times some eateries are circling the wagons and offering reduced-price menu options to get people in seats.For instance, The Famous, 31 N. Tejon St., has introduced the CLUB “31” menu, available at the bar nightly. This is for the bar diner looking for a smallish but satisfying meal such as Tuna…
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TABLE TALK: Former House of Yakitori goes Thai
As I was zipping along Austin Bluffs Parkway, heading east toward Academy Boulevard, I spotted a new Thai restaurant: Bangkok Cuisine – Thai Food, 3340 Austin Bluffs Parkway. I found a place to turn around so I could check it out. Much to my surprise, Jeb Maher, the original owner of the former Little Bangkok…