Tag: teresa farney
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A dining compound worth the drive
A recent jaunt to Castle Rock for lunch with friends from Denver turned into the discovery of not one but three remarkable dining gems in a hacienda-like compound. Our destination was Savina’s Mexican Kitchen, 6361 Promenade Parkway. Our friend said it was the second location of La Loma, a Denver Tex-Mex restaurant with more than…
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Roast, peel, freeze: Pueblo green chiles season heating up
As we say adieu to juicy Palisade peaches and sweet Rocky Ford cantaloupe, it’s time to welcome Colorado’s next celebrity fruit: Pueblo green chiles. Each September, the air fills with the tantalizing smoky scent of green chiles wafting from roadside roasters. Chile roasters fire up propane burners, dumping bushels of fresh green chiles into huge,…
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Roast, peel, freeze: Pueblo green chiles season heating up
As we say adieu to juicy Palisade peaches and sweet Rocky Ford cantaloupe, it’s time to welcome Colorado’s next celebrity fruit: Pueblo green chiles. Each September, the air fills with the tantalizing smoky scent of green chiles wafting from roadside roasters. Chile roasters fire up propane burners, dumping bushels of fresh green chiles into huge,…
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Roast, peel, freeze: Pueblo green chiles season heating up
As we say adieu to juicy Palisade peaches and sweet Rocky Ford cantaloupe, it’s time to welcome Colorado’s next celebrity fruit: Pueblo green chiles. Each September, the air fills with the tantalizing smoky scent of green chiles wafting from roadside roasters. Chile roasters fire up propane burners, dumping bushels of fresh green chiles into huge,…
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Southern comfort meets French fries at recently opened restaurant in Colorado Springs | Table Talk
We stumbled upon Lorenzo’s French Fry Palace, 1755 S. Eighth St., while searching for the new location of another restaurant. And we discovered owner Lucas Lorenzo Hunt and his manager, Taneesha Anderson, who recently opened the eatery in the former La Cava Fine Mexican Cuisine space. A North Carolina native, Hunt draws on Southern cooking…
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Downtown Colorado Springs gets another grocer
Note: Earlier versions of this story had the wrong day for the grand opening. The long-awaited grand opening of The Warehouse Urban Grocer, 27 W. Cimarron St., is scheduled for Saturday, and no one is more excited than The Warehouse Restaurant owner, James Africano, who is adding neighborhood grocery store operator to his résumé. “It…
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Longtime chef hits the mark at Firebrand Steakhouse in Teller County’s Tava House | Table Talk
Twenty-one years ago, Denver Post restaurant critic Kyle Wagner declared Victor Matthews “the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi of Colorado dining” after several undercover visits to his unassuming Black Bear Restaurant in Green Mountain Falls. Wagner’s glowing review put Matthews on Colorado’s destination-dining map, but few could have predicted the career that would follow, marked by triumphs,…
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Teaching business one empanada at a time
We first spotted Peak Empanadas, Holy Q’Bano food truck outside the now-defunct Señor Manuel’s Restaurant on North Nevada Avenue and made a mental note to stop someday. Weeks later, we spotted it again at Golden Hills Park off Delmonico Drive. This time, we pulled in. Not only did we discover memorable Caribbean-inspired fare, but we…
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Perriteaux’s brings authentic Louisiana cooking to Colorado Springs | Table Talk
Walking into Perriteaux’s Cajun Restaurant feels like being transported to one of the seemingly countless fried fish joints scattered across Louisiana, right down to the condiment caddies stocked with Tabasco and Crystal hot sauces. The aroma of simmering gumbo and fried seafood drifting through the dining room seals the illusion. The owner’s promise of bringing…
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Award-winning Chuckwagon 719 eyes major expansion | Table Talk
Big things are smoking at The Chuckwagon 719, 6453 Omaha Blvd. Owners Jared and Deidre Hammond, along with sons Jaden and Jaxon, are planning a major expansion to their already booming barbecue business on the city’s east side. When we stopped by in early February to pick up some of their award-winning cue, Deidre shared…