The restaurant king of Denver (International Airport)
Some people love the restaurant industry in general. Others find a more niche segment to satisfy their culinary profession cravings. Such is the case for Rod Tafoya, who has become, in the last 18 years, the restaurant king of Denver International Airport, an aviation hub that many consider to be one of the best to catch a meal. Tafoya’s company owns seven restaurants at DIA, including the hallmark Timberline Steaks, with two more set to open within a year. Why the rush to feed every...
Read MoreDesigning a Colorado jug wine label
By now you’ve heard about the coolest thing to happen to Colorado wine since … ever. Yup, we’ve launched a jug wine program, and are excited to see 5280 magazine write all about it. This new offering is geared at doing two things: Making jug wine cool again and giving those in the area an easy way to fill up a liter of wine for next to nothing. To achieve this, we figured the look would have to be almost as important as the actual juice in the bottle. Almost. So we worked with Local...
Read MoreBringing Pasquini’s Pizza back to the family
Colorado may be a hotbed for rapid expansion of restaurants on both the regional and national level — see Chipotle and Noodle & Co., for example — but Tony Pasquini wants no part of playing the role of franchiser. Anymore. In fact, he’s going in reverse. He started selling off his Pasquini’s Pizza and franchising new locations more than a decade ago. Guess what? He didn’t like how they were being run. So in the last few months, he’s gone ahead and bought out the ownership of two of...
Read MoreThree Fun Recipes Perfect for Sangiovese
If wine is the sauce to all food, then Vinny No Neck is the best friend to everything from duck ragu to beef brisket. Here are three great recipes to try next time you have a bottle of our Sangiovese/Merlot blend open. Garganelli with Duck Raguby Mario Batali via the Food Network Sangiovese is a perfect wine for the acidic properties of tomatoes, which is why it’s used along side so many traditional pasta dishes in its most famous region, Chianti. Here, Mario Batali creates a wonderful ragu with duck...
Read MoreWine and Bikes at Amendment XXI in LoHi
Leo Bortolotto learned a thing or two about life while spending the better part of seven years living throughout Italy (with a two-year stop in Amsterdam). It led him to opening a nifty wine shop in LoHi with a bike rack out front. During his blissful European stay, he figured out just how he wanted to live life. It needed to include an urban existence reliant on bicycles, public transit, and of course food and wine. Tuscany will do that to a person. So it shouldn’t surprise that shortly after his...
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