Colorado

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  Denver

  A mile above sea level, Colorado’s state capital rises from the Western plains, its looming office buildings, titanium-pointed art museum, and downtown baseball stadium conspiring to form the skyline of a major metropolis. Just 71 miles west along a vertigo-inducing highway, of course, is quite the contrast: the wildflowers, waterfalls, and soaring craggy peaks of the Rocky Mountains. But don’t think of Denver as just the city you fly into to go skiing or biking. Yes, there’s easy access to an incredible natural playground, but Denverites also get the cultural amenities of a big city: a wide range of galleries and restaurants, world-class music and sports venues, a revitalized, highly walkable Lower Downtown (LoDo). On the gastronomic front, Denver’s hallmarks include brewpubs housed in turn-of-the-century warehouses and unexpected takes on local culinary staples (buffalo brat, anyone?). In this EYW snapshot, we give you a few places to start.

  A mile above sea level, Colorado’s state capital rises from the Western plains, its looming office buildings, titanium-pointed art museum, and downtown baseball stadium conspiring to form the skyline of a major metropolis. Just 71 miles west along a vertigo-inducing highway, of course, is quite the contrast: the wildflowers, waterfalls, and soaring craggy peaks of the Rocky Mountains. But don’t think…   Read more

   

  Find local foods in Denver.

  Denver omelet

  Game meat

  Green chile burger

  Green chili

  Local craft beer

• User Content

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  Great Divide Titan IPA and Odell Brewing IPA

  Avon
  chrisjg
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  Rocky Mountain trout with eggs

  Boulder
  liaht
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  Portabello sandwich

  Denver
  ackleydg
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  Colorado Lamb

  Vail
  liaht

• • Dad's Steak Bearnaise

    ajforget
    Denver, CO
    

    What on earth is more luxurious than a fine piece of grilled beef drizzled with a hot butter sauce? Flavored with tarragon, shallots, and white wine vinegar, bearnaise sauce adds both creamy d…    Read more

  • A Peak Eating Experience

    michaelrosen
    Beaver Creek Resort Avon, CO
    

    After an exhausting two-day drive from Charlotte, NC, Erica and I arrived in Beaver Creek. We met with my daughter Jaimie, who lives in this mountain paradise. Dinner was to be at the Grouse M…    Read more

• Blog Posts

• Q&A: Shane Milberger, chile grower and processor, Pueblo, CO

  “I like to irrigate and cultivate. I like to farm. It’s like painting a picture: With a swipe of a brush you change the whole picture.” –Shane Milberger, owner of Milberger Farms, a chile pepper and vegetable farm with a…   Read more

• Origins: Pueblo Chile in Colorado

  It’s hard to find a restaurant in Pueblo, Colorado, that doesn’t serve green chiles. This is prime pepper country, a smaller—and, some would argue, tastier—alternative to Hatch, New Mexico. In autumn, at harvest time,…   Read more