Food and Restaurants Archives - The Colorado Sun

Fort Carson soldiers get new dining options thanks to celebrity chef

Parker Yamasaki — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 09:55:00 +0000

Celebrity chef Robert Irvine visits Fort Carson on June 18, 2026. Irvine has been working as an unpaid consultant to the U.S. Army, updating the dining options for troops. (Parker Yamasaki, The Colorado Sun)

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Colorado governor signs executive order banning sugary drinks at state functions

Jennifer Brown — Thu, 21 May 2026 19:52:55 +0000

Perdita Butler, left, and Geonna King uncover a bed of vegetables at Butler’s Quarter Acre and a Mule farm in Pueblo. Butler grows organic produce and Quarter Acre and a Mule is an anchor farm for the Pueblo Farmers Market. (Mike Sweeney, Special to The Colorado Trust)

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If this is sad, we don’t want to be happy: An ice cream story

Michael Booth — Sun, 17 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000

Kramer Cirineo scoops out spoonfuls Teary-misu ice cream into pint containers. Cirineo and the rest of the crew at Sadboy Creamery prepare the upcoming weekÕs orders of several flavors of small batch ice cream on May 11, 2026 in Denver. (Kathryn Scott, Special to The Colorado Sun)

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Nearly half of Coloradans experiencing food insecurity don’t qualify for SNAP

Jenny McCoy — Fri, 08 May 2026 09:47:00 +0000

Jocelyn Miller, a 63-year-old Arvada resident, picks fresh produce from a cooler at Metro Caring’s Fresh Foods Market on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, in Denver, Colo. (Armando Geneyro, Special to The Colorado Trust)

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Denver diners can sample new dishes this week, created to reduce food waste

Parker Yamasaki — Thu, 07 May 2026 09:55:00 +0000

Jim Adame, manager of Blue Sparrow Café on Sherman Street in Denver, pours chai spices back into a boiling pot after they’ve been through one steep. Recycling the spices for a second batch is the innovation that Blue Sparrow came up with during Denver’s Food Matters Restaurant Challenge in 2025. (Parker Yamasaki, The Colorado Sun)

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The food and flavors that make up Colorado’s culinary landscape

The Colorado Sun — Wed, 06 May 2026 10:15:00 +0000

From indigenous traditions to presidential steaks to smothering just about everything in green chile, we’ve got 10 bites that are distinctly Colorado

Palisade farmers take on low temperatures in a fight to save peaches from April freezes

Shannon Mullane — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:25:00 +0000

Irrigation water froze over the surface of growing peaches Saturday, April 18, 2026, at Talbott Farms in Palisade, Colorado. (Shannon Mullane, The Colorado Sun)

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Colorado Tamale Act could open the door for more home kitchen entrepreneurs

Rae Solomon, CPR News — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 09:30:00 +0000

The Combi Taco Catering crew make boxed meals at a commercial kitchen in Denver’s Athmar Park neighborhood. April 13, 2026. (Rae Solomon, CPR via Colorado Capitol News Alliance)

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Gray’s Coors Tavern takes top slopper title in Pueblo, unseating back-to-back champion

Parker Yamasaki — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0000

The signature sandwich of Pueblo is a Slopper. The dish is composed of a toasted bun or bread, a hamburger patty and melted cheese joined together with a ladle of green chile. Debate is fierce over whether the sandwich should be served open faced, or have the top of the bun placed on the stack before the chile is poured over. (Dana Coffield, The Colorado Sun)

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Gov. Polis planning executive order to address sugary drinks, promote healthy eating in Colorado

Jennifer Brown — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000

In this Dec. 25, 2018, file photo a person uses a soda fountain dispenser at the Back Bowl bowling alley in Eagle, Colo. A new study bolsters evidence that soda taxes can reduce sales but whether they influence health remains unclear. The new results were published Tuesday, May 14, 2019, in the Journal of the American Medical Association. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

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A person uses a soda fountain dispenser at the Back Bowl bowling alley in Eagle, Colo. on Dec. 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

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