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For Anthony Martuscello, owner and founder of five-year-old WestFax Brewing Company, the pandemic had already caused a major blow to business. Built around the in-house taproom experience, the majority of WestFax’s business came from on-premise drinking. When the novel coronavirus hit, the team had to completely alter their business model. “No one is ready to switch 100 percent of their product to packaged materials,” Martuscello says.   They began by upgrading from manual canning machines to an automated, professional set-up from Louisville-based Wild Goose Filling. But an immediate...

Amanda Berg Wilson admits there were some logistical challenges involved in staging a full-length play on a golf course. Some surprise elements were pleasant, like residents living on the outskirts of the course joining in for a nightly call-and-response section written into the script. Others were less so, such as cast members having to take turns serving as “coyote babysitters” on the lookout for a roving local pack. For Wilson and the Catamounts theater group, all this was…ahem…par for the course. Back in 2019, they’d produced a piece called The Last Apple Tree outdoors on a far...

Your 2020 Guide to Festive Holiday Fare Across the Front Range Where to order full meals, desserts, cocktails, and more from local, independent restaurants.Caroline Bourque and Patricia Kaowthumrong •   December 16, 2020 It’s very likely that the COVID-19 pandemic will cause you to celebrate the December holidays differently this year, but there’s still one local tradition you can count on: a festive feast prepared by a Colorado pro. Ordering full meals, desserts, cocktails, and whatever else you discover in the list below will not only bring joy to your table, but also help ensure t...