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Cautious optimism was the theme for bars and restaurants in February, which saw a combination of declining COVID-19 numbers, increased dining room capacity and a second round of Paycheck Protection Program loans helping businesses stay afloat. While many eateries are still choosing to stay closed until patio weather returns and health and safety for guests and employees looks more certain, a surprising number of new restaurants and bars opened last month — including a few big hitters. Biggest of all was Perdida, which opened the doors to its bright, well-appointed open-kitchen eatery on Feb...

Joshua Pollack, a self-professed "Jersey boy" from Bergen County, came to Colorado in 2002 to attend the University of Colorado Boulder. He liked the state, but missed the bagels from back home. He was convinced that Colorado-made bagels could be more than just bready rings, though, and after other entrepreneurial endeavors, he decided to go to culinary school while taking post-graduate business classes. He also spent time in New York City learning the bagel trade and testing the water there before tinkering with Colorado’s to replicate the mineral content of the Big Apple’s H20. The res...

When you think of iconic Colorado dishes, pizza doesn't exactly spring to mind. But for fifty years, Beau Jo's has been baking its distinctive Colorado mountain-style pizzas — thin on the bottom and encircled by a bready crust as fat as a mountain-bike tire. Originally, folks had to stop in Idaho Springs for a bite or a bellyful of Beau Jo's, but over the years, the pizzeria expanded into multiple towns on the Front Range. No longer were the pies — sold by weight and topping out at five pounds — relegated to après-ski dinners; you could get your favorite combo in Denver, Arvada, Evergr...

This week brings the start of Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar's annual Oyster Month (which is soldiering on despite the pandemic), as well as 303 Day, a gala fundraiser in the comfort of your own home (wear a gown and slippers, skip the heels), and a seafood collab — just because. Keep reading for more on those events, as well as other culinary happenings through March that you won't want to miss. Monday, March 1 This year marks the second consecutive year without the High West Oyster Fest, the (previously) annual celebration that brought oyster shucking and slurping contests to the landlock...

This was a quiet week for openings and closings, unless you're looking for new locations of your favorite fast- food joints. Cupbop, the Salt Lake City chain that does Korean barbecue in a cup and doesn't plan on slowing down until "all creatures in the universe experience Cupbop," opened its second metro Denver shop. The first is in Arvada; the second is on Colfax across from the Fitzsimons medical complex and is open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday. And in Lone Tree, In-N-Out Burger opened its third Colorado restaurant, after debuting in Aurora and Colorado Springs last Novem...