NIBBLES

other tables filled with a mix of millennials and baby boomers and their children.

I wanted to pass along a message to this current generation of 20- and 30-somethings seeking consciousness, caffeine and calories at Dot’s: You know your sweet, white-haired, cane-using Boulder gramps and grandma? I knew them when they partied, rocked and ruled Boulder. Your time as an elder will come, too. I hope Dot’s will always be there as a place where you can bring your children and tell them about your wild times back in the 2020s.

LOCAL FOOD NEWS: A NIGHT WITH RUTH

● Boulder Food Rescue is looking for volunteers for weekly two-hour shifts to pick up donated food via bike or car: volunteer@boulderfoodrescue.org

● Coming soon: Hapa Sushi moves to 1068 Pearl St.; A second Boxcar Coffee Roasters & Café will open in the former Caffè Sole space at the Table Mesa Shopping Center.

● Plan ahead: Bowl of ’Zole, the inaugural pozole and agave spirit tasting event, takes place March 30 in Denver.

● Dining Out for Life is April 27. Hundreds of restaurants in Denver, Boulder and Colorado Springs will donate 25% of your check to Project Angel Heart to provide medically tailored meals to Coloradans living with HIV/AIDS: projectangelheart.org

NIBBLES INDEX: VOTING LOCAL

Does “local” really matter? According to a 2022 Colorado Department of Agriculture survey, when we know that produce, meat and other ingredients are grown or raised in Colorado, we buy them. More than 83% of Coloradans say it strongly influences their choices when shopping or dining out. (Note: The percentage may be pumped up by the mere thought of Olathe corn, Palisade peaches, Pueblo chilies and Rocky Ford melons.)

MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT DINING?

At various points in recent decades, Boulder County has been home to diners, bars and other chain and independent food establishments that served food in the middle of the night. Now, except for microwaved burritos at gas stations, the post-pandemic choices seem very limited for night owls. Where can you sit down to eat a meal after 11 p.m. in Boulder County? Let us know at: nibbles@ boulderweekly.com

WORDS TO CHEW ON: FOOD FIGHT

“No question looms larger on a daily basis for many of us than ‘What’s for lunch?’

There have been mutterings that the whole food thing has gone too far in America, but I think not. Good food is a benign weapon against the sodden way we live.”

— Jim Harrison, poet/novelist/essayist

● Acclaimed food writer and editor Ruth Reichl will be in Boulder June 14 for “Food and Country: A Film Screening and Q+A” at Chautauqua Auditorium. Tickets: chautauqua.com

John Lehndorff and chef Dan Asher co-host Kitchen Table Talk — a monthly food talk show with guests and caller questions — 8:30-9:30 a.m. March 2 on KGNU (88.5 FM, streaming at kgnu.org).