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from Boulder Weekly 04.27.2023

by Boulder Weekly

TRIPLE TREAT DESTINATION

LOCAL FOOD NEWS: OUT-OF-THISWORLD CIDER

● Yuki Pizza and Wings is open next to Kings Soopers at 385 Crossing Drive in Lafayette.

● Gundruk - Taste of Nepal and India is open at 2770 Arapahoe Road in Lafayette.

● Coming soon: MECO Coffee Collective, 1280 Centaur Village Drive, Lafayette.

● Condé Nast Traveler recently featured Lafayette as one of The Best Small-Town Day Trips from Denver. Food destinations mentioned include East Simpson Coffee Company, Teocalli Cocina, Community and Acreage by Stem Ciders

● Acreage is now serving

Capstone, Stem Ciders’ hoppy release with raspberry and Meyer lemon crafted in collaboration with Advanced Space to honor NASA’s Artemis missions.

AWARD-WINNING AND BOULDER COUNTY-CRAFTED

If you wonder what the best tasting foods and beverages in the United States are like, simply sample the following local products, which beat out hundreds of others to win at the 2023 Good Food Awards: Pastificio Heirloom Wheat Campanelle (Boulder), Dry Land Distillers’ Cactus Spirit (Longmont), Stem Ciders’ Carrot-Ginger-Turmeric Cider (Lafayette), Willoughby Bourbon Barrel Aged Honey (Rollinsville), Bibamba Noir Classic and Pate au Chocolat (Denver), Healthy by Design Kimchi Pickles (Broomfield), and Mountain Girl Pickles’ Corn Relish (Boulder). See other Colorado winners: goodfoodfdn.org

NIBBLES INDEX: 493 STARBUCKS

It’s not your imagination. There has been a frappuccino invasion. Colorado ranks fourth after Oregon, Washington and Nevada as one of the most Starbucks-heavy states, according to the price-tracking website pricelisto.com. Colorado boasts 493 Starbucks, or about 3.11% of all U.S. shops. No statistics were provided detailing how many of the state’s Starbucks are unionized, or planning to unionize.