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game, visit the next-door public McGregor Square complex. Rockies games are shown on a 66-by-20-foot LED screen, and instead of Rocky Dogs, choose from food stalls inside the Milepost Zero food hall. We sampled warm empanadas filled with birria and chorizo and potato alongside Japanese fried chicken and pork belly buns with black bean sauce and spicy roasted cauliflower street tacos. A tap wall allows you to refill beverages as needed. An added plus: You can hear the roar when a home run gets hit at Coors Field about 500 yards away.

LOCAL FOOD NEWS: CREEK FEST FOOD FUN

The Boulder Creek Festival is back Friday through Monday, May 26 through 29, with food stands offering everything from bratwurst, burgers, tacos, shaved ice, baked goods, barbecue, ice cream, lobster rolls, Cajun food and sushi. The Creekside Beer Festival features unlimited sips from 20-plus breweries for two-hour sessions Saturday and Sunday, May 27 and 28.

Denver International Airport made Food & Wine’s list of top 10 U.S. airports with the best food options. It does have some good local eateries: You have to wonder if most travelers discovered them while stuck in Denver because of Southwest Airlines’ snafus.

WORDS TO CHEW ON: BARBECUE GUILT

“Grilling is like sunbathing. Everyone knows it is bad for you but no one stops doing it.”

— From “Home Cooking” by Laurie

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John Lehndorff hosts Radio Nibbles at 8:20 a.m. Thursdays on KGNU. Today’s guest: Boulder chef Dakota Soifer. Listen to podcasts at: bit.ly/RadioNibbles