The moment summer arrived in Aspen this year I was sipping a glass of Cartello Cabernet Sauvignon. It was the Saturday of the Food & Wine Classic and, after a cool start to the event that had seen the Grand Tasting Pavilion empty following a flash of lightening, the sun had come out to light up a late afternoon sky.
I came to this town in 1993 and there are precious few things around Aspen that have been staples since that first year. But New York Pizza is one of them. In a world where there is comfort in being able to count on something always being there, same as it ever was, New York Pizza fits the bill.
Fat City Gallery director D.J. Watkins has revived a countercultural community hub on the East Hyman Avenue pedestrian mall with a display of Tom Benton prints and historic maps.
A downtown restaurant/nightclub/bar hailed as the first supper club to open in Aspen became its first one to close when it shut down earlier this month. The restaurant 7908 Aspen announced this month it “will take the summer to rebrand and renovate.”
With one obstacle removed in the city of Aspen’s complicated land use code, the likelihood of Banana Republic returning to the local retail scene increased on Tuesday night with an approval by the city’s planning and zoning commission.