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What to Buy at the New City Park Farmers Market
The market, which debuts Saturday, May 15, will feature everything from doughnuts and kombucha to fresh produce.Lisa Truesdale •
May 14, 2021
When the City Park Esplanade Fresh Market went dormant last year, Peter Wanberg and his wife Margo realized how much they missed the relationships they’d built up over the previous four years of being vendors there. So the duo organized their own food bazaar in the same location City Park Farmers Market to reconnect with other local producers and with the community.
“Our mission, and our passion, is to champion local food producers,” says Peter, who also owns Jubilee Roasting Co. (Margo is a co-founder of 3 Sisters Honey). “The biggest differentiator between our market and others is our focus on food and food-related vendors. Only a handful of the market’s more than 60 vendors are offering non-consumable products, but they’re still very closely tied to local agriculture.”
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This spring’s limited-release bottle from Atost. The aperitif company started in Golden in 2020. (Provided by Atost)
Whether you’ve become an expert home mixologist or are more focused on healthful drinking this season, there is a bevy of new options to add to your bar cart and they’re made right here in Colorado.
From aperitifs to adaptonics, the latest in local craft beverages is less straightforward than just your typical beer and wine styles. Here are five new drinks to try, including alcohol-free, low-ABV and some that are slightly stronger.
Atost aperitifs (21% ABV)
Cindy and Kyle Pressman launched their aperitif brand Atost (pronounced uh-toast) in late 2020, with three flagship bottles ($35 each) to appeal to different drinkers. Roots is an earthy and herbaceous spirit that mixes well with ginger beer; Bloom is sweet and floral and pairs nicely with tonic; and Citrus combines lemon and orange and makes for a boozier mimosa. All of the aperitifs a