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In February, Denver restaurants got moved up to 50 percent capacity for indoor dining, and it feels like we might be getting back to real life. For so long itâs been all about the pivots in the kitchenâshifting to takeout, prepping and fulfilling meal kitsâbut lately weâve been focusing more on the traditional restaurant experience. The pace in the kitchen has picked up and weâre putting out more food. It really feels like we might be getting back to normal.
We did our first real prix fixe dinner since the shutdown over Valentineâs Day weekend, and even though it was freezing cold we were booked. With 50 percent inside plus the greenhouses outside, it was nuts. We got to work with some really high-end products too, like Wagyu strips, lobster tails, black truffles. It was a lot of fun to play around with those ingredients. It had been a while. We knocked it out of the park, and we got great feedback from guests.
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While the headline was shocking for most, Parmet and his colleagues had been preparing for that day since the virus was first reported in Wuhan, China.
“We know that Summit County is a premier destination, not just for the country but for the world, and so we thought, ’Well, if this thing comes here, we can be No. 1, so we had to be ready,” he said.
It’s safe to say not a single health care professional or county official will forget the day that the first case was confirmed. Summit County Public Health Nurse Manager Sara Lopez was on a backcountry hut trip when her phone erupted into a flurry of texts from friends and colleagues.
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How to Order Take-Out Wine Like A Pro
Denver sommelier Maia Parish helps navigate to-go wine options so you know which bottles pair best with what you’re eating.Maia Parish •
January 21, 2021
Even with Denver’s indoor dining rooms open at limited capacity and Colorado’s 5 Star State Certification Program in the works for Denver County (which will open up even more of those inside seats), most hungry locals are still facing a winter with two main choices available for enjoying restaurant fare: Sit on an outdoor patio (hopefully by a fire pit or heater) or order food to go. When the latter is your preference, navigating a restaurant’s wine list without a sommelier or server by your side may make you feel like you’re on your own. You’re not.
Denver has been given the okay to take part in Colorado s 5 Star State Certification Program, Mayor Michael Hancock announced during a January 14 press conference about the city s COVID-19 response. Being certified for the program allows qualifying restaurants and businesses to operate at Level Yellow capacity levels; they re currently stuck at Level Orange. However, Hancock and other officials say that pre-certification can t begin quite yet because the city needs to set up the proper infrastructure, and in any event, the restrictions will remain where they are until Denver achieves Level Orange case counts for a week. And right now, the number of infections is actually growing again following the recent holidays.