The Feed: Colorado breweries raising funds during Firkin February
Unlike a keg, the firkin uses priming sugar to carbonate the beer, instead of force carbonating with carbon dioxide. Author: Kylie Bearse Updated: 9:43 AM MST February 23, 2021
DENVER Each week during February, tapping the firkin is an event at Wibby Brewing in Longmont, even during the COVID pandemic.
“A new person gets to tap the firkin every week ,” said Ryan Wibby, brewmaster and president at Wibby Brewing in Longmont.
“We have a big countdown. We turn the music up way loud,” said Ted Risk, director of sales at Wibby.
Once the firkin is tapped, you have just a few hours before that unique beer is gone.
The Feed: Meta Asian Kitchen hoping to spread luck this Chinese New Year
Every order comes with Chinese red envelopes. Some will have $2 and others will have golden tickets that can be redeemed for a free entree. Author: Kylie Bearse Updated: 8:27 AM MST February 16, 2021
DENVER We’re in the middle of Chinese New Year and as we welcome in The Year of the Ox, we re sharing how a husband and wife team is sharing their favorite traditions and hoping to bring a little luck into this new year.
“Chinese New Year is one of my favorite holidays,” said Doris Yuen, one of the owners of Meta Asian Kitchen in Denver.
Danielle Lirette 720-379-8340 This RiNo restaurant s name pays homage to Denver’s own Chinese history: Hop Alley was the once-thriving Chinatown that was burned down during riots in the 1880s. But the cooking like the sleek, hip-hop-infused restaurant is all modern. Dishes have their roots in regional specialties but are interpreted liberally. On the menu since Hop Alley opened is Beijing duck, normally served whole with pancakes, here reimagined into a wrap, with flaky scallion pancakes forming the shell. The menu changes regularly, so there s always the chance of discovering a new favorite dish. Hop Alley is currently open for takeout, delivery and limited seating in heated outdoor tents.
Smokin Ace just started selling sausages, sandwiches and other eats from its delivery-only kitchen inside the massive new CloudKitchens facility at 810 Vallejo Street. It was one of the first ventures to launch there, but the facility can host some fifty food businesses, so other outfits like Combi Tacos and Meta Asian Kitchen (which has its original location inside Avanti Food & Beverage) are now joining in the fun, with many more to come.
CloudKitchens, founded by former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, is one of several new ghost-kitchen businesses opening in multiple cities. ChefReady is another, with ten kitchens available at 1468 South Cherokee Street. The model targets relatively inexpensive properties in centrally located areas of cities, allowing third-party delivery companies easy access to heavily populated neighborhoods. So your tacos, noodles, hot dogs and more could all be emanating from the same location.