DINING REVIEW: Edible game changer

Arena food upgrades offer hot tastes cooked to order

NATHANIEL GLEN

For a long time, getting a bite to eat at a stadium meant signaling a guy with a tray strapped to his midsection, convincing a whole row of people trying to watch the game to pass you a hot dog and lite beer while passing him something resembling... Full story

DINING REVIEW: Rocco’s Italian Restaurant

Classic pasta, pizza and desserts won’t disappoint

NATHANIEL GLEN

One of the few good things about the economic infarction of the past year or so is that few new restaurants bothered to open. Before the Dow dove like a seal, a Colorado Springs reviewer could count on at least three new places to eat a month. Now,... Full story

DINING REVIEW: The Pantry in Green Mountain Falls is the toast of the town

NATHANIEL GLEN

The last thing you want to do as a critic is tarnish your favorite gem by making it too popular.Will praise and notoriety change The Pantry?Will the cheery waitresses who call regulars “hon” begin to look haggard and forlorn once crowds... Full story

DINING REVIEW: Some like Thai hot

Eatery doesn’t skimp on authenticity — or heat

NATHANIEL GLEN

It is almost as if the good Thai restaurants in Colorado Springs are in cahoots. They are perfectly spaced like rival mob families in neighborhoods around the city: Arharn owns the east; Bhan Thai, the southeast; Taste of Thai Spice, the southwest;... Full story

DINING REVIEW: At Cold Fusion, the pieces are there; art is gone

NATHANIEL GLEN

At Fusion World Cuisine, Chinese favorites like chicken stir-fry and hot and sour soup sit next to lamb chops and sea bass on the menu. The national dish of Thailand, pad Thai, sits next to Indian-style vegetable curry. The Web site of the... Full story

DINING REVIEW: Pho-getaboutit - Vietnamese soup perfect on cold day, but not here

NATHANIEL GLEN

It seems unlikely that a country as hot and humid as Vietnam would come up with a dish that is as perfect on an icy winter day as pho.But walk into Pho 54, Colorado Springs’ only pho-specific restaurant, on a brisk December day and... Full story

DINING REVIEW: Sushi-licious

NATHANIEL GLEN

If you are going to steal an idea, you might as well steal from the best.So when our server at Bara Sushi, the new raw-fish den in the Promenade Shops at Briargate, told us that their treatment of yellowtail tuna sashimi ($12) was lifted straight... Full story

DINING REVIEW: Rumi’s Kabab borrows from several countries, including Afghanistan

NATHANIEL GLEN

The menu at Rumi’s Kabab is emblazoned with a photo of the Buddha of Bamiyan, a 121-foot statue carved from the raw rock of an Afghan cliff in the sixth century. In this central Asian country along the Silk Road, the statue’s flowing... Full story

DINING REVIEW: A slice of rivalry

Chicago, New York do battle via pizza pie for allegiance of newsroom’s journalists

NATHANIEL GLEN

New York vs. Chicago.It is the classic rivalry when it comes to pizza.Sure, there are other regional contenders: San Francisco with its thin, crispy crust and zest for adding inventively weird toppings; New Haven, Conn., with its mozzarellaless but... Full story

DINING REVIEW: La Casita locations come and go, but original appeal — circa 1986 — remains

NATHANIEL GLEN

  View La Casita locations in a larger map     There are few more indulgent delights than ruffling open the foil wrap on a bundle of fresh, handmade La Casita flour tortillas, tearing off a steaming warm piece of the thick, spongy... Full story

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