As the seasons change in Aspen, so do the menus

The recent snow above Aspen is a sign of the changing seasons.

And when the weather changes, so does the downtown restaurant scene.One recent addition to Aspen’s medley of mouth-watering establishments is Division — a name that harkens back to the soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division who settled many of Colorado’s famous ski towns. The sign outside of the restaurant, housed in the old Golden Horn building, even inclu...
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Irish pub to open, coffee shops shuffle, PAC3 debuts

First, the Wylys saved Aspen's only bookstore. Now, they are injecting a little flow into the city's ebbing bar scene.

Kelly Wyly O'Donovan, daughter of Texas tycoon Sam Wyly, is opening Finbarr's, an Irish pub and kitchen, along with her husband, Denis O'Donovan, in the old Mustang space on the Hyman Avenue Mall where Club Chelsea flourished for so many years. Kelly is also the co-owner of the Elliot Yeary Gallery, next...
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India's cuisine: Not just for festivals anymore

For the last 15 years, one of the longer waits in the food courts of the Jazz Aspen Snowmass Festival and Carbondale Mountain Fair has been for those savory naan wraps bursting with spicy flavor.

But now it's far easier to get a hold of Indian fare here without first punching a ticket at an annual festival or fair.

The purveyors of those same naan wraps have opened a restaurant, Gandhi, in a shopping center in Carbondale, a...
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Local chefs named semifinalists for James Beard award

Two local chefs have been nominated for the prestigious James Beard Foundation Awards.

Ryan Hardy, chef of Montagna at the Little Nell in Aspen, and Mark Fischer, chef of Six89 in Carbondale, are nominated as best chefs of the Southwest.

They are in competition with fellow Colorado chefs Kelly Liken of “Top Chef” television fame who operates a restaurant under her own name in Vail, Jennifer Jasinski of Rioja in...
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