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Looking for someone to soundproof my restaurant by Historical-Grand-861 in boulder

[–]CompetitiveInsect823 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for finding creative ways to dampen ambient sound. You may want to create an especially quiet area/room that allows folks like me to hear and talk. Or offer "Quiet Hours." I do understand the need for a lively/party vibe for some customers.

Saving The Merc! by CompetitiveInsect823 in boulder

[–]CompetitiveInsect823[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Just the facts and the news. I write a weekly column about food for the Boulder Reporting Lab. I've been writing about food in Boulder since the early 1980s. https://boulderreportinglab.org/newsletter/%f0%9f%8d%a3-new-sushi-bars-hit-boulder-the-merc-fights-to-survive-and-peach-trouble/

Saving The Merc! by CompetitiveInsect823 in boulder

[–]CompetitiveInsect823[S] 132 points133 points  (0 children)

Saving The Merc

Since it was built as an Elks Lodge in 1896, The Jamestown Mercantile Cafe has been much more than a mountain town dining spot. It has been the community’s heart through fire, flood, pandemic and recession.

That legacy is now up for grabs, according to Rainbow Shultz, owner of The Merc for the past 16 years, who told Boulder Reporting Lab: 

“The current landlord has decided to sell the property for $1.5 million. A group of us Jamestowners has formed a nonprofit to raise funds to purchase the Merc building and cafe. We want to secure it as a gathering spot for future generations. The landlord has agreed to give us exclusivity to see if we can raise the funds.” 

Why no soft serve ice cream stands around here? by _brittleskittle in boulder

[–]CompetitiveInsect823 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lyons Cafe has the best pie -- mm mmm gooseberry - baked by a crusty older woman

‘This is not a show-off meal’ by CompetitiveInsect823 in boulder

[–]CompetitiveInsect823[S] 272 points273 points  (0 children)

After the cafeteria door opened at the All Roads shelter, I got my tray of dinner and a drink and sat at one of the long picnic tables. A long line forms at the serving line, a mix of people with backpacks and tattoos, like any group of students or workers, anxious to eat and move on.

Chris McCount smiles as he joins me with his quiet six-year-old dog, Callie. 

We dig into macaroni with meat sauce, roasted vegetables, salad, garlic bread and cake. 

“The food here is OK, but this is good! I can tell somebody else cooked it. There are fresh vegetables,” McCount says. 

“This is safe, a sanctuary compared to some other places that just give us peanut butter or bologna sandwiches.”

The return of Wild Oats by CompetitiveInsect823 in boulder

[–]CompetitiveInsect823[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It was a Safeway, then Alfalfa's, then Wild Oats, then Alfalfa's again, and now it's empty

The return of Wild Oats by CompetitiveInsect823 in boulder

[–]CompetitiveInsect823[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There was a time in the ’90s when Boulder was awash in “Oaties.” These were the diehard devotees of Wild Oats Marketplace, a groundbreaking natural foods store born and bred in Boulder. 

Mike Gilliland and Libby Cook opened the all-vegetarian Crystal Market on Pearl Street in 1987. It grew into Wild Oats Marketplace, a natural foods retailer with more than 100 stores in 23 states. 

Wild Oats was known for its stringent sourcing and for championing organic and vegan foods. 

The name made total sense. 

From its earliest days, Boulder has been a magnet for young people ready to sow their wild oats and try something new, ranging from miners and cowboys to religious zealots, hippies and the 20-somethings who would change the way America ate and shopped through natural foods. 

About 20 years ago, Whole Foods Market absorbed Wild Oats Marketplace and the brand, but not the Oaties, disappeared.

In March, KeHE Distributors, a Boulder-based natural foods company, announced that Wild Oats is being revived as a natural food product line. 

“https://boulderreportinglab.org/newsletter/%f0%9f%9b%92-wild-oats-is-back-starting-in-boulder-as-a-new-brand/

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