Tag: Colorado Restaurant Association
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Colorado makes pandemic sales of takeout alcohol permanent
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado first allowed restaurants to sell cocktails for takeout or delivery when the pandemic hit in 2020 and businesses desperately needed relief. Then in 2021, Colorado extended the law to stay in effect until July 2025. But last week, Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill…
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Denver City Council to consider up to $289 million in bond spending
The Denver City Council will consider approving a sextet of construction contracts worth $30 million each ahead of their Tuesday meeting. Councilmembers are also scheduled to consider several other contracts and bond spending totaling close to $300 million. The Council did not meet on Monday, it’s normal meeting time, as the city government closed in…
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Fact check: There really are two jobs for every unemployed person in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save There are, indeed, two jobs available for every unemployed individual in Colorado, as Gov. Jared Polis said in his State of the State address last week — but it’s unclear what level of quality and or what industry these jobs are most likely in. Polis said…
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Colorado Restaurant Foundation purchases Good Food Media Network
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Restaurant Foundation, the nonprofit arm of the Colorado Restaurant Association, purchased the Good Food Media Network, according to a news release. The Network is best known for its annual Good Food 100 restaurant list “dedicated to transparency and support of Colorado’s food system,…
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Metro Denver chefs sweep James Beard division
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two years ago Wednesday, all Colorado restaurants were ordered shut down as the COVID-19 pandemic began. So it’s particularly poignant for those in the industry that Wednesday the James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards named the top five “Best Chef” finalists from the Mountain division…
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At-home testing program expanded to restaurant workers by state health department
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment announced the expansion of its at-home COVID-19 testing program that will include restaurant workers. The Binax At-Home testing program was launched in February by the state for grade school teachers, school administrators, early childhood educators and other…
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CRA officials said they were ‘assured multiple times’ that restaurant workers would move up on vaccine list
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Colorado Restaurant Association launches gift card campaign for Black-owned restaurants
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Restaurant Association is launching the “Dine Out to Help Out” campaign, providing Black-owned restaurants with funding for gift cards to give out to customers to incentivize repeat dining. The campaign, in partnership with…
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More than $1 million in Winter Outdoor Dining Fund grants doled out to 260 Colorado restaurants
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Hundreds of Colorado restaurants were given more than $1 million in grants through the state’s most recent round of the Winter Outdoor Dining Fund, Gov. Jared Polis announced Tuesday. The program, funding outdoor dining spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic, is in partnership with the Colorado…