Event Planning + Services

Made for the Moment

DoubleTree Greeley Pairs Elevated Catering, Versatile Spaces, & Full-Service Hospitality Photography by Edgar Morales Photography & Provided A beautifully plated dinner served during an elegant gala calls for something different than lunch between conference sessions. A networking reception may be better suited to passed appetizers and small bites that allow guests to mingle. At a wedding, cocktail hour might lead into a formal dinner and an evening of celebration. At DoubleTree by Hilton...

Life + Culture

The Vander Dussen Legacy

A Family Dairy Story Shaped by Weld County Photography by Provided In 2012, the Vander Dussen family arrived in Weld County with a plan and a long history in dairy farming. What they did not know was that they were beginning a chapter that would become deeply intertwined with the community they chose to call home. The family’s dairy roots stretch back generations to Rotterdam, Netherlands, where Mark Vander Dussen’s grandfather, Sybrand Vander Dussen, worked as a milk peddler before bringing...

Food + Beverage

Everyone's Table

What Began as a Free Dinner for College Students has Become One of Greeley's Most Meaningful Gatherings Photography by Georgia Coats, Empowerment and Advocacy at Immigrant and Refugee Center of Northern Colorado On a recent Cultural Dinner Night at Zoe's Café, an Eritrean mother stood in the kitchen preparing a meal from home. She seasoned the dishes she grew up eating and watched as strangers filled the dining room, waiting to try food many had never tasted before. For one evening, a piece...

Food + Beverage

Culture is the Recipe

Inside the Intention, Flavor, and Hospitality Behind the Restaurant that Started it All Photography by Edgar Morales Photography & Provided The first thing most people notice at Wing Shack is the aroma.  Fresh wings hiss as they come out of the fryer. House-made ranch is mixed for another day's service. Rows of sauces wait to coat each order, from longtime favorites to seasonal creations inspired by recipes discovered hundreds of miles away. Before a single basket reaches a table, cooks move...

Food + Beverage

The Opening Act

A Taste of Greeley’s Must-Try Starters Photography by Edgar Morales Photography, Santora Photo Co. Before the entrées arrive, there’s plenty worth passing around. From crispy and savory to sweet and unexpected, these Greeley appetizers prove a great meal can make an impression from the very first bite.     Pellegrini Cucina Italiana - Fritto Misto Crisp, golden, and made for sharing, Pellegrini Cucina Italiana’s Fritto Misto brings a taste of the Italian coast to the table. Calamari...

Food + Beverage

Seasoned, Seoul Style

JW Lee Brings the Flavors, Traditions, and Shared Experience of Korean BBQ to Greeley Photography by Edgar Morales Photography At Seasoning K BBQ, dinner begins to unfold long before the first bite. Small dishes of colorful banchan fill the table as marinated meats arrive ready for the tabletop grill. Soon, the sizzle becomes part of the conversation, dishes are passed from one person to the next, and dinner becomes something shared rather than simply served. For founder JW Lee, there is...

Food + Beverage

What’s Feeding Your Brain?

Every Meal is an Opportunity to Nourish One of the Hardest-Working Parts of Your Body Article and Photography by Your brain never takes a day off. From the moment you wake up until you fall asleep, it's solving problems, storing memories, guiding conversations, managing emotions, and helping you make thousands of decisions. It quietly carries you through every meeting, family dinner, celebration, and challenge. Imagine inviting the hardest-working member of your family to dinner every...

Food + Beverage

Bringing the Pizzeria Home

Fisher Landscaping Brings the Art of Pizza-Oven Dreams Into Gathering Spaces Article and Photography by The beauty of a backyard pizza oven is that it rarely stops at pizza. It becomes a gathering place—the spot where friends linger, kids pull up a chair, and dinner turns into an evening outside. And while choosing the oven itself is part of the fun, how it fits into the backyard can make all the difference. That’s where local expertise comes in. Family-owned Fisher Landscaping helps...

Health + Wellness

Why REMS?

You already do the work. You show up, you move, you pay attention to what goes in your body.And yet there's one number almost nobody has — even people who track everything. It's called your Fragility Score. It tells you how strong your bones actually are. Not how dense. How strong. Those aren't the same thing, and the difference matters more than most people realize.Bone quality is one of the clearest predictors of how well you age physically. Whether you stay strong and mobile into your 60s...

Arts + Culture

Paint it Forward

In Greeley, a Homegrown Mural Festival is Doing Something Bigger than Painting Photography by Gii Astorga & Kim Desmond For years, Armando Silva traveled to mural festivals across Colorado and watched what happened when artists showed up and got to work. The conversations that started on lifts and sidewalks. The way strangers stopped to watch and ended up staying for an hour. The way a wall—just a wall—could become a reason for a neighborhood to feel like itself. He kept thinking: What would...