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Forbes: Ski Gourmet: Ultimate Guide to Luxury Ski Town Dining

December 2011

This weekend kicks off the single busiest week of the ski season, Christmas to New Years. For many travelers, eating and drinking are as big a part of the vacation experience.
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Departures

February 2012

Whether perfecting a dish using wild porcini mushrooms grown on a local hillside, or mountain biking through the rugged alpine beauty of the Rocky Mountains, Chef Kelly Liken relishes the local flavour of Vail, Colorado.
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The Peak

January 2012

When next vacationing in the world-class ski resort town of Vail, don't forget to make a reservation at the namesake restaurant of celebrity chef Kelly Liken, known in Colorado gourmet circles for its fresh seasonal fare and excellent wine programme.
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Saveur

January 2012

We're always sad to see a great meal come to a close, but we can count on the arrival of mignardises to lift our spirits.
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The Daily Meal

October 2011

Kelly Liken, of Restaurant Kelly Liken and Top Chef, gives her tips for a weekend in Vail.
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Sunset

August 2011

Favorite place to camp: Canyonlands National Park, Moab, Utah. Always brings: Leopold Bros. or Stranahan's smallbatch Whiskey (both from Denver) and a bag of ice cubes. Cooks: Grilled chicken with whiskey barbecue sauce and spicy slaw.
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Esquire. Eat Like A Man.

08/11/11

Earlier this week, we brought you a whole collection of chef-approved ideas for using in-season tomatoes. Well, there's further tomato ingenuity afoot, and it's good news for those of you who prefer to get your daily dose of farmstand produce in the form of an adult beverage. Former Top Chef contestant and restaurant owner Kelly Liken has just that, straight off the menu at her namesake restuarant in Vail, Colorado.
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Food & WIine

April 2011

Kelly Liken of the eponymous Vail, CO, restaurant vacations where she can fish, like a tiny island off Mexico's Yucatán.
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Kelly Liken: Program for Children

04/27/10

Many chefs are passionate about developing relationships with local farmers and the community. Super Chef asked Chef Kelly Liken of Restaurant Kelly Liken how she translates her interest in good food into a program for children in her community.
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Departures

November/December 2008

Of the more gourmet restaurants in town, several have amassed cult followings. Kelly Liken has earned acclaim for it's inventive approach to seasonally focused cooking. (Bon Appétite recently named chef-owner Liken part of the next generation of female chefs to watch.)
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Bon AppÉtit

September 2008

Chefs like Alice Water and Lidia Bastianich - ground breaking women who owned their own restaurants and won fame for it - were the exception. But no longer. Their efforts paved the way for some of our current favorite chefs: women like Kelly Liken.
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Snow

Winter 2008

Local and seasonal may be the buzzwords of modern mountain dining, but when the weather outside is frightful, something tropical sounds delightful. So putting a wintry twist on a sun-drenched cocktail seemed a worthwhile challenge for Kelly Liken, owner and chef of the eponymous restaurant in Vail, Colorado.
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Table

Winter 2008

Local and seasonal may be the buzzwords of modern mountain dining, but when the weather outside is frightful, something tropical sounds delightful. So putting a wintry twist on a sun-drenched cocktail seemed a worthwhile challenge for Kelly Liken, owner and chef of the eponymous restaurant in Vail, Colorado.
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Bon AppÉtit

September 2007

I'm hard to please when it comes to restaurants, but i can tell you I'm going back to Kelly Liken Restaurant here in Vail. The good service and food stand out above the rest.
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Men's Journal

August 2006

Gorge on locally raised steak and potato-crusted trout at Kelly Liken.

Cowboys & Indians

July 2006

If there's an "it" chef in Vail right now, it's Kelly Liken, and her swanky and intimate restaurant is the "it" place. She describes her fare as "seasonal American cuisine that relies heavily on locally produced and cultivated products." We call it food heaven. There's elk carpaccio, potato-crusted trout, and Colorado Mountain Meadows lamb along with a lovely wine list and hard-to-resist dessert menu.

Colorado Golf Magazine

May/June 2006

With tastes that truly dazzle the senses, combined with the subtlety-elegant atmosphere and family-feel, the restaurant is truly something Liken and Colomitz can boost about.
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5280 Magazine Online

Locals' secret...Vail's Restaurant Kelly Liken is just a car ride away - and if you dine now you'll be treated like a local... Kelly Liken's seasonal American cuisine is creatively on par with the late Adega, and we can promise that after just one evening wrapped in the restaurant's autumnal hues, you'll be back for more. - Amanda Faison
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Bon AppÉtit

February 2006

At her eponymous restaurant Kelly Liken, the 29-year-old chef and Inn at Little Washington alum sources local ingredients for use in dishes like chanterelle tortellini and Colorado wildflower-honey-glazed duck breast. Grab a seat at the bar with the locals and sip one of 30-some wine by the glass.
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Style

Winter 2005-06

Inviting yet intimate, the restaurant seats up to [77] patrons, and, accommodating Liken's emphasis on wine, has a 15-seat wine bar and wine-storage room... Honed slate inset with glass tiles provides the flooring and the ceiling displays a hand-blown glass chandelier.
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Vail Beaver Creek Magazine

Summer/ Fall 2005

Kelly Liken, who opened her namesake restaurant Memorial Day 2004, is committed to new, truly American cuisine. It may sound obvious, but few chefs focus on domestic cuisine, instead creating Nuevo French, Italian or Asian influenced food.
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Wine Spectator

April 12, 2005

Nearby, rising star Kelly Liken of Restaurant Kelly Liken crafted a dinner around the wines of Duckhorn and MacRostie, including a blue-cheese tart with gooseberry conserve to accompany MacRostie's Syrah Carneros Wildcat Mountain Vineyard 2001, which earned 91 points from Wine Spectator.

Good Eats

Winter 2005

Like circles left on old wood from the bottom of a wine bottle, Kelly Liken restaurant leaves a mark on even the most tenacious of palettes. At Kelly Liken, attention to the detail can be found in every nook and cranny from the handles on the backs of the chairs allowing servers to easily pull out chairs for the guests to the gauze curtains that envelop the plush booths. And a truly wonderful fine dining experience is all in the details.

New York Times

January 2005

Kelly Liken opened her own restaurant (also called Kelly Liken) at 12 Vail Road in Vail Village in May, and it has become the talk of the town.
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United Hemispheres

December 2004

Kelly Liken, the namesake restaurant of a young chef who has come up through th ranks of local kitchens. Smallish in size, the restaurant specializes in regional products. Try the elk carpaccio, potato-crusted trout, and Colorado lamb with lamb shank ravioli.
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Studio Atlantis website

Circular patterns reminiscent of stains left by the bottom of wine bottles and glasses are paired with Liken's own signature to reinforce the concept of the signature restaurant and wine bar…. From the lighting to the furnishings, from the ultimate chef's kitchen to the custom charger plates, every aspect of the project was carefully designed, detailed and implemented to create a total ambiance that raises the bar for restaurant design in the Vail Valley.

Sources+Design Magazine

November / December 2004

Among Liken's other interests for her restaurant was to make it sophisticated and metropolitan, fun and not quiet, and a place a customer could come wearing hiking boots or stilettos for fine food and wine.
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Ski Magazine

November 2004

Tyro chef Kelly Liken rattles the village's culinary boy's club with her eponymous restaurant, Kelly Liken. The 28-year-old Culinary Institute of America grad emphasizes local products in dishes such as Colorado rack of lamb with braised lamb shank ravioli.
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Vail Daily

July 2004

Unusual in a market saturated with great restaurants, Liken brings something innovative and necessary to her tables. The twists and turns on her menu elevate her non-fussy food to pure flavor, while the vibrant room encourages a sense of celebration.
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