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Olathe sweet corn · Denver

Picked-that-morning sweet corn from Olathe in the Uncompahgre Valley, the state's defining summer ear; served on the cob with butter, queso fresco and chile lime salt.

Olathe sweet corn has been grown on the Western Slope since the 1970s, harvested in a tight late-July to early-September window. The Olathe Sweet Corn Festival has run since 1992; Denver chefs source through the season. The Mexican-influenced elote preparation, with crema, queso fresco and chile, took hold on Federal Boulevard and at Mister Oso, Tamayo and Adelitas. Mercantile and Fruition both run sweet-corn courses through August.

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