DiningOut Magazine was founded in 1998 by Pearl Publishing Media Group as a regional menu guide for Boulder and Denver. Since that time, DiningOut has grown into the leading regional culinary publication in 13 cities across the US and Canada with a national circulation of nearly 3/4 million per issue. PPMG's national headquarters is located at Johnson & Wales University's Denver campus. Co-founder Josh Dinar has lived in Boulder and worked as the Publisher of DiningOut and as a freelance food writer for the last 10 years.
HeyDay Creative is a design agency based in Denver, Colorado. Concentrating on providing service for small and medium-sized businesses, HeyDay Creative specializes in website design, graphic design, branding, and animation. Hailey Day has created local restaurant websites, and proudly began participating in First Bite Boulder in 2008.
Laurie Smith is a freelance photographer specializing in the worlds of Food and Travel. She has shot photographs from Appalachia to Peru, New York to India. Along the way, she has developed a distinctive style shooting always with natural light.