Cajun cuisine and music ragin’ outside of Eaton

We’re eating out more these days.

As of Nov. 14, data from the Colorado Department of Revenue show that Colorado restaurant industry sales in the second quarter of 2005 increased 6.5 percent, to about $1.62 billion, over the second quarter last year. That increase is slightly lower than sales growth for the entire United States, which increased 7.5 percent, to $462.4 billion. Nevertheless, those numbers show a comfortable strength in the sector.

The Colorado star in the increase sweepstakes was Douglas County (home to booming Castle Rock) at 16.6 percent. But Northern Colorado’s numbers are up as well. Larimer County showed an…