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2008 Stories by Drew Bixby

• Park Tavern

  published December 25, 2008

  Bar time at the Park Tavern (931 East 11th Avenue) is roughly fifteen minutes fast, which means, of course, that last-call and... More >>

• Beer Up

  published December 25, 2008

  “For too many people,” says Marty Jones, organizer of Wynkoop Brewing Company’s thirteenth annual Beerdrinker of the Year... More >>

• Grizzly Rose

  published December 18, 2008

  The trick to making any mechanical bull your bitch is to choke up on the saddle with your knees and thighs tight against the frame, lean... More >>

• Holiday Humbuggery

  published December 18, 2008

  Love holiday theater but feel downright nauseated imagining another year of salty Scrooge and pathetic Tiny Tim? Of dancing nutcrackers and... More >>

• Comics for a Cause

  published December 18, 2008

  Comic books have always been an inspiration to graphic artist/photographer Marc Hughes. “Growing up,” he says, “comics were a big... More >>

• Burgers and beers at the Cricket

  published December 11, 2008

  The Cherry Cricket (2641 East Second Avenue) — formerly Duffy's Cherry Cricket and, before that, Mary Zimmerman's Bar —... More >>

• Really Unreal

  published December 11, 2008

  “I want something to happen in people’s brains as far as their questioning of reality and what they’re looking at and what... More >>

• Downtown's last true dive

  published December 4, 2008

  The bummer about Bar Bar (officially the Carioca Cafe, at 2060 Champa Street) is not that the bathrooms are glacial, grimy,... More >>

• Heli-Claus

  published December 4, 2008

  What’s it like watching Santa, Mrs. Claus and one of their special elves fly into Aurora via helicopter? “It’s like a mob... More >>

• Scoreboard Restaurant & Lounge

  published November 27, 2008

  I have never before asked a bartender for permission to buy a drink. Why would I? Bars, taverns, saloons — they exist for the sole... More >>

• Lancer Lounge

  published November 20, 2008

  "Rita, I'm sick of this shit," Tom says of his Beck's bottle, then orders a Smirnoff screwdriver. His friends and acquaintances smirk at the... More >>

• Friday Night Fever

  published November 20, 2008

  36 Hours of Keystone, we hardly knew ye, brah. For four years, we had to ingest an arsenal of trucker speed and energy drinks in order to shred... More >>

• JD's: It'll do

  published November 13, 2008

  When the It'll Do Lounge closed its doors last year after 27 years in business, regulars wondered what would happen to the small structure at... More >>

• Turkeyball

  published November 13, 2008

  When touting the awesomeness of adult dodgeball leagues and tourneys, organizers and participants always talk about reliving the glory days of gym... More >>

• Hill-Top Tavern

  published November 6, 2008

  The Hill-Top Tavern (4907 Lowell Boulevard) will not run a tab for anyone. I know this because a sign taped behind the bar says so.... More >>

• LOL League

  published November 6, 2008

  Times are hard. Why, just last week, my scooter was stolen, my dog needed expensive dental surgery and an 800-pound hangover sat on my face,... More >>

• The Squire is one of Denver's greatest dives

  published October 30, 2008

  The cops are everywhere by the time we roll up to the Squire Lounge (1800 East Colfax Avenue) just after 8 p.m. — two squads... More >>

• Illicit Complicity

  published October 30, 2008

  In Curious Theatre’s new quasi-musical, Speech & Debate, three teenage outcasts — Howie, Solomon and Diwata — each... More >>

• Taking a gamble on drinking in Black Hawk

  published October 23, 2008

  It all starts with a graying Latino gentleman wearing a jean jacket and a straw cowboy hat being told he can't have a beer. "I'll give... More >>

• Vehicular Candycide

  published October 23, 2008

  A six-foot-tall Venus flytrap. An elaborate scene from The Nightmare Before Christmas. Maybe just some spider webs and a jack-o-lantern.... More >>

• Wazee Supper Club

  published October 16, 2008

  In sum, I've consumed seventeen and a half cold beers by the time I fall through the doors of the Wazee Supper Club (1600 15th Street)... More >>

• Out of Africa

  published October 16, 2008

  When Boulder-by-way-of-Canada newgrass musician and banjo virtuoso Jayme Stone blows into town tonight to perform in Swallow Hill’s... More >>

• Is Gelman's a good bar? There's no debate.

  published October 9, 2008

  Watching Chine inspect wine glasses — the way he delicately scoops each stem from the counter, elevating it high above his head and... More >>

• Walnut Room

  published October 2, 2008

  Daniel's mad because he can't bring booze into the green room. "I mean, what the fuck?" he whisper-screams into my left ear as local... More >>

• Hearing Voices

  published October 2, 2008

  With a little help from James W. Loewen (author of, most notably, Lies My Teacher Told Me) and Howard Zinn (most famous for A... More >>