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2008 Stories by Jonathan Shikes

• The best of the West at the Great American Beer Festival

  published Oct 13, 2008

  Drink up! I went to the Great American Beer Festival last Thursday, October 9, and concluded that craft beers made West of the Mississippi River are, with a couple of notable exceptions, better th... More >>

• Flying Shmuck

  published Oct 10, 2008

  Not just for athletes anymore. Denver may be a mile high, but there must be something in the rarified air above us that drives people to do, well, shmucky things. Take New Yorker Christina Eliza... More >>

• East vs. West at the Great American Beer Festival

  published Oct 10, 2008

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• How did Daphne's turkey sandwich farer

  published Oct 08, 2008

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• Anti-abortion clamor at the Colorado capitol

  published Oct 08, 2008

  State troopers confront a protestor. Yesterday afternoon, Governor Bill Ritter stood on the west Capitol steps to voice his opposition to Amendment 48, a.k.a. the Personhood Amendment, which woul... More >>

• GABF events at Falling Rock Taphouse

  published Oct 06, 2008

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• Eddie Royal is on the numbers

  published Oct 03, 2008

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• Shmuck of the Week: Travis Henry

  published Oct 03, 2008

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• An early Christmas for Colorado beer drinkers

  published Oct 02, 2008

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• Something Fishy at Cook's Fresh Market

  published Oct 01, 2008

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• Jack in the Box talks Colorado

  published Sep 26, 2008

  Hello Parker. Jack in the Box, the California-based fast food chain that left Colorado twelve years ago, is continuing its foray back into the state with a new location in Parker. Jack has already... More >>

• Deli Zone: Rye times in NYC

  published Sep 25, 2008

  Deli Zone Deli Zone 955 Lincoln Street, suite D 303-860-0041 Chrysler Building $8.99 pastrami, Swiss cheese, mustard, marble rye (and sauerkraut) I need to talk about pastrami right now because... More >>

• Lucky Shmuck: Robert "Ice Man" Evans

  published Sep 25, 2008

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• Undressed at the Republican National Shmuckvention

  published Sep 19, 2008

  Mr. Schwartz is on the right. Some stories are too good to be true, and although we should sympathize with Colorado Republican delegate Gabriel Nathan Schwartz, who says he was robbed by a woman ... More >>

• Chedd's doesn't go down well

  published Sep 18, 2008

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• Shmuck: A crappy day at school

  published Sep 16, 2008

  Life of the Potty. For elementary school principals, education is typically priority Number One. But in the case of Michael Auclaire, principal of Peyton Elementary in Colorado Springs, Number T... More >>

• The Promise Keepers' Bill McCartney can't go home again

  published Sep 15, 2008

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• Positive signs at the Colorado DMV and courthouse

  published Sep 12, 2008

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• Shmuck of the week: JBS Swift

  published Sep 12, 2008

  JBS Swift rides the Shmuck truck. In one corner, wearing the corporate suits of a $10 billion meat packing conglomerate, the Greeley-based JBS Swift & Company. In the other corner, wearing head ... More >>

• Pastrami and egg salad make magic at Heidi's

  published Sep 10, 2008

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• Selling Barack Obama's memories on eBay

  published Sep 10, 2008

  Tickets for sale. In the aftermath of the Democratic National Convention, peddlers have not unexpectedly taken to eBay to sell leftover T-shirts and buttons and other paraphernalia. But there ha... More >>

• Denver's Guardian Angels find a new home

  published Sep 08, 2008

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• Shmuck: The Obama plotters

  published Sep 05, 2008

  Bad movies lead to bad plots. What do you get when you cross a wanted criminal, underage girls, methamphetamines, wigs, guns, body armor, the Democratic National Convention and The Bodyguard (with... More >>

• Shmuck: Boulder sheriff's deputies arrest one

  published Sep 03, 2008

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• Spicy Pickle's Yard Bird: Once you get past the bread, it goes the distance

  published Sep 03, 2008

  This bird is singing on the inside. Spicy Pickle 988 Lincoln Street 303.860.0730 Yard Bird Roasted chicken, bacon, fresh apples, spinach, bleu cheese crumbles and honey mustard. $6.95 Spicy Pick... More >>