Email Author Patricia Calhoun

Awards

• 2012 - National Council on Crime and Delinquency/Prevention for a Safer Society Award, published January 27, 2011

  "Pen Pals"

• 2011 - Golden Quill Award/International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors, published September 23, 2010

  "Crying Shame"

• 2011 - Sigma Delta Chi Awards/Society of Professional Journalists, published September 9, 2010

  "Spreading Her Wings"

• 2011 - Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism, published September 9, 2010

  "Spreading Her Wings"

• 2011 - Society of Professional Journalists/Colorado Chapter, published September 9, 2010

  "Spreading Her Wings"

• 2010 - Education Reporting Awards/National Education Writers Association, published May 14, 2009

  "School Daze"

• 2010 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published August 13, 2009

  "Boxed In"

• 2010 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published May 14, 2009

  "School Daze"

• 2010 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published March 5, 2009

  "Double Trouble"

• 2009 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications, published December 11, 2008

  "Join the Club"

• 2009 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications, published August 21, 2008

  "True West"

• 2009 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications, published January 3, 2008

  "Reminders"

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 31, 2007

  "The Nigerian Scam Strikes Again"

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 3, 2007

  "Exhibitionists"

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published February 15, 2007

  "Ladies Plight"

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 12, 2005

  "A Piece of the Action"

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published August 18, 2005

  "Screwed for Life"

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published November 10, 2005

  "A Peace of the Action"

• 2006 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications

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2008 Stories by Patricia Calhoun

• No proofreaders need apply at Blues on Blake

  published Dec 12, 2008

  Let's hope that the music and food at Blues on Blake Supper Club (at 1925 Blake Street, in a space formerly occupied by the Dugout) is better than the proofreading,since the new club recently posted a... More >>

• Wanted: A new tenant for the old Drift Inn

  published Dec 11, 2008

  For many, many years, this storefront at 6901 East Colfax Avenue was home to the Drift Inn. But eventually, that classic saloon drifted into history, and the space was turned into Joe'... More >>

• An official opening date for Root Down

  published Dec 11, 2008

  Word just came down that Root Down, the new field-to-fork, small plates restaurant that's recycled an old service station at1600 West 33rd Avenue, has an official opening set for Friday, Dec... More >>

• Bad health reports, good pancakes at Children's Hospital

  published Dec 11, 2008

  The 24/7 cafeteria at Children's Hospital has long been known for its pancakes, which survived the trip from the old facility in central Denver out to the new Children's campus in Auror... More >>

• Wake-Up Call: Hold your horses!

  published Dec 11, 2008

  One of the last vestiges of Fred Kummer's reign as a Denver hotelier disappeared yesterday. The two mammoth horse sculptures that had reared their ugly heads in the lobby of the former Adam's Mark H... More >>

• Guilty verdict in Ha Noi Pho Case

  published Dec 10, 2008

  Yesterday, a Denver jury convicted Phuong Van Dang of attempted first-degree assault on a peace officer, attempted aggravated robbery and a whole one-from-column-A, one-from-column-B menu of other cha... More >>

• Bruce's Bar is back, and so are the Rocky Mountain oysters

  published December 11, 2008

  The Sunday before Thanksgiving, I headed up I-25 to Fort Collins and then turned east for Severance, the town "where the geese fly and the... More >>

• Join the club at Club 404, one of Denver's last true dives

  published December 11, 2008

  There are far worse places to spend a snowy day than sitting inside Club 404, the saloon that Jerry Feld bought 57 years ago from a man who'd... More >>

• Robert Thompson is headed back to Denver

  published Dec 10, 2008

  When last we saw Robert Thompson, he'd closed Brasserie Rouge, was out of Atomic Cowboy, and was selling B-52 Billiards (which would become the Real World: Denver House, then Theorie). He moved... More >>

• Wake-Up Call: Andrew Hudson is suddenly very popular

  published Dec 10, 2008

  Andrew Hudson is busier than a business reporter tracking the latest layoffs. That's because he's become the first person people call when they're laid-off, or think they could be laid-off. Hudson ... More >>

• SAME Cafe makes the Washington Times

  published Dec 09, 2008

  The idea -- letting people pay what they can (or want to) for a meal -- sounded crazy from the start, but SAME Cafe just keeps going. And growing, having recently expanded into the storefront nex... More >>

• The List: Best burgers

  published Dec 09, 2008

  Every Monday through the end of March 2009 (when we unveil the Best of Denver 2009) we'll be posting a list of some of our favorite Denver dishes/restaurants on Cafe Society. Have a requestr A commen... More >>

• Wake-Up Call: All aboard the Phil Anschutz express

  published Dec 09, 2008

  Seconds after Scripps-Howard suddenly announced that the Rocky Mountain News was for sale last Thursday, hopeful eyes were turning to Phil Anschutz, the local billionaire who's alread... More >>

• Now open: Mangia Bevi at Palazzo Verdi

  published Dec 09, 2008

  People have been raving about Palazzo Verdi since the office building housing the Madden Museum of Art as well as the Atrium event space debuted last month. And now Mangia Bevi is giving the... More >>

• But wait! There are restaurants in actual ski lodges in Colorado!

  published Dec 08, 2008

  Echo Mountain, the ski area closest to Denver, just kicked off its third full season of operation on Friday, and while the mountain is relatively no-frills, it does have a restaurant: the Ec... More >>

• Wake-Up Call: Let it snow, let it snow...

  published Dec 08, 2008

  Cocktail party conversation isn't easy this holiday season -- if anyone's holding cocktail parties, that is. Two safe topics: the Broncos (since the team's still winning) and the weather -- which is... More >>

• Steuben's toasts the end of Prohibition -- 75 years ago

  published Dec 08, 2008

    How to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the repeal of the 18th Amendmentr At Steuben's, the two-year-old restaurant/watering hole at 531 East 17th Avenue that celebrates regional cuisine... More >>

• Is Chile Rojo ready to take offr

  published Dec 08, 2008

  The current issue of United Airlines's Hemispheres magazine devotes its "Three Perfect Days" feature to Denver. Most of the restaurant/bar picks are the usual suspects -- Duo Restaurant, the Crui... More >>

• Five cents a beer at the Fainting Goat!

  published Dec 05, 2008

  Tonight, and tonight only, starting at 9:30 p.m. all Smithwick's pours at the Fainting Goat, the new bar at 846 Broadway, will be just a nickel. Until the joint runs out of the Irish ale, that is... More >>

• What Denver restaurants would you recommend to Food & Winer

  published Dec 05, 2008

  Mayor John Hickenlooper, in New York City for an appearance on Good Morning America earlier today, isn't taking off the rest of the day. He'll be pitching the city's restaurant scene to Food & Win... More >>

• Denver on Good Morning America

  published Dec 05, 2008

  Denver's spent decades trying to convince the rest of the country that everyone in this town doesn't walk around singing the tunes created by John Denver, a man who a) wasn't born in Denver (he haile... More >>

• Wake-Up Call: A pressing engagement

  published Dec 05, 2008

  Jinx. Last month, the two dailies stopped arriving at my house. The last time I'd reupped my subscription, I hadn't been able to commit beyond six months -- I simply didn't think that both papers wo... More >>

• Izakaya Den joins the lunch bunch

  published Dec 05, 2008

  In the Best of Denver 2008, Jason Sheehan proclaimed Izakaya Den, the Japanese restaurant at 1518 South Pearl Street, as the Best New Restaurant last year. And now Izakaya's gone one better -- by add... More >>

• Ho, ho, ho: Twigs has closed -- for now

  published Dec 04, 2008

  Above is the season's greeting that Nancy Levine, our intrepid Drink of the Week columnist, found when she was out last night judging the 2008 Holiday Cocktail Competition. Seventeen restaurant... More >>

• Warwick Denver Hotel has a new executive chef

  published Dec 04, 2008

  Kristen Cofrades is the new executive chef at Warwick Denver Hotel, overseeing Randolph's Restaurant & Bar (which has one of the best patios in town), as well as the room service and banquet dep... More >>