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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2013 Stories by Patricia Calhoun

• Guess where I'm eating this meatloaf...and Velveetar

  published Apr 23, 2013

  Baby, it's cold outside. Wouldn't a nice, warm plate of meatloaf and Velveeta on toast taste good right nowr Can you guess where I'm eatingr And while you're at it, if you know of other spots around ... More >>

• Reader: Watching Guy Fieri eat is true torture

  published Apr 23, 2013

  Guy Fieri has visited Sam's #3, Steuben's and Fat Sully's. And during last night's episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, he made it to Highland Tavern, where he devoured a pastrami sandwich and some... More >>

• Reader: "Serious" bikers are the most selfish pieces of human garbage on earth

  published Apr 23, 2013

  Yesterday's snow put a damper on Earth Day festivities and sent would-be cyclists back inside. And while they were there, one reader discovered Josiah Hesse's screed from last summer on why cruiser bi... More >>

• Guess where I'm eating this green chile cheeseburgerr

  published Apr 22, 2013

  Who says you can't teach an old kitchen dog new tricksr This restaurant, which will celebrate its thirtieth anniversary in Denver in 2013, just added a half-dozen new items to its already massive menu... More >>

• Reader: Your Federal series is the best foodie thing ever

  published Apr 22, 2013

  In A Federal Case, Mark Antonation has been eating his way up Federal Boulevard, stopping at every non-chain joint he can find. Last week, he made it to Hong Kong Barbecue -- an excellent consolation ... More >>

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  4/20 shooting at Civic Center Park: What I saw and heard

  published Apr 21, 2013

  Civic Center is quiet this morning: the grass raked, the trash collected...and the crime scene tape down. The Denver Police Department had used it to cordone off the southeast corner of the park after... More >>

• Reader: Northwest Denver without Lechuga's Little Devilsr

  published Apr 19, 2013

  There have been rumors for years that Lechuga's, one of the last old-time Italian joints in LoHi -- once known as "the North Side" -- is for sale. But now the property is officially listed -- with a h... More >>

• Racines is a Dining Out for Life lifer!

  published Apr 18, 2013

  Start counting your pennies -- and your calories. Dining Out for Life is a week from today, and you'll definitely want to dine out early and often on Thursday, April 25. Over 300 Denver area restaur... More >>

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  Ludlow Massacre centennial will be commemorated by state commission

  published Apr 18, 2013

  The Sand Creek Massacre isn't the only grim chapter in Colorado history that will mark a major anniversary in 2014. Next year is also the hundredth anniversary of the Ludlow Massacre, the darkest mome... More >>

• Reader: Uncle is plagiarism at its finest!

  published Apr 18, 2013

  "I'm a cook, not a chef, and I really have absolutely no idea what I'm doing," Tommy Lee tells Lori Midson in this week's Chef and Tell interview. But he does it well enough that Uncle, his noodle bar... More >>

• Lechuga's is for sale for $3 million -- there goes the neighborhood!

  published Apr 17, 2013

  A river of red sauce used to run through northwest Denver, where many first-generation Italian Americans settled and opened their own restaurants -- which were later taken over by second- and third-ge... More >>

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  Denver Boone: DU's original mascot cracks the whip on calls for a replacement

  published Apr 17, 2013

  The University of Denver has been meeting with members of the DU community to discuss the "mascot development" process. Doug Hirsh has been following the process with particular interest: He was the f... More >>

• Reader: For $20, Mizuna's mac and cheese should be better than sex

  published Apr 17, 2013

  Yesterday Lori Midson celebrated the lobster macaroni and cheese at Mizuna as one of our 100 Favorite Dishes. This is not standard, comfort-food mac and cheese; it uses poached sweet lobster meat in p... More >>

• Dos Casas is sold out, but you can still enjoy Lola's house party tomorrow

  published Apr 16, 2013

  Dos Casas, the fundraising dinner at Lola tomorrow night, is completely sold out. "Brent's Place, and all the great things they do to help cancer patients, is extremely near and dear to everyone at Lo... More >>

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  Sand Creek Massacre to be re-created on film in Soul of Silas

  published Apr 16, 2013

  While the University of Denver explores the role that John Evans, its founder, had to the Sand Creek Massacre, some people have moved beyond study to action. Aaron Sears, for example, has written a sc... More >>

• Reader: Praise the lard! Shortening ruined Oreos

  published Apr 16, 2013

  The Oreo turned 100 last year, which means that the cookie has had its lovers and haters for a century. Count Jenn Wohletz among the latter; she included Oreos on her list of five terrible foods. Al... More >>

• Reader: Snooze has seen that camping ban doesn't work

  published Apr 15, 2013

  It's early Monday morning, so you can count on two things: People are already lining up to eat breakfast at the original Snooze in the Ballpark neighborhood, and outside the restaurant, the homeless a... More >>

• Reader: Shroom service! Love the Highland Tap burger

  published Apr 12, 2013

  Readers are still digesting our hefty Best of Denver issue, which included more than a hundred editorial picks in the Food & Drink section alone. One of the most hotly contested categories is Best Bu... More >>

• Get the Message

  published April 4, 2013

  The biennial National Conference for Media Reform is descending on Denver from April 5 through April 7, and the confab will kick off from 7... More >>

• Uh, oh: An O Bar for downtown -- and an Obar for Cherry Creekr

  published Apr 11, 2013

  Cliff Young and his son, Zachary, are planning to open a bar right around the corner from CY Steak, the restaurant that Cliff opened next to the Diamond Cabaret in October 2009, next September. The na... More >>

• Cliff Young adds a chef de cuisine -- and a weekly menu -- at CY Steak

  published Apr 11, 2013

  Back in the early '80s, Cliff Young's eponymous spot at 700 East 17th Avenue (today the home of Hamburger Mary's) was about the swankiest spot in town, during an era when swank was definitely in. But ... More >>

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  Smiley's, the world's largest laundromat (and Visit Denver's biggest embarrassment) is gone

  published Apr 11, 2013

  In the late '80s, after a Broncos Super Bowl loss, a CBS report said Denver had never been number one in anything besides air pollution. But that wasn't true: At the time, Denver had Smiley's, the wor... More >>

• Reader: Forget Linger -- for real action, try Lakeview Lounge

  published Apr 11, 2013

  There may still be some snow on the ground, but predictions of a warmer weekend have people thinking about patios. And there are plenty of patios to think about around town. Yesterday we offered our s... More >>

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  Fox News' Jana Winter still on the hook in James Holmes case -- for doing her job

  published Apr 10, 2013

  Given Arapahoe County's record, Fox reporter Jana Winter should be glad she's only facing contempt-of-court charges, not the death penalty. As media outlets were chasing every possible tip in the day... More >>

• Reader: Sad to see Little Italy fall restaurant by restaurant

  published Apr 10, 2013

  Over the past year, we've lost three more of the Italian restaurants that used to blanket northwest Denver like red sauce. Pagliacci's shuttered last August, after 66 years in business; Longo's Subway... More >>