The Westword.com blog shortcut, May 6 edition

Hungry yet? Today in Cafe Society: • Up Close: Cracovia. • MiniBAR mini-opening; grand opening this weekend. • James Mazzio set to open the Icehouse Tavern. • Eat Your Beer With Old Chub Bread. • Our Weekly Bread: Snarf's, mmmm, Snarf's. • Win $500 from El Monterey for a good...

By Michael Roberts

May 6, 2009

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Hungry yet?

Today in Cafe Society: • Up Close: Cracovia. • MiniBAR mini-opening; grand opening this weekend. • James Mazzio set to open the Icehouse Tavern. • Eat Your Beer With Old Chub Bread. • Our Weekly Bread: Snarf's, mmmm, Snarf's. • Win $500 from El Monterey for a good idea. • News from the James Beard Awards.

Today in Backbeat Online: • Q&A with Elvis Perkins. • Distrakt continues on video direction path.

Today in The Latest Word: • Denver's bike-share program launch pushed back to next spring to increase awesomeness. • Nuggets' confidence cuts both ways in game two win. • John Hickenlooper, Peter Boyles make (temporary) peace over airman story. • Christina Szele: Westword's favorite shmuck is back! • Brian Rohrbough says Columbine segment for Oprah permanently canceled. • What makes Denver happy? Pot... Suspicions confirmed.

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Michael Roberts began his career with Westword in 1990 as music editor. In 1999, he took on a new role, full-time media reporter, as author of a column called The Message. In 2008, he became the lead writer for Westword's news blog, The Latest Word, a position he held until January 2023. Michael continues to freelance for Westword, covering everything from business to sports and the media; he also contributes to Jazziz, a national music magazine. He holds a bachelor's degree from what is now Colorado Mesa University and master's degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles, and Northwestern University.

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