Subject: Arvada

• 3 Sons finally back in business

  The new home of 3 Sons in Arvada.Here's one for the books: 3 Sons is back in business, and even beat the June 20 opening date promised last week on its web site. In fact, it's serving as of today in its new location at 14805 West 64th Avenue in Arvada.

  June 16, 2009

• Westword Spiral Podcast: the Archive

  April 18, 2008

• Bandit Fashion Watch

  June 3, 2008

• That Thong Th Thong Thong Thong

  June 9, 2008

• Seems Like Olde Times

  July 8, 1999

• No beach, but at least Arvada has Restaurant Blu and C-Level

  Since last May, Chef Bruce David Mcginty has been running an interesting operation out in Arvada. Restaurant Blu and C-Level are attached restaurants, located in a waterfront building overlooking Hidden Lake. Restaurant Blu is more of a fine-dining place, while C-Level bills itself as 'Arvada's only waterfront sports bar and grill.' Manager Dylan Lampert told me that C-Level is "basically an upscale sports bar with a little Mexican food and a bunch of seafood. We are located over the water and

  February 10, 2009

• Today's Night & Day featured event: Shop, don't drop, in Olde Town Arvada

  An old German tradition, the lagniappe (pronounced lawn-yahp) offers merchants an opportunity to show appreciation for their customers, both loyal and brand-new, by opening their doors for a snow-kissed evening stroll. In other words, it's a tradition tailor-made for the already cozy boutiques of Olde Town Arvada, where retailers host the annual Olde Town Arvada Lagniappe, a free, old-timey holiday-season kickoff complete with carriage rides, refreshments and special deals. Begin your lagniap

  December 1, 2008

• Best pâtisserie

  June 29, 2000

• The Bite

  October 26, 2000

• Arvada Grill is gone

  The Arvada Grill at 5801 Olde Wadsworth Boulevard in Arvada has closed its doors."Thank you to all who joined us!" is the only message offered on the restaurant's website, www.arvadagrill.com. And the website of the parent company, the Fortis Group at www.fortisdenver.com, no longer lists the Arvada Grill, which chef Alex Gurevich opened right at the end of 2007. His Limon is still going strong at 1618 East 17th Avenue, though, and Bisque, at 226 Union Boulevard, has improved with the addit

  January 8, 2009

• Best Dinner Under $5

  March 29, 2001

• Best Cop Museum

  April 4, 2002

• Best Bookstore for the Dark and Brooding

  March 27, 2003

• Best Salvation With Libations

  March 25, 2004

• Need a midweek pick-me-up? Behold the Band Formerly Known as Prince

  Feeling a little uninspired? Need a midweek pick-me-up? Craving your fix of electro-disco-hip-hop-emo-crunk? Sure, we all are. Luckily for all of us -- especially those who live in the Denver area -- there's the Band Formerly Known as Prince.

  February 25, 2009

• The Arvada Tavern is back in business

  The building at 5707 Wadsworth Boulevard that houses the Arvada Tavern started out as a blacksmith shop, then got Arvada's first beer license after Prohibition, opening as the Dutch Inn in 1933, then turning into the Arvada Tavern. But by last year, the watering hole had gotten a little too down and dirty, and the owners closed it for a major, three-month renovation. The new-and-improved Arvada Tavern just reopened two weeks ago, and new general manager Bruce Reinoehl says that everything has b

  March 13, 2009

• Flier of the Week: Inactivists at the D-Note

  Oh, sweet monster-movie goodness! I'm beginning to think you all are designing just for me (not that I mind). This week's fancy-pants flier (click on it for a bigger version) pays homage to the movie-monster icons of yesteryear with a sweet mashup on the classic Bride of Frankenstein to promote the Inactivists with Mourning Sickness and Little Dead Things tomorrow night at the D-Note in Arvada. What's really cool about this, besides the impeccable taste inherent in ganking such a classic image,

  May 29, 2009

• So long to the old 3 Sons

  3 Sons has closed its original location at 2915 West 44th Avenue, in anticipation of a May move to 14805 West 64th Avenue in Arvada. Susan and Michael Scarafiotti bought the venerable old Italian joint in March 2004 -- which means they weren't responsible for the place back when Jason Sheehan first reviewed it, and quickly made much-needed improvements. "Our family recipes have been perfected over the years to produce tasteful and unforgettable Italian cuisine," they promise on their website.

  April 8, 2009

• A Sweet Deal

  Arvada offers some good old-fashioned chocolate therapy.

  February 5, 2009

• One for the Road

  The Arvada Center hosts a final yippie-ai-o-ki-yay with the cowboy poets.

  January 15, 2009

• The rocky road to developing around Rocky Flats

  January 15, 2009

• Will the proposed Jefferson Parkway toll road take Colorado commuters for a ride?

  January 15, 2009

• Talking Shop

  May 1, 2008

• Holiday Rush

  Restaurants unwrap a few surprises.

  December 6, 2007

• Rob Drabkin

  Don't Worry About Me E.P.

  September 27, 2007

• Road Warriors

  A new show at the Arvada Center is fun on wheels.

  June 3, 2004

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  September 25, 2003

• Community Watch

  Excel Academy charter school wants a home, but neighbors say not on their range.

  September 4, 2003

• Arvada's Milestone

  The Arvada Center celebrates its 25th anniversary.

  June 7, 2001

• Chain Reaction

  The Cold War has ended, but the fight over where to put a Rocky Flats museum has just begun.

  September 28, 2000

• Forbidden Fruit

  Arvada wants to bite off a chunk of Rocky Flats.

  August 10, 2000

• Back in Black

  The goth culture is in for a dark time at Arvada West High School.

  September 9, 1999

• Men in Dragnet

  The Arvada Police Department likes to put on skirts and chase pedophiles.

  July 29, 1999

• The Blacktop Jungle

  Are the series of superhighways inching their way around Denver a "beltway"--or a noose?

  June 19, 1997

• Letters

  May 8, 1997

• God's Own Party

  Everything's divine in Arvada, where the GOP has veered sharply to the religious right.

  May 1, 1997

• Strange but True

  December 26, 1996

• Down in the Hole

  The old coal-mining town of Leyden is a tough place--but not too tough to die.

  October 3, 1996

• Looking Back

  September 5, 1996

• Going to Ground

  A private investigator tracks a toxic trail through Arvada.

  August 1, 1996

• HOT PROPERTY

  WITH DEVELOPERS RUSHING IN, ROCKY FLATS ISN'T GROUND ZERO ANYMORE.

  June 14, 1995

• AS THE ARVADA WORLD TURNS

  THE ESTRANGED HUSBAND OF A CITY OFFICIAL PROTESTS "WANTED" POSTERS FEATURING HIS MUG.

  February 8, 1995

• THRILLS

  August 31, 1994

• Free frozen yogurt today

  Go-Go Yogurt is celebrating the launch of its co-branding with Inta Juice today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Stop by Inta Juice at 14705 West 64th Avenue in Arvada for a free small yogurt with one topping of your choice. For more information, go to 303-432-2123.

  May 2, 2009

• Three's Company

  June 11, 2009

• Party in Your Pampers

  January 4, 2007

• Telling Stories music and readings to hit the airwaves on CPR

  Telling Stories has long been a blessing for those of us who like our high culture in low-impact form. The four-year-old program combines chamber works and literature readings in ways designed to appeal to the under-forty set. In other words, the troupe, founded by local classical musician and writer Jennie Dorris, a former Best of Denver winner, showcases its fusion of musical pieces and personal essays at bars and cafes that are better suited for micro brews and lattes than intermission cockt

  September 15, 2009

• Udi's brings its master-baked breads to Old Town Arvada

  Lori Midson​ Despite the half-dozen "For Lease" signs posted in the storefront windows in Old Town Arvada, at least one restaurant is actually moving in. Udi's Bread Cafe, which already has locations in Stapleton (7357 East 29th Avenue); Louisville (185 South 104th Street); Aurora (12700 East 19th Street); and north Denver (101 East 70th Avenue), is moving into a new retail/restaurant parcel at 7600 Grandview Avenue -- and according to the sign and the guy on stilts who was painting the ceilin

  October 5, 2009

• What are Denver's most haunted restaurant locations?

  ​ Peter Boyles is holding his annual haunted house event at Yak and Yeti, the Nepalese restaurant that took over the former home of the Cheshire Cat Brewpub and Restaurant, at 7803 Ralston Road in Arvada. (There's a second Yak and Yeti at 8665 Sheridan in Westminster.) The ghosts on Ralston Road predate the brewpub era, though; the building got its start as a horse farm back in 1863, local fans of the supernatural swear it's haunted by more than a century of spooks. You don't need to head

  October 19, 2009

• Breadhead alert: Udi's is rolling out dough in Arvada

  ​Udi's Bread Cafe, which already has locations in Stapleton (7357 East 29th Avenue); Louisville (185 South 104th Street); Aurora (12700 East 19th Street); and north Denver (101 East 70th Avenue), officially opens its fifth location today at 7600 Grandview in Olde Town Arvada, directly across the street from Archive Room, which opened last Wednesday. The breadery was doing heavy trade last Friday during a trail run, and while the board was limited (and the kitchen had run out of the French di

  November 16, 2009