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A few more Colorado beer floats in case Red Robin's didn't float your boat

On Tuesday, we wrote about the debut of the beer milkshake at 460 Red Robin locations across the country and pointed readers to our 2010 list of places around Denver and Boulder where they could enjoy other beer milkshakes, floats and desserts. We also suggested the beer floats offered by Freshcraft ... More >>

Medical marijuana dispensary review: Higher Ground in Denver

The entrance is borderline speakeasy-esque: A gray door is tucked in the space between Washington Park Grille on one side and a breakfast eatery/ice-cream bar on the other. It looks more like kitchen access for either restaurant than a dispensary entrance. Only a few unassuming signs (and smells) gi ... More >>

Five good things about the Chick-Fil-A controversy

Of all the cultural battlefields that could have been chosen for gay- rights whack-a-mole, it had to be Chick-Fil-A: a fast-food chain with marginally good chicken sandwiches, badass waffle fries, and a company president with an avowed aversion to same-sex couples getting legally hitched. The fowl p ... More >>

Crazy Mountain will release five bottled beers next week

Crazy Mountain Brewing, the buzz-worthy Vail-area beer maker that more than doubled in size this year, will start selling five of its beers in 22-ounce bottles this week. All five -- Old Soul Strong Belgian Ale, Hookiebobb IPA, Cara de Luna Black Ale, Scenic Route Kolsh, and Horseshoes & Hand Grenad ... More >>

The McDonald's map of America -- and Denver's place in it (VIDEO)

For some of us, the day after Thanksgiving is for quiet family time and home-cooked leftovers. For all too many, though, it's a grisly rush to the Black Friday sales at the mall and a lot of scarfing of fast food. Which makes this an excellent time to check out Stephen Von Worley's novel way of cal ... More >>

Littleton's Economic Gardening, up for an award from Harvard, helps jobs out-number residents

Downtown Littleton.​In 1987, Chris Gibbons was charged with revitalizing a Littleton economy that just saw it's largest employer, construction aggregate supplier Martin Marietta, lay off about 7,000 employees amid a recession. And despite long odds, his Economic Gardening program was such a s ... More >>

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Billions Behind Bars: Colorado's prison industry gets its closeup in CNBC special (VIDEO)

​A few years back, reporting on a convention of prison officials and vendors who supplied them with everything from stab-proof vests to suicide-proof toilets, I noted that America's spending on the corrections industry had reached $40 billion a year. According to two new documentaries worth ch ... More >>

Tim Tebow: Twitter Nation -- including Carmelo Anthony -- on Broncos new starting QB

Tim Tebow.​The entire football world is abuzz about Tim Tebow being named the Broncos' starting quarterback. Indeed, yesterday's edition of NFL 32 on ESPN focused on little else -- and while the hype delights some people, it's triggering the gag reflex in plenty of others. Check out the variet ... More >>

Rachel Maddow applauds Denver's Newmont Mining, Monday's stock market champ (VIDEO)

Video below.​Why did proud progressive Rachel Maddow pay a slow-clap tribute to, of all companies, Denver-based Newmont Mining on her MSNBC show last night? Because, in a day of epic losses on Wall Street following Standard & Poor's U.S. credit downgrade, Newmont stood out as the rare non-los ... More >>

Westword editor Patricia Calhoun wins a top SPJ award for her story on Kristen Stillman

Five equally awful/awesome shows to watch now that Jersey Shore 3 is over

Like Jersey Shore but with better hair: Police Women of Broward County​After watching the Jersey Shore crew drink and fight and tan together just like a real family, they moved out of the house last week in a rather deflated thirteenth and final episode of the show's third season. Though the group ... More >>

William Breathes' ten favorite products at KushCon II

Instead of cookies, I leave Sour Diesel​Last week I talked about how much I hated holiday shopping. After going to KushCon II over the weekend, I've changed my mind. Below is my top ten pot-toy wish list for Santa this year. All photos by Aaron Thackeray.

This weekend: Cooking with cannabis

Scott Durrah with a favorite ingredient.​Chefs Scott Durrah (8 Rivers), Lauren Gennett and Rachel Wolpo will offer a series of cooking demonstrations for Simply Pure, the Colorado edibles company founded by Durrah and his wife, Wanda James, at KushCon II, which runs today through December 19 a ... More >>

Marijuana USA: Does program mean CNBC stands for Cannabis News & Business Channel?

​Maybe you think Westword has gone pot-crazy, but the national network CNBC isn't too far behind. After Marijuana Inc., its 2009 report on the nation's underground weed business, became CNBC's most successful-ever original documentary, the channel quickly produced a second investigation: Marij ... More >>

Dixie Elixirs: Colorado medical marijuana soda company gets fizzy facelift

​Denver-based Dixie Elixirs & Medibles has been producing medical marijuana-infused sodas since 2009, but recently the company decided it was time for a facelift. Last month, the company unveiled seven new flavors of its THC bubbly: Sparkling Pomegranate, Sparkling Mandarin, Sparkling Grapefru ... More >>

Tim Tebow's number one in NFL jersey sales even if he's not Broncos' number one QB

Tim Tebow's number 15.​These three Denver blog posts are ready for inspection. Mile High Report's John Bena links to a CNBC piece confirming that Tim Tebow's jersey sales still lead the NFL even though he still hasn't thrown his first regular-season pass. No. 15 is no. 1! The folks at Denver ... More >>

Marijuana Mad Men: Meet Grow Room, the country's first MMJ marketing company

Elizabeth Robinson​What's a poor dispensary owner to do to stand out in an oversaturated market featuring dispensaries on every street corner? One solution would be to hire Grow Room Communications, a new Denver-based company that purports to be the country's first and only medical marijuana b ... More >>

Marijuana critic William Breathes looks back on a year of Mile Highs & Lows dispensary reviews

William Breathes​It's been exactly one year since we kicked off our Mile Highs and Lows dispensary reviews. Since he's a sentimental guy (we think it might be the marijuana), William Breathes gave us the following look back at a year in pot reviewing: Believe it or not, Westword staffers aren ... More >>

Medical marijuana residency rules: Jessica Corry threatens litigation if they're not changed

Jessica Corry.​At this writing, an emergency hearing of the new Department of Revenue Medical Marijuana Licensing Authority is underway. And like MMJ activist Laura Kriho, attorney Jessica Corry feels the residency rules that will be up for discussion are extremely problematic -- a position sp ... More >>

Tim Tebow kicks NFL veterans' asses -- in jersey sales

Display your fave.​When Tim Tebow jerseys were the biggest sellers among members of the 2010 NFL draft class, you didn't think it would last, did you? Oh, ye of little faith. Tebow-related sales have been saving Colorado's economy one jersey at a time for months, and they're still going stron ... More >>

Jon Stewart in HD?: See complete list of Comcast's 70-plus new high-def channels

That arched eyebrow will pop!​After watching HD television for a while, viewers tend to consider standard channels to be hopelessly fuzzy. It's like looking at the world through the bottom of a Coke bottle. So local Comcast spokewoman Cindy Parsons has good news for every subscriber who wishe ... More >>

8 Rivers has a special student for Cooking With Cannabis: NBC

Scott Durrah with a favorite ingredient.​Every month, Scott Durrah, chef/owner of 8 Rivers at 1550 Blake Street, hosts a Cooking with Cannabis class at the restaurant, which is conveniently located just two blocks from Apothecary of Colorado, the dispensary he and his wife, Wanda James, opened ... More >>

4/20 brings rallies -- and reporters -- to International Cannabis Day

​Even before today's celebration of International Cannabis Day commences in Civic Center Park at 9 a.m., this city's booming medical marijuana business has already inspired a number of out-of-town journalists to come to Denver to cover the event. And there will be plenty to report on today, b ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Mile High City going to pot

​Yesterday, Westword's quest for a medical-marijuana critic made the New York Times, after already being featured in the Wall Street Journal, MSN and CNBC. My e-mail box overflowed and my phone rang off the hook. It's funny how the national media has jumped all over this. "Is this the most at ... More >>

Max Media's Jeff Norman on The Truth, The Poll and Indie 101.5

The logo for 101.5/The Truth.​In late July, Indie 101.5, an acclaimed but low-rated local station, suddenly flipped formats, emerging as The Pole, aka "Stripper Radio." Yes, the switch was a stunt, and it did what it was supposed to do -- attract attention for the outlet's new, long-term ident ... More >>

Denver: The manliest, drunkest, business-iest, happiest, safe-sex-having-ist city in America

The perfect city to get hammered and sign a commercial lease while having protected sex with a very family-friendly (yet manly!) hiker from Colorado Springs. Or something like that.​Colorado is a great state for doing business. Did you know that? It's true. CNBC told me so, in its latest busin ... More >>

CNBC: Colorado No. 3 for doing business

A business here? Cheap. A loft, on the other hand ...  We're not that well educated, our transportation is West Virginia-esque, and you really want that much for that Highlands loft? But Colorado still ranks among the best states to do business in, according to a new study-type thing by CNBC.co ... More >>

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