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 restaurants -- all members of the Denver Independent Network of Restaurants -- had signed up to create special holiday drinks for this contest.
But only sixteen of them are actually serving the drinks. Because as Nancy discovered when she made the trek down south to Tipsy's, the giant liquor s
The Timberline Grill at Ameristar Chris Cina's had some bad luck lately, with his last gig at Twig's Wine Bar and Pickles Deli in Tipsy's, a gigantic liquor store in Littleton, drying up fast last fall. And that was after an absolutely disastrous attempt to open T. Kelly's at 1361 Court Place.
Still, Cina's got an impressive resume -- with earlier stints at Aubergine and the Fourth Story -- and his luck may now have turned with his new job: at the gigantic Ameristar Casino in Black Hawk, which
"And they call him 'Sandy Claws'!"
Feeling crabby?
Today in Cafe Society:
• Out of the sea and into the claws of Jax Fish House.
• Guess where I'm eating?
• Chris Cina seen in Black Hawk.
• Milking It: Cinna-Graham Honey-Comb.
• The Rackhouse Pub to open in former Heavenly Daze.
• Il Posto adds more hours to its happy time.
Today in Backbeat Online:
• Dialed In: This week's local music radio playlists.
• Over the weekend: Wilco at Red Rocks.
• 2009 Westword Music Showcase Aw
