Colfax

A Marathon of Events

Goodbye, Kitty's East. I never knew ye. Ever.

When I was in high school, I had a friend whose dad called all porn shops "the fuck book store." Mostly, though, he was referring to the joint next to the Bluebird Theatre, because he was very suspicious that we went to that venue so often -- although for seventeen-year-old, third-wave rude boys and ... More >>

Smiley's Laundromat is no more, but new owners are working on a heavy duty clean-up

Smiley's Laundromat has been hung out to dry, taking with it yet another (sketchy) Colfax institution. So what's next for this spot? The building was purchased from Triton Properties by Slipstream Properties last year, and the owner is now giving the structure a floor-to-ceiling makeover and mainten ... More >>

CU Peru hosts a show supporting global health care at Hooked on Colfax tomorrow

This Saturday, April 6, Hooked on Colfax will donate its wall space to Local Goes Global, an evening devoted to raising money through art for a global health-focused nonprofit, Comunidades Unidas Peru. A student-run organization, CU Peru comprises volunteers from various schools at the University o ... More >>

Neon signs and Colfax Avenue: The beauty and danger of nostalgia

I drove by Smiley's Laundromat last night and felt one of those annoying sighs cross my chest -- a chest pain caused by the sight of possible improvement to a place that I used to enjoy for its utter sketchiness. Smiley's is closed right now for "remodeling," its windows papered over. Could we be lo ... More >>

A Colfax-themed comp featuring songs about the world's greatest avenue? Uh, yes, please!

It's amazing that somebody hasn't already thought of this: A Colfax-themed compilation filled with songs about...wait for it... Colfax. Leave it to local music man and ColfaxAvenue.com webmaster Jonny Barber to beat everybody to the punch. This gem features tunes by Five Iron Frenzy ("Where Zero Mee ... More >>

Medical marijuana dispensary review: Nature's Cure III in Denver

I would love to say there was another reason for my visiting Nature's Cure III on Colfax, but there just isn't. The shop isn't really known for much more than rock-bottom pricing on their buds, and there's often a line to get in -- so I figured I'd finally make a stop and see just how far $25 could ... More >>

Photos: Hooked on Colfax completes expansion, doubles capacity

Hooked on Colfax -- the popular and eclectic coffee shop at 3213 East Colfax Avenue -- has been jonesing for more room, and with the recent expansion into the space next door, the cups (and cocktails) are flowing freely. Here's a look at the makeover: See also: -A big expansion is in the works for ... More >>

Ten best pre/post-show eats on South Broadway

In the past decade, South Broadway has turned into a thriving hub for music and nightlife in Denver with a variety of options to whittle away your evenings, whether you're taking in a show at places like 3 Kings Tavern, the hi-dive, Gary Lee's Motor Club, the Skylark or getting your groove on Blue I ... More >>

Udi's Colfax Pizza Bar taking over the former Encore space

While Paul Reilly, the former executive chef/owner of Encore on Colfax, continues to search for a new pad to perch a restaurant, the space he left behind at 2550 East Colfax Avenue, will soon have a familiar tenant: Udi, Etai and Robin Baron, of the Udi's empire, which includes seven restaurants, a ... More >>

Lost Highway Brewing will raise a pint to Colfax Avenue this winter

Colfax Avenue has always been Denver's main thoroughfare. Created after the Rush to the Rockies of 1859, the Gateway Road flourished in the decades that followed as both a business district and a social hub, right up through the 1950s, when touristy motels lined both sides. But like Radiator Springs ... More >>

Scoot!

4/20 in Civic Center Park: Our pot critic cuts through the smoke

See Also: (Photos) Free Wyclef Jean 420 show at CU in Boulder draws unbelievably paltry crowd There's a silence that falls over the crowd somewhere between 4:19 p.m. and 4:21 p.m. It's not in memorial of anyone. And it's not because of anything anyone on stage said -- most people in attendance cou ... More >>

Medical marijuana dispensary review: Colorado Care Facility on Colfax

I've been eyeing the CCF sign on Colfax for years now. It's one of the most prominent MMJ signs on Colfax, while at the same time being relatively modest. Just three big letters on an old neon marquee. I always assumed the sign was probably the best part about the otherwise discount-looking shop.

Reader: Sunflower Market on Colfax an easy call, so why did Denver City Council make it hard?

Patricia Calhoun's item about a Denver City Council food fight over building a new Sunflower Market on Colfax sparked a strong take from one of our most regular commenters after the project was approved. Here's what he had to say.

Second Helping: Bourbon Grill

Teal Nipp​At lunchtime on Saturday, I dragged a couple of friends east on Colfax, eager to sate my curiosity about Bourbon Grill, the walk-up window under a red awning that seems to always have an eclectic line of people waiting for an order.

Tasty Colfax: Saunter around the Bluebird District tonight

​Fourteen restaurants are participating in tonight's Tasty Colfax bash, which features five bands, a tap-dancing troupe and food from the latest addition to the neighborhood, Uber Sausage -- and Hooked on Colfax, Fat Sully's, Denver Biscuit Company, Annie's Cafe, Encore, Bastien's and others. ... More >>

Adventures in weird business combos: Coin op laundry and payday loan

​Every so often, usually in more (ahem) modestly incomed neighborhoods, you see them: businesses who offer weird and somewhat dubious combinations of services (my personal favorite of yore: The Quik Stop & Bail Bonds that used to be on South Federal). In an effort to highlight the brave practi ... More >>

Taco Mex makes tacos al pastor the traditional way

Review preview: Taco Mex

Mark Manger​Colfax is the longest street in Denver, and it's also one of the most culinarily diverse, home to everything from Belgian fare to burgers, Ethiopian timatim fit to Mexican tacos al pastor. And not just tacos al pastor, but the traditional kind -- the kind that feature pork roasted ... More >>

Sad pay phone of the week: The pay phone at Colfax and Pearl

​Location: Next to the Office Depot lot on Colfax and Pearl. Number: Unknown. Status: Operable. Price: 50 cents for local calls. Photo taken: 2:55 p.m. on February 10.

Medical marijuana dispensary review: Good Chemistry on Colfax (No, really, it's there)

​Four different people have told me that they either circled the block or walked right past Good Chemistry on Colfax numerous times before locating the rather nondescript dispensary. I did both. The pot shop is in a narrow space in an old retail building, a block east of the capitol between Hi ... More >>

Sad pay phone of the week: The pay phone at Colfax and Corona

​Location: Outside of the Blockbuster on Colfax and Corona. Number: Unknown. Status: Operable. Cost: 50 cents for local calls. Photo taken: 2:35 p.m. on February 10.

Sad pay phone of the week: The pay phone at Colfax and Grant

​Location: outside of Pho-natic Vietnamese on Colfax and Grant. Number: (303) 831-9702 Status: Operable. Cost: 25 cents for local calls. Photo taken: 1:10 p.m. on February 10

Protip: Catch an advance Denver Big Air preview on the sly at practice tonight

​It may be that the powers-that-be of Civic Center Park have Denver Big Air, which starts tomorrow, locked down tighter than a low-income high school, but that's not going to stop the determined winter sports enthusiast from seeing it for free. It is, after all, an enormous ramp in a public pa ... More >>

The Outfit and the Photo Atlas set up shop on the street corner

​Man, being in a band is hard. Sometimes it's so hard that in order to eat, you need to stand on Colfax and Speer to get people into your show. That was apparently the reason why the bands decided to utilize the cardboard box to advertise their show this Saturday, or so we're assuming.

Alley oops! Little Orange Rocket dispute takes off on Channel 7

​Channel 7 recently stopped by the 5300 block of East Colfax Avenue, to talk to Jill Warner and Erick Roorda, the owners of Mod Livin', about the neighborhood dispute that's gone "ballistic," as Roorda says, since they opened Deluxe Burger with restaurateur Dylan Moore, then launched the Littl ... More >>

The Streets of London Pub rings our bell

Colfax Streetcar line gets support from business community -- plus cocaine dispensaries?: Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario

The re-introduction of streetcars is guaranteed to reduce automobile congestion and invigorate redevelopment on East Colfax Avenue! Especially if the project is built as a public/private partnership that includes the use of these seven "hopper" trolleys that promote Colfax businesses... ​ In a ... More >>

Medical marijuana talk is smoking hot

​"What is the 'medical' in medical marijuana?" asks MyColfax.org. "There's been a lot of talk about dispensaries and medical marijuana as of late. And because there are very strong feelings on all sides of this issue, not all of the information has been accurate or helpful." And a lot of that ... More >>

The lunch bunch gives a thumbs-up to Phoenician Kabob

We just cruised Colorado Boulevard end to end -- but it wasn't our first road-eo

Taylor Bolyston​ My fiancee just moved to Denver, and she's doing a lot of that thing people do after they move here: "Wait, is this the same Colfax as the Colfax where we saw that bum riding a unicycle?" "Colorado? I thought Colorado was the street with that strip club you like so much?" "Ala ... More >>

Tonight: No tricks, just tastes on East Colfax

It would be really easy to simply divert you to the Youtube video above and leave it at that, but the constant bleeping of the F-bomb gets annoying -- fast -- and the dude in the video doesn't actually have the fax facts. I do. And here they are: Tonight, from 5:30 to 9 p.m., fifteen restaurants ... More >>

Over the Weekend: If only the prospective cheerleaders had repaired to Colfax

While the Denver Broncos held tryouts for their 2009 cheerleading squad, photographer Aaron Thackeray took in the majesty of Colfax, and came up with a two-part slideshow. See photos from the weekend at westword.com/slideshow.

Today's featured event: Catch a Celt in action at the Colfax Event Center

If you didn't just completely float away on St. Patty's Day, here's a last chance to get caught up by a last bit of seasonal Celtic backwash: Scottish guitarist/singer/songwriter Dougie MacLean will bring his singular sound to town tonight with a show at the Colfax Events Center, the new kid on th ... More >>

CityGrille gets a crash course

Those "Best Burger" banners over CityGrille, at 321 East Colfax Avenue, got plenty of play last week when TV newscasts reported on a Colfax car accident November 24 that sent a car careening into the doorway. The bar/burger joint had to close for the night to assess the damage, but it reopened the ... More >>

No justification for sleazy Denver Police ticket trap near DCPA on Saturday night

My ticket. Shortly after watching Slumdog Millionaire, the first-rate flick detailed in the blog "Slumdog Millionaire makes for a Big Night at the Denver Film Festival," I walked with my wife from the Denver Center for the Performing Arts to the lot where I'd parked my fine 1994 Geo Prizm prior ... More >>

Encore for Encores on 26th

There's action in the 2600 block of Welton Street, with a new sign suddenly appearing on the outside of the 725 Club. But as it turns out, the real action is around the corner on 26th, just past Zona's. Because after a long delay, Encores on 26th is now getting ready to open. It has a concept, it ha ... More >>

Once janleone, 1521 Marion Street is now Tooey's

UmConscious

The Avenue
Self-released

Fans Remember Fallen Tickle Me Pink Bassist Johnny Schou

Popeyes' Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

Urban Jungle

A new show at Neopolitan Gallery spreads Colfax love.

Fashion on the 'Fax: Summer Trends

Turn Up the Mike!

The Squire celebrates four years of crazy.

The Boys of Colfax

A Matter of Course

Running Wild

The Colfax Marathon changes its course.

The Colfax Marathon Goes Off-Course

Why is this race skipping the best stretch of this street?

Riding the 15: Feast or Famine