Subject: Coney Island

• What to Wear Fridays: All Hallow's Eve, Plan A

  October 27, 2006

• Colorado Gypsy For Hire

  September 27, 2006

• What to Wear Fridays: All Hallow's Eve, Plan A

  October 27, 2006

• The Best of Denver Winners from 1985

  October 17, 2007

• The Man of Ink

  Creator of Wonder Boys and supermen, Michael Chabon is a literary hero

  October 26, 2000

• Best Soft Serve

  March 29, 2001

• Bite Me

  February 6, 2003

• Best New York Photo Show

  March 27, 2003

• Best Diner

  March 25, 2004

• Best Hot Dog

  March 25, 2004

• Best Chili-Cheese Fries

  March 24, 2005

• Best Tribute to Old Denver

  March 24, 2005

• Second Helping

  July 21, 2005

• Overcasters SXSW tour diary

  photo by Erin Tidwell and Kurt Ottaway (click to enlarge)Saturday, March 20: The sun burned off most of the cloud cover as the crowd continued to swell. In the Bat Bar, the Von Bondies tuned up all of their gear for a DirectTV taping, then launched into a near perfect set of fuzzy soul blues mixed in with a pop love in. Big smiles and upbeat vibes. As the sun started to set, we made our way to the Congress Bridge on the river to watch the bats swarm from under. As they swirled skyward, boats on

  March 22, 2009

• At the Singer Gallery, Ary Stillman gets his moment in the light

  March 5, 2009

• Life in the Pits

  Aronofsky's followup to ¼ is a brutal personal movie about the horrors of drug addiction.

  November 2, 2000

• The Sons Also Rise

  A family recipe for success (and, of course, chili) lives on at Sam's No. 3.

  September 16, 1999

• City Spokesmen

  The Tour de Lance flows through Colorado.

  July 14, 2005

• Mini Reviews

  July 31, 2008

• Mini Reviews

  July 10, 2008

• King Kevin

  Kevin Taylor steps into the Limelight.

  September 20, 2007

• Entering the Dream: The Figurative Sculpture of Caroline Douglas | Fantastical Paintings by Santiago Perez

  Sandy Carson Gallery

  April 26, 2007

• A World of Discovery

  Pizzeria Mundo offers the good, the bad and the stupid.

  July 27, 2006

• Global Crossing

  A round-the-world tour of pizza.

  December 8, 2005

• Street Fighters

  The Warriors nicely complements the bloody cult classic that inspired it.

  November 10, 2005

• Hard to Stomach

  Breaking bread with Colorado's top competitive eater.

  July 28, 2005

• Full Circle

  The original Sam's #3 is back.

  July 21, 2005

• Overdue Recognition

  Visionary female artists step from the shadows at the CVA

  March 11, 2004

• Interpolitics

  The singer for an NYC buzz band tries his hand as a spin doctor.

  September 18, 2003

• Slice of Life

  New York Pizzeria serves the next best thing to eating there.

  May 15, 2003

• Reign Man

  Breakfast King rules, 24/7.

  April 3, 2003

• Best Comfort Food

  Sam's No. 3

  March 27, 2003

• New York, New York

  Denver's WTC connection emerges, and the Singer displays photos of the Big Apple.

  February 13, 2003

• Still Hungry

  Competitive hot-dog eating requires steely nerves and a cast-iron stomach.

  August 15, 2002

• Tom Waits

  Alice and Blood Money (Anti-)

  May 23, 2002

• Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

  The loving and loathing of a poofy rhino animates Death to Smoochy.

  March 28, 2002

• A Scary Picture

  In a nightmarish time, these images of nightmares still work.

  October 25, 2001

• Smooth Sailing

  On the Town overcomes some choppy spots.

  July 20, 2000

• Surf's Not Up

  The Ladybug Transistor steers clear of the beach.

  May 6, 1999

• In Your Face, Spike

  April 30, 1998

• Cream Puffs

  April 4, 1996

• A Doggone Good Contest

  June 11, 2009

• Denver's hot dog champ chomp

  Liz KellermeyerThe man to beat on the 4th, Joey Chestnut Eating 20 hot dogs (with buns) in under 12 minutes used to be such a feat that competitive eaters coined the phrase "doing the deuce" for the achievement. But that was before winning totals in the annual July 4th Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Contest rocketed past 30, shot into the 50s, then settled in the 60s. This unnerved organizers enough to shorten the competition by two minutes last year, but the winning total by Joey Chestnut -- 59 hot do

  June 11, 2009

• A full weekend of food fun

  The Denver Botanic Gardens, 1005 York Street, is kicking off its inaugural Garden Grapes & Hops party tonight at 5:30 p.m. with a flower pot auction, live music from Chris Daniels & the Kings and all-you-can-eat food and drink from 15 local restaurants, including Steuben's, Wynkoop Brewing Company, Bombay Clay Oven, Crepes 'n Crepes and The Cherry Cricket. Tickets are $35 for adults and $15 for kids; go to www.botanicgardens.org for more info. On Saturday, June 13, between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.

  June 12, 2009

• Denver's top dog: Report from the Nathan's Hot Dog Qualifier

  Liz KellermeyerSee more photos from the contest at westword.com/slideshow.John Proctor, a supervisor at the Park Meadows Sam's Club, knew he could eat a lot of hot dogs -- but downing eight and a half in ten minutes in the amateur hot-dog eating competition on Saturday afternoon unlocked a hidden talent. "I didn't know I'd win," he said, smiling and clearly pleased with his victory. Others who competed in the amateur eating contest included a sampling of Sam's Club employees, a wrestler, a Lone

  June 15, 2009

• Cafe Society: Week in review

  You didn't miss all this good stuff, did you?  No problem, we've rounded up the best of the Cafe Society week for you below.Hot dog eating champs battled it out in a Denver qualifier for the big 4th of July competition in Coney Island.  Jason Sheehan sought your opinion on where to take Dad for a good meal on Father's Day.Fear not, MillerCoors employees of Golden: you're still set to receive your 864 free beers this year.Jason Sheehan: unmasked!Our Weekly Bread went slumming at Lakesid

  June 19, 2009

• Charity vs. rugby team in eating contest. Who ya got?

  The scene from last year's Chow Down for Charity hot dog eating contest. Who do you think can eat more hot dogs in a short period of time: the chefs and volunteers from Project Angel Heart, which feeds over 800 meals to sick and housebound patients every day, or the Glendale Raptors rugby team? Project Angel Heart Executive Chef Jon Emanuel wasn't too optimistic about his side's chances. When Lakeasha Jones, the group's community relations coordinator told him they'd be eating against the Rap

  July 2, 2009

• Hot Diggity Dog: Denver's Mongo Marquez joined the big leagues at Nathan's on July 4

  Cajun BoyMongo Marquez (right) chows down.The Fourth of July may have meant fireworks and beer for you, but for nineteen lucky competitors, the big day signified only one thing: hot dogs. Out on Coney Island, New York, on the corner of Surf and Stillwell avenues, the winners of Nathan's hot dog eating qualifiers around the country lined up to try to out-eat the best of them, namely Takeru Kobayashi and the reigning champ, Joey Chestnut. Well, ostensibly that's why they were there, though most

  July 7, 2009

• Cold Souls

  September 10, 2009

• Denver's Top Ten Diners

  Davie's Chuck Wagon Diner, by Brian Butko.​I know from diners; they are my natural habitat. And Colorado has some classics. Johnson's Corner was one of the first places I visited when I first went west of the Mississippi, and it remains a favorite even post-renovation. My recent meals at Silver Creek Diner got me thinking about diners again. The list that follows includes my top ten (yes, Sam's No. 3 counts twice) diners in the metro area:

  October 16, 2009