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  • News

    July 1, 1999

    Begging for a Living

    U.S. Mission supports a network of professional beggars who go door-to-door to pay their rent.

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2006

    Swapping Names

    U.S. Mission supports a network of professional beggars who go door-to-door to pay their rent.

  • Music

    April 5, 2001

    Backwash

    Denver clubs face a fight for the ages.

  • Music

    April 26, 2001

    Backwash

    The Denver music community unites, while Together Production’s rave efforts fall apart.

  • Music

    December 13, 2001

    Backwash

    The City of Denver prepares to vote on a bill that affects all ages.

  • Music

    December 5, 2002

    Backwash

    Scott Campbell moves down the road and away from the 15th Street Tavern.

  • Music

    February 13, 2003

    Backwash

    The Skylark Lounge gets a green light on its move to a new nest.

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2009

    Pasquini's goes for a cabaret license

    The Highland Pasquini's has become a neighborhood hangout. The Highland branch of Pasquini's, at 2400 West 32nd Avenue, is going for a cabaret license so that it can offer live music at the restaurant, which has become quite the hipster hangout as well as a major pizza purveyor. The hearing is at 9 ... More >>

  • Dining

    June 11, 1998

    Mouthing Off

    The Highland Pasquini's has become a neighborhood hangout. The Highland branch of Pasquini's, at 2400 West 32nd Avenue, is going for a cabaret license so that it can offer live music at the restaurant, which has become quite the hipster hangout as well as a major pizza purveyor. The hearing is at 9 ... More >>

  • News

    November 6, 1997

    Loft Horizon

    A pioneering urban couple battles to keep LoDo livable.

  • News

    April 24, 2008

    Wheels of Fortune

    Steve Meyer wants to sell pedicabs to the world — but is the world willing to go along for the ride?

  • News

    August 24, 2006

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of August 24, 2005

  • News

    August 17, 2006

    License to Chill

    More lofty ambitions from Scottie Ewing.

  • News

    January 19, 2006

    It Happened One Night

    The Thanksgiving party started early. And then the shots rang out.

  • News

    January 5, 2006

    Homeless for the Holidays

    Give this guy the bum's rush.

  • News

    January 13, 2005

    Off Limits

    Out of the Box

  • News

    March 18, 2004

    The Long Drive

    ProTAXI could spell relief for Denver cabbies.

  • Music

    September 25, 2003

    The Beatdown

    It’s a jungle out there when you’re trying to open up a new club.

  • News

    July 17, 2003

    A Dog-Eat-Dog World

    The doggie daycare business is growing -- and growling over one competitor.

  • News

    February 7, 2002

    Tape Worms

    The camera doesn't lie -- but every picture tells more than one story.

  • News

    November 9, 2000

    Last Dance

    LoDo's only hip-hop club was hot. Too hot for the neighbors, who put a stop to F-Stop.

  • News

    September 30, 1999

    Party Central

    Neighbors have reservations about a rowdy hotel bar.

  • News

    September 16, 1999

    Battle of the Bulges

    Male strippers are the latest victims in the city's war on crack.

  • News

    April 22, 1999

    A Hard Shot to the Ribs

    Reverend Harris's neighbors smoke him out.

  • Dining

    July 2, 1998

    It's a Date

    Reverend Harris's neighbors smoke him out.

  • News

    April 18, 1996

    Cruising the Webb

    Even before he banged into a parked car, the mayor's stepson left an impression on others.

  • News

    February 29, 1996

    Mean Spirits

    How a politically fortified liquor store battle gave Congress Park a hangover that won't go away.

  • News

    April 5, 1995

    BOTTLED RAGE

    WARNING TO LIQUOR STORES: CONGRESS PARK IS NOW IN SESSION.

  • News

    February 22, 1995

    DOWN BY LAW

    THE CITY'S CONTENTIOUS TOP LAWYER COURTS POLITICAL TROUBLE.SECRET AGENT DAN HE'S YOUR CITY ATTORNEY. BUT DAN MUSE SAYS YOU'RE NOT HIS CLIENT.

  • News

    February 8, 1995

    OUT OF JOINT

    A LIQUOR LICENSE PROBE OF A WEBB AIDE'S TAXPAYER-FINANCED BAR SIZZLES, THEN FIZZLES.

  • Dining

    February 23, 1994

    MOUTHING OFF

    A LIQUOR LICENSE PROBE OF A WEBB AIDE'S TAXPAYER-FINANCED BAR SIZZLES, THEN FIZZLES.

  • Dining

    February 16, 1994

    MOUTHING OFF

    A LIQUOR LICENSE PROBE OF A WEBB AIDE'S TAXPAYER-FINANCED BAR SIZZLES, THEN FIZZLES.

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2009

    First look at the Snooze expansion

    Soon the lines will be forming outside of Snooze, the popular breakfast spot in the Ballpark neighborhood. So popular, in fact, that owner Jon Schlegel decided to create a second Snooze.  "I'd say that we're screening a lot of places right now," he told me a couple of months ago. He finally set ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2011

    Colorado Senator Chris Romer keeps pushing his Denver Cupcake Truck petition

    ​Colorado Senator Chris Romer, who's making a run for mayor now that Hick is the new guv, seems to be making cupcakes -- notably those from the Denver Cupcake Trucks -- one of his top priorities. Last week, we reported that Romer had splashed his official website with a plea to sign a petition ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2011

    After Denver rejects a liquor license for a new craft beer bar, the owners appeal to Governor Hickenlooper, brewer to brewer

    ​The owners of a proposed craft-beer bar along Seventh Avenue's restaurant row were shocked earlier this month when a hearing officer for the city of Denver's excise and license division suggested that their liquor license request be denied. "There was no public opposition from nearby restaur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    Denver City Council committee moves forward with medical marijuana zoning proposal

    ​A revised version of a proposed Denver city ordinance that, according to attorney Warren Edson, would have closed 137 of Denver's 150 medical marijuana grow operations, and potentially dispensaries associated with them, passed through Denver City Council's Special Issues Committee this aftern ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2011

    Hush could reopen in Cherry Creek -- but first it needs to survive today's liquor-license hearing

    Sign of the times: Liquor-license hearing notice for 250 Steele Street.​Restaurants have a tough time making a go of basement space, and the 250 Steele Street address has been a particularly black hole. Although Bistro Adde Brewster had a long run there, the spot has since swallowed up French ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2011

    Gordo Loco has a big burrito challenge -- and a bigger challenge getting a liquor license

    Gordo Loco's counter is sturdy enough to hold the five-pound El Diablo.​Gordo Loco is fast gaining a reputation for its fast, filling 98-cent breakfast burrito, which it starts making at 6 a.m. every morning. But Gordo Loco offers many other burritos, including the monstrous El Diablo that was ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2011

    Wild Eggs pursues a liquor license

    Lori Midson​Wild Eggs, a Louisville, Kentucky-based mini-chain, is taking over a section of the square footage at 300 East Alameda Avenue, a space that most recently housed a Blockbuster Video -- and it's applying for a liquor license, because it sucks to eat eggs Benny without backing it up ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2011

    After promising to never pour liquor, Zingers applies for a liquor license

    Lori Midson​A year ago this month, when I first spoke with Dennis Krieger, the owner of Zingers, a small-mall joint near the University of Denver that pushes chicken wings in a gazillion guises, along with chicken nuggets in a bag, chicken salad and a whole coop of other college-appropriate g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2011

    Brown Dog Pizza liquor-license hearing today

    Lori Midson​Brown Dog Pizza, an outfit out of Telluride, wants to put a pizzeria into a former auto-repair shop at 1001 South Gaylord Street -- and supporters and opponents alike have their engines running for today's liquor-license hearing. It's set for 6 p.m. at the Wellington E. Webb Munic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2011

    Vietnam Grill goes for a liquor license

    ​Vietnam Grill has been slinging pho and spring rolls from its Federal Boulevard strip mall spot for a few years, but now the eatery is hoping to add alcoholic pairings to the menu. The restaurant just applied for its liquor license, and if all goes according to plan, it'll add beer, wine and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    Cherry slated to go into former Bar Luxe location

    ​Earlier this year, Michael Olsen tried to open another version of Hush, the nightclub he used to have in the Larimer Square spot now occupied by Wicked Garden, but Cherry Creek residents lined up in opposition to his plans to put a club in the basement of 250 Steele Street. But Olsen isn't ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2011

    Cherry slated to go into former Bar Luxe space in Cherry Creek at 231 Milwaukee Street

    ​Earlier this year, Michael Olsen tried to open another version of Hush, the nightclub he used to have in the Larimer Square spot now occupied by Wicked Garden. He was met with some opposition from Cherry Creek residents, who opposed his plans to put a dance club in the basement of 250 Steele ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Larimer Associates will open the Lowry Beer Garden in the new Hangar project

    Lori Midson​Joe Vostrejs and his Larimer Associates partners traversed across the country to check out America's beer gardens before they came back to Denver to build their own -- and what they found, admits Vostrejs, was surprising.

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