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Get your Buffalo Wild Wings to go -- or stay with screaming sports fans

I don't love sports -- unless you count roller derby, which holds more of a prurient interest -- and I really don't love sports fans. But I do love the kind of food that sports fans eat while watching games, especially chicken wings. There's nothing more satisfying than reeking up my kitchen with ho ... More >>

Photos: Eight all-American alternatives to fireworks

Thanks to a statewide fireworks ban, Independence Day could be a real downer for most of Colorado's children and pyromaniacs. Luckily, there are options -- some of which can be made at home in your kitchen! Searching for homemade explosives is a good way to get a virus on your computer -- so we've s ... More >>

Ten rudest things customers do to make servers wish you'd never come to their restaurants

I ate out nearly 500 times last year, and when you eat out as often as I do, you're bound to witness truly bad behavior, both on the side of the server and on the side of the guest. But recently, I've seen far more diners than servers exhibit the kind of obnoxious theatrics that make me want to plug ... More >>

Behind the bar with Joshua Smith at TAG and Williams & Graham

courtesy of Joshua Smith​Joshua Smith, who divides his bartending time between TAG and Williams & Graham, has been slinging drinks for all of his adult life, but his first foray into the profession was a bit of a fluke. "My dad used to be a chef, so I'd been in the kitchen for a long time, an ... More >>

Welcome to the future: Coca-Cola's 100-flavor soda machine incites confusion, awe

Kelsey WhippleMeet Coca-Cola's freestyle soda fountain: 100 flavors to choose from before you still opt for Dr Pepper.​The Qdoba at Sixth and Grant has housed Coca-Cola's 100-flavor freestyle soda fountain for three weeks now, but the Terminator of the carbonated world is still creating lines ... More >>

The ten most unfortunate food and drink allergies

​Welcome to In the Weeds. Kyle will be right with you -- most likely to complain about something. Usually he is pleasant, but this is his place to blow off some steam. Don't take it personally; he just needs to vent because he's been doing this for about thirteen years. Enjoy your meal. I'm p ... More >>

dish's Jenna Johansen thanks the universe for supplying the world with pig

​ Jenna Johansen dish 56 Edwards Village Boulevard, Edwards 970-926-3433 www.eatdrinkdish.com This is part one of my interview with Jenna Johansen, co-owner/chef of dish restaurant in Edwards. Part two of this interview will run in this space tomorrow. "I can talk about an apple for an ho ... More >>

Video: Steve Spangler takes advantage of the cold to blow up more soda

​After a cold snap this week brutal enough to turn otherwise burly men into simpering babies, it's finally supposed to warm up to a balmy 32 degrees tomorrow, which is at least on the cusp of not freezing. But now we almost wish it wouldn't, since we saw this video that Denver mad scientist Sc ... More >>

Ken Stringfellow and Jon Auer of the Posies talk about fame, Shatner and Big Star

Julian Ochoa​The Posies (due tonight at The Gothic Theatre) had the good fortune -- or bad, depending on your perspective -- of being a non-grunge rock band in Seattle that came into its own during the era when, for far too many people, "alternative" became synonymous with "grunge."

New season of Top Chef includes two Colorado mountain cookers, Kelly Liken and Kenny Gilbert, but no Denver or Boulder chefs

​Top Chef, the often unrealistic reality show that made Hosea Rosenberg, exec chef of Jax-Boulder, a hometown hero when he emerged the conquistador two seasons ago, just released its listage of contestants for season 7, which will be filmed in Washington DC and premier on June 16 on Bravo. ... More >>

Behind the Bar with Michael McGill of Osteria Marco

​Michael McGill grew up in Kansas City and moved to Boulder for college, where he poured his first drinks. He has been behind a bar since 1998, and today can be found managing the bar at Osteria Marco in Larimer Square. Now serving: Michael McGill. How did you get into bartending? I was serv ... More >>

A conversation with John Broening, of Duo and Olivea

Chef and Tell: John Broening

John Broening​"We'll have head cheese at Olivéa on Friday -- I expect to see you there," summoned the e-mail. The note - short and to the point -- was from John Broening, the executive chef at Duo and Olivéa: the former a restaurant in Highland with a field-to-plate, seasonal approach to foo ... More >>

What a week: We need wine

Tonight, from 6 to 7:30 p.m.,Morton's in the Denver Tech Center, 8480 East Belleview Avenue, is uncorking five different Argentinian Malbec wines for oenophiles willing to fork over $45 for plenty of sips, plus hors d'oeuvres, including cheeses, sliced tenderloin with chimichurri sauce, broiled se ... More >>

Colicchio goes a-whorin' for Diet Coke?

On Oscar night, the entire food world was abuzz. Not because of anything that happened during the Academy Awards ceremony, but because of one of the (million and one) commercials that showed during the proceedings: namely, the Tom Colicchio Diet Coke spot that appeared to show the Top Chef judge an ... More >>

From the week of February 19

Geek in the Galley: Fat, lazy bastard edition

I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry. On November 16, the good people at TiVo announced what has to be one of the signs of the foodie apocalypse: that through a partnership deal with Domino's, customers would now be able to order pizzas through their TV. Why?  Because getting up off the couch and ... More >>

Going My Way

Meet us on Alameda, where cultures collide. In a good way.

Workplace Propriety According to Westword

Pyrat Rum & Coke

Starz FilmCenter

Constant Motion

Justin Pierre's brain never stops, even when his mouth can't keep up with it.

Drunk of the Week

Paramount Cafe

Through a Glass, Darkly

A special soused report

Role Reversals

CHAC's New World My Eye offers a new Chicano perspective

Can You Dig?

A bang-up way to celebrate an earthy Fourth.

The Beatdown

Robert Metzgar talks back.

A Few of Holly's Favorite Things

The House That Bubblegum Built

Buddha Records introduces a new generation to an old formula.

The Strange Case of Dr. Schmidt

He worked wonders with chronic-pain patients. So why was the university so eager to get rid of him?

Shine On

For more than twenty years, Philip Hamon has championed local music. Now he's got his own act together.

The T.A.M.M.Y. Show

A documentary gives life to fallen PTL angel Tammy Faye Bakker.

Under the Knife

No matter who wins a medical malpractice case, the verdict cuts both ways.

The Howls That Jack Built

Gerald Nicosia has spent a decade challenging the disposition of Jack Kerouac's $20 million literary estate. Along the way, he's annoyed most of what remains of the beat generation.

Country Cookin'

Aisle Be Seeing You

For insomniacs, Super Kmart is a gift that keeps on giving--24 hours a day.

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