Hamburger Mary's International LLC

Earth, Wind and Hair will blow you away at Hamburger Mary's Saturday

Namaste Salons is collaborating with Western Resource Advocates to deliver Earth, Wind and Hair, a one-of-a-kind fashion-slash-hair show, benefit and bash tomorrow night that'll blow you out of your seat with more force than one of those new Bio-Ionic hair dryers. See also: - Photos: Rock & Runway ... More >>

Cliff Young adds a chef de cuisine -- and a weekly menu -- at CY Steak

Back in the early '80s, Cliff Young's eponymous spot at 700 East 17th Avenue (today the home of Hamburger Mary's) was about the swankiest spot in town, during an era when swank was definitely in. But price point isn't the only thing that's changed in Denver over the past three decades. "Back then, w ... More >>

Sex marks the spot: Planned Parenthood hosts its first Get Yourself Tested trivia night

In what U.S. state is it illegal for a man to have sex with a fish? If you want to know the answer -- and are looking for something both fun and educational to do Thursday night -- Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains has you covered. It's hosting a sex-trivia night at Hamburger Mary's Club M a ... More >>

The ten best local drag queen names

The drag scene in Denver is bigger and better than ever -- in 2013, Miss Queen of Aces showed the city what it took to put on a successful and community-driven beauty-pageant fundraiser. Tracks' Drag Nation also took a turn in the sporlight for its Best Ongoing Drag Event. Inspired by the beautiful ... More >>

3 things to do for free in Denver this week, March 25-28

Shake off your cabin fever by going out on the town this week -- without spending a dime! For starters, you can tiptoe through the tulips at a Denver Botanic Gardens free day, try your luck at draq-queen bingo, or watch Hobo With a Shotgun. For more reasons to get off the sofa and out of the house, ... More >>

Best of Denver 2013 Readers' Poll: The Food & Drink finalists

For the first time in the thirty-year history of Westword's Best of Denver, we've split the Best of Denver Readers' Poll into two rounds, giving you the chance to look at the vote-getters and then voting again for your favorite bars, restaurants and foods in Denver and Boulder. And the results of th ... More >>

Best of Denver 2013 Readers' Poll: The first round of Entertainment finalists

For the first time in the thirty-year history of Westword's Best of Denver, we've split the Best of Denver Readers' Poll into two rounds, giving you the chance to look at the leading vote-getters and then vote again for your favorite entertainment and entertainers in metro Denver. And the results of ... More >>

Miss Queen of Aces pageant will choose the next ambassador of glam and good works

This Saturday, February 9, queens will be battling for the crown in the fourth annual Miss Queen of Aces pageant. One of the Colorado Gay Volleyball Association's biggest fundraisers of the year, the competition isn't just about beauty -- it's about serious talent, too. See also: - As Drag Machin ... More >>

10 things to do for $10 in Denver this weekend (8 free!), February 8-10

Denver is teeming with events this weekend that won't put a strain on your finances -- everything from art openings to Valentine-inspired shopping parties to a drag pageant. In fact, our picks this week of ten things to do for under $10 includes eight that are totally free! For a full calendar of ev ... More >>

Do I have what it takes to be a drag queen pageant judge?

I didn't have particularly soaring aspirations as a child. I wanted to be a fashion designer or a hair stylist -- it was the '80s, and those careers seemed very glamorous at the time. But I couldn't draw for shit and when I graduated high school at seventeen, my mom refused to let me go to hair scho ... More >>

Lesbian Inspired Poetry is taking poems out of the drawers and onto the streets

Poetry can be a form of catharsis, but often the poems are forgotten after they're written, banished to a closed notebook in a dark drawer. Lesbian Inspired Poetry wants to make those poems public -- by sharing them in a free publication. The first issue of LIP is scheduled to hit the streets in Ja ... More >>

Reader: If you're buying drinks, an event isn't really free

Every Monday, as a companion piece to her weekend 10 for $10, Robin Edwards rounds up 3 for Free -- three free events you can enjoy during the week. Yesterday, for example, she touted tonight's screening of Frankenhooker at Crash 45, as well as Drag Queen Bingo at Hamburger Mary's on Wednesday and t ... More >>

3 things to do for free this week, December 3-6, 2012

If paying your December 1 emptied your pockets, don't despair: You can still have fun -- for free! -- this week. Among the options are watching a campy horror movie about a Franken-prostitute, catching a candle art show, and playing drag queen bingo. For a full listing of all events around town, vis ... More >>

As Drag Machine's Shirley Delta Blow, actor Stuart Sanks tells drag's vibrant history

As Shirley Delta Blow, actor Stuart Sanks has been entertaining audiences through his charity-supporting drag shows at Hamburger Mary's. But his performances blow away standard drag routines -- the trained actor is known for his comedic timing and infamous retelling of Steel Magnolias using Barbie d ... More >>

10 things to do for $10 this weekend, September 21-23, 2012

Short of cash and wondering how you can have fun this weekend? Don't worry. Whether you want to burn your mouth on chiles, see a rare 1930s samurai film or ride around on public transit all day as part of a competition, the town will be full of things you can do for $10. For a complete listing of al ... More >>

Colorado Gay Volleyball Association wants to give you a red card

It's not a bad thing to get a red card at the Colorado Gay Volleyball Association's Red Card Party at Hamburger Mary's Club M this Saturday. "Everyone who comes to see the show gets a red card -- and they get to give their "violation" to their favorite model or performer," says Luke List, CGVA spoke ... More >>

Zoe O. wins Queen of Aces Pageant 2012

Emily DriskillPast winners crown the 2012 queen.​Miss Zoe O. has won the 2012 Queen Of Aces title, the third annual pageant and benefit put on by the Colorado Gay Volleyball Association at Hamburger Mary's. Prior to the contest of pageantry and drag, Westword spoke with with now winner, Luke ... More >>

Ten things to do for $10 this weekend, February 10-12, 2012

The weekend before Valentine's Day has plenty of love (and anti-love) themed fun to offer, whether or not you're attached. From a Barbie and Ken art exhibit to a Victorian Mourning ceremony, we've got it all for less than $10. It will be way better than binging on heart-shaped boxes of chocolate. We ... More >>

It ain't easy being queen: Luke List on the "anti-masculinity" stigma of drag performance

A relative newcomer to the drag scene, Luke List has been performing as alter-ego Zoe O. for a little more than a year -- but that was long enough for him to win Charlie's Mr. July and Man of the Year 2011. And he's ready for Saturday night's Queen of Aces pageant and fundraiser for the Colorado Ga ... More >>

Drag Racing

Shirley Delta Blow brings her Ho Ho variety show to Hamburger Mary's Saturday

A Shirley Delta Blow show ain't your momma's drag tradition: though Saturday night's performance at Hamburger Mary's Club M is all queens, it's not just glitter, choreography and lip-syncing. Blow and Co. bring a little comedy, some song and dance, and a whole lot of audience participation to the in ... More >>

10 things to do for $10 this weekend, November 18-20, 2011

It's still Halloween every Sunday at The Church. ​Whether you want to see campy drag, high-brow art openings, or get down at a feminist dance party, we've got you covered this weekend. And it won't break your bank. Everything on this list won't cost you more than ten bucks, leaving you more ca ... More >>

Happy hour at Hamburger Mary's is a gas -- even if the contradictory hours are a pain in the ass

​Happy Place: Hamburger Mary's, 700 East 17th Avenue, 303-832-1333 The Hours: Daily from 3 to 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. (We think...more on that below.) The Deals: $1 to $3 beer specials; $3 you-call-its; $2 well cocktails; half price appetizers. Were we happy? Flip the page to find out.

Ten things to do for $10 this weekend, January 7-9, 2011

​Now that the holidays are finally behind us, we can all return to a sense of normalcy with our weekend planning. Well, except for the fact the holidays left everyone broke. Thankfully, we've got plenty of stuff to do this weekend on the hyper-cheap, including art show openings, films and danc ... More >>

Top 10 cheap New Year's Eve parties less than $20 for 2010

​Most places take the opportunity of New Year's Eve to double or quadruple their cover. Not the folks on this list, where we've picked the best things to do this New Year's Eve for $20 and under. In a few cases, you get the same treatment you'll get at a more expensive party, so don't get scre ... More >>

Animal Dreams

Tonight: Olivea spills over with good food at a benefit for the Gulf

​Olivea is one of the seventeen 17th Avenue businesses joining together for the Seventeen on 17th benefit tonight, when they'll all donate 10 percent of their sales to the National Wildlife Federation Gulf Oil Spill Restoration Fund. That alone is a good reason to visit Olivea. But here's ano ... More >>

Hamburger Mary's patio: Where anyone can perform

Shela Burgess​ Hamburger Mary's Bar & Grille 700 East 17th Avenue 303-832-1333 hamburgermarysdenver.com

Last Night: St. Patrick's Day Debauchery

​ The dust is settling on the drunkest holiday of the year. And today you have a choice: you can relive with exactly 100 of the night's best photos spread over three slideshows, or you can work. Aaron Thackeray was there for Kegs and Eggs at Lodo's and still found time to get to Pat's and Cr ... More >>

Diamond Cabaret gets a new menu, courtesy CY Steak

Lori MidsonAt CY Steak, the Caesar salad is dressed...even if the entertainers aren't.​How cold was it last night? So cold that Barry Fey was wearing long pants. But the dining room at CY Steak, the revamped steakhouse attached to the Diamond Cabaret at 1222 Glenarm Place, warmed up fast -- a ... More >>

Tonight: A taste of wine -- or Bette Davis

​Go on a bar crawl with a long-dead cinema star tonight when Matthew Martin, Bette Davis impersonator extraordinaire, leads a Bette Davis Bar Crawl in anticipation of the October 30 Awful Things in Denver party being thrown by the Denver Public Library's Fresh City Life. The crawl starts at 8 ... More >>

Top ten places to eat on 17th Avenue

​ When Olivea opened in May at 719 East 17th Avenue, it immediately earned a spot among the top ten restaurants on 17th Avenue, which has become a real restaurant row. Below, nine more places to brake for food along 17th.

There's more to Hamburger Mary's than burgers — lots more

Cliff Young stakes a claim on CY Steak

Oooh la la! Cliff Young is back, and opening a steakhouse at the Diamond Cabaret

Cliff Young, back behind the bar.​When Cliff Young's opened back in 1984, it was the hottest restaurant in town -- a beautiful space on East 17th Avenue that was full of beautiful people eating beautiful food. After that run ended in '93, Young wound up moving to France, where he bought an old man ... More >>

Today's featured events: Top o' the afternoon to ye! St. Patty's Day ain't over yet...

Unlike our own drunken managing editor at the Fainting Goat, have you been sticking to the straight and narrow, sitting in a cubicle all day, with nary a sip o' anything green or otherwise? You still have time to carouse before they mop up the St. Patty's Day mess, and here are a few places to do ... More >>

Night and Day: Obama Inauguration parties in Denver

This morning's Martin Luther King Day march took to the streets with an historic edge: Denver celebrated one African American who helped make it possible for another to become president all these years later. The elated nation that elected Obama Commander-in-Chief will be bumping the clouds tomor ... More >>

From the week of December 11, 2008

Live Review: Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band at the Ogden

Politics get raw at the Hamburger Mary's debate

Make a date to watch the debate

Letters to the Editor

Letters from the week of 7/31/2008

Marczyk Fine Foods/Marczyk Fine Wines

A fine bun on the run

Join the Club

Just when you thought every restaurant niche was filled, along comes Mary.

Hamburger Mary's

An ode to beef — and beefcake.

There's Something About Mary's

Mary Poppin Cherry

Hamburger Mary's

Patio Patrol

Best Wishes

Fun with food