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10 things to do for $10 in Denver this weekend (5 free!), March 8-10

Snow returns this weekend, but that's no reason to hole up in your house. Get a jump on spring by picking up some new seeds and gardening tips at Growhaus's annual seed swap, check out Denver's Month of Photography exhibitions, attend a zombie fashion show or drunkenly watch kung fu movies -- and ne ... More >>

Ikea's snack attack: Why is Swedish mustard so effin' good?

After an afternoon of shopping for cheap to moderately-priced unassembled end tables and bathroom shelves at Ikea -- a trip that usually lasts into the early evening if you start on the top floor -- there is one last spot you really can't miss: the Swedish food market. This section of the store is a ... More >>

Wildfire victim benefits include IKEA discount, yoga classes

Colorado's urge to do something, anything, to help those affected by the wildfires has spread like, well, wildfire. Caravans of cars have descended on Colorado Springs, heading right past that IKEA sign on I-25, with piles of donated goods for victims of the Waldo Canyon fire. If the state were fi ... More >>

IKEA is totally worth singing about!

Denver blog posts are a mile high. Denver Frank: Let's all sing "The IKEA Song!" The Colorado Independent's Scot Kersgaard offers a progressive Colorado scoreboard for the recently wrapped legislative session. The Ralphie Report's Jon Woods on the transfer of Shannon Sharpe. No, not that Shannon ... More >>

Reader: Park Meadows could use some new food spots

It's all about suburbia today. After reviewing Street Kitchen Asian Bistro, Laura Shunk went on a hunt for the "Five best places for lunch near the Tech Center," which inspired a number of suggestions -- some of them ethnic joints, which she'd said were in short supply in the southern 'burbs. The n ... More >>

Brighter lights at Sports Authority Field have neighbors burned up

IKEA vs. Sports Authority Field at Mile High: Who'll have biggest signs?

With only five days left to voice public concerns over plans for extra football stadium signage, opponents of Sports Authority Field at Mile High's new corporate branding are getting creative. Most recently, this includes comparing the proposed new signs to other large emblems across the cityscape. ... More >>

Reader: I came, I saw, Ikea -- art is in the eye of the beholder

Last week, Susan Froyd offered the "Fifteen best Denver ART moments in 2011" -- a compendium of seriously praiseworthy events over the past year that elicited precisely one comment. Meanwhile, the comments keep coming in for Jef Otte's "Ten best moments in Denver arts: 2011."

Reader: Does the opening of Ikea constitute culture? Do pigeons fly?

Does this look like culture to you?​Yes, it's getting deep around here -- and we're not just talking about the snow. If you've missed the discussion of Jef Otte's "The ten best moments in Denver arts: 2011," it's just the thing to heat you up on this cold winter day. Among the weighty issues t ... More >>

The ten best moments in Denver arts: 2011

​It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Okay, It actually wasn't either of those things -- but 2011 was pretty okay in its own right, and at certain times it was downright awesome. Because we're in the business of thoroughly cataloging things, we've cataloged the definitive best ... More >>

Swedish holiday smorgasbords at IKEA (PHOTOS)

J. Wohletz​Those clever Swedes just keep finding ways to get people in their store, and reasonably-priced, all-you-can-eat buffets of dishes dusted with dill and sweet marzipan cakes will have eager Denverites over a herring barrel, stuffed to the gills. IKEA Centennial is holding a holiday s ... More >>

Tim Tebow resentment and beer rule in (fake) Kyle Orton's goodbye to Broncos (VIDEO)

Remember way back when Kyle Orton was quarterback of your Denver Broncos? The folks at Landlocked Pioneers do. They've put together a hilarious farewell video featuring a dead ringer for KO, who's portrayed as the drunken party dude he was known as before hitting Colorado in 2009. Want to hear him r ... More >>

Welcome to the Ikea Cafe, a 550-seat monster

IKEA Share Space lets you share your IKEA love

​You've gone to IKEA's new store in Centennial. You've battled the lines. You've figured out those cute illustrated but confusing instructions. You've built the bed/dresser/bookshelf/etc. And it didn't break when you put your ass/clothes/books/etc. on it. Hallelujah! What to do next? Share you ... More >>

Reader: Westword makes stupid jokes while economy's collapsing, war rages on

​Yesterday's post about the top 10 things you shouldn't call the cops to help you find -- prompted by a Greeley woman who told police her misplaced TV remote had been stolen -- didn't strike some readers as a laugh riot. Indeed, one saw it and other recent attempts at humor as indefensible giv ... More >>

IKEA Centennial = hell ten days after grand opening (PHOTOS)

​I avoided attending IKEA Centennial's July 27 grand opening due to the crowds. But my twin daughters wanted to visit the store on Saturday afternoon to pick up items for the CU dorm room they're going to share, and given that ten days had passed, I figured things would have calmed down. I fig ... More >>

Google Maps catches Coloradans behaving badly: Kenny Be's Image Searches

Kremmling play pens.​ Until an enterprising visionary starts up the 5,000-channel satellite network of the world's best live security-cam feeds, we'll have to make due with random images captured by Google maps street-view cameras. Recent address searches have revealed some Coloradans behavin ... More >>

IKEA's Swedish food shopping spree: I slept in a parking lot for free fish

J. WohletzIKEA after dark.​When IKEA opened its 38th U.S. store in Centennial last week, the offers of free sofas, mattresses, chairs, meals and even baby spruce trees turned what would already have have been a stampede of eager customers into a veritable feeding frenzy of folks feeling the n ... More >>

IKEA Centennial grand opening videos: "I feel like I'm in a mythical wonderland"

Videos below.​IKEA Centennial, which staged its grand opening this week, has already posed for plenty of photos like these. But for true devotees, a few snapshots isn't enough. They need moving pictures to capture their passion. So here's a series of videos from the big day, including one pers ... More >>

IKEA travelogue: Ten hours in line, a million crabby campers and a little sex

​Oh, IKEA, you truly are a marvel, with your large blue and yellow exterior, huge ass sign overlooking I-25 that could do battle against Godzilla -- and win! -- and your Swedish land of golden furniture opportunities inside. It's no wonder there were so many people camped out in front of your ... More >>

IKEA Centennial grand opening: Ten hours in line, seventeen minutes in the store

​It's official: IKEA Centennial is finally open -- and Show and Tell blogger Cory Lamz lived to tell the tale -- barely. To read about everything from teenage sex to ergonomic chairs, check out his "IKEA Travelogue" -- and follow Show and Tell on Twitter.

Michael Bennet wants you to sign a debt-ceiling petition urging politicians to agree on something

Michael Bennet.​There's no Denver blog post shortage, so don't bother hoarding. Colorado Pols promotes a Michael Bennet petition urging Washington to reach an agreement to prevent a default on the nation's debt. Problem solved! Big Media's Jason Salzman: Tom Tancredo gives up his talk show, ... More >>

Meatball madness: A preview of IKEA's restaurant, cafe and Swedish food market

J. WohletzMountains of meatballs and mashers.​IKEA's grand opening on July 27 will give fervent foodie fans access to a veritable smorgasbord of reasonably-priced Swedish tongue-tempters.The restaurant menus and groceries available at each IKEA vary according to regional tastes, but Coloradan ... More >>

IKEA Centennial: Fear and loathing and meatballs at the megastore's press preview

IKEA: So big is has its own gravity.​Unless you've been living under a poorly-designed rock for months, you know that IKEA Centennial opens on July 27, at which point everyone within a four-state area will charge through its doors, frothing at the mouth for low-priced, assembly-required home d ... More >>

IKEA grand opening assembly instructions: Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario

​ Colorado's first IKEA store is just seven days away from doing business, and lovers of Swedish furniture want to know the latest grand-opening information. The IKEA assembly instructions below are meticulously illustrated to help Colorado IKEA fans to self-assemble their own Centennial celeb ... More >>

IKEA Centennial is like, whoa (a preview)

​Frankly, I'm a little embarrassed to be so excited about a furniture store. Still, at today's press preview and tour of the brand-spanking IKEA Centennial, which opens July 27, it was clear that the store does not fail to live up to the hype, at least for what it's hyped to be: a giant, intui ... More >>

IKEA will put a 550-seat restaurant in Centennial -- but Casa Bonita is bigger!

Meatball surgery at the IKEA restaurant in Tempe, Arizona.​On July 27, IKEA will unveil its first store in Colorado, complete with the 550-seat IKEA Restaurant & Café and a Swedish food market. Although both a market and restaurant are integral parts of most IKEA outlets, the restaurant in ... More >>

Virginia Village: I'll be out reppin' my transitional neighborhood like a mascot

I bet your neighborhood doesn't have one of these bad boys.​I live in a transitional neighborhood. At least I think that's what it's called when white people move into a lower-class section of town and start sprucing it up with Ikea-looking exterior siding and park their way-too-expensive cars ... More >>

Comment of the day: "It's a f*cking furniture store in the suburbs"

A furniture store in the suburbs... for hipsters.​Hipsters love IKEA. Actually, a lot of people that aren't hipsters love IKEA, too, such as suburban moms and young professionals, but IKEA has a special place in the heart of every hipster girl with a Volvo station wagon to buzz out to the burb ... More >>

Hipsters, rejoice! IKEA moves its Denver opening date up to July 27

Yes, that's right: IKEA -- a little bit closer.​For an intolerably long time, there has been a gaping void in the soul of Denver, and that void is the shape of a giant blue box somewhere in the suburbs where price-tag-conscious hipsters can get their simultaneous fix of trendy, affordable, rea ... More >>

IKEA's Centennial store grand opening date moved from fall to July 27: Efficient!

​IKEA has made a global reputation for furniture that's well-designed and easy to assemble -- and apparently its stores are like that, too. Last May, the company predicted that IKEA's Centennial branch would open in the fall of 2011 -- but now, the date's been set for July 27. Get the details ... More >>

Ikea-themed party to celebrate Centennial mayor's speech: Kenny Be's Special Report

Ikea-themed Centennial Mayor Cathy Noon takes the cake.​ As illustrated above, the most fitting outfit for Centennial Mayor Cathy Cook to deliver her State of Our City speech today would be a tastefully designed Ikea crown. Hopefully, the speech will celebrate the City of Centennial's tenth bi ... More >>

IKEA eat-i-quette: How to act around all those Swedish meatballs

Coming soon to a suburb near you...​With Denver's first IKEA opening in Centennial in the fall, it's pretty much guaranteed that for the first few months the place will be crammed like a herring barrel with gawking newbies and affordable Swedish furniture fanatics, everyone newly converted fro ... More >>

IKEA will sell Swedish food along with Swedish furniture

​This fall Denver will get its first IKEA, when the massive showroom that hawks value Swedish furniture is slated to finally open its doors in Centennial. And the store seems to be on schedule, because it just started hiring its staff. And because shopping at IKEA is frequently an all-day mar ... More >>

Reader: With Brian Laird going to Russo's, things are looking up in the southern suburbs

Lori MidsonThe interior of Russo's Kitchen Tavern..​Yesterday, a reader wondered if the restaurant-packed Berkeley neighborhood in northwest Denver was suffering from too much of a good thing. But the revelation that Brian Laird was heading south to Russo's Kitchen Tavern, one of several r ... More >>

Ikea Denver about to get off the ground in style

​As every hipster twenty-something in Denver knows, our fair city has been sadly inferior to other mid- to large-sized cities over the years in at least one key area: We lack an IKEA. The Swedish impresario corporation of ready-to-assemble furniture that is both stylish and cheap, IKEA is a de ... More >>

IKEA groundbreaking: Store's pros far outweigh cons, says Centennial

A Flickr photoA sign of the times for Centennial.​Yesterday, we told you about the literal countdown to the IKEA groundbreaking ceremony, set for 11 a.m. today. Look below to see a graphic of the site and an IKEA release featuring more details. Unfortunately, the event isn't open to the publi ... More >>

IKEA groundbreaking in Denver: The countdown nears

It's so close!​In March, IKEA formally announced that its first Colorado store would open in the fall of 2011. But another deadline is much closer, and IKEA fans are counting down the seconds -- literally. A blogspot for Colorado IKEA fans has two separate countdown clocks. One ticks away the ... More >>

Mile Highs and Lows: Wellspring Collective

Wellspring: Dispensary by IKEA?​As Colorado's medical-marijuana industry grows, marijuana dispensaries of all types and sizes are proliferating around the state. Some resemble swanky bars or sterile dentist offices; others feel like a dope dealer's college dorm room. To help keep them all stra ... More >>

IKEA in Colorado just a year away -- and fans couldn't be happier

How Swede it is.​In September 2008, we told you about the impending debut of Colorado's first IKEA -- a plan whose roots stretched all the way back to 2004. The latest? The company has issued a press release confirming that contractors have been hired with an eye toward opening an outlet in Ce ... More >>

Candy Girls: IKEA Chocolate Bars

Last week, Aubrey was off cavorting in San Diego while Liz was stuck at home, forced to sample some of the grossest candy in Candy Girls' history. It wasn't all fun and games for Aubrey, however, as she had promised to bring back strange and unknown treats from IKEA and Trader Joe's for us to samp ... More >>

Candy Girls: Baskin Robbins Soft Candy, Mint Chocolate Chip

Photo by Liz KellermeyerThe lure of the "New!" tag is hard to resist, even when the candy to which it's affixed seems somewhat appalling.  Like chewy ice cream.  This is yet another instance where we don't think the candy designers thought very hard about the flavor/texture combination ... More >>

Bad week for burritos

As I ducked inside Beaucoup Burrito, my fantasies briefly sustained me, filling in for the abject lack of anything approaching decor.  The spot looked like a poverty-stricken imitation Chipotle: bare white-on-white-on-electric-lemon-lime-on-white walls, a soda machine, a counter and sneeze guar ... More >>

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