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Tommy Lee, exec chef of Uncle, on yakitori, Yelp and stinky tofu

Tommy Lee Uncle 2215 West 32nd Avenue 303-433-3263 uncledenver.tumblr.com This is part one of my interview with Tommy Lee, exec chef of Uncle; part two of our chat will run tomorrow. At 4:45 on a Saturday afternoon, a swarm of restless ramen geeks congregates around the door of Uncle, Tommy Lee's ... More >>

Five Internet first-date horror stories, batteries included

The days of Internet dating being the domain of basement dwellers, antisocial misanthropes, virgins and folks who are unlucky in the looks department (mix and match any and all of these) are effectively over, and today it seems like everyone is meeting and dating -- and venting about meeting and dat ... More >>

Matthew Tello's schmucky explanation for trying to strangle cop: "I'm drunk, it's my birthday"

Over our many years of chronicling schmucks, we've noticed that a lot of them were blitzed when they committed the acts that got our attention. But while that might be a good excuse under certain circumstances, it apparently didn't persuade a certain Boulder police officer. Who Matthew Tello allege ... More >>

Culver's deserves that consumer's choice award

Culver's, home of the ButterBurger, was recently named the number-one fast-food chain for food and beverage on Chain Restaurant Consumer's Choice Award list. And with nine Colorado locations for Culver's, if you haven't yet indulged yourself with one -- or more-- of its hand-spun frozen custard conc ... More >>

Exclusive: Dave Query and Big Red F opening a brewery and chicken joint in Lafayette

For the past several weeks, the brass from Big Red F -- owner and chef Dave Query, culinary director Jamey Fader and Brett Smith, the current exec chef of Zolo Grill -- have been on a chicken crawl, traversing the country in search of America's best fried chicken and rotisserie chicken. It's all par ... More >>

This gringo wants to work legally in Mexico

Draw Something takes another smart friend away with every lewd sketch

I've never played Draw Something for the same reason I've never tried cocaine: I know that if I did, I would become immediately addicted, drop out of society and ruin what's left of my life. If you're not familiar with Draw Something, it's an app that, according to the App Store, is "the most popul ... More >>

SXSW travelogue: Morning Clouds do laundry and play college flophouse

Thursday, March 15: Thousands of bands were packed into stages around town, fans were going nuts on every street corner. How'd the Morning Clouds spend their off day? Doing laundry. We're pretty rock like that. With piles of clean undies and non-smelly socks back in our room, we managed to catch a g ... More >>

Drama and humor mix well in The Whale

Drama and humor mix well in The Whale

Denver's five best plates of fried-chicken

Lori MidsonFried chicken at The Pinyon.​We'll eat fried chicken any time of the year, but we really crave it during the summer, sided with coleslaw, cobbler, mac and cheese or watermelon. We credit that yearning to a subconscious association with picnic season. But instead of unpacking a bucke ... More >>

Five Thanksgiving traditions that need improvement, American-style

Hell yeah, America, let's do this up right.​Hundreds of years ago, America was not much to look at -- just a backwoods berg with a bunch of British prudes who wore clothes with too many buckles and couldn't make it through the winter without help from the local natives, to whom they returned t ... More >>

PETA's ten-worst publicity stunts -- until the chicken

​The City of Denver will decide today whether PETA can install a 250-pound, bloody and butchered chicken sculpture -- dubbed "McCruelty," but really looking like a worse-for-the-wear Foghorn Leghorn -- on the 16th Street Mall. This isn't PETA's first stunt, of course. Last year, Jason Sheeh ... More >>

How Colorado cooled the controversy between the Humane Society and big agriculture

Chef and Tell with Goose Sorensen from Solera

Lori MidsonGoose Sorensen, exec chef/owner of Solera​In 1992, Goose Sorensen, then 23, was living in Casper, a fine Wyoming town with bars and brawls and women, but there was something missing, something that Sorensen was longing to have but didn't. That something was -- wait for it -- Benniga ... More >>

Behind the Bar: Ann Whitley of the Rio Grande

Nancy Levine​ On Saturday, August 15, the Rio Grande will celebrate ten years of pouring on the fun -- and pouring out the booze -- in LoDo. This homegrown chain is a margarita powerhouse; with only six restaurants, the Rio Grande restaurant group claims to be the largest seller of Jose Cuervo ... More >>

PETA's ten worst -- actually, make that best -- publicity stunts

Kiernan MaletskyPETA -- the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals -- is a lot of things.  It is a political organization dedicated to saving all the cute critters on the planet.  It is a finely-tuned donation-gathering machine that preys on weepy liberals who'd rather empty thei ... More >>

Meet the MasterMind Class of 2009

Best of Denver Winners From 1994

Best of Westword Winners: 1989

The Legend of Leeroy Jenkins

Ben Schulz issued the battle cry that echoed across World of Warcraft.

The Pleasures of Your Company

These dudes turned late night into prime time.

Talk, Talk

Rocket Men

The Street Soldierz feel the need for speed.

From Denver, With Love

For American men tired of American women, Richard Beals knows how to Thai the knot.

Mama's House

For Ghanaian immigrants, there's no place like home.

Westword Music Showcase 2005

Blood Ties

With its haunting debut, the Arcade Fire keeps it in the family.

Bite Me

Brasserie Blues

Slick Rick

Friday, September 17, Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom, 303-297-1772.

Thank You!

I brake for Jack-n-Grill, a temple to the taco.

Still Smilin'?

Part Disney, part Barnum, the man who saved comics is all Stan Lee.

Now and Then

While Studio Aiello presents new work, RMCAD buys an old campus.

Roar of the Greasepaint

Despite stunning stagecraft, the long-awaited Lion King follows Disney's formula.

Signs of the Times

The city wants to have the final word with street-corner panhandlers.

McPrison

How a private prison brought jobs-and violence, corruption and scandal-to Burlington.

Captive Market

Jobs. Gadgets. Profits. Crime pays big-time for the prison-industrial complex.

Letters

Deadlines

Resurrection

Mouthing Off

The Boston Chicken Party

Frank Erickson's revolutionary war: Fight the Golden-based chain's use of plastic.

This Jail for Hire

Colorado's cheap solution to prison overcrowding has cost inmates plenty. It could cost the state millions.

DEAL A MEAL

POUR BOY

SHANE MACGOWAN ENJOYS WINE, WOMEN AND SONG, IN ROUGHLY THAT ORDER.

GRAPE EXPECTATIONS

WORD FOR WORD

JOURNAL GRAPHICS BECOMES O.J. CENTRAL FOR TRANSCRIPT JUNKIES.

LOST WEEKEND

WHY DID SEAN COX KILL BOBBY YARBROUGH? DON'T ASK HIM.NO REMORSE ANOTHER PARTY. ANOTHER GUN. ANOTHER KILLER WITHOUT A CLUE.

THE FARM TEAM

THE DENVER GANGS WANTED TONY BROWN'S BOYS. SO HE TOOK HIS FAMILY AND HEADED FOR THE HILLS.HOME ON THE RANGE MEET THE MUSLIM COWBOYS OF MOSCA, COLORADO.

THAT HITS THE SPOT!

ONCE THIS RESTAURANT BATTLED HIPPIES. NOW IT'S THE COUNTER-CULTURE'S LAST STAND.