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Littleton

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    Dine out for the dogs at Woof & Wine tonight

    The 2012 Woof & Wine takes place this evening at Hudson Gardens, 6115 South Santa Fe Drive in Littleton. The event will feature food catered by local restaurants, local wines, beers from Avery Brewing, cider from Colorado Cider Company and live music. Tickets costs $50, which benefits the Humane S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2012

    Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers opens fourth Denver location

    Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers opened yesterday at 8234 South Kipling Parkway in Littleton, bringing the nationwide total of Freddy's locations to 61 -- and the number in the metro area to four. "It's been crazy," says regional franchise operator Brian Pyle. "The line's out the door and the ... More >>

  • News

    January 19, 2012

    Reader: Tebow on your Year in Review cover was a bad call

    Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers opened yesterday at 8234 South Kipling Parkway in Littleton, bringing the nationwide total of Freddy's locations to 61 -- and the number in the metro area to four. "It's been crazy," says regional franchise operator Brian Pyle. "The line's out the door and the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2011

    Wine Tasting and Networking at Ralph Schomp BMW

    ​Networking works much better when there's fuel to propel the discussion, and tonight Ralph Schomp BMW, 5700 South Broadway in Littleton, will host a wine-tasting/networking event in conjunction with the Arapahoe Community College Foundation. The fun runs from 6 to 8:30 p.m. and costs $40 to $ ... More >>

  • Dining

    October 6, 2011

    Tres Jolie is full of pretty things...and delicious food

    Photos: Tres Jolie in Littleton

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2011

    Tres Jolie is the girliest place in town

    Six years ago, Holly Smith was trying to decide whether she wanted to open a restaurant to indulge her love of cooking, or open a woman's boutique that sold scented candles, imported candies and pretty home decor.

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2011

    Scarlet Ranch swingers club to reopen tonight in former Northwoods Inn steakhouse in Littleton

    ​ The Scarlet Ranch swingers club has revealed its new location, and it's a meaty one: the former Northwoods Inn steakhouse in Littleton, as first reported on our Cafe Society blog. The launch is tonight and the grand opening party -- nicknamed The Hunt for Ranch IV -- is tomorrow. It's an apt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2011

    Today: A lovely assortment of Valentine's dinners and specials

    ​There are many sweet deals in Denver today. To whet your appetite for romance, for example, Lola's Sugar Rush, the candy/gift store at 2490 West Main Street in Littleton, will be donating 10 percent of all sales today to the Denver Children's Advocacy Center. That's just the start of the lo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2011

    Tonight: International Chocolate and Wine Pairing

    ​It almost seems wrong that two of the best things in the world -- wine and chocolate -- are so high in antioxidants. Wrong but delicious. From 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. tonight, Hudson Gardens, 6115 South Santa Fe Drive in Littleton, will be the site of the International Chocolate and Wine Pairi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2011

    North Denver's Brickyard BBQ shutters, while the Littleton location soldiers on

    Lori Midson​Just got off the horn with Mark Anthony, the owner of Brickyard BBQ, who shuttered his northwest Denver bastion of Kansas City-style Q on January 1, sending residents in the Berkeley 'hood scurrying to his Littleton outpost at 311 County Line Road to satiate their obsession for bu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2010

    Hudson Holiday: The lights fantastic

    ​ Everyone has their own way of celebrating the New Year: Some prefer to sit by the fire, play board games and watch the ball drop in Times Square on TV, while others crash into it drunk as loons, with confetti, a kiss from a stranger in a crowded room and a teary-eyed rendition of "Auld Lang ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    Tonight: Grand Vintner's Dinner at Opus

    ​The Denver International Wine Festival and Denver Wine Week's Grand Vintner's Dinner is tonight at Opus, 2575 West Main Street in Littleton. The feast, featuring a four-course menu created by Sean McGaughey and Michael Long, and Michael-David wines, starts at 6:30 p.m. Admission is $59 and up ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2010

    Penzeys Spices now open in Boulder

    ​When Penzeys Spices, a Wisconsin-based gourmet spice company with shops in cities around the country, announced it would open on the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder, it caused a flurry of controversy. That was because the new location is just around the corner from an outpost of Savory Spice Sho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2010

    Medical marijuana dispensary joins the chamber of commerce

    ​Melissa Van Diest says she never thought twice about joining the South Denver Metro Area Chamber of Commerce. After all, she has run a legitimate family business on West Main Street in Littleton for six months now. And even though that family business happens to involve cultivating and sell ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2010

    Tonight: Who let the dogs in?

    ​The answer: Opus, 2575 West Main Street in Littleton, where chef Michael Long is hosting tonight's wine dinner featuring Cru Vin Dogs vintages. Dinner starts at 6:30, and guests will help blend the winery's newest red wine; tickets are $79. Here's the menu:

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    Today: Wine up your week with four vino events

    ​How would you prefer to kick off your weekend -- at a wine dinner, a wine-tasting benefit or a full-blown, three-day wine experience? You're spoiled for choice tonight with four different wine-centric events: Black Pearl, 1529 South Pearl Street, hosts a Pink Wine Dinner -- which is also the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2010

    Today: Gluten-free store tour in Littleton

    ​Ten years ago, if you went into a restaurant or grocery store and asked about gluten-free menu items or food products, no one would have had a clue what you were talking about. But celiac disease is part of our culinary lexicon now, and the Sunflower Farmers' Market at 8601 West Cross Drive i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2010

    Tonight: All wine, all the time at four events

    A Flickr photo.​Does wine do for springtime what beer does for those long, hot summer days? It certainly seems like area restaurants are rolling out the red (and white and blush) carpets for an array of tastings and wine dinners.Tonight alone there are four wine events where you can sip on a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    Today: Mellow Mushroom donates a slice of sales to MS

    ​Hungry to help? Stop by the Mellow Mushroom, 2154 East Commons Avenue in Littleton, which will donate 10 percent of today's dine-in and take-out tabs to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Just tell your server you're there to "eat pizza for MS," and you'll be sharing a little slice of c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2010

    Tonight: Adventurous eating at Opus

    ​At 7 p.m. tonight, Opus Restaurant, 2575 West Main Street in Littleton, will offer a dinner for its Adventurous Eaters Club; $40 buys a three-course meal that includes sea urchin "pho" and tempura Asian tripe with chili pepper noodles; pan-fried sweetbreads, mustard-roasted lamb kidney salsif ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2009

    Tonight: It's all about wine and chocolate

    ​Tonight at 6:30 p.m., self-described chocoholic and local book author Julie Pech, who penned The Chocolate Therapist: A User's Guide to the Extraordinary Health Benefits of Chocolate, is the featured guest at the International Chocolate & Wine Pairing seminar at Arapahoe Community College, 5 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2009

    Today's featured event: Look to the skies at Aspen Grove

    TWAN/Babak Tafreshi​One thing we share unequivocally with our ancestors: the heavens above. And just like our prehistoric precursors, we continue to be fascinated and inspired by the moon and stars, even if, in this day and age, we've gone so far as to set foot on the former and have roundly h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2009

    Garbanzo, Snooze open outlets this morning

    Two local restaurant ventures will expand today. Snooze is slated to officially unveil its second location, at 700 Colorado Boulevard, this morning; like the original in the Ballpark neighborhood, it will be open for breakfast and lunch. And at 10:30 a.m., Garbanzo Mediterranean Grill, a Denver-ba ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2009

    The Westword.com blog shortcut, July 24 edition

    Dressy Bessy is ready for the weekend.​ Damn it's hot outside. Today in Backbeat Online: -Get your video groove on with Dressy Bessy. -Heavenfest taking shape. Wow, that dude in the front looks like he's going to kill me with his pointer finger. -New Informants album. -Freaky Friday, bad rap ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2009

    Buca di Beppo: half-off, half-gone

    Buca di Beppa is touting a new beginning -- or "beggining," if you look closely at the subject line -- by sending a half-off coupon to prospective members of its club. You can't use those coupons in downtown Denver, of course; the Buca location at 1400 Market Street has been shuttered since June 20 ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 9, 2009

    To Market

    Independent retailers fight back, with whimsy.

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2009

    Veggie Girl: The Melting Pot

    I love to have new dining experiences -- but while being vegetarian creates some limitations, I've discovered that pregnancy really makes eating out challenging. Soft cheeses are a no-no nowadays and undercooked eggs will have to wait a few more days, until the baby is born. So will wine and all o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2009

    Denver Post all wet on Santa Fe Tequila Company

    We know it's tough to track all the restaurant openings and closings in town, but given the level of vehemence in the comments following our December 29 Santa Fe Tequila Company blog, a follow-up on this post from December 16, you'd think everyone in town would know by now that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2008

    The chile isn't the only thing that's green at Mi Cocina

    Saul Sierra is no tree-hugger. "I wasn't always green," he says. "My brothers learned about all that stuff in school, but I never went over it." He is now, though, and both of his Mi Cocina restaurants are feeling the effects.  This fall, Sierra installed a solar patio at the Mi Cocina a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 25, 2008

    The Great Pumpkin

    Giant pumpkins and squash invade Littleton.

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2008

    Seafood, Eat It

    Giant pumpkins and squash invade Littleton.

  • Music

    March 20, 2008

    Something Underground

    We Came to Get Down
    Self-released

  • Music

    October 18, 2007

    Various Artists

    Psychedelic States: Colorado in the 60s
    Gear Fab Records

  • Calendar

    June 7, 2007

    Tour d'Art

    Psychedelic States: Colorado in the 60s
    Gear Fab Records

  • Calendar

    July 6, 2006

    Gaelic Gala

    Catch the luck o' the Irish all weekend long.

  • Culture

    May 13, 2004

    Fragile Legacies

    The fate of classic modern architecture in the suburbs is now at a crossroads.

  • Dining

    November 7, 2002

    This Note's for You

    Chef Michael Long steals the show at Opus.

  • Goods & Services

    April 4, 2002

    Best Place to Buy a Communist-Bloc Engine

    Cold War Remarketing

  • Goods & Services

    April 4, 2002

    Best Cheap Computers

    Surplus Computer Store

  • Goods & Services

    April 4, 2002

    Best Flea Market

    A Paris Street Market

  • Calendar

    April 4, 2002

    Best All-Ages Venue

    Club Pulse

  • Goods & Services

    March 29, 2001

    Best Pie Plates

    Mudworks Pottery

  • Dining

    March 25, 1999

    Mouthing Off

    Mudworks Pottery

  • News

    April 2, 1998

    Put Up or Shut Up

    Want to fight a real estate development in Colorado? Be ready to pay to play.

  • News

    July 17, 1997

    Courthouse for Rent

    Once a proud Littleton peacock, the old Arapahoe County Courthouse is now a home only for pigeons.

  • Dining

    August 15, 1996

    Melt Down

    Once a proud Littleton peacock, the old Arapahoe County Courthouse is now a home only for pigeons.

  • Dining

    March 7, 1996

    Fishing for Compliments

    Once a proud Littleton peacock, the old Arapahoe County Courthouse is now a home only for pigeons.

  • News

    June 28, 1995

    SPORTS & RECREATION

    Once a proud Littleton peacock, the old Arapahoe County Courthouse is now a home only for pigeons.

  • Dining

    June 14, 1995

    MOUTHING OFF

    Once a proud Littleton peacock, the old Arapahoe County Courthouse is now a home only for pigeons.

  • News

    February 1, 1995

    LETTERS

    Once a proud Littleton peacock, the old Arapahoe County Courthouse is now a home only for pigeons.

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