Lowell

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The Week in Fashion: June 21 Through June 26

In time for DNC, 8 Rivers comes to Lodo

Boot Hell

Shazam! Shazz Cafe suddenly appears

If you were the person you'd always wanted to be, would you look like this? Suddenly, Lowell Boulevard is becoming a very hot restaurant street. First, of course, there was the much ballyhooed transformation of the old Billy's Inn at 4403 Lowell into the very cool, very hip Billy's Inn. In ... More >>

Tocabe coming to northwest Denver

The concept behind Tocabe: An American Indian Eatery sounds like a concept whose time has come. It's designed to be almost a Native American Chipotle, with an emphasis on healthy, local fare. But while Tocabe sounds like a concept whose time has come, it's also taking its time. The owners have been ... More >>

Backwash

Have you heard that more than thirty bands are playing at the Westword Music Awards Showcase in LoDo?

Guest DJ with DJ MU$A at the Coral Room

My buddy Chris has a song called "Everyone's a DJ," and bygod if that doesn't seem like gospel truth these days, doesn't it? DJ MU$A evidently subscribes to this sentiment -- or at least he's willing to give folks a shot to prove that notion otherwise. Last Thursday, he kicked off a new weekly at th ... More >>

No Man's Land

The unincorporated Adams family.

Flight of Blanco Tequila at Billy's Inn

The unincorporated Adams family.

Son Set

A dining room of one’s own.

Hatchet Job

You can buy ICP shirts at Colorado Mills – just don’t wear one there.

Hideous Houses of Highland

More is not merrier for Highland homeowners who want to stop construction in their neighborhoods.

A Run for the Border

We spend a day on Denver's dividing line: Sheridan Boulevard.

Tagging Up Denver

The city’s aerosol junkies are in the spotlight.

A Federal Case

Cruising down the boulevard, Denver’s avenue of schemes and dreams.

Man Bites Dog

Snappin' back at Steve's.

Busy Work

Duo gives Denver diners reason to smile.

Off Limits

Happy trailers to you

The Flag-Bearer

Tom Tancredo is on a crusade to save America -- and he's looking for recruits.

Various Artists

Fishing Music: A Collection of Acoustic Folk, Blues & Swing (Snake River Records)

Legendary Feat

The story of a good but flawed band gets polished up in the retelling.

Service With a Frown

Denver doesn't hold a monopoly on treating diners badly.

High-Maintenance Man

Welton Street property owners have spent thousands to keep their district clean. So what do they have to show for it?

PEOPLE & PLACES

Welton Street property owners have spent thousands to keep their district clean. So what do they have to show for it?

Joe Vostrejs knows fry bread

A regular at the old Billy's InnLong after my review of Tocabe was safely in the can, I was still dreaming about fry bread.  I was also eating fry bread -- having made at least three post-review visits to Tocabe's home at 44th and Lowell just to "check my facts." One that almost slipped by me? ... More >>

Colorado Crimes: A bad day in Westminster for Christopher Donte Williams

Christopher Donte Williams.​It's a good indication that a temper tantrum has gotten out of control if a S.W.A.T. team is called to respond. That's what happened Saturday near 68th and Lowell to Christopher Donte Williams, age nineteen, who, for reasons not spelled out in a release from the We ... More >>

Travel Light

Get together with neighbors for a Great Race in miniature.

Randle Swan: City Council District 1 showdown, part 2

Randle Swan​Over the past several years, northwest Denver has been the site of heated clashes over new development, struggling schools and other hot-button issues -- and the political pot got stirred into a frenzy when Denver City Council District representative Rick Garcia split for a gig wit ... More >>

Campaign signs need to be put in their place

Randle Swan​Over the past several years, northwest Denver has been the site of heated clashes over new development, struggling schools and other hot-button issues -- and the political pot got stirred into a frenzy when Denver City Council District representative Rick Garcia split for a gig wit ... More >>

Now open: Hash

​When Heather Haupman took over La Crema Cafeteria, a bare bones coffee shop on 44th and Zuni, she was convinced the Sunnyside neighborhood needed a more upscale coffee and breakfast joint. So she remodeled the space, gave it a sunnier feel, and created Hash, which, in addition to Novo coffee ... More >>

TONIGHT: DJ Low Key's b-day party at Hai Bar

If you haven't made plans yet tonight, and you're looking to get your groove on, tonight at Hai Bar at Sushi Hai (32nd and Lowell), DJ Low Key is celebrating another year on planet with the Solution's fifth annual Lessondary Birthday Extravaganza hosted by Von Pea of Tanya Morgan. The Solution impre ... More >>

O, Barnum! An ode to Denver's least desirable neighborhood

Front porch chillin': A favorite occupation of what I like to call "the Barnumployed."​If you happen to find yourself in Barnum and you don't live there, chances are you're lost. And not just because it's not a neighborhood that lends itself to being found -- find one of two streets that make ... More >>

Susan Shepherd hints at her next step in battle over proposed development in West Highland

No High Rises in West Highland​Neighbors surrounding the proposed site of three, five-story apartment towers just north of 32nd Avenue and Lowell Boulevard have made their opposition to the project clear. RedPeak Properties, the developer planning to build the structures, and Tom Wootten, the ... More >>

Susan Shepherd weighs in on No High Rises fight in Highland

​The signs started popping up late last fall: No high rises in West Highland. But the residents fighting a massive, three-building complex proposed for the heart of Highland Square didn't stop at signs. They also pushed city officials, including Susan Shepherd, the new Denver City Council repr ... More >>

Susan Shepherd and neighborhood association make moves in Highland development battle

​The controversy surrounding RedPeak Properties' proposed development near 32nd Avenue and Lowell Boulevard has been light on recent action and heavy on letters, motions and press releases. Given that, it's been an busy week for the development, with Denver City Council District 1 rep Susan Sh ... More >>

RedPeak releases Highland building renderings, woman tells her side of council member spat

Big photos below.​Neighbors around Highland Square will finally be able to see images of the proposed structures that are making them so mad. Today, RedPeak Properties released renderings for a pair of five-story apartment buildings it hopes to build in the area just north of 32nd Avenue and L ... More >>

Sunflower Market on Colfax inspires a food fight at Denver City Council

​Unlike so many Western towns, Denver has a wealth of wonderful neighborhoods close to the heart of the city. But with that wealth of neighborhoods comes a surfeit of NIMBY issues that often spill out of their immediate area and into City Hall -- as the fight over a new supermarket on Colfax w ... More >>