Maine

Photos: Ten deadliest fires in U.S. history

The ongoing Black Forest fire in El Paso County has destroyed 483 homes at this writing, as well as killing two people -- and we're fortunate that the loss of life wasn't nearly great enough to land it on this Wikipedia's list of noteworthy wildfires. The page is an awful record of scorched land and ... More >>

Round two with Garren Teich, exec chef of 1515 Restaurant

Garren Teich 1515 Restaurant 1515 Market Street 303-571-0011 www.1515restaurant.com This is part two of my interview with Garren Teich, exec chef of 1515 Restaurant; part one of our chat ran yesterday. Most memorable meal you've had: In Pines Point, Maine, there's a little lobster shack where yo ... More >>

Garren Teich, exec chef of 1515 Restaurant, on molecular gastronomy, line checks and rooftop gardens

Garren Teich 1515 Restaurant 1515 Market Street 303-571-0011 www.1515restaurant.com This is part one of my interview with Garren Teich, exec chef of 1515 Restaurant; part two of our chat will run tomorrow. Twenty-seven acres devoted to chickens, goats and vegetables. That's where Garren Teich gr ... More >>

Guess where I'm eating a lobster roll?

Perhaps I'm in the minority, but lobster, unless I'm sitting at a beach shack in Maine, has never particularly appealed to me, but the lobster roll at this amazing seafood-focused restaurant may very well be the lone lobster dish that saves me the airfare. Can you guess where I'm eating? Special ... More >>

Round two with TAG Burger Bar chef Drew Archer: "If salt is flavor, then acid is life"

Drew Archer TAG Burger Bar 1222 Madison Street 303-736-2260 www.madisonstreetdenver.com Part one of my interview with Drew Archer, chef of TAG Burger Bar, ran yesterday; this is part two of our chat. Most memorable meal you've ever had: We never really ate out much growing up, so I don't have man ... More >>

Even sobriety can't tame comedian Ben Roy's savage humor

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Paul Reilly walks away from Cherokee on 12th Avenue -- but not Beast Bottle

Back in September, we spilled the very good news that Paul Reilly, the former chef of Encore, which closed early this spring, would open a new dining mecca called called Beast Bottle, a restaurant, he told me, that would be nose-to-tail and "much more about the food and food practices that inspire ... More >>

Beast Bottle's Paul Reilly one of only eight chefs in the world to win the Jean-Louis Palladin Work Study Grant

When Paul Reilly shuttered Encore early in this year, in April, he found that he had some free time on his hands for the first time in a long time, and while he was scouring the 'hoods for a space where he could open a new restaurant, he also welcomed the opportunity to do something for himself -- s ... More >>

Bizarre Colorado crimes inspiring copycats?

Luke Irvin Chrisco, who became known last summer as the Boulder porta-potty peeper, has been found competent to stand trial -- even if it seems like no person in his right mind would choose such a venue to get his creep on. But strange as that was, someone else pulled a similar stunt, proving that n ... More >>

Artist Sandi Calistro on why tattoos are the most intimate form of art

​ Sandi Calistro got her first tattoo in Maine when she was sixteen, and later decided to become a tattoo artist. Accompanied by her dad, she came to Colorado and sold her flash sheets (the sheets of art on the wall of a tattoo parlor) door-to-door at tattoo shops. A local shop bought her shee ... More >>

These local breweries have gourd-geous pumpkin beers on tap

UpslopeUpslope jacked the competition. ​Pumpkin beers are an acquired taste. Some people love them, others hate them. Most drinkers can only tolerate a few. But there is an amazing array of pumpkin beers on the market, from the subtle to the spicy to the completely over-the-top.

Joellyn Duesberry brings new life to an old art

Joellyn Duesberry: Detail, "Maine Bog Triptych," 2010.​Colorado plein-air painter Joellyn Duesberry has a national reputation and an independent streak, to boot. She recently hung a retrospective show at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center (it's now closed) and now has a beautiful monograph ... More >>

Lobster Festival over Memorial Weekend at the Fresh Fish Company

​It's Memorial Day weekend, which means lots of people will be cooking out -- and if you're already sick at the thought of a weekend full of burgers, brats and beer, head to the Fresh Fish Company, which will present a Memorial Weekend Lobster Festival with specials on Maine lobster dinners th ... More >>

Spring fever: Five new menus for a new season

The vegetable terrine at the Squeaky Bean​You can tell summer is approaching not just because the air is warmer, but menus around town are heating up, introducing lighter dishes that feature seasonal produce. Some of those board changes look particularly delicious. Here are five that caught o ... More >>

Labor murals in Maine removed -- but there's no getting rid of Ludlow Massacre monument

Maine mural​Maine Governor Paul LePage is sticking with his decision to remove a labor-history mural from its current home inside a Department of Labor building. In Colorado, there are no similar union-lovin' murals in government facilities for conservatives to take aim at. But we do have publ ... More >>

A few seats still available at Sunday's pop-up dinners with HUSH and James Mazzio

​If you don't have dinner plans on Sunday night, and want to experience a HUSH rush of dishes from James Mazzio, chef of Pickles Deli and Olive Oil, and a Food & Wine magazine Best New Chef star, plus lots of wines from the Infinite Monkey Theorem, then you should consider booking one of the ... More >>

Sweet! Colorado needs an official state dessert, and here are some suggestions

rockyfordmelon.comThe Rocky Ford cantaloupe: a possible contender for the official Colorado dessert?​In a highly charged and extremely political fight, residents of Maine find themselves trying to answer a life-or-death question: What should be the state's official dessert? The question threat ... More >>

Medical marijuana & flying: If paperwork checks out, Denver Police and the TSA say, "Get high"

​It won't make the body scans or perverse groping security pat-downs any easier to handle, but medical marijuana patients traveling to one of five states from DIA can now pack their cannabis openly instead of, say, hiding it in a shampoo bottle.

Beer bloggers plot world domination

​There are as many styles of beer blogging on the Internet as there are blogs, and there's a new beer blog starting out there every other day. Last weekend, at least a hundred of those bloggers -- from all across the country -- showed up in Boulder to talk beer. They spent the three days of f ... More >>

Five bar types that every man should avoid during his lifetime

​ There comes a time in every adult's life when he or she starts to drink like an actual adult. In an ideal world, that time would coincide with the drinker's 21st birthday. Unfortunately, after December 6, 1933, "adults" lost their collective palates with the onset of Prohibition and became ... More >>

Thursday's catch: The Fresh Fish Co. $15 Maine lobster

A Flickr photo​A surplus of lobster last week inspired the Fresh Fish Co. to unload the beasts onto dinner plates at a pauper's price that would crush a poor lobster's claw. Still, the move was such a hit that the fish house is offering the $15 fresh-from-the-tank Maine lobsters every Thursda ... More >>

The Gromet embraces just about every genre of music under the sun

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:

Second Home Kitchen and Bar rolls out two new menus, a lunch deal and daily dish specials

​Second Home Kitchen and Bar, the restaurant at 150 Clayton Lane in the JW Marriott, is starting off the new year with daily dishes, a new lunch deal and two new menus "with a greater focus on using locally purchased products," according to exec chef Jeff Bolton. "For this winter menu, we def ... More >>

Do the Dew

Troy Guard's TAG: Play that funky music, white boy!

TAG! You're it

Mark MangerTroy Guard finally has a place to call his own.​ Hiramasa, flash-seared on a hot flattop, served with yuzu, jalapeno and pop rocks. Braised pork cheek with a hard-fried quail egg balanced on top. Sushi rolls cut and plated with machine precision, filled with Maine lobster, with kobe ... More >>

Denver Blogs: James Dobson's minions focus on another state's families

In the name of J.D., not necessarily J.C.​Our daily homage to local bloggage. Focus on the Family is spreading its hate in Maine. 5280's on the case. Rep. Jared Polis is speaking out against the what he calls a "sweep of terror" being done on illegal immigrants, Colorado Independent reports. ... More >>

Tonight: Pig out on lobster at the Berkshire

​The Berkshire, 7352 East 29th Avenue, one of our favorite places for pig - and to pig out - is putting pork on the back-burner, at least for tonight. That's because the Stapleton-based temple of swine is hosting its first Maine lobster bake with all the required fixings - corn on the cob, ste ... More >>

Tonight's shochu dinner at Elway's Cherry Creek could be the blowout food orgy of the year

​By the time 5 p.m. rolls around on a work day in Japan, patrons have made their way into the nearest izakaya to knock back shochu (pronounced 'show-chew'), a clear distilled spirit, similar to vodka (sans the hangover), that can be made from rice, sugarcane, sweet potatoes, barley or buckwhea ... More >>

Will the last business leaving the Beauvallon turn out the lights?

Tonight: Bastille Day bashes at Bistro Vendome, Brasserie Felix and Le Central

Bistro VendomeToday is Bastille Day, and while the really cool parties will no doubt take place on the streets of Paris, we've got plenty of celebratory bashes to storm right here in Denver, beginning with Bistro Vendome, the Frenchified spot at 1420 Larimer Street that's encouraging habitues to "si ... More >>

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Cast Off in City Park

Don your best sea-salt outfit and wave goodbye to dry land.

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Seafood, Eat It

Road Trip

Delegating Denver #23 of 56: Maine

Gone Fishin'

Suddenly, Denver’s swimming in seafood restaurants.

Cherry Crest Seafood Market and Restaurant

This suburban spot reels in the crowds.

Ship Tavern

Argh! This chef should prepare to walk the plank.

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Lost in Space

Myspace is the place for local bands to finally be heard. Or not.

A Shot in the Dark

Tougher regulations aim for the elusive fair hunt.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of October 2, 2003

Getting a Head

Michael Cooper finds the truth of imagination behind his masks.

Your Quarter Life Crisis!

Lots of drugs, not much sex, and a general fear and loathing mark these tales of twenty-something angst.

Best Expense-Account Dinner

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Not in Their Backyard, Either

Protestors in other areas aren't faring any better.

KING AND HIS QUEEN