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Video: Mecca Tavern gunfire among shots-fired incidents on St. Patrick's Day weekend

The combination of St. Patrick's Day and alcohol can make for a volatile brew. And that's especially true when the annual March 17 celebration falls on a weekend, as it did this year. The result this time around was at least two metro-area incidents involving gunfire -- the first taking place at a ... More >>

The falafel truth: How will Shish Kabob Grill stack up?

When you go to a restaurant you've never visited before, you never know quite what you'll find. Even if you've pulled up the menu on Yelp during the drive over, you're likely in for a surprise since those menus can be out-of-date. Middle Eastern restaurants are different, however. No matter where yo ... More >>

Second City alums Frank Caeti and Matt Craig on satire, cold medicine and Tebow

Second City Chicago is this country's Mecca of funny. Among its famous alumni are John Belushi, Gilda Radner, Steve Carrell and Tina Fey. It also happens to be the place where Frank Caeti, formerly of MadTV, and Matt Craig, a former Saturday Night Live writer, first met and performed together, crea ... More >>

Nicole Barille of mr. Gnome: "Between two people, it can fall apart at any second, and that's kind of the fun about it"

mr. Gnome (due tonight at the Hi-Dive) tours more than most bands. The act's music is often dubbed with the umbrella term "psychedelic." But clearly this Cleveland-based duo isn't really trying to sound like another psychedelic band. From the way Nicole Barille and Sam Meister present themselves in ... More >>

Guess where you're eating? At an EatDenver restaurant, if you're Jacks0057

Cafe Society dished out five Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a still-unidentified plate of sushi at an Asian restaurant whose service was atrocious to a charcuterie platter at Charcoal to a Frisbee-size omelet from the Original Pancake House to a saucer of hummus that made me weep tear ... More >>

Mecca Grill a central destination for vegetarian dining

Mecca Grill, 270 South Downing Street, won a Best of Denver award in 2010 for "Best Lamb That Mary Would Have Liked" -- but lamb is far from all that's on the menu at this mini-mall storefront. As that award noted, the music choice is a little bizarre (when we stopped in, wildly improvisational jazz ... More >>

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Guess where you're eating? At an EatDenver restaurant, if you're Brian

​Cafe Society served up four Guess where? contests last week, including two stumpers -- a disappointing huarache and some mystery proscuitto and melon -- as well as this plate with the town's most incredible falafel. For correctly identifying the veggie feast as coming from Mecca Grill, Bria ... More >>

Wash Park Sports Alley goes in where Wash Park Underground went out

​About a year ago, the Wash Park Underground opened on Downing Street in the alley below Mecca Grill. That spot, which sought to turn the address into one that was more savory than previous tenants, featured Foosball, shuffleboard, art by local artists, craft beer taplines and bar food served ... More >>

Beer calendar for the week ahead: Highland Tap gets hot and Falling Rock turns fourteen

​Yes, it's only June 1, but Denver is already making plans for the Great American Beer Festival, which takes place here September 29-October 1. Tickets go on sale at the end of this month, and brewers are thinking about what categories to enter (or brewing up some specialties and hiding them ... More >>

Saturday: J Phlip at Casselman's

​Raised on a steady diet of Chicago house music as a kid growing up in Champaign, Illinois, Jessica Phillippe emerged as one of the most in-demand underground female DJs over the past few years. Also known as J. Phlip, Phillippe studied engineering at the University of Illinois before relocat ... More >>

John Hickenlooper going negative?: Cites Tom Tancredo's bomb-Mecca line and flamboyance

John Hickenlooper.​When Tom Tancredo pulled to within four points of John Hickenlooper in a major poll, we guessed that Hick supporters would get ugly on their guy's behalf. But WhoSaidYouSaid tracked down a recent clip in which Hickenlooper personally takes a more-overt-than-usual shot at Tan ... More >>

Tom Tancredo campaign "Tanc" tops are dyn-o-mite: Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario

Full-sized comic below.​ A person who attempts to provoke others with outrageous come-ons is referred to as a "tease." From his suggestion to bomb Mecca to his threat to run for Colorado governor, Tom Tancredo's lifetime of taunts makes him the king of tees. Tee-shirts, that is. And what bette ... More >>

In honor of San-Diego Comic Con, here are the five worst comic related music videos

​San Diego Comic-Con is in full swing this weekend, with nerds, dorks and geeks combining forces to create a Mecca of awesome in California. While we're stuck at home twiddling our thumbs and reading, ahem, books, we found our minds returning to comics no matter what we did. So, in honor of t ... More >>

Guess where you're eating? At a DINR restaurant, if you're Konk

​Cafe Society served up seven Guess Where I'm Eating/Drinking contests last week, featuring everything from the new patio sign at the Star Bar to a Frito pie at the Fort to this plate of hummus. For correctly identifying its origins as Mecca Grill, Konk wins a DINR deck. Konk, send your conta ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: Double chocolate pudding from LoHi Steakbar

Lori Midson ​As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up, in no particular order, a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com.

100 Favorite Dishes: Tortilla soup from the Pioneer

Lori Midson ​As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up, in no particular order, a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com.

100 Favorite Dishes: Samosas from Vesta Dipping Grill

Lori Midson ​As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up, in no particular order, a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com.

100 Favorite Dishes: Aguas Frescas from El Taco Veloz

Lori Midson ​As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up, in no particular order, a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com.

100 Favorite Dishes: Chicken and poblano crepes from Chili Verde

Lori Midson ​As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up, in no particular order, a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com.

Denver's Ten Best Brewpubs

A Flickr photo.​ The Great American Beer Festival begins just six days from now. If you want to be ready (and believe me, we are soooo ready), you'll need to check in here every afternoon for some lowdown, some insight and some tips on how to do it right. In the meantime, here's our list of t ... More >>

Wake-Up Call: Tanks for the memories, Tancredo

​You don't need to work too hard to roast Tom Tancredo: The man roasts himself. Google the name of the former Sixth District congressman and your computer starts smoking, then spits out story after story, quote after quote, that prove truth is indeed stranger than fiction. A few of Tancredo's ... More >>

They're ain't no party like a pro-pot party

Sticky. Icky. This Saturday, the drug policy reform group Sensible Colorado is throwing its free-to-the-public fifth-anniversary bash from 6-9 p.m. at the Atlantis Community Center, 201 South Cherokee Street -- and these guys have a lot to celebrate. Three years ago, Sensible Colorado helped succes ... More >>

Coffee Klatch for a Cause

Pasties and Feathers and Wigs... Oh My!

Mile High Makeout: Sharing the Wealth

Beating the Tom-Tom

Burn, Baby, Burn

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Lost Red Sox

More Messages: Somebody Noticed

Mouthing Off

Tom Tancredo’s “bomb Mecca” comment registered 10 on the Richter scale. But this Miami mess is no day at the beach.

Real Home Sweet Home

Drunk of the Week

Auld Dubliner

History in the Making

The collision of French and Vietnamese culinary traditions led to the perfection of Chez Thuy.

Cherrywine

Bright Black (DCide/Babygrande)

Best Free Lunch and People-Watching

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Up With People

The People Under the Stairs question hip-hop's answers.

Modern-Day Calvinism

How a small band of insurgents led by K Records co-founder Calvin Johnson helped fashion a punk revolution.

Cleanliness Is Next to Godliness

Muslim cab drivers can finally get their feet wet at DIA.

Citizen X

These days, former Nation of Islam spokesman Jamal Muhammad is focusing on the hip-hop nation.

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Mouthing Off

United They Stand

Three locals are using the media to put Colorado hip-hop on the map.

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