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Udi's opens its fourth bread cafe downtown

For every restaurant that closes, another one opens -- or multiplies. That's the case with Udi's Bread Cafe, which just opened downtown, making it the fourth Udi's Bread Cafe in the metro area. The high-ceilinging, bright and airy 2,800-square-foot space sits directly behind a substandard Quiznos, w ... More >>

Ivy at the Glenn opens at the Streets at SouthGlenn in Mark Tarbell's former home

Lori Midson​When restaurateur and chef Jimmy Lambatos exited Baur's Ristorante in June, following the loss of his lease (the space, located at 1512 Curtis, is now Le Grand Bistro & Oyster Bar), he got in touch with Peter Kudla, the COO of Metropolitan Homes, owner of Russo's Kitchen Tavern ... More >>

Bike rage attacks in Deer Creek Canyon? The search for possible bicycle haters in Jeffco

​This Sunday, August 21, the Deer Creek Challenge will take place in Jefferson County's Deer Creek Canyon -- and in advance of the event, even more bicyclists than usually pedal in the area are training there. But not everyone appears to be welcoming. The Jeffco sheriff's office is investigati ... More >>

Qwest sign replacement heralds dawn of new age: Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario

​ The Qwest signs on top of the 52-story building at 1801 California Street are being replaced with Century Link signs this week. The change heralds the dawn of a new age in Denver -- the age of global corporate insignificance. Too bad our downtown towers can't be named for successful homegrow ... More >>

Peter McGraw's humor theory gets the artistic treatment at Fort Collins's Gallery Underground

Peter McGraw.​"The Nutty Professor" subject Peter McGraw's provocative Benign Violation Theory (BVT), which seeks to explain all of comedy, has been generating a lot of attention (including a story in Wired). But the award for the most unusual and creative response goes to the Gallery Undergr ... More >>

Marijuana patients get their humor tested by nutty professor Peter McGraw in Wired

Peter McGraw.​Last August, I detailed the strange story of Peter McGraw, a CU-Boulder professor dead set on explaining what makes things funny. Since then, the odd tale has continued: A piece I penned for Wired magazine describes McGraw's continued efforts to crack the humor code, a scholarly ... More >>

Lance Armstrong doped in opinion of Bicycling editor and Tour De Lance author Bill Strickland

​Lance Armstrong, who joined Bill Ritter last August to hype the just-renamed Quiznos Pro Challenge bike race, is the subject of an ongoing federal investigation into his potential use of performance-enhancing drugs. And now, the journalist who's likely closer to Armstrong than any other belie ... More >>

Super Bowl XLV halftime show prop bets

​There will never be more people watching a musical performance at one time than during the Super Bowl, so it's a good thing they always pick legends. In order, starting the year after Nipplegate: Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones, Prince, Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen, the Who and the Black E ... More >>

Happy landings: Mesa Verde Grill is the go-to spot at Denver International Airport

​There will never be more people watching a musical performance at one time than during the Super Bowl, so it's a good thing they always pick legends. In order, starting the year after Nipplegate: Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones, Prince, Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen, the Who and the Black E ... More >>

Denver Bike Sharing to Dan Maes: Thank you

A flickr photo​By now it's clear what a huge misstep gubernatorial hopeful Dan Maes took in declaring Denver's Bike Sharing part of a global conspiracy to deprive us of our personal freedoms. For it's part, the program is just grateful for the publicity. "It's shedding Dan Maes in an unfortuna ... More >>

Demented, maniacal kittens screech for Quizno's

We interrupt today's regularly scheduled programming to bring you ... the deranged, acid-tripping kitties of Quizno's. It seriously doesn't get any more freakishly bizarre than this, folks.

Zingers promises to bring University of Denver students everything they crave -- except alcohol

Lori Midson ​The New York food scene is renowned for all sorts of things, but green chile isn't one of them. That, as we all know, is a Colorado thing. But Dennis Krieger, a New Yorker, insists that his pork green chile, a family recipe, will put all others to shame. "I know it's an outrageou ... More >>

Burger King ruins brunch with alcohol-free mimosas

Not Burger King mimosas.​The King is at it again, and this time he's taking names -- namely, "brunch." Yes, Burger King is taking aim at the blubbery midsection of the country, introducing its new "Brunch menu" in select markets. Technically an acronym for breakfast and lunch, "brunch" reall ... More >>

Top 10 most popular Cafe Society stories of 2009

​It's about damn time this year ended. But before it does, we're taking a look back at your favorite stories of 2009. Here, the ten most-read stories from the Cafe Society blog.

Chipotle and the CIW end the tomato war

​"At long last," proclaims the Coalition of Immokalee Workers website, "a grower steps forward." And let's not forget a restaurant company, Chipotle, which, as spokesman Chris Arnold had told us three weeks ago, was negotiating with that grower to get around a stalemate that had prevented the ... More >>

Ken Hamblin remembers Alan Berg 25 years later

Ken Hamblin, during his days as the "Black Avenger." This month marks the 25th anniversary of KOA radio personality Alan Berg's murder. But despite this substantial passage of time, Ken Hamblin, Berg's friend and colleague, still gets emotional when he thinks about the evening when he broke the new ... More >>

Delegating Denver #36 of 56: New York

Ken Hamblin, during his days as the "Black Avenger." This month marks the 25th anniversary of KOA radio personality Alan Berg's murder. But despite this substantial passage of time, Ken Hamblin, Berg's friend and colleague, still gets emotional when he thinks about the evening when he broke the new ... More >>

Games on a Plane

Ken Hamblin, during his days as the "Black Avenger." This month marks the 25th anniversary of KOA radio personality Alan Berg's murder. But despite this substantial passage of time, Ken Hamblin, Berg's friend and colleague, still gets emotional when he thinks about the evening when he broke the new ... More >>

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