Republic Plaza

The Best of Denver Winners: 1984

The Best of Denver Winners from 1985

Best of Westword Winners From 1987

Best of Denver Winners from 2000

Dialog:City Dialogue

Best of Denver Winners from 1995

Ah, 1995: a time when entire Best Of categories were devoted to the O.J. Simpson trial, Bernie Bickerstaff and Dikembe Mutombo were still dominating the sports pages, and Mel's Bar and Grill was still new. Check out the winners from our 1995 Best Of issue after the jump.

The Bite

Drive-through dining takes on a new meaning.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of February 7, 2002

Bite Me

Booze News

Art Beat

Michael Paglia's brief sketches of what's happening in the Denver art scene.

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Michael Paglia's brief sketches of what's happening in the Denver art scene.

Hot Stuff

A new measuring technique may allow higher broadcast emissions on Lookout Mountain.

Tower Failure

Community groups and broadcasters widen their battle over proposed tower construction.

Looking Up, Downtown

Historic Denver puts together an unlikely alliance to save some of the city's coolest buildings.

Something in the Air

Lookout Mountain is a hot spot in the battle over broadcast emissions.

Phone Lines

The debate regarding cell phones in restaurants rages on.

No Bravo

Rio Bravo Catina serves fine food, but the atmosphere can be less than grand.

Night & Day

June 10 - 16, 1999

Night & Day

January 28 - February 3, 1999

Reach for the Skyline

As Denver booms, a local businessman dreams of a downtown mega-scraper.

Thrills for the week

As Denver booms, a local businessman dreams of a downtown mega-scraper.

Thrills for the week

As Denver booms, a local businessman dreams of a downtown mega-scraper.

Thrills for the week

As Denver booms, a local businessman dreams of a downtown mega-scraper.

Thrills for the week

As Denver booms, a local businessman dreams of a downtown mega-scraper.

Thrills for the week

As Denver booms, a local businessman dreams of a downtown mega-scraper.

Thrills for the week

As Denver booms, a local businessman dreams of a downtown mega-scraper.

THRILLS

As Denver booms, a local businessman dreams of a downtown mega-scraper.

STRANGE BUT TRUE

THINGS YOU DID IN DENVER WHILE YOU WERE STOPPED DEAD IN TRAFFIC ON THE WAY TO DIA.

PRINTS CHARMING

THINGS YOU DID IN DENVER WHILE YOU WERE STOPPED DEAD IN TRAFFIC ON THE WAY TO DIA.

The demise of the Tabor Center's food court

Kiernan MaletskyWhat's left of the Panda Express, the only reminder of Tabor's food court. There's no shortage of places to get food along the 16th Street Mall. But if you're after a grab bag of mediocre grub served from metal basins behind glass barriers -- a food court, in other words -- things ... More >>

The last food court on 16th Street

Kiernan Maletsky After stopping by the Tabor Center to stare at what had been the third-floor food court, I headed down the 16th Street Mall to visit the last surviving food court: Republic Plaza. "At last," I thought, when I saw the neon and smelled the grease as I neared Court Pl.

Four Seasons tops off Thursday

​The Four Seasons Private Residences Denver, the 45-story luxury condo building and hotel that's been under construction since September 2007, is set to be topped off this Thursday at 10:30 a.m. with the ceremonial hoisting into place of the 75-foot mast that will crown the structure. With the ... More >>

Sugar High: Santa Fe Cookie Co.

Liz Kellermeyer​ Here's a formula you wouldn't think would work for a bakery in the middle of downtown Denver: Customers enter at one end of a shop, drop a dollar into a giant plastic jug, retrieve a small paper bag filled with three fresh-from-the-oven cookies and exit out the other end. ... More >>

Freshii opens its second Colorado restaurant today

​You better like brown rice and romaine lettuce. Freshii, the growing, Chicago-based fast/healthy food chain started by a former Oscar de la Renta public relations manager, opens in Republic Plaza today, bringing its wraps, rice noodles, organic oatmeal, and a multitude of other options to a ... More >>

Restaurant Roll Call for May

Shela BurgessTwo more Moe's signs joined the Denver dining landscape in May​Maywas a big month for barbecue, beer and frozen yogurt, that hot new/old trend. Our round up of openings/closings: RESTAURANTS/VENUES OPENING IN MAY * Brandon's Pub, 2037 East Second Avenue Brothers Bar & Grill, 192 ... More >>

Noodles & Company opening two more locations in Colorado

​By year's end, Broomfield-based Noodles & Company will have brought its total number of Colorado locations to 43. And with the opening of a store this August in Republic Plaza, there will be two Noodles & Co outposts on the 16th Street Mall alone, one at 303 16th Street; the other at 1460 16t ... More >>

Restaurant roll call for 2010

Lori MidsonChoLon Modern Asian Bistro was one of the big restaurants to open in 2010.​While many restaurants closed in 2010, many more restaurants opened -- including such hot spots as ChoLon, Euclid Hall, Green Russell, Lou's Food Bar and, on the very last day of the year, Bittersweet. Here' ... More >>

Stair Masters

Lori MidsonChoLon Modern Asian Bistro was one of the big restaurants to open in 2010.​While many restaurants closed in 2010, many more restaurants opened -- including such hot spots as ChoLon, Euclid Hall, Green Russell, Lou's Food Bar and, on the very last day of the year, Bittersweet. Here' ... More >>

Today: Freshii celebrates its one-year anniversary in Denver

Freshii is marking its one-year anniversary on the mall.​Freshii will celebrate its first anniversary on the 16th Street Mall with a week of specials that run today through May 21. For starters, the fast, eco-friendly restaurant is offering a free bottle of Honest Tea with purchase of a brea ... More >>

The Culture of African American Art on display at Republic Plaza

"Motown," Darrell Anderson​The Culture of African American Art is now on display in the lobby of Republic Plaza, 370 17th Street, where the show will run through February 23. But you might want to take a look at it before the crowds descend for a reception for the artists scheduled for 5 to ... More >>