Rich Grant

Aurora's not exactly a tourist trap, but you might just visit it anyway

Visit Denver fills your bucket list with lots of beer...and more suds at Smiley's

Lights for your list.​Good news! The world is not going to end on December 21, 2012. That's the word from Dawn Engle, co-producer of 2012: The True Mayan Prophecy, which airs tonight on Colorado Public Television. But just in case she's wrong, we asked some state leaders for their can't-miss C ... More >>

Colorado Cocktail Project will leave you shaken, possibly stirred

​CafĂ© Society's obsession with the quest for a Colorado cocktail dates back to the day when Rich Grant of Visit Denver got a call from a reporter for a national magazine who was looking for the quintessential Colorado drink to include in a story about landmark libations. But while some towns ... More >>

Denver Restaurant Week could turn into two weeks, winter and summer

​Denver Restaurant Week ended at the close of service on March 11, with a record number of restaurants participating: 303. "Talk about a Denver number," says Rich Grant, the spokesman for Visit Denver, the convention and visitors bureau that organizes the seven-year-old event. Even more impres ... More >>

Author wants Denver Restaurant Week diners to tap into their charitable instincts

​Don't misunderstand: Lee Hayward enjoys a night out as much as the next guy -- maybe more, since he and his wife, Kathy, wrote the book Drinking and Driving in Colorado, recently re-released as the more tastefully named Tapping Colorado Craft Beer: A Guide to Centennial State Brewpubs. But lo ... More >>

Get Busy Eating Out

​Don't misunderstand: Lee Hayward enjoys a night out as much as the next guy -- maybe more, since he and his wife, Kathy, wrote the book Drinking and Driving in Colorado, recently re-released as the more tastefully named Tapping Colorado Craft Beer: A Guide to Centennial State Brewpubs. But lo ... More >>

Forty new restaurants are participating in Denver Restaurant Week -- and we've got the sneak-peak list

​The entire list of restaurants participating in Denver Restaurant Week (or weeks, since the dates for Denver's best deals on meals actually stretch from February 26 through March 11) goes live today at the stroke of noon, but even before those restaurants are revealed, we've got the scoop on ... More >>

Visit Denver's holiday window may be back -- unlike the Ski Train

John Hickenlooper.​In December 2008, (very) outgoing Denver mayorJohn Hickenlooper was on the set of Good Morning America, wearing a holiday sweater his sister had knitted and showing off Denver's holiday window, which made its debut on Times Square and was then supposed to return to this city ... More >>

Over the Weekend: A whirlwind First Friday tour to kick off Denver Arts Week

At Niza Knoll Gallery on Santa Fe Drive.​No one in their right mind would normally try to hit four art walks all in one night, but last Friday wasn't any old First Friday, it was Denver Arts Week's Know Your Arts First Friday and, courtesy of Visit Denver flak Rich Grant, I got to do it in sty ... More >>

Art Class is in Session

At Niza Knoll Gallery on Santa Fe Drive.​No one in their right mind would normally try to hit four art walks all in one night, but last Friday wasn't any old First Friday, it was Denver Arts Week's Know Your Arts First Friday and, courtesy of Visit Denver flak Rich Grant, I got to do it in sty ... More >>

Driving up Mount Evans should be free. So why do so many pay a fee?

At Niza Knoll Gallery on Santa Fe Drive.​No one in their right mind would normally try to hit four art walks all in one night, but last Friday wasn't any old First Friday, it was Denver Arts Week's Know Your Arts First Friday and, courtesy of Visit Denver flak Rich Grant, I got to do it in sty ... More >>

What's the perfect Colorado cocktail?

​Rich Grant, the beer-loving communications director for Visit Denver, is looking for the perfect Colorado cocktail. Denver already enjoys a reputation as the Napa of craft brewing -- but Grant thinks we could use an emblematic cocktail, too. Something he could pour out for visiting journalist ... More >>

Alaskan Bill Howell wins the Wynkoop's Beerdrinker of the Year contest

Bill Howell and those who passed judgment upon him.​Colorado wasn't able to claim its second consecutive Beerdrinker of the Year title on Saturday at the Wynkoop Brewing Company, 1634 18th Street, but at least we lost to a qualified candidate from the well deserving state of Alaska. Retired N ... More >>

Double the Meal, Double the Deal

Bill Howell and those who passed judgment upon him.​Colorado wasn't able to claim its second consecutive Beerdrinker of the Year title on Saturday at the Wynkoop Brewing Company, 1634 18th Street, but at least we lost to a qualified candidate from the well deserving state of Alaska. Retired N ... More >>

A Glass Half Full

The city pours its heart into the ten-day Denver Beer Fest.

Will it be Hoppy Days for Oktoberfest?

Three brew-related events are converging in Denver. Let the games begin!

Oktoberfest is for sale. Will someone buy it a drink?

​Denver is playing host to the Olympics of beer games this month -- and it could be a historic one if the city's fortieth annual Oktoberfest also turns out to be its last. Larimer Associates, the real estate company that owns Oktoberfest as well as Larimer Square and numerous other properties ... More >>

UFO enthusiasts and furries make Denver an unconventional place

​Denver is playing host to the Olympics of beer games this month -- and it could be a historic one if the city's fortieth annual Oktoberfest also turns out to be its last. Larimer Associates, the real estate company that owns Oktoberfest as well as Larimer Square and numerous other properties ... More >>

Is Denver Funville or Snoozetown? The government wants to know

The Church looks like fun to us. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. But what happens in Denver? It's too boring to tell stories about anyway. That's the impression that a Wednesday story in the Wall Street Journal may have left on readers. Headlined "Government Meeting? Stay Away From Fun ... More >>

Obama visit eats into press time for Denver Restaurant Week

Denver Restaurant Week doesn't start until February 21, but it already looks like a hit, with more than 224 restaurants signed up to participate and over a hundred chefs slated to attend the scheduled February 17 press conference to hype the event.But once Barack Obama's noon visit to Denver that sa ... More >>

Giving, taking and regifting in Denver

Denver Restaurant Week doesn't start until February 21, but it already looks like a hit, with more than 224 restaurants signed up to participate and over a hundred chefs slated to attend the scheduled February 17 press conference to hype the event.But once Barack Obama's noon visit to Denver that sa ... More >>

Everyone's selling something for the Democratic National Convention. Are you buying it?

Denver Restaurant Week doesn't start until February 21, but it already looks like a hit, with more than 224 restaurants signed up to participate and over a hundred chefs slated to attend the scheduled February 17 press conference to hype the event.But once Barack Obama's noon visit to Denver that sa ... More >>

Krystle Clear

Dueling divas come to Denver – let the best shoulder pads win.

Paint the Town Read

Jack Kerouac's back, and Denver's literary scene is on a scroll.

Photo Finish

Sorry, but Denver has nothing to apologize for.

Pony Up

The state of the art in Denver.

Off Limits

Trouble's Bruin

Tour de Farce

You'll have the crime of your life in the Mile High City.

Bite Me

Beard House Rules

Triumph of the Swill

A tsunami of suds is likely when the Modern Drunkard Conventioneers pour into Denver.

Off Limits

Krystle Clear

Chile Today

Rocky Mountain oysters aside, Denver food is hot.

The Sounds of Silence

Last December, Oscar Hernandez became the town's biggest story. It's over for him now.

Off Limits

Holy high rollers

Off Limits

Holy high rollers