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Rio Grande

  • Dining

    March 15, 2012

    Rio Grande puts the spotlight on its kitchen

    Slide show: In the kitchen at Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    Armadillo closes its Littleton restaurant -- and stiffs employees?

    Colorado has produced several successful Mexican chains -- the Rio Grande group, for example, and Santiago's, which seems to add another outlet every week. But one longtime chain is suffering from shrinking pains -- and its employees are suffering, too. Last week, the Armadillo closed its restauran ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    Rio Grande celebrates its 25th birthday with $2.50 margs

    On the patio at the Rio Grande at 1525 Blake Street.​It was 25 years ago today that Pat McGaughran and twin brothers Andre and Stephen Mouton opened their first Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant in Fort Collins. Since then, the chain has grown to six stores along the Front Range, all serving those ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2011

    Downtown Rio expands patio in time for spring

    ​This week's spring-like weather has us excited for the the days of summer when we can linger on a patio and catch the beams of the sun with a drink in hand. Like a margarita. At the Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant. In anticipation of summer, the downtown outpost of that local Mexican chain has ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2010

    Top ten places to Mex it up on Cinco de Mayo

    Shela BurgessBenny's patio is a popular hot spot.​A sunny Cinco de Mayo -- what are you still doing inside on a computer? Below are ten places, listed in no particular order, where you can celebrate Cinco de Mayo and enjoy the weather. (And if you know of other good celebrations, please shar ... More >>

  • News

    April 29, 2010

    A report from Juarez, the bleeding front line of the war on drugs

    Shela BurgessBenny's patio is a popular hot spot.​A sunny Cinco de Mayo -- what are you still doing inside on a computer? Below are ten places, listed in no particular order, where you can celebrate Cinco de Mayo and enjoy the weather. (And if you know of other good celebrations, please shar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2010

    Street tacos, tortas and burritos at the new Socorro's

    Lori Midson​"I kept seeing all those taquerias along Federal Boulevard and thought if they can do it, so can I," says Joyce Schaefer, owner of Socorro's, a new taqueria at 19 Easy Bayaud Street. Schaefer, who also runs Joyce's Famous Pizza, 2035 South Broadway, hails from Socorro, New Mexico, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2009

    Denver's newest road trip: Interstate Kitchen & Bar

    Lori Midson​Interstate Kitchen & Bar made its debut on Thursday, September 10, at 901 West Tenth Avenue (the former Santa Fe Tequila Company space). It's a kitschy urban roadhouse bedecked with utilitarian shelving -- a la Home Depot -- and a psychedelic robin's egg blue paint palette. In the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2009

    Behind the Bar: Mike Henderson of TAG

    ​Every week, Drink of the Week columnist Nancy Levine gets behind the bar with a local mixologist. Now serving: Mike Henderson, bar manager at TAG. How did you get into bartending? After college, I got a job as a doorman at a bar called Paul's Club in Madison, Wisconsin. I had only been wor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

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    Photo by Tom MurphyThe Sunn O))) will come out tomorrow....​Getting your weekend off on the right note.... Today in Backbeat Online: • Last night: Sunn O))) at the Bluebird. • Hearsay bits: Van Morrison, Yonder Mountain String Band, Tyler Despres Band, Pictureplane. • Freaky Friday - "P ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2009

    Behind the Bar: Ann Whitley of the Rio Grande

    Nancy Levine​ On Saturday, August 15, the Rio Grande will celebrate ten years of pouring on the fun -- and pouring out the booze -- in LoDo. This homegrown chain is a margarita powerhouse; with only six restaurants, the Rio Grande restaurant group claims to be the largest seller of Jose Cuervo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2009

    The Westword.com blog shortcut, August 13 edition

    Back when punks were punks....​Set the Waybac Machine for the Carter administration.... Today in Backbeat Online: • Denver punk reunion (1978-1988) changes venues. • Otis Taylor's latest record earns praise in Spin. • Q.Burse returns with Lenny Lenn-directed video "The Puzzle." • John ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2009

    Guess where I'm eating?

    Lori MidsonFirst, there were the white trash enchiladas at the Rio Grande, followed by the white trash au gratin potatoes at Simms Steakhouse, which, to complement those scene-stealing views of Denver's skyline, now has a menu (and a chef in Moosah Reaume, formerly of Willie G's Seafood & Steak) ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2009

    Forget swine flu: The flight to Mexico could kill you

    A Flickr photo You might be second-guessing that vacation to Mexico now after hearing that most U.S. airlines have suspended flights to the country during May and June in the wake of the pig-flu shitstorm. United canceled all of them leaving from Colorado . But don't send that week of margaritas, J ... More >>

  • News

    May 7, 2009

    Swine flu has got Know Nothings at a fever pitch

    A Flickr photo You might be second-guessing that vacation to Mexico now after hearing that most U.S. airlines have suspended flights to the country during May and June in the wake of the pig-flu shitstorm. United canceled all of them leaving from Colorado . But don't send that week of margaritas, J ... More >>

  • Dining

    April 9, 2009

    Drown your sorrows in a Rio Grande margarita

    A Flickr photo You might be second-guessing that vacation to Mexico now after hearing that most U.S. airlines have suspended flights to the country during May and June in the wake of the pig-flu shitstorm. United canceled all of them leaving from Colorado . But don't send that week of margaritas, J ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2009

    IACP Conference Report: Dispatches from the front lines

    For those of you not yet hipped to the big foodie news in Denver this week, the International Association of Culinary Professionals is in town -- a kind of traveling circus show of food writers, food editors, food pimps, chefs, authors, wine gurus and associated tradesmen. And, of course, Jason Shee ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 6, 2008

    A Photographer’s Eye

    For those of you not yet hipped to the big foodie news in Denver this week, the International Association of Culinary Professionals is in town -- a kind of traveling circus show of food writers, food editors, food pimps, chefs, authors, wine gurus and associated tradesmen. And, of course, Jason Shee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2008

    The Westword.com blog shortcut, October 16 edition

    For those of you not yet hipped to the big foodie news in Denver this week, the International Association of Culinary Professionals is in town -- a kind of traveling circus show of food writers, food editors, food pimps, chefs, authors, wine gurus and associated tradesmen. And, of course, Jason Shee ... More >>

  • News

    June 12, 2008

    Fat Chance

    There’s a good reason Mexicans swim with their clothes on.

  • News

    April 3, 2008

    Skin Deep

    Winning the bronze.

  • News

    February 21, 2008

    Cross Purposes

    Mexico doesn’t have a prayer. Why?

  • Calendar

    December 13, 2007

    All Aboard!

    Mexico doesn’t have a prayer. Why?

  • Music

    June 28, 2007

    This Just In…

    The latest nightlife news.

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2007

    And the Winner of the Tamarac Square Fashion Project Is...

    The latest nightlife news.

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2007

    And the Winner of the Tamarac Square Fashion Project Is...

    The latest nightlife news.

  • News

    October 19, 2006

    Recipe for Success

    How Chipotle can hawk even more burritos.

  • Film

    May 11, 2006

    Unamerican Dream

    Goal! follows an immigrant's pursuit of a European fantasy.

  • Calendar

    November 25, 2004

    Fire Tribe Gets Hot

    The Candelight Walk ignites

  • News

    October 28, 2004

    Ticket to Ride

    Drop and give me ten.

  • Music

    June 24, 2004

    In Da Club

    Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant

  • Dining

    October 30, 2003

    The Sporting Life

    One good Brewery Bar deserves another.

  • Dining

    October 9, 2003

    Drunk of the Week

    Croc's Mexican Grill

  • Dining

    August 14, 2003

    Drunk of the Week

    Croc's Mexican Grill

  • Calendar

    November 7, 2002

    Talking Shop

    Tiny Treasures

  • Dining

    May 23, 2002

    The Bite

    Margarita madness

  • Culture

    September 14, 2000

    You Go, Girls!

    The Metro State Center for the Visual Arts champions a century's worth of women artists.

  • Best of Denver

    June 29, 2000

    Best margarita

    Dixons Downtown Grill, Racines, Goodfriends

  • Dining

    April 13, 2000

    Mouthing Off

    Exchange program

  • Dining

    April 13, 2000

    Tex-Mexican Standoff

    LoDo may not be big enough for both of them.

  • Culture

    March 23, 2000

    Mile High Fires

    Denver's kilns are hotter than ever.

  • Dining

    January 27, 2000

    Check, Please!

    Give our food critic something to chew on.

  • Dining

    December 30, 1999

    Out With The Old, In With The New:

    Z-Teca opts for another name change.

  • Dining

    August 12, 1999

    The Real Relleno

    Z-Teca opts for another name change.

  • Dining

    June 17, 1999

    Mouthing Off

    Z-Teca opts for another name change.

  • Dining

    June 10, 1999

    Mouthing Off

    Z-Teca opts for another name change.

  • Dining

    January 21, 1999

    Mouthing Off

    Z-Teca opts for another name change.

  • Film

    December 26, 1996

    The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

    Z-Teca opts for another name change.

  • Film

    July 11, 1996

    Bordering on Genius

    Z-Teca opts for another name change.

  • News

    June 20, 1996

    Whistle Stopped

    A proposed railroad merger threatens jobs throughout Colorado -- and, up in Minturn, a way of life.

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