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100 Favorite Dishes: Jajangmyeon from Yong Gung Dragon Palace Chinese Restaurant

Suffice it to say that I eat out more than the general population, unless, of course, the general population can catalogue more than 450 restaurant meals in a year -- which is about the number of breakfasts, lunches and dinners that I stomached in 2012. Pathetic, isn't it? But all those food dates a ... More >>

Best of Denver 2013 Readers' Poll: The Food & Drink finalists

For the first time in the thirty-year history of Westword's Best of Denver, we've split the Best of Denver Readers' Poll into two rounds, giving you the chance to look at the vote-getters and then voting again for your favorite bars, restaurants and foods in Denver and Boulder. And the results of th ... More >>

Lithuania and tie-dye score in The Other Dream Team, opening tomorrow at the updated Chez Artiste

The 1992 Lithuanian men's basketball team was much more than a bad fashion statement punctuated by mullets and tie-dye T-shirts. It was a crusade for liberty, pride and independence. While overshadowed by the U.S. team -- aka the Dream Team -- at the OIympic Games in Barcelona, it was the Lithuanian ... More >>

The many daring stories of Cloud Atlas can't be told properly in its run time

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Round two with Josh Barhaug, exec chef of Fired Up

Josh Barhaug Fired Up 1135 Bannock Street 303-825-1995 www.gtfiredup.com Part one of my chef interview with Josh Barhaug, who mans the line -- and pizza oven -- at Fired Up, ran yesterday; this is part two of our chat. What you'd like to see more of in Denver/Boulder from a culinary standpoint: ... More >>

Eldren's Josh Lee: Musicians rally around violinist detained by ICE

When the members of local experimental rock band Eldren gathered themselves and their gear together for a June 4 show at Aspen's Belly Up, they quickly noticed one person was missing: Josh Lee, the group's violinist, vocalist and electric guitarist. And then they received a call. From inside the Imm ... More >>

Meet sustainable jewelry designer Maxandra Short at KORA trunk show

With no experience in accessory design prior to co-founding the jewelry company KORA in 2009, Maxandra Short took her inspiration in life experience. The world traveler was born in Singapore, lived in cities like Jakarta and Seoul, and eventually found herself in Los Angeles, working as a magazine w ... More >>

Dragon Palace opens in the former home of Al Bae Nae

Though Korean barbecue joints are everywhere, Korean fried chicken is surprisingly hard to come by in this town. So I was really excited to sing the praises of the glorious, crisp-skinned Korean fried chicken I'd found -- at long last -- at Al Bae Nae, a Korean street food place in an Aurora strip m ... More >>

Al Bae Nae will close next week, taking awesome Korean fried chicken with it

I love fried chicken -- from the triple-fried wing coated in sticky, spicy sauce of Southeast Asia to the Southern comfort of a battered and fried drumstick paired with mashed potatoes and gravy. But the Korean version could be my all-time favorite.

South Havana vs. South Federal in our Street 16 tournament

Havana Street or South Federal Boulevard. Which of these ethnic food hot spots is tops? Vote below!

Round two with Roam chef Tony Clement: the fortune cookie, Justin Brunson and slaughtering animals

Tony Clement Roam 1033 East 17th Avenue 720-382-2935 www.denverseafoodrestaurants.com This is part two of my interview with Tony Clement, exec chef of Roam. Part two of our chat ran yesterday.

Korean artists keep it real at the CU Art Museum

Shin-il Kim, "Temporal Continuum: Intuitively Know Elan Vital Operate Emptiness," 2010.​Where is art happening? Many of the most contemporary trends are coming from urban Asia -- Beijing, Tokyo, Seoul -- where technology wraps itself around ancient aesthetics with bold results. There are plent ... More >>

Hipp-E and Greg Eversoul: "When we tag-team, it comes out in our sound and in what we do"

Arguably the biggest DJ ever to come out of Denver, Eric Galaviz aka Hipp-E made his bones promoting and deejaying at some of the earliest raves in Colorado. After leaving his indelible mark on our city, he moved to San Diego in the '90s, where he became an influential part of the West Coast house s ... More >>

Johnson & Wales alum and Army vet wins national cooking contest

Thomas Bohne with his winning dish.​Food in the mess hall at the U.S. Army base in Wurzburg, Germany, was bad. So bad that Thomas Bohne, who had never even cracked open a blue box of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese, took it upon himself to make something edible. He dropped 99 cents on a Thai cookboo ... More >>

Round two with Will Cisa, exec chef of the Corner Office

Lori Midson​Will Cisa The Corner Office 1401 Curtis Street 303-825-6500 www.thecornerofficedenver.com/food/dinner This is part two of my interview with Will Cisa, executive chef of the Corner Office Restaurant Martini Bar. In part one of that interview, Cisa dished on monumental cooking dis ... More >>

Letters: More readers weigh in on the immigration debate

It takes a Village to feed a family (and keep kids occupied)

​November is off to a fast start, with Quaker Steak & Lube opening its first store in Colorado, the homegrown Egg & I chain opening its 41st restaurant and the owners of Seoul BBQ opening Q Table BBQ. And on Monday, after two weeks of practice, The Village at Edgewater also officially opened ... More >>

Q Table BBQ now open in Northglenn

Mark MangerSeoul BBQ's sibling restaurant, Q Table BBQ, is now open​A month ago, we reported that James and Lily Kwon, owners of Aurora's Seoul BBQ, 2080 South Havana Street, were set to open a new Korean restaurant in Northglenn, Q Table BBQ, 311 West 104th Street, in October. That spot held ... More >>

Drinking the haterade: Readers weren't so into the live octopus hot pot

​We knew when we posted the video of the live octopus hot pot at Sik Gaek in Queens that we'd stir some feelings of outrage. And we weren't disappointed. Haterade poured in on Digg, Youtube and Cafe Society, decrying us for what we ate. We already gave special recognition to a particular veno ... More >>

Pot luck: Seoul BBQ removes the flash of other Korean barbecue joints

Kimchi shortage in Korea threatens to cause national identity crisis

Mark MangerKimchi at Seoul BBQ​Korean barbecues have been a hot topic this week. I reviewed Seoul BBQ, 2080 South Havana Street in Aurora, and also wrote about my meal at Sik Gaek in Queens. Although both restaurants feature Korean cuisine, the two dinners could not have been more different. ... More >>

Video: Sik Gaek's live octopus hot pot

That's a squirming live octopus. See video below.​Between meals at Seoul BBQ, 2080 South Havana Street in Aurora, I went to New York City, and some friends and I made the trek out to Queens to experience Sik Gaek, a Korean barbecue joint that's gained nationwide notoriety for its gimmickry -- ... More >>

Owners of Aurora's Seoul BBQ to open Q Table BBQ in Northglenn

Mark MangerSeoul BBQ's sibling restaurant, Q Table BBQ, will open this month.​Veteran restaurant owners James and Lily Kwon opened their first Colorado place, Seoul BBQ, 2080 South Havana Street in Aurora, three years ago. That spot is a Korean barbecue joint that serves up a traditional feast ... More >>

Seoul BBQ is an unexpected take on traditional Korean barbecue

Mark MangerBanchan at Seoul BBQ​ When I first walked into Seoul BBQ, 2080 South Havana Street, an Aurora spot owned by veteran Korean restaurateurs James and Lily Kwon, I was expecting to dine in a restaurant that, like so many traditional spots from that country, put as much emphasis on the n ... More >>

Today's featured event: The doctor is in: Matt Iseman visits Comedy Works South

 Cherry Creek High School grad Matt Iseman has covered as lot of ground since leaving Creek behind for Princeton, then med school at Columbia and a residency back home at CU. That's when he pulled the old switcheroo and quit doctoring altogether to stand up and tell jokes in Hollywood. But in I ... More >>

The Doctor Is In

Mile Low City

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.

Q&A With VHS or Beta's Craig Pfunder

Best of Westword 1991 Winners

Uoki Restaurant

A Seoul survivor.

The Host

Korean box-office monster emerges from the Han River to slime us stateside.

Bite Me

For the Birds

Monkey Business

CU's animal attraction isn't limited to recruiting parties.

Cheeseburgers in Paradise

From Caro's Corner to Griff's, local joints are pleased to meat you.

Mass Distraction

It took more than a few scud missiles to break up the party at the Winter Music Conference.

In the Key of Free

Pianist Brad Mehldau opens up on Largo.

The Ace of Ace Bandages

Andy Pruitt's drive has pushed sports medicine into high gear.

Furry Logic

Classic rock and mother nature fuel the weird Welshmen of Super Furry Animals.

Sweet Seoul Music

Director Im Kwon Taek brings Korean pansori back to the screen.

Crossing the Finish Line

Mark Plaatjes just ran out of time.

Let the Games Begin

And the gold medal for pinochle goes to...

Almost Anything Goes

Off Limits

Off Limits

Sticking Point

Step right up and get your gen-u-wine Ben Nighthorse knife!

Letters

THEY'RE NUMBER 1

THEY'VE SURRENDERED THEIR OLD HOME, BUT MEMBERS OF VFW POST #1 STILL HAVE PLENTY OF FIGHT LEFT IN THEM.

SUNNY'S CLOUDY FUTURE

FORMER AURORA RESIDENT SUNNY BIG KEEM IS CONVICTED OF MURDER IN L.A.