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The five best concerts this week: Nov 12-16

Welcome to another week! Plenty of goodness awaits you. As always, we've got all of this week's shows listed in our concert calendar if you'd prefer to get a full view of what's going on. Otherwise, we've narrowed it all down and picked out the best shows that are the most worth checking out this we ... More >>

Rosa Linda's Mexican Cafe gives thanks election is over, now on to Thanksgiving!

There were sighs of relief across the country when the polls closed yesterday (followed, in some quarters, by cries of anguish). But nowhere were the sighs more heartfelt than at Rosa Linda's Mexican Cafe, which had landed in the center of the storm after word went out that the family-run restaurant ... More >>

Thanks to their no-thanks, Rosa Linda's business is booming

See also: Rosa Linda's Mexican Cafe becomes a campaign hate stop after Mitt Romney turn-down

Part two with JP Krause, exec chef of Aloft

JP Krause Aloft Broomfield 8300 Arista Place, Broomfield 303-635-2000 www.aloftbroomfielddenver.com Part one of my interview with JP Krause, exec chef of Aloft Broomfield, ran yesterday. This is part two of our interview. Favorite restaurant in America: Denver's own Bennett's BBQ, but not becau ... More >>

Beau Simmons, exec chef of Jonesy's, on McNuggets, orgasms and bad-ass steel

Beau Simmons Jonesy's EatBar 400 East 20th Avenue 303-863-7473 www.jeatbar.com This is part one of my interview with Beau Simmons, exec chef of Jonesy's EatBar. You can read part two of our chat tomorrow. Beau Simmons stretches out in his garden, his face tickled by the leaves of his heirloom-toma ... More >>

Jeremy Kittelson, chef of Ambria, on trends, Taco Bell and eyeballs

Jeremy Kittelson Ambria 1201 16th Street 303-623-8646 www.ambriadenver.com This is part one of my chef and tell interview with Jeremy Kittleson, exec chef of Ambria. Part two of our chat will run tomorrow. Before Jeremy Kittelson opened Ambria in mid-November, he conducted a tasting, and while h ... More >>

Top five reasons why Christmas is a foodie holiday

​Christmas is a holiday for everyone -- drunks, gamblers, cheats, kids, construction workers and, especially, foodies -- because it's a whole season devoted to edible hedonism. People are tacitly allowed -- if not outright encouraged -- to glut themselves on whatever takes their fancy at any ... More >>

Jelly's breakfast is worth waiting for among hungover hipsters

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Marchesi de Gresy Wine Dinner at Amaro Drinkery Italia

If you're ready to handle a multi-course feast after last week's Thanksgiving dinner, then get yourself to Amaro Drinkery Italia, 2785 Iris Avenue in Boulder. At 6:30 p.m. tonight, it's hosting the Marchesi di Gresy Wine Dinner, featuring a five-course menu paired with wine. Reservations are $79; ca ... More >>

Wine Tasting at Marczyk Fine Foods

If you're suffering from bottle fatigue after Thanksgiving, drop by the weekly wine tasting this evening at Marczyk Fine Foods, 770 East 17th Avenue. It's always low-key and low-pressure, and you can take advantage of sales while tasting the wine of the month. For more info, call 303-894-9499 or vis ... More >>

Nickelback will ruin the Detroit Lions' otherwise miraculous year

Whole Foods woos shoppers with free holiday eats (PHOTOS)

There are plenty of places to get your holiday trimmings, but the Whole Foods stores smooth over their Whole Paycheck nickname by serving above-average complimentary samples of holiday fare before they empty our wallets. The Capitol Hill store is doing free samples every Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m., ... More >>

The real story behind "Black Friday"

As we prepare for the commercial holiday that follows a little thing called Thanksgiving, the debate over whether stores should begin opening at midnight on Black Friday is raging. But when and where did Black Friday come from? What does it really mean? We asked Darrin Duber-Smith, Marketing Profess ... More >>

Cooking with Pete and Barb Marczyk: Arugula, avocado, and orange salad

Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market's choicest ingredients home with them and cook up a feast. In case you've conveniently for ... More >>

Slam! Greatest misses from Royal Stain, Never Summer, No Love Skateboarding

If your favorite part of any skate or snowboard video is seeing people fall down and get hurt, then we've got a treat for you: This week, we found three locally-produced clips full of brutal bails, courtesy of the new Royal Stain H-DTS Down to Skate promo, Never Summer Smash! (a compilation of great ... More >>

Seven tastiest feast scenes in movies, in honor of Thanksgiving

Tortilla Soup​Eating, more or less, is the hallmark of the holidays (not to mention a cornerstone of the e-card industry) -- Thanksgiving, in particular. So, whether your family-time is a drunken-uncle disaster, a Leave it to Beaver affair or something in between, at least you have some turkey ... More >>

Free skiing at Crested Butte, cookies at Beaver Creek, opening-day festivities to be thankful for

Crested Butte Mountain Resort marks its fiftieth birthday on Wednesday with a throwback nod to its old Ski Free promotion: Stop by the CB Adventure Center to pick up a free lift ticket, then jostle for first-chair bragging rights when the lifts start turning at 9 a.m. Stop by the Butte 66 deck for b ... More >>

Bizarre classroom posters from the '70s, Part 2: Filling in the (very strange) blanks

Around the time students were returning to school this year, we shared a collection of bizarre classroom posters from the '70s -- discussion starters that often asked existential questions like, "What can you do when no one seems to care?" Now, as we ready for Thanksgiving break, here's a sequel, st ... More >>

Thanksgiving play mentioning savages and God: Perfectly fine or over the line on race, religion?

Update: Arrowwood Elementary parent Rachel Drummond had objections to a play scheduled for her daughter's second-grade class today, due to references to Native Americans as "savages" and a speech that overtly referred to a higher power. However, Douglas County School District public information offi ... More >>

Reader: Dollar Tree Thanksgiving a real turkey!

No turkeys at the Dollar Tree.​Some readers were not giving thanks for Jenn Wohletz's "Get your Thanksgiving dinner from the Dollar Tree," a seasonal guide to her favorite store. Sniffs dishpr: This comes off as snobby, elitist and in very poor taste. Adds GFTW: Westword, the DollarTree of r ... More >>

Four of the best bacon-friendly wines you've never tried

​The wine topic that everyone seems to be obsessed with this week is what goes best with turkey (Thanksgiving is next Thursday, or hadn't you heard?). Not us. There's still plenty of time to tackle that topic, and if you tend to procrastinate as much as we do, then you'll enjoy reading about ( ... More >>

Thanksgiving on a stick! The Denver County Fair throws a party for its cookbook

​The folks who put on the Denver County Fair last July didn't have a lot of control over the food sold at the event: The concessionaires came with the National Western Stock Show venue. But they're making up for any complaints about that with their very tasty Denver County Fair Cookbook, which ... More >>

Cooking with Pete and Barb Marczyk: Heritage turkey leg confit and roast breast

​Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market's choicest ingredients home with them and cook up a feast. Right, so turkey day is ... More >>

Five rockin' rosés that transition from summer to fall..and beyond

​Congratulations, wine lovers: In 2010, the good ol' U. S. of A. officially consumed more wine than France for the first time ever. And as we predicted earlier this year, America's love affair with pink wine just keeps getting hotter -- evidenced by the fact that exports of rosé (and red) wi ... More >>

Sugar Lips Mini Donuts Copper Mountain storefront opening pushed back until Christmas week

​Back in October, we reported that Sugar Lips Mini Donuts, the turquoise mobile wagon that served up tiny fried treats all summer, had landed a lease on a Copper Mountain storefront and was anticipating a Thanksgiving week opening. The shop didn't make it, though, and it's pushed back its ope ... More >>

Thanksgiving dinner on the run: We brake for turkey jerky

​Procrastinating travelers who had no time to shop for supplies on their way to grandmother's house for Thanksgiving dinner were in luck if they were driving Interstate 10 through southeastern Arizona. Dwayne's Fresh Jerky, a stop just off the road at Bowie, was selling both turkey jerky and d ... More >>

Better Run, Turkey

Cooking with Pete and Barb Marczyk: Brussels sprouts with bacon

​Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market's choicest ingredients home with them, and cook up a feast. The Marczyks, not surpr ... More >>

Tonight: Practice Thanksgiving at Generous Servings

A Flickr photo.​Worried that your Thanksgiving meal will be a turkey? Try a test run. Generous Servings Cooking Classes and Cafe, 3801 West 32nd Avenue, will offer a Practice Thanksgiving class from 6 to 9:30 p.m. today. Tuition is $74; call 303-455-9730 or go to www.generousservings.com for ... More >>

Culinary calendar for the week ahead: Classes on pie, restaurants serving Thanksgiving dinner and more

​This week is chock-full of classes you might need to brush up on your cooking and baking skills before the big feast day on Thursday -- and if you're looking for somewhere to eat out on Thanksgiving, we've got a full list of restaurants serving a traditional holiday spread (which we'll re-pos ... More >>

Be an Angel

Dan Caplis haters: Sorry to break it to you, but he just saved somebody's life

Dan Caplis was in the right place -- with the right machine.​Want proof that KHOW afternoon-drive talk-show host Dan Caplis is a divisive fellow? In the midst of a column about how Caplis' quick thinking, and his way with an automated external defibrillator (AED), saved a life on Thanksgiving, ... More >>

Grocery workers to begin voting on stores' "last, best and final" contract offer

​ The 17,000 grocery workers of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 union could begin receiving ballots to vote on Safeway and King Soopers' "last, best and final" contract offer as soon as tomorrow. A yes vote would end seven months of bargaining. The ballots are scheduled to be m ... More >>

A Sporting Proposition

Today: Escape your relatives at Bass Pro Shop or La Rumba

​Going stir crazy on Thanksgiving? The Bass Pro Shop at 7970 East 49th Avenue is open until 6 p.m. today, and starting at 5 p.m., the store will host the Great Turkey Campout with free hot chocolate and s'mores at outdoor firepits, with prize giveaways until 8 p.m.; for more info, call 720-385 ... More >>

Jamba Juice rolls out kiddie blender just in time for the season of "I want it now"

What better way to celebrate Thanksgiving than to start thinking about Christmas shopping? It is an American tradition after all. What would we do if we didn't have an entire aisle of the grocery stores crammed year-round with campy crap.Jamba Juice Smoothie and Ice Pop Maker​But all scrooge ... More >>

What's cooking: Pete Marczyk makes chocolate chunk pecan pie

Chocolate pecan pie​Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market's choicest ingredients home with them, and cook up a feast. Last ... More >>

It Takes a Village

New York Giants, like everyone else in America, think their Thanksgiving plans suck

The Giants aren't happy at all about spending their T-Day here.​ Next Thursday, just as you're waking up from your turkey-induced coma and reaching for your fourth piece of pie, the Broncos will welcome the New York Giants into their homes and then try to slaughter them. (Just like the pilgrim ... More >>

Go Ask Alice

Talking Shop

Sweet Stuff

Enjoy Desserts Galore at a Louisville patisserie.

A New Leaf

Planning Thanksgiving this year is as easy as picking up the phone.

Puff, Puff, Give

Breckenridge Brewery and BBQ

Celebrate with beer and all the trimmings.

Consumed

Good Wheels Toward Men

Drink of the Week

Wild Turkey and Coke

Mouthing Off