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  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    Looking at the world through rose-colored glasses at Elway's

    Size does matter. We learned that as we sampled thirty different bottles of rose at the annual Pink Patio party at Elway's Cherry Creek last night, and decided that we still loved last year's winner, Chateau Peyrassol...which Aaron Foster was pouring from a very big bottle.

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2012

    Reader: What do buffets in America have to do with starving children in India?

    The news served up a smorgasbord of tidbits on buffet last week, including a guy in Wisconsin who picketed a restaurant that cut him off from an all-you-can-eat fish fry, and a Chinese buffet in the U.K. where management instituted a clean-your-plates or pay a $20 tab policy. Waste not, want not: ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2012

    Denver chef Jenna Johansen dishes on her debut on Bravo's Around the World in 80 Plates

    The premiere of Around the World in 80 Plates, a fast-paced reality show hosted by Cat Cora and Chris Stone that debuts tonight on Bravo at 8 p.m., pits two teams of six chefs against one another in a highly competitive sprint across continents that will end with one chef strutting away with $150,00 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2012

    Occupy Denver's May Day protest ends with three arrests for obstruction, public fighting

    Yesterday's May Day events brought together protesters across the world in support of workers' rights, with Occupy Denver joining other activist communities on marches, teach-ins and direct actions. But while Seattle erupted in scenes of violence and New York witnessed more than thirty general strik ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2012

    Part two: James Van Dyk, exec chef of Lucky's Cafe, weighs in on vegans and the missing fish

    James Van Dyk Lucky's Cafe 3980 Broadway, Boulder 303-444-5007 This is part two of my chat with James Van Dyk, exec chef of Lucky's Cafe in Boulder. Part one of our interview ran in this space yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: Just one: Momofuku Ssäm Bar in New York. David Chang's food ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2012

    New Belgium gets it wrong: Stop complaining about beer labels

    New Belgium Brewing's social media specialist created a small controversy yesterday when he complained in his blog on the brewery's website that the federal government was "leaking upcoming beer labels" and that bloggers were following suit. But the points he made ring hollow.

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    Colorado beer calendar: Boulder Beer gets blue, Copper Kettle gets amber

    New Belgium Brewing in Fort Collins has finished the installation of its 16,000-square-foot canning line and plans to begin using it this week. The first beers off the line will be 16-ounce tallboys of Fat Tire and Ranger IPA, but the brewery's newest beer, Shift Pale Lager, will be released for the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2012

    Spain Unfiltered at Rioja tonight

    Maybe you can't jet off to Spain, but you can still enjoy Spain Unfiltered at Rioja, 1431 Larimer Street, a dinner featuring Spanish wines paired with five courses. The feast starts at 6:30 p.m. and costs $195; call 303-820-2282 or visit www.riojadenver.com. For information on dozens of culinary ev ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2012

    Damned Damned Damned turns 35

    It's unfortunate that so many people assume that U.K. punk was all about politics. When Bill Maher interviewed Green Day's Billy Joe Armstrong on his show Real Time with Bill Maher last year, he questioned the singer's punk credibility for working to help elect Barack Obama in 2008, referring to Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    Reader: XX marks the spot for ladies' restrooms

    ​If you were looking for a restaurant restroom and found one labeled "Wags," would you assume it was a ladies' room? Would it help you if you knew that the other restroom was named "Ballers"? Those are the bathroom titles at Three Lions, but they're far from the only odd monikers.

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2011

    Colorado beer calendar: Upslope, Avery and Bull & Bush makes spirits bright

    New Belgium Brewing, Colorado's largest craft-beer makers and the third largest in the country, revealed in May that it was searching for an East Coast location for a second facility. The company said it would make a decision by the end of 2011. Well, we're getting close, and New Belgium has narrowe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    Warren Edson on High Times Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam, 2012 Denver cup (VIDEO)

    Warren Edson​For 24 years, counterculture magazine High Times has put on the Cannabis Cup in marijuana-tolerant Amsterdam to award the best in an admittedly underground community. A lot of Colorado folks made the trek this year, some even taking home awards. Local marijuana attorney Warren Ed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2011

    High Times Cannabis Cup: Colorado companies win big in Amsterdam

    The number one spots in the 2011 High Times Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam last week for Best Seed Company indica, hybrid and sativa were all taken by Colorado-based companies. Even in Amsterdam, long known as the Mecca for cannabis cultivation and use, Colorado herb comes out on top.

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2011

    Medical marijuana dispensary review: Serenity Moon (University of Denver location)

    ​We've got a new college intern around here and her youthful energy and endless fascination with all things cannabis remind me of my own college-age years. Back then, getting ounces of herb wasn't as easy as walking down to the nearby dispensary. You had to be somewhat in the know to find qual ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2011

    New Belgium releases Snow Day, part of an overhaul of its seasonal beer offerings

    ​New Belgium Brewing releases its new winter seasonal, called Snow Day, today (and props to them for waiting until a part of the year when we can actually get snow to unveil a winter beer). Snow Day, a cross between a black IPA and a winter warmer, replaces 2 Below, New Belgium's previous, lon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2011

    New Belgium's first tallboys will be Fat Tire, Ranger IPA and an as-yet unnamed beer

    ​Do you like Fat Tire? How about Ranger IPA? If so, you'll be getting more of both in February when New Belgium Brewing in Fort Collins releases both beers in sixteen-ounce cans. The two beers will be the brewery's first tallboys and they'll be among the first to be produced in Colorado.

  • Music

    September 29, 2011

    Camea

    Saturday, October 1, Casselman's Bar & Venue, gatf.us.

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    New Belgium considers Ashville, North Carolina, for new brewery

    ​Over the past two decades, New Belgium Brewing has helped to make Fort Collins into one of the most well-known small beer cities in America. Now New Belgium could solidify the reputation of another small beer city by creating a second brewery there. The company confirmed to the Fort Collins C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2011

    Dixon, Manifestation, the Gaslamp Killer and more on this weekend's Dance Card

    ​Dixon, one of the top ten DJs in the world as voted by Resident Advisor last year, is definitely the big news in electronic music this weekend; the Berlin-based techno king will no doubt tear up the dance floor at Apex on Saturday. In the meantime, we've got plenty more to keep your ass shaki ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 8, 2011

    If Bicycles Ruled the Road

    ​Dixon, one of the top ten DJs in the world as voted by Resident Advisor last year, is definitely the big news in electronic music this weekend; the Berlin-based techno king will no doubt tear up the dance floor at Apex on Saturday. In the meantime, we've got plenty more to keep your ass shaki ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2011

    New Belgium Spoke plans a fall opening at DIA

    ​Months ago, we got wind that another New Belgium-themed outlet would soon take flight at DIA, picking up a spot on Concourse A that would be a sibling of the New Belgium Hub that serves beer and burgers in the hinterlands of Concourse B.

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2011

    Readers: A beer for women? Think Zima. Think Virginia Slims.

    ​Readers have been pouring out the jokes since Molson Coors announced that it will release Animee, a beer geared towards female non-beer drinkers, in the UK. From Claire: The Virginia Slims of the beer biz. From eCurmudgeon: Otherwise known as Zima with a new label.

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2011

    Clutch gets a beer named after it courtesy of New Belgium Brewing in Fort Collins

    Clutch could use a cold one.​Colorado brewers love their music, whether they are talking about it, naming beers after it or rocking it in the brewhouse at volumes loud enough to malt barley on its own. Boulder Beer recently worked with String Cheese Incident keyboardist and song writer Kyle Ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2011

    Photos: New Belgium cruiser raffle at Ernie's Bar & Pizza

    Kelly KaoudisThis New Belgium cruiser was raffled off at Ernie's Bar & Pizza.​Jeff Lebesch drew the inspiration for what would become Fort Collins-based New Belgium Brewing Company from a trip to Belgium in 1989, when he toured the country by bike, while tasting the regional brews and gatherin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    Cafe Berlin now open on Champa Street: You're darn Teuton!

    Kelly Kaoudis​Cafe Berlin is now open in its new location at 1600 Champa Street -- quite a switch from its original home on 17th Avenue, where Jason Sheehan reviewed the German restaurant (that spot is now occupied by Il Posto), and also from its last downtown address on 14th Street (now occup ... More >>

  • Music

    July 14, 2011

    Sebastian Koch spins on July at the Full Moon Gathering at Rancho del Rio

    Kelly Kaoudis​Cafe Berlin is now open in its new location at 1600 Champa Street -- quite a switch from its original home on 17th Avenue, where Jason Sheehan reviewed the German restaurant (that spot is now occupied by Il Posto), and also from its last downtown address on 14th Street (now occup ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2011

    New Belgium plans to double its canned beer production and add tallboys to its lineup

    ​New Belgium Brewing announced this week that it will add a massive new canning line to its fifty-acre Fort Collins compound. When construction is complete, the brewery will have the ability to can around thirty percent of its total output. But just because it can doesn't mean it will, says N ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    Belvedere Restaurant aims to open this weekend

    The remodel of the old Cafe Berlin space into Belvedere Restaurant is almost complete.​When Kinga Klek, owner of Kinga's Lounge, told us about her plans for Belvedere Restaurant, a Polish joint she's putting in the old Cafe Berlin location on 14th Street, she said she hoped to have the doors o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2011

    Booze, bikes and childhood freedom with the Golden Cruise

    ​Five years ago, New Belgium sales rep Matt Jones got together with Mike Helms, the manager of Woody's in Golden, to decide on what they call a "common practice" of brewery and bar promotion. The plan: Woody's would attract customers every Tuesday during the summer by giving away free New Belg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2011

    Colorado beer calendar: Renegade Brewing opens; AC Golden goes wild

    Jonathan ShikesAC Golden.​New Belgium Brewing celebrates its twentieth anniversary -- and two decades of spreading the word about better beer -- next Tuesday. Founded in Fort Collins in 1991, the brewery has gone from the basement of a house to become the third largest craft brewer in the nat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2011

    Chinook Tavern reopens today, Cafe Berlin still under construction

    ​You're darn Teuton! Looks like Chinook Tavern will be the first of Denver's relocating German restaurants to open its doors, with the debut of the new Chinook definitely on for today. But then, Chinook left its Cherry Creek home almost three years ago -- and before it moved into its curren ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2011

    Beer and Bikes, Bikes and Beer launches today at Star Bar

    Photo courtesy of New Belgium.​There's nothing like a crisp, refreshing summer seasonal straight from the tap, especially after a hard bicycle ride. Every Wednesday through July 31, starting today, Star Bar hosts Beer and Bikes, Bikes and Beer, where participants can enjoy a freshly tapped keg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2011

    New Belgium, maker of Fat Tire, plans a second brewery on the East Coast

    FacebookNew Belgium headquarters in Fort Collins.​Two of the nation's biggest craft brewers, both based in California, have revealed the details of some major expansion plans in the past couple of days, and Colorado's New Belgium Brewing, the country's third largest craft brewer, could be clos ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2011

    Cafe Berlin will move to the 16th Street Mall

    Cassandra KotnikCafe Berlin gives up its 14th Street address for the 16th Street Mall.​Six years ago, Cafe Berlin gave up its longstanding Seventeenth Avenue address to move downtown, picking up the lease on a vast, bright space on Tremont and Fourteenth Streets. But the spot served its last m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    Review preview: The 9th Door

    Mark MangerIn search of a taste of Spain at the 9th Door.​A couple of weeks back, I was feeling particularly nostalgic for the Iberian peninsula, where I once wandered winding streets, ambling from tapas bar to tapas bar until I'd eaten enough to make a full dinner. It was a perfect way to din ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2011

    Comment of the day: "Go f**k urselves"

    ​After nearly four months of intense contention, the semi-coherent debate continues to rage over Bree Davies's assessment of the first episode of the MTV version of the popular U.K. series Skins, now drawing opinions from as far away, apparently, as Portugal. Yesterday, Portuguese reader (we'r ... More >>

  • News

    March 24, 2011

    Not all Mexicans are short and brown

    ​After nearly four months of intense contention, the semi-coherent debate continues to rage over Bree Davies's assessment of the first episode of the MTV version of the popular U.K. series Skins, now drawing opinions from as far away, apparently, as Portugal. Yesterday, Portuguese reader (we'r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    New Belgium and Outside Magazine use beer and social media to help dogs

    Dogs, beer and philanthropy make a perfect mix.​New Belgium Brewing Co. is teaming up with Outside Magazine to take advantage of dog owners' desires to take pictures of their dogs and eagerly share them with anyone who's alive. Coinciding with the release of Mighty Arrow Pale Ale is a Facebook ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2011

    Theodore Madrid allegedly drunk and high when he killed 2-year-old Caden Rodgers (47)

    Big pic below.​Update: Given the information contained in the arrest affidavit for Theodore Madrid, it's no surprise that he's now been charged with first-degree murder in the death of two-year-old Caden Rodgers. According to the document, Madrid was well over the legal limit for drunkenness b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2011

    Southwest holds plane for family of Caden Rodgers, tot allegedly slain by Theodore Madrid

    ​Tragedy can bring out compassion in people -- and companies, too. As evidence, note that Southwest Airlines held a plane for the grandfather of two-year-old Caden Rodgers, allegedly killed by Theodore Madrid last week.

  • Music

    January 6, 2011

    Cell Injection

    Saturday, January 8, Casselman's Bar & Venue, 720-242-8923.

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2010

    The best meal I ate all year: Peter Franus wine dinner at Elway's Downtown

    ​When I was invited to a special dinner with winemaker Peter Franus at Elway's Downtown, I was a tad skeptical as to how, exactly, they would cater that meal to my palate. As a vegetarian, I usually turn down invites like this -- I've worked in the restaurant industry for many years, and far b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2010

    New Belgium Brewing plans eight Lips of Faith beers in 2011

    ​Although I've never been New Belgium Brewing's biggest fan when it comes to their standard beer lineup, I've always admired the way the Fort Collins craft brewer -- Colorado's largest -- tries to keep environmental and employee-happiness issues on their list of priorities.

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2010

    New Belgium will expand onto Concourse A at DIA

    ​The New Belgium Hub on Concourse B is one of our favorite places for a meal and a beer at DIA, but thanks to its location -- buried in the distant express gates all the way at the end of a hallway -- we often run a very real risk of missing our flight to enjoy it. And now those catching fli ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2010

    Social studies: Colorado state tests will now include questions about geography, history

    Germany?​ Colorado's Board of Education recently added social studies to its new testing system -- a move that may prevent more geography horror stories like professor Aimee Pellet's. She described a recent map test on which one student labeled the Rocky Mountains "the Alps," another ID'd Alas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2010

    Foodtubes: a very underground food movement proposes really fast food

    FoodtubesA proposal for food delivery under London​While food is necessary for survival, the energy waste involved in the delivery of food is anything but. Now the UK-based Foodtubes Project thinks it has the solution: a system of underground food- delivery pipelines powered by air pressure. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2010

    Jarrett Berlin unarmed when SWAT team shot him, cohort Tara Salazar says he was massacred

    Large pics below.​Update: On Friday, the Lakewood Police Department confirmed that Jarrett Berlin, shot and killed by a SWAT team after a standoff at the Bentley Apartments, was unarmed at the time of his death. Now, Tara Salazar, the woman who was allegedly in the car he used to get away from ... More >>

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