Westminster

Live music at Big Mac & Little Lu's, a food truck party and more on this week's calendar

Making plans for Mother's Day? Big Mac & Little Lu's -- the seafood market and restaurant that recently opened at 2851 West 120th Avenue in Westminster -- is hosting live music, a "Jimmy Buffet-style" band, from 2 to 5 p.m. every Sunday in May. The shop is also offering stuffed lobster tail and cham ... More >>

Have you eaten at Early Bird? Serve up your own review!

Too busy to get to everything on Cafe Society's plate this week? Here's another helping of some of our entrees: Gretchen Kurtz reviewed Early Bird Restaurant in Westminster. Here's the capsule version of her full review: It might seem easy to make an omelet, but it isn't -- as the dishes flying out ... More >>

Austin Sigg, Jessica Ridgeway's accused killer: New mug shot, new cell -- in adult jail

Update: Headlines noting that seventeen-year-old Austin Sigg has been charged as an adult in the kidnapping and killing of Jessica Ridgeway, a ten-year-old Westminster girl, are a bit redundant, since documents to that effect were filed last month; see previous coverage below. But his court visit ye ... More >>

Early Bird should catch the crowds in Westminster

Yesterday Dan and Kristen Cofrades opened Early Bird restaurant, their breakfast/lunch spot in Westminster. The place was inspired by their four-year-old daughter, Izzy; not only was she born prematurely (early), but they also wanted to have a business that closed early in the day so that they could ... More >>

Denver's ten best karaoke bars

While there are a countless number of places to do karaoke around town, we've picked ten best spots to conjure your inner crooner. Some of these places cater to singers every night of the week, while others only do karaoke on specific nights. Page down to see which spots made the list. Did your favo ... More >>

Dog Days of Spring

All Is Bright

Nothing Bundt Cakes Grand Opening

The aptly named Nothing Bundt Cakes, at 10449 Town Center Drive in Westminster, sells nothing but bundt cakes -- surprise! And when the store hosts its grand opening celebration today, complete with a ribbon-cutting, bundt cakes will be on the menu. For more information, go to www.nothingbundtcakes. ... More >>

Ricardo Flores Magon Academy: Will lawsuits facing charter school matter come renewal time?

The Ricardo Flores Magon Academy charter school in Westminster gets spectacular academic results and has won accolades for its tennis and chess programs. But former teachers and parents say not everything there is working -- especially the administration. How much will the personality clashes, high ... More >>

Blind Ambition

Skating the suburbs: New skateparks set to open in Thornton and Westminster

Right on the heels of the really-fucking-big-deal opening of the Don Anema Memorial Skatepark in Northglenn -- which rivals (if not outdoes) the Denver Skatepark for biggest park in the state -- come two more hot skate spots in the northern suburbs: the Trail Winds Skatepark in Thornton, set to open ... More >>

Why we'll miss the Westminster Mall

Corn, one of the only stores left in the Westminster Mall, and also one of the most depressingly named stores of all time.​Eating lunch at Olive Garden (and I will say only that my regrettable choice to dine at the Olive Garden was both predicated heavily on free breadsticks and not worth it) ... More >>

Reader: Hideaway Steakhouse stakes a claim in the northern suburbs

Lori MidsonHideaway Steakhouse is a suburban hideout.​Five restaurants debuted in as many days this week (and is that a record?): Russo's Kitchen Tavern, TAG|Raw Bar, Row 14, Biker Jim's Gourmet Dog's and Hideaway Steakhouse. And while all of them are welcome additions to the Denver dining ... More >>

Flash mob, holiday style, at FlatIron Crossing food court -- and nobody got slushied! (VIDEO)

​Hipsters may think flash mobs are played out -- but to that, we say: "Bah, humbug!" As reported by the Boulder Daily Camera, students from Westminster's Artistic Fusion Dance Academy took over FlatIron Crossing's food court yesterday, sashaying to Mariah Carey's version of "All I Want For Chr ... More >>

Lube job! Quaker Steak & Lube now hiring

​Quaker Steak & Lube, a national restaurant chain with a motor-sports theme in keeping with its origins in an old gas station and a slightly queasy nickname ("the Lube"), is now hiring for its first Colorado location, scheduled to open October 27 at 10392 Reed Street in Westminster. "The Lube ... More >>

Medical marijuana lawsuit against Westminster could challenge all local dispensary bans

Herbal Remedies' logo.​HB 1284, the medical marijuana regulation law signed by Governor Bill Ritter, includes the right for municipalities to ban dispensaries, and numerous cities, including Aurora and Broomfield, are taking advantage of it. But while MMJ attorneys have talked about issuing la ... More >>

Laurie Brandt as suburban superhero Westminster Windskipper: Kenny Be's Hip Tip

​ Westminster Windskipper Real Name: Laurie Brandt Occupation: Renaissance Woman Suburb of Operations: Westminster Hair: Windblown Eyes: Wide Open Suburban superhero skills: Shortly after inadvertently swallowing a small insect while touring Westminster's Butterfly Pavilion, Laurie Brandt wa ... More >>

Quaker Steak & Lube is coming to Colorado

​A restaurant that sounds like the motor sports centered version of a TGI Fridays is expanding into Colorado. The Sharon, Pennsylvania-based Quaker Steak & Lube has one of the most confusing and vaguely lewd names we've ever heard of, and its bringing its wings and ribs and steaks to Westminst ... More >>

Sprouts are sprouting up across Colorado

​Today Sprouts Farmers Market will open its eighth Colorado store, at 4729 West 29th Street in Greeley -- just two weeks after a Sprouts sprouted up in Centennial, at 20811 East Smoky Hill Road. The six other locations are in Aurora, Boulder, Castle Rock, Fort Collins, Parker and Westminster, ... More >>

Trail Dust building about to bite the dust

​It was the Casa Bonita of bad steakhouses, a place where they'd cut off your tie if you dared to wear one into the place, and cut off your arteries with fatty meat and butter-laden spuds. It was the Trail Dust Steak House, and Denver was once lucky enough to have a pair of these cow palaces ... More >>

That fireman who wants your drugs may not be a fireman

A Flickr photo"Can I see some I.D.?"​You've heard about goons who disguise themselves as police officers to make doing nasty business easier, right? Well, the men and women of the Westminster Fire Department are afraid someone with a taste for high-grade narcotics may try something similar whi ... More >>

Costco's got it all -- including a hiding place for carjacking suspects

A Flickr photoWhere good hiding places are always reasonably priced.​Last night, Westminster cops went shopping at Costco -- and wound up with a discount deal for a couple of carjacking suspects found hiding on the roof of an out building in the box store's parking lot. The drama started with ... More >>

Last Denver Trail Dust bites the dust

​It's now safe to wear ties in the southern 'burbs, because Denver's last Trail Dust Steak House has bitten the dust. A call to the restaurant at 7101 South Clinton Street in Centennial nets you just this: "The South Denver Trail Dust has closed for business." The north Denver Trail Dust, in ... More >>

Beer pong and backless chaps are the draw at Hiccups 1

Another dispensary-ban fight gears up in Westminster

Photo by Coleen Whitfield​As communities around the state struggle with what to do about proliferating marijuana dispensaries, some cities and towns are washing their hands of the whole thing by banning them outright or instituting temporary moratoriums. Now, however, some of the dispensaries ... More >>

The Rear Inn's karaoke menu is a little behind the times

Martini Ranch and Hiccups III dry up

The Arizona-based Martini Ranch USA, which owns Martini Ranch clubs in Scottsdale and San Diego, abruptly closed its Denver space at 1317 14th Street at the end of July. "Right now it's in negotiations with the chain ownership and a remodel," Jason Witkes, the venue's marketing coordinator, told Jon ... More >>

This weekend: Raise a pint to the Greater Boulder Beer Festival

​ It's not quite on the same tap as the Great American Beer Festival, which flows down on Denver on September 24 at the Colorado Convention Center, but the toddler-aged Greater Boulder Beer Festival, which turns two this year, isn't exactly a slacker when it comes to suds. Sure, it's small i ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, July 29 edition

estheraseNo amount of tickling will bring him back to us. ​ Why isn't my dad Obama's adviser? Today in The Latest Word: -The sad, graphic world of roadkill. -What standards? -Michael Vick really shouldn't ever be a Bronco. -Trapeze in Westminster. -Denver is OK for singles. Today in Cafe ... More >>

No smoking at 92nd and Yates in Westminster right now -- unless you feel like exploding

View Larger Map Officials with the Westminster fire and police departments have closed 92nd Avenue between Yates and Raleigh, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click "View Larger Map"), due to a suspected gas leak. In a press release, Westminster Fire Dep ... More >>

Westminster gas leak update: Smoke 'em if you got 'em

The gas leak that closed a stretch of 92nd Avenue between Yates and Raleigh in Westminster this morning has been found, according to a new release. As said leak is being repaired, one lane of traffic is being allowed through the area, with more to follow once everything's patched up -- meaning tha ... More >>

Not-So-New Urbanism: Bradburn Village

Church, steeple, but where are all the people at Bradburn? The Congress for the New Urbanism is holding its annual conference in Denver June 10-14, complete with bus tours of our most well-known new urbanist enclaves. But how do you judge walkable, neighborhood-based developments? Is it by the dive ... More >>

Dining blind at Cracovia

Lester and Maria Rodzen offer a taste of Poland at Cracovia.Bigos. Flaki. Czerwony barszcz, with or without uszka. Kapusniak. Pyzy, placek and kiszka. I'm pretty good with languages, particularly on my favorite conversational topics of food, kitchens and cooks. My pronunciation might be embarra ... More >>

Car Crazy

Krazy Kreations & Xtreme Collision brings on all types of autos.

Saigon Pho Grill

Vietnamese food, the next generation.

A Run for the Border

We spend a day on Denver's dividing line: Sheridan Boulevard.

Burning Hot

Zodiac Room

Pink-E's gets a makeover.

Malled!

For revenue-hungry cities in the northern metro area, it's shop 'til you're dropped

Ticket to Ride

Helmets off to the Westminster Skate Park.

Skate Nation

Colorado's becoming a mecca for skateboarders. But for the best parks, you'd better head for the hills.

Best Bus Stop With a View

104th Ave. and Federal Blvd.

Off Limits

Spaced out

Best Place to Dog-Watch on a Saturday Morning

Fillmore St. between 2nd and 3rd avenues

Best New Building

Avaya Communications

Dog People

Puttin' on the dog at the Rocky Mountain Classic.

Check, Please!

Give our food critic something to chew on.

Reform School

Westminster's novel campaign-finance rules aim at the politicians, not the donors.

Feelings. Nothing More Than Feelings.

A karaoke singer hits the high notes--and pays the price.

ANOTHER ROW OVER PLUTONIUM

A SPARKLING STANDLEY LAKE--AND A BOATLOAD OF PROTESTORS--GREET OLYMPIC FESTIVAL ATHLETES.