The first time I saw tUnE-yArDs, the avant-pop project of Merrill Garbus, was in 2011 at Fun Fun Fun Fest. She was dressed as if she had fallen in a trunk of costumes with a painted face and was pounding on a taped-up ukulele while creating intricate loops on top…
Latke Love apparently wasn’t getting a lot of love from its landlords, and the spot on East 28th Avenue will close at the end of May as a result. It had only been open as a brick-and-mortar store for a little over a year, after a test run as a…
Denver’s first High Point Creamery, its second Adagio Bakery and its fourth Park Burger have all taken spaces in the tiny shopping center at the corner of Holly and Cedar streets in the Hilltop/Crestmoor area. >See also: Fat Jack’s now open in LoHi…
Family owned Fat Jack’s Supersubs has has been dishing out sandwiches to Denverites for the last fourteen years. And now it’s just opened its fifth location, this one in LoHi. See also: Fat Jack’s Subs coming to LoHi…
Cafe Society dished up four Guess Where? contests last week, featuring everything from a less-than-appetizing carne adobada at D’Corazon to a fantastic corned beef hash at Creekside Cafe in Steamboat and more. See also: Guess where I’m eating asparagus salad?…
This week in Cafe Society, Gretchen Kurtz reviewed Palettes, Kevin Taylor’s restaurant in the Denver Art Museum, where the service is sometimes far from artful. For Chef and Tell, Lori Midson interviewed Daniel Bradley of 5280 Burger Bar, who talked about his lifelong love of burgers, his hatred of fast…
At Flavors of Denver, local chefs and mixologists from Amerigo, Colt and Gray, Vesta Dipping Grill and more brought their A-game to some hungry diners. Everyone feasted and ate at the Wings Over the Rockies in a benefit for the American Liver Foundation Rocky Mountain Division. Our photographer was there…
When Colorado Symphony Orchestra announced their Classically Cannabis concerts, a series of bring-your-own-weed performances, it sounded like a great merging of the city’s classical music culture and its rising cannabis culture. But the City of Denver felt the shows violated the ban on “public” consumption of marijuana stipulated by Amendment…
This summer’s Film on the Rocks schedule is out; as in past years, the festival will feature old favorites, newer films, local artists and more at Red Rocks. See also: World Football Film Festival kicks off in Denver in June…
38 State Brewing, one of the many breweries to hit the suburbs recently, is also Littleton’s first taproom. It opened its doors on May 10, and to celebrate, 38 State hosted a grand-opening party with plenty of beer and fun, all captured by our photographer, Brandon Marshall. Look at the…
Dunkin’ Donuts continues to roll its way to doughnut dominance along the Front Range, with a location at 7615 West 88th Avenue in Westminster that opens this morning. Unlike some of the other new spots in the metro area, this Dunkin’ Donuts will not be open 24/7; both the drive-through…
Boulder will be getting a new upscale diner when Ella replaces Radda Trattoria in early June. Matt Jansen had opened the neighborhood Italian spot in the midst of north Boulder’s low-rise sprawl seven years ago, but now it’s reached the end of the line. See also: First look at Sunny’s,…
It’s close to midnight on Friday night, and the crowd at the Bluebird is enraptured by the singer on stage. There’s something of Buddy Holly in him, and he’s tearing through a cover of “Valerie” that would make Amy Winehouse proud. The singer is Brent Cowles, here for the CD-release…
You should be comfortable when eating waffles, preferably still in your sleepwear after sleeping in. Bruxie, Denver’s new gourmet waffle restaurant, knows this, so it’s throwing a pajama party this weekend. See also: Blondes, brunettes, pancakes, booze and even some Mom time this weekend…
As part of the “Every 5th” series of monthly rallies organized by the groups Anonymous and Occupy Denver, demonstrators took to the streets near the State Capitol on Monday night to protest police brutality. The Denver Police Department soon got involved in what an Anonymous release describes as violent shoving…
Andrea Petrucelli is standing on the street in Austin during SXSW, handing out cards printed with directions for downloading a song by the Denver band You, Me and Apollo. She is committed to her task, yelling to the hordes of music fans walking by that the song is a must-have…
Trattoria on Pearl has left Pearl Street in Boulder. In an e-mail announcing the restaurant’s closing today, a spokeswoman said: “With a heavy heart and distinctly mixed emotions, I must report that effective immediately, the restaurant is closed permanently.” See also: Snow day deals…
The Denver food truck scene will have a new addition to the fleet when the Roaming Bull Brasserie starts rolling down streets mid-May, offering “locally driven world cuisine.” See also: Ten food trucks you need to try this spring…
Metro Denver is down to just one Jammin’ Joe’s BBQ, the self-proclaimed specialist in “Appalachian barbecue.” Just two months ago Joe’s had three locations, but now it’s just left with the original Jammin’ Joe’sat 2600 High Street. See also: Photos: Jammin Joe’s BBQ is smokin’ in Wheat Ridge…
This week in Cafe Society, Gretchen Kurtz reviewed a restaurant just featured on Kitchen Nightmares, Pantaleone’s, and discovered that Gordon Ramsay’s wake-up call had done some good. For Chef and Tell, Lori Midson talked with Chris Canales, exec chef of Volta Mediterranean Restaurant in Boulder, about what it takes to…
Eastern Europe has a long tradition of communal music. It’s about the culture, history, experience bringing people together in a moment through music. By contrast, much of American music is about the spectacle. It’s Gene Simmons with his tongue out next to a a jet of flames. A Gogol Bordello…
Despite the rain, Denver runners took to the streets for the Cherry Creek Sneak on Sunday. Our photographer Ursula Romaine was there to capture the 5K, 5 mile and 10 mile races through the Cherry Creek neighborhood; here’s a sneak peek of the Sneak. See also: Photos: Zombies roam Estes…
