If “Jingle Bells” gives you nightmares and the thought of mall traffic makes you break out in a cold sweat, we’ve got just the lecture for you: It’s called Stress Management for the Holidays, and it’s happening this Monday — plenty of time to get you calmed down before the…
I don’t cook. As a typical Gen X-er, my three meals a day consist of takeout, takeout and more takeout. So when I heard about Cook Street School of Fine Cooking’s class How to Boil Water, I knew it was for me. Cook Street offers a series of recreational cooking…
A century ago, the neighborhood we all know and love as LoDo was teeming with fancy saloons, gambling halls, opium dens, rough cowboys and sinful prostitutes — also known as “brides of the multitudes” or “soiled doves.” Capitalizing on this history of debauchery, the Soiled Dove is still dark and…
Nothing announces the start of the snowriding season like Warren Miller’s annual late-fall film extravaganza, and this year is no exception. Storm, Miller’s 53rd adventure epic, takes moviegoers on screaming rides down vertical cliffs in our own back yards of Breckenridge, Aspen and Steamboat. It also ventures up the steep…
It might be chilly outside, but the scene inside Mynt Lounge, a chic new LoDo club, is hotter than Miami Beach in July. Mynt features extensive mojito and martini lineups. Among the martinis is the Strawberry Banana Martini ($7), made with Stoli Strasberi Vodka and crème de banana. Served shaken,…
When I was a little girl, my grandfather had a train table. Somehow, though, the word “table” doesn’t do it justice: The site was an entire miniature town and took up more than half the basement. This fantasy place had a lake that was dotted with sailboats in summertime, a…
As candles burn brightly along the wall at the Funky Buddha Lounge on a chilly Tuesday evening, the conversations below revolve around Bill Kinsey’s creepy, crawly 3-D bug masks hanging in each of the venue’s booths. Not exactly your style? Don’t worry: Next week’s feature will be Sumi ink sketches…
Legend has it that sake, the Japanese wine made from fermented rice, was originally called kuchikami no sake, which means “chewing in the mouth sake.” An entire village would gather to chew up nuts, rice and other tasty grains and then spit the result into a tub, where the enzymes…
Cool, dark and smoothly sexy — that description applies to both Sambuca Jazz Cafe and its Chocolate Mint Martini. Made with Fris Vodka, DeKuyper Peppermint Schnapps and Godiva Dark Chocolate Liqueur and garnished with a cherry, this black martini ($8) is served straight-up with a thin layer of ice on…
Clear your throats, take a deep breath, and belt out the words with the Raging Grannies: (To the tune of “Frère Jacques”) Georgie Bush, Georgie Bush, Can you hear? Can you hear? No more nukes or bombings, No more nukes or bombings, Can you hear? No, it’s not the latest…
No bar in Denver celebrates the good life like the elegant art-deco Cruise Room, located off the lobby of the 111-year-old Oxford Hotel. Opened with much celebration on the day that Prohibition was repealed, this long, narrow lounge is still unmatched for its glowing atmosphere, polished service, comfy leather booths…
Start saving your pesos: A night at Tamayo, Larimer Square’s upscale, modern Mexican cantina, could wind up costing you a pretty penny. Or leave work early, because hora feliz, Tamayo’s version of happy hour, is one of the town’s best bargains. From 5 to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, Tamayo…
Back in 1998, the dot-com wave was at its peak, and it seemed like money — big money — would flow forever. Chris Sword, then 29, had just moved to Denver from Detroit for his job with Lincoln-Mercury and was living in corporate housing down in the Denver Tech Center…
With ceiling fans spinning lazily over the old wooden bar, sexy bartenders, and Gloria Gaynor blasting from the speakers, JR.’s is the perfect place to spend a naughty night. This is definitely one of Denver’s most happening gay bars, and the Blow Job shot ($5) is one reason why. Made…
Bigger is definitely better when it comes to the ‘dos on display at this weekend’s Mile Hi Hair Ball. The ball was inspired by New York’s Wigstock and Houston’s Wigs on Fire, says David Westman, who will host Denver’s inaugural do as NuClia Waste, the Princess of Plutonium, his drag-queen…
The Cosmopolitan, a cocktail made famous by the sassy, serially unattached women on HBO’s Sex and the City, is the ultimate single woman’s drink — and there’s no better place to down one than the Cool River Cafe, suburban Denver’s ultimate pickup joint. At any given happy hour on any…
While the players prepare to hit the ice for the 2002-’03 Colorado Avalanche season, Brauns Bar and Grill offers Le Puck, a martini created especially for Avs fans. If you love licorice, this dark cocktail ($7) made with Pearl Vodka and Romana Black Sambuca and garnished with two red licorice…
That crazy Aussie Steve Irwin may make his living pouncing on snakes and alligators in the untamed wild, but all you have to do to snag such a beast is order a Dirty Alligator at the Cherry Cricket. The Dirty Alligator is one of the Cricket’s specialty shots, served in…
Curvy burlesque bombshells on stage might seem like a thing of the past, but a red-hot revival is on the bill at the Ogden Theatre this Friday. Burlesque, the sassily seductive entertainment, is back. “Burlesque has a whole new group of girls that have that cool, hip, alternative edge,” says…
As Michelangelo discovered in the Sistine Chapel, creating an Italian masterpiece takes time. Mixing a great cocktail does, too — but the Limon Cello at Campo de Fiori is more than worth the wait. Poured from a glass decanter into a frozen shot glass, the Limon Cello mixes a simple…
Ready for some monkey business? Follow the brightly painted arrows on Colfax past Kitty’s and right into Dulcinea’s 100th Monkey, Denver’s newest jazz venue. This no-frills dark den fills up nightly with the town’s hipper cats, who lounge on comfortable couches and listen to live jazz; Colfax regulars, who make…
Rocky Balboa’s glass full of raw eggs won’t prepare you for the Knockout, the signature martini at Sullivan’s, a swank LoDo steakhouse named for legendary pugilist John L. Sullivan, the “Boston Strong Boy.” This killer cocktail is made with fresh Hawaiian pineapple slices that have been marinated for seven to…
