Mitch Mayers always knew he wanted to be a chef, even when his parents insisted he go to Cornell. So he paired that with classes at culinary school, and after a stint with Hillstone — which sent him to Denver to run the kitchen at the Cherry Creek Grill –…
Just in time for Denver Arts Week, which kicks off on November 2, the Colorado Business Committee for the Arts is unveiling the results of its most recent study, which shows that metro Denver arts and culture generated $1.76 billion in total economic activity in 2011 — a year that…
Yesterday Lori Midson reported that Frank and Jacqueline Bonanno, who already run Mizuna, Bones and Luca D’Italia at the corner of Seventh Avenue and Grant Street, will be taking over the space previously occupied by the Lancer Lounge, and turning it into Vesper Lounge, a bar that “won’t break the…
Boo who? Anna Jonas saw her first apparition during a fifth-grade basement seance, and she was immediately hooked on the paranormal. Today she has her own all-female ghost-hunting team, the Spirit Realm Investigative Project, which will be on an upcoming episode of the Bio Channel’s My Ghost Story. She also…
Last night Belola, the lower lounge space at Lola with the bar and big TV, became an impromptu haven for displaced travelers, stuck in Denver and hungry for news of home — and maybe some food and drink, too. The camaraderie proved so comforting that Lola is now officially offering…
We can almost taste the Two Buck Chuck. The Trader Joe’s store that will be located at 790 Colorado Boulevard had a date with the city last Friday for a hearing on its liquor-license application — and the Denver Department of Excise and Licenses just approved its retail liquor store…
Mayor Michael Hancock’s cabinet is finally complete. Late last week, he announced that he had hired a planning director to fill the slot that Peter Park left in mid-2011: Rocky Piro, a native of Denver who’s been working in Washington State. And one of the first things Piro should plan…
True Food Kitchen opened yesterday in Cherry Creek. It’s the most successful concept out of Fox Restaurant Concepts, the company that also owns the nearby NoRTH, with locations in Arizona and California, and plans for several other cities after this Denver spot. The original True Food Kitchen opened in Scottsdale…
President Barack Obama took Friday off from the campaign trail — but he didn’t put all politicking on hold. He did a number of interviews, including a big one with MTV and satellite chats with a handful of local reporters from toss-up states, including 9News’ Kyle Clark, who definitely came…
It’s been a long time since a restaurant has been eagerly awaited as Tom’s Urban 24. One of the main reasons for that? The spot will be serving 24/7, a rarity in this town, and doing it from a great location on the edge of Larimer Square. And it will…
Bob Dylan will be here today for the first of two concerts at 1stBank Center. As Josiah Hesse writers in his preview, he’s long been a man out of time. In the beginning, he had a sentimentality for the past, the world of Robert Johnson and Hank Williams. “I was…
Dave Query’s Big Red F group will have a red-letter day tomorrow when it celebrates the birthdays of two of its restaurants: the tenth birthday of Lola, a concept that Query and crew created with chef Jamey Fader, and the 25th birthday of West End Tavern, which Big Red F…
The first Denver Startup Week got off to a roaring start, with Mayor Michael Hancock telling a packed luncheon that “we’re going to knock out Silicon Valley…. We’re going to become Silicon Mountain.” To help in that effort, he announced the launch of Denver Capital Matrix, a resource directory of…
Hot dog! Mile High Vienna Stand has moved from its original space on Santa Fe right up the street to a bigger spot with parking! “People kept telling me we were too busy — something I didn’t think was possible,” says owner Sonny Jarock. “But this new space is great…
Five years after she passed away at the age of 62, Molly Ivins is hotter than ever. In fact, all five performances of the one-woman play based on her life and writings, Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins, sold out before the run even started. And at…
The 2012 High Plains Book Awards were announced last Saturday at the Yellowstone Art Museums in Billings, Montana, and winners included a hometown heroine: Jenny Shanks, who took Best Fiction honors for The Ringer. Shanks, who lives in Boulder, loosely based her book on the 1999 slaying of Ismael Mena,…
Jesse Morreale has decided he can’t fight city hall on two fronts. And so after last call on Saturday, October 27, he’ll close Rockbar, the hipster hangout he opened in the motel at 3015 East Colfax Avenue that he bought almost seven years ago; the Denver Department of Excise and…
Jesse Morreale has decided he can’t fight city hall on two fronts. And so after last call on Saturday, he’ll close Rockbar, the hipster hangout he opened six years ago. The other front? First Avenue Hotel at 101 Broadway, which could have a date with destiny next Thursday if the…
Rockbar will close this weekend, after more than six years as a hipster hangout on East Colfax. While owner Jesse Morreale and the city continue to trade barbs, a few customers are spilling their memories of nights at Rockbar: See also: – Rockbar will close this weekend after a goodbye…
Michael Roberts recently pulled together a post on the “Ten best ‘Colorado’ movie posters” — some of which have no more connection to Colorado than a word used in the title. The featured films range from Colorado Kid to The Man From Colorado, and no matter where the movies were…
In the late ’70s, Molly Ivins became the Rocky Mountain Bureau chief for The New York Times, but the writer was Texas through and through, and she returned to that state in 1982 to become a columnist. And she remained a columnist — an incredibly wry, insightful, hilarious columnist —…
Restaurants aren’t just changing the way Denver eats; they’re changing the way this city looks. Last night Mayor Michael Hancock announced the winners of the annual Mayor’s Design Awards — twelve projects cited for excellence in architecture, design and place-creating. “Every great city has exciting, pioneering places like these that…
