Jack Kerouac visited Five Points when it was at its most vibrant, when it was the heart not just of Denver’s African American community, but of the entire Rocky Mountain West, when the Rossonian Hotel and other jazz clubs in the area were must-stops for black entertainers crossing the country…
The Denver dining scene lost two long-time restaurants this weekend. Longo’s Subway Tavern poured its last beer — for now — on West 38th Avenue; after 52 years, the Longo family sold the circa late 1800s building to Larimer Associates, and although COO Joe Vostrejs says they’re not yet sure…
The first edition of Westword hit the streets of Denver in September 1977. Over the past 35 years, Westword has gone through many changes — as has the publishing industry in general, and the alternative newspaper industry in particular. But our basic mission has not changed: to cover (and sometimes…
People are still talking about the 2012 Nan Desu Kan convention that filled the Marriott at the Denver Tech Center with camaraderie and costumes earlier this month. Bree Davies was there for the entire weekend of anime and gaming of all eras, tropes and worldly origins — where she heard…
The Lime at Landmark has dried up. Since they’d signed the lease on the spot in 2007, the troubled Landmark development had gone through bankruptcy and assorted banks, and owners Pam Savage Sims and Curt Sims decided not to try renegotiating the deal again. “The latest problem was we were…
“It’s been a good run and we’ve had a great time here, but it’s just time to move on,” says Barb Longo. And so Sunday evening, Longo’s Subway Tavern will close…after 52 years. Barb’s been there for 38 of them: She started working at the Subway when she was eighteen…
For almost thirty years, Rodney’s has been a mainstay in Cherry Creek, a home away from home for many regulars who liked the food, but really liked the company. When Rodney Utz opened his basement spot 29 years ago, he was trying to recreate the ambience of what he called…
For over a year, neighbors and stakeholders in the area just northeast of downtown — the edge of the Ballpark neighborhood, Curtis Park, Five Points — have been discussing how to improve this part of town. They’ve come up with some answers, and one big question: Why is Sonny Lawson…
Denver has not one, but two contestants on Bravo’s tenth season of Top Chef, which was filmed in Seattle and will start airing in November. The lineupincludes Jorel Pierce, the exec chef of Euclid Hall, and Tyler Wiard of Elway’s. And yes, there’s a third Colorado chef, Eliza Gavin of…
What marks a resident of this state? Our Latest Word blog just served up You Know You’re From Colorado When Tumblr top ten, which includes this as number seven: You never understood why the Fellowship in LOTR had so many issues crossing the pass, when you trudge through that kind…
Forbes just published a list of America’s 10 Best Hot Dogs — with some help from startle.com — and Biker Jim’s makes the list. Not only makes the list, but kicks it off — although the top ten are unranked. Here’s the rave: See also: -Biker Jim on where he’d…
While the area around the new University of Colorado Health Sciences Center is booming, the buildings CU left behind a decade ago stand abandoned, and the property is now on its third developer. The city is ready for something, anything, to go there. Well, maybe not anything, say the Walmartyrs…
When Stella Cordova passed away three years ago, did she take her green chile recipe with her? That’s what one reader thinks, and another suggest thats no matter which member of the Cordova family is making the green chile, no matter where he or she might be making it, the…
Sign porn! Denver is a showplace for amazing signage from across the decades. For proof, look no further than #denversignporn, a popular Instagram hashtag. That’s what Michael Roberts did, and then compiled some of the best examples of this particular brand of porn in this Latest Word post…
Jesse Morreale has spent much of the summer in meetings with the city, which on July 10 slapped a “notice to vacate” on his First Avenue Hotel – which holds Sketch and El Diablo, as well as Morreale’s offices. And those meetings aren’t over yet. But his next meeting with…
Denver has not one, but two contestants on Bravo’s tenth season of Top Chef. The lineup, just announced this morning, includes Jorel Pierce, the exec chef of Euclid Hall, and Tyler Wiard of Elway’s. See also: –Euclid Hall’s Jorel Pierce on the egg man, life without salt and f*cking up…
The former home of Su Teatro is about to start a second act. Make that third act — the building at 4275 High Street was originally the Elyria Elementary School, then became the base for the theater company founded by Tony Garcia. But for the last few years the empty…
Yesterday Lori Midson served up a picture of some abysmal fried calamari, which a reader quickly pegged as coming from Odyssey Italian Bistro. But it could have come from so many other places that treat calamari just as abysmally…
Molly Ringwald started writing as a child — before she became an ’80s teen icon who starred in such John Hughes films as Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink and The Breakfast Club . She says she never really thought she’d publish anything, though — but last year, she released her…
Colorado is the purplest of states, with voters almost equally divided between Democrat, Republican and unaffiliated, and Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in a dead heat here. But there’s another contest that also shows the red state/blue state pull: The debate over Walmart and Trader Joe’s…
Open the door of the newly renovated Gaetano’s, Lori Midson reports, and you’ll see many familiar sights. The bar. The naked lady. The plates of pasta. It looks familiar, but better — once you’re through the door, that is. But the sign over that door? See also: – Exclusive first…
Next month William Morrow will join the Denver Art Museum as the new Polly and Mark Addison Associate Curator of Contemporary Art. He’s coming from Louisville, Kentucky, where he was founding director of the contemporary art space at 21c, a combination boutique hotel and museum. Michael Paglia met with Morrow…
