It’s the last day of the Colorado Legislature, and this session has definitely driven some people to drink — and possibly move out of state. Breckenridge Brewery, which had been pushing for House Bill 1347, which would have allowed the company to grow in Colorado (craft breweries are currently capped…
Is Colorado the Suburu state? That’s what Bree Davies suggests in “An Ode to Subaru, the unofficial car of Colorado”. While Wooderson, her beloved Outback, is the focus of the piece, there are plenty of other Subarus out there. An entire fleet of them. And their drivers are all fans…
On January 29, 2009, Alex Landau was brutally beaten by Denver cops after they pulled him over for what they said was an illegal left turn — but he charged was racial profiling. And the City of Denver agreed — or at least was worried enough about the federal lawsuit…
Washington State wants to donate forty pounds of cherries to an “iconic” restaurant in every state in the nation, in hopes of inspiring recipes that push its product. A Washington PR company asked for Cafe Society’s help in coming up with the right restaurant in Colorado for a fruit-filled delivery…
After months and months in the shadows of construction trucks, Tennyson Street has finally emerged, newly paved and curbed. And last Friday, Kevin Curry’s “Face the Sun” a new piece of public art paid for (like the construction project) by the 2007 Better Bond Project was unveiled at 41st and…
My favorite artifact on display at the new History Colorado Center is an old “Colorful Colorado” sign right by the fabulous floor map of Colorado, riddled with bullet holes and sporting colored-in lettering — vandalism, according to the highway workers who took down the sign. History, according to History Colorado…
On Friday the Denver Business Journal broke the news that Trader Joe’s would be opening its second store at Eighth and Colorado Boulevard. (The first — which means the one that also gets to sell liquor under Colorado’s convoluted code — will debut next year in Boulder’s Twenty Ninth Street…
Britt Chester has been riding around the metro area, asking people to guess where he’s biking — for the chance to win a season B-Cycle pass. Some of these areas have B-Cycle stations, some — like Park Hill — do not. And if they don’t, advises, one reader, then they…
Trader Joe’s has signed a deal for its first location in Denver, according to this story in the Denver Business Journal. The store will be on the southeast corner of Colorado Boulevard and Eighth Avenue, where Annie’s Cafe was once located. The spot was supposed to become a hotel, but…
The same day that Spirit Airlines celebrated its return to Denver International Airport — complete with hefty new fees for carry-on luggage — its CEO, Ben Baldanza, was still carrying on about why the company is not refunding $197 to a 76-year-old, cancer-stricken vet too sick to fly. He recognized…
After more than a year of planning and very hard work, Gary Lee Bomar finally opened Gary Lee’s Motor Club & Grub last weekend — and it looks like it was worth the wait. With Gary Lee’s, this stretch of South Broadway has really gotten into gear…
“In the real world, nothing happens at the right place at the right time. It is the job of journalists and historians to correct that.” So said Mark Twain, and after the first historic week of the History Colorado Center, we have a quick correction: You may not be walking…
Our list of “Five Kentucky Derby parties that will have you off to the races” offered an array of activities, but didn’t include the 2012 Derby Party, which bills itself as “a Colorado tradition” and is an annual fundraiser for the Sean “Ranch” Lough Memorial Scholarship. The party has been…
The house that former pimp Scottie Ewing built — better known as the Sugar House — is gone for good this time. The swingers’ club by night, burger joint by day (as the Alameda Grill) had been closed since February, when new owner Kelly Bailey, the former manager, was served…
Two of Denver’s best occasions for drinking — the Kentucky Derby and Cinco de Mayo — will collide on Saturday, May 5. The traditional drink of the Derby is the mint julep, of course, and margaritas are always flowing during Cinco de Mayo. But rather than have to declare your…
While controversy continues to rage over the packed parking situation in LoHi, let’s return to a bigger picture: the geographic area Westword covers, and why we continue to refer to the entire metro area as simply Denver. Have we gone too far? Why not refer to the area as New…
Eric Holder called it the most serious terror threat to the United States since 9/11. And the bombs that could have blown up New York’s subway system got their start in Denver beauty-supply stores, where Najibullah Zazi bought the ingredients to make homemade detonators. But that plot exploded, and Zazi’s…
Although Albus Brooks crafted the proposed anti-urban camping ordinance, he supports help for the homeless. In fact, Brooks gave a shout-out to the Denver Voice in his recent Westword interview. And tomorrow night, Brooks will be on hand at a benefit to raise funds for this organization, a Westword MasterMind…
“What type of Wash Park fitness weirdo are you?” That was the question posed by Bree Davies in her post on people-watching in Washington Park — the greatest sport of all. Bree, for example, is a Wandering Talker. This type comes in pairs or gaggles of women (men don’t fall…
Laura Shunk lives in a hot-hot restaurant neighborhood, in an old apartment building with no parking. What little street parking there is in LoHi is often filled by the cars of diners visiting some of the area’s great restaurants, and the few open lots are fast disappearing. And we mean…
Don Hunt may be the hardest-working man at the State Capitol — and that’s saying a lot as the legislature heads into its final week. The head of the Department of Transportation helped pull the plug on a Beltway Authority proposal — and now he could bury a feud that…
Dan Landes loves sci-fi. And he’ll prove it on Friday, when he hosts May the Fourth Be With You — a sci-fi extravaganza complete with costume contest, live music and movies — at his restaurant, City, O’ City. Landes wouldn’t reveal what costume he’ll be wearing, but in anticipation of…
