Sometime this weekend, a prankster added a new element to “I See What You Mean,” the sculpture outside the Colorado Convention Center. Suddenly, the Big Blue Bear had taken a big blue dump. And one good turn definitely deserves another…
Boosters have put the brakes to a proposal that would have formed a state beltway authority to allegedly smooth traffic snarls, but critics charged was really designed to grease the wheels for the completion of the northwest beltway, including a toll road past Rocky Flats…
Yesterday, Jenn Wohletz offered her assessment of the new Chick-Fil-A desserts in the latest installment of Jenn in Chains, her semi-regular look at developments on the fast-food scene. She loved the brownie, lusted for the waffle fries (and the cute little ketchup packets)…but isn’t a fan of Chick-Fil-A’s politics, and…
The lineups are now complete for Denver’s big slam poetry teams: Mercury Cafe, Slam Nuba and Minor Disturbance. These contemporary poets are very at home on the range — and a real asset to Denver…
Cafe Society served up five Guess Where contests last week — heavy on the alcohol and Mexican food, in Lori Midson’s absence. The bar at Linger might have been the easiest Guess Where ever, and the a href=”http://blogs.westword.com/cafesociety/2012/04/guess_where_im_eating_a_taco.php”> taco at the venerable La Casa de Manuel proved a stumper. And…
The big news on the Denver dining scene last week was the sudden shuttering of Encore, the restaurant that’s been part of the Lowenstein complex — the restaurant occupies the original lobby of the theater — since that project debuted on Colfax Avenue. But the landlord did not renew the…
Location, location, location. For the past twenty years, I’ve lived in Denver City Council’s District 9. But if the proposed redistricting is approved by council, my house at the edge of Highland will become part of District 1, and District 9 will move east. Time — and partisan politics –…
Feminism & Co. sells out at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver; the biggest swingers’ outfit in the country, Scarlet Ranch, now occupies the former Northwoods Inn. Alt-sex marks the spot in this city — which, by dint of altitude alone, also happens to be the easiest urban spot in…
Heading out for a cocktail? Don’t bother with The Stingray — or Coop De Ville at the Stingray, at it was renamed in February. The bar closed with a blowout event that was a combination one-year anniversary/farewell party last Sunday, and today the door is locked, the voicemail box no…
Think this is a taco from some taqueria on Federal? You’re all wet. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Guess Where posts is entered into a pool — and every Monday, we select one lucky winner who’ll receive…
Happy 4/20! Wild Eggs, which expanded out of Louisville, Kentucky, to join the Denver dining scene last summer, is marking this august occasion with a smoking deal: Smokin’ Hash for just $4.20. Today only, of course. The dish features seasoned corned beef, bell peppers, onions and skillet potatoes and two…
The best Mexican dish in the United States — at least according to Gustavo Arellano, author of Ask a Mexican — is the Mexican hamburger, which was invented in Denver….and can still be found only in Denver. That’s what Arellano determined after researching his new book, Taco USA: How Mexican…
Mairead Corrigan Maguire, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976 for her work in Northern Ireland, has pulled out of the twelfth World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates that starts Monday in Chicago. “That’s what happens when you don’t hold your big Nobel events in Denver!,” jokes Dawn Engle,…
PizzaDoodle will soon open in Centennial, with a family-friendly atmosphere and one of the worst restaurant names ever. Locally, we could think of only one name that was worse: The Hole. That spot on Tennyson Street had an interesting concept — doughnuts and beer! — and a truly horrible name…
Britt Chester thought he’d take Denver for a ride with his first bicycle quiz, but dozens of people came up with answers to “guess where I’m biking near this pond.” Some were wrong, some were right, but none were as complete as this:…
If Gustavo Arellano thinks a Mexican hamburger is the best Mexican dish in the United States, we can’t wait to hear what he thinks of a Mexican pizza, particularly this sense-searing pile of green chile, molten cheese and ground beef…
What’s the worst name that’s ever been stuck on a Denver restaurant? We have a new contender: PizzaDoodle. That’s the name of a family-friendly joint that’s “still in the oven” but slated to open next month at 6830 South University Boulevard in Centennial. You don’t want to say it fast…
The first public hearing on the six projects vying for Regional Tourism Act funding was barely over when the state’s Economic Development Commission announced that the sign-up list for the second and — and final — hearing was already full. Who were some of the notables shut out?…
After service flubs detracted from the excellent food Laura Shunk discusses in herrecent review of Charcoal, she lamented about poor service in general around town. But there are also many restaurants that do things right, and she highlighted a quintet of them in “Five examples of great service in Denver.”…
It’s been a big month for Metro State — or Metro State University of Denver, according to the law signed by Governor John Hickenlooper yesterday. Not only does the school get a new name, but its theater department recently won accreditation from the National Association of Schools of Theatre. And…
Last fall, LoDo was all about pizza. Now, it’s sushi. Blue Sushi Sake Grill, a link in an Omaha-based chain that signed on for half of the Dixons space at 16th and Wazee streets that wasn’t taken by Lucky Pie, had a liquor-license hearing this morning with the Denver Department…
The story seemed too crazy to be true: A DIA shuttle driver conspiring to blow up New York’s subway system with bombs made from components found in Aurora beauty-supply stores? But after days of questioning in September 2009, 26-year-old Najibullah Zazi was indicted and shipped off to New York, where…
