While Denver Broncos execs at the annual NFL meetings in Florida are collecting kudos for intercepting Peyton Manning, the new quarterback catch is being toasted in Colorado with a Peyton’s Pitcher & Pie Special (pepperoni pizza and a pitcher of Coors Light for $18, Mondays only) not from Papa John’s,…
Our Street 16 menu matchup is down to the final four, with the first face-off between South Federal Boulevard and Boulder. These are both great restaurant neighborhoods — even if their restaurants have almost nothing in common…
Mondo Guerra was the undeniable star his first round on Project Runway. Even though he didn’t win the competition, he won hearts with his admission that he’s HIV-positive. And last Thursday night, he got his sweet revenge by winning Project Runway All Stars , which came with a hefty load…
Peyton Manning has good taste in restaurants — and plenty of cash to cover the tabs, given his $95 million deal with the Denver Broncos. And this past weekend, he was already out hitting a few of the town’s hot spots. On Friday night, he was sighted at Panzano, the…
Uptown got knocked out of our Street 16 menu matchup early — and it had nothing to do with the crazy saga of Roam, which owner Daniel Kuhlman closed last week in a wild scene that involved angry former employees, Kuhlman attempted to take Lori Midson’s camera, and two visits…
In June 1989, the FBI led a spectacular dawn raid on Rocky Flats, then an operating nuclear weapons plant sixteen miles northwest of Denver, to collect evidence of alleged environmental crimes. A special grand jury wanted to indict eight individuals. But instead, the government cut a deal with Rockwell International,…
Many of Denver’s smaller companies got together last week to talk about recent developments on the local theater scene, and how they could work together better. The conversation was largely positive, attendees reported…
Kevin Divine and Ricky Nixon, the Denver police officers who were fired last April by then-Manager of Safety Charles Garcia because of their behavior during — and after — a controversial altercation at the Denver Diner in July 2009, have gotten their jobs back, at least for now. Blame our…
The space at 1033 East 17th Avenue is about to get a new occupant….its fourth in a fast-moving year. Daniel Kuhlman, who originally had Tastes in this spot, then replaced it with Wild Catch, then replaced that with Roam, which closed abruptly this week, has a deal with Gary Hvizda,…
Mondo Guerra won it all last night, when he was named the winner of Project Runway All Stars. But this Denver designer has always shown that he was a cut above — generous to other designers and supportive of causes close to his heart, including Colorado AIDS Project, the beneficiary…
The Hunger Games leaves fans of the book hungry for more, says Melissa Anderson in her review of the movie; “at the risk of indulging in tired, pointless debates about page versus screen,” she writes, “it is impossible for this movie to ever hope to match the fury of the…
While fingers and tongues keep wagging over all the recent action at Roam (read dozens of comments here), there are plenty of other fights around town. For example, the current Street 16 menu matchup between Upper Larimer — that hot-hot area stretching up from 20th Street in the Ballpark neighborhood…
This first spring weekend, as you plan yard projects, skip the outdoor fireplace: Its use is banned in Denver. And that ban extends to those hot-hot fire pits and chimineas that stores will be pushing — without telling you that firing one up can get you a visit from the…
William Shatner came to town Tuesday night to perform his one-man show, Shatner’s World: We Just Live In It. To help introduce newbies to the delights of the versatile Star Trek/TJ Hooker/Boston Legal/Priceline commercial star, Jenn Wohletz offered her guide to five things Shatner hasn’t done. Some fans weren’t pleased…
Denver’s dining scene isn’t all salumi and sunshine. Alerted that something was going down at Roam, Cafe Society editor Lori Midson hurried to 17th Avenue, arriving just in time to see owner Daniel Kuhlman shoving former employees — and grab for her camera. Before this souffle fell, the cops had…
Win some, lose some. Roam got a rave review in the Denver Post today — too bad the restaurant is no longer open. As Lori Midson reported late yesterday, Daniel Kuhlman, the owner of 1033 East 17th Avenue — which started out as the wine bar Tastes, then became Wild…
We now take a break from all the Zak Bagans is/isn’t a douche discussion to salute a real arts happening in this city: The Bringing Back the Arts concert Sunday night at the Bluebird Theatre, a project spearheaded by First Lady Mary Louise Lee that featured eight groups from Denver…
The RTD Board FasTracks monitoring committee will announce its pick of the three options for the Northwest Rail Line at 5:30 p.m. today, with a final board vote on March 27. You can watch the announcement live — as well as public comment that promises to be lively, since all…
The first round of our Street 16 menu matchup has taken a sharp chef’s knife to the original sixteen neighborhood contestants, whittling them down to eight. And the contest between Larimer Square and Tennyson, backed by the powerful Berkeley neighborhood, has some people calling for the ref…
Fans of Zak Bagans jumped to his defense after Tiffany Fitzgerald suggested that the Ghost Adventures host didn’t act very professional in last Friday night’s segment, which featured several Denver landmarks — including the Peabody Mansion, the Tivoli and Phil Goodstein. “Phil Goodstein is a goddamn national treasure,” she wrote,…
PHAMALY is an amazing asset to the Colorado arts scene, a theater company composed entirely of performers facing a wide variety of physical challenges. The group’s goal is to provide professional theater opportunities and artistic development for performers with disabilities and to promote the inclusion of people with disabilities in…
Did beer save the world? According to this infographic, beer has been a boon to mankind since the time of the Egyptians (who used it as medicine), an economic driver behind railroad development, commercial refrigeration and, yes, the automatic (and hypnotic) bottling process…
