Bin 1884 Cheese Bar will fill space in The Empty Bottle

South Pearl Street has seen more than its fair share of action this year. But in the 1800 block of South Pearl, it’s all about growth — not the closings that marked the start of the new year on the 1400 South block, where India’s Pearl, Pearl Street Grill and…

Colorado firefighter calendar rises from the ashes tonight

The party had everything: a worthy beneficiary (the Children’s Hospital Burn Center), lots of alcohol for the mostly female crowd, and stripped-down, smokin’ hot firefighters. But then the Denver District Attorney threw a wet blanket on the fun: Turns out that Fired Up for Kids might not have been sending…

Hot Pockets, a cool Colorado invention, is moving out of state

Denver has long proclaimed itself the home of the cheeseburger, and even has a monument to that invention on Speer Boulevard — though several other cities have tried to claim the burger-king crown. But we were also the undisputed home of the Hot Pocket, which brothers David and Paul Merage…

Dan Savage made Rick Santorum’s name mud…or close enough

You can bet that the 26,000-plus Coloradans who voted for Rick Santorum at yesterday’s Republican caucuses, pushing the conservatives’ conservative to a surprise victory, are not faithful readers of Savage Love. Because Dan Savage, the author of that sex-advice column, not only took issue with Santorum’s stance on gay sex,…

Reader: Is FIVE too much of a good thing?

Leigh Sullivan founded FIVE, a group of Denver chefs who cook across the country, back in 2008; the lineup, like Sullivan herself, has gone through some changes over the years. Sullivan recently relaunched her own marketing/public relations company, Leigh Sullivan Enterprises, and just announced the latest lineup of FIVE, which…

Reader: S*it video was mighty tasty

Westword writers may not have a future as filmmakers, but they do know how to capture what people say — as evidenced by our “Shit people say” video dedicated to Denver. Even so, we missed a few standbys…

Denver got a bargain when David Choe made his mark on the city

The Terminal Kings project was billed as bringing “world-class” art to Denver — a city that many of us would argue already has world-class artists. But when street artist David Choe, along with Sam Flores and Highraff, was hired to create giant murals that Denver International Airport’s Art and Culture…

Reader: More sh*t people from Denver say

In Internet time, the “shit people say” videos really peaked last month — but we never came across one that really captured the phrases and idioms of Denver. So we made one. But apparently we missed some of the shit people say:…

Reader: Trout or tilapia? Heaven only knows…

All the snow that fell across the Front Range Friday had fishing enthusiasts thinking about just what will happen when all that white stuff melts — pouring water into this state’s streams, rivers and lakes. To get a taste of the country’s liquid assets, they should head to Anthology Fine…

Reader: XX marks the spot for ladies’ restrooms

If you were looking for a restaurant restroom and found one labeled “Wags,” would you assume it was a ladies’ room? Would it help you if you knew that the other restroom was named “Ballers”? Those are the bathroom titles at Three Lions, but they’re far from the only odd…

Guess where I’m peeing?

When you’re trying to answer the call of nature at a restaurant, you shouldn’t have to first answer a riddle about the names or symbols that the restaurant has stuck on the restroom doors. Still, when looking for the ladies’ room at a local watering hole last night, I was…

CU Regents support Colorado ASSETS tuition plan for illegal immigrants

The Colorado Legislature is once again tackling the issue of tuition for the children of illegal immigrants, and yesterday, CU’s Board of Regents voted 5-4 to support Colorado ASSET, with Republican Regent Tillie Bishop joining the Democrats. The vote came after much passionate discussion — because with every issue involving…