Since the Best of Denver 2011, we’ve been posting occasional lists of our runners-up in some popular categories — lists that are not only available here, but on our Best of Denver app. And, as always, certain categories provoke plenty of discussion — which started just seconds after Lori Midson…
The Denver Coliseum was dedicated sixty years ago, on January 10, 1952, with a “Salute to Soil.” We didn’t see starlet June Haver, the star of that show, during our afternoon at the National Western Stock Show yesterday, but we did spot at least one down-and-dirty move by the city…
In a tradition that officially dates back to 1906, and unofficially to the early days of ranching in the West, the National Western Stock Show is in town. And the annual event celebrates a lot more than funnel cakes and cowboy boots. On Monday, Show and Tell asked readers whether…
Chef Vue sounded like such a good idea: A Town Center of Aurora version of US Thai Cafe, Ma Vue’s six-year-old restaurant in Edgewater, which serves some of the best curry in the area. But Aurora eaters didn’t view Chef Vue the same way: It didn’t even last six months,…
After overcomng some zoning challenges, Slice Works, the pizza joint that occupies a brand-new building at 700 East Colfax Avenue, in the former Argonaut parking lot, officially opened on Sunday, January 8. It’s just the latest improvement along this stretch of Colfax…
The Denver Coliseum was dedicated sixty years ago today, at a celebration dubbed “Salute to Soil.” Today, the onetime showplace has become the poor relative of Denver’s venues. Poor in amenities, perhaps, but rich in history…
We now take a break from the controversy over the closing of Gabor’s to egg on a discussion at the other end of the culinary spectrum. Restaurateur Frank Bonanno wants to know if diners would pay a hefty amount for a caviar tasting at Mizuna, his fine-dining restaurant. The estimated…
Pam Grier is one of Denver’s greatest exports, and last fall, Robin Edwards pulled together the “Top 5 ass-kicking Pam Grier roles” — among them her performance in Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown. But Juror169 has a a problem with Grier’s off-screen roles. Here’s the verdict:…
Carmen Tisch, accused of vandalizing a $30 million Clyfford Still painting on December 29 — she reportedly scratched it, slid down it and urinated by it — was in Denver County Court on Friday, January 6, to hear the charges against her. Her family says Tisch has alcohol problems. Ya…
Cafe Society took a quick break in all the opening and closing action at the end of 2011 to stir the pot of a long-simmering discussion: Who makes the best green chile in Denver? Lori Midson served up her list of the ten best green chiles in Denver, which inspired…
As an end-of-the-year public service to those who were going to need hot, hot green chile to cure their hangovers on January 1, Lori Midson offered her list of “Denver’s ten best green chiles.” Any discussion of green chile always stirs the pot. Fans of those that didn’t make the…
Of all the restaurant/bar closings that have been announced recently, none have caused the outpouring of comments that followed the relevation that Gabor’s, a Capitol Hill institution, will be closing sometime this month. Fans are lamenting the end of an old-time joint with one of the greatest jukeboxes in town…
Last month it looked like the last roadblocks would be removed to a Rocky Flats land swap that would make 600 acres currently owned by the State Land Board on the southwest corner of the former plutonium-processing plant part of what’s now a federal wildlife refuge — and the U.S…
Everyone’s a critic, but Carmen Tisch took it too far on December 29, when she offered her assessment of “1957-J- No.2,” a large piece at the Clyfford Still Museum. Tisch is accused of scratching, punching and rubbing her butt against the painting, which is valued at more than $30 million…
Paul Handley was so inspired by the success of Jim Pittenger — and by his Biker Jim’s dogs — that he wrote a poem, “which I sent him and was published in Puffin Circus, as was an abbreviated version on-line in Every Day Poets,” Handley reports. “Jim was good enough…
The news broke yesterday that Gabor’s, the beloved joint on East Thirteenth, will close a few months from now to make way for the Marion Street Tavern, a new bar by Sam Roots, who owns the Providence Tavern in Edgewater. “I don’t want to give too much away right now,”…
A year ago, no one was betting that Michael Hancock would win the crowded race to become Denver’s next mayor. But the gamble paid off, and today, when Mayor Hancock celebrates Dress Western Day — the one day that Denver doesn’t apologize for being a cowtown — he’ll be wearing…
ABC pulled a swap with the first segment of Celebrity Wife Swap, moving up the episode that had been scheduled for next week to this past Tuesday. And what swap led off the new season? Pastor Ted Haggard traded wives with Gary Busey, sending his mate — who already deserved…
When M&D’s Cafe shut its doors after 34 years in business this weekend, it didn’t just leave behind a legion of fans. It also left a big debt — including a million dollars that it owes on a loan issued by the Denver Office of Economic Development when owners Daisy…
The National Western Stock Show is rolling into town, which means there will be almost as much beef on the hoof as on the plate in this cowtown, although steakhouses definitely anticipate fattening up. And this year, in addition to the usual funnel cakes and turkey legs and pork chops…
Several New Year’s Eve restaurant closings surprised the city — including that of Se7en and M&D’s Cafe — but the three-way closings on South Pearl Street were a real triple whammy. As anticipated, the 29-year-old Pearl Street Grill closed…but India’s Pearl shut its doors just hours later, and OTOTO closed…
While Colorado skiers keep watching the skies and the weather reports, hoping to see some of the white stuff, other states aren’t sitting idly by on their snowboards. Montana’s Big Sky, for example is trying to rustle Colorado skiers…by honoring the Epic Pass issued by Vail Resorts…
