Since it first opened at 19th and Pennsylvania more than three decades ago, Las Delicias has become one of Denver’s most successful homegrown chains. And today from 11 a.m.- 9 p.m., the outlet at 7610 Conifer Road (off Highway 36 and Broadway in north Denver) will donate 15 percent of…
After more than a year of study, the Denver Food Action Task Force delivered a report to a city council committee yesterday detailing what can be done to put gardens of eating in the city’s current food deserts, including streamlining the permitting process for grocery stores. And the city could…
“Mustang” is ready for its close-up — but don’t get too close to the genital area of Luis Jiménez’s giant horse, as The Colbert Report did in its hilarious piece on all the phallic symbolism at Denver International Airport. And Blucifer also just made Travel + Leisure’s list of the…
Many chefs are sour on baking, but enough sour beer convinced Patrick Langlois to come up with a gingerbread cookie recipe that worked perfectly with Crooked Stave Wild Wild Brett Orange. That no-baking chef business gets a rise out of Mantonat:…
Bree Davies loves her job at the Shirt Folding Store, where she’s worked off and on since 2006. But she does not love asshole customers who treat her like she’s an idiot. And in this post, she highlighted other misconceptions about retail employees…
The sixth annual round of the USA Fellowship grants — fifty awards of $50,000 each — were announced last night in Los Angeles, and exactly one went to a Colorado artist: Michelle Ellsworth of Boulder, for her work in the field of dance. Ellsworth has an MFA in dance from…
The world’s powerlifting championship is coming to Aurora next year. But this once scrawny suburb has been doing plenty of powerlifting of its own this year, muscling in on the turf of its big brother, Denver. Aurora’s most recent trophy? Becoming part of just one congressional district, rather than two…
Love it or hate it, there’s no shortage of opinions about the Squeaky Bean. And yesterday, when the announcement came down that the restaurant had found a new home in LoDo — in a renovated warehouse (above) where owner Johnny Ballen can put an actual kitchen for chef Max MacKissock…
The Red Ball Fashion Show filled the Exdo Event Center with good times and great fashions on Sunday night — and all for an excellent cause, the Colorado Aids Project. CPagano was there:…
No sooner had we posted the Restaurant roll call for November, recapping the restaurants that had opened (many of them) and closed (very few) last month, than we got news of another spot that had closed its doors. The web site for Generous Servings says simply, “After four wonderful years,…
If you’ve always wanted to be part of the Capitol Hill People’s Fair, this is your chance. Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods is now taking applications for the 41st incarnation of this popular annual event, which always features booths with handmade arts and crafts as well as food, non-stop entertainment and…
Restaurateurs: The clock is ticking on the deadline for listings in our New Year’s Eve Guide. If you have a special meal/party/event slated for December 31, please send us the details ASAP. Our New Year’s Eve Guide will include comprehensive listings of activities around town (and still more will be…
Cafe Society served up four Guess where contests last week, ranging from a Bloody Mary during the Bronco game at Sam’s No. 3 to a plate of charcuterie from Cafe Brazil to the buffalo carpaccio above. For correctly identifying it as coming from Bittersweet, Elwood wins an EatDenver deck…
Brrr! As the temperature plummeted last week, Laura Shunk quickly pulled together a warming list of “Denver’s five best restaurant fireplaces”, including the one at Barolo Grill (above). But because we wanted to post that list in time to heat up that night’s dinner reservations, we didn’t have photos of…
While the rest of the metro area is now all aglow for the holidays, the situation is still lights out for a beloved institution: Earlier this year, the Museum of Outdoor Arts pulled the plug on Hudson Holidays, the display at Hudson Gardens that had been orchestrated by Lonnie Hanzon…
Honk if you’re interested in what will happen in court today when David Lane pushes for an injunction against enforcement of ordinances he feels restrict Occupy Denver’s free speech rights. Lane charges that the City and County of Denver has used these ordinances against the protesters unfairly — when others…
Warm up for Denver Gives on December 6 by doing some good today: From 5 to 10 p.m. tonight, Marlowe’s will donate 10 percent of all dinner sales to the Denver Voice, the paper that not only covers the homeless community, but helps the homeless make money by working as…
The sad news that Noel Cunningham has passed away continues to reverberate not just through the Denver restaurant scene, but around the world, where Cunningham worked so passionately to help those in need. Strings, the restaurant he started in 1986, remains open, a gathering place for those mourning his loss…
Here’s the perfect way to end your First Friday festivities: Open Media Foundation will celebrate the fifth anniversary of Denver Open Media at its annual fundraiser. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. tonight at 700 Kalamath Street, and the event includes performances by Total Ghost (as seen at the Westword web…
The hits just keep coming regarding “The sh*t-show that’s the parking lot at Whole Foods.” Although this Cherry Creek nightmare inspired our Comment of the Day yesterday, we couldn’t resist sharing this post from Sigh: If I had a nickle for every time someone talking on a cell phone in…
Metro State students are getting an unexpected lesson in just how hard it is to rebrand a beloved institution. Yesterday, the school’s board voted to postpone by at least a month a final decision on a new name for Metropolitan State College…
Former Westword critic Jason Sheehan was interested in trying horsemeat, “considered a staple in France, a delicacy in Japan and a treat among Italian, Dutch and Belgians.” But he couldn’t find a source in this country — and then in 2006, Congress banned funding of horse-meat inspections, essentially eliminating any…
