For years, the blue light of the Qwest sign has dominated the downtown Denver skyline, even as its been joined by other light shows — the spire on the Four Seasons, the logo atop the Xcel building. But if the merger deal between Qwest and CenturyLink goes through, will it…
Chefs Scott Durrah (8 Rivers), Lauren Gennett and Rachel Wolpo will offer a series of cooking demonstrations for Simply Pure, the Colorado edibles company founded by Durrah and his wife, Wanda James, at KushCon II, which runs today through December 19 at the Colorado Convention Center. “I never would have…
That colorful stretch of 13th Avenue in Capitol Hill is getting a new polish, with the upcoming opening of Jelly and other developments outlined today in a Denver Post story about “the punk-rock block.” But before these businesses came along, there was the Gypsy House. And after our recent report…
Yesterday, John Hickenlooper returned to the Denver Press Club — an iconic joint he first visited two decades ago, when he was thinking of writing a screenplay about Damon Runyon, a Denver Post writer who moved on to New York and gained a national reputation for his celebration of colorful…
Denver International Airport may have just been named the “Best Airport in North America” — for the sixth consecutive year! — by Business Traveler magazine, but it’s definitely lacking in a few departments. Souvenir beer sales, for example. And here’s how Bubba responds to Laura Shunk’s list of the “Best…
Denver International Airport was just named the “Best Airport in North America” by Business Traveler magazine — for the sixth consecutive year. Want to know what could make DIA even better? Some decent, Colorado-centric shopping on the concourses — including souvenir beers…
As we report in this week’s Off Limits, there’s a good explanation why you can’t buy growlers of craft beer at Denver International Airport (as you can at the Portland airport, as Jonathan Shikes recently discovered): Colorado law limits the sale of growlers — those 64-ounce containers that can be…
On Sunday night, a fellow judge and I careened around all the road work downtown, attempting to look at the 21 windows that are all competing in LoDo Aglow, an annual decorating contest sponsored by the LoDo District. Not only did we find an impressive official expression of holiday cheer…
“Does anyone know of a restaurant in all of the Tech Center that 1) doesn’t serve pre-packaged/out of the bag/straight from the can ingredients; 2) actually uses fresh ingredients which is sort of like #1; 3) makes food in the kitchen as opposed to having it made for them in…
Taco Bell has introduced two new sauces, which Jenn Wohletz reviewed here yesterday. But the chain’s most fiery condiment is very, very bland compared to the comments her post inspired, including this one from Joe: Good bet that if these sauces were served at a “respectable” Mexican restaurant (like Tacos…
Colorado’s Public Utilities Commission is slated to sign off on Qwest’s merger with CenturyLink today, a day after Montana became the fourteenth state to okay the deal, pushing memories of Mountain Bell even further down the line. The PUC was initially scheduled to approve the merger last week, but all…
For many travelers at Denver International Airport, a meal at the colorful Que Bueno — with cold beers and fiery hot sauces — has been more than enough consolation prize for a delayed flight. But this longtime eating oasis on Concourse B, right by gate 52, is out of commission…
Every week, Lori Midson sits down with a local chef to cook up the always enlightening Chef and Tell. The tables were recently turned by 303 magazine, which interviewed numerous people in the local dining scene — but used only a fraction of Midson’s responses. On Friday, she posted her…
The chickens are coming home to roost. James Bertini, the founder of Denver Urban Homesteading who’s been campaigning for more than a year, will meet with city officials today in his campaign to “Free the Chickens” — and remove the regulations that prohibit some Denver residents from keeping birds in…
While Jason Sheehan continues to stir up controversy from a thousand miles away (“sanctimonious prick” is among the labels recently slapped on him here), Laura Shunk is getting a grilling, too, for her recent review of the Atomic Cowboy and its related enterprises. Here’s how NachoLuva responded to Laura Shunk’s…
Cafe Society served up four Guess where entries this week, ranging from a mystery crepe — or is that a tortilla? to a still identified plate of carnitas to this pink drink. For correctly identifying the saketini as coming from Ototo Food and Wine Bar, the restaurant that now occupies…
I spent much of last night careening around LoDo, looking at the 21 decorated windows that are competing in the LoDo Aglow contest — only some of which were actually aglow. But it was impossible to miss two very lit-up new 7-Eleven stores on 18th Street, only three short blocks…
Raise a glass this weekend to Red’s Pub, the saloon that’s very conveniently located at 7330 West 120th Avenue in Broomfield. Too conveniently located, it turns out: Owner Red Nikkel has sold the property to the Colorado Department of Transportation, which will use it to complete the 120th Avenue Connection…
Jonathan Shikes, Westword’s Beer Man, recently visited Portland — and was amazed at what he found. “Portland is a better beer town than Denver,” he confessed. “As a Denver native, it pains me to say that, but after having visited Beervana for the first, time, there is no getting around…
In December 2008, (very) outgoing Denver mayorJohn Hickenlooper was on the set of Good Morning America, wearing a holiday sweater his sister had knitted and showing off Denver’s holiday window, which made its debut on Times Square and was then supposed to return to this city for an annual showing…
As we reported yesterday in Cafe Bites, there have been numerous roadblocks to the redevelopment of the strip of Welton Street that’s at the heart of Five Points — some anticipated, some surprising. The most recent? The Tubman Hilliard Global Academy, a new school at 2741 Welton that’s good news…
Just as traditional as its tackiness is the duration of the annual holiday display at the Denver City and County Building: Mary, Joseph, the Baby Jesus and that weird Santa Helper Hoedown always stick around through the Stock Show, to stun and amaze every visitor to town. But not this…
