Drew Bixby, Westword Drunk of the Week columnist, has dedicated countless hours — and his liver — to researching the town’s true dives.The result is a new book, Denver’s Best Dive Bars: Drinking & Diving in the Mile High City, which will be toasted at a series of events this…
There wasn’t a Balloon Boy in sight, but Ugly Betty would no doubt have blown away any Heene outfit at Saturday’s Halloween costume contest at Lola. Perhaps in deference to the site of the contest, the coastal Mexican restaurant located at 1575 Boulder Street, the contestants included several food-related get-ups…
RESTAURANTS OPENING IN OCTOBER: CY Steak, 1222 Glenarm Place Illegal Pete’s, 1744 East Evans Avenue Jack-N-Grill, 2630 West Belleview Avenue, Littleton Mangiamo Pronto!, 1601 17th Street Noodles & Company, 1737 East Evans Avenue Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids and Solids, 1555 South Hover Street, Longmont Patsy’s Pizza, 3651 Navajo Street…
Marilyn Musgrave’s political career rose from the dead last week, as the former Colorado congresswoman and current director of the Susan B. Anthony List’s Votes Have Consequences project campaigned for the election of Doug Hoffman, the Conservative Party candidate running for the 23rd Congressional seat left vacant when Republican John…
Yes, it was a party party weekend, but the festivities aren’t over yet. Tambien, at 250 Steele Street, will host an official Dia de Los Muertos celebration tonight from 7 to 10 p.m. complete with a silent auction of sugar skulls hand-painted by tattoo artists from around the country, with…
There won’t be food at the Empty Bowls Project open house rescheduled (because of snow) for Monday, November 2, from 5 to 8:30 p.m. But you won’t come away empty-handed. That’s because students from Betty Adams Elementary, Lukas Elementary, Meiklejohn Elementary, Ryan Elementary, Semper Elementary, Sheridan Green Elementary, Witt Elementary,…
Hapa Sushi takes public — and pubic — service seriously. Stop by the popular sushi bar at 1117 Pearl Street in Boulder to pick up your free pair of orange underpants — briefs or thongs, featuring the Hapa logo and the words “Run Responsibly” — and you’ll be covered against…
Pam and Ricardo Martinez met on a United Farm Workers picket line in California. Now, almost forty years later, they share a life, a family, a passion for social justice and Padres y Jovenes Unidos, the Denver nonprofit they co-founded in 1991 — as well as another big national honor…
The String Cheese Incident’s Kyle Hollingsworth is touring to push his new solo release, Then There’s Now, but the keyboardist/songwriter isn’t just an expert musician. He’s also a home brewer, and is teaming up with local breweries along his route for Kyle’s Beer Tour. Although the tour won’t hit Colorado…
Restaurants and bars continue to offer a flurry of snow deals. Yesterday we reminded you about McCormick’s excellent dollar Irish coffee offer whenever it snows, as well as half-off Murphy’s at Argyll and new deals at Mezcal, Tambien and Sketch. Now comes word that Lime XS, at 730 East Sixth…
Sheriff’s deputies have run into a roadblock in their push to get an initiative on the Denver ballot: the Denver Elections Division has determined that more than half of the almost 60,000 signatures on initiative petitions were invalid. The deputies need 41,666 valid signatures to put the measure, which would…
Pot Party Tom Tancredo has never inhaled. In fact, he’s never even tried pot. So when he says that marijuana should be legalized, there’s no need to ask what he’s been smoking. Legalizing marijuana might seem an unlikely crusade for the controversial former congressman whose campaign against illegal immigration inspired…
It’s the wild, wild West,” proclaims Denver City Councilman Charlie Brown, who’s getting ready to give medical marijuana speculators a good, swift kick with his cowboy boot, to get them to toe whatever line the city decides to draw. Better that, he says, than kick them out of Denver altogether…
Is there anything more disappointing than a dish of old, cold chicharrones? That’s what Jason Sheehan got on his recent visit to Chubby’s. Then again, is there anything more sinfully porkorific than a dish of absolutely fresh, hot chicharrones? That’s what we got when we stopped by another Mexican restaurant,…
On the first big snow day, restaurants and bars offer a flurry of cold-weather specials. But it’s hard to beat the standing deal at McCormick’s Fish House & Bar, the cozy spot tucked into the Oxford Hotel at 17th and Wazee streets. Whenever it’s snowing, this McCormick’s offers Irish coffee…
Westword staffers who grew up in the northern ‘burbs are great fans of Great Scotts Eatery, the red-and-white-striped, ’50s-style diner at 7510 Highway 287 in Broomfield. They speak fondly of the burgers, the fries, the shakes. And today, Great Scotts was supposed to be serving up its good food for…
For sunny days, Argyll Gastropub, at 2700 East Third Avenue, has a great patio. On snowy days, it has the “Snow Days Deal.” At any time when it’s snowing, Argyll will sell you a 20-ounce Imperial Pint of Murphy’s Stout for half price — 50 percent off the usual $5.25…
“Rocky Mountain High” is getting quite a work-out as national media outlets run stories on the booming medical marijuana business in Colorado. With both city and state officials talking about reining in the industry with new regulations, I put calls into both Governor Bill Ritter and Mayor John Hickenlooper on…
Looks like plans are moving fast for the new Den Deli and Sushi Market, which is going into 1501 South Pearl Street — conveniently located between Sushi Den ( 1487 South Pearl) and Izakaya Den (1518 South Pearl). Brothers Toshi and Yazu Kizaki are hosting a job fair for their…
After two owners, two locations — first at 1555 Champa Street, then at 1543 Champa, in the circa 1889 Odd Fellows Hall (right) — and one Best of Denver award, Emily’s Gourmet-to-Go is finally a no-go. Chef/owner Victor Miller, whose soups had snagged the Best Soup award in the Best…
Yan de Yang, the owner of Chopsticks & sushi at 1630 Welton Street, is now behind bars — not the burners.He’s being held without bail on suspicion of first-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of Lloyd Running Bear II, who was slain at the restaurant last Thursday. According…
Colorado’s parks, recreational areas and open space are subsidized by the Colorado Lottery, which over the past fifteen years has sent millions of dollars to Great Outdoors Colorado. Community colleges are slated to be supported by another form of gambling: Last November, Coloradans voted to expand gaming at casinos in…
