I lost my camera, some of my hide and a piece of my heart to Piñon Canyon. That’s the stunning swathe of scenery east of Trinidad and hard on the 235,000-acre Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site, which the Department of Defense created in the early 1980s in the largest condemnation of…
RESTAURANTS OPENING IN SEPTEMBER Brio Tuscan Grille, 2500 East First Avenue SALT Bistro, 1047 Pearl Street, Boulder Modmarket, 1600 28th Street, Boulder Interstate Kitchen & Bar, 901 West Tenth Avenue Empanada Express Grill, 2600 East Street, Golden Cilantro Fusion, 1531 Stout Street Garbanzo Mediterranean Grill, 8225 South Chester, Englewood The…
A dozen years ago, Sam Taylor moved his barbecue operation from City Park to 435 South Cherry Street in Glendale, where Sam Taylor’s Bar-B-Que continues to serve up ribs so finger-licking good that you need a hot towel at the end of your meal. And now Taylor’s doubled the fun:…
Today is Trucker Appreciation Day at Johnson’s Corner. “Being a truck driver is often a thankless job,” Chauncey Taylor, owner of the 56-year-old roadhouse off I-25 just north of the Berthoud exit, told the Coloradoan.”We want to show our appreciation for and thank truck drivers — after all, it is…
Pat Schroeder was always quick with a quip when she represented Denver in Congress for 24 years, from 1972-1996, whether she was talking one-on-one with a reporter or treating the masses to her opinion of the “Teflon presidency” of Ronald Reagan. In China with members of the House Armed Services…
You’d think the four free hot sauces would be enough. But toss in a heaping mound of pork fajitas — only $8 at lunch on Tuesday — and you’ve got an unbeatable deal. To enjoy that special, though, you’ll need to answer this question fast:Where am I eating?…
Mangiamo Pronto!, which is taking over the former LoDo home of Common Grounds at 1607 17th Street (the coffeehouse moved across the intersection), looks like it should be opening pronto — perhaps even this week. The sign’s up, the doorway’s painted — and the liquor license is secured…
The Great American Beer Festival ended Saturday night, leaving behind many hangovers, almost as many awards (including a surprise win for Aurora’s Dry Dock), and some very fond memories of the new Farm to Table Pavilion, a 2009 innovation that had local chefs pair farm-to-table Colorado foods with local beers…
Ameristar is betting on Black Hawk. Today, the company will cut the ribbon on its 33-story, 500-plus room hotel that towers over the old mining/new gaming town — a hotel that boasts not just a renovated casino, but luxury suites, a spa and the “only rooftop pool” in Black Hawk…
We’d spent the day riding in southeastern Colorado, in a region of the country that produces more beef than any other region. So it only made sense that beef was what was for dinner. Beef, Mexican-style, and plenty of beers, all served up in a room that had just the…
When asked about the catfight over his run for the U.S. Senate nomination, Andrew Romanoff usually repeats some variation on this line, first offered up at his Pueblo campaign announcement two weeks ago: “Democrats are a lot like cats. When you hear them making a lot of noise, it sounds…
According to the FBI affidavit and indictment unsealed yesterday, twice this summer Najibullah Zazi checked into an unnamed Aurora hotel that had a kitchen, where he attempted to cook up a bomb with items he’d bought from a nearby beauty-supply house. To keep this country safe from terrorists (and other…
Owing to an aunt who taught ballroom dancing classes, I know more than I should about that world. And even so, I was amazed — slack-jawed, even — when Tom DeLay, the former House majority leader whose tactics earned him the nickname “The Hammer,” showed up as a contestant on…
During her 24 years in Congress, Pat Schroeder was always quick with a quip. But as Confessions of a Political Spouse makes clear, Jim Schroeder was much more than Pat’s straight man during their 47 years of marriage. The book, which grew out of a journal Jim started keeping after…
When we heard that Joe Rogan, the host of Fear Factor, had moved to town, we immediately started working on our list of the Ten Most Frightening Things About Life in Denver. The fact that a DIA shuttle driver could be part of an international terrorist conspiracy came in at…
There’s a cornucopia of culinary events in Denver tonight, with everything from the Westword Dish/A Menu Affair at the Fillmore to Penny Parker’s Sense of Security benefit dinner at Lola. And for an appetizer, First Lady Jeannie Ritter is hosting “Pints & Bites,” a benefit for the Governor’s Residence Preservation…
We’ve long lamented the lack of dives in downtown — and now comes this request from KLJ in California, which was posted at the end of an old item about Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. I’m heading to Denver next week for business. I’ll be staying downtown on California Street. Anything…
Political journalist Helen Thorpe had a problem when she moved to Denver: She came here to marry John Hickenlooper, an entrepreneur who soon decided to plunge into politics and was elected mayor of Denver. What does a top reporter married to the town’s top politician write about? The underdogs, the…
The 22nd Annual Uptown Sampler runs tonight from 5-8:30 p.m., and there’s no better way to get a taste of how this neighborhood has finally grown into a real restaurant row. It was 25 years ago that Cliff Young opened his eponymous restaurant at 700 East 17th Avenue, in a…
The back of the Beauvallon, Craig Nassi’s monumental mess, is now wrapped in scaffolding and fabric, like a Christo construction looming over the Golden Triangle. But the art of this deal isn’t pretty. The building is in receivership, and the last three retail tenants — who dared to complain about…
When Cliff Young’s opened back in 1984, it was the hottest restaurant in town — a beautiful space on East 17th Avenue that was full of beautiful people eating beautiful food. After that run ended in ’93, Young wound up moving to France, where he bought an old manor house…
Garbanzo Mediterranean Grill, a Centennial fast-casual concept restaurant chain, opens its fifth store today in Park Meadows, at 8225 South Chester in Englewood. Created in 2007 by Alon Mor, Garbanzo’s serves pitas, shwarma, falafel hummus and other mixed Mediterranean specialties with a healthy (no trans fat, no preservatives) bent. Its…
