The name “Commerce City” may not be the most marketable. Still, two years ago residents voted two-to-one to keep the business-boosterish name. But that doesn’t mean Commerce City can’t work on its tarnished image — and, in fact, it’s paying a consultant $80,000 to help bring high-end projects to the…
Late last week, the big banner went up on the Sugar House, Scottie Ewing’s controversial club at 1395 West Alameda Avenue, proclaiming that as of June 1, it would be serving “Denver’s sexiest lunch.” What, a special on New York strip? Salad, hold the dressing?…
The Highland branch of Pasquini’s, at 2400 West 32nd Avenue, is going for a cabaret license so that it can offer live music at the restaurant, which has become quite the hipster hangout as well as a major pizza purveyor. The hearing is at 9 a.m. tomorrow at the Department…
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the “Rush to the Rockies.” As rumors of the May 1859 gold find echoed back east, hordes of fortune-hunters started the arduous trek across the plains to the confluence of the Platte and Cherry Creek. Many never made it to what was then…
News from Cherry Creek: The space at 287 Columbine Street that had been Java Creek, that neighborhood hot spot, then became C.R.E.A.M, is now turning into Café Colorado, and will be renovated to include a more complete kitchen…
James Mazzio had hoped that the Icehouse Tavern, the replacement that the Momo brothers are putting into the former home of Via at 1801 Wynkoop Street, would be ready to go by June 1. But the place is going through a complete overhaul — with award-winning chef Mazzio doing some…
Cheba Hut is coming to the 16th Street Mall this summer, bringing its “counter-culture” sandwiches, including Kind, Kush and Chronic. But according to Matt Clark-Johnson, co-owner of this store as well as the Boulder franchise of the Tempe, Arizona-based chain, Cheba is about more than pot references. “it’s juvenile, but…
Here’s the great thing about a book. Once you have it in your hands, it never goes offline. The Denver Office of Cultural Affairs hasn’t been so lucky with the web site where the city’s residents are invited to help choose the next One Book, One Denver selection. Voting allegedly…
The venerable Castle Bar, at 6657 South Broadway, has new owners: Tapp (great name for a tavern owner!) and Kara Smith. After several years in the bar and restaurant business (Tapp most recently at an Old Chicago on South Wadsworth Boulevard and Kara at the Elephant Bar in Belmar), the…
KJ’s Coffee Bar opened last summer at 1710 East 25th Avenue, but it finally held its grand opening celebration on May 23. And KJ’s could soon have more reason to celebrate. This community gathering place for the Whittier neighborhood is going for a beer/wine liquor license, with a hearing slated…
RESTAURANT OPENINGS IN MAY Belemonti’s Pizzeria, 644 Santa Fe Drive Otto’s Grill, 2200 Market Street Pho on 6th, 1312 East Sixth Avenue Olivea, 719 East 17th Avenue Buffalo Wild Wings, 15570 West 64th Avenue, Arvada Recovery Room, 819 Colorado Boulevard Pizza Republica, 5375 Landmark Place, Greenwood Village Gelato Spot, 607…
Now that we won’t be spending the week buying our Birdman hair gel and getting our support-the-Nuggets tats, it’s time to get back to reality. And there’s plenty of that. Today marks the start of Denver’s “Home Renovation Bonanza,” a two-week period in which homeowners and licensed contractors can get…
The billboard that appeared a few weeks ago was just a tease; as this morning’s drive-by view of the future LoHi SteakBar shows, the project has a long way to go before chef/partner Sean Kelly can serve up a nice, medium-rare sirloin in the building at 3200 Tejon Street that…
The burrito wars are heating up on North Federal Boulevard, with a new Santiago’s and Jack-n-Grill duking it out in the 2500 block, and Taqueria Mi Pueblo offering $1.99 breakfast burritos, as well as other authentic Mexican fare, just two blocks away at 2300 Federal. And Mi Pueblo could soon…
The U.S. Department of Education is eliminating several regional director jobs, disappointing Coloradans hoping for an appointment, the Denver Post reports today. According to a notice outlining the job eliminations,”These political appointees have not had substantial policy or administrative functions.” Maybe not while they were in the office — but…
Tony’s Market opened its fourth location, at 950 Broadway, on Monday. And today that store will introduce an amenity that none of those other Tony’s outposts can boast: The Bistro, which will not only serve foods made in the Tony’s kitchen (and its on-site pizza oven), but will also be…
Construction is already under way on a second Snooze slated to open sometime this summer at 700 Colorado Boulevard. And today will be critical for fans of Snooze breakfasts, and those eye-opening cocktails: The liquor-license hearing for the new location is set for 1:30 p.m. at the Wellington E. Webb…
John Hickenlooper’s political career was launched when the then-barkeep campaigned to keep the name “Mile High Stadium” at the new football palace the taxpayers were building for Pat Bowlen and the Denver Broncos. Hick didn’t win that one: The stadium district overseeing the project sold the naming rights to Invesco,…
Suspicions confirmed: We are not alone. “Media workers are the heaviest drinking professionals in England, consuming the equivalent of more than four bottles of wine or more than 19 pints of beer a week, according to government research,” the Guardian reports here. “People in the profession drink an average of…
The corner of 32nd Avenue and Tejon is hopping. Cebiche’s old home is (slowly) turning into Chavin, and the North Star Brewery is being transformed into the LoHi SteakBar. And right between the two, Mary Janes Pizza will open in June at 2013 West 32nd Avenue. According to the flier…
Former Westword staffer and Denver native Julie Jargon is now a reporter at the Wall Street Journal, on the restaurant beat, and proving with every story just how interesting the restaurant industry can be. Last week’s front-page story, “A Fan Hits a Roadblock on a Drive to See Every Starbucks,”…
Yes, we know the class of 2009 is graduating into a world that does not give extra credit for spelling skills, or fact-checking. As proof, Boulder Valley School District handed out 395 diplomas to Monarch High grads with the wrong town listed for the school — it’s in Louisville, not…
