As protesters rally around the country at Tea Parties protesting Wall Street greed and increasing government incursions into private pocketbooks (Peter Boyles is broadcasting live from the State Capitol right now on KHOW/630 AM, although the Denver protest doesn’t officially start until noon), we get the final chapter in the…
At 6:30 p.m. tonight, April 15, Flagstaff House exec chef/partner Mark Monette will offer a five-course meal at his Boulder restaurant, with two beer pairings – a “complement” and a “contrast” – for each course, all designed by Adam Avery, president of Avery Brewing Co. The dinner is $68 per…
Common Grounds, the popular LoDo coffeehouse that’s a sibling of the original in northwest Denver, barely missed a beat when it moved last week from 1601 17th Street across the street to 1550 17th, in the old Sugarbeat Café space (the entrance is on Wazee Street). But somewhere along the…
Paula Woodward’s departure from Channel 9 is not good news — except for loafing workers and, probably, Woodward herself. She deserves a break after 32 years at the station, 32 years that have seen some major changes in the television business. Woodward popped up in one of the first issues…
When we first visited Sketch, the new wine bar tucked into the old 1st Avenue Hotel at 101 Broadway, we took note of its location facing Big Lots and its bar manager, Charlie Master, who’d injected much-needed humor into Cherry Creek with his white-trash specials at Brix, and immediately suggested…
At 6 p.m. tonight, chef/owner Eric Skokan will offer a “Barrel Tasting Dinner” at Black Cat, 1964 13th Street in Boulder. The five-course dinner, with pairings from BookCliff Vineyards, is $55; to RSVP, call 303-444-5500…
State Senate President Peter Groff will be heading to Washington, D.C. after this legislative session ends to take a job in the Department of Education pushing faith-based programs. But first, he’s keeping the faith that the state’s $17.9 billion budget bill will be approved by the Senate today. The most…
At 7:30 p.m. tonight, the Boulder Bookstore at 1107 Pearl will host a book-signing with Casson Trenor, author of Sustainable Sushi. For more details, go to www.boulderbookstore.com or check out Tyler Nemkov’s story on the event…
Taco Bell has resurrected last year’s deal, recounted here by Adam Cayton-Holland: If the Colorado Rockies score seven runs and win the game, from 4 to 6 p.m. the next day you can get four tacos for a buck at any Colorado Taco Bell. But this year, there’s a hitch:…
For months, the sign on the boarded-up space in Concourse A taunted us: The Denver ChopHouse & Brewery would be opening a branch at the airport. But when?Turns out, sometime last weekend — in the middle of a Westword writer’s trip back East. Sometimedturing his travels, this outpost of the…
Denver District Court Judge Larry Naves has yet to rule on whether the University of Colorado must give Ward Churchill his job back or pay to make him go away. But CU has already promised that it will “vigorously challenge” any effort by Churchill to rejoin the faculty. “Vigorously challenge”?…
Rush down to Old Town Littleton this morning for the opening of Lola’s Sugar Rush, a store that stocks old-time and nostalgic candy. Owner Lola Salazar will smash a giant lollipop to open her place at 10 a.m.; it’s located at 2490 West Main Street, where the party will continue…
Pinnacol Assurance gets a glowing endorsement in today’s Denver Post from former Governor Bill Owens, who notes that “in 2002, I signed a law requiring Pinnacol Assurance to operate like a business, meaning its liabilities would not be the state’s responsibility, while its assets were specifically protected from seizure by…
The “Soup for the Soul” fundraiser for Porter Hospice and St. Anthony Hospice that was snowed out two weeks ago has been rescheduled for 5:30 p.m. tonight at the Sheraton Downtown Hotel. Tickets issued for March 26 are still good, and they’re also for sale at $90 each at 303-715-7612…
3 Sons has closed its original location at 2915 West 44th Avenue, in anticipation of a May move to 14805 West 64th Avenue in Arvada. Susan and Michael Scarafiotti bought the venerable old Italian joint in March 2004 — which means they weren’t responsible for the place back when Jason…
An hour after getting all the appropriate permits, the long-awaited Houston’s finally opened this past weekend at 303 Josephine Street. This sibling of the Cherry Creek Grill and other restaurants in the Hillstone chain has an expansive, sleek dining room and an inexplicable eleven seats at the bar. Eleven seats?…
“In this country, we have to let every child — it doesn’t matter if they are documented or undocumented — live the American dream and have a chance to go to college,” Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said yesterday on a tour of Bruce Randolph School with Michael Bennet, the…
“Fork the recession!” That’s the word from the Colorado Restaurant Association, which today will launch a campaign designed to make us forget the lousy economy and instead “feed the recovery” by dining out at one of Colorado’s 10,500 eating establishments. For details, go to www.coloradorestaurant.com. Get “Happy on the Hill”…
A strong, independent streak runs through Colorado politics, a vein of common sense that cuts across party lines — and leads straight to Ari Armstrong, the creator of FreeColorado.com, and a man always ready to smack down political correctness. When Independence Institute head Jon Caldara was slapped for saying “bitch…
Today from 5:30 to 7 p.m., Marczyk Fine Foods will host a wine tasting at Tamayo in Larimer Square. The focus is “sexy Spanish wines from sexy Spanish women winemakers,” and it’s billed as a ladies-only event — but the sexy Tamayo bar might be a good place for men…
The pert young anchor turned to the avuncular weathercaster. “So,” she said. “What happened to that eight big inches you promised me last night?” The inches have changed over the years — to ten, to twelve — as the story takes on all the trappings of an urban legend, but…
Bistro Vendome, the great French restaurant tucked into the side of Larimer Square, will introduce its Stinky Cheese Tour de France tonight. Every week this month, the restaurant is offering a progressive dinner made from regional stinky cheeses of France; if you purchase each course, you’re eligible for a complimentary…
