Denver architect Peter Dominick suffered a fatal heart attack on New Year’s Day while he was cross-country skiing near Aspen, where he frequently vacationed. A prominent figure in the local architectural community, he was from an equally prominent family: his late father was a Colorado senator, also named Peter Dominick,…
I haven’t been so wrong about a political pick since I predicted that then-Lieutenant Governor Joe Rogers would lead a crowded pack in the Republican primary for the congressional seat ultimately claimed by Democrat Ed Perlmutter. Governor Bill Ritter just announced that he’ll hold a news conference at 2 p.m…
At gatherings on New Year’s Day, the talk was all about when Governor Bill Ritter will announce a new senator — and, of course, just who his pick will be to replace Ken Salazar, Barack Obama’s choice to head the Department of the Interior. Technically, there’s no hurry; Salazar’s confirmation…
The Jet Entertainment Group may be the busiest boys in chow business. They picked up Nine75 (975 Lincoln Street) right after Jim Sullivan closed it this fall, and reopened it in a matter of days. They’re finishing up a project at the Jet Hotel, at 1612 Wazee Street, to make…
Want a taste of the town’s best restaurants? We’re whetting your appetite by publishing our Best of Denver 2009 Readers’ Poll earlier than ever — in this week’s paper and right here online. What’s the best new restaurant in town? In the Best of Denver 2008, Izakaya Den took that honor…
Steuben’s, the bar/restaurant at 523 East 17th Avenue that opened at 11 a.m. yesterday, will stay open until 3 p.m. today — when its staff will take a well-deserved rest after 28 hours of continuous service. We stopped by shortly after 5 p.m. New Year’s Eve, for a celebration-cushioning green chile cheeseburger, the best…
The 1859 Rush to the Rockies started out slow — and cold. On a frigid day in January 1859, prospector George Jackson was camped on a sand bar in Clear Creek when he noticed that the frozen ground laid bare by his fire was glittering. Jackson had been at the…
Cafe Society is off to Steuben’s — which will be open for 24 hours to mark the new year. Feeling fine in 2009!…
Last month, Mark Tarbell told Jason Sheehan that he hoped to open Mark & Isabella, his new restaurant at 425 South Tellar in Belmar, by the end of this year. But we just got word that it won’t officially debut until 2009. Still, given the success of The Oven, this new…
I dropped by Gaetano’s last night for a Tasty Treat (a sausage and green chili strips baked in a pizza crust) and a taste of history. Wynkoop Holdings bought this classic joint back in 2005, taking over a restaurant that started as Ralph and Mamie Smaldone’s Tejon Street Cafe back…
Yesterday afternoon, I posted a note from Marcus Pachner, informing members of the CBHD — the stakeholders’ group working with Shea Properties on its redevelopment of the former University of Colorado Health Sciences campus — that Denver City Council’s public hearing to consider landmark status for two buildings on the site has…
Next Monday’s public hearing before Denver City Council to decide the fate of two historic Hornbein and White buildings on the old University of Colorado campus has been postponed. “Shea has been working closely with Councilwoman Robb and Councilwoman Johnson on the historic designation applications,” wrote Marcus Pachner, a consultant…
It’s that time of year again: time to look back over the last three-sixty-five. It’s been a good year, a long year, a strange year. From lunching in Manhattan to getting weird during the DNC to a magical meal at Beatrice & Woodsley (above) to the financial collapse, there’s been…
Last week, Jason Sheehan returned to Table 6 — a restaurant that he found even closer to perfect than the last time he reviewed it, back in November 2004, when Esquire’s Jay Mariani had just named it one of the 21 best new restaurants in the country. The ownership has changed…
Diana DeGette has told Governor Bill Ritter that she’s not interested in replacing Ken Salazar in the U.S. Senate. “After serious deliberation and consultation with my family, supporters and colleagues in Congress,” she announced today, “I have concluded I can best serve the citizens of the First Congressional District and…
Under its original plans, Houston’s would be open by now. And according to the last published report, the restaurant would still open by February 2009. But Houston’s — part of the Hillstone Restaurant Group, which also owns the Cherry Creek Grill — will be moving into an entirely new building now under construction…
Just checked in with Leigh Sullivan to find out the status of TAG Restaurant, the long-anticipated spot that she and her husband, Troy Guard (TAG, get it?), are creating at 1441 Larimer Street. Back in August, Leigh and Troy were looking at a February 1 opening for the restaurant, which…
Los Cabos II promises “puro Peru,” and as Jason Sheehan found when he reviewed Los Cabos, it makes good on that promise. The restaurant at 1525 Champa Street that won our Best Central/South American Restaurant in the Best of Denver 2008 recently added another authentic dish to the lineup: Peruvian…
The January Esquire features profiles of fifty prominent Americans, one pegged to each state, talking about “What I’ve Learned.” And who did the mag pick to represent celebrity-starved Colorado? An elder statesman like Gary Hart? (BTW, he’s my dark-horse candidate to return to the U.S. Senate.) An old standby like Judy…
Where once we thanked heaven for the chance to buy even 3.2 beer on a Sunday, grocery and convenience stores are no longer content to sell just that watered-down stuff — particularly since they face significant competition from liquor stores, which as of July 1, 2008, can now open on…
Flying back into Denver Sunday, I looked for the wreckage of the Continental Airlines flight that had veered off a runway, careened down a hill and landed in a ravine, where it caught fire. That was back on December 20 — and the plane is still there, clearly visible to…
Many years ago, we spent long hours drinking slivovitz — a plum brandy — at the century-old bar at the Portulaca Cafe, a little dive at 321 East 45th Avenue in the heart of Globeville. Now we hear that the White Owl is roosting in the old Portulaca space, and is…
