Is the fried taco native to Denver? That’s what Gustavo Arellano believes. After trying the tacos fried with cheese inside at Mexico City Restaurant & Lounge, he declared them another Den-Mex original, like the Mexican hamburger and the eggroll-style chile relleno. But a lot of readers couldn’t swallow this revelation, and…
At 11 a.m. on Sunday, November 29, Governor John Hickenlooper will be on the steps of the State Capitol, greeting the participants in the seventeenth annual Sand Creek Massacre Spiritual Healing Run. Last year, on the 150th anniversary of the raid that Colonel John Chivington led on a peaceful camp…
When the stunning History Colorado Center was unveiled three years ago, visitors marveled at the architecture, the atrium floor inlaid with a map of Colorado that told stories about the state, the cool technology. But history fans had one big question: Where’ s all the stuff? History Colorado — which…
The past is coming full circle. On Sunday, November 29, on day four of the seventeenth annual Sand Creek Massacre Spiritual Healing Run, participants will gather by the grave of Captain Silas Soule at Riverside Cemetery, as they have every year since 1999. Then they’ll run into downtown Denver and along Arapahoe…
Denver’s quick response to the legalization of recreational marijuana — the adoption of the 2013 Denver Retail Marijuana Code, and the creation of systems to enforce that code — has won plaudits from around the country and attracted hundreds of government officials to a city-sponsored two-day Marijuana Management Symposium earlier this…
Our current cover story, “A Cut Above,” is about the Denver steak, certainly a more worthy food namesake for the Mile High City than the icky Denver omelette or the abysmal Denver bulldog. But some culinary marvels created in Denver don’t bear the city’s name, and that’s a shame. Last…
Just in time for Thanksgiving — and yet another predicted snowfall — the Lawrence Street Community Center has gotten the green light to open its doors. This is the day-shelter for the homeless that had been in the works for several years, promised back when Denver officials approved the urban-camping ban…
This weekend is your last chance to taste chef Matt Selby’s work at Central Bistro & Bar. The veteran chef came to Isiah Salazar’s place on the edge of Highland in early 2014, a few months after leaving the now-closed Corner House in Jefferson Park. Selby not only revamped the…
When the stunning History Colorado Center was unveiled three years ago, visitors marveled at the architecture, the atrium floor inlaid with a map of Colorado that told stories about the state. But history fans had one big question: Where’s all the stuff? History Colorado — which got its start as…
Rod Tafoya and his Denver-based Mission Yogurt, Inc. have completed the purchase of the building at 1518 South Pearl Street that formerly housed the ambitious, if ill-conceived Session Kitchen created by the Breckenridge-Wynkoop group — and, before that, the original Izakaya Den. But don’t expect this stunning space to become the world’s…
On November 19, the Mayan Theatre will celebrate its 85th birthday — and a last-minute save from the wrecking ball thirty years ago, when preservationists banded together to protect the circa 1930 theater and restore it to all its Mayan Revival glory. But the signs aren’t as positive for a…
Yes, those are the fried tacos at Mexico City Lounge, 2115 Larimer Street, where we’ll be hosting a lunch with Gustavo Arellano, author of Ask a Mexican and an expert on all manner of Mexican food, fried or not, on Thursday, November 19. And the lucky winners of a seat…
There’s been lots of noise coming from construction projects all over Denver — and lots of noise from neighbors of these projects. But no area has seen more development — or more irate neighbors — than northwest Denver. Tonight, those neighbors will be sounding off at Denver City Council Chambers,…
Gustavo Arellano, author of Ask a Mexican and Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America, is coming to town on Thursday. While he’s here, he’s going to do some very hands-on research into a few Mexican dishes that actually got their start in Denver. The Mexican hamburger, for starters, and…
The City of Centennial was on a real high last week, with the announcement that it had just ranked fourth on 247WallSt.com’s “America’s 50 Best Cities to Live In,” up from a still-respectable 26 last year, according to USA Today. In listing the top cities, the site noted that Centennial…
The last time I heard music at the History Colorado Center, it was at an October program on state symbols: Denver Gay Men’s Chorus program director James Knapp sang “Where the Columbines Grow,” Colorado’s first official state song, which just marked its hundredth birthday. Knapp has a spectacular voice, but…
Are you interested in Building a Better Colorado? Are you confused as to why Colorado’s new budget looks gloomy when the state economy is booming? Wonder why we just had to vote on Proposition BB when we thought Amendment 64 had authorized the state to collect marijuana taxes and use…
As I drove south along Speer Boulevard this morning, I passed a dozen sign-fliers — some begging for help, some begging for money, some begging for beer — as well as several new signs posted along Speer by the Denver Police Department warning against trespassing in certain medians, or under…
Dive bars are a dying breed in Denver, as developers buy up — and then clean up (or close altogether) — this town’s classic watering holes. As a result, our list of the top ten dive bars in the metro area requires frequent updating, as some of our favorites disappear. Our…
National Bison Day is November 7, but the celebration has already begun. Last week, in honor of the return of American bison with distinctive Yellowstone bloodlines to northern Colorado, Fort Collins’s Pateros Creek Brewing Company released Prairie Thunder Imperial Brown Ale, to celebrate — and raise money for — the…
The Rocky Flats Lounge has been a landmark on Highway 93 for more than sixty years. Before the building became a bar, it was the original payroll office for the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant, and when it was moved from that top-secret facility to this nearby spot on the…
Rosa Linda’s Mexican Restaurant won its first Best of Denver award in 1985, only a few months after the family-owned eatery had opened at 2005 West 33rd Avenue. It was just the second year of our Best of Denver edition, but we knew a winner when we saw (or tasted…
