Udi Bar-on and his family got into the food business with the Sandwich Man, a long-defunct shop that opened in 1994. That was the start of Udi’s Foods, which grew so big that the family sold the company for $125 million in 2012. But they kept their group of Udi’s…
The old Hill-Top Bar just north of I-70, at 4907 Lowell Boulevard, was one of the tiniest dives in town — but it had a big group of fans, and that small spot produced a lot of memories. Now the bar is about to be resurrected: as the Rocky Top…
A discussion that started with freezer-burned bread has fermented into a discussion on the nature of reviewing in general — and how it’s changing with technology. Says one reader, “These days (well, since the beginning of restaurant history, but certainly more so in the internet age), a restaurant should be…
Lori Midson has been writing about food longer than a certain decades-old deli has been serving, so when she stopped by this former Best of Denver award-winner for lunch and was presented with a sandwich featuring bread straight from the freezer (see above), it left her cold…and she shared her…
Regulate marijuana like alcohol? Why not celebrate it with alcohol? That’s what West Flanders Brewing in Boulder did last week, changing the name of one of its beers from Woodshed Smoked Porter to Recreational Smoke to celebrate the end of pot prohibition — and help bring competing bud/beer factions together…
Despite obvious interest across the country, Colorado’s big tourism boosters are still shying away from any reference to recreational marijuana: On Colorado.com, the Colorado Tourism Office’s otherwise expansive site, and Coloradoski.com, Colorado Ski Country USA’s site, searching for “marijuana” nets you exactly…nothing. But some tourism businesses see the possibilities: “We’re…
On January 2, we posted our Restaurant Roll Call for 2013, listing the hundreds of restaurants and bars that had opened in 2013 — and the dozens of restaurants and bars that had closed. One of those that shut its doors: Cebiche. No, not the Cebiche on West 32nd Avenue…
The 404 Club was one of Denver’s last true dives — and now Jerry Feld, the man who bought a bar at 404 Broadway before he was old enough to have a liquor license and then ran it as Club 404 for six decades, has passed away after an illness…
This morning Dan Caplis, former KHOW radio host, joined onetime colleague Peter Boyles on KNUS 710 AM, where the popular talk-show host moved this summer after being let go by Clear Channel. And Caplis, who’d called in from Florida, wasn’t on-air to chat with Boyles about the surf; he was…
Timing is everything. The latest Dunkin’ Donuts store, at 2001 Sheridan Boulevard, opened at the very end of 2013 — right in time to enjoy a big boom in business from those waiting in line to buy legal pot at the nearby Northern Lights on January 1. But the grand…
Editor’s note: We’re counting down the most popular Latest Word posts of 2013 — and at last, we’ve reached No. 1. Read it as originally published. November 19, 2013: Central City is used to making history. The Rush to the Rockies got its start in May 1859, when John Gregory…
Concern over the University of Colorado’s treatment of sociology professor Patti Adler is rippling through the academic world. Yesterday the National Coalition Against Censorship , ACLU of Colorado, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education and Student Press Law Center issued a joint statement taking aim at CU for its attempts…
Yesterday Jonathan Shikes poured out his list of twenty of his favorite Colorado craft beers from 2013. And like many of the brews themselves, some readers found the subject matter very refreshing. See also: 20 of our favorite Colorado craft beers from 2013…
After more than a year of delays, construction will finally start this month on Tavern Platt Park, the Tavern Hospitality Group restaurant going into the former home of India’s Pearl at 1475 South Pearl Street. Initially, THG’s Frank Schultz had hoped to break ground on the project in August 2012…
Veteran restaurateur Cliff Young and his son, Zach Young, encountered many obstacles trying to open baRed, the bar/lounge at 437 West Colfax Avenue. But they finally opened the doors last month, just in time for New Year’s Eve. “With live blues and two crimson floodlights creating columns of light visible…
caWhat’s on your culinary bucket list for 2014? Love it or hate it, many people will be visiting Casa Bonita, that Pepto Bismol-pink palace. Says Aloh: “I don’t care what anyone says, it’s an experience you have to have in your life.” For your kid’s sake, if not your own,…
Update below: The DenverDepartment of Excise and Licenses just updated its list of stores now fully licensed to sell recreational marijuana on January 1 — although there’s no guarantee that all eighteen will be open tomorrow. Although the lion’s share of the retail applicants are in Denver, 25 more municipalities…
Before the ball drops tonight, the cops could get a drop on you: Once again, the Colorado Department of Transportation and the Colorado State Patrol have teamed up with 76 law-enforcement agencies throughout Colorado to increase DUI enforcement through Thursday, January 2. During last year’s New Year’s Eve enforcement period,…
Bah humbug! The day after Christmas, we posted a comment from a reader who advised, “If you’re looking for ‘local regional fare,’ forget it here.” But other readers rose to defend Denver’s rapidly expanding scene. See also: Reader says if you’re looking for “local regional fare,” forget it here…
Do touch that dial! Because when you switch on your radio after the new year’s festivities, you’ll find some changes at Denver’s local talk stations. Peter Boyles, who moved to KNUS 710 AM after Clear Channel fired him last summer, is beating the competition at his new gig, which will…
Upper Larimer Street was busy Saturday morning — as it is almost every Saturday these days. That wasn’t the case twenty years ago; even as LoDo was starting to boom, this stretch was known as NoDough, and filled with pawn shops, empty storefronts, dive bars and hole-in-the-wall eateries. But today…
Over the past twelve months, Mark Antonation has hit 53 eateries in just under six miles — a distance he could easily cover in less than twenty minutes, depending on traffic and luck. “But in taking a year to travel the distance,” he writes, “I’ve gained an appreciation for the…
