Get out the cameras: The Denver Department of Excise and Licenses will begin handing out its first retail marijuana businesses licenses at 8 a.m. today. These are for businesses that have already received their state licenses — Colorado began sending out 348 of those on Monday to applicants in more…
Uh-oh: Denver almost had three OBars. When Dave Query was remodeling the Jax Fish House in LoDo early this year, he thought about nicknaming the place “O-Bar,” in honor of its expansive oyster lineup, but decided against it when he heard that another downtown OBar was in the works. That…
Denver was rolling in dough in 2013. Not only did Dunkin’ Donuts make a major return to the metro area, opening three new stores (including one at Denver International Airport) with more to come, but the legendary Voodoo Doughnut ventured outside of Oregon, opening its first out-of-state store on East…
It was one of the most sadly ironic events of the year: On Labor Day weekend — when the heat was on to catch drunk drivers — cannabis activist Jenny Kush was killed by one of those drink drivers, as related in our September cover story, “The life and tragic…
After the passage of Amendment 64, the City of Denver moved slower than a procrastinating pothead in coming up with a system for handling the recreational marijuana retail stores that could be opening on January 1, 2014 — but it’s really picked up the pace lately. On December 9, it…
Bah humbug! While visions of local sugarplums were dancing in most Denver diners’ heads, one Scrooge took issue with the Denver culinary scene — and Colorado’s image outside of the state. See also: Balls! What does Colorado taste like to you?…
The calls and e-mails keep coming, sometimes several an hour. And they all want to know the same thing: On January 1, where will they be able to buy pot? Good question. The state just released its first list of 136 completed applications for recreational marijuana stores on Monday, but…
Cafe Society is headed out for the holidays, and will be back early Thursday, December 26. In the meantime, want to have a hot Christmas? Sign this petition asking Governor John Hickenlooper to bring Hoy Fong Foods to Colorado — and save Sriracha! For other ways to anticipate the hot-sauce…
PAINT THE TOWN READ! Latest Word is taking a long winter’s nap — until early Thursday, December 26. Until then, enjoy our continuing look back at the last year. Happy holidays!…
For eight days, people had held their breath — and, for the most part, their snark — while hoping that Claire Davis, the seventeen-year-old so grievously injured in the December 13 shooting at Arapahoe High School, would survive. But then came the announcement that she had passed away at 4:29…
Cliff Young and his son, Zach, opened the doors of baRed this past weekend — very, very quietly. But beyond those doors was a stunning renovation of the old stone building at 437 West Colfax Avenue, around the corner from CY Steaks, which Cliff Young also runs. See also: The…
Yesterday was the sixth anniversary of the sad day in December 2007 when Sandy Widener, Westword co-founder, was killed in a car crash that also took the life of her husband, John Parr, and their daughter Chase. Only then-seventeen-year-old Katy Parr survived. Every December 22, I find a reminder in…
I have had the pleasure of writing about Ken Gordon when he was a public defender; when he was a member of the Colorado House of Representatives and the Colorado Senate; when he was a candidate for Colorado Secretary of State and then as founder of cleanslatenow.org, an organization devoted…
Las Margaritas poured its last marg last night. After 25 years, the restaurant has closed for good, and the space will become the home of Robert Thompson’s reincarnated Argyll Whiskey Beer, which looks like a good fit for this increasingly vibrant stretch of East 17th Avenue. Some people will miss…
Tom Martino, the Troubleshooter, found himself in more trouble this weekend when he was arrested for assault and disturbing the peace in a domestic violence incident, and hauled off to the Denver jail (where this mug shot was snapped) while his wife, Holly, was taken to Denver Health. Martino has…
Tom Martino, the Troubleshooter, found himself in more trouble this weekend when he was arrested for assault and disturbing the peace in a domestic violence incident, and hauled off to the Denver jail (where this mug shot was snapped) while his wife, Holly, was taken to Denver Health. Martino has…
On Tuesday night, we shared the worst-kept secret in town: Chipotle Mexican Grill partnered with the founders of Frasca Food and Wine, Bobby Stuckey and Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson, to bring a fast-casual version of Boulder’s Pizzeria Locale to Denver — and maybe one day, the rest of the world. After all,…
Yes, that’s a wreath made of French fries. LoHi SteakBar is definitely in the spirit of the season, and its spud-studded holiday decor just took first place in the LoHi Merchants Group wreath contest, besting two dozen other LoHi businesses, including Uber Sausage and Jezebel’s. See also: LoHi SteakBar is…
Restaurants are rushing to open before the end of the year — and that’s also the time when we’ll suddenly see closures. The sad news started this week, when Ondo’s Spanish Tapas Bar announced that after four years in a subterranean space in Cherry Creek, it will go underground for…
Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson and Bobby Stuckey, founders of Frasca Food and Wine, know the rules of classic pizza-making as well as fine-dining. They’ve been to Italy several times; their team members went there before they launched the original Pizzeria Locale in Boulder 2011. But they broke one of the cardinal rules…
Yesterday Sean Kenyon shared 25 things you never knew about bartender Mikie Mazzotta, who works at the Squire. Kenyon’s been going to this bar for thirteen years — as long as he’s lived in Denver. “It reminds me of the dives that I haunted in Jersey City, so it definitely…
Remember the jingle “Nobody doesn’t like Sara Lee”? That double-negative motto could work just as well for Royal Dansk Danish butter cookies. Jenn Wohletz labeled that tin of cookies one of the worst Xmas foods — but it definitely has its defenders. Here’s just a taste of the responses. See…
