In the early years Monsanto, the St. Louis biotech giant helped pioneer such leading chemicals as DDT, PCBs and Agent Orange. Unfortunately, these breakthroughs had a tendency to kill stuff. And the torrent of lawsuits that came from random killing put a crimp on long-term profitability. So Monsanto hatched a…
Rafael Najera just opened Agave Taco Bar in Washington Park, in the former home of The Local. Najera is the longtime executive chef of Washington Park Grille and Max Gill and Grill, and Agave is owned by the same pair who own those two restaurants. And what’s on the menu…
For the most recent Chef and Tell, Lori Midson interviewed pastry chef Jason Lebeau of Coohills, who revealed that “only the people who went somewhere else first…and had dinner there” only eat dessert first. But it was his response to another question that raised the ire of one reader. See…
When Mayor Michael Hancock delivered his third State of the City speech on July 15, he skipped the clunky slogan that has echoed in so many other mayoral talks: “Delivering a world-class city where everyone matters.” But apparently he was just giving it a brief rest, because the phrase was…
Highland is changing, fast, and for proof you don’t need to look further than the block of West 32nd Avenue that for two decades was home to both the original Common Grounds and the first Heidi’s Deli. But Common Grounds dried up in April (it will reopen in Sunnyside) and…
Love him or hate him, at least Guy Fieri brings national attention to some worthy local restaurants, including Cora Faye’s Cafe, which was featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives last month. Fieri raved about chef/owner Priscilla Smith’s fried chicken, pork neck bones, collard greens, cabbage, hush puppies and chitlins. See…
Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey has formally charged a group of men accused of assaulting two victims and intimidating a witness early last Saturday morning in LoDo, at about the same time that Shaquille Hargrove, an airman stationed at Buckley Air Force Base, was fatally shot in the same area…
Should Colorado’s Make My Day Law be expanded? That was one of the questions posed by Alan Prendergast’s cover story this week, which looks into the almost-thirty-year history of the 1985 law that helped shape Colorado’s favorable approach to defensive gun use in the home, even as state lawmakers have…
This week Lori Midson moved to another part of the kitchen for an interview with Jason Lebeau, who’s been the pastry chef at Coohills since Tom Coohill decided to open his welcoming restaurant on the edge of LoDo. For those who want to follow in his floury footsteps, Lebeau has…
What’s the most dangerous stretch of road in Colorado? After the slaying of an airman in LoDo last Saturday, some people might say 15th and Market streets. Anyone who’s gotten stuck on the mean streets of Cherry Creek might suggest First Avenue. But our nomination this week is Marksheffel Road…
Does that fellow on the right look like the face of the University of Denver to you? (No need to answer if you had a few too many brewskis at the Stadium Inn last night — we know your answer is yes.) Last month, DU sent a survey to 75,000…
International luminaries have descended on Denver for the second Biennial of the Americas, which continues through Saturday. So it was fitting that on last night’s regular Wednesday ride, the Denver Cruisers acted like tourists in their own town, snapping photos as they rode through the streets in their Hawaiian shirts,…
Fire up! Expect a packed house at 8 a.m. today, when Denver’s Independent Audit Committee will be briefed on the “eagerly anticipated audit” of Denver’s Medical Marijuana licensing and regulation process. For the audit, the Denver Auditor’s Office assessed the policies and practices of the Department of Excise and Licenses’…
Richard Koca traveled the world as a military officer and do-gooder who co-founded StandUp for Kids, a non-profit homeless-youth charity. But what, exactly, did he do? Last Friday, 71-year-old Koca was convicted on 22 counts of sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust. The…
It is going to be hot today. It was a hot day two years ago, when Alonzo Ashley was at the Denver Zoo, went to get a drink of water at the fountain, and set off a chain of events that resulted in his death at the hands of the…
Recognizing that libraries are going to need to rethink their missions in order to remain relevant, the Aurora Public Library opened computer centers at the city’s Moorhead and Beck Recreation Centers earlier this year. Last month, it added a public computer center, featuring eleven computers with web availability, in front…
Want a workout? You don’t need to go to one of Denver’s many parks, or even to a for-profit gym. You can just go to the next meeting of Denver City Council’s Land Use, Transportation & Infrastructure Committee. Yesterday, the committee took public comments on a proposal to charge fees…
The first Chipotle Mexican Grill opened on July 13, 1993 at 1644 East Evans. From that single store, founder Steve Ell built an empire, an empire based on the concept of bringing fine-dining standards to fast-casual — and also emphasizing locally sourced, quality ingredients. To mark the twentieth anniversary of…
Road rage is all the rage these days. Last Friday, the Boulder District Attorney revealed that no charges will be filed against Shepherd Wolfe, the driver who was involved in a July 4 accident that injured Australian triathlete Richie Cunningham. Initially, reports had said that Wolf had passed several cyclists,…
After weeks of delays, the third season of the Homeless Diamond is about to start on Sonny Lawson Field, the newly restored park at the edge of Five Points. This has been a ballfield for decades — since long before Jack Kerouac watched a game here in 1949, which he…
“No exercise groups of any size permitted in this area.” Those signs started popping up around Denver parks this year, discouraging groups of early-morning runners and mid-morning mommies pushing strollers in syncopated workouts. The city’s crack-down on organized exercise seems so ludicrous that it even rated a story in the…
It’s been a hot season for chef moves, but last week’s revelation that John Broening will team up, again, with Robert Thompson at Le Grand Bistro & Oyster Bar was a stunner. The two worked together at La Brasserie Rouge, a wonderful French bistro that closed almost as soon as…
