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Reader: When You Give Women Rights, They Like It So Much They Actually Move Here

By Westword ReadersDecember 22, 2024

Young men are no longer in the majority in Denver, exploding the myth of “Menver.”

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Reader: Taco House Reminds Me of My Ex, So I’m Not Going to Miss It

By Westword ReadersDecember 15, 2024

“Our grandfather’s vision was to operate an affordable Mexican food restaurant, offering one of the first carry-out options in Denver.”

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Reader: Operation Aurora Can’t Come Fast Enough

By Westword ReadersDecember 15, 2024

Two years ago today, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston announced a state of emergency over the flood of migrants. Now Donald Trump is preparing to deport them.

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Reader: I Don’t Think I’ve Driven Once Here Without Seeing a Traffic Violation

By Westword ReadersDecember 14, 2024

Safety laws may be “dangerously” inadequate, but so is enforcement of the current laws on Colorado roadways.

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Reader: Buc-ee’s Is Just a Gas Station. Get Over It

By Westword ReadersDecember 8, 2024

A second Buc-ee’s is proposed for Colorado, right off I-25 near Palmer Lake. Some residents aren’t happy.

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Reader: Every Restaurant Should Be Vegan

By Westword ReadersDecember 1, 2024

The closing of the last two Meta Burger locations inspires a discussion of veganism in general.

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Reader: They’re Gentrifying All the Festivals Away, Like Five Points Jazz

By Westword ReadersDecember 1, 2024

The annual festival brought musicians and thousands of fans to Welton Street, the heart of Denver’s historic Black neighborhood.

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Reader: Larimer Square Is Not Exactly Tiananmen Square

By Westword ReadersNovember 30, 2024

After Mayor Mike Johnston talked about defending Denver from mass deportation, the incoming border czar said he was “willing to put him in jail.”

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Reader: Your Opinion About Politics Isn’t as Important as My Love Life

By Westword ReadersNovember 24, 2024

Should you only date people who share political beliefs?

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Reader: Did Denver Need Another Taco Shop?

By Westword ReadersNovember 24, 2024

“It’s a very tough and challenging landscape for restaurants to survive in Denver right now.”

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Reader: Will Pickleball Courts Be Completed Before Trend Passes?

By Westword ReadersNovember 23, 2024

The city has long wondered what to do with the vacant space at the corner of Broadway and Colfax, by the bus station.

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Reader: Leave Casa Bonita Alone! Let Them Be Successful!

By Westword ReadersNovember 17, 2024

The pink eatertainment palace has had to deal with a jammed reservation system, a unionization effort and now a potentially smelly situation.

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Reader: Tesla Pickup Less of a Cybertruck and More of a Cyberjoke

By Westword ReadersNovember 17, 2024

Over 400 Coloradans have shelled out upwards of $100,000 for the pickups.

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Reader: Señor Burritos Leaving? Businesses Are Dropping Like Flies in Baker

By Westword ReadersNovember 10, 2024

The family plans to reopen in Westminster.

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Reader: Secretary of State Jena Griswold’s Gotta Go

By Westword ReadersNovember 10, 2024

The password page problem is just the latest incident in the Colorado Secretary of State’s reign of errors.

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Reader: Loved the Original Jack N Grill, Happy to Support the Martinez Family!

By Westword ReadersNovember 3, 2024

The family-owned New Mexican eatery opened in 2000 on Federal Boulevard but closed in 2018. Now a son has brought back the concept.

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Reader: I Hope They Don’t Change a Damn Thing at Grandpa’s Burger Haven

By Westword ReadersOctober 27, 2024

A new owner just took over the seventy-year-old burger joint.

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Reader: Rude? I Think Guys Have the Same Descriptive Word for Denver Women, Too

By Westword ReadersOctober 26, 2024

The most common word women use to describe men in Colorado is “rude,” according to a poll from DatingAdvice.com. Colorado men disagree.

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Reader: Bar Nun Is About As Mellow As It Gets for Cap Hill

By Westword ReadersOctober 20, 2024

Want peace and quiet? Maybe it’s time to move to the suburbs.

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Reader: Doesn’t Trump Have Better Things to Do Than Visit Aurora?

By Westword ReadersOctober 6, 2024

On September 18, the former president said he’d be here to check out those Venezuelan gangs within two weeks. We’re still waiting.

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‘Could You Possibly Post Something Remotely Positive About Dating?’

By Westword ReadersOctober 5, 2024

After “The Nine Kinds of Single Women You Meet in Denver,” he’s looking for a happy story.

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Reader: Colorado – Come for the Blow, Stay for the Snow

By Westword ReadersSeptember 29, 2024

This state was just named the country’s top spot for cocaine use…again.

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