Did you stay in Denver this holiday weekend? Then it’s time to get up and get in line for brunch! We recently updated our lists of the ten best brunches and ten best breakfast restaurants in Denver, which are full of ideas for where to eat. Says Peri: Looks we’ve…
Last Saturday, June 25, marked the biggest festival in the 22-year history of the Westword Music Showcase, which spanned more than a dozen stages around Denver’s Golden Triangle and featured nearly 100 local bands and artists across many genres. This lineup was drawn from the finalist nominees for the 2016…
If there ever was a weekend to embrace your inner hippie, this Fourth of July weekend is it. While there’s big shows like Dead & Company and Umphrey’s McGee (each in town for two-night stands), there’s also Dead tribute acts Dark Star Orchestra and Shakedown Street as well as Blues Traveler’s…
The Fourth of July isn’t just about fireworks and freedom — there’s also beer and barbecue! Just in time for this holiday weekend, Colorado’s craft brewers have released an unprecedented number of brand-new canned and bottled beers. Jonathan Shikes recently served up a guide to 25 of these new brews —…
Brothers Toshi and Yasu Kizaki already hold down the corner of South Pearl Street and East Florida Avenue with their trio of restaurants: Sushi Den, Izakaya Den and Ototo. But now they’ve added something the area needs even more than another restaurant: a parking structure on the east side of…
Where was Jelly? Elaine McCarthy O’Neill The Eggs Benedict with their incredible hollandaise sauce at Snooze is beyond amazing. By far our favorite place for brunch, totally worth any wait! Like · Reply · Message · 2 · Yesterday at 8:47am Alex Morquecho Alex Morquecho Anna Marie Coronado-Ramos here’s some…
English Two-Tone ska band The Selecter will be at the Gothic Theatre on Saturday, October 8. Tickets ($25-$40) go on sale Friday, July 1, at 10 a.m. The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band and Supersuckers co-headline the Gothic Theatre on Friday, October 8. Tickets ($20-$22) go on sale Thursday, June…
When it’s hot outside, Fashion Denver’s Brandi Shigley heads for the pool, and on Sunday, June 26, she brought the Splash Fashion Market along for the swim. While hand-picked Denver designers and businesses showcased their wares poolside, all the fashionistas got cool at the pool. All photos by Ken Hamblin…
The 22nd Westword Music Showcase, on Saturday, June 25, was one for the ages, featuring for the first time two main stages, as well as nearly 100 local bands who played hard through power outages and a short rain in the Golden Triangle. With so much to hear, see and…
This week you can take in fabulous fiction, environmental activism or hard-driving slam poetry this week in bookstores and on stages along the Front Range. Word! Benjamin Hale, The Fat Artist & Other Stories Boulder Book Store 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 28 $5 voucher required If you like fiction that…
Does every newly hot Denver neighborhood need a nickname? LoHi was just part of Highland — or was that the Northside? — until Lola helped start the transition that turned that area into a major dining destination almost a decade ago. The Butcher Block was one of the few spots…
On Tuesday, Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals return to Red Rocks, while Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band (featuring Todd Rundgren, Steve Lukather, Richard Page, Gregg Rolie, Warren Ham and Gregg Bissonnette) play at the Paramount. Brand New and Modest Mouse co-headline Red Rocks on Wednesday, and Zeds Dead…
During last weekend’s Denver Comic Con at the Colorado Convention Center, the streets of Denver were full of people wearing costumes saluting their favorite comics characters and superheroes, in a celebration of the scene. But one spectator was not impressed. Says Amanda: Dressing up in black and red lingerie and calling…
Yesterday morning a car smashed into Cigars on Sixth, which we called the “ultimate man cave” when we awarded it Best Cigar Bar in the Best of Denver 2013 (which was the last year we gave that award). Although the cigar store has seating just on the other side of what…
Heads up! The 2016 Westword Music Showcase is tomorrow, Saturday, June 25! If you want to buy a ticket the day of the show, prices increase to $55 for General Admission and $125 for VIP. Now here’s how to survive the day of fun and exhausted eardrums: We’ve all been…
Brunch is definitely Denver’s favorite meal, but breakfast burritos may be this city’s favorite dish. Is there another town in the country where breakfast burrito vendors go from office to office every weekday morning? Is there another city in the country where cars line up so that their drivers can…
David Kimball, the longtime senior regional publicist for Landmark Theatres, is leaving Denver this weekend to return to his hometown of Tulsa. He left this goodbye letter to his adopted hometown: There are so many things I’ll miss about Denver when I move away soon. Here are just a few:…
Hipsters are popping up all over the place, including discussions of two recent Food stories: our report on the opening of Chuey’s Fu’s Latin-Asian Grub, and our list of the Ten Best Falafel Spots in Denver. First stop, Santa Fe Drive, where Chuey’s Fu’s just landed — and one reader…
Westword Music Showcase, featuring Dillon Francis, Matt and Kim, Cold War Kids, New Politics, HEALTH and more, is tomorrow at venues around the Golden Triangle. Widespread Panic makes its annual trip to Red Rocks with a three-night stand that kicks off tonight while Boston is at Fiddler’s Green tonight and…
Thousands of dedicated cosplayers and comics geeks stormed Denver Comic Con 2016 over the weekend of June 17-19, 2016, for a glorious glimpse of such celebrities as Marvel maven Stan Lee, the latest in comic culture and, thanks to all the costumes, each other. Photographers Aaron Thackeray and Danielle Lirette…
After blending the flavors and street-food stylings of Mexico, Korea and other Asian and Latin American countries at his food truck, Chuey Fu’s, for years, Joe Knoblich finally has a permanent home for his efforts. Chuey Fu’s Latin-Asian Grub is open at 1131 Santa Fe Drive, in a space that…
South African rap act Die Antwoord, who played the Ogden Theatre in 2012, returns to the venue on Monday, September 26. Tickets ($36.50) go on sale on Friday, June 24 at 10 a.m. Phantogram is set to release its third album, Three, in September and headlines the Fillmore Auditorium on Wednesday,…
