As people for their favorite barbecue spot in the metro area, and the conversation immediately gets hot. But as the Best of Denver 2016 approaches, one reader wants to get right to the meat of the matter. Asks Pat: Where’s the best barbecue? ‘Cause I’m from the hood, and I have not found…
This week’s lineup include’s B. Dolan tonight at the Walnut Room, Magma Tuesday at the Gothic Theatre, They Might Be Giants at the Ogden Theatre on Wednesday and Santigold at the Ogden on Thursday. See the full list of our picks below. MONDAY, MARCH 21 Alt Nation Advance Placement Tour…
Teague Bohlen has been visiting neighborhoods around Denver, detailing what makes their residents really, really mad. His most recent tour took him to the area recently dubbed SoBro, which did not make his list of Seven Things That Make Baker District Residents Really, Really Mad — although the Baker District…
What better way to celebrate this first day of spring than with a delicious fresh pastry? We just rounded up the Eleven Best Bakeries in Denver, and while readers wondered why certain spots didn’t make the cut — where was Grateful Bread? Taste of Denmark? Gateaux? GoochieCakes? — several of…
Colorado celebrated National Ag Day this week, as members of the Colorado Ag Council showed off their skills — and products created in Colorado — during a Colorado Ag Day luncheon at the State Capitol. But is there really such a thing as a free lunch? Says Sandee: Would be nice…
This week, Gretchen Kurtz chatted with chef Max MacKissock, chef/partner at new Italian sensation Bar Dough, who dished on his favorite hidden gems in Denver, including Buchi Cafe Cubano. Across town, Mark Antonation visited another Cuban gem, the Cuba Bakery & Cafe, which has been run by Miami transplant Orlando…
In honor of National Ag Day on March 16, representatives of the Colorado Ag Council came to the State Capitol, where they provided plenty of food for thought about the role agriculture plays in the state’s economy — and also provided lunch for lawmakers and other officials, including Governor John…
It’s official: On March 15, Denver City Council approved the MCE-DIA LLC proposal from Michigan-based Midfield Concession Enterprises and partners Smashburger and Tivoli Brewing to put a craft brewery in the new Westin Denver International Airport Hotel, a coffee bar by the new DIA transit center, and two burger spots…
Two bands have been added to the lineups for the main stages at the 2016 Westword Music Showcase on Saturday, June 25, 2016: Chef’Special and Denver’s own 888. Chef’Special, a Dutch alternative folk-pop band from Haarlem, Netherlands, will join Dillon Francis, Matt and Kim, Health, and Black Pistol Fire on…
Schmucks aren’t always only schmucks. Sometimes they’re also creeps, or scumbags, or pervs so repulsive that the thought of their depravity is capable of making the skin crawl right off your skeleton in order to huddle in a dark corner, shivering. Which brings us to Bryan Elrod. If prosecutors are…
The initial list of semifinalists for the James Beard Awards touted many people and places in Colorado, including Jennifer Jasinski in the Outstanding Chef category, and Frank Bonanno for Outstanding Restaurateur. But when the James Beard Foundation revealed the finalists this week, only two Colorado connections remained: Frasca Food and Wine in…
Gogol Bordello brings its super-charged gypsy punk to the Boulder Theater on Saturday night and to the Ogden Theater on Sunday night while the Denver Gay Men’s Chorus’ “The Show Music Go On: The Music of Queen” is at the Temple Buell Theatre for one show tonight as well as a…
LoDo’s Bar & Grill kicked off Saint Patrick’s Day with another Kegs & Eggs breakfast — an annual tradition to make sure the green beer is flowing first thing in the morning for downtown revelers. This year’s lineup included AMZY, Saint Motel and Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, who helped…
Hungry for Cuban food — and more places where you can find it in Denver? This week Mark Antonation visited Cuba Bakery & Cafe, which brings a touch of Miami to the metro area. And readers ate up the news. Says Andy: WOWSER! We’ve been to Cuba Cuba, but it’s…
Widespread Panic returns to Red Rocks for a three-night run from Friday, June 24 through Sunday, June 25. Tickets ($59.50) go on sale on Friday, March 18 at 10 a.m. Darius Rucker brings his Good for a Good Time Tour to Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre on Thursday, July 7. Dan +…
To celebrate the inaugural Denver Independent Comic and Art Expo, we’ll publish our fourth annual Comics issue on March 24 — and you can be a part of it. We’re accepting submissions from any Colorado artist who wants to create a cartoon about life in the centennial State — whether…
Yesterday we served up our list of Denver’s Ten Best Neighborhood Restaurants — after a heated discussion in the office of what qualifies as a neighborhood restaurant. (Work & Class, we decided, has become a destination restaurant for the entire city over the past two years, which pushed it off…
Shiny locks flew as kind-hearted good sports took the challenge and got their heads shaved Friday at the annual St. Baldrick’s Day cancer-research charity event at Fadó Irish Pub. Photographer Ken Hamblin captured the spirit of the day in these images from the party. Now see the hair fly in…
Since news broke yesterday that Colorado-based Oskar Blues had bought Cigar City Brewing, a beloved independent craft brewer in Florida, the comments have been spilling our faster than beer at Oktoberfest. Says Patsy: I am so pumped!! Love both breweries. Adds Tano: Just glad AB InBev didn’t buy them. Concludes Kurt: That’s…
The Best of Denver 2016 — our 33rd annual celebration of the city — will hit the streets on March 31, which means you have just one more week to bring out your best for our Best of Denver Readers’ Poll. This year, we’ve again split the voting into two…
Glowing, molten metal and the primal genesis of art-in-the-making kept crowds spellbound over the weekend at the Iron Art Festival VI Iron Pour, presented by the University of Colorado Denver’s College of Arts and Media Sculpture Program on the Auraria campus. All photos by Brandon Marshall. Now see the full…
Denver was recently named the Best Place to Live in the United States by U.S. News and World Report, an honor we celebrated with our Twelve Reasons Why Denver Is the Best Place to Live. But one reader thought our piece was overly positive — in fact, he wondered how…
