U.S. News & World Report recently named Denver the Best Place to Live in the U.S., an honor we celebrated with our list of Twelve Reasons Why Denver Is the Best Place to Live. But Mike thought that piece was overly positive — in fact, he wondered how much Governor Hickenlooper…
August Burns Red and Between the Buried and Me co-headline the Summit Music Hall tonight and the Prettiots are at Lost Lake Lounge while Future is at the Fillmore Auditorium tomorrow night, John Hiatt is at the Oriental Theater on Wednesday and Jose Gonzalez performs with yMusic at the Paramount Theatre on…
Smash returned to Denver last Wednesday with a can’t-miss combination of ping pong, Jenga, giant cornhole and vintage video games on a wall-sized screen at the Exdo Event Center. The game-oriented club night, which features spins by DJ YoHuckleberry, will be featured every second Wednesday of the month at Exdo…
In the fifth stop on his series on Denver’s neighborhoods — and what riles up their residents — Teague Bohlen recently visited the Baker District, which is booming, with plenty of new businesses along Broadway and prices rising fast on the historic bungalows along the streets of the neighborhood —…
If you’re heading out for a morning after brunch, don’t stop by Pete’s Cafe & Steak House. After 44 years, Pete Gatseos has closed his little cafe at 514 East Colfax Avenue — although the family will continue to operate one in Thornton. Says Jenn: This was the first place…
It’s a beautiful sunny day in Denver, and people will be flocking downtown for the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade, one of the largest in the country. The weather and celebrations such as this (and the recent Broncos parade) helped earn Denver top ranking in U.S. News and World Report’s…
St. Patrick’s Day is actually March 17, but the party has already started, and this morning downtown will be filled with people coming out for the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade, one of the biggest celebrations in the country. And there are plenty of places to continue the party, as…
Gretchen Kurtz made a French connection this week when she talked to chef Mark Reggiannini about how he went from math major to chef/owner of Cafe Marmotte, one of the city’s up-and-coming French eateries. Mark Antonation chugged his share of Clamato in search of a growing trend in Denver’s Mexican food…
For more than two decades, the Westword Music Showcase has celebrated Colorado’s dynamic music community — and this year’s festival promises to reflect the scene’s growth. The 2016 Showcase, on Saturday, June 25, will be bigger and better than ever, featuring national headliners and local favorites on two main stages,…
On Tuesday, City of Denver workers launched a clean sweep of the Ballpark neighborhood, where the homeless had been setting up encampments — or at least stashing stuff that was not allowed in nearby shelters. During the move — which was overseen by Denver Police Department officers — some of…
St. Patrick’s Day is almost a week away, but the beer is already running green. The St. Patrick’s Day Parade kicks off at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, March 12, in downtown Denver, but the real partying kicked off last night at bars all over town — many of which we included…
Being named a Schmuck of the Week is sometimes as close to fame as some of the folks featured in this space ever get. But that’s not the case for this week’s honoree, Zero Kazama, a onetime MTV star who was reportedly busted after freaking out on tourists in Manitou…
The fourth annual Trapfest, featuring Vinnie Mansicalco, Lookas, Nghtmre, PawS and Carnage, is at the Fillmore Auditorium tonight while Ty Segall & the Muggers are at the Gothic and Z-Trip is at Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom. Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen play an acoustic show tomorrow night at the Boulder…
In anticipation of the Best of Denver 2016, which lands on March 31, been rolling out lists that align with some of the categories on our Best of Denver 2016 Readers’ Poll. Yesterday, we served up the Twelve Best Restaurants on Colfax, and immediately heard from fans about places that…
Bob Dylan and His Band headline Red Rocks on Sunday, June 19. Mavis Staples, who first met Dylan at a gospel concert in New York in 1962, will open the show. Tickets ($49.50-$134.50) go on sale on March 11 at 10 a.m. Lyle Lovett and His Large Band and Emmylou Harris…
Colfax Avenue is known for many things: dive bars, gritty urban street life, a thriving music scene, late-night action. Most striking though is the diverse roster of restaurants nearly as long as the street itself, with old-school greasy spoons and steakhouses, taquerias, walk-up windows, pizza joints, bakeries, coffeehouses and culinary samples…
Clamato preparado, which takes the michelada theme and, skipping the beer, cranks the formula up to eleven, has hit town with a tomato-splattered splash. Part beverage, part snack and part base for your own adult beverage (if you’re packing beer, tequila or vodka), clamatos preparados have been popping up at…
Consumer Concept Group, which founded Smashburger in Denver in 2007, got a big win last week when a Denver City Council committee approved the proposal that CCG and partners Tivoli Brewing and Midfield Concession Enterprises had submitted to open a restaurant/brewery at the Westin at Denver International Airport, as well…
It was no surprise when the inimitable Shaun White took top honors in the 2016 Burton U.S. Open Half-Pipe Finals over the weekend. Photographer Brandon Marshall caught all the action — and the celebration, after White and his high-flying cohorts looped-the-loop in Vail. Now see the full Burton U.S. Open Half-Pipe Finals…
The Best of Denver 2016 will land on March 31, and now’s your chance to bring out your personal best, in the second round of our Best of Denver 2016 Readers’ Poll. We’ve tallied the votes cast in the first round, and now we’d like you to vote for your…
Live music, cosplay and nostalgic pop-culture prom tunes all played a part this past weekend at Andy Rok Guerrero’s Nerd Prom at the Summit Music Hall, where photographer Danielle Lirette caught all the party-goers getting their geek on. Were you there? Find yourself in the full Nerd Prom slide show…
Zoës Kitchen is the newest out-of-state chain to make its way to Colorado, with a goal of bringing the freshest and healthiest food possible in a fast-casual setting to what Zoës CEO Kevin Miles calls the “birthplace of fast-casual.” The inaugural metro Denver location, at Southwest Plaza in Littleton, is set…
