When you write about development in Denver, readers respond — whether they’re commenting on a story about Goed Zuur, a new taproom devoted to sour beers opening on Welton Street, or on one of Teague Bohlen’s columns about what makes residents of certain neighborhoods mad — mostly recently, residents of Five Points…
Five Points is changing, and people are definitely divided over whether the changes are good or bad….or a combo of both. The news that John Fayman will open Goed Zuur, a taproom devoted to wild and sour beers, at 2801 Welton Street this spring brought a slew of responses. Says David:…
Are you “Crushing on Colorado”? Downtown Colorado Inc., a nonprofit membership organization committed to building communities in this state, has launched a campaign for Valentine’s Day that celebrates a love of Colorado people, places and things. DCI wants you to share your love for Colorado by snapping a photo “crushing”…
This week, Mark Antonation followed up a list of the eleven best Chinese restaurants in Denver with a trio of American-Chinese classics for those who love their take-out. He also talked to the owners of Denver’s newest — and only — vegan soul-food restaurant, Love, Peace & Sol Cafe, who…
If the tales told by prosecutors about 28-year-old Jason Tremblay are accurate, he’s not only a fine candidate for Schmuck of the Week honors. He’s a multi-faceted Schmuck as well. First, there are the allegations about his interest in having sex with a pair of sisters, ages ten and fourteen,…
Ween, who last played in Denver four years ago, reunite for three shows this weekend at 1STBANK Center while the New Mastersounds play two night at Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom, the Flaming Lips are the Belly Up Aspen and Erykah Badu is at the Ogden Theatre on Valentine’s Day. See the…
Have you made your reservations for Valentine’s Day yet? Some of the city’s most romantic tables — the fireside spot at Barolo Grill, for example — were booked months ago. But earlier this week we published a list of the Ten Best Date-Night Restaurants in Denver, and some of those…
Dead & Company, which features Grateful Dead members Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann and Bob Weir, as well as John Mayer and others, will headline Folsom Field on Saturday, July 2 and Sunday July 3. They’ll be the first shows at University of Colorado’s 50,000-capacity stadium since Dave Matthews Band’s show there in…
Punk Rock Bowling & Music Festival, which was started in 1999 in Las Vegas by brothers Shawn and Mark Stern (owners of BYO Records), is coming to Denver for the first time at Summit Music Hall Thursday, June 2 through Saturday, June 4. The initial lineup includes Buzzcocks, Millencollin, FLAG…
California-based Native Foods may have closed three locations in metro Denver, but that doesn’t mean vegan food is in trouble in this city. In the last month alone, two new vegan spots have opened in north Denver: Handy Diner, at 2958 Downing Street, and Love, Peace & Sol, a vegan…
It’s Fat Tuesday, and diners will be letting the good times roll all over town. But Tom’s Home Cookin’, a longtime Southern cooking mainstay in Five Points that was a regular on our list of the Best Southern Food Restaurants in Denver, closed at the end of 2015, and its…
Like the rest of Denver, we have been experiencing a deluge of emotions following the Broncos’ victory in Super Bowl 50 — mostly positive, and mostly expressed nonverbally via cheers, happy grunts, the occasional clash with police and tears over Beyoncé. (She dressed as a Black Panther. Does that mean…
Big changes are afoot in northwest Denver. After four decades in the Jefferson Park neighborhood, La Loma will be moving downtown — and its home perched high on West 26th Avenue reportedly replaced by a fifteen-story story with 713 units. And Dickinson Plaza, at West 32nd Avenue and Tejon Street,…
AC/DC returns to the Pepsi Center tonight while Godspeed You! Black Emperor is at the Ogden Theatre, and in the next few days it’s Bullet for My Valentine, the New Mastersounds, Infamous Stringdusters and Hop Along. See the full list of our picks below. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8 AC/DC $95-$140, 7:30 p.m. Pepsi…
In response to almost-native Lauri Lynnxe Murphy’s recent pieces on transplants to Denver, one transplant responded that Denverites are “the rudest, most unfriendly, aggressive people I have ever met in any place of the world I’ve been to? And I have traveled extensively.” When we shared that comment, readers were…
Helikon Gallery just opened a show of street art, called Opiates for the Masses and curated by Myah and Scott Bailey, who own the Sally Centigrade gallery in Larimer Square. Everyone agrees the display is amazing, but one reader objected to the language we used to describe it in our story. Says…
There’s going to be a lot of pizza ordered today in Denver — much of it from Papa John’s, since Peyton Manning bought 21 Denver-area franchises back in 2012 (and since the chain is offering a free pizza tomorrow to anyone who spends at least $15 online with Papa John’s…
While many Denverites stayed safe at home on Tuesday to avoid the snow, reader Mara Grace compiled this commentary on “Denver snow from the perspective of a ‘transplant’ (btw, I got my CO plates now!)”: YOU KNOW NOTHING, Denver Snow!! …Until you’ve opened up your door to eight feet of…
Denver artist and longtime Westword contributor Patti Cramer passed away a half-dozen years ago, but she lives on through her art, which remains popular. We have a big cache of her drawings, but paintings are harder to come by….and collectors want them. Do you have a Patti Cramer painting you’re…
Neighborhoods around Denver are changing — and RiNo might be changing the fastest. The area is technically part of Five Points, and picked up the RiNo nickname — short for River North, since this section is bordered by the Platte — a decade ago. Since then, the area has rapidly…
We visited Torchy’s Tacos twice this week: once to give you a look inside the shiny new Texas taqueria and once to check out what kind of Denverite would stand in line for two hours in a snow storm for said tacos — even if they were free. After the Snowtacolypse,…
It’s cold outside, but plans are heating up for Artopia 2016 — and presale ticket sales start this morning! Join us on Saturday, February 20, for Artopia 2016 — a night of art, culture and fashion at City Hall. And cocktails, of course, which you can enjoy as you move through…
