Ali Baba is a Lebanese restaurant, a Persian restaurant, a Mediterranean restaurant with hints of Syrian and Saudi Arabian modernity and haute cuisine. It’s also a mini-chain that got its start in Golden fifteen years ago, when partners Fiyahd Aoutabachi and Mahmoud Dukmak opened the first Ali Baba, which is…
Denverites who believe that there can never be enough cute in the world gathered at the Denver Coliseum this past weekend to commune with everything bright, happy and shiny — and each other — at Hello Kitty’s Supercute Friendship Festival, a brand-new American tour featuring stage shows, exhibits, interactive elements…
Sometimes, a band elicits such a strong emotional response following their performance at a music festival that it’s difficult to put into words. We totally get it: After your brain’s been massaged until it’s a radioactive pile of goo thanks to Deadmau5’s thunder-bass or your heart breaks from listening to…
HearseCon 2015 invited the public to a car show of a different color on Saturday: The prevailing mood — and color — was black, as you’d expect at the Decay and Shine Hearse Show. Photographer Brandon Marshall was there to shoot these images of classic hearses and ambulances, Gothic pinup…
The second annual Wings & Whiskey at Ace Eat Serve on Sunday, June 7 drew 375 guests (a sellout) who gobbled wings from the chefs of eleven different restaurants to raise money for the Denver Housing Authorities Youth Culinary Academy. This year’s winners were chef Ryan Higgins of Lou’s Food…
Our May 28 issue featured the ten winners of our third annual comics contest; you can see them here. And below, we’re sharing many more entries, some of which look at such serious Denver issues as growth and the plans to repair I-70, while others just turn a wry eye…
This was a light week for Denver restaurant openings and closings, other than the long-awaited debut of Milk & Honey Bar-Kitchen in Larimer Square and the opening of 740 Front in the space previously occupied by the historic Old Louisville Inn on Louisville’s Front Street — but other restaurants are…
While those of us at Schmuck of the Week headquarters love telling you about schmucky behavior, we also try, from time to time, to warn potential Future Schmucks about things to avoid if they’d prefer not to star in posts like this one. This week’s tip: Don’t steal urns —…
This weekend’s best shows include the Motet at Red Rocks, Garage Fest at the hi-dive and plenty of solid country shows. The full list of our picks follows. FRIDAY, JUNE 5 The Motet$37.50/$45 6:45PM Red Rocks Amphitheatre Hi-Dive Garage Fest$10 7:30PM hi-dive Whitey Morgan & the 78’s$20-$25/VIP $75 8:00PM Summit…
The Westword Music Showcase is just a few weeks away. Join us on Saturday, June 20, 2015, for Colorado’s largest one-day music festival. The Showcase is a celebration of our state’s vibrant music scene. Colorado is home to internationally renowned experimental bands, pioneering folk artists, Grammy winners and much, much more…
As we reported yesterday, Dan Landes is selling WaterCourse Foods, the legendary vegetarian restaurant he founded seventeen years ago, but he’s keeping City, O’ City — a community gathering place and vegetarian restaurant even non-vegetarians can love. Says Jacob: I’m not a vegetarian and I LOVE City, O’ City. Go at…
The second annual Wings & Whiskey throwdown will take flight at 4 p.m. on Sunday, June 7, at Ace Eat Serve, to benefit the Denver Housing Authority’s Youth Culinary Academy, which provides mentoring, education, employment and training for students between the ages of 16 and 21 who are interested in a…
Denver International Airport and Westin DIA officials said on Monday that they plan to open the fourteen-story, 519-room airport hotel on November 19. The Westin will be part of the new Hotel and Transit Center — yes, that giant mustache-looking thing (or does it resemble a pirate ship?) — that…
Bassnecter took up residence at Red Rocks over the weekend, and fans of the California DJ turned out in droves, even on a rainy Friday. As photographer Brandon Marshall proved, you can’t keep a bass fan down. Below, you’ll find a few fans making the most of it. …
RiNo’s Final Friday, hosted by the MegaFauna boutique, returned on May 29 for another summer season of dancing in the streets to live music, shopping vendor booths and visiting local businesses along Walnut and Blake streets. The event continues every last Friday through August; find more information online. Photographer Danielle…
Oskar Blues threw its third annual Burning Can ExtravaCANza over the weekend in Lyons, a canned craft beer festival that the brewery calls the “first active beer fest” in the country. In addition to plenty of canned beers, festival-goers were treated to slack-line competitions, kayaking, a cornhole tournament and a…
May saw the departure of a couple of old Denver favorites: Sullivan’s Steakhouse, which had held down the corner of 18th and Wazee streets since 1999, and the much more storied Elitch Lanes, which bowled its last strike on Tennyson Street and then shuttered after more than six decades in…
The Red Rocks season continues to bring big names to Colorado: Cage the Elephant, Old Crow Medicine Show and Ryan Adams this week. Elsewhere, Old 97’s plays the Gothic and Arcade Fire’s Will Butler is playing Larimer Lounge. The full list of our picks follows! MONDAY, JUNE 1 Cage the…
First Watch, a Florida-based breakfast-and-lunch chain that got its start in California in 1983, opened its first Colorado restaurant last week in Northglenn. Over the next five years, the company plans to add seven more First Watch locations over the next five years along the Front Range, from Fort Collins…
This week saw a number of openings and closings haunted by the spirits of Denver restaurant history. Spruce Tap House closed without notice after only seven months on Blake Street, the victim of a redevelopment project that will result in new condos. The space had seen a fair amount of…
Last night, the Colorado Symphony Orchestra debuted its Turn Over the Keys series, wherein the ensemble serves as the backing band for a handful of local artists. The inaugural roster included Ian Cooke, Land Lines and Megan Burtt. We’ll have much more on the event in the coming days, but…
This weekend brings (another) massive EDM party to Red Rocks. Elsewhere, check out Bully and Speedy Ortiz at Lost Lake and Larimer Lounges, respectively, and the enduring Neil Diamond. The full list of our picks follows. FRIDAY, MAY 29 Bassnectar$47.50-$55 7:00PM Red Rocks Amphitheatre All That Remains$10.67 7:00PM Fillmore Auditorium…
