Denver blogs grow their own. The grounds crew at Coors Field will add a half-dozen hops plants to the stadium’s flora, reports Jonathan Shikes in our restaurants section. Indiana’s new religious objections law is reminiscent of one of the less pleasant episodes in Colorado’s recent history, writes Jeffrey Morton on…
This week in Westword Food & Drink, Gretchen Kurtz visited Will Call, the latest from the Little Pub Company on industrial Brighton Boulevard, to see if the kitchen’s Venezuelan-inspired menu of arepas and bar snacks is worth a visit or in need of some re-tooling. RESTAURANTS OPENING THIS WEEK* Basil…
This weekend’s best shows include a couple of local release parties: In the Whale and Edison will both celebrate new records with shows at the hi-dive and Larimer Lounge, respectively. Elsewhere, Jason Boland brings Red Dirt to Denver, Natalie Merchant returns and more. Jason Boland & the Stragglers $12 8:30…
Denver blogs always welcome a helping hand. Two and a half years ago, Spike’s Bar Rescue visited Zanzibar, briefly transforming it into Solids & Stripes. Host Jon Taffer came back to see how Zanzibar was holding up, reports Mark Antonation in our restaurant section. You can see the result for…
One of the few immutable rules of technology today is that it never stops evolving. From smartwatches to self-driving cars, every year brings a new crop of improved gadgets designed to make our lives easier and better. So why haven’t our sex toys kept pace? That’s a question that Colorado…
Says Michele: YES! YES! and YES to more public restrooms! I went into McDonald’s one morning and was about to tinckle on myself, and the lady took forever, and I was like, “So, I plan to order a bacon biscuit, but can I please use the restroom, first?”, and she…
Fresh off his win for Best TV Anchor in the Best of Denver 2015, Kyle Clark was in the national eye yesterday when a short 9News segment started going viral. Clark was standing with Kathy Sabine and Kim Christiansen in a typical “backyard segment,” making jokes about kale and hipsters…
Denver blogs are no joke. Are fans right to be suspicious of The Grateful Dead’s reunion lineup? Adam Perry tackles that question in our music section. Purple Row lines up ten reasons fans should be excited about the Colorado Rockies’ 2015 season. The Colorado Independent takes a look at how…
In early March, with no strong competitors emerging, Michael Hancock looked like a shoo-in for re-election as Denver’s mayor on May 5. No strong competitors also means few, if any debates during this short campaign season — so writer Alan Prendergast asked to sit down with Hancock to ask some…
Furious 7 and While We’re Young are two very different movies — one’s all synchronized driving and explosions, the other’s all sorta-depressed New Yorkers who don’t drive — but both receive generally positive reviews from Alan Scherstuhl and Stephanie Zacharek of the Village Voice, and Amy Nicholson of LA Weekly,…
The U Baron Group, which operates the Silvi’s Kitchen restaurants in the metro area (along with all of the other former Udi’s eateries and bakeries), closed the Colfax Silvi’s last fall with plans to reopen with a new name and theme. The result was revealed last month. The name? The Good…
Colorado Leather Fest 2015 hit Denver over the weekend with an unusual roster of leather-culture and boot-blacking seminars, leather-accessory shopping and the third annual Colorado Master/Slave competition. Take a walk on the wild side with photographer Scott Lentz, who brought back these images from the leather lifestyle. Fair warning: Some…
The wave of new restaurant openings has definitely subsided since the frenetic pace set last fall and winter. Still, March had its share of big-name openings as well as a couple of surprises. The Baron family (founders of the Udi’s brand) shuttered Sylvi’s Kitchen in the Lowenstein complex at the…
Goggles and rayguns and fancy hats, oh my: A reimagined Victorian age came alive over the weekend at AnimalyCon 2015, Colorado’s premier steampunk gathering for cosplay, mustache-grooming contests, author talks and the study of all things “more science than fiction.” Go back to the future with these photos by Danielle…
Despite the snow-chasing warm weather, Left Hand Brewing’s Hops & Handrails combined a slushy display of snowboarding derring-do with a good old-fashioned beer festival in Longmont over the weekend. Photographer Brandon Marshall brought back these images from the party. Now see the full Hops & Handrails slide show…
Throughout the year, we eat countless burgers in every dive bar, dining room and neighborhood joint imaginable, looking for the perfect bite of beefy satisfaction. The criteria are simple: if the patty itself isn’t perfect, nothing else matters, and anything else between the buns is there to enhance the ground…
This week’s best concerts include Black Milks, Natalie Merchant and plenty more. The complete list of our picks follow! Ani DiFranco $35-$55 7:00PM, Mondy, Boulder Theater Generationals $13.75/$15 8:00 PM, Monday, Bluebird Theater Black Milk $13/$15 9:00 PM, Monday, Cervantes’ Other Side Foxygen $15 7:30 PM, Tuesday, Fox Theatr Robert DeLong $15 9:00 PM,…
Our annual Best of Denver edition hit the streets — and the Internet — on Wednesday, giving a thorough rundown of the finest that our city’s service industry has to offer, with everything from Best New Restaurant and Best Chef — Mercantile Dining & Provision and Steven Redzikowski of Oak…
As impressed as we were by all fifteen of the eateries we selected for our year-end list of the Best New Restaurants in Denver for 2014, we decided to update it — as we narrowed down our choices for our Best of Denver 2015 edition — based on the consistency,…
We tend not to bestow Schmuck of the Week honors on pre-adults…because who among us hasn’t done schmucky stuff when we were kids? But we’re making an exception in this case for a twelve-year-old girl who’s now been formally charged (as a juvenile) with attempted murder for trying to poison…
It’s a great weekend for live music in Colorado, as people continue to make their way back from SXSW. You can see the great Hurray for the Riff Raff tonight. Elsewhere: Turquoise Jeep, Cold War Kids, Arlo Guthrie and more. Our picks follow. Hurray For The Riff Raff $15/$18 9:00…
When he moved from Poland to Denver a decade ago, Cezary Grosfeld realized that few places served the food of his home country, and he jumped into that gap. He opened Polished Tavern in 2011 and also launched a food truck, Pierogies Factory, that visits farmers’ markets. And now he’s…
