Now it’s easier than ever to get a taste of our Best New Restaurant of 2014: Lower48 Kitchen. Since the start of 2015, the restaurant at 2020 Lawrence Street has been offering a Tuesday Tasting series, featuring a $34 prix fix dinner in addition to the a la carte menu…
Saturdays will be a drag at the Squeaky Bean starting March 14. Last week we named Johnny Ballen’s Sunday brunch as one of the Seven Best Themed Sunday Brunches in Denver, and now he’s adding a Saturday bingo brunch, with a definite twist. “With the huge popularity of our Sunday bingo…
Spring has sprung at Denver International Airport, where “Denver Lily,” by local artist Ted Davis, is blooming in the center of the Jeppesen Terminal — on the very spot where the misfiring “Mountain Mirage” once stood, and some Audi tent igloos were installed until five days ago. The flower, made…
Chochon 555, the annual touring swine soiree, came to town on Sunday at the Ritz-Carlton downtown, where five chefs competed for top boasting rights. Each of the chefs was assigned a heritage breed and the rest was up to them to come up with a series of small plates to…
There are just eight more days to vote in the Best of Denver 2015 Readers’ Poll, which includes more than eighty Food & Drink categories, all of which will appear in the final issue on March 26 — with Westword picks along with the readers’ choices. In the first round…
First Aspen Grove snagged the area’s first Alamo Drafthouse. Now it’s getting the Tattered Cover, which will be packing up its Highlands Ranch store and moving to the outdoor shopping center off Santa Fe Drive in Littleton next month. “While we are grateful to have served the Highlands Ranch community…
The Big Wonderful established itself last summer as one of Denver’s favorite outdoor food and drink roundups, offering street food, beverages and other products from multiple vendors every weekend while the warm weather lasted. But while the outdoor festivities ended in October at the main location at 26th and Lawrence…
We did it! We survived our two-week winter! Now that it’s definitely, officially spring, get out and see a concert. There are plenty of good ones this week, including Talib Kweli at Cevantes’ and the start of Greensky Bluegrass’s three-night stand in Boulder. Monday, March 9 Misterwives $5-$13 8:00PM Bluebird…
When it opens at 2601 Larimer Street, First Draft will allow customers to serve themselves, via the IPourIt system. Responding to our recent story on First Draft, one reader wonders, “What good is a beer without the surly bartender?” And steppesmusic offers this warning about another spot where you can pour-it-yourself:…
Craft beer fought back against the industrial giants this week: Jonathan Shikes visited Caution Brewing, where several Denver breweries have collaborated on a pumpkin peach ale to highlight the hypocrisy behind Budweiser’s pro-macro Super Bowl ad. And who knows, maybe you’ll be able to help yourself to one of those…
Here at Schmuck of the Week HQ, we are frequently at a loss when it comes to figuring out what the hell some of our schmuck nominees were thinking. Like, for instance, Daniel Ruiz. Although he reportedly wanted to become a Denver cop, he wasn’t welcomed to the force with open…
This weekend’s best concerts includes a pair of SXSW kickoff shows, the debut of Sound of Ceres and the return of Bleachers. See the rest of our picks below. Friday, March 6 Datsik $26 8:00PM Ogden Theatre Doomtree $20 9:00PM Gothic Theatre Mix Master Mike $10 9:00PM Beta Illegal Pete’s…
The Best Italian Restaurant in 2014 was Luca D’Italia — now known just as Luca. That’s not the only change at Frank Bonanno’s restaurant; will it get the crown again? In the wake of Gretchen Kurtz’s review of Sarto’s, readers have been discussing what makes a good Italian restaurant —…
Big news in LoHi: Juan Padró and Katie O’Shea Padró, owners of Highland Tap & Burger (a Best of Denver 2015 finalist for Best Hamburger) and major movers/investors in Old Major, which opened two years ago a few blocks away from their hopping neighborhood hangout, have sold their portion of the…
Fans of Japanese pop culture gathered over the weekend at the Sheraton Denver Tech Center for Animeland Wasabi, a nonstop anime love-fest, where cosplay — the art of becoming your favorite anime or video-game character — was a central part of the action. Photographer Danielle Lirette was there to capture…
If you were going to live above a restaurant, would you choose the downtown Yard House? And by “live above,” we’re not talking about a second-floor apartment. We’re talking about the crawl space above the ceiling. But Stephen Graves apparently took the “House” in the restaurant’s name literally, and made himself…
Haus of Dollz brought a hot variety show of of burlesque, drag and comedy — something for everyone — to the Exdo Event Center over the weekend. Here’s a sampler of Brandon Marshall’s photos from the show; if you like what you see, check out the full Haus of Dollz…
There are five reasons why Fox’s Empire has become a breakout hit, and on this week’s Voice Film Club podcast, we run down why the show, introduced as a mid-season replacement, has surged to nearly 14 million viewers an episode by its eighth week. Joining Voice film editor Alan Scherstuhl…
Looking for something entirely different for Sunday brunch? Epernay Lounge just introduced a new Royal Brunch, featuring entertainment in the form of drag hostesses, an a la carte menu and bottomless mimosas for $20 on Sunday afternoons. But be careful what champagne you put in those mimosas, warns IsBoulder Better:…
Last year Lower48 Kitchen won our Best New Restaurant 2014 award, and Acorn was a close contender. Tonight chefs Alex Figura of Lower48 and Steve Redzikowski (co-owner of Oak at Fourteenth and its offshoot, Acorn) will be at Lower48 cooking a collaboration dinner for Art Culinaire, “the international magazine in…
Churchill’s Public House had trouble getting open in a brand-new space at 16th and Boulder streets, finally making its debut in July 2013 after a flood from an upstairs apartment delayed construction. But that was just the beginning of the bar’s woes. Despite LoHi’s reputation as a hot restaurant neighborhood,…
Hey! I enjoy going to concerts. In order to do that, I have to spend some time outside. So I loved our unseasonably warm February! It was great. I didn’t even think twice about leaving my house. But now it’s cold, and there’s snow, and I’m not sure what to…
