Editor’s note: Kris McDaniel-Miccio is a University of Denver law professor and plaintiff in a lawsuit that sought to overturn Colorado’s same-sex marriage ban. In July, Adams County Judge C. Scott Crabtree concluded that the ban is unconstitutional but stayed his ruling against the law, which Colorado State Attorney General…
Chef-owner Kelly Whitaker — of Boulder’s Basta fame — brings his wood-fired cooking skills to Denver with Cart-Driver, his tribute to Italian street food tucked into a tiny spot in the 2500 Larimer retail center built primarily from re-purposed shipping containers. Featuring raw oysters, pizza and other Italian-influenced and flame-kissed…
Earlier this spring we brought news that California all-natural burger chain BurgerFi had started construction on Broadway. The fast-casual burger eatery, which gets its name from its stated goal of the “burgerfication of the nation,” began flipping beef late last week for what may be an already-burgerfied Denver market. Our…
Denver Black Sky II brought a true believer’s lineup of hardcore and metal to the Gothic Theater over the weekend. The crowd found the proceedings deeply satisfying — on Saturday night, Englewood was home to more broadly grinning people in pointy-font t-shirts than anywhere else on the planet. Photographer Aaron…
Red Rocks plays the classics this week, with performances by Chicago (with REO Speedwagon) and Boston. It’ll also host a damn good time of a double-bill in Chromeo and Cut Copy. The rest of our picks follow. See also: Cut Copy on Interactive Billboards, Unusual Guitars and the Summer of…
Last week we received numerous tips that Food Network star Alton Brown was having lunch at Stoic & Genuine in Union Station — a choice we thought was a little odd for someone trying to have a quiet lunch away from the glare of cameras. After all, it’s been one…
No. 85 Crispy spare ribs at Table Top 2230 Oneida Street 720-542-9035 Table Top has only been open a few weeks in the quaint Oneida Park shopping center in Park Hill, but chef Brady Marcotte has already dialed in the flavors of what he calls “smokehouse-inspired new American cooking” to…
This week in Cafe Society, Gretchen Kurtz visited the latest outpost of The Kitchen — The Kitchen Next Door Glendale — and realized it could be the next TGI Fridays…in spirit, if not execution. We also talked about building sandwiches and a life in Colorado with Stack Subs owner Rick…
Downtown just got a whole lot sweeter. It’Sugar, a candy shop, has opened its brightly colored doors in the Denver Pavilions, providing a place for kids, passersby and anyone else with a sweet tooth to get their candy fix. We sent photographer Philip Poston to check out this city’s latest…
Twins Jody and Jacky Allard recently spent some time in Colorado — although presumably not as much as they’d like. In recent days, they were extradited from Broomfield to Oregon to face twenty charges related to child pornography — accusations made even creepier by their status as coaches in a…
No. 86 Mar y Tierra Molcajete at Paxia 4001 Tejon Street 720-583-6860 The molcajete, a Mesoamerican stone mortar and pestle, didn’t evolve as a cooking implement. They were — and still are — traditionally used for grinding and pounding herbs, spices and chiles and preparing salsas and moles. But somewhere…
HARD is an organization that brings skyrocketing DJs in sunglasses and aggressively patterned shirts to venues and boats around the country. Last night, the Red Rocks installment (HARD: Red Rocks, duh) brought headliners Nero and Dillion Francis along with a few more artists and several thousand people who are, in…
Big weekend for big shows here in Colorado. A few festivals, including Telluride Jazz, bring deep lineups to the mountains. And the alleged last ride of hair metal legend Motley Crue comes to Denver tomorrow. We have plenty more — see the full list of our picks below…
Have you seen the renovated Union Station yet? If not, you might be the only one — the place has been packed since the restaurants started rolling out, attracting everyone from suburban lookyloos to Alton Brown, who was eating at Stoic & Genuine on Wednesday. With the grand-opening festivities over,…
June might have been a record-breaking month for restaurant openings, but July has already stolen the crown, with over forty new spots making an appearance — everything from the stylish Stoic & Genuine in the renovated Union Station to the eclectic Syntax Physic Opera on South Broadway. Keep reading for…
On this week’s , Stephanie defends her Guardians of the Galaxy review against Internet trolls who tell her to go suck eggs, and we touch on Scarlett Johansson in Lucy and the excellent James Brown biopic Get on Up. There’s a lot to be had in this one. Enjoy. [Subscribe…
Updated: Read Red Robin’s statement at the end of this post. Colorado may be known for healthy residents who run marathons and climb mountains in their spare time. But there are still plenty of places in this state that cater to gluttons, including twenty locations of the Denver-based Red Robin,…
Get ready for the kickoff of the fall food season! On Sunday, September 7, DISH will return to Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. This is Westword’s twentieth annual celebration of the Denver drinking and dining scene, and it promises to be quite a party. Today is your…
July may be over and school may be just around the corner, but festival season in Colorado is nowhere near ready to come to a close. Here are twelve upcoming festivals that offer a taste of everything from blues to metal, local to international bands, mountains and microbrews to cities…
It takes grit to make a movie in Colorado — sometimes True Grit. This state’s film industry has gotten mixed reviews over the years, but there’s no question that producer Hal Wallis created a classic when he made True Grit, based on the book by Charles Portis, in Colorado in…
August 1 is Colorado Day, and that’s when Colorado Proud will launch its second annual Choose Colorado Tour, a 27-day road trip across Colorado’s agricultural landscape. The event kicks off with a farmers’ market celebrating the start of Colorado Proud Month and showcasing fresh produce and ag products at 10…
Is Colorado a state of mind? This state survived last year’s secession movement, when a dozen counties wanted to leave Colorado (and, in one sad case, align with Wyoming), but Colorado is still separated by differences in geography, economy and philosophy. In honor of Colorado Day — August 1, which…
