Sun has set on 5th Sun Cafe & Lounge

Highland remains hot as a restaurant ‘hood and Jefferson Park is one of the town’s up-and-coming dining destinations — but its location on the edge of both areas didn’t cast any glow on 5th Sun Cafe and Lounge. And now this Mexican restaurant has gone dark. See also: 5th Sun…

Photos: CrAft & CrAfts at Avery Brewing

Over the weekend, Boulder’s Avery Brewing celebrated everything Coloradan and crafty by throwing CrAft & CrAfts, an event that combined equal parts of shopping and quaffing. While shoppers browsed, Avery also tapped a special strawberry-infused Strawberry Wit Belgian-style white ale just for the occasion. Drink in these photos by Kenneth…

Get cooking for the holiday season at Seasoned Chef

It is never too late to learn how to cook, and Dan Witherspoon — executive chef and director of the Gourmet Spoon and the Seasoned Chef Cooking School — will show you the ropes in his two-part class, Basic Skills Every Cook Should Know, that starts today at the Seasoned…

The best concerts to see in Denver this week

MON | JAY Z at PEPSI CENTER | 12/2/13 Ever since Reasonable Doubt was released, Jay Z’s esteemed career has continued on a path of lyrical and stylistic mastery that leaves no doubt whatsoever. Well beyond the need for braggadocio, the rapper’s confidence and long-sustained commercial success are self-evident, which…

Photos: Upstairs Circus gets crafty in LoDo

If you’re tired of bars where the primary activities are drinking and chatting, we have the perfect solution: Upstairs Circus, which just opened right above Squeaky Bean. In the center ring at Upstairs Circus? Crafts. The bar is craft-themed, offering people and their friends a place (and supplies) to do…

Photos: Denver Christkindl Market at Skyline Park

Heading downtown for the holidays? The Denver Christkindl Market opened last weekend, and the gluhwein will be flowing and the scent of weiner schnitzel filling the air at the annual holiday market through December 21. We were there for the kickoff; keep reading to get a taste of the event…

The best EDM in Denver this weekend

SAT | MARC HOULE at NORAD | 11/30/13 Marc Houle has attracted attention from some of techno’s finest players, from Richie Hawtin to Miss Kittin to Troy Pierce. Houle’s studio tracks get snatched up and spun by everyone who’s anyone in dance music, spanning genres and lighting up clubs and…

The best concerts to see in Denver this weekend

FRI | NATHANIEL RATELIFF at GOTHIC THEATRE | 11/29/13 From his recent stint making music backed by the Night Sweats, to the incredibly moving songs he’s crafted on his own, to his cinematic work with Born in the Flood, Nathaniel Rateliff is a man who requires absolutely no preamble –…

What we’re all listening to right now

Music is life — or at least it is for us. When we’re not writing about it, we’re thinking about it, talking about it or listening to it. These are the things that were in heavy rotation for us this week. What are you listening to? What should we be…

Adelitas introduce half-price Monday margs

Mexican joints across town have discovered the joys of Taco Tuesdays, which fill restaurants on a slow night of the week — and generally tend to fill cash registers, too, because while regulars fill up on bargain tacos, their bar tabs keep growing. When he opened Adelitas Cocina Y Cantina…