DISH ticket prices going up at midnight tonight — buy now!

Denver has evolved over the past twenty years — and so has DISH, Westword’s annual celebration of the metro Denver dining scene. On Sunday, September 22, DISH will return to the Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, a stunning outdoor venue on the edge of downtown. And for…

Pho Real serving up the real thing in Littleton

Pho Real opened this month in the former home of Tres Jolie in Littleton — and for pho-lovers in the southern suburbs, it’s a very pretty sight. Photographer Danielle Lirette stopped in this week, and returned with this photographic taste of Pho Real. See also: Best Pho 2013: Pho Duy…

The ten best shows in Denver this week

PHISH @ DICK’S SPORTING GOODS PARK | 8/30/13-9/1/13 Phish is playing at Dick’s this weekend. You know what that means, right? Yep –the end of summer. Bye-bye, barbecues and basking in the sun. Besides signifying the conclusion of the iconic Vermont band’s summer tour, the now-annual three-day extravaganza represents the…

Taki’s on Colfax closes for maintenance

Taki’s Japanese Restaurant & Sushi Bar has been a mainstay on East Colfax for years. But Hisashi Takimoto, who opened it as Taki’s Healthy Japanese Food Restaurant in 1998, passed away in 2009, and the restaurant has gone through some changes since then. Now there are more under way: A…

Hurricane Grill & Wings lands in Littleton

Hurricane Grill & Wings opened this week at 8025 West Bowles Avenue in Littleton; it’s the first Colorado link in the Hurricane Grill & Wings chain that got its start in Florida in 1995 and quickly took off on the strength of its wings. The expansive menu includes more than…

The ten best shows in Denver this weekend

DAVE MATTHEWS BAND @ DICK’S SPORTING GOODS | 8/23-8/24 Twenty years ago, the Dave Matthews Band played Red Rocks for the first time, opening for the Tragically Hip and the Samples, and went on to build a loyal following with early shows at the Fox Theatre in Boulder. In the…

Photos: Cultivate blooms in City Park

The 2013 edition of Chipotle-sponsored Cultivate attracted twice as many people to City Park as the 2012 festival did — a whopping 26,000 fans of good food and good music. But then, the weather on Saturday was also 60 degrees warmer than it was for the 2012 Cultivate. So it’s…

Humboldt will open this fall in the former home of Strings

Restaurateur Noel Cunningham was the heart and soul of Strings, the restaurant he’d opened at 1700 Humboldt Street in February 1986, and after he took his life in late 2011, the life seemed to go out of the place. Finally his widow, Tammy, closed the restaurant at the end of…

Baroness battles back from catastrophe

By Jason Roche One year ago, Baroness was touring Europe in support of its critically acclaimed record Yellow & Green. The ambitious double album was generating a strong buzz for the Georgia-based band. The momentum came to a screeching halt, though, on a rainy morning in August, 2012, when the…

Pretty Lights at Red Rocks, 8/16/13

PRETTY LIGHTS @ RED ROCKS | 8/16/13 Spirits were high as Pretty Lights took the stage on Friday night, the first night of the act’s annual two-night run at Red Rocks, both of which would feature a live band this year, something that Smith had hinted at in our interview…

Aviano Coffee now hiring…if not pouring

For those jonesing for java from Aviano Coffee, which had to move — quickly — into a new location in Cherry Creek this winter, then closed this spring for what was supposed to be a relatively quick renovation, there are hopeful signs that the spot is about to reopen. Finally…

The ten best shows in Denver this week

MY BLOODY VALENTINE @ OGDEN THEATRE | MON, 8/19/13 Few bands of the past two decades have had as profound an influence on as wide a spectrum of artists as My Bloody Valentine. Not only did the landmark 1991 album Loveless have a massive impact on the group’s peers at…

Fired Up closed…because of fire

Fired Up, the restaurant that chef/ownerJosh Barhaug opened a year ago at 1135 Bannock Street in the former home of Chances, is living up to its name: The place is currently closed for repairs after a “small electrical fire,” according to its phone message. See also: – Chef and Tell…

Rojorlo Naranjo takes schmucky revenge on cock-blocking bus driver

When dudes are aching for a little somethin’-somethin’, they don’t want anyone getting between them and the object of their affection. But that doesn’t mean someone perceived as a cock-blocker deserves to get the ever-lovin’ crap pounded out of him. Rojorlo Naranjo will have plenty of time to learn this…