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Best Of DenverĀ® 2000
Best Of DenverĀ®
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Arts & Entertainment
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Best entertainment for under $1
The 3 a.m. #15 bus eastbound on Colfax
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Best entertainment for under $1
The 3 a.m. #15 bus eastbound on Colfax
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Best local rendition of "Blue Moon"
Mariachi Vasquez
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Best free entertainment
Lutheran Medical Center lobby
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Best free entertainment
Lutheran Medical Center lobby
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Best specialty film festival
Aurora Asian Film Festival
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Best specialty film festival
Aurora Asian Film Festival
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Best split-personality club
La Rumba/Trinity
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Best split-personality club
La Rumba/Trinity
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Best impromptu karaoke in a Mexican dive bar
Satire Restaurant & Lounge
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Best impromptu karaoke in a Mexican dive bar
Satire Restaurant & Lounge
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Best place to pretend it's 1940
Turk's Supper Club
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Best place to pretend it's 1940
Turk's Supper Club
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Best club DJ
DJ Fury
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Best club DJ
DJ Fury
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Best juke-friendly jukebox
Skylark Lounge
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Best juke-friendly jukebox
Skylark Lounge
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Best jukebox
Goosetown Tavern
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Best jukebox
Goosetown Tavern
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Best Halloween dance party
The Church
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Best Halloween dance party
The Church
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Best place to get high and jam
Nederland Acid Jams at the Wolf Tongue Brewery
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Best place to get high and jam
Nederland Acid Jams at the Wolf Tongue Brewery
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Best chance to offend PETA
Harp Seal Piñata
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Best chance to offend PETA
Harp Seal Pi�ata
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Best band name
404 Not Found
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Best band name
404 Not Found
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Best community film series
Boulder Film Alliance "Best of" Series
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Best community film series
Boulder Film Alliance "Best of" Series
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Best place to get whupped -- and like it
Central Wrestling Organization matches at the Aztlan Theater
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Best place to get whupped -- and like it
Central Wrestling Organization matches at the Aztlan Theater
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Best hip-hop show
Basementalism, KVCU-AM/1190, 4 to 7 p.m. Saturdays
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Best hip-hop show
Basementalism, KVCU-AM/1190, 4 to 7 p.m. Saturdays
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Best blues radio show
Strictly Blues, KRFX103.5FM
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Best blues radio show
Strictly Blues, KRFX103.5FM
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Best holy hour of radio
Gospel Chime, KGNU-FM/88.5
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Best holy hour of radio
Gospel Chime, KGNU-FM/88.5
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Best live-music radio show
Cabaret, KGNU-FM/88.5
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Best live-music radio show
Cabaret, KGNU-FM/88.5
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Best local jazzbo
Hugh Ragin
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Best local jazzbo
Hugh Ragin
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Best local-music site
www.denver-rocks.com
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Best local-music site
www.denver-rocks.com
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Best online ranting about local music (and everything else)
The Hooligan www.thehooligan.com
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Best online ranting about local music (and everything else)
The Hooligan www.thehooligan.com
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Best li'l independent slice of cybernet pie
www.joesgrille.com
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Best li'l independent slice of cybernet pie
www.joesgrille.com
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Best local-music how-to
Making a Living in Your Local Music Market: How to Survive and Prosper by Dick Weissman
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Best local-music how-to
Making a Living in Your Local Music Market: How to Survive and Prosper by Dick Weissman
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Best arts festival
Salida ArtWalk
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Best arts festival
Salida ArtWalk
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Best music-scene organization
Colorado Music Association
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Best music-scene organization
Colorado Music Association
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Best creative music promoter
Alex Lemski
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Best creative music promoter
Alex Lemski
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Best music-industry scandal
House of Blues vs. the Backstreet Boys
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Best music-industry scandal
House of Blues vs. the Backstreet Boys
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Best success story
String Cheese Incident
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Best success story
String Cheese Incident
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Best rapper on the verge
Don Blas
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Best rapper on the verge
Don Blas
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Best rapper with a Super Bowl championship ring
Terrell Davis
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Best rapper with a Super Bowl championship ring
Terrell Davis
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Best rapper to foretell and then prevent the apocalypse
Apostle
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Best rapper to foretell and then prevent the apocalypse
Apostle
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Best reason to surf the Flatirons, dude
Maraca 5-0
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Best reason to surf the Flatirons, dude
Maraca 5-0
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Best proof of life after Boulder
Fat Mama
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Best proof of life after Boulder
Fat Mama
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Best inexplicable band
DeVotchKa
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Best inexplicable band
DeVotchKa
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Best politically correct tourist greeting
Judith Francisca Baca's La Memoria de Nuestra Tierra: Colorado (The Memory of Our Land)
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Best politically correct tourist greeting
Judith Francisca Baca's La Memoria de Nuestra Tierra: Colorado (The Memory of Our Land)
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Best charity gig by a bunch of drunks
Buzz Bomber and the M-80s
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Best charity gig by a bunch of drunks
Buzz Bomber and the M-80s
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Best rockin' mama
Chanin Floyd
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Best rockin' mama
Chanin Floyd
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Best approximation of a mean old coot
Munly
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Best approximation of a mean old coot
Munly
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Best unabashed use of a theremin
Hoochie
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Best unabashed use of a theremin
Hoochie
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Best addition to coffee and crullers
Ron Bucknam
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Best addition to coffee and crullers
Ron Bucknam
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Best approximation of a turn-of-the-century strip show
Burlesque As It Was
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Best approximation of a turn-of-the-century strip show
Burlesque As It Was
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Best local rendition of "Blue Moon"
Mariachi Vasquez
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Best Sinatra lounge singer
John Potter
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Best Sinatra lounge singer
John Potter
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Best chanteuse
Mary Ann Moore
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Best chanteuse
Mary Ann Moore
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Best unretirement
Vic Cionetti
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Best unretirement
Vic Cionetti
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Best reunion
Front Range Women in the Arts (Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art)
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Best reunion
Front Range Women in the Arts (Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art)
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Best defunct act
32-20 Jug Band
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Best defunct act
32-20 Jug Band
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Best dang recording
Nounsville by Dang Head
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Best dang recording
Nounsville by Dang Head
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Best local recording
Local Shakedown
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Best local recording
Local Shakedown
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Best new label
Owned & Operated
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Best new label
Owned & Operated
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Best nutritious release
Get Your Beans by Mr. Tree and the Wingnuts
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Best nutritious release
Get Your Beans by Mr. Tree and the Wingnuts
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Best local-music reissue
New Music for Bowed Piano by Stephen Scott
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Best local-music reissue
New Music for Bowed Piano by Stephen Scott
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Best friend to have in a recording studio
Bob Ferbrache/Absinthe Studios
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Best friend to have in a recording studio
Bob Ferbrache/Absinthe Studios
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Best guitar tone
John Common
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Best guitar tone
John Common
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Best pedal-steel guitar player
"Uncle" Dick Meis
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Best pedal-steel guitar player
"Uncle" Dick Meis
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Best sound in a theater
Fox Theatre
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Best sound in a theater
Fox Theatre
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Best comedy revolution
A.C.E.'s Aspen Comedy Fringe Fest
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Best comedy revolution
A.C.E.'s Aspen Comedy Fringe Fest
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Best new old music hall
The Fillmore Auditorium
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Best new old music hall
The Fillmore Auditorium
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Best plan to renovate an old venue
Red Rocks Amphitheatre
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Best plan to renovate an old venue
Red Rocks Amphitheatre
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Best place to hear Public Enemy in a classical European setting
Gothic Theatre
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Best place to hear Public Enemy in a classical European setting
Gothic Theatre
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Best concert in a club
Gil Scott-Heron at Lion's Lair on February 29, 2000
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Best concert in a club
Gil Scott-Heron at Lion's Lair on February 29, 2000
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Best concert (since June 1999)
Tom Waits at Paramount Theatre on October 12 and 13, 1999
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Best concert (since June 1999)
Tom Waits at Paramount Theatre on October 12 and 13, 1999
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Best karaoke host
Mel Apodaca
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Best karaoke host
Mel Apodaca
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Best dance caller
Chris Kermiet
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Best dance caller
Chris Kermiet
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Best place to fiddle around
Rocky Mountain Fiddle Camp at YMCA Camp Shady Brook in Deckers
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Best place to fiddle around
Rocky Mountain Fiddle Camp at YMCA Camp Shady Brook in Deckers
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Best of the best
Colorado Performing Arts Hall of Fame
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Best of the best
Colorado Performing Arts Hall of Fame
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Best ticket deals
Hot Tickets
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Best ticket deals
Hot Tickets
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Best local kids' recording
Wheeeeeeeeee: Songs & Stories for Kids by Front Range Artists
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Best local kids' recording
Wheeeeeeeeee: Songs & Stories for Kids by Front Range Artists
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Best place to curl up with a Harry Potter book
Children's Library, Denver Central Library
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Best place to curl up with a Harry Potter book
Children's Library, Denver Central Library
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Best scientific Web site for kids
Web Weather for Kids www.ucar.edu/40th/webweather
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Best scientific Web site for kids
Web Weather for Kids www.ucar.edu/40th/webweather
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Best artsy kids' site
www.wackykids.org
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Best artsy kids' site
www.wackykids.org
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Best new public art (since June 1999)
"Full Fathom Five" by Tim Prentice
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Best new public art (since June 1999)
"Full Fathom Five" by Tim Prentice
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Best blockbuster museum exhibit
Matisse From the Baltimre Museum of Art Denver Art Museum
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Best blockbuster museum exhibit
Matisse From the Baltimre Museum of Art Denver Art Museum
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Best political use of an art show to get a bigger building
Impressionism Denver Art Museum
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Best political use of an art show to get a bigger building
Impressionism Denver Art Museum
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Best thing to ever happen to the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver
Director Mark Masuoka
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Best thing to ever happen to the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver
Director Mark Masuoka
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Best opportunity to catch up on the latest international art buzz
Contemporary British Artists Denver Art Museum
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Best opportunity to catch up on the latest international art buzz
Contemporary British Artists Denver Art Museum
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Best imitation of a museum show
John F. Carlson and Artists of the Broadmoor Academy David Cook Fine Art
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Best imitation of a museum show
John F. Carlson and Artists of the Broadmoor Academy David Cook Fine Art
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Best movie-theater popcorn
Landmark Theaters
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Best movie-theater popcorn
Landmark Theaters
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Best rediscovery of hidden treasures
Vanguard Art in Colorado: 1940-1970 Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
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Best rediscovery of hidden treasures
Vanguard Art in Colorado: 1940-1970 Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
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Best salute to Colorado's contemporary art scene
Colorado Abstraction: 1975-1999 Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
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Best salute to Colorado's contemporary art scene
Colorado Abstraction: 1975-1999 Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
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Best group drawing show
Master Drawings Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
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Best group drawing show
Master Drawings Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
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Best solo painting show -- emerging artist
Bill Brazzell, Align
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Best solo painting show -- emerging artist
Bill Brazzell, Align
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Best solo painting show -- established artist
Steven Altman, Untitled
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Best solo painting show -- established artist
Steven Altman, Untitled
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Best painting duet
Tracy and Sushe Felix, New Work by Felix & Felix
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Best painting duet
Tracy and Sushe Felix, New Work by Felix & Felix
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Best temporary mural
Stephen Batura, "Floodplain"
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Best temporary mural
Stephen Batura, "Floodplain"
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Best solo sculpture show -- emerging artist
Melanie Hoshiko, Traverse
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Best solo sculpture show -- emerging artist
Melanie Hoshiko, Traverse
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Best solo sculpture show -- established artist
John DeAndrea, Fragments
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Best solo sculpture show -- established artist
John DeAndrea, Fragments
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Best career-establishing show
Bryan Andrews, Dopplegangers
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Best career-establishing show
Bryan Andrews, Dopplegangers
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Best new concession item
Italian sodas
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Best new concession item
Italian sodas
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Best New York school show
Carl Andre and Melissa Kretschmer
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Best New York school show
Carl Andre and Melissa Kretschmer
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Best place this side of the Ozarks to see carved wood
North American Sculpture Exhibition
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Best place this side of the Ozarks to see carved wood
North American Sculpture Exhibition
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Best upstart exhibition organizer
Jason Thomas, director
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Best upstart exhibition organizer
Jason Thomas, director
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Best combination of funky and fancy
Shows organized by Jim Robischon and Jennifer Doran
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Best combination of funky and fancy
Shows organized by Jim Robischon and Jennifer Doran
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Best example of the work ethic as applied to the fine arts
Chuck Parson
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Best example of the work ethic as applied to the fine arts
Chuck Parson
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Best photo show -- solo
Hal D. Gould: Visual Legacy
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Best photo show -- solo
Hal D. Gould: Visual Legacy
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Best photo show -- group
Photography and the Creative Process
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Best photo show -- group
Photography and the Creative Process
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Best show to highlight a Playboy photographer
Ted Williams, Tone Poems
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Best show to highlight a Playboy photographer
Ted Williams, Tone Poems
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Best print show -- solo
Emilio Lobato, Printmaker's Portfolio
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Best print show -- solo
Emilio Lobato, Printmaker's Portfolio
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Best print show -- group
works on paper: a riverhouse retrospective
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Best print show -- group
works on paper: a riverhouse retrospective
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Best before- and after-movie watering hole
Bistro Adde Brewster
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Best before- and after-movie watering hole
Bistro Adde Brewster
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Best art show to include images via computer
Susan Goldstein, Life Layers
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Best art show to include images via computer
Susan Goldstein, Life Layers
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Best friend to Colorado's ceramic artists
Rodger Lang
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Best friend to Colorado's ceramic artists
Rodger Lang
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Best solo ceramics show
Scott Chamberlin Twelve Years
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Best solo ceramics show
Scott Chamberlin Twelve Years
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Best ceramics duet
Time in Tandem: James and Nan McKinnell Retrospective
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Best ceramics duet
Time in Tandem: James and Nan McKinnell Retrospective
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Best group ceramics show -- historical division
Colorado Kilns
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Best group ceramics show -- historical division
Colorado Kilns
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Best group ceramics show -- contemporary division
High Degrees
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Best group ceramics show -- contemporary division
High Degrees
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Best curatorial gesture linking Colorado with the outside world
Ron Otsuka's Takashi Nakazato
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Best curatorial gesture linking Colorado with the outside world
Ron Otsuka's Takashi Nakazato
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Best installation show -- solo
Gail Wagner
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Best installation show -- solo
Gail Wagner
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Best installation show -- group
Western Vernacular: Colorado Installation
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Best installation show -- group
Western Vernacular: Colorado Installation
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Best local gallery show -- solo
William Stockman, Sketchbook
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Best local gallery show -- solo
William Stockman, Sketchbook
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Best movie theater -- high-tech
IMAX, Denver Museum of Nature and Science
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Best movie theater -- high-tech
IMAX, Denver Museum of Nature and Science
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Best local gallery show -- group
Twentieth Anniversary Celebration
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Best local gallery show -- group
Twentieth Anniversary Celebration
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Best local theater production
The Winter's Tale
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Best local theater production
The Winter's Tale
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Best musical
Side Show
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Best musical
Side Show
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Best musical ménage
Bed and Sofa
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Best musical mƩnage
Bed and Sofa
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Best urban legends
Shadow Theatre Company
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Best urban legends
Shadow Theatre Company
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Best do-right man
Paul Borrillo in To Kill a Mockingbird
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Best do-right man
Paul Borrillo in To Kill a Mockingbird
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Best heroine in the making
Sara Smith
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Best heroine in the making
Sara Smith
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Best out-of-body experience
Martha Greenberg in Wings
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Best out-of-body experience
Martha Greenberg in Wings
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Best fish tale
Paul Page in The Ice-Fishing Play
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Best fish tale
Paul Page in The Ice-Fishing Play
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Best noh brainer
Suddenly Last Summer
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Best noh brainer
Suddenly Last Summer
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Best movie theater -- traditional
The Mayan4-6796
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Best movie theater -- traditional
The Mayan4-6796
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Best hard-boiled blarney
The Beauty Queen of Leenane
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Best hard-boiled blarney
The Beauty Queen of Leenane
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Best (theatrically speaking) political farce
Nixon's Nixon
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Best (theatrically speaking) political farce
Nixon's Nixon
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Best androgynous turn
Brian Houtz in The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me
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Best androgynous turn
Brian Houtz in The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me
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Best dysfunctional-family play
Pig
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Best dysfunctional-family play
Pig
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Best children's production
Babe, the Sheep-Pig
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Best children's production
Babe, the Sheep-Pig
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Best community-theater production
Of Mice and Men
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Best community-theater production
Of Mice and Men
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Best environmental/experimental production
Picasso at the Lapin Agile
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Best environmental/experimental production
Picasso at the Lapin Agile
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Best new play
Waiting to Be Invited
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Best new play
Waiting to Be Invited
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Best one-person show
Deborah Persoff in Full Gallop
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Best one-person show
Deborah Persoff in Full Gallop
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Best director
Chip Walton
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Best director
Chip Walton
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Best Denver film festival movie
Nic (Nothing), Poland
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Best Denver film festival movie
Nic (Nothing), Poland
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Best ensemble
Street Scene
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Best ensemble
Street Scene
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Best supporting actor
John Hutton, Denver Center Theatre Company
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Best supporting actor
John Hutton, Denver Center Theatre Company
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Best supporting actress
Mercedes Perez
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Best supporting actress
Mercedes Perez
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Best actor
Tony Church, Denver Center Theatre Company
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Best actor
Tony Church, Denver Center Theatre Company
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Best actress
Sheila Ivy Traister
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Best actress
Sheila Ivy Traister
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Best local theater company season
Aurora Fox Theatre Company
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Best local theater company season
Aurora Fox Theatre Company
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Best place to tangle with tango dancers
Mercury Cafe
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Best place to tangle with tango dancers
Mercury Cafe
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Best salsa club
Sevilla
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Best salsa club
Sevilla
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Best C&W club
Stetson Paradise
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Best C&W club
Stetson Paradise
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Best rock club
15th Street Tavern
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Best rock club
15th Street Tavern
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Best Denver film festival sleeper
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald, Japan
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Best Denver film festival sleeper
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald, Japan
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Best punk club
The Raven
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Best punk club
The Raven
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Best punk rocker, for a cop
Officer Steve Gonzales
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Best punk rocker, for a cop
Officer Steve Gonzales
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Best dance club
Soma
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Best dance club
Soma
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Best jazz club
El Chapultepec
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Best jazz club
El Chapultepec
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Best blues club
Brendan's Pub
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Best blues club
Brendan's Pub
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Best after-hours club
Club Synergy
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Best after-hours club
Club Synergy
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Best new club
Bash
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Best new club
Bash
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Best disguise of a playground as a concert venue
Wonderground
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Best disguise of a playground as a concert venue
Wonderground
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Best way to kill time before a show at the Bluebird
PS Lounge
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Best way to kill time before a show at the Bluebird
PS Lounge
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Best place to watch really white people dance
The Supreme Court
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Best place to watch really white people dance
The Supreme Court
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Shopping & Services
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Best place to turn Jagged Little Pillinto a five-dollar bill
Cheapo Discs
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Best spa for Gen-X'ers
The Blue Door
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Best place to get tattooed, pierced before you get a haircut
Twisted Sol
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Best use for old tires
Jaitire Industries
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Best recycled utopia
Can Land Recycling Center
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Best place to lighten your load
Family Tree Foundation
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Best alley scavenging
Fourth to Seventh avenues between Downing St. and University Blvd.
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Best incentive to get the kids to clean the house
BFI Landfill
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Best place to score marijuana in a pinch
The lawn between City Hall and the State Capitol
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Best new narcotics anonymous meeting
Ray of Light
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Best realtors for gays and lesbians
Rosnik & Associates
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Best condom-storage gadget
Crazy Condom Keypers, Planned Parenthood
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Best wedding invitations
Paper Talk
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Best place to get a haircut after you get tattooed, pierced
Urban Renewal
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Best romantic Web site
www.milehighheartbeat.com
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Best job applications
Denver Gov Online Job Application and Resume Management System
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Best last-minute schedule checks
RTD's Online Bus Schedules www.rtd-denver.com
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Best tonic for your soles
Dardano's Shoes and Repair Web site www.dardanos.com
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Best Jills of all trades
2nd String Moms
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Best way to leave a hint
Wish Registry, Paper Pleasures
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Best wedding photographer
Moses Street
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Best kids' photographer
Black & White by Krista
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Best personalized nostalgia
Photographs and Memories
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Best place to pamper your poodle
Shylo Country Club for Dogs
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Best haircuts for little screamers
Tortoise and the Hare
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Best place to worship your cat
The Cat Hospital of Wheat Ridge
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Best service pets
Alliance of Best Friends
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Best service for pets
Anesthesia-free teeth-cleaning clincs, Pet World
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Best 24-hour service
Walgreen's 24-hour pharmacy
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Best emergency service
Urban Wildlife Rescue
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Best free service
The Denver Water Department's Xeriscape seminars, info and demonstration garden
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Best Xeriscape handbooks
Denver Water Department www.denverwater.org
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Best general garden center
Echter's Greenhouse and Gardens
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Best neighborhood greenhouse
Groundcovers Greenhouse and Nursery
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Best neighborhood garden nook
The Potted Garden
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Best place downtown to hail a cab late at night
The Brown Palace Hotel
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Best garden pagodas
Barong Collection
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Best high-altitude cultivars
Pleasant Avenue Nursery
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Best class for snowbound gardeners
Make Your Own Tabletop Fountain at Wildflowers
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Best herbs
Lily's Herbery
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Best Zen shopping
Now & Zen
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Best introduction to capitalism
Glendale Public Library
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Best store at Cherry Creek Shopping Center
Illuminations
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Best store at Cherry Creek Shopping Center, Jr.
The Children's Place
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Best store at Park Meadows
Lauren Brooks
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Best shop at DIA
U.S. Post Office, Rocky Mountain Station
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Best parking-lot attendant
Rose Peterson, 15th and Delgany streets
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Best flight out of DIA
Frontier Flight 771 at 9:35 a.m. to Las Vegas
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Best store anywhere on Colfax Avenue
Temple of Being/Bound by Design
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Best place to find high-altitude balls
Game-Set-Match
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Best used sporting goods store
Sports Plus
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Best place to buy coins and estate jewelry
Tebo Coins
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Best place to sober up in a hurry
REI Denver Flagship Store
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Best place to chill out
Tattered Cover LoDo
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Best tilemaker
Mosaico Mexican Tile Manufacturing
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Best banister
Native American Trading Company
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Best stone
Colorado Stone Company
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Best lock on a parking spot
CashKey, Denver Department of Public Works
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Best new looks for old fireplaces
Victorian Treasures
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Best furniture imports
Foreign Accents International Furnishings
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Best lampshade salesperson
Lynda Ferris, Lampshade Gallery
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Best Mickey Mouse bathrooms
Bath & Kitchen Design Center
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Best video store
Video Station
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Best new-CD store
Wax Trax
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Best used-cd store
Twist & Shout
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Best used-vinyl store
Don's Discs
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Best anti-theft device at a record store
Jerry's Record Exchange
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Best anti-ticket service
First Call Communications
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Best used books
The Book Stack, Mary Reed Building on the DU campus
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Best kids' bookstore
The Bookies
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Best eclectica
5 Green Boxes
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Best Judaica
Boulder Arts & Crafts Cooperative
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Best cultural collision
Ameri-Mart
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Best place to buy an Irish sweater
Thistle & Shamrock
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Best T-shirts
Cargo
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Best handbags
Alice's Tapestries
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Best hole-in-the-wall kids' boutique
Beez Kneez
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Best kids' resale emporium
Once Upon a Child
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Best car wash
Puddle
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Best handmade frocks and overalls
LaDonna's House of Design
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Best handmade toys
Sweet Lily's Toy Company
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Best toques for tykes
Sur la Table, Cherry Creek Shopping Center
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Best great big beautiful dolls
The Doll Shop
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Best sock dolls
Marcia's Kids
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Best flower fairies
Konvalinka Porcelain Doll Art
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Best mini flower fairies
The Tended Thicket
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Best alien collection
Sci-Fanime
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Best alien mugs
The Clayhouse
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Best Hello Kitty collection
Hello Kitty World at Min Min
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Best license plate design
Designer plates
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Food & Drink
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Best restaurant when you're in the Zone
Mercury Cafe
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Best restaurant when you're in the Zone
Mercury Cafe
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Best restaurant when you're on the Atkins Diet
Denver Buffalo Company
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Best restaurant when you're on the Atkins Diet
Denver Buffalo Company
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Best long john
Henderson's
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Best long john
Henderson's
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Best lasagne
The Cherry Tomato
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Best lasagne
The Cherry Tomato
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Best pasta restaurant
Cucina Colóre
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Best pasta restaurant
Cucina Colóre
-
Best pizza
Parisi
-
Best pizza
Parisi
-
Best late-night pizza
Two-Fisted Mario's
-
Best late-night pizza
Two-Fisted Mario's
-
Best wine-tasting parties
Cook Street School of Fine Cooking
-
Best wine-tasting parties
Cook Street School of Fine Cooking
-
Best Colorado wine
Canyon Wind Cabernet Sauvignon, 1996
-
Best Colorado wine
Canyon Wind Cabernet Sauvignon, 1996
-
Best wine list -- price
240 Union
-
Best wine list -- price
240 Union
-
Best wine list -- selection
Flagstaff House
-
Best wine list -- selection
Flagstaff House
-
Best wine list -- by the glass
The Fourth Story
-
Best wine list -- by the glass
The Fourth Story
-
Best wine list -- Californian
California Cafe
-
Best wine list -- Californian
California Cafe
-
Best reason to go to the john
Bruno's Italian Bistro
-
Best reason to go to the john
Bruno's Italian Bistro
-
Best wine list -- South American
Sabor Latino
-
Best wine list -- South American
Sabor Latino
-
Best wine list -- French
Le Central
-
Best wine list -- French
Le Central
-
Best wine list -- Italian
Barolo Grill
-
Best wine list -- Italian
Barolo Grill
-
Best new bar
Sacre Bleu
-
Best new bar
Sacre Bleu
-
Best old bar
My Brother's Bar
-
Best old bar
My Brother's Bar
-
Best brewpub
Great Northern Tavern
-
Best brewpub
Great Northern Tavern
-
Best bartender
Doug Hollaran
-
Best bartender
Doug Hollaran
-
Best martini
The Avenue Grill
-
Best martini
The Avenue Grill
-
Best piano bar
janleone
-
Best piano bar
janleone
-
Best sake lounge
Mori Japanese Restaurant
-
Best sake lounge
Mori Japanese Restaurant
-
Best meal to test your intestinal fortitude
The Fort's Awful Offal Dinner
-
Best meal to test your intestinal fortitude
The Fort's Awful Offal Dinner
-
Best sock-it-to-ya drinks
Twin Dragon
-
Best sock-it-to-ya drinks
Twin Dragon
-
Best make-me-overs
Skylark Lounge
-
Best make-me-overs
Skylark Lounge
-
Best margarita
Dixons Downtown Grill, Racines, Goodfriends
-
Best margarita
Dixons Downtown Grill, Racines, Goodfriends
-
Best chips and salsa
La Fabula
-
Best chips and salsa
La Fabula
-
Best breakfast burrito
Amigos Cafe
-
Best breakfast burrito
Amigos Cafe
-
Best taco
El Se�or Sol, Villa Del Sol
-
Best taco
El Señor Sol, Villa Del Sol
-
Best late-night taco
Taco Express
-
Best late-night taco
Taco Express
-
Best make-your-own taco
The Hornet
-
Best make-your-own taco
The Hornet
-
Best burrito
Chez José
-
Best burrito
Chez José
-
Best burrito the size of a Volkswagen
Piney Creek Grill
-
Best burrito the size of a Volkswagen
Piney Creek Grill
-
Best dessert menu
Palettes
-
Best dessert menu
Palettes
-
Best vegetarian burrito
Wahoo's Fish Taco
-
Best vegetarian burrito
Wahoo's Fish Taco
-
Best chicharrones burrito
Bandido's
-
Best chicharrones burrito
Bandido's
-
Best store-bought pork rinds
La Popular
-
Best store-bought pork rinds
La Popular
-
Best barbacoa burrito
Chipotle Mexican Grill
-
Best barbacoa burrito
Chipotle Mexican Grill
-
Best fajitas
Alamos Verdes
-
Best fajitas
Alamos Verdes
-
Best upscale tamales
The Painted Bench
-
Best upscale tamales
The Painted Bench
-
Best chile relleno
Chelo's
-
Best chile relleno
Chelo's
-
Best green chile
La Casa de Manuel
-
Best green chile
La Casa de Manuel
-
Best gringo green chile
CityGrille
-
Best gringo green chile
CityGrille
-
Best green chile at the 19th hole
El Curso Viejo
-
Best green chile at the 19th hole
El Curso Viejo
-
Best late-night desserts
Cafe Cero
-
Best late-night desserts
Cafe Cero
-
Best red chile
Armida's
-
Best red chile
Armida's
-
Best all-purpose chile, ristra and piñon stand
Hatch New Mexico Chile
-
Best all-purpose chile, ristra and piƱon stand
Hatch New Mexico Chile
-
Best southwestern restaurant
Table Mountain Inn Restaurant
-
Best southwestern restaurant
Table Mountain Inn Restaurant
-
Best new American restaurant
Potager
-
Best new American restaurant
Potager
-
Best all-American restaurant
Sam's No. 3
-
Best all-American restaurant
Sam's No. 3
-
Best regional American restaurant
Hugh's Bistro
-
Best regional American restaurant
Hugh's Bistro
-
Best South American restaurant
Café Brazil
-
Best South American restaurant
Café Brazil
-
Best Caribbean restaurant
Rhumba
-
Best Caribbean restaurant
Rhumba
-
Best seafood restaurant
Roy's Cherry Creek
-
Best seafood restaurant
Roy's Cherry Creek
-
Best sushi restaurant
Sushi Den
-
Best sushi restaurant
Sushi Den
-
Best milk pudding
Se�orita's Cantina
-
Best milk pudding
Señorita's Cantina
-
Best sushi rolls
Banzai Restaurant
-
Best sushi rolls
Banzai Restaurant
-
Best Japanese restaurant
Sushi Wave
-
Best Japanese restaurant
Sushi Wave
-
Best Chinese restaurant
La Chine
-
Best Chinese restaurant
La Chine
-
Best noodle house
Oshima Ramen
-
Best noodle house
Oshima Ramen
-
Best Thai restaurant
Thai Bistro
-
Best Thai restaurant
Thai Bistro
-
Best Vietnamese restaurant
New Saigon
-
Best Vietnamese restaurant
New Saigon
-
Best Indian restaurant
Star of India
-
Best Indian restaurant
Star of India
-
Best Middle Eastern restaurant
Phoenicia Grill
-
Best Middle Eastern restaurant
Phoenicia Grill
-
Best Greek restaurant
South Central II
-
Best Greek restaurant
South Central II
-
Best Mediterranean restaurant
Aubergine Cafe
-
Best Mediterranean restaurant
Aubergine Cafe
-
Best bread pudding
Radex Bistro
-
Best bread pudding
Radex Bistro
-
Best Italian restaurant
Carmine's on Penn
-
Best Italian restaurant
Carmine's on Penn
-
Best French restaurant
Tante Louise
-
Best French restaurant
Tante Louise
-
Best restaurant when someone else is paying
Papillon Cafe
-
Best restaurant when someone else is paying
Papillon Cafe
-
Best romantic restaurant
The Penrose at the Broadmoor
-
Best romantic restaurant
The Penrose at the Broadmoor
-
Best resurrected restaurant
Zenith
-
Best resurrected restaurant
Zenith
-
Best new restaurant
The Biscuit
-
Best new restaurant
The Biscuit
-
Best breads
Tasteez Market & Bakery
-
Best breads
Tasteez Market & Bakery
-
Best bakery
Bluepoint Bakery
-
Best bakery
Bluepoint Bakery
-
Best bakery for folks who don't like desserts
Vinh Xuong Bakery
-
Best bakery for folks who don't like desserts
Vinh Xuong Bakery
-
Best restaurant when you're sugar-bustin'
Petra's
-
Best restaurant when you're sugar-bustin'
Petra's
-
Best pâtisserie
La Pâtisserie Française
-
Best pĆ¢tisserie
La Pâtisserie Française
-
Best panadería
El Alamo Bakery
-
Best panaderĆa
El Alamo Bakery
-
Best wedding cakes
Barkley Eberline, Eat Dessert First
-
Best wedding cakes
Barkley Eberline, Eat Dessert First
-
Best Greek bakery
Omonoia Bakery
-
Best Greek bakery
Omonoia Bakery
-
Best après-ski coffee shop
Inxpot
-
Best aprĆØs-ski coffee shop
Inxpot
-
Best place to drink a latte while eavesdropping on state legislators
Penn Street Perk
-
Best place to drink a latte while eavesdropping on state legislators
Penn Street Perk
-
Best coffeehouse
St. Mark's Coffeehouse
-
Best coffeehouse
St. Mark's Coffeehouse
-
Best teahouse
Gemini Tea Emporium
-
Best teahouse
Gemini Tea Emporium
-
Best authentic English tea
The Gift Box
-
Best authentic English tea
The Gift Box
-
Best chai
Common Grounds
-
Best chai
Common Grounds
-
Best restaurant when you're on the see-food-and-eat-it diet
World Buffet
-
Best restaurant when you're on the see-food-and-eat-it diet
World Buffet
-
Best cheap breakfast
Breakfast Palace
-
Best cheap breakfast
Breakfast Palace
-
Best Sunday brunch buffet
Garden Terrace at the Inverness Hotel
-
Best Sunday brunch buffet
Garden Terrace at the Inverness Hotel
-
Best a la carte brunch
Strings
-
Best a la carte brunch
Strings
-
Best French toast
jou jou at the Teatro Hotel
-
Best French toast
jou jou at the Teatro Hotel
-
Best crêpes
Trattoria Stella
-
Best crĆŖpes
Trattoria Stella
-
Best steak-and-eggs breakfast
McCoys Restaurant
-
Best steak-and-eggs breakfast
McCoys Restaurant
-
Best power breakfast
Village Inn Cherry Creek
-
Best power breakfast
Village Inn Cherry Creek
-
Best power lunch
Bistro Adde Brewster
-
Best power lunch
Bistro Adde Brewster
-
Best power lunch -- non-power-trip division
La Fiesta Supper Club
-
Best power lunch -- non-power-trip division
La Fiesta Supper Club
-
Best place for a nooner
Sambuca Jazz Café
-
Best place for a nooner
Sambuca Jazz Café
-
Best restaurant when you're on the doughnut diet
Chuck's Do-Nuts
-
Best restaurant when you're on the doughnut diet
Chuck's Do-Nuts
-
Best lunch wagon
O'Brien's Wings & Things
-
Best lunch wagon
O'Brien's Wings & Things
-
Best lunch buffet
Santino's
-
Best lunch buffet
Santino's
-
Best place to hear the Cubs lose
Chicago
-
Best place to hear the Cubs lose
Chicago
-
Best power dinner
Meritage at the Omni Interlocken Resort
-
Best power dinner
Meritage at the Omni Interlocken Resort
-
Best dinner under $5
Yan-Kee Noodle
-
Best dinner under $5
Yan-Kee Noodle
-
Best place to eat dinner after 10 p.m.
Sacre Bleu
-
Best place to eat dinner after 10 p.m.
Sacre Bleu
-
Best place to eat dinner after 1 a.m.
Breakfast King
-
Best place to eat dinner after 1 a.m.
Breakfast King
-
Best spot for grazing
Mel's Bar and Grill
-
Best spot for grazing
Mel's Bar and Grill
-
Best spot for gazing
The Beehive
-
Best spot for gazing
The Beehive
-
Best Monday-night special
Rodney's
-
Best Monday-night special
Rodney's
-
Best cinnamon rolls
Racines
-
Best cinnamon rolls
Racines
-
Best Tuesday-night special
The Fourth Story
-
Best Tuesday-night special
The Fourth Story
-
Best Wednesday-night special
Swanky's
-
Best Wednesday-night special
Swanky's
-
Best Thursday-night special
Wazoos
-
Best Thursday-night special
Wazoos
-
Best Friday-night special
Sabor Latino
-
Best Friday-night special
Sabor Latino
-
Best Saturday-night special
D.C. Deli Cafe
-
Best Saturday-night special
D.C. Deli Cafe
-
Best Sunday-night special
Hemingway's Key West Grille
-
Best Sunday-night special
Hemingway's Key West Grille
-
Best Sunday happy hour
Andrews' Pub & Lounge
-
Best Sunday happy hour
Andrews' Pub & Lounge
-
Best happy-hour shrimp
Anita's Crab Company
-
Best happy-hour shrimp
Anita's Crab Company
-
Best happy-hour oyster bar
Willie G's
-
Best happy-hour oyster bar
Willie G's
-
Best 16th Street Mall vendor
The Philadelphia Filly
-
Best 16th Street Mall vendor
The Philadelphia Filly
-
Best scones
Devil's Food The Bakery
-
Best scones
Devil's Food The Bakery
-
Best food-court vendor
Falafel King
-
Best food-court vendor
Falafel King
-
Best outdoor patio -- rural
Chautauqua Dining Hall
-
Best outdoor patio -- rural
Chautauqua Dining Hall
-
Best outdoor patio -- urban
Highland's Garden Cafe
-
Best outdoor patio -- urban
Highland's Garden Cafe
-
Best food at Six Flags Elitch Gardens
Pizza Alley
-
Best food at Six Flags Elitch Gardens
Pizza Alley
-
Best gourmet to go
Tom's Home Cookin'
-
Best gourmet to go
Tom's Home Cookin'
-
Best salad
California Pizza Kitchen
-
Best salad
California Pizza Kitchen
-
Best Caesar salad
Piatti
-
Best Caesar salad
Piatti
-
Best sides
Restaurant Rue Cler
-
Best sides
Restaurant Rue Cler
-
Best vegetarian restaurant
WaterCourse Foods
-
Best vegetarian restaurant
WaterCourse Foods
-
Best vegetarian dish in a non-vegetarian restaurant
Tante Louise
-
Best vegetarian dish in a non-vegetarian restaurant
Tante Louise
-
Best chocolate cake
Pasquini's Pizzeria
-
Best chocolate cake
Pasquini's Pizzeria
-
Best kids' menu
Roy's Cherry Creek
-
Best kids' menu
Roy's Cherry Creek
-
Best kids' menu for divorced parents
Govnr's Park
-
Best kids' menu for divorced parents
Govnr's Park
-
Best sandwiches
TreeHouse Cafe
-
Best sandwiches
TreeHouse Cafe
-
Best panini
Panini Grill
-
Best panini
Panini Grill
-
Best tuna melt
Ambrosia Bistro
-
Best tuna melt
Ambrosia Bistro
-
Best chicken noodle soup
The Soup Kitchen
-
Best chicken noodle soup
The Soup Kitchen
-
Best cream of mushroom soup
Diane's Good-to-Go
-
Best cream of mushroom soup
Diane's Good-to-Go
-
Best soup kitchen
Attivo Pizza and Italian Deli
-
Best soup kitchen
Attivo Pizza and Italian Deli
-
Best burger
Bang!
-
Best burger
Bang!
-
Best late-night burger
Pint's Pub
-
Best late-night burger
Pint's Pub
-
Best pie
Papa Frank's
-
Best pie
Papa Frank's
-
Best bar burger
Dazzle
-
Best bar burger
Dazzle
-
Best french fries
Piscos
-
Best french fries
Piscos
-
Best fish 'n' chips
Clancy's Irish Pub
-
Best fish 'n' chips
Clancy's Irish Pub
-
Best lamb
Ilios
-
Best lamb
Ilios
-
Best ham
NoNo's Cafe
-
Best ham
NoNo's Cafe
-
Best spam
Yoko's Express
-
Best spam
Yoko's Express
-
Best steakhouse
Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steak House
-
Best steakhouse
Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steak House
-
Best prime rib
El Rancho
-
Best prime rib
El Rancho
-
Best roast duck
Vesta Dipping Grill
-
Best roast duck
Vesta Dipping Grill
-
Best roast chicken
Mountain View Cafe
-
Best roast chicken
Mountain View Cafe
-
Best pre-ski pastries
Butterhorn Bakery and Cafe
-
Best pre-ski pastries
Butterhorn Bakery and Cafe
-
Best fried chicken
Caldonia's Bar-B-Que
-
Best fried chicken
Caldonia's Bar-B-Que
-
Best chicken wings
Calypso
-
Best chicken wings
Calypso
-
Best chicken little
Little India
-
Best chicken little
Little India
-
Best chicken a la king
The Blue House
-
Best chicken a la king
The Blue House
-
Best fried calamari
Seven 30 South
-
Best fried calamari
Seven 30 South
-
Best barbecued ribs
Brothers BBQ
-
Best barbecued ribs
Brothers BBQ
-
Best barbecued brisket
Blest Bar-B-Que of the Rockies
-
Best barbecued brisket
Blest Bar-B-Que of the Rockies
-
Best barbecued buffalo
Buffalo Corral
-
Best barbecued buffalo
Buffalo Corral
-
Best burnt barbecue
We're Smokin' BBQ
-
Best burnt barbecue
We're Smokin' BBQ
-
Best plate of spaghetti
The Saucy Noodle
-
Best plate of spaghetti
The Saucy Noodle
-
-
Goods & Services
-
Best spa for Gen-X'ers
The Blue Door
-
Best place to get tattooed, pierced before you get a haircut
Twisted Sol
-
Best use for old tires
Jaitire Industries
-
Best recycled utopia
Can Land Recycling Center
-
Best place to lighten your load
Family Tree Foundation
-
Best alley scavenging
Fourth to Seventh avenues between Downing St. and University Blvd.
-
Best incentive to get the kids to clean the house
BFI Landfill
-
Best place to score marijuana in a pinch
The lawn between City Hall and the State Capitol
-
Best new narcotics anonymous meeting
Ray of Light
-
Best realtors for gays and lesbians
Rosnik & Associates
-
Best condom-storage gadget
Crazy Condom Keypers, Planned Parenthood
-
Best wedding invitations
Paper Talk
-
Best place to get a haircut after you get tattooed, pierced
Urban Renewal
-
Best romantic Web site
www.milehighheartbeat.com
-
Best job applications
Denver Gov Online Job Application and Resume Management System
-
Best last-minute schedule checks
RTD's Online Bus Schedules www.rtd-denver.com
-
Best tonic for your soles
Dardano's Shoes and Repair Web site www.dardanos.com
-
Best Jills of all trades
2nd String Moms
-
Best way to leave a hint
Wish Registry, Paper Pleasures
-
Best wedding photographer
Moses Street
-
Best kids' photographer
Black & White by Krista
-
Best personalized nostalgia
Photographs and Memories
-
Best place to pamper your poodle
Shylo Country Club for Dogs
-
Best haircuts for little screamers
Tortoise and the Hare
-
Best place to worship your cat
The Cat Hospital of Wheat Ridge
-
Best service pets
Alliance of Best Friends
-
Best service for pets
Anesthesia-free teeth-cleaning clincs, Pet World
-
Best 24-hour service
Walgreen's 24-hour pharmacy
-
Best emergency service
Urban Wildlife Rescue
-
Best free service
The Denver Water Department's Xeriscape seminars, info and demonstration garden
-
Best Xeriscape handbooks
Denver Water Department www.denverwater.org
-
Best general garden center
Echter's Greenhouse and Gardens
-
Best neighborhood greenhouse
Groundcovers Greenhouse and Nursery
-
Best neighborhood garden nook
The Potted Garden
-
Best place downtown to hail a cab late at night
The Brown Palace Hotel
-
Best garden pagodas
Barong Collection
-
Best high-altitude cultivars
Pleasant Avenue Nursery
-
Best class for snowbound gardeners
Make Your Own Tabletop Fountain at Wildflowers
-
Best herbs
Lily's Herbery
-
Best Zen shopping
Now & Zen
-
Best introduction to capitalism
Glendale Public Library
-
Best store at Cherry Creek Shopping Center
Illuminations
-
Best store at Cherry Creek Shopping Center, Jr.
The Children's Place
-
Best store at Park Meadows
Lauren Brooks
-
Best shop at DIA
U.S. Post Office, Rocky Mountain Station
-
Best parking-lot attendant
Rose Peterson, 15th and Delgany streets
-
Best flight out of DIA
Frontier Flight 771 at 9:35 a.m. to Las Vegas
-
Best store anywhere on Colfax Avenue
Temple of Being/Bound by Design
-
Best place to find high-altitude balls
Game-Set-Match
-
Best used sporting goods store
Sports Plus
-
Best place to buy coins and estate jewelry
Tebo Coins
-
Best place to sober up in a hurry
REI Denver Flagship Store
-
Best place to chill out
Tattered Cover LoDo
-
Best tilemaker
Mosaico Mexican Tile Manufacturing
-
Best banister
Native American Trading Company
-
Best stone
Colorado Stone Company
-
Best lock on a parking spot
CashKey, Denver Department of Public Works
-
Best new looks for old fireplaces
Victorian Treasures
-
Best furniture imports
Foreign Accents International Furnishings
-
Best lampshade salesperson
Lynda Ferris, Lampshade Gallery
-
Best Mickey Mouse bathrooms
Bath & Kitchen Design Center
-
Best video store
Video Station
-
Best new-CD store
Wax Trax
-
Best used-cd store
Twist & Shout
-
Best used-vinyl store
Don's Discs
-
Best anti-theft device at a record store
Jerry's Record Exchange
-
Best place to turn Jagged Little Pillinto a five-dollar bill
Cheapo Discs
-
Best anti-ticket service
First Call Communications
-
Best used books
The Book Stack, Mary Reed Building on the DU campus
-
Best kids' bookstore
The Bookies
-
Best eclectica
5 Green Boxes
-
Best Judaica
Boulder Arts & Crafts Cooperative
-
Best cultural collision
Ameri-Mart
-
Best place to buy an Irish sweater
Thistle & Shamrock
-
Best T-shirts
Cargo
-
Best handbags
Alice's Tapestries
-
Best hole-in-the-wall kids' boutique
Beez Kneez
-
Best kids' resale emporium
Once Upon a Child
-
Best car wash
Puddle
-
Best handmade frocks and overalls
LaDonna's House of Design
-
Best handmade toys
Sweet Lily's Toy Company
-
Best toques for tykes
Sur la Table, Cherry Creek Shopping Center
-
Best great big beautiful dolls
The Doll Shop
-
Best sock dolls
Marcia's Kids
-
Best flower fairies
Konvalinka Porcelain Doll Art
-
Best mini flower fairies
The Tended Thicket
-
Best alien collection
Sci-Fanime
-
Best alien mugs
The Clayhouse
-
Best Hello Kitty collection
Hello Kitty World at Min Min
-
Best license plate design
Designer plates
-
-
People & Places
-
Best Oscar-night performance by a Coloradan
Trey Parker
-
Best Oscar-night performance by a Coloradan
Trey Parker
-
Best goodwill ambassador -- abroad
Charlie Papazian
-
Best goodwill ambassador -- abroad
Charlie Papazian
-
Best donation for victims of the June fires
Grateful Dead tapes
-
Best donation for victims of the June fires
Grateful Dead tapes
-
Best source of news about the June fires
www.pinecam.com
-
Best source of news about the June fires
www.pinecam.com
-
Best officer to answer your 911 call
Sergeant Terry Reibeling, Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office
-
Best officer to answer your 911 call
Sergeant Terry Reibeling, Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office
-
Best new name for Colorado's high-tech hub
Mile High-Tech
-
Best new name for Colorado's high-tech hub
Mile High-Tech
-
Best virtual tour
www.archives.state.co.us/govs/mansion/index.htm
-
Best virtual tour
www.archives.state.co.us/govs/mansion/index.htm
-
Best move by Mayor Wellington Webb
Homeless shelter for women and families
-
Best move by Mayor Wellington Webb
Homeless shelter for women and families
-
Best-earned retirement
Senator Dorothy Rupert
-
Best-earned retirement
Senator Dorothy Rupert
-
Best-dressed legislator
Senator Ken Chlouber
-
Best-dressed legislator
Senator Ken Chlouber
-
Best political resurrection
Roy Romer
-
Best political resurrection
Roy Romer
-
Best performance by a Hollywood actor playing a onetime Coloradan
Chad Lowe
-
Best performance by a Hollywood actor playing a onetime Coloradan
Chad Lowe
-
Best pictorial resurrection
Roy Romer
-
Best pictorial resurrection
Roy Romer
-
Best unexpected performance by a city administrator
Veggo Larsen
-
Best unexpected performance by a city administrator
Veggo Larsen
-
Best new city for the Tea Party to take over
Highlands Ranch
-
Best new city for the Tea Party to take over
Highlands Ranch
-
Best city newsletter
Timberlines Lone Tree
-
Best city newsletter
Timberlines Lone Tree
-
Best speech by a politician
Statewide moment of silence, April 20, 2000, 11:21 a.m.
-
Best speech by a politician
Statewide moment of silence, April 20, 2000, 11:21 a.m.
-
Best toilet paper
The Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Community Services Center of Colorado
-
Best toilet paper
The Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Community Services Center of Colorado
-
Best neighborhood to TP the houses
Denver Country Club/Polo Grounds
-
Best neighborhood to TP the houses
Denver Country Club/Polo Grounds
-
Best reuse of a sewage plant
Northside Park, Globeville
-
Best reuse of a sewage plant
Northside Park, Globeville
-
Best wafting odor
Jolly Rancher Candies
-
Best wafting odor
Jolly Rancher Candies
-
Best guess for when Denver will be a one-daily town
The day after the Justice Department turns down the JOA application from the Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News
-
Best guess for when Denver will be a one-daily town
The day after the Justice Department turns down the JOA application from the Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News
-
Best new revelation about John Denver
His FBI file
-
Best new revelation about John Denver
His FBI file
-
Best voice of reason in Columbine coverage
Gene Amole, Rocky Mountain News
-
Best voice of reason in Columbine coverage
Gene Amole, Rocky Mountain News
-
Best Columbine satire
"Columbine Jocks Safely Resume Bullying" The Onion
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Best Columbine satire
"Columbine Jocks Safely Resume Bullying" The Onion
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Best PR campaign
John and Patsy Ramsey
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Best PR campaign
John and Patsy Ramsey
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Best collapse of a PR campaign
John and Patsy Ramsey
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Best collapse of a PR campaign
John and Patsy Ramsey
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Best JonBenét mystic
Linda Arndt
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Best JonBenƩt mystic
Linda Arndt
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Best book on the murder of JonBenét Ramsey
JonBenét: Inside the Ramsey Murder Investigation
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Best book on the murder of JonBenƩt Ramsey
JonBenét: Inside the Ramsey Murder Investigation
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Best TV personality vs. government official feud
Barbara Walters vs. Bill Owens
-
Best TV personality vs. government official feud
Barbara Walters vs. Bill Owens
-
Best radio personality vs. public mouthpiece feud
Peter Boyles vs. Andrew Hudson
-
Best radio personality vs. public mouthpiece feud
Peter Boyles vs. Andrew Hudson
-
Best radio personality vs. private mouthpiece feud
Peter Boyles vs. Sam Riddle
-
Best radio personality vs. private mouthpiece feud
Peter Boyles vs. Sam Riddle
-
Best radio personality vs. print reporter feud
Peter Boyles vs. Lisa Levitt Ryckman
-
Best radio personality vs. print reporter feud
Peter Boyles vs. Lisa Levitt Ryckman
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Best performance by a Coloradan in a national magazine
Jessica Biel
-
Best performance by a Coloradan in a national magazine
Jessica Biel
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Best print reporter vs. print reporter feud, first place
Mike Klis vs. Tracy Ringolsby
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Best print reporter vs. print reporter feud, first place
Mike Klis vs. Tracy Ringolsby
-
Best print reporter vs. print reporter feud, second place
Lynn Bartels vs. Mark Obmascik
-
Best print reporter vs. print reporter feud, second place
Lynn Bartels vs. Mark Obmascik
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Best gossip columnist
Dick Kreck, Denver Post
-
Best gossip columnist
Dick Kreck, Denver Post
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Best new local publication
In the Black
-
Best new local publication
In the Black
-
Best collaborative underground comic strip
"Hector"
-
Best collaborative underground comic strip
"Hector"
-
Best radio rise and fall
Bob Visotcky
-
Best radio rise and fall
Bob Visotcky
-
Best radio shakeup
Clear Channel merger
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Best radio shakeup
Clear Channel merger
-
Best radio station
KVCU-AM/Radio 1190
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Best radio station
KVCU-AM/Radio 1190
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Best web radio station
www.localstation.com
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Best web radio station
www.localstation.com
-
Best radio talk-show host
Rick Barber, KOA-AM/850
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Best radio talk-show host
Rick Barber, KOA-AM/850
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Best place to see local TV reporters pretending to be local TV reporters
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town by Lawrence Schiller
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Best place to see local TV reporters pretending to be local TV reporters
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town by Lawrence Schiller
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Best morning radio show
Bret Saunders, KBCO-FM/97.3
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Best morning radio show
Bret Saunders, KBCO-FM/97.3
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Best afternoon radio show
The Sports Zoo, KOA-AM/850
-
Best afternoon radio show
The Sports Zoo, KOA-AM/850
-
Best radio double shift
Willie B., KBPI-FM/106.7
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Best radio double shift
Willie B., KBPI-FM/106.7
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Best local TV newscast -- morning
Channel 9
-
Best local TV newscast -- morning
Channel 9
-
Best local TV newscast -- evening
Channel 7
-
Best local TV newscast -- evening
Channel 7
-
Best TV executive
Cindy Velasquez, Channel 7
-
Best TV executive
Cindy Velasquez, Channel 7
-
Best local TV anchor
Adele Arakawa, Channel 9
-
Best local TV anchor
Adele Arakawa, Channel 9
-
Best local TV sportscaster
Vic Lombardi, Channel 4
-
Best local TV sportscaster
Vic Lombardi, Channel 4
-
Best local TV weathercaster
Marty Coniglio, Channel 7
-
Best local TV weathercaster
Marty Coniglio, Channel 7
-
Best impending entry into the Denver TV news scene
Channel 31
-
Best impending entry into the Denver TV news scene
Channel 31
-
Best local TV commercial
Colorado Lottery
-
Best local TV commercial
Colorado Lottery
-
Best helicopter footage
Channel 7
-
Best helicopter footage
Channel 7
-
Best graphic traffic updates
Channel 4
-
Best graphic traffic updates
Channel 4
-
Best hair on a local TV personality -- male
Marc Soicher, Channel 4
-
Best hair on a local TV personality -- male
Marc Soicher, Channel 4
-
Best hair on a local TV personality -- female
Kyle Dyer, Channel 9
-
Best hair on a local TV personality -- female
Kyle Dyer, Channel 9
-
Best name of a Denver TV personality -- male
Larry Blunt, Channel 4
-
Best name of a Denver TV personality -- male
Larry Blunt, Channel 4
-
Best name of a Denver TV personality -- female
Jennifer Zeppelin, Channel 4
-
Best name of a Denver TV personality -- female
Jennifer Zeppelin, Channel 4
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Best proof that TV attracts the clinically insane
Dan Daru, Channel 2
-
Best proof that TV attracts the clinically insane
Dan Daru, Channel 2
-
Best new old street
East Colfax Avenue
-
Best new old street
East Colfax Avenue
-
Best new building
The Daniel L. Ritchie Center
-
Best new building
The Daniel L. Ritchie Center
-
Best new high-rise
The Hines Tower
-
Best new high-rise
The Hines Tower
-
Best live philanthropist
Sharon Magness
-
Best live philanthropist
Sharon Magness
-
Best historic rehab
Sugar Building and Annex
-
Best historic rehab
Sugar Building and Annex
-
Best save from the wrecking ball
Midland Building
-
Best save from the wrecking ball
Midland Building
-
Best renovation of a local landmark
The Sculptured House
-
Best renovation of a local landmark
The Sculptured House
-
Best surviving example of classic Cherry Creek chic
Ilona of Hungary building
-
Best surviving example of classic Cherry Creek chic
Ilona of Hungary building
-
Best bright idea downtown
Relighting the facade of the old Chamber of Commerce building
-
Best bright idea downtown
Relighting the facade of the old Chamber of Commerce building
-
Best new old-timey building
1899 Wynkoop Building
-
Best new old-timey building
1899 Wynkoop Building
-
Best place to take an afternoon nap without being disturbed
The State Capitol committee meeting rooms
-
Best place to take an afternoon nap without being disturbed
The State Capitol committee meeting rooms
-
Best place to take an afternoon nap and feel smart
Main library, University of Colorado at Boulder
-
Best place to take an afternoon nap and feel smart
Main library, University of Colorado at Boulder
-
Best extracurricular activity
Denver Neighborhood Women's History Trail, Women of the West Museum
-
Best extracurricular activity
Denver Neighborhood Women's History Trail, Women of the West Museum
-
Best curricular activity
Escuela Guadalupe
-
Best curricular activity
Escuela Guadalupe
-
Best dead philanthropist
Bill Daniels
-
Best dead philanthropist
Bill Daniels
-
Best way for Denver to celebrate the real start of the millennium
Party! Party!
-
Best way for Denver to celebrate the real start of the millennium
Party! Party!
-
Best goodwill ambassador -- at home
John Hickenlooper
-
Best goodwill ambassador -- at home
John Hickenlooper
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Sports & Recreation
-
Best gift for the sports fan/architect
Blueprints of the new Denver Broncos stadium
-
Best gift for the sports fan/architect
Blueprints of the new Denver Broncos stadium
-
Best new sports venue
Magness Arena, Ritchie Center for Sports and Wellness, University of Denver
-
Best new sports venue
Magness Arena, Ritchie Center for Sports and Wellness, University of Denver
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Best use of parking spaces
Colorado Rockies Wheelchair Softball League, Coors Field, north parking lot
-
Best use of parking spaces
Colorado Rockies Wheelchair Softball League, Coors Field, north parking lot
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Best Nugget
Antonio McDyess
-
Best Nugget
Antonio McDyess
-
Best Av
Peter Forsberg
-
Best Av
Peter Forsberg
-
Best acquisitions
Ray Bourque and Dave Andreychuk
-
Best acquisitions
Ray Bourque and Dave Andreychuk
-
Best fan banner
"Stick a Bourque in 'em!"
-
Best fan banner
"Stick a Bourque in 'em!"
-
Best pro sports announcer
Mike Haynes, AM-950/The Fan
-
Best pro sports announcer
Mike Haynes, AM-950/The Fan
-
Best Rapid
Junior Agogo
-
Best Rapid
Junior Agogo
-
Best University of Denver hockey player
Mark Rycroft
-
Best University of Denver hockey player
Mark Rycroft
-
Best University of Colorado football player
Daniel Graham
-
Best University of Colorado football player
Daniel Graham
-
Best Air Force Academy athlete
Shane Rogers
-
Best Air Force Academy athlete
Shane Rogers
-
Best name for the new football stadium
Mile High Stadium
-
Best name for the new football stadium
Mile High Stadium
-
Best college athlete you've never heard of
Kara Wheeler
-
Best college athlete you've never heard of
Kara Wheeler
-
Best examples of genuine athletic role models
Colorado's scholar athletes
-
Best examples of genuine athletic role models
Colorado's scholar athletes
-
Best reason to wear Vaseline in the cheap seats
Denver Police Department
-
Best reason to wear Vaseline in the cheap seats
Denver Police Department
-
Best high school athlete
Alicia Salas
-
Best high school athlete
Alicia Salas
-
Best local sports team -- amateur
Columbine High School football team
-
Best local sports team -- amateur
Columbine High School football team
-
Best local sports team -- professional
Colorado Rockies
-
Best local sports team -- professional
Colorado Rockies
-
Best sports coach -- college
Mike Dunlap Metro State basketball
-
Best sports coach -- college
Mike Dunlap Metro State basketball
-
Best sports coach -- professional
Bob Hartley Colorado Avalanche
-
Best sports coach -- professional
Bob Hartley Colorado Avalanche
-
Best-dressed coach
Mike Shanahan
-
Best-dressed coach
Mike Shanahan
-
Best new use for purple
Colorado Rockies' new uniforms
-
Best new use for purple
Colorado Rockies' new uniforms
-
Second-best name for the new football stadium
Qwest Stadium
-
Second-best name for the new football stadium
Qwest Stadium
-
Best monsters
Dragons of Komodo Denver Zoo
-
Best monsters
Dragons of Komodo Denver Zoo
-
Best dinosaur
Cedarosaurus weiskopfae -- Weiskopf's Cedar-reptile
-
Best dinosaur
Cedarosaurus weiskopfae -- Weiskopf's Cedar-reptile
-
Best off-leash dog park
Stevens Grove Chatfield State Park
-
Best off-leash dog park
Stevens Grove Chatfield State Park
-
Best birdwatching -- west
Chatfield State Park
-
Best birdwatching -- west
Chatfield State Park
-
Best birdwatching -- east
Denver International Airport
-
Best birdwatching -- east
Denver International Airport
-
Best place to catch a trout without leaving town
City Park
-
Best place to catch a trout without leaving town
City Park
-
Best south suburban alternative to Clement Park
The Ridge at West Meadows Regional Park
-
Best south suburban alternative to Clement Park
The Ridge at West Meadows Regional Park
-
Best new bowling alley
Fat City
-
Best new bowling alley
Fat City
-
Best old bowling alley
Sport Bowl Lanes & Billiards
-
Best old bowling alley
Sport Bowl Lanes & Billiards
-
Best tours for tourists
Gunslingers, Ghosts and Gold Walking Tours
-
Best tours for tourists
Gunslingers, Ghosts and Gold Walking Tours
-
Best Bronco
Terrell Davis
-
Best Bronco
Terrell Davis
-
Best tours for locals
Walking Tours by Phil Goodstein
-
Best tours for locals
Walking Tours by Phil Goodstein
-
Best canoe trips
Swallow Hill canoe trips
-
Best canoe trips
Swallow Hill canoe trips
-
Best place to plan your campout
Colorado State Parks activities and facilities Web page www.coloradoparks.org
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Best place to plan your campout
Colorado State Parks activities and facilities Web page www.coloradoparks.org
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Best winter camping trips
Colorado State Parks yurts
-
Best winter camping trips
Colorado State Parks yurts
-
Best leks
Wray
-
Best leks
Wray
-
Best place to cuddle an alpaca
Switzer-Land Farm, Estes Park
-
Best place to cuddle an alpaca
Switzer-Land Farm, Estes Park
-
Best kids' nature programs
Colorado Bird Observatory
-
Best kids' nature programs
Colorado Bird Observatory
-
Best kids' recreation programs
Ritchie Center for Sports and Wellness
-
Best kids' recreation programs
Ritchie Center for Sports and Wellness
-
Best kid place that really lives up to its name
Funtastic Fun
-
Best kid place that really lives up to its name
Funtastic Fun
-
Best birthday parties for active kids
Gymnastics birthday parties
-
Best birthday parties for active kids
Gymnastics birthday parties
-
Best Broncos Super-Bowl coverage in a year the Broncos weren't in the Super Bowl
AM-950/The Fan
-
Best Broncos Super-Bowl coverage in a year the Broncos weren't in the Super Bowl
AM-950/The Fan
-
Best kids' gardening experience
Mr. McGregor's Garden, Denver Botanic Gardens
-
Best kids' gardening experience
Mr. McGregor's Garden, Denver Botanic Gardens
-
Best flying pumpkins
Denver Urban Garden's Jack-O-Launch Contest www.dug.org
-
Best flying pumpkins
Denver Urban Garden's Jack-O-Launch Contest www.dug.org
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Best community project
Box Canyon Restoration, City Park
-
Best community project
Box Canyon Restoration, City Park
-
Best sports date night
March 17, 2000, Stevie Johnston vs. Julio Alvarez
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Best sports date night
March 17, 2000, Stevie Johnston vs. Julio Alvarez
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Best fitness retreats for women
Women's Quest Fitness Retreats
-
Best fitness retreats for women
Women's Quest Fitness Retreats
-
Best locale to place your bets
Red & Jerry's
-
Best locale to place your bets
Red & Jerry's
-
Best racing greyhound
Shootyz Groove
-
Best racing greyhound
Shootyz Groove
-
Best thoroughbred racehorse
Moonlight Maverick
-
Best thoroughbred racehorse
Moonlight Maverick
-
Best place to bag a bull
Game Management Unit 201, Moffat County
-
Best place to bag a bull
Game Management Unit 201, Moffat County
-
Best place to go when you absolutely must fill your tag
Game Management Unit 20, near Estes Park
-
Best place to go when you absolutely must fill your tag
Game Management Unit 20, near Estes Park
-
Best new reasons to canonize John Elway
Brian Griese and Gus Frerotte
-
Best new reasons to canonize John Elway
Brian Griese and Gus Frerotte
-
Best place to check out shred betties
Loveland Ski Resort
-
Best place to check out shred betties
Loveland Ski Resort
-
Best quick ski fix
RTD's ski-n-Ride to Eldora
-
Best quick ski fix
RTD's ski-n-Ride to Eldora
-
Best black diamond ski run
The Plunge at Telluride
-
Best black diamond ski run
The Plunge at Telluride
-
Best public golf course
Arrowhead Golf Club
-
Best public golf course
Arrowhead Golf Club
-
Best golf shot
David Toms, 1999 Sprint International
-
Best golf shot
David Toms, 1999 Sprint International
-
Best tennis courts -- public
Gates Tennis Center
-
Best tennis courts -- public
Gates Tennis Center
-
Best tennis courts -- private
Greenwood Athletic Club
-
Best tennis courts -- private
Greenwood Athletic Club
-
Best tennis player
Jeff Loehr
-
Best tennis player
Jeff Loehr
-
Best swimming pool
Wheat Ridge Recreational Center
-
Best swimming pool
Wheat Ridge Recreational Center
-
Best climbing wall
Rock cliffs outside of Morrison
-
Best climbing wall
Rock cliffs outside of Morrison
-
Best local jock quote
Bubby Brister: "Back in the day..."
-
Best local jock quote
Bubby Brister: "Back in the day..."
-
Best mountain-bike ride on which to break your neck
Dakota Ridge, Jefferson County
-
Best mountain-bike ride on which to break your neck
Dakota Ridge, Jefferson County
-
Best road-bike ride on which to burst your lungs
High Grade Road, Littleton to Conifer
-
Best road-bike ride on which to burst your lungs
High Grade Road, Littleton to Conifer
-
Best casual bike tours
Blazing Saddles
-
Best casual bike tours
Blazing Saddles
-
Best bicycles built for two
Tandem Cycle Works of Colorado
-
Best bicycles built for two
Tandem Cycle Works of Colorado
-
Best bike-riding lesson
Pedal Magic
-
Best bike-riding lesson
Pedal Magic
-
Best trail run
Alderfer/ Three Sisters Park
-
Best trail run
Alderfer/ Three Sisters Park
-
Best race to forget you are running
Colorado Run, Fort Collins
-
Best race to forget you are running
Colorado Run, Fort Collins
-
Best race to run a personal record
Evergreen Town Race, Evergreen
-
Best race to run a personal record
Evergreen Town Race, Evergreen
-
Best place to ruin a personal record
U.S. Vertical Kilometer, Vail
-
Best place to ruin a personal record
U.S. Vertical Kilometer, Vail
-
Best Rockie
Todd Helton
-
Best Rockie
Todd Helton
-
Best performance by a Rockies starting pitcher
Pedro Astacio, June 3
-
Best performance by a Rockies starting pitcher
Pedro Astacio, June 3
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Best Of
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Arts & Entertainment
-
Best entertainment for under $1
The 3 a.m. #15 bus eastbound on Colfax
-
Best entertainment for under $1
The 3 a.m. #15 bus eastbound on Colfax
-
Best local rendition of "Blue Moon"
Mariachi Vasquez
-
Best free entertainment
Lutheran Medical Center lobby
-
Best free entertainment
Lutheran Medical Center lobby
-
Best specialty film festival
Aurora Asian Film Festival
-
Best specialty film festival
Aurora Asian Film Festival
-
Best split-personality club
La Rumba/Trinity
-
Best split-personality club
La Rumba/Trinity
-
Best impromptu karaoke in a Mexican dive bar
Satire Restaurant & Lounge
-
Best impromptu karaoke in a Mexican dive bar
Satire Restaurant & Lounge
-
Best place to pretend it's 1940
Turk's Supper Club
-
Best place to pretend it's 1940
Turk's Supper Club
-
Best club DJ
DJ Fury
-
Best club DJ
DJ Fury
-
Best juke-friendly jukebox
Skylark Lounge
-
Best juke-friendly jukebox
Skylark Lounge
-
Best jukebox
Goosetown Tavern
-
Best jukebox
Goosetown Tavern
-
Best Halloween dance party
The Church
-
Best Halloween dance party
The Church
-
Best place to get high and jam
Nederland Acid Jams at the Wolf Tongue Brewery
-
Best place to get high and jam
Nederland Acid Jams at the Wolf Tongue Brewery
-
Best chance to offend PETA
Harp Seal Piñata
-
Best chance to offend PETA
Harp Seal Pi�ata
-
Best band name
404 Not Found
-
Best band name
404 Not Found
-
Best community film series
Boulder Film Alliance "Best of" Series
-
Best community film series
Boulder Film Alliance "Best of" Series
-
Best place to get whupped -- and like it
Central Wrestling Organization matches at the Aztlan Theater
-
Best place to get whupped -- and like it
Central Wrestling Organization matches at the Aztlan Theater
-
Best hip-hop show
Basementalism, KVCU-AM/1190, 4 to 7 p.m. Saturdays
-
Best hip-hop show
Basementalism, KVCU-AM/1190, 4 to 7 p.m. Saturdays
-
Best blues radio show
Strictly Blues, KRFX103.5FM
-
Best blues radio show
Strictly Blues, KRFX103.5FM
-
Best holy hour of radio
Gospel Chime, KGNU-FM/88.5
-
Best holy hour of radio
Gospel Chime, KGNU-FM/88.5
-
Best live-music radio show
Cabaret, KGNU-FM/88.5
-
Best live-music radio show
Cabaret, KGNU-FM/88.5
-
Best local jazzbo
Hugh Ragin
-
Best local jazzbo
Hugh Ragin
-
Best local-music site
www.denver-rocks.com
-
Best local-music site
www.denver-rocks.com
-
Best online ranting about local music (and everything else)
The Hooligan www.thehooligan.com
-
Best online ranting about local music (and everything else)
The Hooligan www.thehooligan.com
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Best li'l independent slice of cybernet pie
www.joesgrille.com
-
Best li'l independent slice of cybernet pie
www.joesgrille.com
-
Best local-music how-to
Making a Living in Your Local Music Market: How to Survive and Prosper by Dick Weissman
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Best local-music how-to
Making a Living in Your Local Music Market: How to Survive and Prosper by Dick Weissman
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Best arts festival
Salida ArtWalk
-
Best arts festival
Salida ArtWalk
-
Best music-scene organization
Colorado Music Association
-
Best music-scene organization
Colorado Music Association
-
Best creative music promoter
Alex Lemski
-
Best creative music promoter
Alex Lemski
-
Best music-industry scandal
House of Blues vs. the Backstreet Boys
-
Best music-industry scandal
House of Blues vs. the Backstreet Boys
-
Best success story
String Cheese Incident
-
Best success story
String Cheese Incident
-
Best rapper on the verge
Don Blas
-
Best rapper on the verge
Don Blas
-
Best rapper with a Super Bowl championship ring
Terrell Davis
-
Best rapper with a Super Bowl championship ring
Terrell Davis
-
Best rapper to foretell and then prevent the apocalypse
Apostle
-
Best rapper to foretell and then prevent the apocalypse
Apostle
-
Best reason to surf the Flatirons, dude
Maraca 5-0
-
Best reason to surf the Flatirons, dude
Maraca 5-0
-
Best proof of life after Boulder
Fat Mama
-
Best proof of life after Boulder
Fat Mama
-
Best inexplicable band
DeVotchKa
-
Best inexplicable band
DeVotchKa
-
Best politically correct tourist greeting
Judith Francisca Baca's La Memoria de Nuestra Tierra: Colorado (The Memory of Our Land)
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Best politically correct tourist greeting
Judith Francisca Baca's La Memoria de Nuestra Tierra: Colorado (The Memory of Our Land)
-
Best charity gig by a bunch of drunks
Buzz Bomber and the M-80s
-
Best charity gig by a bunch of drunks
Buzz Bomber and the M-80s
-
Best rockin' mama
Chanin Floyd
-
Best rockin' mama
Chanin Floyd
-
Best approximation of a mean old coot
Munly
-
Best approximation of a mean old coot
Munly
-
Best unabashed use of a theremin
Hoochie
-
Best unabashed use of a theremin
Hoochie
-
Best addition to coffee and crullers
Ron Bucknam
-
Best addition to coffee and crullers
Ron Bucknam
-
Best approximation of a turn-of-the-century strip show
Burlesque As It Was
-
Best approximation of a turn-of-the-century strip show
Burlesque As It Was
-
Best local rendition of "Blue Moon"
Mariachi Vasquez
-
Best Sinatra lounge singer
John Potter
-
Best Sinatra lounge singer
John Potter
-
Best chanteuse
Mary Ann Moore
-
Best chanteuse
Mary Ann Moore
-
Best unretirement
Vic Cionetti
-
Best unretirement
Vic Cionetti
-
Best reunion
Front Range Women in the Arts (Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art)
-
Best reunion
Front Range Women in the Arts (Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art)
-
Best defunct act
32-20 Jug Band
-
Best defunct act
32-20 Jug Band
-
Best dang recording
Nounsville by Dang Head
-
Best dang recording
Nounsville by Dang Head
-
Best local recording
Local Shakedown
-
Best local recording
Local Shakedown
-
Best new label
Owned & Operated
-
Best new label
Owned & Operated
-
Best nutritious release
Get Your Beans by Mr. Tree and the Wingnuts
-
Best nutritious release
Get Your Beans by Mr. Tree and the Wingnuts
-
Best local-music reissue
New Music for Bowed Piano by Stephen Scott
-
Best local-music reissue
New Music for Bowed Piano by Stephen Scott
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Best friend to have in a recording studio
Bob Ferbrache/Absinthe Studios
-
Best friend to have in a recording studio
Bob Ferbrache/Absinthe Studios
-
Best guitar tone
John Common
-
Best guitar tone
John Common
-
Best pedal-steel guitar player
"Uncle" Dick Meis
-
Best pedal-steel guitar player
"Uncle" Dick Meis
-
Best sound in a theater
Fox Theatre
-
Best sound in a theater
Fox Theatre
-
Best comedy revolution
A.C.E.'s Aspen Comedy Fringe Fest
-
Best comedy revolution
A.C.E.'s Aspen Comedy Fringe Fest
-
Best new old music hall
The Fillmore Auditorium
-
Best new old music hall
The Fillmore Auditorium
-
Best plan to renovate an old venue
Red Rocks Amphitheatre
-
Best plan to renovate an old venue
Red Rocks Amphitheatre
-
Best place to hear Public Enemy in a classical European setting
Gothic Theatre
-
Best place to hear Public Enemy in a classical European setting
Gothic Theatre
-
Best concert in a club
Gil Scott-Heron at Lion's Lair on February 29, 2000
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Best concert in a club
Gil Scott-Heron at Lion's Lair on February 29, 2000
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Best concert (since June 1999)
Tom Waits at Paramount Theatre on October 12 and 13, 1999
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Best concert (since June 1999)
Tom Waits at Paramount Theatre on October 12 and 13, 1999
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Best karaoke host
Mel Apodaca
-
Best karaoke host
Mel Apodaca
-
Best dance caller
Chris Kermiet
-
Best dance caller
Chris Kermiet
-
Best place to fiddle around
Rocky Mountain Fiddle Camp at YMCA Camp Shady Brook in Deckers
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Best place to fiddle around
Rocky Mountain Fiddle Camp at YMCA Camp Shady Brook in Deckers
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Best of the best
Colorado Performing Arts Hall of Fame
-
Best of the best
Colorado Performing Arts Hall of Fame
-
Best ticket deals
Hot Tickets
-
Best ticket deals
Hot Tickets
-
Best local kids' recording
Wheeeeeeeeee: Songs & Stories for Kids by Front Range Artists
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Best local kids' recording
Wheeeeeeeeee: Songs & Stories for Kids by Front Range Artists
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Best place to curl up with a Harry Potter book
Children's Library, Denver Central Library
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Best place to curl up with a Harry Potter book
Children's Library, Denver Central Library
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Best scientific Web site for kids
Web Weather for Kids www.ucar.edu/40th/webweather
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Best scientific Web site for kids
Web Weather for Kids www.ucar.edu/40th/webweather
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Best artsy kids' site
www.wackykids.org
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Best artsy kids' site
www.wackykids.org
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Best new public art (since June 1999)
"Full Fathom Five" by Tim Prentice
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Best new public art (since June 1999)
"Full Fathom Five" by Tim Prentice
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Best blockbuster museum exhibit
Matisse From the Baltimre Museum of Art Denver Art Museum
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Best blockbuster museum exhibit
Matisse From the Baltimre Museum of Art Denver Art Museum
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Best political use of an art show to get a bigger building
Impressionism Denver Art Museum
-
Best political use of an art show to get a bigger building
Impressionism Denver Art Museum
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Best thing to ever happen to the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver
Director Mark Masuoka
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Best thing to ever happen to the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver
Director Mark Masuoka
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Best opportunity to catch up on the latest international art buzz
Contemporary British Artists Denver Art Museum
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Best opportunity to catch up on the latest international art buzz
Contemporary British Artists Denver Art Museum
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Best imitation of a museum show
John F. Carlson and Artists of the Broadmoor Academy David Cook Fine Art
-
Best imitation of a museum show
John F. Carlson and Artists of the Broadmoor Academy David Cook Fine Art
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Best movie-theater popcorn
Landmark Theaters
-
Best movie-theater popcorn
Landmark Theaters
-
Best rediscovery of hidden treasures
Vanguard Art in Colorado: 1940-1970 Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
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Best rediscovery of hidden treasures
Vanguard Art in Colorado: 1940-1970 Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
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Best salute to Colorado's contemporary art scene
Colorado Abstraction: 1975-1999 Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
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Best salute to Colorado's contemporary art scene
Colorado Abstraction: 1975-1999 Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
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Best group drawing show
Master Drawings Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
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Best group drawing show
Master Drawings Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
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Best solo painting show -- emerging artist
Bill Brazzell, Align
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Best solo painting show -- emerging artist
Bill Brazzell, Align
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Best solo painting show -- established artist
Steven Altman, Untitled
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Best solo painting show -- established artist
Steven Altman, Untitled
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Best painting duet
Tracy and Sushe Felix, New Work by Felix & Felix
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Best painting duet
Tracy and Sushe Felix, New Work by Felix & Felix
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Best temporary mural
Stephen Batura, "Floodplain"
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Best temporary mural
Stephen Batura, "Floodplain"
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Best solo sculpture show -- emerging artist
Melanie Hoshiko, Traverse
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Best solo sculpture show -- emerging artist
Melanie Hoshiko, Traverse
-
Best solo sculpture show -- established artist
John DeAndrea, Fragments
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Best solo sculpture show -- established artist
John DeAndrea, Fragments
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Best career-establishing show
Bryan Andrews, Dopplegangers
-
Best career-establishing show
Bryan Andrews, Dopplegangers
-
Best new concession item
Italian sodas
-
Best new concession item
Italian sodas
-
Best New York school show
Carl Andre and Melissa Kretschmer
-
Best New York school show
Carl Andre and Melissa Kretschmer
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Best place this side of the Ozarks to see carved wood
North American Sculpture Exhibition
-
Best place this side of the Ozarks to see carved wood
North American Sculpture Exhibition
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Best upstart exhibition organizer
Jason Thomas, director
-
Best upstart exhibition organizer
Jason Thomas, director
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Best combination of funky and fancy
Shows organized by Jim Robischon and Jennifer Doran
-
Best combination of funky and fancy
Shows organized by Jim Robischon and Jennifer Doran
-
Best example of the work ethic as applied to the fine arts
Chuck Parson
-
Best example of the work ethic as applied to the fine arts
Chuck Parson
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Best photo show -- solo
Hal D. Gould: Visual Legacy
-
Best photo show -- solo
Hal D. Gould: Visual Legacy
-
Best photo show -- group
Photography and the Creative Process
-
Best photo show -- group
Photography and the Creative Process
-
Best show to highlight a Playboy photographer
Ted Williams, Tone Poems
-
Best show to highlight a Playboy photographer
Ted Williams, Tone Poems
-
Best print show -- solo
Emilio Lobato, Printmaker's Portfolio
-
Best print show -- solo
Emilio Lobato, Printmaker's Portfolio
-
Best print show -- group
works on paper: a riverhouse retrospective
-
Best print show -- group
works on paper: a riverhouse retrospective
-
Best before- and after-movie watering hole
Bistro Adde Brewster
-
Best before- and after-movie watering hole
Bistro Adde Brewster
-
Best art show to include images via computer
Susan Goldstein, Life Layers
-
Best art show to include images via computer
Susan Goldstein, Life Layers
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Best friend to Colorado's ceramic artists
Rodger Lang
-
Best friend to Colorado's ceramic artists
Rodger Lang
-
Best solo ceramics show
Scott Chamberlin Twelve Years
-
Best solo ceramics show
Scott Chamberlin Twelve Years
-
Best ceramics duet
Time in Tandem: James and Nan McKinnell Retrospective
-
Best ceramics duet
Time in Tandem: James and Nan McKinnell Retrospective
-
Best group ceramics show -- historical division
Colorado Kilns
-
Best group ceramics show -- historical division
Colorado Kilns
-
Best group ceramics show -- contemporary division
High Degrees
-
Best group ceramics show -- contemporary division
High Degrees
-
Best curatorial gesture linking Colorado with the outside world
Ron Otsuka's Takashi Nakazato
-
Best curatorial gesture linking Colorado with the outside world
Ron Otsuka's Takashi Nakazato
-
Best installation show -- solo
Gail Wagner
-
Best installation show -- solo
Gail Wagner
-
Best installation show -- group
Western Vernacular: Colorado Installation
-
Best installation show -- group
Western Vernacular: Colorado Installation
-
Best local gallery show -- solo
William Stockman, Sketchbook
-
Best local gallery show -- solo
William Stockman, Sketchbook
-
Best movie theater -- high-tech
IMAX, Denver Museum of Nature and Science
-
Best movie theater -- high-tech
IMAX, Denver Museum of Nature and Science
-
Best local gallery show -- group
Twentieth Anniversary Celebration
-
Best local gallery show -- group
Twentieth Anniversary Celebration
-
Best local theater production
The Winter's Tale
-
Best local theater production
The Winter's Tale
-
Best musical
Side Show
-
Best musical
Side Show
-
Best musical ménage
Bed and Sofa
-
Best musical mƩnage
Bed and Sofa
-
Best urban legends
Shadow Theatre Company
-
Best urban legends
Shadow Theatre Company
-
Best do-right man
Paul Borrillo in To Kill a Mockingbird
-
Best do-right man
Paul Borrillo in To Kill a Mockingbird
-
Best heroine in the making
Sara Smith
-
Best heroine in the making
Sara Smith
-
Best out-of-body experience
Martha Greenberg in Wings
-
Best out-of-body experience
Martha Greenberg in Wings
-
Best fish tale
Paul Page in The Ice-Fishing Play
-
Best fish tale
Paul Page in The Ice-Fishing Play
-
Best noh brainer
Suddenly Last Summer
-
Best noh brainer
Suddenly Last Summer
-
Best movie theater -- traditional
The Mayan4-6796
-
Best movie theater -- traditional
The Mayan4-6796
-
Best hard-boiled blarney
The Beauty Queen of Leenane
-
Best hard-boiled blarney
The Beauty Queen of Leenane
-
Best (theatrically speaking) political farce
Nixon's Nixon
-
Best (theatrically speaking) political farce
Nixon's Nixon
-
Best androgynous turn
Brian Houtz in The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me
-
Best androgynous turn
Brian Houtz in The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me
-
Best dysfunctional-family play
Pig
-
Best dysfunctional-family play
Pig
-
Best children's production
Babe, the Sheep-Pig
-
Best children's production
Babe, the Sheep-Pig
-
Best community-theater production
Of Mice and Men
-
Best community-theater production
Of Mice and Men
-
Best environmental/experimental production
Picasso at the Lapin Agile
-
Best environmental/experimental production
Picasso at the Lapin Agile
-
Best new play
Waiting to Be Invited
-
Best new play
Waiting to Be Invited
-
Best one-person show
Deborah Persoff in Full Gallop
-
Best one-person show
Deborah Persoff in Full Gallop
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Best director
Chip Walton
-
Best director
Chip Walton
-
Best Denver film festival movie
Nic (Nothing), Poland
-
Best Denver film festival movie
Nic (Nothing), Poland
-
Best ensemble
Street Scene
-
Best ensemble
Street Scene
-
Best supporting actor
John Hutton, Denver Center Theatre Company
-
Best supporting actor
John Hutton, Denver Center Theatre Company
-
Best supporting actress
Mercedes Perez
-
Best supporting actress
Mercedes Perez
-
Best actor
Tony Church, Denver Center Theatre Company
-
Best actor
Tony Church, Denver Center Theatre Company
-
Best actress
Sheila Ivy Traister
-
Best actress
Sheila Ivy Traister
-
Best local theater company season
Aurora Fox Theatre Company
-
Best local theater company season
Aurora Fox Theatre Company
-
Best place to tangle with tango dancers
Mercury Cafe
-
Best place to tangle with tango dancers
Mercury Cafe
-
Best salsa club
Sevilla
-
Best salsa club
Sevilla
-
Best C&W club
Stetson Paradise
-
Best C&W club
Stetson Paradise
-
Best rock club
15th Street Tavern
-
Best rock club
15th Street Tavern
-
Best Denver film festival sleeper
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald, Japan
-
Best Denver film festival sleeper
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald, Japan
-
Best punk club
The Raven
-
Best punk club
The Raven
-
Best punk rocker, for a cop
Officer Steve Gonzales
-
Best punk rocker, for a cop
Officer Steve Gonzales
-
Best dance club
Soma
-
Best dance club
Soma
-
Best jazz club
El Chapultepec
-
Best jazz club
El Chapultepec
-
Best blues club
Brendan's Pub
-
Best blues club
Brendan's Pub
-
Best after-hours club
Club Synergy
-
Best after-hours club
Club Synergy
-
Best new club
Bash
-
Best new club
Bash
-
Best disguise of a playground as a concert venue
Wonderground
-
Best disguise of a playground as a concert venue
Wonderground
-
Best way to kill time before a show at the Bluebird
PS Lounge
-
Best way to kill time before a show at the Bluebird
PS Lounge
-
Best place to watch really white people dance
The Supreme Court
-
Best place to watch really white people dance
The Supreme Court
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Shopping & Services
-
Best place to turn Jagged Little Pillinto a five-dollar bill
Cheapo Discs
-
Best spa for Gen-X'ers
The Blue Door
-
Best place to get tattooed, pierced before you get a haircut
Twisted Sol
-
Best use for old tires
Jaitire Industries
-
Best recycled utopia
Can Land Recycling Center
-
Best place to lighten your load
Family Tree Foundation
-
Best alley scavenging
Fourth to Seventh avenues between Downing St. and University Blvd.
-
Best incentive to get the kids to clean the house
BFI Landfill
-
Best place to score marijuana in a pinch
The lawn between City Hall and the State Capitol
-
Best new narcotics anonymous meeting
Ray of Light
-
Best realtors for gays and lesbians
Rosnik & Associates
-
Best condom-storage gadget
Crazy Condom Keypers, Planned Parenthood
-
Best wedding invitations
Paper Talk
-
Best place to get a haircut after you get tattooed, pierced
Urban Renewal
-
Best romantic Web site
www.milehighheartbeat.com
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Best job applications
Denver Gov Online Job Application and Resume Management System
-
Best last-minute schedule checks
RTD's Online Bus Schedules www.rtd-denver.com
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Best tonic for your soles
Dardano's Shoes and Repair Web site www.dardanos.com
-
Best Jills of all trades
2nd String Moms
-
Best way to leave a hint
Wish Registry, Paper Pleasures
-
Best wedding photographer
Moses Street
-
Best kids' photographer
Black & White by Krista
-
Best personalized nostalgia
Photographs and Memories
-
Best place to pamper your poodle
Shylo Country Club for Dogs
-
Best haircuts for little screamers
Tortoise and the Hare
-
Best place to worship your cat
The Cat Hospital of Wheat Ridge
-
Best service pets
Alliance of Best Friends
-
Best service for pets
Anesthesia-free teeth-cleaning clincs, Pet World
-
Best 24-hour service
Walgreen's 24-hour pharmacy
-
Best emergency service
Urban Wildlife Rescue
-
Best free service
The Denver Water Department's Xeriscape seminars, info and demonstration garden
-
Best Xeriscape handbooks
Denver Water Department www.denverwater.org
-
Best general garden center
Echter's Greenhouse and Gardens
-
Best neighborhood greenhouse
Groundcovers Greenhouse and Nursery
-
Best neighborhood garden nook
The Potted Garden
-
Best place downtown to hail a cab late at night
The Brown Palace Hotel
-
Best garden pagodas
Barong Collection
-
Best high-altitude cultivars
Pleasant Avenue Nursery
-
Best class for snowbound gardeners
Make Your Own Tabletop Fountain at Wildflowers
-
Best herbs
Lily's Herbery
-
Best Zen shopping
Now & Zen
-
Best introduction to capitalism
Glendale Public Library
-
Best store at Cherry Creek Shopping Center
Illuminations
-
Best store at Cherry Creek Shopping Center, Jr.
The Children's Place
-
Best store at Park Meadows
Lauren Brooks
-
Best shop at DIA
U.S. Post Office, Rocky Mountain Station
-
Best parking-lot attendant
Rose Peterson, 15th and Delgany streets
-
Best flight out of DIA
Frontier Flight 771 at 9:35 a.m. to Las Vegas
-
Best store anywhere on Colfax Avenue
Temple of Being/Bound by Design
-
Best place to find high-altitude balls
Game-Set-Match
-
Best used sporting goods store
Sports Plus
-
Best place to buy coins and estate jewelry
Tebo Coins
-
Best place to sober up in a hurry
REI Denver Flagship Store
-
Best place to chill out
Tattered Cover LoDo
-
Best tilemaker
Mosaico Mexican Tile Manufacturing
-
Best banister
Native American Trading Company
-
Best stone
Colorado Stone Company
-
Best lock on a parking spot
CashKey, Denver Department of Public Works
-
Best new looks for old fireplaces
Victorian Treasures
-
Best furniture imports
Foreign Accents International Furnishings
-
Best lampshade salesperson
Lynda Ferris, Lampshade Gallery
-
Best Mickey Mouse bathrooms
Bath & Kitchen Design Center
-
Best video store
Video Station
-
Best new-CD store
Wax Trax
-
Best used-cd store
Twist & Shout
-
Best used-vinyl store
Don's Discs
-
Best anti-theft device at a record store
Jerry's Record Exchange
-
Best anti-ticket service
First Call Communications
-
Best used books
The Book Stack, Mary Reed Building on the DU campus
-
Best kids' bookstore
The Bookies
-
Best eclectica
5 Green Boxes
-
Best Judaica
Boulder Arts & Crafts Cooperative
-
Best cultural collision
Ameri-Mart
-
Best place to buy an Irish sweater
Thistle & Shamrock
-
Best T-shirts
Cargo
-
Best handbags
Alice's Tapestries
-
Best hole-in-the-wall kids' boutique
Beez Kneez
-
Best kids' resale emporium
Once Upon a Child
-
Best car wash
Puddle
-
Best handmade frocks and overalls
LaDonna's House of Design
-
Best handmade toys
Sweet Lily's Toy Company
-
Best toques for tykes
Sur la Table, Cherry Creek Shopping Center
-
Best great big beautiful dolls
The Doll Shop
-
Best sock dolls
Marcia's Kids
-
Best flower fairies
Konvalinka Porcelain Doll Art
-
Best mini flower fairies
The Tended Thicket
-
Best alien collection
Sci-Fanime
-
Best alien mugs
The Clayhouse
-
Best Hello Kitty collection
Hello Kitty World at Min Min
-
Best license plate design
Designer plates
-
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Food & Drink
-
Best restaurant when you're in the Zone
Mercury Cafe
-
Best restaurant when you're in the Zone
Mercury Cafe
-
Best restaurant when you're on the Atkins Diet
Denver Buffalo Company
-
Best restaurant when you're on the Atkins Diet
Denver Buffalo Company
-
Best long john
Henderson's
-
Best long john
Henderson's
-
Best lasagne
The Cherry Tomato
-
Best lasagne
The Cherry Tomato
-
Best pasta restaurant
Cucina Colóre
-
Best pasta restaurant
Cucina Colóre
-
Best pizza
Parisi
-
Best pizza
Parisi
-
Best late-night pizza
Two-Fisted Mario's
-
Best late-night pizza
Two-Fisted Mario's
-
Best wine-tasting parties
Cook Street School of Fine Cooking
-
Best wine-tasting parties
Cook Street School of Fine Cooking
-
Best Colorado wine
Canyon Wind Cabernet Sauvignon, 1996
-
Best Colorado wine
Canyon Wind Cabernet Sauvignon, 1996
-
Best wine list -- price
240 Union
-
Best wine list -- price
240 Union
-
Best wine list -- selection
Flagstaff House
-
Best wine list -- selection
Flagstaff House
-
Best wine list -- by the glass
The Fourth Story
-
Best wine list -- by the glass
The Fourth Story
-
Best wine list -- Californian
California Cafe
-
Best wine list -- Californian
California Cafe
-
Best reason to go to the john
Bruno's Italian Bistro
-
Best reason to go to the john
Bruno's Italian Bistro
-
Best wine list -- South American
Sabor Latino
-
Best wine list -- South American
Sabor Latino
-
Best wine list -- French
Le Central
-
Best wine list -- French
Le Central
-
Best wine list -- Italian
Barolo Grill
-
Best wine list -- Italian
Barolo Grill
-
Best new bar
Sacre Bleu
-
Best new bar
Sacre Bleu
-
Best old bar
My Brother's Bar
-
Best old bar
My Brother's Bar
-
Best brewpub
Great Northern Tavern
-
Best brewpub
Great Northern Tavern
-
Best bartender
Doug Hollaran
-
Best bartender
Doug Hollaran
-
Best martini
The Avenue Grill
-
Best martini
The Avenue Grill
-
Best piano bar
janleone
-
Best piano bar
janleone
-
Best sake lounge
Mori Japanese Restaurant
-
Best sake lounge
Mori Japanese Restaurant
-
Best meal to test your intestinal fortitude
The Fort's Awful Offal Dinner
-
Best meal to test your intestinal fortitude
The Fort's Awful Offal Dinner
-
Best sock-it-to-ya drinks
Twin Dragon
-
Best sock-it-to-ya drinks
Twin Dragon
-
Best make-me-overs
Skylark Lounge
-
Best make-me-overs
Skylark Lounge
-
Best margarita
Dixons Downtown Grill, Racines, Goodfriends
-
Best margarita
Dixons Downtown Grill, Racines, Goodfriends
-
Best chips and salsa
La Fabula
-
Best chips and salsa
La Fabula
-
Best breakfast burrito
Amigos Cafe
-
Best breakfast burrito
Amigos Cafe
-
Best taco
El Se�or Sol, Villa Del Sol
-
Best taco
El Señor Sol, Villa Del Sol
-
Best late-night taco
Taco Express
-
Best late-night taco
Taco Express
-
Best make-your-own taco
The Hornet
-
Best make-your-own taco
The Hornet
-
Best burrito
Chez José
-
Best burrito
Chez José
-
Best burrito the size of a Volkswagen
Piney Creek Grill
-
Best burrito the size of a Volkswagen
Piney Creek Grill
-
Best dessert menu
Palettes
-
Best dessert menu
Palettes
-
Best vegetarian burrito
Wahoo's Fish Taco
-
Best vegetarian burrito
Wahoo's Fish Taco
-
Best chicharrones burrito
Bandido's
-
Best chicharrones burrito
Bandido's
-
Best store-bought pork rinds
La Popular
-
Best store-bought pork rinds
La Popular
-
Best barbacoa burrito
Chipotle Mexican Grill
-
Best barbacoa burrito
Chipotle Mexican Grill
-
Best fajitas
Alamos Verdes
-
Best fajitas
Alamos Verdes
-
Best upscale tamales
The Painted Bench
-
Best upscale tamales
The Painted Bench
-
Best chile relleno
Chelo's
-
Best chile relleno
Chelo's
-
Best green chile
La Casa de Manuel
-
Best green chile
La Casa de Manuel
-
Best gringo green chile
CityGrille
-
Best gringo green chile
CityGrille
-
Best green chile at the 19th hole
El Curso Viejo
-
Best green chile at the 19th hole
El Curso Viejo
-
Best late-night desserts
Cafe Cero
-
Best late-night desserts
Cafe Cero
-
Best red chile
Armida's
-
Best red chile
Armida's
-
Best all-purpose chile, ristra and piñon stand
Hatch New Mexico Chile
-
Best all-purpose chile, ristra and piƱon stand
Hatch New Mexico Chile
-
Best southwestern restaurant
Table Mountain Inn Restaurant
-
Best southwestern restaurant
Table Mountain Inn Restaurant
-
Best new American restaurant
Potager
-
Best new American restaurant
Potager
-
Best all-American restaurant
Sam's No. 3
-
Best all-American restaurant
Sam's No. 3
-
Best regional American restaurant
Hugh's Bistro
-
Best regional American restaurant
Hugh's Bistro
-
Best South American restaurant
Café Brazil
-
Best South American restaurant
Café Brazil
-
Best Caribbean restaurant
Rhumba
-
Best Caribbean restaurant
Rhumba
-
Best seafood restaurant
Roy's Cherry Creek
-
Best seafood restaurant
Roy's Cherry Creek
-
Best sushi restaurant
Sushi Den
-
Best sushi restaurant
Sushi Den
-
Best milk pudding
Se�orita's Cantina
-
Best milk pudding
Señorita's Cantina
-
Best sushi rolls
Banzai Restaurant
-
Best sushi rolls
Banzai Restaurant
-
Best Japanese restaurant
Sushi Wave
-
Best Japanese restaurant
Sushi Wave
-
Best Chinese restaurant
La Chine
-
Best Chinese restaurant
La Chine
-
Best noodle house
Oshima Ramen
-
Best noodle house
Oshima Ramen
-
Best Thai restaurant
Thai Bistro
-
Best Thai restaurant
Thai Bistro
-
Best Vietnamese restaurant
New Saigon
-
Best Vietnamese restaurant
New Saigon
-
Best Indian restaurant
Star of India
-
Best Indian restaurant
Star of India
-
Best Middle Eastern restaurant
Phoenicia Grill
-
Best Middle Eastern restaurant
Phoenicia Grill
-
Best Greek restaurant
South Central II
-
Best Greek restaurant
South Central II
-
Best Mediterranean restaurant
Aubergine Cafe
-
Best Mediterranean restaurant
Aubergine Cafe
-
Best bread pudding
Radex Bistro
-
Best bread pudding
Radex Bistro
-
Best Italian restaurant
Carmine's on Penn
-
Best Italian restaurant
Carmine's on Penn
-
Best French restaurant
Tante Louise
-
Best French restaurant
Tante Louise
-
Best restaurant when someone else is paying
Papillon Cafe
-
Best restaurant when someone else is paying
Papillon Cafe
-
Best romantic restaurant
The Penrose at the Broadmoor
-
Best romantic restaurant
The Penrose at the Broadmoor
-
Best resurrected restaurant
Zenith
-
Best resurrected restaurant
Zenith
-
Best new restaurant
The Biscuit
-
Best new restaurant
The Biscuit
-
Best breads
Tasteez Market & Bakery
-
Best breads
Tasteez Market & Bakery
-
Best bakery
Bluepoint Bakery
-
Best bakery
Bluepoint Bakery
-
Best bakery for folks who don't like desserts
Vinh Xuong Bakery
-
Best bakery for folks who don't like desserts
Vinh Xuong Bakery
-
Best restaurant when you're sugar-bustin'
Petra's
-
Best restaurant when you're sugar-bustin'
Petra's
-
Best pâtisserie
La Pâtisserie Française
-
Best pĆ¢tisserie
La Pâtisserie Française
-
Best panadería
El Alamo Bakery
-
Best panaderĆa
El Alamo Bakery
-
Best wedding cakes
Barkley Eberline, Eat Dessert First
-
Best wedding cakes
Barkley Eberline, Eat Dessert First
-
Best Greek bakery
Omonoia Bakery
-
Best Greek bakery
Omonoia Bakery
-
Best après-ski coffee shop
Inxpot
-
Best aprĆØs-ski coffee shop
Inxpot
-
Best place to drink a latte while eavesdropping on state legislators
Penn Street Perk
-
Best place to drink a latte while eavesdropping on state legislators
Penn Street Perk
-
Best coffeehouse
St. Mark's Coffeehouse
-
Best coffeehouse
St. Mark's Coffeehouse
-
Best teahouse
Gemini Tea Emporium
-
Best teahouse
Gemini Tea Emporium
-
Best authentic English tea
The Gift Box
-
Best authentic English tea
The Gift Box
-
Best chai
Common Grounds
-
Best chai
Common Grounds
-
Best restaurant when you're on the see-food-and-eat-it diet
World Buffet
-
Best restaurant when you're on the see-food-and-eat-it diet
World Buffet
-
Best cheap breakfast
Breakfast Palace
-
Best cheap breakfast
Breakfast Palace
-
Best Sunday brunch buffet
Garden Terrace at the Inverness Hotel
-
Best Sunday brunch buffet
Garden Terrace at the Inverness Hotel
-
Best a la carte brunch
Strings
-
Best a la carte brunch
Strings
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Best French toast
jou jou at the Teatro Hotel
-
Best French toast
jou jou at the Teatro Hotel
-
Best crêpes
Trattoria Stella
-
Best crĆŖpes
Trattoria Stella
-
Best steak-and-eggs breakfast
McCoys Restaurant
-
Best steak-and-eggs breakfast
McCoys Restaurant
-
Best power breakfast
Village Inn Cherry Creek
-
Best power breakfast
Village Inn Cherry Creek
-
Best power lunch
Bistro Adde Brewster
-
Best power lunch
Bistro Adde Brewster
-
Best power lunch -- non-power-trip division
La Fiesta Supper Club
-
Best power lunch -- non-power-trip division
La Fiesta Supper Club
-
Best place for a nooner
Sambuca Jazz Café
-
Best place for a nooner
Sambuca Jazz Café
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Best restaurant when you're on the doughnut diet
Chuck's Do-Nuts
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Best restaurant when you're on the doughnut diet
Chuck's Do-Nuts
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Best lunch wagon
O'Brien's Wings & Things
-
Best lunch wagon
O'Brien's Wings & Things
-
Best lunch buffet
Santino's
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Best lunch buffet
Santino's
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Best place to hear the Cubs lose
Chicago
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Best place to hear the Cubs lose
Chicago
-
Best power dinner
Meritage at the Omni Interlocken Resort
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Best power dinner
Meritage at the Omni Interlocken Resort
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Best dinner under $5
Yan-Kee Noodle
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Best dinner under $5
Yan-Kee Noodle
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Best place to eat dinner after 10 p.m.
Sacre Bleu
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Best place to eat dinner after 10 p.m.
Sacre Bleu
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Best place to eat dinner after 1 a.m.
Breakfast King
-
Best place to eat dinner after 1 a.m.
Breakfast King
-
Best spot for grazing
Mel's Bar and Grill
-
Best spot for grazing
Mel's Bar and Grill
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Best spot for gazing
The Beehive
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Best spot for gazing
The Beehive
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Best Monday-night special
Rodney's
-
Best Monday-night special
Rodney's
-
Best cinnamon rolls
Racines
-
Best cinnamon rolls
Racines
-
Best Tuesday-night special
The Fourth Story
-
Best Tuesday-night special
The Fourth Story
-
Best Wednesday-night special
Swanky's
-
Best Wednesday-night special
Swanky's
-
Best Thursday-night special
Wazoos
-
Best Thursday-night special
Wazoos
-
Best Friday-night special
Sabor Latino
-
Best Friday-night special
Sabor Latino
-
Best Saturday-night special
D.C. Deli Cafe
-
Best Saturday-night special
D.C. Deli Cafe
-
Best Sunday-night special
Hemingway's Key West Grille
-
Best Sunday-night special
Hemingway's Key West Grille
-
Best Sunday happy hour
Andrews' Pub & Lounge
-
Best Sunday happy hour
Andrews' Pub & Lounge
-
Best happy-hour shrimp
Anita's Crab Company
-
Best happy-hour shrimp
Anita's Crab Company
-
Best happy-hour oyster bar
Willie G's
-
Best happy-hour oyster bar
Willie G's
-
Best 16th Street Mall vendor
The Philadelphia Filly
-
Best 16th Street Mall vendor
The Philadelphia Filly
-
Best scones
Devil's Food The Bakery
-
Best scones
Devil's Food The Bakery
-
Best food-court vendor
Falafel King
-
Best food-court vendor
Falafel King
-
Best outdoor patio -- rural
Chautauqua Dining Hall
-
Best outdoor patio -- rural
Chautauqua Dining Hall
-
Best outdoor patio -- urban
Highland's Garden Cafe
-
Best outdoor patio -- urban
Highland's Garden Cafe
-
Best food at Six Flags Elitch Gardens
Pizza Alley
-
Best food at Six Flags Elitch Gardens
Pizza Alley
-
Best gourmet to go
Tom's Home Cookin'
-
Best gourmet to go
Tom's Home Cookin'
-
Best salad
California Pizza Kitchen
-
Best salad
California Pizza Kitchen
-
Best Caesar salad
Piatti
-
Best Caesar salad
Piatti
-
Best sides
Restaurant Rue Cler
-
Best sides
Restaurant Rue Cler
-
Best vegetarian restaurant
WaterCourse Foods
-
Best vegetarian restaurant
WaterCourse Foods
-
Best vegetarian dish in a non-vegetarian restaurant
Tante Louise
-
Best vegetarian dish in a non-vegetarian restaurant
Tante Louise
-
Best chocolate cake
Pasquini's Pizzeria
-
Best chocolate cake
Pasquini's Pizzeria
-
Best kids' menu
Roy's Cherry Creek
-
Best kids' menu
Roy's Cherry Creek
-
Best kids' menu for divorced parents
Govnr's Park
-
Best kids' menu for divorced parents
Govnr's Park
-
Best sandwiches
TreeHouse Cafe
-
Best sandwiches
TreeHouse Cafe
-
Best panini
Panini Grill
-
Best panini
Panini Grill
-
Best tuna melt
Ambrosia Bistro
-
Best tuna melt
Ambrosia Bistro
-
Best chicken noodle soup
The Soup Kitchen
-
Best chicken noodle soup
The Soup Kitchen
-
Best cream of mushroom soup
Diane's Good-to-Go
-
Best cream of mushroom soup
Diane's Good-to-Go
-
Best soup kitchen
Attivo Pizza and Italian Deli
-
Best soup kitchen
Attivo Pizza and Italian Deli
-
Best burger
Bang!
-
Best burger
Bang!
-
Best late-night burger
Pint's Pub
-
Best late-night burger
Pint's Pub
-
Best pie
Papa Frank's
-
Best pie
Papa Frank's
-
Best bar burger
Dazzle
-
Best bar burger
Dazzle
-
Best french fries
Piscos
-
Best french fries
Piscos
-
Best fish 'n' chips
Clancy's Irish Pub
-
Best fish 'n' chips
Clancy's Irish Pub
-
Best lamb
Ilios
-
Best lamb
Ilios
-
Best ham
NoNo's Cafe
-
Best ham
NoNo's Cafe
-
Best spam
Yoko's Express
-
Best spam
Yoko's Express
-
Best steakhouse
Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steak House
-
Best steakhouse
Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steak House
-
Best prime rib
El Rancho
-
Best prime rib
El Rancho
-
Best roast duck
Vesta Dipping Grill
-
Best roast duck
Vesta Dipping Grill
-
Best roast chicken
Mountain View Cafe
-
Best roast chicken
Mountain View Cafe
-
Best pre-ski pastries
Butterhorn Bakery and Cafe
-
Best pre-ski pastries
Butterhorn Bakery and Cafe
-
Best fried chicken
Caldonia's Bar-B-Que
-
Best fried chicken
Caldonia's Bar-B-Que
-
Best chicken wings
Calypso
-
Best chicken wings
Calypso
-
Best chicken little
Little India
-
Best chicken little
Little India
-
Best chicken a la king
The Blue House
-
Best chicken a la king
The Blue House
-
Best fried calamari
Seven 30 South
-
Best fried calamari
Seven 30 South
-
Best barbecued ribs
Brothers BBQ
-
Best barbecued ribs
Brothers BBQ
-
Best barbecued brisket
Blest Bar-B-Que of the Rockies
-
Best barbecued brisket
Blest Bar-B-Que of the Rockies
-
Best barbecued buffalo
Buffalo Corral
-
Best barbecued buffalo
Buffalo Corral
-
Best burnt barbecue
We're Smokin' BBQ
-
Best burnt barbecue
We're Smokin' BBQ
-
Best plate of spaghetti
The Saucy Noodle
-
Best plate of spaghetti
The Saucy Noodle
-
-
Goods & Services
-
Best spa for Gen-X'ers
The Blue Door
-
Best place to get tattooed, pierced before you get a haircut
Twisted Sol
-
Best use for old tires
Jaitire Industries
-
Best recycled utopia
Can Land Recycling Center
-
Best place to lighten your load
Family Tree Foundation
-
Best alley scavenging
Fourth to Seventh avenues between Downing St. and University Blvd.
-
Best incentive to get the kids to clean the house
BFI Landfill
-
Best place to score marijuana in a pinch
The lawn between City Hall and the State Capitol
-
Best new narcotics anonymous meeting
Ray of Light
-
Best realtors for gays and lesbians
Rosnik & Associates
-
Best condom-storage gadget
Crazy Condom Keypers, Planned Parenthood
-
Best wedding invitations
Paper Talk
-
Best place to get a haircut after you get tattooed, pierced
Urban Renewal
-
Best romantic Web site
www.milehighheartbeat.com
-
Best job applications
Denver Gov Online Job Application and Resume Management System
-
Best last-minute schedule checks
RTD's Online Bus Schedules www.rtd-denver.com
-
Best tonic for your soles
Dardano's Shoes and Repair Web site www.dardanos.com
-
Best Jills of all trades
2nd String Moms
-
Best way to leave a hint
Wish Registry, Paper Pleasures
-
Best wedding photographer
Moses Street
-
Best kids' photographer
Black & White by Krista
-
Best personalized nostalgia
Photographs and Memories
-
Best place to pamper your poodle
Shylo Country Club for Dogs
-
Best haircuts for little screamers
Tortoise and the Hare
-
Best place to worship your cat
The Cat Hospital of Wheat Ridge
-
Best service pets
Alliance of Best Friends
-
Best service for pets
Anesthesia-free teeth-cleaning clincs, Pet World
-
Best 24-hour service
Walgreen's 24-hour pharmacy
-
Best emergency service
Urban Wildlife Rescue
-
Best free service
The Denver Water Department's Xeriscape seminars, info and demonstration garden
-
Best Xeriscape handbooks
Denver Water Department www.denverwater.org
-
Best general garden center
Echter's Greenhouse and Gardens
-
Best neighborhood greenhouse
Groundcovers Greenhouse and Nursery
-
Best neighborhood garden nook
The Potted Garden
-
Best place downtown to hail a cab late at night
The Brown Palace Hotel
-
Best garden pagodas
Barong Collection
-
Best high-altitude cultivars
Pleasant Avenue Nursery
-
Best class for snowbound gardeners
Make Your Own Tabletop Fountain at Wildflowers
-
Best herbs
Lily's Herbery
-
Best Zen shopping
Now & Zen
-
Best introduction to capitalism
Glendale Public Library
-
Best store at Cherry Creek Shopping Center
Illuminations
-
Best store at Cherry Creek Shopping Center, Jr.
The Children's Place
-
Best store at Park Meadows
Lauren Brooks
-
Best shop at DIA
U.S. Post Office, Rocky Mountain Station
-
Best parking-lot attendant
Rose Peterson, 15th and Delgany streets
-
Best flight out of DIA
Frontier Flight 771 at 9:35 a.m. to Las Vegas
-
Best store anywhere on Colfax Avenue
Temple of Being/Bound by Design
-
Best place to find high-altitude balls
Game-Set-Match
-
Best used sporting goods store
Sports Plus
-
Best place to buy coins and estate jewelry
Tebo Coins
-
Best place to sober up in a hurry
REI Denver Flagship Store
-
Best place to chill out
Tattered Cover LoDo
-
Best tilemaker
Mosaico Mexican Tile Manufacturing
-
Best banister
Native American Trading Company
-
Best stone
Colorado Stone Company
-
Best lock on a parking spot
CashKey, Denver Department of Public Works
-
Best new looks for old fireplaces
Victorian Treasures
-
Best furniture imports
Foreign Accents International Furnishings
-
Best lampshade salesperson
Lynda Ferris, Lampshade Gallery
-
Best Mickey Mouse bathrooms
Bath & Kitchen Design Center
-
Best video store
Video Station
-
Best new-CD store
Wax Trax
-
Best used-cd store
Twist & Shout
-
Best used-vinyl store
Don's Discs
-
Best anti-theft device at a record store
Jerry's Record Exchange
-
Best place to turn Jagged Little Pillinto a five-dollar bill
Cheapo Discs
-
Best anti-ticket service
First Call Communications
-
Best used books
The Book Stack, Mary Reed Building on the DU campus
-
Best kids' bookstore
The Bookies
-
Best eclectica
5 Green Boxes
-
Best Judaica
Boulder Arts & Crafts Cooperative
-
Best cultural collision
Ameri-Mart
-
Best place to buy an Irish sweater
Thistle & Shamrock
-
Best T-shirts
Cargo
-
Best handbags
Alice's Tapestries
-
Best hole-in-the-wall kids' boutique
Beez Kneez
-
Best kids' resale emporium
Once Upon a Child
-
Best car wash
Puddle
-
Best handmade frocks and overalls
LaDonna's House of Design
-
Best handmade toys
Sweet Lily's Toy Company
-
Best toques for tykes
Sur la Table, Cherry Creek Shopping Center
-
Best great big beautiful dolls
The Doll Shop
-
Best sock dolls
Marcia's Kids
-
Best flower fairies
Konvalinka Porcelain Doll Art
-
Best mini flower fairies
The Tended Thicket
-
Best alien collection
Sci-Fanime
-
Best alien mugs
The Clayhouse
-
Best Hello Kitty collection
Hello Kitty World at Min Min
-
Best license plate design
Designer plates
-
-
People & Places
-
Best Oscar-night performance by a Coloradan
Trey Parker
-
Best Oscar-night performance by a Coloradan
Trey Parker
-
Best goodwill ambassador -- abroad
Charlie Papazian
-
Best goodwill ambassador -- abroad
Charlie Papazian
-
Best donation for victims of the June fires
Grateful Dead tapes
-
Best donation for victims of the June fires
Grateful Dead tapes
-
Best source of news about the June fires
www.pinecam.com
-
Best source of news about the June fires
www.pinecam.com
-
Best officer to answer your 911 call
Sergeant Terry Reibeling, Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office
-
Best officer to answer your 911 call
Sergeant Terry Reibeling, Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office
-
Best new name for Colorado's high-tech hub
Mile High-Tech
-
Best new name for Colorado's high-tech hub
Mile High-Tech
-
Best virtual tour
www.archives.state.co.us/govs/mansion/index.htm
-
Best virtual tour
www.archives.state.co.us/govs/mansion/index.htm
-
Best move by Mayor Wellington Webb
Homeless shelter for women and families
-
Best move by Mayor Wellington Webb
Homeless shelter for women and families
-
Best-earned retirement
Senator Dorothy Rupert
-
Best-earned retirement
Senator Dorothy Rupert
-
Best-dressed legislator
Senator Ken Chlouber
-
Best-dressed legislator
Senator Ken Chlouber
-
Best political resurrection
Roy Romer
-
Best political resurrection
Roy Romer
-
Best performance by a Hollywood actor playing a onetime Coloradan
Chad Lowe
-
Best performance by a Hollywood actor playing a onetime Coloradan
Chad Lowe
-
Best pictorial resurrection
Roy Romer
-
Best pictorial resurrection
Roy Romer
-
Best unexpected performance by a city administrator
Veggo Larsen
-
Best unexpected performance by a city administrator
Veggo Larsen
-
Best new city for the Tea Party to take over
Highlands Ranch
-
Best new city for the Tea Party to take over
Highlands Ranch
-
Best city newsletter
Timberlines Lone Tree
-
Best city newsletter
Timberlines Lone Tree
-
Best speech by a politician
Statewide moment of silence, April 20, 2000, 11:21 a.m.
-
Best speech by a politician
Statewide moment of silence, April 20, 2000, 11:21 a.m.
-
Best toilet paper
The Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Community Services Center of Colorado
-
Best toilet paper
The Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Community Services Center of Colorado
-
Best neighborhood to TP the houses
Denver Country Club/Polo Grounds
-
Best neighborhood to TP the houses
Denver Country Club/Polo Grounds
-
Best reuse of a sewage plant
Northside Park, Globeville
-
Best reuse of a sewage plant
Northside Park, Globeville
-
Best wafting odor
Jolly Rancher Candies
-
Best wafting odor
Jolly Rancher Candies
-
Best guess for when Denver will be a one-daily town
The day after the Justice Department turns down the JOA application from the Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News
-
Best guess for when Denver will be a one-daily town
The day after the Justice Department turns down the JOA application from the Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News
-
Best new revelation about John Denver
His FBI file
-
Best new revelation about John Denver
His FBI file
-
Best voice of reason in Columbine coverage
Gene Amole, Rocky Mountain News
-
Best voice of reason in Columbine coverage
Gene Amole, Rocky Mountain News
-
Best Columbine satire
"Columbine Jocks Safely Resume Bullying" The Onion
-
Best Columbine satire
"Columbine Jocks Safely Resume Bullying" The Onion
-
Best PR campaign
John and Patsy Ramsey
-
Best PR campaign
John and Patsy Ramsey
-
Best collapse of a PR campaign
John and Patsy Ramsey
-
Best collapse of a PR campaign
John and Patsy Ramsey
-
Best JonBenét mystic
Linda Arndt
-
Best JonBenƩt mystic
Linda Arndt
-
Best book on the murder of JonBenét Ramsey
JonBenét: Inside the Ramsey Murder Investigation
-
Best book on the murder of JonBenƩt Ramsey
JonBenét: Inside the Ramsey Murder Investigation
-
Best TV personality vs. government official feud
Barbara Walters vs. Bill Owens
-
Best TV personality vs. government official feud
Barbara Walters vs. Bill Owens
-
Best radio personality vs. public mouthpiece feud
Peter Boyles vs. Andrew Hudson
-
Best radio personality vs. public mouthpiece feud
Peter Boyles vs. Andrew Hudson
-
Best radio personality vs. private mouthpiece feud
Peter Boyles vs. Sam Riddle
-
Best radio personality vs. private mouthpiece feud
Peter Boyles vs. Sam Riddle
-
Best radio personality vs. print reporter feud
Peter Boyles vs. Lisa Levitt Ryckman
-
Best radio personality vs. print reporter feud
Peter Boyles vs. Lisa Levitt Ryckman
-
Best performance by a Coloradan in a national magazine
Jessica Biel
-
Best performance by a Coloradan in a national magazine
Jessica Biel
-
Best print reporter vs. print reporter feud, first place
Mike Klis vs. Tracy Ringolsby
-
Best print reporter vs. print reporter feud, first place
Mike Klis vs. Tracy Ringolsby
-
Best print reporter vs. print reporter feud, second place
Lynn Bartels vs. Mark Obmascik
-
Best print reporter vs. print reporter feud, second place
Lynn Bartels vs. Mark Obmascik
-
Best gossip columnist
Dick Kreck, Denver Post
-
Best gossip columnist
Dick Kreck, Denver Post
-
Best new local publication
In the Black
-
Best new local publication
In the Black
-
Best collaborative underground comic strip
"Hector"
-
Best collaborative underground comic strip
"Hector"
-
Best radio rise and fall
Bob Visotcky
-
Best radio rise and fall
Bob Visotcky
-
Best radio shakeup
Clear Channel merger
-
Best radio shakeup
Clear Channel merger
-
Best radio station
KVCU-AM/Radio 1190
-
Best radio station
KVCU-AM/Radio 1190
-
Best web radio station
www.localstation.com
-
Best web radio station
www.localstation.com
-
Best radio talk-show host
Rick Barber, KOA-AM/850
-
Best radio talk-show host
Rick Barber, KOA-AM/850
-
Best place to see local TV reporters pretending to be local TV reporters
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town by Lawrence Schiller
-
Best place to see local TV reporters pretending to be local TV reporters
Perfect Murder, Perfect Town by Lawrence Schiller
-
Best morning radio show
Bret Saunders, KBCO-FM/97.3
-
Best morning radio show
Bret Saunders, KBCO-FM/97.3
-
Best afternoon radio show
The Sports Zoo, KOA-AM/850
-
Best afternoon radio show
The Sports Zoo, KOA-AM/850
-
Best radio double shift
Willie B., KBPI-FM/106.7
-
Best radio double shift
Willie B., KBPI-FM/106.7
-
Best local TV newscast -- morning
Channel 9
-
Best local TV newscast -- morning
Channel 9
-
Best local TV newscast -- evening
Channel 7
-
Best local TV newscast -- evening
Channel 7
-
Best TV executive
Cindy Velasquez, Channel 7
-
Best TV executive
Cindy Velasquez, Channel 7
-
Best local TV anchor
Adele Arakawa, Channel 9
-
Best local TV anchor
Adele Arakawa, Channel 9
-
Best local TV sportscaster
Vic Lombardi, Channel 4
-
Best local TV sportscaster
Vic Lombardi, Channel 4
-
Best local TV weathercaster
Marty Coniglio, Channel 7
-
Best local TV weathercaster
Marty Coniglio, Channel 7
-
Best impending entry into the Denver TV news scene
Channel 31
-
Best impending entry into the Denver TV news scene
Channel 31
-
Best local TV commercial
Colorado Lottery
-
Best local TV commercial
Colorado Lottery
-
Best helicopter footage
Channel 7
-
Best helicopter footage
Channel 7
-
Best graphic traffic updates
Channel 4
-
Best graphic traffic updates
Channel 4
-
Best hair on a local TV personality -- male
Marc Soicher, Channel 4
-
Best hair on a local TV personality -- male
Marc Soicher, Channel 4
-
Best hair on a local TV personality -- female
Kyle Dyer, Channel 9
-
Best hair on a local TV personality -- female
Kyle Dyer, Channel 9
-
Best name of a Denver TV personality -- male
Larry Blunt, Channel 4
-
Best name of a Denver TV personality -- male
Larry Blunt, Channel 4
-
Best name of a Denver TV personality -- female
Jennifer Zeppelin, Channel 4
-
Best name of a Denver TV personality -- female
Jennifer Zeppelin, Channel 4
-
Best proof that TV attracts the clinically insane
Dan Daru, Channel 2
-
Best proof that TV attracts the clinically insane
Dan Daru, Channel 2
-
Best new old street
East Colfax Avenue
-
Best new old street
East Colfax Avenue
-
Best new building
The Daniel L. Ritchie Center
-
Best new building
The Daniel L. Ritchie Center
-
Best new high-rise
The Hines Tower
-
Best new high-rise
The Hines Tower
-
Best live philanthropist
Sharon Magness
-
Best live philanthropist
Sharon Magness
-
Best historic rehab
Sugar Building and Annex
-
Best historic rehab
Sugar Building and Annex
-
Best save from the wrecking ball
Midland Building
-
Best save from the wrecking ball
Midland Building
-
Best renovation of a local landmark
The Sculptured House
-
Best renovation of a local landmark
The Sculptured House
-
Best surviving example of classic Cherry Creek chic
Ilona of Hungary building
-
Best surviving example of classic Cherry Creek chic
Ilona of Hungary building
-
Best bright idea downtown
Relighting the facade of the old Chamber of Commerce building
-
Best bright idea downtown
Relighting the facade of the old Chamber of Commerce building
-
Best new old-timey building
1899 Wynkoop Building
-
Best new old-timey building
1899 Wynkoop Building
-
Best place to take an afternoon nap without being disturbed
The State Capitol committee meeting rooms
-
Best place to take an afternoon nap without being disturbed
The State Capitol committee meeting rooms
-
Best place to take an afternoon nap and feel smart
Main library, University of Colorado at Boulder
-
Best place to take an afternoon nap and feel smart
Main library, University of Colorado at Boulder
-
Best extracurricular activity
Denver Neighborhood Women's History Trail, Women of the West Museum
-
Best extracurricular activity
Denver Neighborhood Women's History Trail, Women of the West Museum
-
Best curricular activity
Escuela Guadalupe
-
Best curricular activity
Escuela Guadalupe
-
Best dead philanthropist
Bill Daniels
-
Best dead philanthropist
Bill Daniels
-
Best way for Denver to celebrate the real start of the millennium
Party! Party!
-
Best way for Denver to celebrate the real start of the millennium
Party! Party!
-
Best goodwill ambassador -- at home
John Hickenlooper
-
Best goodwill ambassador -- at home
John Hickenlooper
-
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Sports & Recreation
-
Best gift for the sports fan/architect
Blueprints of the new Denver Broncos stadium
-
Best gift for the sports fan/architect
Blueprints of the new Denver Broncos stadium
-
Best new sports venue
Magness Arena, Ritchie Center for Sports and Wellness, University of Denver
-
Best new sports venue
Magness Arena, Ritchie Center for Sports and Wellness, University of Denver
-
Best use of parking spaces
Colorado Rockies Wheelchair Softball League, Coors Field, north parking lot
-
Best use of parking spaces
Colorado Rockies Wheelchair Softball League, Coors Field, north parking lot
-
Best Nugget
Antonio McDyess
-
Best Nugget
Antonio McDyess
-
Best Av
Peter Forsberg
-
Best Av
Peter Forsberg
-
Best acquisitions
Ray Bourque and Dave Andreychuk
-
Best acquisitions
Ray Bourque and Dave Andreychuk
-
Best fan banner
"Stick a Bourque in 'em!"
-
Best fan banner
"Stick a Bourque in 'em!"
-
Best pro sports announcer
Mike Haynes, AM-950/The Fan
-
Best pro sports announcer
Mike Haynes, AM-950/The Fan
-
Best Rapid
Junior Agogo
-
Best Rapid
Junior Agogo
-
Best University of Denver hockey player
Mark Rycroft
-
Best University of Denver hockey player
Mark Rycroft
-
Best University of Colorado football player
Daniel Graham
-
Best University of Colorado football player
Daniel Graham
-
Best Air Force Academy athlete
Shane Rogers
-
Best Air Force Academy athlete
Shane Rogers
-
Best name for the new football stadium
Mile High Stadium
-
Best name for the new football stadium
Mile High Stadium
-
Best college athlete you've never heard of
Kara Wheeler
-
Best college athlete you've never heard of
Kara Wheeler
-
Best examples of genuine athletic role models
Colorado's scholar athletes
-
Best examples of genuine athletic role models
Colorado's scholar athletes
-
Best reason to wear Vaseline in the cheap seats
Denver Police Department
-
Best reason to wear Vaseline in the cheap seats
Denver Police Department
-
Best high school athlete
Alicia Salas
-
Best high school athlete
Alicia Salas
-
Best local sports team -- amateur
Columbine High School football team
-
Best local sports team -- amateur
Columbine High School football team
-
Best local sports team -- professional
Colorado Rockies
-
Best local sports team -- professional
Colorado Rockies
-
Best sports coach -- college
Mike Dunlap Metro State basketball
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Best sports coach -- college
Mike Dunlap Metro State basketball
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Best sports coach -- professional
Bob Hartley Colorado Avalanche
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Best sports coach -- professional
Bob Hartley Colorado Avalanche
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Best-dressed coach
Mike Shanahan
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Best-dressed coach
Mike Shanahan
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Best new use for purple
Colorado Rockies' new uniforms
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Best new use for purple
Colorado Rockies' new uniforms
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Second-best name for the new football stadium
Qwest Stadium
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Second-best name for the new football stadium
Qwest Stadium
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Best monsters
Dragons of Komodo Denver Zoo
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Best monsters
Dragons of Komodo Denver Zoo
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Best dinosaur
Cedarosaurus weiskopfae -- Weiskopf's Cedar-reptile
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Best dinosaur
Cedarosaurus weiskopfae -- Weiskopf's Cedar-reptile
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Best off-leash dog park
Stevens Grove Chatfield State Park
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Best off-leash dog park
Stevens Grove Chatfield State Park
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Best birdwatching -- west
Chatfield State Park
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Best birdwatching -- west
Chatfield State Park
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Best birdwatching -- east
Denver International Airport
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Best birdwatching -- east
Denver International Airport
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Best place to catch a trout without leaving town
City Park
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Best place to catch a trout without leaving town
City Park
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Best south suburban alternative to Clement Park
The Ridge at West Meadows Regional Park
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Best south suburban alternative to Clement Park
The Ridge at West Meadows Regional Park
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Best new bowling alley
Fat City
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Best new bowling alley
Fat City
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Best old bowling alley
Sport Bowl Lanes & Billiards
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Best old bowling alley
Sport Bowl Lanes & Billiards
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Best tours for tourists
Gunslingers, Ghosts and Gold Walking Tours
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Best tours for tourists
Gunslingers, Ghosts and Gold Walking Tours
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Best Bronco
Terrell Davis
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Best Bronco
Terrell Davis
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Best tours for locals
Walking Tours by Phil Goodstein
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Best tours for locals
Walking Tours by Phil Goodstein
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Best canoe trips
Swallow Hill canoe trips
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Best canoe trips
Swallow Hill canoe trips
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Best place to plan your campout
Colorado State Parks activities and facilities Web page www.coloradoparks.org
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Best place to plan your campout
Colorado State Parks activities and facilities Web page www.coloradoparks.org
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Best winter camping trips
Colorado State Parks yurts
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Best winter camping trips
Colorado State Parks yurts
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Best leks
Wray
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Best leks
Wray
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Best place to cuddle an alpaca
Switzer-Land Farm, Estes Park
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Best place to cuddle an alpaca
Switzer-Land Farm, Estes Park
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Best kids' nature programs
Colorado Bird Observatory
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Best kids' nature programs
Colorado Bird Observatory
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Best kids' recreation programs
Ritchie Center for Sports and Wellness
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Best kids' recreation programs
Ritchie Center for Sports and Wellness
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Best kid place that really lives up to its name
Funtastic Fun
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Best kid place that really lives up to its name
Funtastic Fun
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Best birthday parties for active kids
Gymnastics birthday parties
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Best birthday parties for active kids
Gymnastics birthday parties
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Best Broncos Super-Bowl coverage in a year the Broncos weren't in the Super Bowl
AM-950/The Fan
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Best Broncos Super-Bowl coverage in a year the Broncos weren't in the Super Bowl
AM-950/The Fan
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Best kids' gardening experience
Mr. McGregor's Garden, Denver Botanic Gardens
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Best kids' gardening experience
Mr. McGregor's Garden, Denver Botanic Gardens
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Best flying pumpkins
Denver Urban Garden's Jack-O-Launch Contest www.dug.org
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Best flying pumpkins
Denver Urban Garden's Jack-O-Launch Contest www.dug.org
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Best community project
Box Canyon Restoration, City Park
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Best community project
Box Canyon Restoration, City Park
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Best sports date night
March 17, 2000, Stevie Johnston vs. Julio Alvarez
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Best sports date night
March 17, 2000, Stevie Johnston vs. Julio Alvarez
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Best fitness retreats for women
Women's Quest Fitness Retreats
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Best fitness retreats for women
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