Go Fish is opening its new lounge on Broadway tonight

Go Fish, 1 Broadway, will unveil its new lounge and bar — complete with eight taps — with a grand opening party from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. today. The sushi joint is offering buy-one-get deals on all drinks, all night. Here’s a look at the sleek new digs: See…

Announcement: We have a winner of our Taste of the Nation contest

The Taste of the Nation, arguably one of Denver’s best local food soirees, gets under way Sunday, October 14, at Mile High Station, where more than thirty restaurants, food carts and trucks, along with numerous mixologists, will gather to cook, mix and muddle and raise funds for the nonprofit, whose…

Guess where I’m eating kabobs?

When I called to order take-out from this Middle Eastern restaurant (no, it’s not Jerusalem!), I couldn’t make a decision, so the incredibly patient man who answered the phone suggested that I just throw caution to the kitchen and let the staff decide what to put on the plate. They…

Five reasons we can’t let Big Bird go on food stamps

At Wednesday’s debate, Mitt Romney casually said that if he’s elected president, he’ll cut funding to PBS — and he specifically mentioned Big Bird seconds later. Fowl play! That was a serious harsh to the eight-foot tall, loveable yellow bird that has spent his entire career on Sesame Street, educating…

Fifteen non-Colorado breweries to try at GABF

Colorado represents a huge part of the festivities inside the Great American Beer Festival, both because of the depth and breath of our state’s brewing prowess and because we are the host state, so it is fitting – and easy – for our beer makers to represent. As a result,…

Reader: Who leaked the Romney/Rosa Linda story to Westword?

I stopped by Rosa Linda’s Mexican Cafe last night, and the place was packed. Packed full of TV cameras, full of people who’d heard about the controversy that erupted after Cafe Society first reported that the family that owns the restaurant had declined to let Romney supporters use their place…

Roux the day: The light and dark sides of gumbo

A rose is a rose is a rose, right? Not so for gumbo, which happens to be Colin Mallet’s favorite dish from his home state of Louisiana. While there are probably as many versions of this soup/stew as there are families who make it, Mallet, executive chef of Sassafras American…

Vote in the 2012 Denver #WebAwards

It’s time for the 2012 edition of Westword’s Denver Web Awards, our annual celebration of Denver’s greatest digital minds. This time, we’re introducing new categories to recognize the area’s creative and forward-thinking app developers, but we’ve made sure to include a few favorites, like Best Shameless Self-Promoter and Most Viral…

Guess where I’m eating an all-American hot dog?

Barack Obama may wish that he’d bitten off a bit more of Mitt Romney’s noggin last night during the first presidential debate, but while he ponders that, the rest of us who are still flummoxed by what exactly happened last night, can take solace in wrapping our jaws around an…

Gatsby’s will open in the former Wine Loft space in LoDo

Both locations of the Wine Loft, a New Orleans-based chain that occupied storefronts in LoDo and and the Landmark Project, closed last month, but yesterday, I spotted a new sign plastered on the LoDo space inked with the words “Classified: Coming soon November 2012.” See also: The Wine Loft dries…

Ten best patios on the 16th Street Mall

Editor’s note: In this week’s cover story, we take a look at the 16th Street Mall, which is celebrating its thirtieth anniversary this month. In honor of that big birthday, we’re bringing back our list of the favorite patios on the mall. Denver’s 16th Street Mall has never looked better…

Round two with Matt Lewis, exec chef of Bones

Matt Lewis Bones 701 Grant Street 303-860-2929 www.bonesdenver.com Part one of my interview with Matt Lewis, exec chef of Bones, ran yesterday. This is part two of our conversation. Favorite restaurant in America: My experience at Bouchon was amazing, even more so because the chef de cuisine came out and…

Reader: Aguirre family at Rosa Linda’s are true Americans

An artist who lived in northwest Denver clued me in to the little storefront burrito joint that had just opened in his neighborhood in northwest Denver, a spot decades away from being tagged with the nickname “LoHi” or labeled a “hippest hipster neighborhood” by Forbes. I’ve been eating at Rosa…