Urbanistic Tea and Bike Shop

At Queen City Cycles, you can get your bike repaired while you enjoy a cup of tea in a great Highland hangout. Brother-sister team Ethan and Michelle Bontrager run Queen City, formerly known as Urbanistic Tea and Bike Shop, in Highlands Square. Ethan is the master mechanic who can also fix wagons and strollers, while […]

Valhalla Cakes

Sam Slade opened this sunny little bakery in the Berkeley neighborhood in the spring of 2016, but she’s been turning out pieces of edible art for years now, first at Le Bakery Sensual and then out of Temple Bakery. Her cakes, cookies and cupcakes emerge from the kitchen in forms familiar (flowerpots and rose blossoms), […]

Van Straaten Gallery

William van Straaten founded the van Straaten Gallery in Chicago in 1969; it recently relocated to Steamboat Springs. Today the main van Straaten gallery is nestled in Denver’s Art District on Santa Fe. It deals with fine etchings, lithograph and woodcuts; in addition to exhibitions and sales, the gallery also offers consulting and framing.

Vegan Van

Many food trucks have exploded on the scene, and not all of them have been in it for the long haul. But the Vegan Van, which first hit the streets in November 2011, now has a steady route of regular stops where people make a point of showing up to try whatever seasonal favorites chef […]

Venice Ristorante & Wine Bar

This second Venice from owner Alessandro Carollo is a beauty: coldly stylish, undeniably luxurious, and with a menu that reads like a primer of every good idea the Italians ever had. It’s expensive, though not murderously so. It’s fancy, though jacket and tie are not required. But most important, this restaurant finally offers a fitting […]

Verde Natural

Verde Natural’s Spanish-ranch architecture and bright-green buds with award-winning genetics lend credence to its name, but the shop’s attention to its patients is what keeps the doors open. Offering discounts and free stuff as a way to lure in first-time patients is nothing new for medical marijuana dispensaries, but Verde Natural takes it a couple […]

Vero

According to proprietor Andrea Frizzi, Vero was born when Central Market developer Ken Wolf asked the Italian chef if he knew anyone who could do pizza. “I said, ‘Dude. The fuck?’” recalls Frizzi. And he signed the lease for a market stall the next day. Vero offers Milanese-style pizza, which is thinner and crispier than […]

Vesper Lounge

In the fall of 2012, restaurateur Frank Bonanno took over one of the town’s most notorious watering holes: the Lancer Lounge, located right between Mizuna, the flagship of Bonanno Concepts, and the current location of Salita. At the Vesper, there’s no fuss over housemade bitters, no two-hour wait, no specially chipped ice – just reasonably […]