Apothecary of Colorado

Owners: Wanda James and Scott Durrah Owners’ statement: “We want to provide the best dispensary model for an emerging industry.” Opened: December 2009 Raw marijuana price range: $20 to $25 per gram, $50 to $60 per eighth (plus tax, of course). Other types of medicine: Teas, hash, kief, pre-rolled joints, plants at all stages (clones, […]

Appaloosa Grill

When you stumble off the 16th Street Mall and into the Appaloosa, a cheerful, independently owned spot, odds are good that you’ll hit a happy hour, because the Appaloosa’s happy-hour schedule is expansive — almost as expansive as the drinks are inexpensive. And you can down those drinks while listening to live music every night […]

Aqua Golf

Think golf is all wet? Head to Aqua Golf, a Denver destination that combines whimsical putt-putt with serious driving range, and appeals to all skill levels. It boasts two side-by-side eighteen-hole mini-golf courses, as well as a driving range that allows you to whack balls into a lake. And instead of aiming for the mouth […]

Araujo’s Restaurant

Araujo’s occupies a modest storefront across from a Safeway and smack in the middle of the Best Breakfast Burrito Neighborhood; Araujo helped the area win that title with its 99-cent to-go burritos. But Araujo offers so much more: There’s the daily Mexican buffet, filled with the greatest hits of Den-Mex cuisine: good green chile, excellent […]

Argyll Whisky Beer

Those of us who lamented the closing of restaurant mogul Robert Thompson’s groundbreaking Argyll in Cherry Creek worried about how the concept would survive the transition to Uptown, where the restaurant finally reopened in June 2014. Would his gastropub — now named Argyll Whisky Beer — feel pass