The Westword.com blog shortcut, May 6 edition

Hungry yet? Today in Cafe Society: • Up Close: Cracovia. • MiniBAR mini-opening; grand opening this weekend. • James Mazzio set to open the Icehouse Tavern. • Eat Your Beer With Old Chub Bread. • Our Weekly Bread: Snarf's, mmmm, Snarf's. • Win $500 from El Monterey for a good...
By Michael RobertsMay 6, 2009
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Hungry yet?

Today in Cafe Society:
• Up Close: Cracovia.
• MiniBAR mini-opening; grand opening this weekend.
• James Mazzio set to open the Icehouse Tavern.
• Eat Your Beer With Old Chub Bread.
• Our Weekly Bread: Snarf’s, mmmm, Snarf’s.
• Win $500 from El Monterey for a good idea.
• News from the James Beard Awards.

Today in Backbeat Online:
• Q&A with Elvis Perkins.
• Distrakt continues on video direction path.

Today in The Latest Word:
• Denver’s bike-share program launch pushed back to next spring to increase awesomeness.
• Nuggets’ confidence cuts both ways in game two win.
• John Hickenlooper, Peter Boyles make (temporary) peace over airman story.
• Christina Szele: Westword’s favorite shmuck is back!
• Brian Rohrbough says Columbine segment for Oprah permanently canceled.
• What makes Denver happy? Pot… Suspicions confirmed.

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Michael Roberts began his career with Westword in 1990 as music editor. In 1999, he took on a new role, full-time media reporter, as author of a column called The Message. In 2008, he became the lead writer for Westword‘s news blog, The Latest Word, a position he held until January 2023. Michael continues to freelance for Westword, covering everything from business to sports and the media; he also contributes to Jazziz, a national music magazine. He holds a bachelor’s degree from what is now Colorado Mesa University and master’s degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles, and Northwestern University.

michaelrobertscolo@gmail.com

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