Gustavo Arellano, author of Ask a Mexican, is working on a book on the history of Mexican food in the United States, and this past summer he invited readers to “tell me your favorite local Mexican restaurant and what makes it so bueno” — in 25 words or less. Now…
Governor Bill Ritter hosted more than thirty business leaders at the Governor’s Mansion yesterday for a roundtable discussion of one of his major priorities for 2010: job creation. But Ritter had already given job creation a major push the day before, when his official announcement that he would not run…
Would-be medical marijuana dispensary owners are snapping up empty restaurant spaces around town. The former Buca di Beppo at 1400 Market Street is turning into Farmacy, and the space at 5151 East 28th Avenue that formerly held Bubba Chinos #5 is now slated to become a medical marijuana dispensary. But…
Nothing fights the cold — and a cold — like a heaping helping of pickled jalapenos on an order of nachos. Except, maybe, for the side of green chile that’s coming next. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to any of…
Sprouts Farmers Market will host a pair of job fairs this week to hire up to 200 new employees to staff two markets — one in Centennial, the other in Castle Rock — slated to open February 12. (The Arizona-based company already has stores in Aurora, Boulder, Fort Collins, Parker…
As the owners of 8 Rivers, their fourth restaurant, Wanda James and Scott Durrah know the food business. And as the owners of Apothecary of Colorado, the medical marijuana dispensary they opened in December at 1730 Blake Street, just two blocks from their restaurant at 1550 Blake, they know their…
In December 2008, would-be candidates — a dozen of them, by casual count — were all counting on Governor Bill Ritter appointing Denver mayor John Hickenlooper to the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Ken Salazar, a move that would opened up the top job in City Hall. Ritter went with…
The National Western Stock Show kicked off on January 9, a century-old reminder of how the West was fun! While most of the action is up at the NWSS complex in north Denver – at the Coliseum, and the Arena, and the Exhibition Hall (with the fabulous Cowboy Bar in…
Scott McInnis, who’s really the frontrunner for governor now, doesn’t know his mountain ranges, and he apparently doesn’t know his Western art, either. This summer, the Republican gubernatorial candidate took a hit when his campaign website debuted with a lovely panorama of the Rockies — the Canadian Rockies, as it…
We find ourselves saying goodbye a lot these days. To Jason Sheehan, who’s moving on to our partner paper in Seattle. To Bump & Grind and Buenos Aires Grill and Ha Noi Pho and Chez Jose and all the other restaurants that closed last year. And now we’d like to…
The Curtis Hotel, at 1405 Curtis Street, has joined up with Doubletree Hotels, and is celebrating the new affiliation with free milk and chocolate chip cookies — a Doubletree trademark — given to anyone who stops by the hotel between 3 and 5 p.m. today. The hotel already given handed…
On a cold night, nothing is as satisfying as a hot sauce and a serving of…what, exactly? Can you guess where I was eating? Extra points for guessing what I was eating, and posting your answer(s) below. Another bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to any of the…
Greg Gallagher didn’t quite get the lights on by the end of 2009, as he’d hoped, but it looks like Gaslamp, his new tavern at 1437 Market Street, will be opening by this weekend. Gallagher put the extra time to good use: The space, which is under the original Westword…
The landlord finally found a tenant for the former home of Buca di Beppo, a choice space at 1400 Market Street that’s been empty since summer 2008. And what’s going in? Another big-name national eatery, like Ted’s Montana Grill just up 14th Street? Another prestigious local restaurant, like TAG or…
They weren’t just blowing smoke. Last night, all thirteen Denver city councilmembers agreed to send Councilman Charlie Brown’s proposal to regulate medical marijuana dispensaries in the city to a public hearing and official vote next Monday night. But not before Councilwoman Carol Boigon raised the same spectre of her unpleasant…
Elvis Dumervil, the Denver Broncos sacking machine who will be a starter in the 2010 Pro Bowl, puts those long arms to use from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight at 8 Rivers, where he’ll be bartending to help raise money for Open Door Youth Gang Alternatives, a group he’s been…
Dozens of restaurants closed in the metro area over the past year, ranging from such old-timers as the Trail Dust Steak House, Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse and Chez Jose to newcomers like XO, which both opened and closed in 2009. But many, many more restaurants that opened this past year stuck…
XO, the ambitious noodle house that opened this year in the Jet Hotel, also closed this year, in one of 2009’s fastest fatalities. But its space won’t stay empty long: As predicted, an outpost of the local Swing Thai chain will soon open at 1612 Wazee Street…
Bump & Grind wasn’t the only restaurant to get bumped off before the clock struck twelve on New Year’s. After two years, Bimbamboo, the modern Asian kitchen at 1738 Pearl Street in Boulder, closed its doors on December 31. The web site promises a “new restaurant concept coming soon to…
RESTAURANTS OPENING IN DECEMBER Blue Rox Grill, 9271 Park Meadows Drive, Lone Tree Cielito Lindo, 4401 Tejon Street Circle, 1035 Pearl Street, Boulder Den Deli & Seafood Market, 1501 South Pearl Street Ernie’s Bar and Pizza, 2915 West 44th Avenue Ganja Gourmet, 1810 South Broadway Garbanzo Mediterranean Grill, 1100 Sergeant…
Anyone who buys a DINR deck is a winner: For $50, you get 52 cards, each offering a $10 discount at a local, independent restaurant. You can buy the decks at any Tattered Cover location or at www.eatdenver.com — but you can also win one right here. Every Friday for…
Its inevitable demise was long rumored, but Bump & Grind managed to hang on until the very end of 2009, when a “closed indefinitely” sign appeared on the door of 439 East 17th Avenue and this message on its voicemail: “We are closed, and quite possibly forever. Right now it’s…
