While Colorado fans have been waving the flag — which only ranked twelfth in a national list of the best state flags, we’ve been buried in producing the Best of Denver, our annual celebration of everything we love about living in this state. Our thirtieth anniversary issue will hit the…
Mecca Grill was a longtime go-to spot for Lebanese food in Denver. Under new owners, it’s turning the focus to Morocco. In her review of Mecca Grill, Gretchen Kurtz says that while you’ll still find worthy Lebanese dishes there, she’s also longing for more Moroccan food — and other ethnic…
Doughnut joints keep rolling into the metro area, and Dunkin’ Donuts fans get a twofer this month. On March 4, a sixth new Dunkin’ Donuts opened at 3235 28th Street in Boulder. And today, a brand-spankin’ new Dunkin’ Donuts store will debut at 16601 Smoky Hill Road, conveniently close to…
Why is it that all marijuana actions are scheduled for 4:20? That’s when Mason Tvert, founder of SAFER and father of Amendment 64, showed up outside the Governor’s Residence at the Boettcher Mansion last Friday to call Governor John Hickenlooper a hypocrite for installing craft-beer taps there and turning it…
After a decade away — eight in New York running the student travel company, Walking Tree Travel, that he’d founded with two fellow East High alums, then another two running the company from on the road — Paul Laurie returned to Denver last September. While he continues to serve as…
We’re ten days away from Opening Day at Coors Field, and no matter how the Colorado Rockies play this season, there have already been some changes to the food and drink lineup that look like guaranteed hits. The ballpark has constructed a rooftop deck — replacing 3,000 seats in right…
Our December 19 cover story, “In Mayor Hancock’s World-Class City, Everyone Matters — Except Park Lovers” — focused on three hot issues at the Denver Department of Parks and Recreation: the CityWide program, that fields recreational sports leagues, some of which compete for both people and space with independent programs;…
First things first: Old Chicago is not a Chicago-based chain. It actually got its start in Boulder, but when Old Chicago opened on market Street in 1992, that quickly became the flagship location — introducing many people not just to LoDo, but specialty beers. At the end of this week,…
Last week USA Today served up Denver’s top ten foodie picks, including Jen Jasinski’s Rioja, but one former Chicagoan wasn’t impressed by anything on the list — or by Denver’s food scene in general. See also: Reader says Denver’s food is disappointing — and don’t blame it on the altitude…
Where would you tell a tourist in Denver to eat? Last week, USA today advised foodies to try ten different spots — two of which (D Bar and Restaurant Kevin Taylor) are about to close; another two (Cherry Creek Farmers’ Market and Civic Center Eats) are out of season. And…
On Monday, Governor John Hickenlooper announced the creation of the Sand Creek Massacre Commemoration Commission, designed to further understanding of that dark chapter in Colorado history as the 50th anniversary of the Sand Creek Massacre approaches on November 29, 1964. And that process just got a big boost when Columbia…
Yesterday, the State of Colorado, History Colorado and representatives of the tribes whose ancestors died at Sand Creek — the Northern Cheyenne of Montana, the Northern Arapaho of Wyoming, and the Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribes of Oklahoma — signed a Memorandum of Agreement, “government-to-government,” said Governor John Hickenlooper, recognizing the…
The lineup at Denver Union Station, set to reopen this summer, is now complete. Last week, the development partners announced seven more restaurant and retail tenants, including an outpost of the Tattered Cover, two bars (one on the lovely mezzanine level, one in the former ticket booths), an ice cream…
Collision, the History Colorado exhibit devoted to the Sand Creek Massacre, has made some history itself over the past two years. And a new chapter will begin today, when Governor John Hickenlooper will announce the creation of the Sand Creek Massacre Commemorative Commission and also mark the signing of the…
Last week USA Today came out with its “10 Best Foodie Spots in Denver.” But you’d better move fast if you want to hit two of them: D Bar is closing this coming weekend in anticipation of a move, and Restaurant Kevin Taylor is closing for good at the end…
Montana just bumped Colorado out of its top spot as the least obese state, according to a recent report by Gallup. Mississippi is still number one for fat, with 35.4 percent of the population weighing in as obese. In Colorado, just 20.4 percent of the residents are obese, which earns…
Last winter, Peter Ryan, former executive chef/instructor at Cook Street School of Culinary Arts, inked a deal on an out-of-the-way space in North City Park that he felt was just right for the neighborhood eatery he dreamed of opening — in what happened to be his own neighborhood, just west…
With the grand reopening of Denver Union Station less than four months away, Larimer Associates and its partners in the project just announced eight more retail and restaurant tenants for the renovated facility set to debut on July 12. And not only are all of these tenants from Colorado, but…
Is it time for the “fancy burger trend to call it quits”? That’s what Eric Cimino, chef at Luca d’Italia, suggests in this week’s Chef and Tell interview. And nothing gets the meaty juices flowing like a big burger battle. “Not if it’s delicious!” says Phillip. “I’m over it,” says…
Xtreme Action, a locally owned bar that celebrates mixed martial arts, just opened on the 16th Street Mall (actually, above the 16th Street Mall — it’s on the second floor of a building at the corner of 16th and Champa) and readers and customers alike are getting a kick out…
An “inspiration trip” to Japan last fall inspired Daniel Asher, the culinary director of Linger and Root Down, to bring back the bento box. “In Japan, the bento is a way of expressing a multi-course meal experience in a moment, and here, it’s our way of wrapping all of those…
Arch Pizza Co. just opened its third St. Louis-style pizza restaurant in five months — and the latest incarnation, at 10101 East Hampden Avenue, is the largest store yet. “The community support and feedback has been extremely valuable, and we’re excited to bring a different take on pizza to Colorado,”…
