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Best Restaurant on the 16th Street Mall

Zoe Ma MaProprietor Edwin Zoe can thank his mother for Zoe Ma Ma’s success: Zoe persuaded her to run the kitchen at his original Boulder restaurant, where she built a menu with recipes from her native Taiwan and Zoe’s father’s native Shandong. The resulting items include a heady Taiwanese beef noodle soup, one of that country’s most […]
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Best Food Truck/Cart

The Ginger PigNatascha Hess, who runs the Ginger Pig food truck with her husband, Steve, lived in China for a year while in college; her “Chinese mom” taught her the ins and outs of traditional cooking during that time. The result of her immersion is obvious in the food at the Ginger Pig, especially Hess’s Chinese fried […]
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Denver TV Stations’ Desperate Pitches for Stars in DIA Train Voice Contest

After Denver International Airport announced the ten finalists for its new train voice contest on February 12, 104.3 The Fan host Darren "D-Mac" McKee ripped Fox31 anchor Jeremy Hubbard's candidacy, and his own exclusion from the competition, resulting in a hilarious Twitter war between the pair. And now, with the February 25 deadline for online voting fast approaching, the campaigns for the various local TV (and radio) personalities have gotten increasingly desperate.
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Oral History of Denver GoTopless Day

Denver GoTopless Day is expected to attract well over 1,000 people to its 2018 edition, which takes place downtown on Sunday, August 26. But the size of the crowd is only one indication of how the gathering has evolved, as is clear from the following Denver GoTopless Day oral history.
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Best Thirteener

Pacific PeakSavvy mountaineers know that it’s not just about the Fourteener checklist; many of the Thirteeners in Colorado are harder and far more interesting. Pacific Peak in Arapaho National Forest falls into that category, and has the bonus of Pacific Tarn, the highest lake in the country, which sits at 13,420 feet on the way to […]
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Best Golf Course in the Mountains

Ironbridge Golf ClubTom Lehman revamped the original Arthur Hills design of this Glenwood Springs gem in 2014, which resulted in cutting back the bunkers from seventy to forty and a kinder, gentler back nine (though still a rugged series that starts off with four holes known as the “Lost Horizon”). In stark contrast to the meadows of […]
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Victor Mitchell on Lies, Dark Money and What’s Wrong With Our Election System

Entrepreneur and former state legislator Victor Mitchell is proud of his campaign for Colorado governor in 2018 and treasures many of his experiences prior to finishing second behind Treasurer Walker Stapleton in the June Republican primary. But several weeks later, he blasts what he characterizes as a shadowy process that rewards liars and places one obstacle after another in front of outsiders interested in shaking up the status quo.
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Beer Calendar: Dark Beers, a Fundraiser and New Year’s Eve

Earlier this month, the owner of Twenty Brew Taphouse in Westminster posted a plaintive note on Facebook stating the business was no longer sustainable and could close in early 2018. Part of the reason: a break-in last fall that resulted in the theft of rare beer, new furniture, a pool table...
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The Ginger Pig

Natascha Hess, who runs the Ginger Pig food truck with her husband, Steve, lived in China for a year while in college; her “Chinese mom” taught her the ins and outs of traditional cooking during that time. The result of her immersion is obvious in the food at the Ginger Pig, especially Hess’s Chinese fried […]
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Boulder Doctor Champions Pain Treatment That Trades Opioids for Love

Opioid abuse has reached crisis levels in Colorado and the country as a whole in part because more and more people prescribed the medication by their physicians are becoming addicted to it. But this particular problem can't be pinned on Boulder-based Dr. Mark Strom, who'll be taking part in a Q&A in conjunction with All the Rage, a new documentary making its Denver debut at the Alamo Drafthouse tonight.