So, it was a beautiful Saturday afternoon, and I was unloading two coolers and some chairs for my son’s birthday party at Crestmoor Park. Yes, I saw the “No Parking Anytime” sign, but I hit the hazard button, opened my trunk and pulled out the cooler. But I never had…
The Festival Italiano at Belmar, which took place this past Saturday and Sunday, has quickly become one of the best festivals in Denver. Not only was there great food and wine, as well as very little shlock for sale, fewer stroller and dogs, and lower temperatures (September beat August hands…
The Great American Beer Festival begins just six days from now. If you want to be ready (and believe me, we are soooo ready), you’ll need to check in here every afternoon for some lowdown, some insight and some tips on how to do it right. In the meantime, here’s…
The Great American Beer Festival begins a week from today. If you want to be ready (and believe me, we are soooo ready), you’ll need to check in here every afternoon for some lowdown, some insight and some tips on how to do it right. Last year, I dissed on…
The economy is down and unemployment is high. Thankfully, there are tons of coffee shops and other spots around town with free WiFi access where you can sit for hours, unkempt or unshaven, and troll the Internet for jobs. But if you’re like my unemployed friends, you’ve come across some…
It’s been a wild season for the Colorado Rockies, the kind that had fans cursing the club before the All-Star Break and jumping on the bandwagon after it. In fact, the Rockies have won more games than any other National League team since Jim Tracy replaced Clint Hurdle as the…
It’s five o’clock somewhere, as the saying goes. And starting today and running through next Sunday, that place is the Mile High City. Welcome to Denver Beer Fest, ten days of beer tastings, beer dinners, beer-themed events, brewery tours and general beeriness — all designed to complement the Great American…
The sandwich: Rare Roast Beef What’s on it: Rare roast beef, grilled red onions, lettuce, tomato, horseradish havarti and aioli on a baguette Where to get it: Cafe Options (1650 Curtis Street, 303-573-0733) How much: $7.25 Do you believe in second chances? I do. That’s why I’ll probably try a…
Denver is playing host to the Olympics of beer games this month — and it could be a historic one if the city’s fortieth annual Oktoberfest also turns out to be its last. Larimer Associates, the real estate company that owns Oktoberfest as well as Larimer Square and numerous other…
Joe Wilson is a tool. Not so much because he yelled at the President — hey, if comics and umpires can take it, so can the leader of the free world — but because his heckling was so lame. So what should he have yelled? Here’s a list of ten…
Cheba Hut raised a toasty toast this week when a Weld County District Court judge overturned a ruling that had denied a liquor license to the sub shop’s Greeley location. In April, Robert Frick, who rules on Greeley liquor licenses, turned down the company’s request, citing Cheba Hut’s pot-related marketing…
The sandwich: Panama Red What’s on it: Grilled chicken breast, home-grown marinara sauce, parmesan and provolone on white, wheat or garlic “herb” bread. Where to get it: Cheba Hut (1531 Champa Street, 720-974-1880) How much: $6.50 A lot of people like Cheba Hut. They’ve been telling me it’s good, strongly…
This week, Westword took an end-of-the-summer road trip down colorful Colorado Boulevard, from Weld County to Highlands Ranch, with many stops in between. This essay is a part of that project. In a city with few highways, Colorado Boulevard serves as a major thoroughfare, connecting everything to everything, as well…
What’s geekier than having a fantasy football draft party at your house? Having it at a bar! And we’ve got three great suggestions for places to go to get your fantasy football geekosity on bigtime. For starters, there’s any one of the Tavern Hospitality Group’s five Denver restaurants (Tavern Uptown,…
Stomp Them Grapes, central Denver’s only brew-at-home beer-and- wine store, is moving this week from 2563 15th Street to 4731 Lipan Street, near I-70. But the added driving distance will pay off in added inventory. “We’ve outgrown the space. We’re going from a miserable 860 square feet to 4,800 square…
It’s hard to imagine anything more meaty than BBQ. It is a cuisine based entirely on the flesh of the pig, the cow and, in some cases, the chicken. So it’s no surprise that a BBQ joint owner might hang up on a sales rep trying to sell him vegan…
The sandwich: # 9 panini What’s on it: Turkey, olives, olive oil, tomatoes, cheese, portabella mushrooms on panini How much: $7.49 Where to get it: Gourmet Corner, 830 17th Street, 650-291-6945 “Hungry?” the guy asked when I walked into Gourmet Corner, almost as if I’d have to be starving to…
It’s Fantasy Football season, and if you don’t know what we’re talking about, then you simply aren’t a geeky, no-life sad sack who never gets out of the house — like several Westword staff members. Still, 22 million North Americans waste countless hours on it, and August, when fantasy lovers…
The sandwich: Jalisco Torta What’s on it: Marinated steak and chicken, beans, cheese, mayonnaise, avocado, tomato and onions Where to get it: Las Tortas (5307 Leetsdale Drive, 720-379-7269) How much: $6.99 There’s an old Mexican adage that, when translated, reads: Ain’t nothing about a sandwich that can’t be made better…
Colleen Don Dero got a taste of Colorado recently, but she didn’t like it much. Several decades ago, the Colorado native moved to Phoenix, where she runs a hat and T-shirt company called It’s All About the Head. The apparel features the company’s name as a slogan alongside a mug…
With the Great American Beer Festival (September 24-26) and the first ever Denver Beer Fest (September 18-27) both around the corner, the craft beer industry’s major trade group has released some mid-year statistics on what’s been brewing nationwide. The Brewers Association reports that craft brewers sold 4.2 million barrels of…
If the president can do it, so can everyone else. What Colorado needs now are more sudsy sit-downs. Here’s an example (see our previous pairings here, here and here): Dispute: Bill Ritter vs. Labor Unions and his own party Beer: Steamworks Brewing Company’s Colorado Kolsch Ouch. It’s not easy fighting…
