Cheba Hut, the pot-themed sub-shop chain, could open its first Denver location as early as Monday, August 10, says franchisee and store co-owner Matt Clark-Johnson, who’s at the store at 1531 Champa Street making some final preparations this morning. Although Clark-Johnson, who also owns a Cheba Hut in Boulder, had…
A gigantic painting of a can of Dale’s Pale Ale is nearing completion on a silo outside of the Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids & Solids, the brewery which makes Dale’s. This is what the can, which we wrote about here, looked like as of about 4 p.m. on Thursday, August…
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 and here): Dispute: Union Station vs. government agencies, developers and civic groups Beer: Wynkoop Brewing Company’s Light Rail Ale C’mon, folks. Union Station is…
The organizers of the seventh annual Craft Lager Festival in Manitou Springs are thankful that the hot sun makes people want to drink lighter, lager-style beers and thankful that it will be powering the festival via its rays. They’re also thankful for how quickly their event has grown. “It’s just…
The sandwich: Hummus Florentine What’s on it: Scrambled eggs, spinach, homemade hummus, cheddar cheese, tomato on rosemary ciabatta Where to get it: Duffeyroll Café (1290 South Pearl Street, 303-753-9177) How much: $5.95 I dare you to tell me not to eat a breakfast sandwich at 2 p.m. Seriously. I dare…
If the president can do it, so can everyone else. What Colorado needs now are more sudsy sit-downs. Here’s an example (see yesterday’s sudsy sit-down here): Dispute: Brandon Marshall vs. Josh McDaniels Beer: Great Divide Brewing Company’s Hercules Double IPA When it comes to dick-swinging contests, everything’s got to be…
No big deal: Just four guys having a beer and settling a brewhaha. That’s what Barry, Joe, Hank and Jim did last week (with Colorado’s Blue Moon in a starring role). It’s something that happens all over the world, millions of times a day. In fact, it worked well enough…
Happy Birthday Colorado. You are 133, and frankly, you are looking a little worse for wear. But that’s okay because we’re celebrating you anyway on Colorado Day. Although Colorado officially became a state on August 1, 1876, it technically honors that day on the first Monday of every August. This…
The sandwich: Meatball What’s on it: Meatballs, provolone, mozzarella Where to get it: Luciano’s Pizza and Wings (1043 Broadway, 303-446-2424) How much: $5.65 There’s something almost magical about a sandwich charred in a pizza oven. Maybe the extreme heat transforms the molecules of the bread and the meat, the sauce…
The White House could get a little taste of Denver this week if President Barack Obama is able to pull off a meeting over beers Thursday between Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates and Cambridge, Massachusetts police sergeant James Crowley, who arrested Gates on July 16 at his own home. While…
It appears that even deadly snakes couldn’t keep Matt Sowash and business partner Andrew Hicks away from poker. As Westword reported Thursday, the two men were arrested this week and accused of five counts of felony securities fraud. A June CBI affidavit used to obtain warrants for the arrests of…
Garbanzo Mediterranean Grill, a Centennial fast-casual concept restaurant with four stores, plans to open a fifth location at the Cherry Creek Hotel, 600 South Colorado Boulevard, according to a sign hanging on a fence in front of the hotel, which is being completely renovated. A Panera Bread outlet will also…
Poker tour entrepreneurs Matt Sowash and Andrew “Doc” Hicks were arrested this week and charged with securities fraud. Investigators have been working on the case for two years, ever since two other men hatched a plot to kill Sowash using rattlesnakes. In that case, detailed in the 2007 Westword feature,…
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. But what happens in Denver? It’s too boring to tell stories about anyway. That’s the impression that a Wednesday story in the Wall Street Journal may have left on readers. Headlined “Government Meeting? Stay Away From Fun City,” the article was about how…
The sandwich: Meatloaf Sandwich What’s on it: Meatloaf, grilled onions, white American cheese, and BBQ sauce or ketchup on toasted sourdough bread. Where to get it: Delaney’s Deli (7007 West Alaska Drive, Lakewood, 303-936-3354) How much:$6.95 Meat Loaf. It was your mom’s fallback – for good or for bad -…
“Have you ever wondered why you are required by law to keep [dogs] under control, but people are not required to keep their children under control around us?” You have? Well, here’s the answer: Because they’re fucking dogs! Children are people. Dogs are animals. Dogs are not people. It’s an…
A pair of Hollywood studios said this week that Sam Raimi (of Spider-Man fame) will direct a live-action movie based on the online video game, World of Warcraft, and we can only hope there will be part, even a small one, for our old friend, Leeroy Jenkins. Jenkins, of course,…
Happy Birfday Blinky. Denver’s TV clown turned antiques store owner turned one-man nostalgia machine for anyone who grew up in the Mile High City in the 1960s, 70s and 80s celebrated his 88th birfday on June 30 with a meal at White Fence Farm in Lakewood. The staff there knew…
The Terry Bison Ranch is still the best place to stay when you’re visiting Cheyenne Frontier Days, which began July 18 and continues through July 25. Straddling the Wyoming/Colorado border, the place is a massive working ranch — with bison, camels, llamas, goats and all of your other standard farm…
It looks like Boulder Congressman Jared Polis has taken the lead as one of the Democrats to cross party lines and thumb his nose at President Obama’s health care proposal. But his concerns don’t have to do with health care itself. No, a letter he wrote that was signed by…
It looks like the Rib Shack, 4736 East Colfax Avenue, which was reviewed last October in Our Weekly Bread, has gone under, replaced by something called Atomic Wings. Not that I should be surprised. This odd looking A-frame building – possibly a former Der Wienerschnitzel – has also been home…
Broncos fans on the team’s season-tickets wait list get their annual consolation prize today: a chance to buy two-game packages (one of which has to be to a pre-season game) before the rest of the sweaty, beer-stained, orange-bleeding general public. Beginning at 10 a.m., wait-listers in Colorado, Wyoming and New…
