George Thorogood drinks alone, and now we know why. With a beverage in tow, it’s hard to shake hands, throw your arm around a girl or slap someone on the back without spilling. If only Thorogood had a Beer Buckle, he’d be able to share that bourbon, Scotch and beer…
The sandwich: Hoagie Philly Where to get it: Cheesesteak Connection What’s on it: Chopped steak, melted American cheese, lettuce, tomato and mayo (with sauteed onions and mushrooms added) How much: $5.49 There are few foods that I don’t like, few styles that I can’t develop an appreciation for on some…
It’s good to be the judge, and I should know since I spent Saturday afternoon dressed in a black robe and a wig, drinking beer and making history — beer-drinking history. The event was the thirteenth annual Beerdrinker of the Year contest at the Wynkoop Brewing Company, and I’d been…
Long ago, before our kids were born, my wife and I used to pick a day in February to see all five movies nominated in that year’s Academy Awards Best Picture category. The hardest part was coordinating times and locations all over town, especially when one or two of the…
The Sandwich: BBQ Pork and Special Combo What’s on it: Pork and other meats, cilantro, cucumber, carrots, peppers Where to get it: Ba Le Sandwich, 1044 South Federal Boulevard, 303-922-2129 How much: $2.75 each Back away from the pastrami, sir. And step off the turkey and Swiss. It’s time to…
The Sandwich: Greenwich Village What’s on it: Pastrami-seasoned turkey, Swiss cheese, coleslaw, lettuce, tomato and Russian dressing on rye Where to get it: Mendelson’s New York Delicatessen (600 17th Street, 303-996-5555) How much: $9.75 If sandwiches were movies, then Mendelson’s triple-deckers would be the Lord of the Rings trilogy, a…
Hisashi Takimoto, who owned Taki’s Healthy Japanese Food Restaurant, 341 East Colfax Avenue, died Monday at the age of 62 (read the Denver Post story here). Taki’s was an East Colfax landmark, and we have plenty of memories of the place, including one from just this week about Taki’s famous…
Oskar Blues will open its new tasting room, the Tasty Weasel, at 11 a.m. this Friday, February 13, inside its brewing and canning plant in Longmont. At 4 p.m., the Weasel will tap a firkin (roughly a quarter of a barrel) of something to celebrate the grand opening. In fact,…
Way back – way, way back — before there was a microbrewery in every city, before the terms IPA and ESB entered the common lingo, before big, bold craft beers muscled their way onto liquor store shelves (before color photography, even), the pioneers of the microbrewery industry got their shaggy-looking…
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science got an ironic taste of its own medicine, sort of, Monday when a windstorm knocked out power to the institution, forcing it to close for the day. Why was it ironic? A new exhibit entitled Nature Unleashed is set to open at the…
Shopping for Valentine’s Day sucks. Roses, ugh. Chocolate. It better be damn good. Jewelry. Be prepared to dump some cash (and probably get it wrong anyway) along with every other dazed-looking dude down at the mall. Lingerie? If your lady doesn’t mind, it’s kind of like getting a present for…
The Sandwich: Dinner Roll What’s on it: Turkey and roast beef, melted white American cheese, grilled onions and creamy horseradish on a giant Kaiser roll with a side of au jus for dipping. Where to get it: The Smiling Moose Deli (727 Colorado Boulevard, 333-3354) How much: $6.69 A smiling…
Colorado, which hosts the annual Beerdrinker of the Year contest at the Wynkoop Brewing Company, could finally boast a home-state winner. Cody Christman, a Denver software engineer, is one of three finalists in the thirteenth installment of this prestigious contest. He is also the first Wynkoop regular to make it…
Eighty Latinos died in traffic accidents in Colorado in 2008, or roughly one quarter of the total number of people who were killed in car crashes. Of the eighty, 59 were unbuckled. So it made sense for the Colorado Department of Transportation to — for the first time ever –…
The Sandwich: The Emerson What’s on it: Ham and Swiss on focaccia bread, with choice of veggies. Where to get it: Earl’s Sandwich Parlor (1431 Ogden Street, 303-832-7411) How much: $6.85 This is the kind of place you’re thankful for if you live in the neighborhood, and never visit if…
Mountain Sun Pub & Brewery, at 1535 Pearl Street in Boulder, and its newer Denver sibling, Vine Street Pub, 1700 Vine Street, are celebrating Stout Month starting on February 1. “Ten of Mountain Sun’s taps will fade to black with local, regional and national versions of the rich, thick and…
One of the ironies of hospital care is how little life there is inside a building that’s all about trying to save lives — or at least make those who are dying more comfortable. Page and Tess Phillips found this out in early 2007, when their infant son, Cash, was…
. A woman got off an RTD bus outside of the Denver Public Library main branch at about 9 this morning and asked library staff for some assistance. But she wasn’t trying to check out a book. No, the woman was in labor. In fact, she was so far along…
Falling Rock Taphouse has an interesting beer on tap tonight: Palo Santo Marron, from Delaware’s famous and always experimenting Dogfish Head Brewery. Palo Santo Marron, a brown ale with a hefty 12 percent alcohol content, was aged in barrels made from Paraguayan Palo Santo (or “holy”) wood. The trees are…
The Recovery Room, a longtime hole-in-the-wall bar at 819 Colorado Boulevard serving the east Congress Park neighborhood as well as the good doctors, nurses and health-care professionals from nearby hospitals and medical centers, has flatlined. The door is boarded up and a posted Colorado Department of Revenue sign reads: “Warning…
Don’t be misled. The Winter Brew Fest isn’t a sudsy get-together featuring winter releases from microbreweries; it’s a festival that takes place in the winter and features craft beers. “Winter brews are encouraged, but we’re not focused on that. We don’t want to limit our festival in that way,” says…
The sandwich: Lucky’s Pizza Sub What’s on it: Ham, pepperoni, provolone and parmesan, marinara, green peppers, black olives on a toasted roll Where to get it: Mr. Lucky’s Sandwiches (711 East Sixth Avenue, 303-861-5825) How much: $6.95 A pizza sub is a rare find, and I have been looking online…
