Zaidy’s Deli 15th and Lawrence streets (and a location in Cherry Creek) 303-893-3600 Potato Latke Sandwich Brisket between two latkes, with pickles and a side $9.95 Tis the season, and by “the season,” I of course mean Hanukah, or Chanukah. And to celebrate, I figured I’d have some traditional brisket…
It’s time to count birds again, and we don’t mean your Thanksgiving and Christmas turkey dinners. The Audubon Society of Greater Denver, in conjunction with local Audubon groups around the nation, is asking its members to count the birds they see in their back yards on New Year’s Day -…
Rocky Mountain PBS said Tuesday it has hired Doug Price as its new president and chief executive officer. He replaces James Morgese, who explained to Westword’s Michael Roberts in August why he was leaving the public television service after fifteen years. A former top executive with First Bank of Colorado…
Heading to D.C. for the inauguration? The last thing you’ll want to do is help usher in the Obama presidency with your supersized, Bush-era carbon footprint. The solution, according to TripVerde, an Austin, Texas (ironically)-based company with offices in Denver and Palo Alto, is ride-sharing, and TripVerde’s RideJockeys are now…
The Denver Rescue Mission and more than fifty volunteers are serving up their traditional holiday dinner to homeless men, women and children today from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Lawrence Street Shelter, 1130 Park Avenue West. New this year: every guest – and the organization expects about 500…
Continental Airlines probably should have known better. After all, the airlines have long understood that pacification of terrified passengers in a time of crisis keeps a bad situation from getting worse. The purpose behind those oxygen masks that drop from the ceiling of the plane? Oxygen gets you high, making…
We like our doctors. We trust our doctors. They are highly trained and they know what is good for us, what makes us feel better. So Dr. Tom Coburn, a family practitioner who specializes in obstetrics and allergy treatment in Muskogee, Oklahoma, must be right when he called the Fort…
My fellow humans, This week, unabashed robot lover Joel Warner wrote a fine cover story for Westword dealing primarily with the robot Basil, manufactured and programmed by James and Louise Gunderson of Gamma Two, Inc. And while I take no issue with the article per se — having found it…
This week’s Westword features an overtly robo-gandist cover story about Basil, a beer-serving robot created by Denver’s Jim and Louise Gunderson. But with all this talk of robots, I would’ve been remiss in not listing — as a service to humanity — the most evil robots of all time and…
212 Salad and Sandwich Company 1710 Sherman Street 303-861-7212 42nd Street Corned beef, turkey, coleslaw, lettuce and thousand island dressing on rye $6.49 I don’t know if it’s a rule that every New York-style deli that opens outside of the five boroughs has to name all of its sandwiches after…
Santa’s Private Reserve Rogue Ales Newport, Oregon If you’ve been bad this year, Santa will bring you a six-pack of Miller Chill. If you’ve been good, he’ll put a bomber bottle of Santa’s Private Reserve in your stocking. The perfect present for any hop-head, this dark red beer from Rogue…
Again with the animals? Poor Rover. Poor Fluffy. Why is it that we humans take out our aggressions on our pets. Why do we put them in the middle of battles over money and politics? Why? Okay, well, for one, they are annoying and they smell bad. Oh, and they…
I can be one hard gal to shop for, and I’ve been known to exchange, re-gift and return gifts. I can’t help it — which means many of my exhausted family members and friends have simply given up and retreated to the faithful standby of gift cards and certificates. Haters…
2 Below New Belgium Brewery Fort Collins Argh, no matter how hard I try, I just can’t get into the beers from New Belgium Brewery. Fat Tire, Mothership Wit, 1554, 2 Below Ale: I’ve tried them — repeatedly — in an effort to figure out what I’m missing, and what…
Fisher Clark Deli 723 South University Boulevard 303-722-2091 Spanish Ham and Cheese Serrano ham, chorizo, manchego cheese, arugula, pear and onion jam on focaccia bread $8.95 Yeah, nine bucks is a lot to spend on a sandwich, so Fisher Clark is a place I only go to occasionally…
Over a year after he closed the well-reviewed but poorly performing Sketch Food & Wine in Cherry Creek, it looks like restaurateur/developer Jesse Morreale is reviving the concept — or at least the name — on Broadway. Morreale bought the historic, decrepit and partially vacant 1st Avenue Hotel building at…
We’ve known about the delights of Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey for a couple of years now, awarding it Best Colorado Distillery in 2007 and enjoying its warming company on other occasions. But now Men’s Journal has named Stranahan’s one of its favorites as well, including it on the magazine’s list of…
Black is the new black, forty is the new thirty, and you know what? Winter is the new summer. Yeah, you heard me. Effin A. I didn’t grow up with a barbecue grill in the back yard (well, there was technically a grill, but it was more of a spider…
Maybe it’s because I’m landlocked that I wonder about the magic of the sea, the rush of the waves and soft sand between my toes. Now, don’t go trying to take away my Colorado native pass, because I love my mountains! But when I drift away, I usually end up on…
Ten FIDY Imperial Stout Oskar Blues Lyons Ten FIDY is a big, bad mutha. Almost completely black, it looks like motor oil when poured out of one of Oskar Blues’s unusual black-and-silver cans. But it tastes fantastic – rich, complex and brimming with roasty, toasty chocolate, nut and coffee flavors…
The results are in from the Loews Denver Hotel’s Scrooged contest — in which workplaces that can’t afford an office party could submit three-minute videos to YouTube featuring their boss and the reasons why the office deserves a festive holiday gathering. And judging by the winner’s dry humor, that party…
This beer was a welcome change of pace from a multitude of sweet, dark, heavy beers. But it wasn’t exactly light – more like a brown than an English strong ale, with thick head and a lighter, red hue. The nutty, roasted flavor reminded me of a holiday-season toffee –…
