Alaskan Smoked Porter Alaskan Brewing Company It’s really quite simple. Alaskan Smoked Porter is one of the best beers ever made. It is like a rare gem in a field full of sandstone, a shooting star, a pearl in the oyster that is my local liquor store. I read about…
Today in Backbeat Online: Swedish Dance Bands you can waste your time with Pre-Turkey Day debauchery to get your party started AC/DC at the Pepsi Center Today in Cafe Society: Jason Sheehan returns to Five Guys Eating Aspen: parts one and two The bird is the word at Pat’s Philly Steaks…
This week, Westword’s cover story, “Wage War,” introduced you to Greeley’s Somali refugees, many of whom lost their jobs in a clash over prayer breaks at the JBS Swift & Company meatpacking plant. But Somali refugees throughout the United States are facing a bigger hurdle: Seeing their families. The U.S…
Denver style maven Brandi Shigley, who grew up on a steady diet of musicals and variety shows like Hee Haw and The Muppet Show, is still an admitted fan: “So when the opportunity came up to host my own evening at the Meadowlark, I decided to make it be this…
One of our favorite Shmucks was back in the news and back in Colorado, where she’ll probably be for a while. Christina Elizabeth Szele, of Woodside, N.Y., pleaded guilty Tuesday to interfering with a flight crew member during a June 17 JetBlue flight from New York to San Francisco. Szele…
Pat’s Philly Steaks and Subs 1624 Market Street and two other locations 303-534-1333 P.J. GobblerOver roasted turkey, cranberry sauce, stuffing and mayo on a hoagie roll$8.50 for a medium Thanksgiving came early for me this year — by about 48 hours, and in the form of a sandwich, a joyful…
While White House Press Secretary and former Colorado resident Dana Perino (for Michael Roberts’s profile, see “New Forecast”) fields hundreds of questions from a ravenous Washington press corps every day on subjects that span the globe, her father, Leo Perino, took questions from Westword during a busy day at his…
Jubelale Deschutes Brewery Bend, Oregon This strong ale stands a head above the others. Why? The complex malts are balanced by a powerful hoppiness that gives it an extra punch and you a good reason to stay up late on a cold winter night. Graced by a spicy kick…
By now, you’ve heard of Turkeygate, the Sarah Palin TV interview in which a turkey farm employee sends a couple of gobblers to their gruesome deaths behind the former vice-presidential candidate. But you might have missed the Colorado connection. To find out more, check out Jon Solomon’s hilarious interview in our…
Celebration AleSierra NevadaThis is a beer that I sometimes dream about during the summer months; it’s the only thing that makes me look forward to cool weather. It’s also the first beer I think of when I consider the holidays — and the first one I buy. Although it differs from…
Thanksgiving is a time for celebration, and some people party by helping others. Westword will run a list of places offering meals for the needy on our Café Society blog. If you know of others, leave a comment below or send us an email. Bar Louie Restaurants is partnering…
Don’t feel like mashing potatoes, thickening gravy and overcooking a turkey this year? There are a few restaurants in the Denver area that will be doing the hard work for you. We’ll be updating this category — and another with places serving the needy. If you know of others,…
Tough times have hit the Denver location of the Santa Fe Tequila Company. The restaurant, at 901 West 10th Avenue, has closed temporarily, according to its website, just about a year after opening and just five months after a review in Westword. But a manager at the restaurant’s…
Craft breweries in Colorado and around the country make seasonal beers all year round, but my favorites come out in the fall. I call them holiday, or Christmas, beers. Often dark and with a higher percentage of alcohol, these big beers are the bad boys of the microbrewery world. Colorado…
Look out below. Like lots of empty lots around town, the open space on the southeast corner of Eighth Avenue and Colorado Boulevard where Annie’s Café and a handful of apartment buildings and other businesses once stood, has banners advertising that it will host Christmas tree sales at some point…
A sculpture by Li Hardison. For months, I’d been hearing about a community museum on Little Raven Street by the Millennium Bridge that my friend, Jamie Kopke, was helping to start. The idea was a temporary museum that would host art created by the community. Last weekend, as part of…
My eyes! With fans like these, the University of Colorado doesn’t need enemies. In the second quarter of the home game last Saturday, November 15, against the number-13 ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys, someone from the crowd –most likely a Buffs fan — shined a green, laser-pointer light into the face…
Pay this forward. “You might think, only in a place called Loveland could generosity pour out in the form of a Vente café latte,” the TV news feature begins. Yup, just in time for the holidays, and to cheer everyone up during the recession doldrums, comes this story from KUSA…
Last year’s winner toasts with the judges. Millions of people drink beer, and many more consider themselves to be beer experts – either in quantity or quality — but only one can be Beerdrinker of the Year. The Wynkoop Brewing Company is now taking resumes for its thirteenth annual Beerdrinker…
The candidate. Muhammad Ali Hasan, the energetic and unusual candidate for state legislature, will not become the next state representative for Eagle and Summit counties. The immensely wealthy son of Seeme and Malik Hasan — profiled last January in “Is This Muslim Republican Mr. Right or the Big Cheese?” –…
Gobble this, turkey! Spinelli’s Market 4621 East 23rd Avenue 303-329-8143 Turkey Cranberry Gouda House turkey, cranberry sauce, smoked Gouda, lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise on a croissant, and served with a pickle $7 Spinelli’s Market has to be one of the best, least known, most wonderful places in Denver. A family-owned…
Vance Kirkland’s studio. A warning about Denver ArtsWeek: Beware the free stuff. Friday night’s opening event — free admission to Denver’s museums, and special programs featuring music, food, and story-telling for the kids — was a fantastic idea. But the promise of free stuff tends to bring out the cheap…
