Mmmm, bacon. And hot, pickled jalapenos. And almost-as-hot green chile, and cheese, all melted over a mound of French fries. This not-so-simple side provided more than enough lunch — and heartburn — for two. Can you guess where we’re eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to…
What makes Colorado Colorado? That’s what “Making Colorado,” the state’s new branding mission announced yesterday, wants to determine — and it’s set up a website where you can offer your own suggestions that will help determine the state’s new brand. This DIY approach drew the attention of the New York…
The Food & Drink section of the Best of Denver 2013 contained more than a hundred categories (with a dozen more food-related awards in Shopping & Services); many of those also featured Readers’ choice picks. And although readers showed good taste in choosing Smashburger over McDonald’s for Best French Fries…
Prince Harry is coming to Colorado in May, and Jenn Wohletz has several suggestions for what his Royal Hineyness should do while he’s in this state. So do our readers, and their ideas are a hit list of some of Colorado’s favorite things. See also: – Five things Prince Harry…
Since Tom Ryan founded Smashburger, it’s no surprise that his namesake Tom’s Urban 24serves a good burger. “Made with eight ounces of ground Angus, the patty isn’t smashed to order, as it is at Ryan’s other joint — that technique doesn’t work as well on a chargrill — but it…
The University of Denver was founded in 1864, only five years after Denver got its start and the same year a flood threatened to wipe the tiny town off the map. But DU has always had a fighting spirit — and today, both students and alumni are fighting mad over…
The biennial National Conference for Media Reform is descending on Denver from April 5 through April 7, and the confab will kick off from 7 to 11 p.m. tonight with an official pre-party at the Mercury Cafe, 2199 California Street, hosted by Jason Bosch’s ArgusFest, Free Press (organizer of the…
Boone is not the only image problem the University of Denver faces. Before John Evans was named the territorial governor of Colorado, he lived in Chicago; a politician, real-estate investor and physician, he and other leaders founded Northwestern University in 1851, in his namesake town of Evanston. And in February,…
It’s coming down to the wire. Everyone knows that Denver beats Portland when it comes to beer and weather — but how do the two rate as bike cities? REI recently rolled out its 2013 Cycling City Showdown, and Denver has already beaten Washington, D.C., and Minneapolis — now it…
Alamo Drafthouse made a big splash when it opened last month in Littleton. Fans of the Texas chain’s other locations, we even gave it a Best of Denver Award for Best Movie Theater — Food/Drink, one of over 170 awards in just the Arts & Entertainment section alone. But one…
Denver’s great dive bars are disappearing — but there are still many worthy of celebration, including Bar Bar (Carioca Cafe), which just won Best Dive Bar in the Best of Denver 2013. And there was stiff competition for that award, as evidenced by our list of the dozen best dive…
Endless vistas of the mountains and plains? Endless pours of craft beers? Endless protests about gun-control laws? What makes Colorado Colorado? That’s what the state plans to find out with Making Colorado, an ambitious branding effort being announced today by Governor John Hickenlooper and Aaron Kennedy, Colorado’s chief marketing officer,…
One of Denver’s most beloved pieces of public art, “I See What You Mean,” better known as the Big Blue Bear, got hit by a big smear of green paint over the weekend. There have been other pranks involving Lawrence Argent’s sculpture of a giant bear peering inside the Colorado…
While some people puzzle over the readers’ pick for Best Fried Chicken, Leah wants to know the specific dish readers voted for when they awarded Euclid Hall the prize for Best Vegetarian Dish in a Non-Vegetarian Restaurant. “They have pretty much nothing vegetarian on their menu,” she writes, “so if…
There’s been the usual squawking over the Best of Denver — complaints about the editorial picks in various categories, and much louder complaints over many of the readers’ choices. And, of course, there have been the standard queries about why the editorial picks are given so much more prominence than…
The rumblings of a boycott started even before Governor John Hickenlooper signed three gun-control measures ten days ago, and they’re only going to get louder with President Barack Obama coming to Colorado on Wednesday to tout this state’s new laws as an example for the rest of the country. “I’m…
Update: Check out the real themes below. The first Denver Cruiser ride of the season won’t be until May 15, but the themes for the next season were just posted. Or were they? “Because we got so much flak this winter for merely suggesting ‘Homeless’ as a theme to vote…
We just published our thirtieth Best of Edition, with more than a hundred editorial picks in the Food & Drink section, many of them accompanied by Readers’ choices. And the readers have once again shown good taste and not given the Best French Fries award to McDonald’s, a frequent readers’…
The Best of Denver 2013 is out, with more than a hundred categories in our Food & Drink section. One of the most hotly contested categories is always Best Green Chile. This year, the readers voted for El Taco de Mexico, a many-time winner. Cafe Society’s pick for Best Green…
Grand Lux Cafe closed in Park Meadows last week. According to the Park Meadows website, the mall (inside or out) still has Brio Tuscan Grille, California Pizza Kitchen, Champps, Cru – a Wine Bar, Earl’s, La Sandia, P.F. Chang’s, Red Robin, Thai Basil, White Chocolate Grill and two restaurant/pubs in…
This is our thirtieth Best of Denver edition. Over the years, we’ve given at least 15,000 awards. Some of the categories — Best Mobile Hot Tub? — have disappeared, reflecting how trends come and go in a boom-and-bust-and-boom town; other honorees, such as the Winter Park Ski Train, simply reached…
Be afraid. Be very afraid. The inaugural Stanley Film Festival, which will run May 2 through May 5 this year in Estes Park, is holding an open house for fright-film fans and potential volunteers tonight. The four-day Stanley Film Festival, which will celebrate the best in independent horror cinema, will…
