It was one of the biggest deals of 2012: Thirteen months ago, Toshi Kizaki announced that he and his brother had entered into a deal with BW Holdings, the company that controls the Wynkoop/Breckenridge group of breweries and restaurants, agreeing to swap Izakaya Den’s current location — a stand-alone building…
Is it time for “Mustang” to turn its back on Denver? Next Monday, Denver’s most loved — and loathed — piece of public art will mark its fifth birthday. And according to Denver policy, after a piece has been in place for five years, the city will consider requests that…
When we spoke with owner Doug Naiman on Monday, he had high hopes that Aviano Coffee would be pouring soon in its new home at 244 Detroit Street. One city department had already signed off on the space, with only two more permits to go. But it looks like the…
Il Posto just celebrated its sixth birthday, and Gretchen Kurtz marked the occasion by presenting Andrew Frizzi’s authentic Italian restaurant with a nice, shiny review. And she’s not the only one who appreciates the place: See also: – Andrea Frizzi’s traditional trattoria has become a Colorado classic – Photos: Behind…
As if Scott Gessler didn’t have enough trouble. The Secretary of State is already being investigated by theIndependent Ethics Commission to determine whether he violated the law by using office funds on a trip to Florida. (Gessler has sued the commission; a hearing is set for Thursday). Meanwhile, the Denver…
Tamayo has been holding down its corner of Larimer Square for over a decade, and owner Richard Sandoval decided the restaurant was due for a remodeling job — a million-dollar remodeling job, which involved both the interior and the menu. The result was unveiled yesterday, when Tamayo reopened. See also:…
Bree Davies lives in what’s called “Little Mexico” according to the Judgmental Denver map, but she thinks the area known as “Loose Chihuahuas” should extend all the way up into her part of the city. And she’d also like to add “Giant Pit Bulls In Dirt Yards With Tiny Fences”…
Twenty years ago, a new member of the Arvada City Council was making waves in the normally sleepy suburb. Joanne Conte, who’d been elected in 1991, was shaking things up so much that then-Westword staff writer Karen Bowers started working on a political story about the situation. But she got…
Mark Antonation was in the car last week — perhaps cruising Federal Boulevard for the next installment of A Federal Case — when he heard former CU Buffs quarterback and current 104.3 FM morning sports guy Joel Klatt wholeheartedly endorse the food of New Orleans, site of the Super Bowl,…
Raise a glass to the death of this year’s dopiest bill — so far. Senator Greg Brophy had proposed that parents be able to buy grown-up beverages at Colorado bars and restaurants for children over seventeen. But yesterday a Senate committee decided that Brophy’s “Drinks With Dad” proposal was all…
“Mustang,” Luis Jimenez’s giant blue horse with the glowing red eyes, was installed outside of Denver International Airport on February 11, 2008. Neigh-sayers started complaining almost immediately, demanding that the city put the horse out to pasture. But city officials responded that according to Denver public-art policy, a piece had…
Denver diners love their burgers — big or small, beefy or veggie, gourmet or greasy. Best Burger is always one of the most hotly contested categories in our Best of Denver Readers’ Poll (find the Best of Denver 2013 poll here), and we’ve got our buns on the run testing…
The most talked-about piece of public art at Denver International Airport kicked up plenty of discussion even before it was installed on February 11, 2008. DIA was still years from opening when the city’s blue-ribbon arts panel gave a $300,000 commission to Luis Jiménez to create “Mustang,” a 32-foot-high fiberglass…
Subway may have run into trouble by shorting the measurements of its footlong sandwiches, but the Denver Department of Excise and Licenses has gotten nothing but kudos for the rule change it made late last summer, allowing “bona fide restaurants” within 500 feet of a school to apply for a…
The truth, like plutonium, has a way of leaking out. After two years of deliberations, the Rocky Flats grand jury wanted to charge eight individuals for environmental crimes at the nuclear weapons plant — but the Justice Department declined to indict, and instead sent the jurors home in the spring…
The 107th National Western Stock Show rode out of town yesterday, leaving behind a passel of questions about how the Stock Show complex and concept can be rebranded for the future. One innovation this year was free parking, but overall attendance was also down to its lowest level since 2004…
Looking for a 16,291 square-foot mansion on 2.15 acres with two master suites and a hibachi island in the kitchen? Try 5 Mockingbird Lane in Cherry Hills Village, one of the five most expensive homes for sale in the metro area right now. No family really needs that much space,…
Does size really matter? So say the people suing Subway, who accuse the chain of skimping on its footlong sandwiches, by at least an inch. But Jenn Wohletz just offered five reasons why the suit is ridiculous. And a reader had another one: See also: – Subway’s missing inch: Five…
Westword was only a few years old when a housewife who lived in a mobile home in Commerce City told us she wanted to write a humor column for the paper. We declined the offer: She wasn’t funny, we said. That housewife soon became known around the world as Roseanne,…
Guy Fieri is back in town, Lori Midson reports, visiting establishments ranging from the Denver Biscuit Company to Prohibition to the Highland Tavern for his show Diners, Drive-ins and Dives . Some readers are fed up with Fieri, but still see benefits in his visits here: See also: – Love…
One mystery of the legendary Lost Dutchman gold mine has been solved. The remains found in late November in the Superstition Mountains east of Phoenix have been identified as those of Jesse Capen, “the gentle giant” who’d worked as a night bellman at the downtown Sheraton for almost a dozen…
Smashburger has been a smash hit since the homegrown chain was introduced in 2006. Since then, it’s built a dozen stores in the metro area — and expanded not just throughout the United States, but across the ocean. And in the next year, the company plans to open another sixty…
