Vance Johnson, one of the Three Amigos on the Denver Broncos in the late ’80s, is about to open his second restaurant on the Western Slope. He already has VJ’s Outlaw Ribs in Parachute, the town where he now lives. And soon he’ll open Vance’s Epicurious in Grand Junction. Vance’s…
In a series of posts last week, Sam Levin documented how the wheels have been turning for Denver cyclists. There are more bicyclists on the road — which has translated to more bike thefts. And not only is the city spending more on bike lanes, but it’s handing out more…
Katie Reinisch kept her cool through four years at the Colorado Legislature, when she was communications director for the Senate Democrats, so it’s not surprising that she’s having a blast running her own frozen-yogurt spot. “It’s so fun, and I’m learning so much,” she says. “I’m actually creating jobs, when…
For more than sixty years, Gaetano’s has been a northside institution — first as a joint owned by the Smaldones, Denver’s legendary mob family, and then by the Wynkoop group, which bought the place in 2005. Now the spot is closed until September for a major facelift, which has both…
“Who wants to fight government, especially over $10?” That’s what David Scherer asked himself when he thought the U.S. Forest Service was incorrectly charging a $10 fee to everyone who drove up Mount Evans — even drivers who did not stop as they took in the view. But as he…
Truth is definitely stranger than fiction — especially when it’s all gussied-up in a bridesmaid’s dress. In honor of Bridesmaids, the featured movie at Film on the Rocks tomorrow (the festivities will also include the premiere of the Nix Bros.-produced video for T.J. Miller’s Denver), we asked people to bring…
Okay, with the entire state a tinderbox, we can understand why private fireworks have been banned and Fourth of July fireworks displays were cancelled across Colorado. And it was precisely because of the dry conditions that the folks in Nederland came up with an alternative activity for the Fourth: a…
Maybe the heat is getting to everyone. When last we looked, our post on Mitch Woolhiser’s problems with deductions, “Medical marijuana dispensaries can’t deduct business expenses on state tax returns,” had close to 300 comments — many of them from the same handful of people. And tempers were flaring hot…
Katie Reinisch managed to keep her cool through four years at the Colorado Legislature, when she was communications director for the Senate Democrats, so it’s not surprising that she’s having a blast running her own frozen-yogurt spot. “It’s so fun, and I’m learning so much,” she says. “I’m actually creating…
Many people across Colorado are turning to Kickstarter to jump-start their ventures, including the brothers behind Twin Hops Brewing. But they should consider location as well as loot…
Mrs. J. J. Brown was never known as Molly. She cared much more about helping the poor in turn-of-the-last-century Denver than she did with crashing what passed for high society. She did not strip to her corset while rowing lifeboat #6 after the sinking of the Titanic, although she kept…
While others were out celebrating the Fourth at picnics and barbecues, one lone protester held a silent vigil on the 16th Street Mall. See also: Reader: Summer 2004 was the best! Reader: Colorado is definitely the Suburu state! Reader: Welcome to Goose Poop Pond…
Denver is big on bikes — but is it big enough? The Alliance for Biking and Walking ranks Colorado twelfth in the nation for “bicycle friendliness.” Bicycling Magazine also lists Denver as the twelfth best bicycling city in the nation…
The hottest summer on record could also be one of the driest. At the end of June, Governor John Hickenlooper requested that much of this dry, dry state be declared a federal disaster area because of “drought, low snow pack, excessive heat, and high winds” that had started on January…
Jenn Wohletz is on the chain gang — and last week reviewed Red Robin’s Burger Works, a homegrown concept from the Greenwood Village-based chain that debuted at the Shops at Northfield Stapleton last November. But not everyone enjoyed the culinary history lesson…
If you feel it’s your patriotic duty to continue celebrating, head to West End Tavern, 926 Pearl Street in Boulder, which will continue its Fourth of July festivities with Red, White and Oskar Blues: a tap takeover showcasing rare and unique beers from Oskar Blues Brewing Co…
Christian Ellis, a Marine, survived a tour of Iraq where he saw many of his comrades die. But life back in the States was tougher. Suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, Ellis attempted suicide four times before he finally found something to live for: music. And now Ellis, who has moved…
Colorado’s urge to do something, anything, to help those affected by the wildfires has spread like, well, wildfire. Caravans of cars have descended on Colorado Springs, heading right past that IKEA sign on I-25, with piles of donated goods for victims of the Waldo Canyon fire. If the state were…
Hurry to Denver Beer Co. if you want to get a taste of Clown Question, Bro, a Canadian lager-style beer that DBC brewed after the Washington Nationals’ Bryce Harper called a query regarding his favorite beer “a clown question.” But the rookie phenom took the homage in stride, and even…
Talk about hot! We posted a slide show of the 2013 Colorado Firefighters Calendar photo shoot yesterday, and most readers appreciated the effort. But where there’s smoke, there’s ire…
On July 1, Metropolitan State College officially became Metropolitan State University of Denver, ending a process that had dragged on for four years, through research, debate and, finally, the approval of the Colorado Legislature. But the school in the heart of the city really made its name last month, when…
A little over a year after it left LoDo — and after a very long week in which its liquor license got caught in a state snafu — the Squeaky Bean finally opened in its new, much larger home last week…
