Reader: Spice went out of Spicy Pickle long ago

The news that the Spicy Pickle outpost near the University of Denver has closed came as no big surprise to readers. Fact is, many sandwich lovers think the spice went out of the Spicy Pickle long ago. EPL, for example: Bring back the Boars Head meats and maybe your shops…

Up From The Ashes

The flames of the Fourmile Canyon fire have long been extinguished, but the scars remain — on the hillsides, and in the bank accounts and psyches of the victims. A Night at the Gold Hill Inn, a fundraiser at the historic Gold Hill Inn from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. tonight,…

Denver Restaurant Week won’t have a week in August 2012

Denver Restaurant Week won’t have a week in August in 2012. That’s the word from Visit Denver, the convention and visitors’ bureau that sponsors the event and held a meeting on July 14 to discuss the future form of the eating orgy that offers $52.80 (for two) meal deals during…

Readers: Seattle Times fumbles on its Boulder food picks

Doesn’t look like Jason Sheehan taught Seattle much during his brief time in the Pacific Northwest. Because while the Seattle Times did score with a few suggestions on where football fans could eat in this new Pac-12 town — the Kitchen, Flagstaff House, West End Tavern — it also fumbled…

Dish tickets: We have a wiener!

For the past seventeen years, Westword has paid tribute to Denver’s celebrated dining scene with its annual Dish soiree, a culinary celebration of the city’s best bites, sips and sounds. This year’s Dish, slated for Friday, September 9, at Ninth Avenue Historic Park, promises to be bigger and better than…

Buffalo Bill beers wind up at the legal bar

Saturday was a big day for William F. Cody, the Old West icon who became the country’s first true action figure, and a marketing genius who pedaled the brand of Buffalo Bill around the world. The Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave, a Denver-owned facility dedicated to his memory, was recently…

Reader: Give thanks for Kevin Taylor, a Denver trailblazer

Cafe Society had people talking, and squawking, yesterday, about everything from Rockbar’s new plans to Sean Kenyon’s mezcal-tasting trip to the Pinyon’s commitment to local ingredients to how to get the best service at wine shops. But one comment in particular stood out, for both for its erudition and its…

City banks on Denver Mint for its travel bash

The Global Business Travel Association is in town, and the city threw a big welcoming party for the travel planners Sunday at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, where they were served a drink that could have been a contender in the Colorado Cocktail Project — which Marnie Ward won with…