Back in the early ’90s, when the troubled Pic’s Corner Bar finally gave up the ghost, it was the worst neighbor in a not very good neighborhood. But that was then. Now, the empty Pic’s building stands in the middle of a stretch of West 32nd Avenue that’s one of…
Patti Cramer passed away two weeks ago — but she leaves a host of friends and fans of her work. And she leaves behind many, many paintings and drawings in private collections across the country. Two dozen of those pieces will be on display at Dazzle, 930 Lincoln Street, for…
Chef/owner Jeff Osaka will reopen twelve today after an eleven-day break. The restaurant at 2233 Larimer Street is getting close to marking its second anniversary; although the neighborhood was a little lonely when Osaka opened his place, other spots have since opened, with more deals reportedly in the works in…
If the Republican Party slips to minor-party status in Colorado, which will happen if Dan Maes fails to get 10 percent of the gubernatorial vote, it could face a major problem. No, not the fundraising limitations that have already been reported, but a sudden flood of would-be Republican candidates that…
Looks like the old bungalow at 2637 West 26th Street that was the first home of La Loma, then went on to house ventures ranging from Cafe International to Bali Island to La Fabula to the Shooting Star coffeehouse, finally has a new tenant. Coming soon to this spot: Gordo…
Last week, Cafe Society served up six Guess Where contests (not including this unidentified entry from our seasonal green chile category), featuring everything from a scrumptious shrimp appetizer at the bistro at Tony’s Market to spring rolls at Pho-natic to a huge plate of oysters at Elway’s in Cherry Creek…
Move over, medical marijuana. The big new business boom is mobile food trucks, as evidenced by the success of Civic Center Eats in Civic Center Park every Tuesday this summer, giving Denver a taste of this increasingly vibrant area. And today, Civic Center Park will start seeing a roster of…
This October afternoon is so mild that Marcyzk Fine Foods has resurrected its burger night. “It was supposed to end last week,” the Marcyzk website admits, “but the weather is so beautiful we are going to keep going until Mother Nature tells us to stop!” And that means from 5…
While harvest parties are cropping up all over town, other events are celebrating another fall favorite: chili. Groups are cooking up two very different chili cookoffs tomorrow: one at a neighborhood coffeehouse that’s definitely do-it-yourself, the other far more formal, but guaranteed fun, on the streets of Golden. But both…
The pianos have been silenced — for now — and the NewsCube was closed after just a few weeks of operation. But there are still signs of life popping up on the 16th Street Mall, including the skating rink that will open in Skyline Park after Thanksgiving and a second…
Allyson Fredeen isn’t a big fan of fish — her aversion dates back to some squeamish incident in her childhood — so it was ironic that when Elway’s Downtown first opened in the Ritz-Carlton, it installed a raw bar at the front of the bar, at the entrance to the…
Denver is lucky to have two food-oriented nonprofits that help impoverished women get back on their feet: Work Options for Women and the Women’s Bean Project. While WOW trains women for careers in the restaurant industry (it runs Cafe Options), since it started in 1989, the Women’s Bean Project has…
Sitting on their curvy coach this morning, the perky hosts of Fox & Friends noted that today marks the fourteenth birthday of Fox News. Just fourteen years? Seems like Fox has always been there, kicking liberals and providing full employment for current and former Coloradans…
Artist Patti Cramer was a familiar sight around town, walking her dogs through some of the unlikeliest neighborhoods, an unknowing prognosticator of all those places that would one day be hip, which she lived in simply because they were interesting: LoHi, long before anyone ever dreamed of tagging the edge…
A vendor is hawking the Denver Voice outside of Lannie’s Clocktower Cabaret — where at 6 p.m. tonight, Comedy in the Clocktower will raise funds to keep the urban newspaper alive. The Voice, a recipient of a 2009 MasterMind award from Westword and part of a growing group of papers…
Those who are still missing Neighborhood Flix can take heart: Tavern Hospitality Group, which was going to turn the space in the Lowenstein project at 2510 East Colfax Avenue into the Tavern Congress Park, just signed an agreement with the Denver Film Society to lease the Neighborhood Flix space to…
After years on the back burner, Dick’s Hickory Dock — aka “Mountain Barbeque and Brew” — is back in business in Kittredge. The lineup includes live music on the weekends and smokin’ barbecue Thursday through Sunday, which you slather to your own specifications with a variety of homemade sauces…
One of the most extraordinary things about Denver is the incredible community of artists who call this place home. Whether they grew up here or simply moved here as soon as they could, in Denver they found a wide-open canvas they could fill with their own dreams, their own visions,…
Pre-Game Sports Bar has called it quits. The joint closed on October 1, just three months after it opened in the former home of SportsBook, which lasted only six months in that spot…
At this moment, I would be watching the sun come up — but my view to the east is blocked by a huge construction project, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. I’m not complaining — the old tree that used to be on that lot blocked…
The area around Broadway as it heads into SoBo is booming, what with El Diablo joining a mix that already includes Deluxe and Delite, Karma, Sweet Action and Beatrice & Woodsley. And it will just become busier next year when Robert Thompson of Argyll opens Punch Bowl, his bowling alley/diner-style…
Last week, Cafe Society served up seven Guess where contests (not including our seasonal green chile category), featuring everything from the infused spirits at Parallel 17 to the new charcuterie plate at Vesta to this zuppa di pesce, which saved an otherwise disappointing meal. For correctly identifying it as coming…
