Democratic candidates: You are where you eat

If you’re a Democrat who hasn’t voted yet, you might want to digest where some of the candidates are throwing their primary-night parties before you give them your support. In the down-and-dirty Senate race, Andrew Romanoff will be at City Hall, 1144 Broadway, while Michael Bennet will be at Mile…

Saigon Landing closed after fire

Business has been hot at Saigon Landing, which opened last November in Greenwood Village, but no one wanted it this hot: Late Sunday, the building at 6585 Greenwood Plaza Boulevard caught fire — firefighters suspect lightning — and was heavily damaged…

Today: Free tacos at Casselman’s

Free happy-hour feeds have long seemed the stuff of distant memory. But suddenly, what’s old is new again at Casselman’s Bar and Venue, which just introduced Tacos Tuesday — complete with a free ground-beef taco bar “from 6 p.m. till they’re gone.”…

Unaffiliated voters can party today in Colorado

Since January 1, 82,000 unaffiliated Colorado voters have switched their registration to an official party — most allying with the Republicans. But that leaves over 750,000 unaffiliated voters who still have a chance to affiliate with a party today…

Aspen restaurants stink, says Atlantic writer

Zeke Emanuel admits he has no qualifications to review food, and that he’s writing about restaurants for the Atlantic’s website only because he “argued with Corby Kummer about the merits of molecular gastronomy and Alice Waters’ cooking.” Still, Emanuel knows what he doesn’t like — and he really didn’t like…

Colorado primary: It’s not too late to get in on the party

A third of Denver’s 423,622 registered voters didn’t get mail-in ballots for tomorrow’s primary — not because of any postal snafu, but because these voters are officially registered as unaffiliated, and ballots only went to voters registered with parties that have contested races. Very contested races, as Michael Bennet v…

Channel 12’s time travel shows are big winners

Once a year, the weekly Channel 12 roundtable Colorado Inside Out takes a trip back to the past on a time-machine show, with the panelists (of which I am one) all playing historic figures taking about the events of the day. And not only are these shows big favorites with…

Michael Bennet DPS deal hits the New York Times

If you thought Michael Bennet’s Regal Cinema deal for Philip Anschutz was complicated, just try to wrap your brain around the Denver Public Schools financing deal he arranged in 2008. The New York Times did, and just published “Exotic Deals Put Denver Schools Deeper in Debt.” Here’s the start of…

Historic Denver celebrates four decades of saves

I love the history of Denver — even though I lost a large slice of my personal view of the past when Denver’s Landmark Commission allowed the destruction of the oldest building on my historic block, which has been replaced by a huge, modern structure going up on the very…

Highland Tap and Burger swallows up Aztec Sol

Highland Tap and Burger didn’t just take over the space that once held Panaderia Guadalajara. It’s also swallowed up the spot next door at 2223 West 32nd Avenue that had been occupied by Aztec Sol. The tequila bar had a selection of tequila as impressive as the setting was modest…

Colorado Ranch Market opens in Chaffee Park

While SmartCo continues its march towards domination in southeastern metro Denver (with yet another store, SmartCo’s fifth, opening today in Littleton), northwest Denver is finally getting a new grocery store: Colorado Ranch Market, with a ribbon-cutting at 10 a.m. today at 4860 Pecos Street. That’s right in the heart of…

Bernie’s Hot Dog Co. is missing its namesake dog

Bernie’s Hot Dog Co., at 1601 Mayberry Drive in Highlands Ranch, is named after the pet beagle of owner Joe Zemla. But Bernie himself is on the lam. “This past Friday night, Bernie went missing and he has not come home as I write this e-mail,” Zemla says. “Our family,…

Diego Zhang’s closes the book on one adventure

Diego Zhang’s Burger Cafe invites you to “taste the adventure,” but there’s one less place where you can do that. The owners — who just took third place in a business-plan competition — have closed their outpost at 12073 East Arapahoe Road and are focusing on their store at 6851…

Restaurant roll call for July

RESTAURANTS/VENUES OPENING IN JULY * Applebee’s (re-opening after remodel), 410 South Colorado Boulevard, Glendale Aviano Coffee, 3031 East Second Avenue Bites, 2796 South Broadway…

Three BenchWarmers are benched for good

Just six weeks ago, Kevin Foote was opening his third BenchWarmers Tavern & Grill in a month, and offering this explanation of the origins of his mini-chain: “I was at a Colorado Avalanche game one evening with friends. We overheard some of the fans complaining about how cold they were…

Marijuana Licensing Authority calls “emergency” residency hearing

On Sunday, August 1 — officially “Colorado Day” — Colorado collected the last medical marijuana business applications it will accept before officially shutting out any new operations until July 2011, in accordance with new state law. And the state is wasting no time further defining those laws: The first rule-making…