In all the talk of Colorado cocktails, a few folks have mentioned the Colorado Bulldog, a variation on a White Russian. Here’s one sample recipe: 1 shot vodka 1 shot Kahlua milk 1 splash Coca-Cola In a shaker, mix vodka, Kahlua and milk. Pour into a rocks glass and add…
Rich Grant, the beer-loving communications director for Visit Denver, is looking for the perfect Colorado cocktail. Denver already enjoys a reputation as the Napa of craft brewing — but Grant thinks we could use an emblematic cocktail, too. Something he could pour out for visiting journalists to give them a…
John Hickenlooper revealed an updated campaign website yesterday that promises to keep things “positive.” We’ll see how long that lasts with both the Democrats and Republicans holding their state assemblies this weekend, just as a new Public Policy Polling survey shows that Hickenlooper has lost his early lead and is…
It’s time to expand the discussion of the bill that would continue this state’s Sex Offender Management Board beyond state senator Joyce Foster — who certainly should have revealed that the prime motivator behind her amendment of the measure was her own brother-in-law, a convicted sex offender — and Greig…
The city’s band of Brothers is about to get larger. As Jon Solomon reports in this week’s Bar Back column, the former Red Room at 320 East Colfax Avenue will soon be home to Uptown Brothers Brewing Company, which is slated to open May 24. But unlike My Brother’s Bar,…
I headed up to the 2000 block of Larimer Street last night — an area dubbed “NoDo” two decades ago, not just because the map put it right above LoDo, but because of its distinct lack of funds compared to its more prosperous neighbor. And there I raised a glass…
Sure, there are some new items on the new, slicker menu — but the real news at this long-time favorite is the updated decor: new lights, paint (miss the old murals), carpet, lights, tables and chairs put in over the past two weeks, new booths going in right now. Can…
The controversy continues to grow over last-minute changes in HB 1364. The measure extends the life of the Colorado Sex Offender Management Board for five years, but removes the words “no known cure” — as originally presented, the measure included those words and charged the board to study whether they…
Yes, running a restaurant in this economy can be hell, as the previous tenants of 2200 South Broadway discovered when South Broadway Grill opened and closed in less than a year, after a major renovation of the former El Ranchito space. But the spot fired up again earlier this month,…
Colorado is full of fairs and festivals in the spring — and anyone who held down the fort with a Frito pie at this annual event over the weekend left full, too. Can you guess where I was eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the…
Cafe Society served up seven Guess Where I’m Eating/Drinking contests last week, featuring everything from this still-unidentified bowl of deliciousness to Firenze a Tavola, the community table at Parisi; to this gigantic baked potato. For correctly spotting the spud at Oak Tavern, Jordan wins a DINR deck. Jordan, send your…
Concern over the legislature’s last-second changes to the bill that continues the Colorado Sex Offender Management Board is growing, with an editorial in the Denver Post on Saturday and Peter Boyles continuing to beat the drum on KHOW this morning. Yes, the program that’s the target of this last-second change,…
Every month, Scott Durrah, chef/owner of 8 Rivers at 1550 Blake Street, hosts a Cooking with Cannabis class at the restaurant, which is conveniently located just two blocks from Apothecary of Colorado, the dispensary he and his wife, Wanda James, opened at the end of 2009. After students learn how…
Even as legislators were spinning their last-second vote that will let sex offenders choose their own treatment, and also removed the words “no known cure” when describing their crimes, Senior U.S. District Judge John Kane was chastising a clearly not-cured child-porn addict. Two years ago, Kane had given Ralph Rausch,…
Two weeks ago, after a nine-hour public hearing on House Bill 10-1364, industry experts thought they’d successfully stomped out an effort to remove the words “no known cure” when referring to sex offenders. Ninety percent of the people who work in the field agree that there’s no cure for extreme…
Although two dozen dispensaries did not answer their phones when we called to update their listings recently, that doesn’t mean our directory is getting smaller. Oh, no. For every dispensary that closes, two more seem to take its place. And many dispensaries, such as the Biocare Collective, which the Wildflower…
What’s the future for news? Is there a future for news? Those questions, and more, are all up for discussion tonight when Channel 12 presents “Whose News? How Public Media Can Save Our Lives” with journalist Frank Sesno, currently the director of the School of Media and Public Affairs at…
The Gulf of Mexico is a day’s drive away, but Colorado’s still gotten slimed by the spill. As head of the Department of the Interior, which badly underestimated the environmental threat posed by the Deepwater Horizon disaster, former senator Ken Salazar has found his formerly squeaky-clean reputation marred by a…
The economic downturn had one welcome effect: an upswing in restaurant offering deals on drinks, deals on appetizers, and ever happier happy hours. This week’s Westword features our fifty favorite happy hours, which run the gamut from A (Appaloosa Bar & Grill, which has very expansive happy hours with very…
Yes, that’s Tom Tancredo’s name on a “Save the Date” invitation for a VIP opening celebration at the new Water 2 Wine winery in the Shops in Greenwood Village next month. But don’t think the former congressman is trading rabble-rousing for a career as a mild-mannered businessman. Once Tancredo comes…
Last night, with less than a day to go in this legislative session and plenty of work still to be done, the House reluctantly accepted the amendments the Senate had made to HB 1284 and passed the bill (by a 46 to 19 vote) that will regulate the operation of…
The May/June issue of Draft features a recipe for Patty’s Chile Beer Granita, made with the Wynkoop Brewing Company’s chile beer. I’ve always been a fan of the microbrew, which original Wynkoop brewer and partner Russell Schehrer invited me to try one morning. (The Westword office was once conveniently located…
