Ruff duty: Where did the Colorado Bulldog come from?

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…

What’s the perfect Colorado cocktail?

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 is tied with Scott Mcinnis, but still thinking big

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…

Sex offender debate turns into public pissing match

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…

Guess where I’m eating?

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…

Sex offender issue goes to the Supreme Court

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…

Hades heats up South Broadway

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,…

Guess where I’m eating?

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…

Guess where you’re eating? At a DINR restaurant, if you’re Jordan

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…

8 Rivers has a special student for Cooking With Cannabis: NBC

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…

Child-porn fan a good argument for No Known Cure

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,…

Sex offenders get a reprieve from the Colorado Legislature

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…

Our updated medical-marijuana dispensary directory

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…

Frank Sesno discusses the future of news tonight

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…

Denver’s happiest hours fill this week’s Westword

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…

Tom Tancredo serves no sour grapes

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…

Chill with Patty’s Chile Beer Granita

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…