After ten years, Campo de Fiori will close its doors at 300 Fillmore Street tomorrow night, after a “final fling” starting at 8:30 p.m., and hosted by founders Elizabeth Plotke-Giordani and Luigi Giordani, along with Denver partner Josh Hanfling. Although the Campo outposts in Aspen and Vail will carry on,…
Denver’s already got a reputation as the cannabis capital of the country. But Jeff Peckman is setting his sights much higher: He wants to create a seven-member Extraterrestrial Affairs Commission for the city. And his campaign is taking off this week. Last night, Peckman held Extra’s official “Welcome to Earth”…
Despite an ambitious menu, Pulcinella didn’t do well in downtown Denver, and the restaurant at 1800 Lawrence Street shut down in January 2009 (its former home is still available). But now the northern Colorado chain is venturing back into the metro area, with a Pulcinella Pizzeria location at 1400 East…
Our lawyers were told to stay by the phone last Friday morning, when the Colorado Civil Rights Commission was slated to hear Steve Horner’s appeal of the division’s recent decisions that found “no probable cause” to believe that Westword had discriminated against him by publishing ads promoting ladies night events,…
The March 8 issue of Time magazine includes a postcard from Denver, the cannabis capital of the country. This city’s reputation as a mecca for medical marijuana is so pervasive that local law enforcement authorities recently paid a visit to Visit Denver, the convention and visitors bureau, to see if…
Sing-a-Bong On Thursday, the House Judiciary Committee will hold a public hearing on HB 1284, which would regulate — some say snuff out — the medical marijuana industry in this state. It’s a sad come-down for the Colorado Legislature, the very body that back in 2007 made John Denver’s “Rocky…
Denver Restaurant Week is already two weeks long this year — but fourteen days aren’t enough for some restaurateurs. Reports of places extending their $52.80 (for two) deals are beginning to trickle in. First up? Argyll Gastropub, at 2700 East Third Avenue, which will offer it through Sunday, March 7…
On Thursday, the House Judiciary Committee will hold a public hearing on HB 1284, which would regulate — some say snuff out — the medical marijuana industry in this state. It’s a sad come-down for the Colorado Legislature, the very body that back in 2007 made John Denver’s “Rocky Mountain…
The third time could be a charm for Avenue Grill. The restaurant at 630 East 17th Avenue was originally supposed to introduce its new Saturday brunch in mid-February, then late February. Now, that brunch will debut on Saturday, March 6. “We’re on, no matter what,” promises Dallas Massey, director of…
I watched the sun rise a little earlier this morning — not because the days are growing longer, but because history suddenly got a lot shorter. On Friday, the oldest house on the historic block where I live suddenly disappeared. We knew it was going, of course. Two years ago,…
“Is Tiger out of the Woods?” asks the headline of the March 5 Entertainment Weekly story (which is only in print, not on-line) that deals with whether the adulterous athlete’s public apology will help repair his image. Among those interviewed is CNBC sports/business reporter Darren Rovell, who offers this: “The…
Foodies Eating Diverse and Unusual Platings (FEDUPs) is what we call ourselves. There are ten of us, plus the occaisonal “understudy” who is invited when not everyone can attend our once-monthly get-togethers at restaurants across the vast ethnic spectrum in and around Denver….The FEDUPs have made it a mission to…
It was the Casa Bonita of bad steakhouses, a place where they’d cut off your tie if you dared to wear one into the place, and cut off your arteries with fatty meat and butter-laden spuds. It was the Trail Dust Steak House, and Denver was once lucky enough to…
I was on the phone with a city official late Monday, and could hear the protest outside City Hall, organized by Robert Chase, founder of the Colorado Coalition for Patients and Caregivers, who’s asking for a recall of the Denver City Council members who voted for the ordinance regulating medical…
Keep chomping on your candy bar! Although several Colorado sales tax exemptions have been removed effective today, including “nonessential items related to sales of food and beverages” (i.e., to-go containers), materials used in direct mail advertising and standardized computer software, candy and soft drinks — and fans of these unhealthy…
Lots of opening and closing action in February (with the promise of more to come). Last month’s roll call:…
Cafe Society served up just three Guess Where I’m Eating/Drinking contests last week (along with a bonus post on where Governor Bill Ritter grabbed lunch on Thursday: Senor Burritos), but that was enough to fire up the comments and conversation. For correctly identifying the Tamale Kitchen plate (and doing so…
By the end of the day Friday, February 19, just one week before the deadline for medical marijuana dispensaries to apply for their official Denver dispensary licenses, just 61 had done so. That was out of 500-plus outfits that said they were in the medical marijuana business when they’d applied…
After a sneaky and very successful soft-opening yesterday, Deluxe Burger will definitely open its doors at 5325 East Colfax Avenue wide tomorrow at 11 a.m. And if you stop by today, you may get lucky, too. Deluxe Burger is a joint project between Dylan Moore, chef/owner of Deluxe and Delite…
On the last Thursday of February 2009, I was sitting with the state’s newspaper publishers and editors at the annual Colorado Press Association luncheon, waiting for a speech by Governor Bill Ritter, when phones around the room started vibrating: Word had just come down that the Rocky Mountain News would…
Last week, the Colorado Restaurant Association was looking for a restaurateur to run for the District 1 Denver City Council seat that Rick Garcia is leaving empty (he’s been named the regional director of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development). Enter John Haney, who owns Haney’s Coffee Shop,…
Medical marijuana dispensaries face a looming deadline in Denver. On Monday, March 1, any dispensary that hasn’t applied for a medical marijuana dispensary license must “cease operations,” according to an announcement sent by the city yesterday. Cease operations, or what? The release doesn’t say, but it does reveal that by…
