Back in 1986, when Paris on the Platte opened at 1553 Platte Street, in the no man’s land between LoDo and Highland, there was no Sushi Sasa, no Colt & Gray — just My Brother’s Bar over on the corner of 15th Street. But the little coffeehouse hung on, adding…
Things are going swimmingly at Sushi Sasa, the ambitious sushi restaurant in the no-longer no-man’s land between downtown and Highland. They’re going so well, in fact, that Sushi Sasa is doubling the size of its dining room. The expansion was made possible when the Wilderness Exchange moved to the corner…
“We know we’re on the right track if nobody’s happy,” says state representative Tom Massey of his medical marijuana proposal, and he’s right about one thing: No one’s happy. Supporters of medical marijuana will be sharing their unhappiness at a Coloradans for Medical Marijuana Regulation meeting at 7:30 p.m. tonight…
Hungry for another taste of Jason Sheehan? Here’s how he officially introduced himself to Seattle, the city where he’s now the restaurant reviewer for the Seattle Weekly, our partner paper, which has already netted this response: “Welcome to Seattle you condescending fuck.” His first review hits the street this week…
Marty Meitus’s longtime job as food editor disappeared with the Rocky Mountain News last February. But she’s been putting her down-time to very good use: She created a pilot program for the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infant and Children (WIC), which offers nutrition education and counseling for low-income parents…
Denver’s gained Saucy, a new restaurant that just opened at 2200 Market Street, but it’s lost Sauce Pizza & Wine, whose former space at 5322 Denver Tech Center Boulevard in now empty. Sauce had been brought to Denver by Fox Restaurant Concepts, which still has Sauce outposts stirring in Arizona…
The 4,547 square foot space in Belmar vacated by the doomed Mark & Isabella and, before that, Chama, has been snapped up — by the fourth location of Little India, which should open this spring. “Belmar is very excited about this new addition,” spokeswoman Lisa Wieting says of the new…
Wesley Fazio waited twelve hours — in a cold car, in his long underwear — for a shot at making his soon-to-open dispensary legal. Yesterday, the Denver Department of Excise and Licenses started accepting applications for medical marijuana dispensary licenses — which every operational dispensary must apply for by March…
I’ve had my identity stolen by a porno palace; I’ve gotten e-mails from alleged relatives held hostage by Nigerians, demanding ransom. But this latest request for a “reservation” at Cafe Society was a classic scam:…
We’d thought 50top was the toughest invite to get in town — but we might have to eat our words. Because tonight’s Dinner for Haiti Relief, a fundraiser at Rioja (1431 Larimer Street) featuring seven chefs and six courses, is completely sold out (with a waiting list). That’s 148 seats…
Say so long to Lizard’s Bar & Grill, the Tex-Mex-style cantina that went dark last week after just six months. (But then, the space’s previous occupant, the Public House, didn’t last much longer.) Anyone looking for Lizard’s (including the band that was supposed to play there this past weekend) will…
Cafe Society served up eight Guess Where I’m Eating/Drinking contests last week — including one involving a very fishy fish presentation, and another a veritable monument to the Greek gods. And by correctly identifying the latter as coming from the new Yanni’s in the Landmark project, J Sullivan became the…
Alert for dispensary owners: You’ll want a clean (for the last five years) record and clean hands when you appear at the Wellington E. Webb building to file your application for a medical marijuana dispensary license. Under the ordinance passed by Denver City Council last month, anyone who owns at…
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced that it was investigating the brake problems reported by owners of the 2010 Prius, a model that hasn’t been recalled by Toyota. Yet. But owners of earlier Prius models have also reported some hair-raising rides. When they survived them, that is…
Billy Lam was born into restaurants: For forty years, his father owned a place in Can Tho called Hoi Ky. When Billy Lam left Vietnam and landed in this country in 1978, he didn’t know English — but he did know kitchens. “The only thing to do was work in…
Despite numerous complaints from customers about accidental acceleration, the Prius was not included in Toyota’s recent recall of eight models. But this week concerns about the Prius have accelerated, and Steve Wozniak — yes, the co-founder of Apple — has been in the driver’s seat, steering the conversation to problems…
Talk about a blast from the past: Brittany Hill, long a favored spot for romantic dinners and corporate meetings, will soon rise again. The restaurant, which boasted a stunning view and so-so food, opened back in 1981, and enjoyed a good run until it closed in 2006. But now the…
Paul Weissman has the best resume of anyone at the State Capitol: He’s a manager at the Blue Parrot Restaurant, the Italian joint in Louisville where he also bartends. And this isn’t just any Italian joint: The Blue Parrot has been open since 1919, and is owned by the Colacci…
It’s official: H BurgerC0, the new spot at 1555 Blake Street, will officially open at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, February 10, after a week of friends and family parties and events that start today — and after a slight name change from the original H Burger Lounge. But that’s just…
Daniel Junge is an accomplished filmmaker who just netted an Academy Award nomination for his short documentary The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner — and he manages to make his movies from a home base of Denver. Junge, who traveled to the Amazonian jungle to film They Killed Sister…
At 5:15 p.m. on a chilly Thursday, Jamey Fader, clad in black, with a plaid cap pulled low over his forehead, is balancing on a box in the corner of a back-alley warehouse. “Welcome to whatever the fuck this is,” he deadpans. What do you get when you put fourteen…
No sooner had we published our January roll call of restaurant openings and closings than we got word of a new watering hole that opened last night at 3090 Downing Street. That’s the former home of Blackberries Grill, the Kiva and the legendary Tosh’s Hacienda (whose southeast Denver offshoot recently…
