“I don’t think any of us who were here a year ago thought we would be here debating a new industry in our state, but the truth is, it’s here,” said state senator Chris Romer, after his much-pared down medical marijuana bill was passed by the full Colorado Senate yesterday…
Sad news for sweets lovers: Wen Chocolates will close its doors at 4 p.m. on February 14 — Valentine’s Day. “I love that shop, and all of the wonderful friends we’ve made in the neighborhood and around Denver,” says owner/chef William Poole. “But I found myself wanting to be outside…
RESTAURANTS OPENING IN JANUARY Ali Baba Grill, 5380 Greenwood Plaza Boulevard, Englewood Andy’s Asian Express, South Federal & Iliff Big Papa’s BBQ, 5151 South Federal Boulevard Crepes on the Go, Streets of Southglenn Denver Biscuit Company, 3237 East Colfax Avenue Gaslamp, 1437 Market Street Little Anita’s, 5545 Wadsworth Boulevard, Arvada…
Cafe Society offered a half-dozen Guess Where contests last week — including a couple of stumpers. But the mac and seven cheeses at Rackhouse Pub was not one of them. SxPxDxCx provided the correct answer within minutes of this post going up, and is the lucky, latest winner of a…
The medical marijuana industry in Denver has already been compared to the wild, wild West — but those land offices where miners and homesteaders competed to file claims may look mild compared to the Wellington E. Webb building next week, when the city starts accepting medical marijuana dispensary licenses on…
Wanda James and Scott Durrah, the husband-and-wife couple behind 8 Rivers, the modern Caribbean restaurant at 1550 Blake Street, are all about pot and pans. They opened a dispensary, Apothecary of Colorado, at 1730 Blake, last month. They hosted the first in a series of Creative Cooking with Cannabis classes…
Suddenly, there’s lots of action on South University. The owners of the Breakers Café, in that big apartment complex in Cherry Creek, have sealed a deal to acquire the Border, the longtime University of Denver hangout at 2014 South University Boulevard that closed for good in November, after acquiring a…
I feel bloated, exhausted and fat as a bastard–lying splayed out in the middle of my living room floor like a beached whale, catching up on old episodes of The Simpsons on DVR and sweating pure suet. It’s been a week, more or less, since I rolled gimpily into town…
Jason Bosch is a MasterMind, one of those artistic adventurers not just exploring the political/cultural landscape of this town, but changing it. For his efforts, he was honored with a 2009 MasterMind award. And soon the founder of ArgusFest will be taking his show on the road, working with the…
“You’re my favorite,” the TSA worker told me earlier this morning as I presented my carefully sorted bins — computer in its own container, liquids tucked into the appropriate size bag (no big, but my almost empty, toothpaste tube, was confiscated last trip), shoes and coat — and watched them…
Art Cormier’s name has popped up plenty of times in Westword — in our stories about the Regency Hotel ,and most recently in a post about Amazing Jake’s, the funplex in Aurora where Cormier tried to revive the scene he had going in northwest Denver. Complaints from neighbors helped end…
Pesce Fresco, a longtime favorite at 6600 South Quebec in Centennial, has new owners, a new chef, a new menu and, as of February 2, new hours that include lunch. Joel and Merilee Diner, who’ve run the restaurant for the last ten years, have passed it on to another married…
Panzano is slated to reopen for dinner on Thursday, January 28, after a major renovation of the eleven-year-old space tucked into the Hotel Monaco. The remodeling project was designed by the Puccini Group, an award-winning restaurant design firm out of San Francisco, and done over the past two weeks. “When…
From the moment it opened at 1644 East Evans Avenue, close by the University of Denver, Chipotle Mexican Grill a hip storefront joint that served giant burritos, was a giant hit. Three years later, the homegrown chain had three Denver locations — and a notion of going national, as Westword…
Toyota has recalled 2.3 million vehicles and halted production on eight of its models, including the Camry and Corolla. But Toyota’s “stop sale” order does not involve the Prius. And that could be a problem, since numerous owners of that model have complained about mysterious — and sometimes deadly– acceleration,…
“Creating good food is a little like rocking out a good set on the dance floor,” says Adriana Aguilar. “It’s about making people feel satisfied with their experience.” Last fall, after a dozen years of spinning around the country as DJ Miss Audrey, Aguilar gave up the music business in…
When Ray LaHood, secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation, stood up to address the U.S. Conference of Mayors last week, he gave a special shout-out to John Hickenlooper, who’d met with him in Denver the week before when LaHood was in town for a job summit — and cooked…
“You should have filled Jason’s spot before letting him go to Seattle,” one disgruntled reader wrote in the comments section after “Pot Luck,” William Breathes’s piece on 8 Rivers. “This review was not worth reading. What a disappointment.” First things first: Like Juliet Wittman’s article on The Kitchen, the 8…
Last night, for the first time in eight weeks, the garish holiday lighting of the Denver City and County Building was not my night-light. That’s because the city had finally flicked the switch, turning off the display at City Hall and packing up everything on the steps: Rudolph and his…
It’s been months in the making, but the Walnut Room Pizzeria is slated to officially open at 11 a.m. today (city inspectors willing) at 2 Broadway, in the old home of Freaky’s, which has had a $250,000 remodel. UPDATE: The city inspectors were not willing, and the Walnut Room Pizzeria…
For the first time in decades, the Star Bar — one of the very last classic dives left on Larimer Street (at 2137 Larimer, to be exact) — was dark this weekend, with a sign posted on the door that it’s been closed because of liquor-code violations. No word on…
Cafe Society offered seven Guess Where contests last week– but the most delicious photo had to be the incredible-looking French onion soup sandwich that Alex Wood correctly identified as coming from Fisher Clark Urban Deli. And Alex is the lucky, latest winner of a Diner deck. (Alex, send your contact…
