The Drink, the first of the three spots that Paul Piciocchi, owner of Tryst, is putting into the former home of Alto at 1320 15th Street, will hold its grand opening tonight, with free Coors Light from 6 to 7 p.m., and other deals through the weekend, including a free…
For decades, University of Denver students have downed beers at the Border Restaurant and Lounge, a sometimes Mex joint tucked into a strip mall at 2014 South University Boulevard. Some of those students even did so legally. But for the past thirty days, the Border has been dark: Its liquor…
Erik Osborn, the disgraced developer who has a December 7 trial date in Denver District Court, failed to show up for a hearing yesterday. The Denver District Attorney’s office sent this brief note to some of the complainants in what has grown into two separate criminal cases against Erik Osborn,…
For the chef at a seafood restaurant — Oceanaire — Matt Mine sure loves his bacon. He often features a slab of it on Oceanaire’s menu, and he recently cooked up a batch of bacon brittle with Anthony Bourdain in mind, which was included in the pre-talk meal that Oceanaire…
The last time Anthony Bourdain passed through Denver, on a 2002 loop hyping A Cook’s Tour, he found nothing in this town to recommend a return trip — and said so, loudly.Still, he got a warm welcome when he returned yesterday for “An Evening with Anthony Bourdain” at the Buell…
Representative Wes McKinley is sitting in a bar in Denver, but his mind is hundreds of miles away — on the rangeland of southeastern Colorado, that stunning swathe of cactus and canyons and ranches that have been in families for generations. The land that the U.S. Army would like to…
We hear there may be a few tickets left to tonight’s talk by Anthony Bourdain, which starts at 7:30 p.m. at the Buell Theatre. If you want to try your luck, log onto ticketmaster and use the special promotions code WESTWORD. If there are still tickets to be had, you’ll…
Today, Councilman Charlie Brown is presenting his proposal for regulating the city’s medical marijuana dispensaries to the Denver City Council’s Safety committee. We live blogged the meeting. To read the account in chronological order, start at the bottom item below. 10:50 a.m.Councilman Linkhart calls up four industry representatives who’ve been…
They may all be independent restaurants, but the members of the Denver Independent Network of Restaurants know how to work together. Close to fifty of them have joined to create DINR decks, which could be just the thing to stuff a food-lover’s stocking this Christmas. Every deck holds 52 cards,…
Fort Collins, Pueblo and Loveland have joined the ranks of Colorado cities with moratoriums on additional medical marijuana dispensaries — although their actions yesterday were more limited than the hysterical “emergency” designation on the day’s hearings had implied. Fort Collins wound up approving just a three-month pause, Pueblo went for…
Working in the food industry has its hazards. Today at 11 a.m. at Denver Police Department headquarters, five Denver police officers will be honored with the Citizens Appreciate Police award. On June 9, these officers responded to Oliver’s Meat Market “on the unfortunate report of an employee who lost her…
Tomorrow night, Mayor John Hickenlooper will give Anthony Bourdain a fork to the city when he introduces the travelin’ man at “An Evening with Anthony Bourdain” at the Buell Theatre. Of course, Bourdain has already forked this city: After visiting Denver on a book tour in 2002, he said he…
City Council rep Charlie Brown has taken the lead on corralling medical marijuana dispensaries in Denver. And he’s taking the task seriously — so seriously that, last week, he took his cowboy hat and traveled to Los Angeles (using campaign funds, not taxpayer dollars) to check out that city’s booming…
Oxtails are everywhere. In the new Lola bowl on the new brunch menu at Lola, in this amazing dish from Pete Marczyk at Marczyk Fine Foods. But what, exactly, is the animal that contributes its tail to these delicious preparations? Here’s the answer from Marcyzk: “Ox can be any number…
Although Nathan and Ian are the technical victors in our Tony Bourdain ticket giveaway, the real winners are diners in Denver, because the contest entries posted by readers serve as a terrific cheat sheet for the very best places to eat in town (and proof that Denver did not deserve…
Welcome to cannabis Colorado. This weekend, at a gathering of publishers from across the country, all the talk was about Colorado and pot — and they weren’t just asking if I was carrying. No, they wanted to know about the booming business in medical-marijuana dispensaries in this state — and…
Paul Piciocchi has had his hands full this fall, turning the former Alto space at 1320 15th Street into not one, but three venues — and also running his other popular Denver club, Tryst, at 1512 Larimer Street, right up the street from his new project. A third of that…
The last time Anthony Bourdain came to Denver, on a book tour in 2002, he wasn’t impressed with the town — and said so. So he’ll have a lot to answer for during his Q&A at the Buell Theatre next Wednesday night. Helping to grill Bourdain:: Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper,…
“It’s a Norman Rockwell scene,” Ted Haggard told the reporters gathered outside his Colorado Spring home last night, where the New Life Church founder and disgraced minister was about to start his first, off-the-record prayer meeting. “It’s a ‘Kumbaya’ moment.” A Norman Rockwell scene? Only if when he was done…
The patio at this classic dive is filling up fast — with both people taking advantage of what could be the last warm weather for some times, and their pooches. But remember: No dogs inside. Can you guess where I’m drinking?…
Yes, yesterday’s Guess Where I’m Eating? cakes were from City Bakery, Michael Bortz’s place up at 5454 Washington Street, an industrial-park setting that gives no hint of the wonderful things being created inside. Except for the smell, of course. Although Bortz breads and desserts are featured at many restaurants around…
John Hickenlooper will announce the Mayor’s Design Awards tonight, but we can tell you that two of the fifteen honorees are restaurants: Root Down and Marco’s Coal-Fired Pizzeria. Both restaurants opened last year, in old spaces made remarkably new. In Root Down’s case, a vintage service station was turned into…
