Part one of an extremely irregular series. Product name: Mysterious Fruit Tablets Primary ingredient (as printed on box): Mysterious fruit powder Really, the primary ingredient alone should’ve been enough to convince any sane and rational person to take a pass. And if that didn’t do it, then the fact that…
Coming to a milk carton near you. In Denver City Councilman Charlie Brown’s September newsletter, he reports that 38 of the SUVs and cars loaned by General Motors to the Democratic National Convention were missing a week after the event and cites Paul Lhevine, chief operating officer for the Denver…
I heard last week that recently vacated North Star Brewery space at 3200 Tejon Street (left) had been snapped up by Joe Vostrejs, Jeff Hermanson and Rod Wagner—the Larimer Square gang, in part, and the crew most recently behind the resurrection of Billy’s Inn at 4403 Lowell Boulevard. So I…
Justin Brunson and Steve Allee, the masters behind Masterpiece. Sriracha has become like a badge of craft among chefs slumming it on the wrong side of the culinary tracks. You see that bottle sitting on the table, lurking around the counter somewhere, and you know you’re in a place run…
Parsley knows its sandwiches, if not its radicchio Parsley is a tiny, newish sandwich shop located at 303 West 11th Avenue, not too far from Westword headquarters, open for lunch every day. I’ve eaten there twice now and enjoyed their offerings quite a bit: fresh, simple ingredients, a menu that’s…
Denver won’t be turning to Mark Twain. At 11 a.m. today, Mayor John Hickenlooper will unveil the fifth selection for the city’s One Book One Denver reading program. Here’s what we know it won’t be: Plainsong, Kent Haruf’s lovely novel about life on the Eastern Plains, rejected early on because…
The customer was always right at Cafe Star Sunday. I went to Cafe Star, at 3201 East Colfax Avenue, last night with my friend, Cathy, for the Sunday night special. It’s a great deal: $12 for either a pizza or pasta entree with a glass of wine. Cathy’s a vegetarian,…
It’s not easy to shop at my favorite store. It has no website, and takes no credit cards. It’s also almost 900 miles away – in Deer Lodge, Montana, which just happens to be home to the Montana State Prison. And that’s where the contents of this store come from…
Super Star Asian could be on the move. Some good news for those as depressed as I am over the coming “revitalization” of Alameda Square at 2200 West Alameda Avenue, home to some of my favorite spots in Denver. I have it from a good source that several of the…
For months, the former American Costume Company has been undergoing a transformation — and you now can see the results for yourself, since Blake Street Vault has finally opened its doors at 1526 Blake Street. The restaurant/bar’s opening this week was a few weeks behind schedule, but as one partner…
Never on Sunday. That’s the unofficial motto of My Brother’s Bar, the classic, signless joint at 2376 15th Street, which has always been closed on Sundays. Until now. For one Sunday, and one Sunday only, My Brother’s will be open from 2-6 p.m. on September 7. But it will only…
Mo Rocca. I’m looking out over the Platte Valley, the scene of so much celebration last week. Invesco Field at Mile High, which filled with a record crowd for Barack Obama’s speech accepting the Democratic nomination for president. The Pepsi Center, where politicos and stars and Joe Citizens gathered to…
Sam Waterston and Fred Thompson in the L&O glory days. Was it just a year ago — it feels like decades — that Fred Thompson finally officially entered the Republican race for president on September 5, 2007? After all the slow, coy buildup to that announcement, Thompson’s campaign fell flat,…
Things didn’t go well for chef Olav Peterson at Euro, but his move to South Broadway seems to be going smoothly. After a few months of just dinner and brunches at Bistro One, 1294 South Broadway, he and owner Alex Waters have started lunch service, with an emphasis on seasonal…
The writing’s on the wall. The Democratic National Convention in Denver will go down as a huge success — as long as you’re not a local artist, that is. Early on Sunday, August 24, the day before the DNC officially kicked off a mile away at the Pepsi Center, a…
While other galleries found their exterior art suddenly wiped off the map, Boom: A Nomadic Gallery wasn’t about to wait around. This mobile arts ambassador kept on the move through the Democratic National Convention. “Boom went great — except when we got chased out of City Park for the yoga…
I have not been one with my new purse. At Cheyenne Frontier Days in late July, I searched through every booth and shop, looking for a replacement for the tooled leather number I’d picked up a few years before at the National Western Stock Show — a bag now held…
Shotgun Willie’s
Michael Brown. After he was booted from FEMA in the wake of Katrina, Michael Brown returned to Boulder, where he set up an emergency consulting business (and talked with me for this column on the one year anniversary of his “heckuva job.”) But yesterday he headed back to the East…
Dale Chisman, who was born in Denver in 1943 and was widely known for his striking neo-abstract expressionist paintings, passed away on Friday, August 29. “He stood up, and said ‘I’m dying,’ and then he fell to the ground,” says Cydney Payton, director of the Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver, who…
Denver was still drunk on the success of the Democratic National Convention yesterday morning when suddenly, the party was over. Speculation that Alaska governor Sarah Palin would be the surprise pick for the Republican vice-presidential nomination pushed the DNC out of the national spotlight on all the TV talk-shows –…
Artist Shepard Fairey’s images have been widely used throughout the campaign. One hundred-fifty two people were arrested during DNC protest events in Denver this past week, for charges ranging from “assault on a police officer” to “throwing stones or missiles.” But buried in the list is the name Frank S…
