What? You’re still at your desk? Get up and get over to Aix, the charming French bistro on 17th Avenue, which has a lovely patio and an even lovelier happy hour. From 5-7 p.m., you can order from a list of five different small plates and five different speciality drinks,…
Laura Kriho got her wish. The longtime local activist has spent the last several months putting together a website, www.comeuptodenver.com, that serves as a clearinghouse for political- action information connected to the Democratic National Convention coming to town August 25-28. And as the soundrtrack for the anticipated action, as detailed…
When Mark and Kristy Dym set out to turn a decrepit 1883 building into the very sleek, very modern Marco’s Coal-Fired Pizzeria, they didn’t stop at just completely rehabbing the interior. They also tucked a brand-new patio onto the back of the building, a hide-out that could be the perfect…
Marisol, the author of The Lady, the Chef and the Courtesan, a sensual, romantic novel that comes complete with recipes, last month left landlocked Denver for a stint as a celebrity chef. She sent Westword regular missives, including the dishes she planned to cook, from her temporary home: a cruise…
I love fast food, but prior to the announcement that Aurora resident Zion Gray had won Popeye’s national “Are You Bonafide?” video contest, I hadn’t heard a thing about the company’s call for thirty-second clips from chicken lovers across the country. So on my way to one of the area’s…
It’s rapidly becoming apparent that when Mayor John Hickenlooper said he wanted to “make this the greenest convention in the history of the planet,” he wasn’t talking about the kind of green that comes with pictures of dead presidents. While fundraising for the upcoming Democratic National Convention lags, the press…
Twenty years ago, when this city was still dreaming of getting a baseball team, the area above the just-designated LoDo Historic District was fondly known as NoDough. There was simply no dough in the blocks past the last outposts of civilization at 20th Street: El Chapultepec and Mori, the Japanese…
This week’s print edition includes a few letters about Jason Sheehan — one taking issue with his very existence, another with his recent review of Bono’s Pit Bar-B-Q (shown here). It wasn’t the only letter we received on that subject; the following was too long for the paper, but it…
When I heard that Swimclub 32 (3628 West 32nd Avenue) was planning on closing its doors in a few weeks and turning into a pizza joint, of all things, I knew I had to talk with Chris Golub, owner (along with partner Grant Gingerich) of the four-year-old, oft-reconceptualized eatery. I…
People in Denver set their watches by McCormick’s Fish House & Bar. At 3 p.m., seven days a week, the bar portion of McCormick’s starts its happy hour — offering the best $1.95 cheeseburger you’ll ever find, as well as an assortment of other discount treats. The deal ends at…
Colorado is absolutely beautiful in spring. Unlike the East Coast — where spring will come on hot and wet and odorous, the land itself like some live thing waking after a long sleep, desperately in need of a bath — and unlike the North — where the first spring thaws…
Clip and save: After the shootings early Sunday morning, June 22, there’s lots of talk about violence in LoDo — and if people can’t be clear about what they’re talking about (and judging from the conversation so far, they can’t), at least they can be clear about where they’re talking…
The PleasuresDudes, Denver’s way-past-prime-time adult TV celebs, were invited to work the green carpet last weekend at the Los Angeles premiere of Poultrygeist. See their slideshow here; their upclose and personal account of the green-carpet capers continues below (read part one here): We finally left the theater in our limo…
It’s a long drive down I-25 to Inverness — but suburb-dwellers deserve good patios, too. In fact, they may need them more, because their front porches don’t afford nearly the see-and-be-scene opportunity of your average Wash Park or Highland bungalow. And there’s plenty to see from the out-front patio at…
Friends of Don Becker — Denver’s favorite one-armed, bi-polar comic/poet/playwright who passed away this past May, whose story I told here -– gathered upstairs at the Mercury Café Sunday afternoon to celebrate their gifted pal. Drink tickets were handed out and, per Don’s request, the event had the festive air…
On day eight — a dozen short of the predicted germination date — my second pot of Denver daisies hit the dirt. As detailed in this report, the sole Denver daisy to emerge from my last attempt mysteriously disappeared into dust while I was out of town. This time, the…
The PleasuresDudes, Denver’s way-past-prime-time adult TV celebs, were invited to work the green carpet last weekend at the Los Angeles premiere of Poultrygeist. See their slideshow here; their upclose and personal account of the green-carpet capers continues below (read part one here): The PleasuresDudes loved Poultrygeist! We give it a…
The PleasuresDudes, Denver’s way-past-prime-time adult TV celebs, were invited to work the green carpet last weekend at the Los Angeles premiere of Poultrygeist. See their slideshow here; their upclose and personal account of the green-carpet capers continues below (read part one here): The green Troma carpet heated up when Amber…
We, the PleasuresDudes, were invited by Troma Pictures to the premiere of Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead last Saturday in Los Angeles! We arrived at the theater in Hollywood at around 6 p.m., and our totally rad PleasuresDudes camera crew started setting up to create this slide show. Soon…
The Master family is on the move, as outlined here. But before all the changes hit Mel’s, there’s a goodbye party for Brix, the restaurant that Charlie Master opened five years ago at 3000 East Third Avenue. The party isn’t at Brix, though, since Charlie has been out of that…
Summertime, and the living is breezy. Denver diners and drinkers are obsessed with patios — and restaurateurs are obsessed with giving them what they want. Whether it’s just a couple of chairs stuck out on the sidewalk or acres of elaborate decks, almost every joint in town has an outdoor…
Maybe it’s just that competitive reality shows have hit the tipping point. Maybe it’s that being a “star” on HGTV is sort of like being the quickest runner at fat camp. Maybe it’s that fast design isn’t usually good design. Whatever the reason, HGTV’s reality show Design Star needs to…
