Washington’s voters legalized recreational marijuana the same day that Colorado’s did, but so far that state has been far behind Colorado in creating the infrastructure for the new industry. Far behind in most ways, that is: Last week the Colorado Board of Health again rejected adding Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder to…
Another day, another new building — and another neighborhood up in arms over Denver’s rapid growth. There have been definitely been positives coming from this boom — longtime Westword art/architecture critic Michael Paglia recently listed the ten best new buildings in Denver. But what goes up must come down, and…
All last week Mark Antonation profiled the seven eating options at Avanti Food & Beverage, the new hipster food court that opened last Monday at 32nd Pecos Street in the LoHi neighborhood. But parking was already tough in the hot dining destination, and tempers got hot, too, when the city suddenly…
Summer is in full swing, but the wet spring put a damper on one seasonal event: The Downtown Longmont Farmers Market will host its last Wednesday market of the year from 4 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, July 22. “This spring’s higher-than-average rainfall placed strains on local farms, causing delayed planting schedules,…
Cho77 has been a hit since it opened at 42 South Broadway in March. Such a hit, in fact, that it just launched brunch last weekend. The restaurant is now open for brunch on Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m to 2 p.m., when it switches to the full dinner…
Break out the Cheetos and Goldfish. When Amendment 64 passed in November 2012, Governor John Hickenlooper reminded Coloradans that “federal law still says marijuana is an illegal drug, so don’t break out the Cheetos or [Goldfish] too quickly.” But now it may be time to pass the snack bowl. Because…
A joint venture between Tavern Hospitality Group, Southern Land Company of Nashville and GTIS Partners, a New York-based real estate investment firm, will redevelop the 1.5-acre site on East 17th Avenue that currently houses the Tavern Uptown. The plan calls for an eight-story mixed-use building that will include 315 apartments…
The Rocky Flats Lounge, one of our Ten Best Dive Bars in Metro Denver, has long given a whole new meaning to getting lit — at one point, it was the payroll office for the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant, the federal facility just across the highway that started producing plutonium triggers…
Ivan Suvanjieff and Dawn Engle didn’t start PeaceJam so they could see their names on the big screen, or hobnob with royalty in Monaco — although they’ve definitely done both. And they certainly didn’t start the Denver-based organization so that they could win the Nobel Peace Prize. But now, two…
On Monday, Denver Homeless Out Loud held a Funeral for Human Dignity outside a locked restroom at a public park, to illustrate the difficulty that the homeless have taking care of basic human needs. But the homeless aren’t the only ones who face hurdles when trying to find relief around…
Plutonium has a very long half-life — so it shouldn’t be surprising that plans for a Rocky Flats Cold War Museum have been going very slowly. It’s also not surprising that proponents of the museum, which would tell the history of the former nuclear weapons plant sixteen miles northwest of…
Crave Real Burgers opened its first location on July 4, 2010. Today the Colorado company will sell its one-millionth burger — or close enough — sometime between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., when the magic moment will be announced. In the meantime, the three Crave locations will be celebrating this…
There are still ten days to go before the deadline for Denver Post reporters to announce whether they’re taking the latest buyout deal. But some takers have gone on record, including one who has the newsroom in shock this morning: Lynn Bartels, the hardest-working journalist in town, the writer who…
The comments keep coming regarding “The New ‘Hood,” our story on the changing Whittier neighborhood — and a class at Manual High School that has students studying those changes through the Gentrification Project. The discussion inspired by this story provides a continuing-education course on the hottest topic in Denver these…
Connor Ward engaged in an unscheduled swordfight at the Colorado Renaissance Festival this past weekend, when he ran out of the crowd and grabbed a weapon. Details were few — but the jokes were many, since the miscreant was subdued by a costumed woman described as a “wench” — and…
It’s been a tough few months for anyone who plans outdoor events in Denver. But “that’s just the way it works in Colorado,” says Eric Dyce, a longtime local promoter who now runs the Marina at Cherry Creek State Park — the most visited state park in Colorado, he points…
Driving along Federal Boulevard is a head-turning experience for anyone who follows the Denver dining scene, because restaurants along this stretch are frequently opening, closing or just trading spaces, as Pho Duy recently did when it took over the former home of Wonderbowl. And this past weekend, the storefront at 1703 Federal…
Need a job? The position of sheriff for the City and County of Denver is open, and the job description was just posted yesterday on the site of the national company leading the search. “Hillard Heintze is uniquely positioned to ensure the candidate pool reflects the characteristics Denver desires in its next…
The temperature’s rising — and so are tempers around Denver, as many areas of town suddenly find old buildings being scraped off and new, bigger buildings coming in. The Whittier neighborhood is one of these hot spots, The north Denver neighborhood was the focus of Lauri Lynnxe Murphy’s “The New…
Katherine Archuleta has had a long, distinguished career in public service — much of it in Colorado — and it came to the end of a tough chapter on Friday, when she resigned as director of the Office of Personnel Management, where she’d been given a warm welcome just twenty…
Bars and restaurants change fast along Federal Boulevard — but a transformation on Saturday may have set a record. Early in the afternoon, a sign on 1703 Federal promised the “grand opening” of El Patron Sports Bar in the space that had turned into El Luchador last summer. But that…
I thought I was hallucinating when I flew into Denver late last Sunday night and ran past a tiny grove of aspen trees on Concourse A on my way to the train. Turns out, I had just had a close encounter with one of Denver International Airport’s latest amenities: “Wish…
