Denver Bike Week is about to roll into town. Realizing that several unconnected bike events were all scheduled around the time of the June 24 national Bike to Work Day, Denver Cruisers founder Brad Evans decided to launch Denver Bike Week, “a weeklong celebration of all things bike” that will…
A jury deliberated less than an hour last Thursday following a three-day trial in Denver District Court, and afterward, Hasan Jones was acquitted in a drive-by shooting case. But that doesn’t mean he’s the man shot almost two years ago by gang member turned anti-gang activist (and Westword cover-story subject) Terrance…
We can almost taste that Detroit-style pizza now: Michigan natives and friends Jeff Smokevitch and Giles Flanagin have fired up the ovens and are just about ready to open Blue Pan Pizza at 3930 West 32nd Avenue. The new eatery has been several years in the making; Smokevitch started Brown Dog…
The 1400 block of Larimer Street is one of Denver’s oldest areas, but a hundred years after the city’s founding, it had sunk to Skid Row Status. Enter developer and historic preservationist Dana Crawford, who turned things around. This summer Larimer Square is celebrating its fiftieth birthday with a host…
Grandma’s House is an unusual place — and it’s not just the old-lady decor. Founder Matthew Fuerst calls Grandma’s House a “collective brewery” because he gives would-be brewery owners and breweries-in-planning a chance to try out their recipes on his brewing system and then have the beers they create served…
The first fern bar opened more than four decades ago, but the concept could be making a comeback here in Denver, where there’s plenty of talk about them. In fact, tonight’s Mixed Taste at the Holiday Event Center is “Fern Bars & George Orwell,” featuring Nicola Twilley of ediblegeography.com, and Helen…
This week Gretchen Kurtz reviews the Summit Steakhouse, an Aurora institution that opened back in 1977 and today has a new owner and a new chef. Those changes made her wonder if the Summit had become more of a contemporary steakhouse; it hasn’t. But a meal here can still be…
Construction is progressing at Tavern Platt Park, which is now looking at an end-of-summer unveiling as the eighth Tavern in the Tavern Hospitality Group (not including spots at Coors Field and Sports Authority Field). Although it has the Tavern name, the brand-spanking-new restaurant on Old South Pearl will be something…
As we noted here yesterday, the response to our list of the Ten Best Green Chiles in Denver has been fast and furious — mostly furious. Too much yuppie bullshit, and no Chubby’s? And then there’s the really hot debate over New Mexico verde versus Colorado green chile. Can you…
When veteran Lindsey Lowery, a stay-at-home mother in Castle Rock, posted a picture on Facebook in January showing her in full miltary regalia, she suddenly became a target of people who accused her of lying about her service. But sometimes those hunting down people who make false claims about their…
It’s been a long time coming. But then, the Sand Creek Massacre was 150 years ago, and the wounds are still fresh for the descendants of those who were injured or killed by Colonel John Chivington’s volunteers on November 29, 1864 — an estimated 200 Arapaho and Cheyenne, mostly women,…
Here in Colorado, we fight over green chile. On the East Coast, the battle is over chowder — the New England clam and Manhattan variations. When Gretchen Kurtz reviewed Chowder Room, she didn’t get a chance to try the restaurant’s Manhattan clam chowder. But that’s no loss, according to Dave Barnes:…
Last week we dished up our 2015 edition of Denver’s top ten green chiles — and the comments have been coming fast and furious. Mostly furious. Says Sean: Any Colorado list (much less Denver) of top green chiles is not a list without Chubby’s. For shame. Adds Elissa: Sacrilege that Jack-n-Grill…
It’s National Donut Day, and Denver will be rolling in dough as outlets of national chains and local shops alike roll out deals. Habit Doughnut Dispensary won’t be open in time to celebrate the holiday, but Denver’s first doughnut dispensary will open soon, Mark Antonation reported earlier this week; Habit will be…
This week Gretchen Kurtz reviews the Chowder Room, which specializes in a dish whose various incarnations are the stuff of big arguments on the East Coast. Denver’s real liquid asset, though, is green chile, and we just served up our ten favorite versions of verde in Denver, every one of…
While most of the fugly discussions in northwest Denver focus on new construction, one particularly ugly fight is getting old. It’s over the Bosler House, a circa 1875 mansion that was designated a Denver landmark, one of only 332 in the city, back in 1984. But three years later, the…
“I have the feeling we’ll be announcing something very, very huge in the next month,” Dan Landes told us in late April, when WaterCourse Foods, the restaurant he founded seventeen years ago, celebrated its first anniversary as a all-vegan eatery, after a long run as the city’s leading vegetarian restaurant. And…
Is brunch Denver’s official meal? Every weekend morning, you can find lines outside of this city’s most popular brunch spots — but as Lauren Monitz reported yesterday, so far the crowds haven’t discovered the brunch at Leña, even though this brunch deserves to be discovered. Ryan agrees: Lena has the…
Yesterday was Ryan Fletter’s birthday. It was also the day he finally got to tell his mother that he’d bought Barolo Grill, after six months of working out the details of a deal that Barolo’s founder, Blair Taylor, had suggested to his longtime employee. Yesterday, Fletter and Taylor also share…
All aboard for destination eating at Union Station. When the development partners started planning what to put inside the renovated station, they envisioned a place frequented not just by visitors, but by locals. And they succeeded: Union Station has become a go-to spot for Denver diners, and we named it…
Mark Antonation has been eating at Denver soul-food restaurants all through May for his latest round of Ethniche. His most recent stop was at Cora Faye’s Cafe, a decade-old spot on Colorado Boulevard that earned a visit from Guy Fieri. Owner Priscilla Smith is almost as much a draw as the…
It’s time to say so long to Sullivan’s Steakhouse. When this eatery, which is owned by the Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group, opened at 1745 Wazee Street back in 1999, the Westword office was right across 18th Street, and we frequently found ourselves at one of the high-tops in the boxing-themed…
