Chef Eric Roeder had restaurants in two of Denver’s hottest restaurant neighborhoods before they were hot. A Boulder native who started his culinary career at the Flagstaff House as a pastry apprentice, Roeder graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in New York in 1995, then cooked in Seattle and…
Stuck in the suburbs, Lori Midson wound up looking not at one of the ninety TVs, but at an order of really, really bad nachos. Where was she? This question racked up a record number of guesses, but it turns out the first guess was the right one: Buffalo Wild…
Central City is used to making history. The Rush to the Rockies got its start in May 1859, when John Gregory made the first lode discovery on Clear Creek. The town sprang up right above that find and grew so fast that it almost became the state capitol; today it’s…
Did you think the hysteria over the opening of Dunkin’ Donuts in central Denver this summer was extreme? Then you weren’t here two years ago, when the first Steak ‘n Shake — slogan: “In Sight It Must Be Right” — opened in metro Denver, to major burger-craving crowds. But the…
The southern suburbs were clearly thirsty for craft beer when Grist Brewing opened earlier this month in Highlands Ranch. Founded by organic chemist Rob Kevwitch, Grist is the first independently-owned craft brewery in Highlands Ranch — and the first in a wave of brewery openings scheduled over the next few…
We’re now number two! It was big, big news in November 2011 when the Denver metro area suddenly topped the list of the country’s “cool cities.”That was according to William Frey, a demographer with the Brookings Institution, who studied the numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey and…
The area up the street used to be full of pawn shops and dive bars — the kind of places that were once in the 1400 block of Larimer before it was transformed into Larimer Square. But now the kind of developments we’ve see there — including several of the…
The Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant has been out of the business of producing plutonium-triggers for atomic bombs for two decades now; after a $7 billion cleanup, it was transferred to the Department of Fish & Wildlife, which one day will reopen the property sixteen miles upwind of Denver as…
Mark Antonation has been eating his way up Federal Boulevard, and this week reached El Taco Velez, where he spotted an offering rarely found at Denver’s many and varied taquerias: pork tongue. “The tender and mild lengua — rich with fat and hit with a quick caramelization on the grill…
The Colorado Republican Party wants Denver to host the 2016 GOP convention, ideally with a Republican governor in the State Capitol. But to do that, the party will have to do a lot better in next year’s election than it did in 2010, when, after a bruising primary, candidate Dan…
It’s been a big week for Denver International Airport. First, it was proclaimed the airport with the healthiest food in the country. And yesterday, USA Today readers voted it the best U.S. airport for art. Whether you love or loathe it, you can’t deny that “Mustang,” aka Blucifer, has made…
On the last Saturday before Daylight Savings Time ended, a motley crew was sitting around the bar at the Lakeview Lounge, watching the sun rise over Sloan’s Lake and lamenting how the sun has set on too many Denver watering holes. Only a handful of true dives remain in this…
Denver has been presenting the Mayor’s Awards for Excellence in Arts & Culture since 1986 — but this year the city added a new twist, asking people to vote for their favorites in two categories. Tonight, the winners of those contests will be announced at a free awards ceremony that…
Developer and urban preservationist Dana Crawford is a landmark in this city, so it’s not surprising that a landmark would be named after her. But two? Next week, the Crawford Building will be dedicated in Larimer Square, the Victorian-era block she saved from the wrecking ball. And today, Sage Hospitality…
Was it “Mustang” that killed the competition — just as the sculpture killed its creator, Luis Jimenez? Maybe it was Terry Allen’s bronze gargoyles by baggage claim that had victory in the bag. Or perhaps it was part of some New World order conspiracy, as presaged in the murals by…
The 16th Street Mall is full of great places to sit and watch the passing parade, but does it have many great places to eat? You can grab a sandwich — and even do good in the process, if you stop at the new Cafe 180 kiosk. But when a…
When Aaron Harber started planning an episode of the Aaron Harber Show that would feature the Republican candidates for Colorado governor, there were only three: ex-congressman Tom Tancredo, who got more than 36 percent of the vote running for governor on the 2010 American Constitution Party ticket; onetime state senator…
From its humble beginnings in Denver almost twenty years ago, PeaceJam has gone global, with a Nobel Peace Prize nomination, thirteen Nobel laureates on its board and meetings around the world. But founders Dawn Engle and Ivan Suvanjieff haven’t forgotten PeaceJam’s local roots, and today, Nobel Peace Laureate Betty Williams…
A recent Time magazine story on the “13 Gods of Food” left a bitter taste when it failed to include a single female chef — although seven male chefs made the cut, and sixty more were included in an accompanying article. To be fair, some female food entrepreneurs were included…
The original Atomic Cowboy rode onto East Colfax Avenue a decade ago, and the bi-level bar lassoed a wide range of regulars when it added to its corral with Denver Biscuit Company, serving early-morning eats, as well as Fat Sully’s, for lunch and late-night slices. Fat Sully’s already had a…
The Cantina has closed. Curt Sims and his wife, singer/chef Pam Savage, had opened the casual spot last spring, in the Golden Triangle space most recently occupied by the Hive. With the transition, the address returned to its roots: Sims owns the building, which long ago was the Denver Buffalo…
Hot dog! There will be a new entree on the protest menu today: a giant, blow-up puppy on a bun that Mercy for Animals will serve up at the edge of Larimer Square, one of this city’s hottest dining destinations, this morning, along with a banner asking this question: Why…
