Have you noticed the number of 7-Elevens popping up around town? Often right across the street from an abandoned 7-Eleven that turns into a neighborhood eyesore? Bree Davies did, and wrote about it yesterday on our arts and culture blog — inspiring quite a conversation about 7-Eleven, urban-planning and fast-food…
If things had gone according to plan, the University of Denver would be rolling out its “Evolution of DU’s mascot” event right now, highlighting past icons and introducing a new mascot, chosen after the 76-member Mascot Steering Committee studied the subject, narrowed down the options, then surveyed its constituents. But…
Today is October 1, which means that businesses that want to sell recreational marijuana on January 1, 2014, can start applying for their licenses. But not in many municipalities around Colorado, which have put prohibitions on the sale of pot. Meanwhile, Denver’s recent craft-beer revolution continues to ripple outward, and…
Even as Denver International Airport pushes forward with its South Terminal expansion, it’s updating parts of the airport that were outdated almost from the day DIA opened in 1995. The toll booths on Pena Boulevard proved a real bottleneck; they were moved closer to the parking garages, and the area…
Denver was rolling in dough last week, after not one but two Dunkin’ Donuts outposts opened in the city, returning to a metro area that last saw DD decades ago. Did Dunkin’ live up to the hype? Or were fond feelings about this East Coast mainstay sweetened by nostalgic memories?…
The Broncos smacked the Raiders on Monday night, but the hometeam couldn’t repeat the triumph on Wednesday, when the final episode of Top Chef Masters aired on Bravo. Jen Jasinski, chef/co-owner of Rioja, Bistro Vendome and Euclid Hall, who was named this year’s Best Chef Southwest in the James Beard…
The upper Larimer/RiNo neighborhood is hopping these days. Tenants continue to open in The Source, at 3350 Brighton Boulevard, and new plans are popping all over the area. The latest: Joshua Bitz, sous at the original Squeaky Bean in Highland and again at the new Squeaky Bean in LoDo, plans…
Colt & Gray reopens at 5 p.m. today, after closing for ten days (following “a drink the bar dry” bash on September 15) for a final push on the expansion of the dining room. And with the new, improved space comes a new menu, too. But that’s just part of…
Old South Gaylord has changed a lot over the past two decades. And at the end of October, the block will see another big change: Japon will close on Halloween. “We’ve had eighteen great years serving our loyal customers, many of whom have become close friends,” says owner Miki Hashimoto…
I love ceramicist Jean Smith’s work, so when she asked if I would be willing to judge the Mixed Media Show sponsored by the Women’s Caucus for Art, Colorado Chapter, I was honored — and intrigued. But I also should have been very, very wary, because soon the entries —…
Denver looked good on Monday Night Football this week, but it could look even better tonight. Jen Jasinski, chef/co-owner of Rioja, Bistro Vendome and Euclid Hall has made it to the finals of Top Chef Masters. At 8 p.m. tonight, Bravo will air the last episode, in which Chef Jen…
Playboy once labeled Colfax the nation’s “longest, most wicked street.” It’s also Denver’s most celebrated, and on Saturday night the celebration landed at Tooey’s Off Colfax, which hosted the Miss Colorado Pageant. And we were there to catch the action. See also: Miss Colfax Pageant 2013 — slide show…
Chipotle got its start in Denver, when founder Steve Ells opened the first Chipotle at 1644 Evans Avenue in July 1993. There are now 74 Chipotle locations in Colorado — and another thousand around the globe — and yesterday all of this state’s stores introduced the first new protein in…
Rise and shine! Not one, but two Dunkin’ Donuts locations are debuting today in Denver: a Dunkin’ Donuts at 366 Broadway, which opens today at 5 a.m. and bills itself as “the city’s flagship Dunkin’ Donuts restaurant”, and one at at Denver International Airport’s new waiting area, Final Approach, which…
For this week’s Cafe review, Gretchen Kurtz visited Epernay, the restaurant that opened nine months ago in front of the Denver Performing Arts Complex. Although she appreciated chef Duy Pham’s artistry in the kitchen and the sleek, modern setting, she found that the staff really needed to clean up its…
Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler had scheduled an announcement for September 17, long before floodwaters started spilling over in Colorado. So should he have cancelled what would turn out to be his gubernatorial kickoff once he found out that much of the state would soon be underwater? That’s the…
Denver will be in the national spotlight next week — and we’re not talking about Monday Night Football. The really big game is on TV two days later, when Jen Jasinski will compete in the final round of Top Chef Masters. The chef/co-owner of Rioja, Bistro Vendome and Euclid Hall,…
If you heading to Grandma’s house next holiday season, you’ll be rewarded…with beer. Yes, Denver is getting another craft-beer spot, this one located at 1710 South Broadway and named Grandma’s House. “I wanted to go with the crafting and craft brewing aesthetic and maintain that kind of Etsy-type community feel,”…
What’s been the best development on the Denver dining scene over the past twenty years? That’s what we asked readers last month, and they responded with craft beer, increased competition, chef-driven restaurants, local ingredients. And “the fact that we have a dining scene today.” Denver’s dining scene has changed a…
Over the past few weeks, businesses have been opening their doors in The Source, Kyle Zeppelin’s ambitious project at 3350 Brighton Boulevard, which turned a circa 1880s warehouse (most recently a plumbing supply spot ) into a sleek assemblage of shops, restaurants and general hipness. Comida was the first restaurant…
The only thing rising faster than the floodwaters this past weekend are the natural urges of Coloradans to help out. The best source for information we’ve found is Help Colorado Now, a partnership between the Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and Colorado Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster…
Highland’s Garden Cafe closed on August 31, shutting down for the season. But will the sixteen-year-old restaurant reopen next spring? The property — two connected, converted Victorians on a lovely spot in northwest Denver filled with patios and gardens — is on the block for more than a million bucks…
