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Best Mac and Cheese

Rackhouse PubWhen the Rackhouse Pub finally reopened in its new location in RiNo at the end of 2015, we cheered. Not only did that mean C Squared Ciders on tap, but it also marked the return of the best mac and cheese in town. Not surprisingly for an eatery that sports a huge red sign that […]
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Best Pho Restaurant

Pho DuyPho joints have mushroomed up across the metro area with a frequency that even the Starbucks corporate crew would find dizzying. But more doesn’t necessarily mean better, as many kitchens take shortcuts that result in bland, boring broth. That’s not the case at the venerable Pho Duy, which found bigger digs last year next door […]
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Best Thai Restaurant

Taste of ThailandTwo things stand out on Taste of Thailand’s culinary résumé: Owners Noy and Rick Farrell maintain a vegetable garden to augment their menu with seasonal produce, and they regularly travel to Noy’s home town in Thailand — along with other regions of the country — to scout recipes and bring back ingredients. The results show […]
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Best Small-Town Rodeo

The Rooftop RodeoEstes Park is a charming backdrop for a rodeo that does feature professional competitions but in reality retains far more of its small-town feel than not. The 89-year-old event runs July 6-11 this year, and in addition to the usual bareback bronc riding, team roping and barrel racing — and, of course, mutton bustin’ for […]
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Best Aesthetic Response to Football

Critical Focus: Monique CrineCritical Focus: Monique Crine filled the lower-level gallery at MCA Denver with big, beautiful portraits of big, handsome guys. The paintings, all of which were specifically created for this exhibit, depicted recently retired professional football players who had been sidelined by injuries. The show was part of the Critical Focus series of exhibits at the […]
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Best New York-Style Pizza

SliceWorksTo make a New York-style pizza, you need to hand-toss the dough, which the staff does with gusto at this two-location pie joint. Then the dough gets stretched into a large circle, just right for holding a layer of spiced tomato sauce, fresh cheese and whatever toppings you might desire. At SliceWorks, they get this […]
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Review: The Enduring Appeal of the Figure on Display at Walker

Bobbi Walker, director of Walker Fine Art, has assembled pieces by a half-dozen artists to create the engaging group effort Figuratively Speaking, which features sculptures, photos, drawings and paintings, all of which depict the human figure in some way. The gallery is enormous, and figurative sculptures by Gail Folwell have been installed...
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Best Evidence of Clyfford Still’s Eccentricity

Repeat/Recreate: Clyfford Still's "Replicas"As director of the Clyfford Still Museum, Dean Sobel relentlessly comes up with new ways to present the artist’s accomplishments — a most pressing assignment, considering that the CSM is exclusively given over to the exhibition of Still’s pieces. To keep visitors interested, Sobel can’t just present the same old chronology over and over again; […]
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Review: CSFAC Curator Blake Milteer Caps a Career With Stephen Batura’s Solo

The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center has made an outsized contribution to our state’s cultural life over the years, showcasing the most important artists associated with Colorado and mounting one impressive exhibition after another. This has been particularly true since the completion of the hypersensitive addition designed by David Owen...
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5 Star Salt Caves Wants to Help You Breathe Your Way to Good Health

In the late 1800s, Colorado was a hub for people looking for a cure for tuberculosis; our dry air, high elevation and sunshine attracted hundreds of thousands of new residents coming from humid climates across the U.S. More than a century later, we're still drawing newcomers looking for a healthier...
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See 17 Indicted in Violent Meth Ring: Kidnapping, Sex Assault and More

Last August, we told you about disturbing accusations against four men — Edgar Barroso, Steven Hillen, Juvenal Tamayo and Pedro Valdez — on suspicion of kidnapping and sexual assault. They were accused of holding several women hostage for at least a day and possibly more. During that period, crimes against the...
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Photos: A Snow-Pork-Alypse at the Bacon and Beer Classic

A little spring storm didn't deter pork and porter pros on Saturday; the Bacon and Beer Classic hosted two sessions in the chilly main concourse of Sports Authority Field at Mile High with beers from nearly fifty Colorado breweries and pig-based eats from more than thirty restaurants, food trucks and...
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How to Convict a Fourteen-Year-Old of a Murder He Didn’t Commit

Lisa Polansky first saw the infamous “confession video” in fragments — a fifteen-minute segment on one old VHS tape, twenty minutes on another. The kid is in a small interview room with his mother and two Denver homicide detectives. Then the mother vanishes and there are three detectives. Even with...
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Review: Four Impressive Solos at MCA Denver

The spring offerings at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver cover a lot of ground, with four impressive solos on view right now. Occupying the spaces on the main floor is Arnie Svenson: The Neighbors, a body of color photos depicting the New York artist’s neighbors as seen through their...
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How Nothing Left Something on a Bushwick Building

Domenic “Nicky” Palermo of Nothing has certainly paid his dues. Earlier in life he had been a rough-and-tumble punker who spent two years in jail for stabbing a guy during a fight. Once he got out of jail he spent some time discovering the meaning of his life and returned...
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Best Salute to a National Park

Trine Bumiller: 100 Paintings for 100 YearsThe McNichols Building in Civic Center is undergoing renovation and won’t open again until this fall, but one of the last shows there before it closed was decidedly one of the best efforts of the year. Titled Trine Bumiller: 100 Paintings for 100 Years, the show celebrated the centennial of nearby Rocky Mountain National Park. […]