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The Race for Denver District Attorney: Meet Helen Morgan

Denver is about to get a new district attorney. With Mitch Morrissey, who was elected in 2004, stepping down due to term limits, voters in November will have a chance to choose between Beth McCann, who won the Democratic primary in June, and Helen Morgan, running as an independent. We...
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Sake to Me: Three Japanese Restaurants for Food and Sake Pairings

You’ve mastered single-malt and bested craft beer; you’ve even solved the mysteries of mezcal and speak reasonable rum. But what of that clear — and clearly baffling — Japanese rice beverage called sake? Most of us vaguely remember blurry nights filled with dragon rolls and rounds of hot sake, sometimes...
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ICYMI: Douglas Bruce Back in Jail, Tivoli Brewing Flying High

The father of the Taxpayers Bill of Rights is back in jail. Last week Douglas Bruce was sentenced to two years in prison for violating probation, the latest chapter in a checkered past that the Gazette captured in its cover story, "A Greek Tragedy: The Rise and Fall of TABOR...
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New Oklahoma, Nebraska Strategy to Kill Colorado Pot Laws

Last month, as we reported, the United States Supreme Court decided not to hear a lawsuit filed by Oklahoma and Nebraska over Colorado's marijuana laws — specifically Amendment 64, which legalized limited recreational marijuana sales here after its passage in November 2012. The court's decision effectively snuffed out this avenue...
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Best Chef

Mark FergusonSome people have a way of talking that makes you feel like you’re the only one in the room. Mark Ferguson, chef/owner at Solitaire, cooks this way. Everything about his sprawling restaurant makes you feel special, from the garden-side setting that offers some of the most romantic tables in town to the menu that he […]
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Best Wine Bar

Brik on YorkSince longtime Denver chef Matt Selby — known for his cutting-edge kitchen work at Vesta Dipping Grill, Ace and Steuben’s — came on board as a consultant in November 2015, Brik on York has been hitting its stride. With Selby’s help, owner and level-two certified sommelier Travis Gee revamped the erratic menu, and the result […]
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Five Restaurant Trends That Need to Die

We like what we like when it comes to dining out, but sometimes we're faced with a little too much of what someone else likes. Restaurant trends spread quickly based on what will bring in the cash, the customers and the thumbs-up reviews, but sometimes restaurateurs don't know when to...
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Meet Darryl Glenn, Second Amendment-Loving Pro-Life GOP Senate Nominee

"My name is Darryl Glenn, and I'm an unapologetic Christian-Constitutional-conservative-pro-life-Second-Amendment loving American." That's how Glenn, an El Paso County Commissioner, introduced himself at this year's Colorado Republican Convention — and as you'll see in a video on view below, the crowd went wild. This reaction carried over to yesterday's primary,...
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Jeffco Battles Over Proposed Car Dealerships Next to Dino Ridge

On Tuesday, January 17, Jeffco’s board of county commissioners will consider a proposed zoning change for a planned 140-acre development on four parcels straddling the four corners of the Alameda and C-470 interchange. The change would allow for a proposed hotel and gas station southeast of the interchange and, on the northwest quadrant, up to four car dealerships, which would surround the Dinosaur Ridge visitor center on three sides. Representatives of the developer, Three Dinos LLC, have described the request as “a minor change” in use for property that’s been zoned for commercial development for nearly a decade. But opponents of the plan say there’s nothing minor about the impacts the development would have on adjoining open-space land, on wildlife, on nearby hiking and biking trails, and on one of the last scenic vistas in the Rooney Valley, which has seen increasing encroachment by highways, the Solterra housing development, a motocross park, Bandimere Speedway and other projects.