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Review: Remembrance of Things Pasta at The Old Spaghetti Factory

I don’t normally review restaurants where placemats are decorated with pictures of what I’m eating. But there I was, sitting in a red trolley at The Old Spaghetti Factory, a plate of Spaghetti Vesuvius before me. “WARNING,” the placemat cautioned in all capital letters ringed by a red box. “This...
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Corvus Coffee Shakes Up Summer With New Cocktails

Denver has seen drastic growth in its coffee community over the last few years, which is great because as a fast-growing city, we need something to keep us going. On board with the coffee boom is Corvus Coffee Roasters, well known for bottled cold brew found in stores all over Denver...
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Drink of the Week: A Parisian Beauty at Black Eye Coffee

Green Girls of Paris at Black Eye CoffeeWhen bartenders love an ingredient — the way it tastes, the way it smells, the way it’s made, the story behind it — they find a way to create a cocktail centered on that ingredient. When the the first drops of the cocktail...
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Why Fantasy Football Is Not Dungeons & Dragons for Jocks

Fall is here, which means football season is here, which means fantasy football is back! How’s your team? (Just kidding: No one who’s not in your league cares.) Sadly, it also means the tired, lazy comparisons between fantasy football and Dungeons & Dragons are back. Whether it’s a meme like...
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Three Dishes to Satisfy Pre-Thanksgiving Cravings

Most Americans have been programmed nearly from birth to begin craving traditional Thanksgiving dishes as soon as the days start getting shorter and there’s a chill in the air. Turkey, relegated to brown-bag-sandwich duty the rest of the year, suddenly beckons us with Rubenesque curves of leg and breast provocatively...
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New Charter Middle School Coming to Lincoln High Despite Protests

Some Lincoln High School students are pushing back against a plan by Denver Public Schools to open a middle school charter school at Lincoln, located in southwest Denver. A protest organized by the community group Padres y Jovenes Unidos is scheduled for 5 p.m. tonight in advance of a 6...
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Grateful Bread Unveils Its New Austrian Grain Mill

Jeff Cleary has been making bread at the Grateful Bread Company for a decade, but soon he'll be making his own flour, too. The Golden bakery's new grain mill just arrived from Austria and will be installed over the next two weeks so that Cleary and his crew of bakers...
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DIA Seeking a Brewery for the New Airport Westin Hotel

There's no shortage of craft beer at Denver International Airport. Passengers flying in and out can find outposts of New Belgium Brewing and Boulder Beer in the terminal, and a variety of local selections at bars and restaurants throughout the concourses; there's also a kiosk in the B Concourse selling...
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Ten Best U.S. Sports Cities, and Who Beats Out Denver

A lot of us like to think of Denver as the best sports city in America — especially on a day like today. After all, the excitement is as high for tonight's nationally broadcast Broncos-Chiefs game as if it was taking place in Colorado instead of Kansas City. But while...
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Supermax Censorship Claimed by Prison Legal News

The U.S. Penitentiary Administrative Maximum outside Florence, Colorado, better known as ADX, has a deserved reputation as the highest-security supermax prison on the planet. It houses some of the most notorious inmates in North America — from Unabomber Ted Kaczynski and shoe bomber Richard Reid to Aryan Brotherhood leader Barry...
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Gallery Sketches: Four New Shows in Denver September 10-13

Fall brings variety to Denver galleries: From abstract visions and incisive figurative worlds to contemporary folk pieces, there's art for every taste this weekend. Here's where to find it. New Works: Heather Patterson and Barbara Sorensen, with Mark Penner Howell, Patricia Finley and Mel Rea in the back gallery Walker...
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The Six Best Beers Inspired by Colorado Bands

Collaborations between breweries and bands are nothing new. But with the explosion of craft breweries in the Denver area, this year has brought an unprecedented number of band-themed beers. With the Great American Beer Festival in town, we thought this would be the perfect time to explore six of those...