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100 Favorite Dishes: Shoo-fly Pie from Long i Pie

Shoo-fly Pie from the Long i Pie Shop thelongipie.com The Long i Pie Shop isn't really a shop, it's a mobile vendor based out of a 1966 Airstream trailer named Stella. You can order pie on the bakery's website and pick it up at any number of locations; delivery is...
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Another 100 Colorado Creatives: Cecily Cullen

#40: Cecily Cullen If curation is an art, Cecily Cullen wields it with a broad brush; as creative director at Metropolitan State University of Denver's Center for Visual Art, she continually creates sophisticated exhibitions that take a global and multicultural look at art or offer comprehensive overviews of mediums and...
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100 Favorite Dishes: Curry Puffs at Suvipa Thai Food

No. 59: Curry Puffs at Suvipa Thai Food 1015 South Federal Boulevard 720-379-6038 Suvipa Thai hasn't been open long, but the kitchen is already going strong, serving up some of the brightest and most flavorful Thai dishes we've dug into recently. While the standards -- pungent pad Thai that's not...
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The Ten Worst Duets in Pop History

In music, duets are supposed to be simple: take a composition, divvy it up between two performers and prepare to be wowed. Recently, though, the duet has been put through the ringer by washed-up pop stars hacking it up alongside other celebrity singers, searching for a hit. With apologies to...
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Trinity Brewing Returns Silver Medal Because It Won for the Wrong Beer

When Trinity Brewing owner Jason Yester first envisioned a series of beers designed to highlight the differences between various wild yeasts and souring bacteria, the goal was to educate consumers, brewers, beer writers, and even beer judges about flavor profiles. "There is a lot of confusion," he said then, about...
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The Ten Best Comedy Shows in Denver for March 2015

In most places, March is a month of renewal, of freshness and growth. In Denver, however, March exists merely to taunt snow-wearied Coloradans with the false promise of spring. Though the sun may continue to forsake our fair city, Denverites are fortunate to have plentiful opportunities to bask in the...
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The Ten Best Women’s Street-Style Looks in Denver in 2014

In 2014 the women of Denver pulled out all the stops with their street style. We spotted these fashionistas on campus, at shows and events, on their way to work, even waiting for Lady Gaga. Feast your eyes on the ten best womenswear looks of the past twelve months. See...
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Quinn Marchman of the Black Actors Guild on Doin’ It in Denver

This Sunday, the Black Actors Guild will launch Soul Food Standup at the Savoy — and that's just one of the busy group's projects. Last week Westword profiled the Black Actors Guild, a multi-faceted performance troupe that has been working hard on stages around Denver for the last few years. We spoke...
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Reader: If You Want Non-GMO, Go Overpay for It at a Hippie Store

Last week Chipotle Mexican Grill officially endorsed Proposition 105, the Colorado ballot initiative that would require food that has been genetically modified or treated with genetically modified material to be labeled, "Produced With Genetic Engineering." Although Chipotle -- and other restaurants -- would not be subject to the regulation, the...
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Reader: It’s Time to End the Nightmare That Is Legal Dope

Our interview with NORML executive director Allen St. Pierre about Governor John Hickenlooper saying Colorado voter's were reckless when they legalized marijuana generated lots of vitriol aimed at Hick. But this reader apparently feels the guv's choice of words could have been a lot stronger. See also: NORML Head Rips...
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Loretta Barela Murder Prompts Lawsuit Over 911 Botch

In May, we told you about the guilty verdict against Christopher Perea for the murder of his wife, Loretta Barela. We also noted the botched 911 response that marred the case -- one that foreshadowed the April killing of Kristine Kirk, who was on the phone with an operator when...
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The Toppings War: Qdoba Versus Chipotle

Qdoba recently announced that its restaurants would no longer be charging for add-on items like guacamole, fajita vegetables and queso -- both the three-cheese queso and the queso diablo. The new, simplified pricing structure features two price points based on the protein order: one for vegetables, ground beef and chicken,...
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Roan Plateau Compromise Hailed as “The Colorado Way”

Six years after the drill-baby-drill crusaders of the Bush administration targeted one of Colorado's most ecologically unique places for widespread energy leases, a surprisingly reasonable compromise has been hammered out over the fate of the Roan Plateau. The deal is being praised by state and federal officials as well as...