It’s a new year, which means new menu items at Rooster & Moon, the coffee pub that’s become one of the Golden Triangle’s best places to snag a snack and some joe. For breakfast (available all day), Rooster & Moon serves up City Bakery pastries, Mame’s breakfast burritos (the vegetarian…
It’s a hefty claim, but the folks at West End Tavern, 926 Pearl Street in Boulder, apparently feel up to the challenge of presenting the Ultimate Beer Dinner. Beer geek Peter Archer has joined West End chef Chris Blackwood to pair twenty of Archer’s favorite beers (including brews from Oskar…
If you’re into tea, then you know there’s a lot to learn in each and every cup, far beyond whether you’re drinking Earl Grey or oolong. Seven Cups, 1882 South Pearl Street, will host Tales From a Tea Traveler at 7 p.m. tonight, when Yvonne Russell will share photos and…
Avery Tap Room, 5757 Arapahoe Avenue, Unit B1 in Boulder, will host the DuganA Release Party from 6 to 10 p.m. tonight to celebrate Avery’s latest IPA. For details, call 303-440-4324 or go to www.averybrewing.com. For information on dozens of culinary events around town, visit our online Food & Drink…
Up-and-coming San-Francisco-based artist Ana Sia describes her sound as “lots of low-end love featuring deep, grimy dubstep, big and beautiful wonky whomp, and glitch-infused global-slut psy-hop.” If you caught her at the Global Dance Festival in ’09, then you know this translates into ass-shaking grooves designed to get as many…
Although Lyrics Born has already amassed a resumé that any MC would envy — founding member of Quannum Projects; collaborator with Blackalicious, DJ Shadow, Jurassic 5, Cut Chemist, KRS-One and many others, just to name a handful of credentials — he believes the best is yet to come. “I see…
So far, 2011 is shaping up to be a banner year for Bobby C Sound TV: He closed out 2010 playing the final-ever Warlock Pinchers show; his upcoming full-length record, Future Past, is slated to drop on Beatport on Wednesday, February 16; he’s got some new tracks releasing on Cold…
The wine will be flowing this week, at events ranging from Grand Junction’s VinCO 2011 to the Pinot Posse Tag Team Winemaker Dinner. But there’s more on Colorado’s culinary plate this week: everything from workshops, to dry-sausage and hog-slaughtering events. Here’s a taste:…
Fossil Trace Golf Course in Golden will host a Franciscan Wine Dinner, a meal paired with six wines. Dinner starts at 6:30 p.m. and admission is $65; call 303-277-8755. For information on dozens of culinary events around town, visit our online Food & Drink listings. Follow @CafeWestword on Twitter…
If you’ve ever been to a Burlycute show, then you pretty much know what to expect when these burlesque beauties put together a production: Sheer insanity. Also, hot girls taking off their clothes amidst the sheer insanity. And madame/emcee Cora Vette (aka Reyna Von Vett) is the glue that keeps…
At 11 a.m. today, members of the Metro North Chamber of Commerce will cut the ribbon on Anythink Cafe, 5877 East 120th Avenue in Brighton, on the Anythink Wright Farms campus — the flagship part of the Rangeview Library District’s innovative Anythink libraries program. Thornton’s Bagel Bakery and Cupcake Shoppe…
Oblivion Fringe, the local imprint run by Alert, is releasing some brand-new tracks today from up-and-coming producer/DJ (and Whomp Truck innovator) Just Ben, whose dubstep sensibilities are proof that this genre isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. Click through to stream/download tracks…
This week Black Cat Restaurant, 1964 13th Street in Boulder, has been offering a James Beard Tasting Menu that lets you sample the dishes (featuring heritage breed livestock and ethno botanical and cultivar crops) that chef/owner Eric Skokan will be cooking at the James Beard House on January 19. But…
Over the past year and a half, Fascinations has been hosting “Let’s Talk Sex” events in every market. “It’s really important to us to provide open-source, accessible sex education through free classes,” notes Fascinations media specialist Shanna Katz. “Kink is part of the spectrum of sexuality, so in addition to…
Riva Sweetrocket’s lush pastels on paper — which look like oil paintings to the untrained eye — have been delighting Denverites for years. And she’ll undoubtedly pick up some new fans with her latest exhibit, Riva Sweetrocket: Extra Ordinary, which will be on display at the Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007…
The last time we went seeking a decent veggie burger in this cowtown, we checked out Park Burger, whose house-made veggie burger is definitely a winner, particularly if you’re looking for a traditional mustard-and-pickle setup. But if you work or live closer to downtown than to Englewood, or you’d like…
Here’s one we missed in our December and our 2010 Restaurant Roll Calls: On December 29, the windows at the Park Meadows Illegal Pete’s, 8283 South Akron Street in Centennial, went dark. “The trend in that area was not too positive,” says owner Pete Turner. “All of our other locations…
After the recent snowstorm, a mysterious someone built a snowman around the parking sign outside the Bradley Sinclair in downtown Morrison. It wasn’t quite street art, though, until one of the gas-station graveyard-shift workers by the name of Chris decided to prepare a birthday surprise for his colleague, Kerry –…
Did you get a wok for a holiday gift and have no idea what to do with it? The City of Aurora is offering at Rock the Wok class from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. tonight at the Expo Recreation Center, 10955 East Exposition Avenue in Aurora. Admission is $46 to…
It’s no secret that Denver loves Chipotle, our hometown hero achieving world domination in the mission-style burrito restaurant chain universe. But the rest of the country loves Chipotle, too — including the youngsters who voted in peta2’s fifth annual Libby Awards to give Chipotle the honor of being named the…
The King Tut exhibit closed at the Denver Art Museum yesterday — which means that the citywide Mad Greens tie-in, the King Tut Salad, is officially off the menu as of tomorrow. But if you were a big fan of the salad (which comprised romaine lettuce, chickpeas, couscous with dried…
Creating fine tequila is an art in and of itself, and when fine tequila is paired with special dishes designed to match the alcohol, it takes the much-maligned margarita staple to a whole new level. Tonight at 7 p.m., El Diablo, 101 Broadway, will host a five-course tequila dinner featuring…
