Reader: What scares me? Khloe Kardashian and my microwave

What scares you? That’s what we asked in last week’s contest that gave away tickets to Haunted Mansion and 13th Door. Most answers focused on most common fears: spiders, zombies, alien attacks, being chased, the current presidential campaign. One more original answer didn’t win those tickets, but it definitely won…

Harvest Week launches a Platte River Luau tonight

Harvest Week is under way at the GrowHaus, the incredibly cool interactive urban farm/marketplace in north Denver. The series, which is organized by Eat Denver, a group of independent restaurateurs, started with a “Praise the Lard” gospel brunch on Sunday; last night, it was “The Hedonist’s Guide to Tailgating” that…

Rocky Flats still off-limits during National Wildlife Refuge Week

This is National Wildlife Refuge Week, and the feds are encouraging you to “see what wildlife refuges are doing to conserve America’s wildlife heritage.” But when I asked if I could see Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge, the regional U.S. Fish & Wildlife office declined that request, and instead suggested…

Reader: Art at Denver International Airport is super creepy

Another day, another conspiracy regarding Denver International Airport. If it’s not Martians living under the floor, it’s “Mustang” shooting his devil gaze into the heavens, or the New World Order sending secret communications via the murals. See also: – New World Order! Conspiracy theories keep landing at Denver International Airport…

Thanks to their no-thanks, Rosa Linda’s business is booming

When I stopped by Rosa Linda’s Mexican Cafe last week for lunch, the restaurant was empty. When I returned this past Monday, it was jammed. The Colorado Forward Obama campaign RV was just pulling away — with a lot of Rosa Linda’s to-go food and Governor John Hickenlooper inside the…

Reader: My first beer was a Bud — nicely played, Mom!

The Great American Beer Festival kicks off tomorrow, and fans of craft-beer are already pouring into the city. Tickets to the GABF sold out in under an hour, but Cafe Society managed to snag a few that we’ve been giving away in contests. The most recent asked people to spill…

Matt Selby leaving Vesta group for the Corner House

No sooner had Josh Wolkon broken the news that executive chef Matt Selby was moving on after fifteen years at Vesta Dipping Grill (and then Steuben’s and Ace) that just where Selby is moving became clear: Selby will join James Iacino and Scott Kinsey as a full partner at the…

City denies Rockbar’s liquor-license application renewal

Tom Downey, director of the Denver Department of Excise and Licenses, just issued his final decision regarding Rockbar’s application to renew its liquor licenses for the hipster hangout on East Colfax. Downey’s decision? No. And if that order stands, Rockbar will be high and dry within the month. See also:…

Columbus Day parade is quiet: Goodbye, Columbus protests?

Colorado was the first state to make Columbus Day an official holiday, in 1907. And today, state offices will be closed to mark what remains a holiday — and was celebrated with a Columbus Day Parade Saturday. But that parade didn’t inspire the protests that have been regular sights over…