Here’s an idea that sounds like a definite smash: Smashburger, the homegrown chain, will introduce its first-ever SmashCart next Tuesday on the 16th Street Mall, one of the first physical signs of the extra effort that the Downtown Denver Partnership is putting into its mall vendor program. Smashburger already has…
Let’s go West, young man! The town backed by newspaper publisher Horace Greeley — the man who may, or may not, have proclaimed “Go West, young man!” — is all grown up. Grown up enough to introduce a new branding campaign for its downtown with a colorful, clownish logo and…
Yesterday’s news that Fired Up, a new pizza joint, will soon be opening in the Golden Triangle inspired this comment from Manfrenjensen: WTF is up with all the new pizza joints opening up all of a sudden?? I thought the upscale burger, cupcake, and DIY frozen yogurt trends were something,…
Michael Paglia loves the new History Colorado building — but the exhibits inside it, not so much. And yesterday, as a followup to his original review of the place, he suggested “Ten shows the History Colorado Center should have opened with.” Says Dana: These are brilliant ideas!!!! Love ’em!!! Hopefully,…
The last — at least for now — in the string of pizza joints coming to LoDo is set to open its doors tomorrow. Wazee Wood-Fired Pizza was the first to join the lineup, opening last December in a neighborhood that already included the Wazee Supper Club and Two-Fisted Mario’s…
Does a bear shit in the woods — and outside a convention center? That question was answered when pranksters placed a pile of blue poo under “I See What You Mean,” the Lawrence Argent sculpture that’s known as the Big Blue Bear. Inspired, one critic turned her eyes to DIA’s…
Food trucks are revving up for the first big event of the spring season, the”Rolling Into Hunger” bash that benefits Food Bank of the Rockies on April 29 in the parking lot of Mile High Spirits, 2920 Larimer Street. Stephen Daniels and Mandy Birks, owners of the Crock Spot, have…
Eat out today — and eat out often. Because more than 300 restaurants are joining in the eighteenth annual Dine Out for Life, a benefit for Project Angel Heart, donating 25 percent from all food sales — whether at breakfast, lunch or dinner — to the charity that prepares and…
Does a bear shit outside the woods? That question was answered by the pranksters who placed a pile of blue poo under “I See What You Mean,” better known as the Big Blue Bear, which stands outside the Colorado Convention Center. That prank inspired another former Westword art critic Renna…
Last month, the seafood hot pot at Da Lat rated a 100 Favorite Dishes designation. But when Heather Miller ordered it, the dish contained an unexpected ingredient: a cockroach. Lori Midson shared her cockroach story here , and the comments have been flying. Should the dish have been comped? The…
The Brown Palace has hosted every U.S. president since Teddy Roosevelt first visited in 1905, thirteen years after the hotel opened, except for two: Calvin Coolidge and Barack Obama. And now Obama has snubbed the Brown again, opting to stay at the JW Marriott in Cherry Creek last night…after slumming…
Sometime this weekend, a prankster added a new element to “I See What You Mean,” the sculpture outside the Colorado Convention Center. Suddenly, the Big Blue Bear had taken a big blue dump. And one good turn definitely deserves another…
Boosters have put the brakes to a proposal that would have formed a state beltway authority to allegedly smooth traffic snarls, but critics charged was really designed to grease the wheels for the completion of the northwest beltway, including a toll road past Rocky Flats…
Yesterday, Jenn Wohletz offered her assessment of the new Chick-Fil-A desserts in the latest installment of Jenn in Chains, her semi-regular look at developments on the fast-food scene. She loved the brownie, lusted for the waffle fries (and the cute little ketchup packets)…but isn’t a fan of Chick-Fil-A’s politics, and…
The lineups are now complete for Denver’s big slam poetry teams: Mercury Cafe, Slam Nuba and Minor Disturbance. These contemporary poets are very at home on the range — and a real asset to Denver…
Cafe Society served up five Guess Where contests last week — heavy on the alcohol and Mexican food, in Lori Midson’s absence. The bar at Linger might have been the easiest Guess Where ever, and the a href=”http://blogs.westword.com/cafesociety/2012/04/guess_where_im_eating_a_taco.php”> taco at the venerable La Casa de Manuel proved a stumper. And…
The big news on the Denver dining scene last week was the sudden shuttering of Encore, the restaurant that’s been part of the Lowenstein complex — the restaurant occupies the original lobby of the theater — since that project debuted on Colfax Avenue. But the landlord did not renew the…
Location, location, location. For the past twenty years, I’ve lived in Denver City Council’s District 9. But if the proposed redistricting is approved by council, my house at the edge of Highland will become part of District 1, and District 9 will move east. Time — and partisan politics –…
Feminism & Co. sells out at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver; the biggest swingers’ outfit in the country, Scarlet Ranch, now occupies the former Northwoods Inn. Alt-sex marks the spot in this city — which, by dint of altitude alone, also happens to be the easiest urban spot in…
Heading out for a cocktail? Don’t bother with The Stingray — or Coop De Ville at the Stingray, at it was renamed in February. The bar closed with a blowout event that was a combination one-year anniversary/farewell party last Sunday, and today the door is locked, the voicemail box no…
Think this is a taco from some taqueria on Federal? You’re all wet. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Guess Where posts is entered into a pool — and every Monday, we select one lucky winner who’ll receive…
Happy 4/20! Wild Eggs, which expanded out of Louisville, Kentucky, to join the Denver dining scene last summer, is marking this august occasion with a smoking deal: Smokin’ Hash for just $4.20. Today only, of course. The dish features seasoned corned beef, bell peppers, onions and skillet potatoes and two…
