The best Mexican dish in the United States — at least according to Gustavo Arellano, author of Ask a Mexican — is the Mexican hamburger, which was invented in Denver….and can still be found only in Denver. That’s what Arellano determined after researching his new book, Taco USA: How Mexican…
Mairead Corrigan Maguire, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976 for her work in Northern Ireland, has pulled out of the twelfth World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates that starts Monday in Chicago. “That’s what happens when you don’t hold your big Nobel events in Denver!,” jokes Dawn Engle,…
PizzaDoodle will soon open in Centennial, with a family-friendly atmosphere and one of the worst restaurant names ever. Locally, we could think of only one name that was worse: The Hole. That spot on Tennyson Street had an interesting concept — doughnuts and beer! — and a truly horrible name…
Britt Chester thought he’d take Denver for a ride with his first bicycle quiz, but dozens of people came up with answers to “guess where I’m biking near this pond.” Some were wrong, some were right, but none were as complete as this:…
If Gustavo Arellano thinks a Mexican hamburger is the best Mexican dish in the United States, we can’t wait to hear what he thinks of a Mexican pizza, particularly this sense-searing pile of green chile, molten cheese and ground beef…
What’s the worst name that’s ever been stuck on a Denver restaurant? We have a new contender: PizzaDoodle. That’s the name of a family-friendly joint that’s “still in the oven” but slated to open next month at 6830 South University Boulevard in Centennial. You don’t want to say it fast…
The first public hearing on the six projects vying for Regional Tourism Act funding was barely over when the state’s Economic Development Commission announced that the sign-up list for the second and — and final — hearing was already full. Who were some of the notables shut out?…
After service flubs detracted from the excellent food Laura Shunk discusses in herrecent review of Charcoal, she lamented about poor service in general around town. But there are also many restaurants that do things right, and she highlighted a quintet of them in “Five examples of great service in Denver.”…
It’s been a big month for Metro State — or Metro State University of Denver, according to the law signed by Governor John Hickenlooper yesterday. Not only does the school get a new name, but its theater department recently won accreditation from the National Association of Schools of Theatre. And…
Last fall, LoDo was all about pizza. Now, it’s sushi. Blue Sushi Sake Grill, a link in an Omaha-based chain that signed on for half of the Dixons space at 16th and Wazee streets that wasn’t taken by Lucky Pie, had a liquor-license hearing this morning with the Denver Department…
The story seemed too crazy to be true: A DIA shuttle driver conspiring to blow up New York’s subway system with bombs made from components found in Aurora beauty-supply stores? But after days of questioning in September 2009, 26-year-old Najibullah Zazi was indicted and shipped off to New York, where…
Denver gained many liquid assets in 2011, and although Williams & Graham ran away with our Best New Bar award in the Best of Denver 2012, the city gained many more worthy watering holes last year, as shown by our list of Denver’s ten best new bars. Even if regulars…
Dune “Cocktail” This scene from Dune made our list of David Lynch’s ten weirdest scenes, by film, which inspired one commenter to say that Lynch “sucks.”…
After seeing the parade of suits speaking on behalf of Aurora’s application for the proposed 1,500-room Gaylord Entertainment complex to be part of the Regional Tourism Act program — ten speakers on April 10 supported the gargantuan project, and only one opposed it — several people who question the Gaylord…
Long before Buford, the tiny Wyoming town with its own zip code, became an international sensation, it was a required road-trip stop. We’d discovered it one morning after taking a quick left at Cheyenne and heading west on Interstate 80, then realized we might need gas before Laramie. Buford, located…
It wasn’t until Gustavo Arellano, our Ask a Mexican columnist, started researching the spread of Mexican food in this country — or what passes as Mexican food in this country — for his new book, Taco USA, that we realized Denver was not only home to a unique green chile,…
After lamenting the lack of good service at many Denver restaurants, Laura Shunk served up five examples of restaurants that do service right, everything from Frasca Food and Wine to Frijoles Colorado Cuban Cafe. Readers were quick to add a few favorites, including the most royal restaurant of them all…
For months the City of Golden met with Jefferson County and state authorities, trying to come up with a plan that would could increase and ease the flow of traffic in the metro area as it also protected the town. But those negotiations came to a halt at the very…
We’re on a roll! In honor of the upcoming Bicycle Film Festival, yesterday Jef Otte and Kelsey Whipple got the wheels turning with their list of the twenty best bicycle scenes in cinema, ever. “Bike porn, sweet,” says bpsycle. But there was one sour note…
By 8:30 p.m. Saturday night, the crew was on its sixth dinner in three nights, the wine was flowing, and everyone was getting giddy. But then, James Mazzio had reason to celebrate: He’d just taken over the space in the Icehouse that was formerly occupied by Mise en Place cooking…
Ah, pig. There’s nothing more likely to put you in hog heaven — and heart-attack terroritory — than a dish of absolutely fresh chicharrones, delivered hot from the fryer. Can you guess where these came from? Here’s a hint:…
When Tyler Nemkov joined Cafe Society as a twenty-year-old intern from Johnson & Wales three years ago, he knew he wanted to pursue both a journalism and a culinary career. He opted to keep working in kitchens while he earned his degree at the University of Colorado — right before…
