A river of alcohol was running through Cafe Society yesterday, with Laura Shunk offering her list of neighborhood liquor stores, Swirl Girl suggesting five bottles of bubbly for New Year’s Eve, and Colorado Beer Man Jonathan Shikes serving up his “ten best Colorado beers of 2011.”…
The word of the year? Our money (and yours) is on “fracking,” the shortened term for “hydraulic fracturing,” a practice that shook neighborhoods (in some cases literally) around the country this year, and has fueled the oil and gas boom in northeastern Colorado. But if energy execs really want to…
After months of negotiations put in gear by Governor John Hickenlooper and Don Hunt, his head of the Colorado Department of Transportation, Golden has definitely put the brakes on a deal that would have had that town sign off on plans for the Jefferson Parkway — in exchange for $57…
Whether the neighborhood is Highlands Ranch or Highland, nothing causes more talk among the neighbors than a proposal for a big new building — and the plan for a major complex in northwest Denver that will include a five-story “high-rise” has created a veritable tower of babble…
For the last Chef and Tell interview of 2011, Lori Midson talked with Dana Rodriguez, the executive chef of Bistro Vendome, about everything from a Mexican girl making French food to her inspirational life story. The result left readers hungry to know more…and eat more…
Golden came out strong against the proposed Jefferson Parkway — including a plan for the toll road to go through a right-of-way on the eastern edge of Rocky Flats. For the past year, though, state and project officials have been meeting with Golden, looking for a possible compromise — and…
Last week, Susan Froyd offered the “Fifteen best Denver ART moments in 2011” — a compendium of seriously praiseworthy events over the past year that elicited precisely one comment. Meanwhile, the comments keep coming in for Jef Otte’s “Ten best moments in Denver arts: 2011.”…
The Westword office is closed until Tuesday, December 27, and the blogs will be taking a break until then (although we’ll post some party/concert slide shows over the weekend). If you’re looking for fun over the holidays, our online calendar lists hundreds of entertaining options around town. And if you’re…
The Westword office is closed for the holidays until Tuesday, December 27, and Latest Word is taking a break until then. In the meantime, enjoy these Colorado Christmas cards from Kenny Be — and if you have time on your hands, feel free to post a comment on the topic…
Cafe Society is ho-ho-home for the holidays. The Westword office is closed until 8 a.m. Tuesday, December 27, and Cafe Society scribes will be off-duty — but still eating and drinking — until then. There’s plenty to savor in the posts below, though, and if you have a pressing concern,…
The Westword office is closed until Tuesday, December 27, and this blog will be taking a break until then — although Show and Tell writers are definitely out and about, experiencing everything this city has to offer. We suggest you do the same; there are hundreds of activities featured in…
Forget chestnuts roasting on an open fire — get a load of this dish of Rocky Mountain oysters, a deep-fried Colorado delicacy. Nuts! Can you guess where I’m eating? And where are the best spots in town to find Rocky Mountain oysters, anyway? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first…
As the end of the year approaches, owners are scrambling to finish restaurant projects. Last year, Lou’s Food Bar, Bittersweet and Aria all managed to get their doors open right before the start of 2011 — which meant they could also get tables booked for New Year’s Eve. Dozens of…
People are excited to see something, anything go in to Union Station, which has long been filled with nothing but potential. Union Station Alliance, which won the nod from RTD to redevelop the historic building, has big plans for a retail/restaurant mix underneath the hotel that will go on the…
The image on the Shroud of Turin was not some medieval hoax, but was caused by a supernatural “flash of light,” according to a team of Italian scientists. The recent news reports of their findings conveniently coincide with the History Channel’s repeat showing of The Real Face of Jesus tonight…
Has Occupy Denver finally worn out its welcome? If twelve inches of snow aren’t enough to discourage the last of the protesters in Civic Center Park, the backlash over the trash in the park, the fires in the park and heckling the mayor at a vigil for the homeless who…
Yes, it’s getting deep around here — and we’re not just talking about the snow. If you’ve missed the discussion of Jef Otte’s “The ten best moments in Denver arts: 2011,” it’s just the thing to heat you up on this cold winter day. Among the weighty issues that have…
“Let your servants have Boxing Day off,” advises Joshua Hassel. That way, they can enjoy the back-to-back-to-back presentations of three of Hassel’s art-oriented documentaries on Colorado Public Television today. First up, at 7 p.m., is Sandzen: Ecstasy of Color, Hassel’s most recent film, which tells the life story of Swedish-born…
Union Station was once a bustling spot, but as fewer people decided to “travel by train,” as its neon sign advises, more and more businesses pulled out of the station. By the early ’80s, the only refreshment options were a soda fountain in the lobby, the classic Caboose Lounge and,…
Entries in the third annual LoDo Aglow contest — for which 22 businesses in lower downtown decorated their windows — ranged from the sublime to the ridiculous. The really ridiculous. Who knew that one of Santa’s elves was a pole dancer? But that was just one of the revelations in…
Civic Center Park is one of Denver’s most lovely public places…but it’s become ground zero for increasingly ugly encounters between the city and Occupy Denver. Eighteen hours after the police had pushed everyone out of the park, protesters were back in time for last night’s vigil to honor the homeless…
It’s been a long time coming, but we hear that Phat Thai — the Denver offshoot of Mark Fischer’s famed Carbondale restaurant — is opening at 11 a.m. today at 2900 East Second Avenue…
