In the beginning, Michael Hancock had a very good start to Thursday: Coming off a smooth performance in a bumpy mayoral debate, he survived an appearance on Peter Boyles’s show and then learned he was ahead of Chris Romer in two polls — one by RBI, one by his own…
Some like it hot! The festivities at this past weekend’s Cinco de Mayo festival in Civic Center Park included the fourth annual green chile contest. And the winners are: Judges’ awards: First place: El Taco de Mexico Second place: La Noria Carniceria Third place: Benny’s Restaurant y Cantina People’s choice…
While Governor John Hickenlooper was tangling with legislative leaders Tuesday, Tom Tancredo, the renegade candidate who got 36 percent of the vote in the gubernatorial race last November, was tangling with MSNBC host Martin Bashir. Who won? You be the judge…
Big morning for Michael Hancock. First, he actually survived an appearance on Peter Boyles’s show — during which he promised to call Theresa Spahn and James Mejia, and apologize for a supporter calling them “losers.” And at the moment, it doesn’t look like “loser” will be a label hanging from…
In this week’s Chef and Tell interview, Lori Midson talks with Wayne Conwell, owner/chef of Sushi Sasa, which opened in the summer of 2005 just off Platte Street, a pioneer in what would soon grow into one of the town’s biggest restaurant neighborhoods. But while Sushi Sasa specializes in raw…
The conversation quickly went to pot when William Breathes went on the Caplis and Silverman radio show yesterday to discuss the failure of the DUI/THC bill. While Craig Silverman, a former prosecutor, saw the flaws in the proposed test levels, Caplis saw flaws in, well, just about everything. Have you…
“You’re the fun cousins,” radio host Dan Caplis told the Denver Republicans, hosts of last night’s mayoral debate between Michael Hancock and Chris Romer. But this discussion was not all fun and games; while Romer said (over and over) that as mayor he would “ruffle feathers,” Hancock plucked plenty with…
When Laura Shunk recently visited Green Russell, our Best Contemporary Cocktail Bar in the Best of Denver 2011, she discovered that the subterreanean speakeasy not only has a new menu, but someone new in the kitchen, too: legendary local chef Sean Kelly. Turns out that just-as-legendary restaurateur Frank Bonanno, who’d…
Political circles have been going round and round the last two days over James Mejia’s endorsement of Chris Romer. But conspiracy theorists should take note of this comment from Andrew Hudson, former spokesman for Mayor Wellington Webb and an early and ardent Mejia supporter, who weighed in with this:…
Denver’s food-truck scene was already revving up before the The Great Food Truck Race landed in town this past weekend, and the contrast between the out-of-town characters, including the grilled-cheese whizzes behind Roxy’s, and our homegrown crews had Denverites hungering for more. As Jason said: I’ve always found that one…
Before there was an Internet, there were people with long memories — and two of them, former lawmakers John Bermingham and Jerry Kopel, have amazing stories of the last time Colorado grappled with the issues of adultery and fornication — if there is any difference between the two…
The news that Cafe Berlin is moving to the 16th Street Mall reminded us that it was time to check in on the status of another longtime German restaurant, Chinook Tavern. When the Georg family closed their restaurant at 265 Detroit Street back in June 2008, they promised that Chinoook…
Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines: The Great American Food Truck Race descended on Denver this past weekend, bringing lots of food and fun, as well as comments like this from Kay Ryan: Uhmm… try not to use the term, “paddy wagon,” which originated from a time when the Irish…
Pardon our dust! Boulder County has signed off on a controversial deal that brings the proposed Jefferson Parkway closer to concrete reality. And that worries LeRoy Moore — because the deal involves buying a corner of land right by Rocky Flats…
Dave Query, the man behind the Big Red F restaurant group — including the Jax Fish House outposts in Denver and Boulder (and, soon, Fort Collins), Lola, West End Tavern, Centro and, most relevant right now, Happy — is happy. At least, he sure looked that way Sunday, shown fly-fishing…
Cafe Society served up five Guess Where contests last week, featuring everything from Russo’s Kitchen + Tavern, which pours Nora beer, to a platter of In-N-Out burgers (which means Lori Midson definitely wasn’t eating in Denver) to this plate of African cuisine, including goat meat. For correctly guessing that it…
In cash-strapped times, governments have to think creatively — and it was the budget crunch that led to the idea of merging the Denver Office of Cultural Affairs with the Division of Theatres and Arenas, itself a subset of the Department of General Services. That marriage becomes official tomorrow, with…
The discussion of our Denver’s five best wings list has really taken off, with readers pushing everything from Highland Tap and Burger to Moe’s Original Bar-B-Que to Marco’s Coal-Fired Pizzeria. From Toddicus: I’ve eaten wings at most of the places listed and still have yet to find wings as good…
The Colorado House gave light beer lovers a Cinco de Mayo present yesterday, passing Senate Bill 60 — which would allow bars and restaurants to sell any beer, no matter how light — on a second reading. And now word has come in that SB 60 just passed the full…
Denver has a lot of great burger joints (see our Five Best Burgers list here), but one iconic chain remains elusive. And just a photo of its burgers was enough to get readers salivating — and Steveo65 fuming: There should be a law against posting pictures of In-N-Out when the…
At 8 a.m. yesterday, Michael Hancock was going mano-a-mano against Chris Romer in the first debate of the mayoral runoff. Twelve hours later, he was pressing the flesh at a packed Cinco de Mayo party at Lola. And his day wasn’t done yet: After months of slogging through the political…
Update: Who will get the Latino vote now that James Mejia is out of the race for mayor? That was the question on Colorado Public Television’s Studio 12 last night. But following this morning’s e-mail blast in which Mejia told supporters he’s officially bowing out, the real question is: What…
