The news that Corona Light qualifies as heavy-enough to be sold in Colorado bars and restaurants — just in time for Cinco de Mayo! — inspired this from mtnrunner2: Bless you, o omnipotent state government, for permitting us do something we should have been able to do all along without…
Bars and restaurants across town will celebrate Cinco de Mayo tomorrow — but you’ll have to go pretty far to beat the celebration planned at Lola. For the third annual “Picnic of the Pig: A Roast to Spring,” which runs from 5 to 11 p.m. on May 5, Lola chefs…
Wanda James, who owns 8 Rivers Cafe with her chef/husband, Scott Durrah, isn’t the only entrepreneur upset with the Yelp review filter. A couple of other restaurateurs have weighed in on Laura Shunk’s story about her campaign against Yelp, including Leo: I would love to join a class action lawsuit…
Two Colorado boys made very good yesterday — and no, I’m not talking about Chris Romer and Michael Hancock. If all politics is local, art can be out-of-this-world, as shown by The Book of Mormon, created by former University of Colorado students Trey Parker and Matt Stone…
Aubrey Shomo is staging a one-week hunger protest right outside Tony’s Market at 950 Broadway — but she doesn’t have a beef with Tony’s. Rather, she wants to get the attention of Mark Noel, clemency director for the State of Colorado, whose office is right above Tony’s. Since she has…
If Senate Bill 60 passes out of the House, “on-premises” liquor licensees — meaning restaurants and bars, and restaurants and bars only — would be free, free to pour any beer they want to, even the 3.2 beer they’re now prevented from serving by the state’s archaic liquor laws, which…
Steve Ells, founder of the homegrown Chipotle chain, will have a starring role as the University of Colorado commencement speaker on Friday — just five days after he wrapped up his gig on America’s Next Great Restaurant. In the last episode of that series, Ells and his fellow judges chose…
Colorado has awarded its new tourism contract — and surprise, surprise, a Colorado company has the key role in a deal that’s now been split between several companies: Karsh/Hagan, founded in 1977, when John Denver tunes were enough to attract tourists…
Last week Cafe Society served up five Guess Where contests, featuring everything from the liver and onions at El Tejado to the green chile hash at Lola to a wet-your-whistle drink at a whistlestop on the edge of town. For correctly whistling up the Copper Rail in Brighton, Dawn wins…
In just over 36 hours, the polls — or at least the hands collecting mail-in ballots — will close, and this first, endless round of the municipal election will finally be over. And then it will start all over again, as we move on to round two and the runoff…
The first party of the Food Truck Warriors was postponed from Saturday because of sorry weather forecasts, and this answer didn’t fit the contest criteria to win free food/drink at the Food Truck Warriors party in any case. Still, we were charmed by this reply from Todd, which shows just…
Quick! Before it even thinks about snowing…. Burger night is back at Marczyk Fine Foods, which just celebrated its ninth birthday last weekend, and will be grilling burgers on 17th Avenue from 5 to 7:30 p.m. tonight. The burgers are all Niman Ranch burgers, ground on site. It’s $6.99 for…
Turn that frown upside down! Yesterday, a bill that would remove restaurants and bars from the archaic, post-Prohibition laws regulating the sales of low-alcohol beers in convenience and grocery stores made it out of the House Economic and Business Development Committee — 13 to 0. Senate Bill 60 has already…
The revelation that downtown might get a grocery store had urban residents clipping coupons and packing up their cloth bags. here’s how Carly greeted the news: If Denver was set up to have a city block (or has one currently) where you could get meat, cheese, produce, sundries, etc on…
In early 2010, the media circus surrounding the trial of Willie Clark for the murder of Darrent Williams completely overlooked a real show in a nearby courtroom — but law-enforcement authorities didn’t miss the irony. The case of Eric Torrez and his crimes against Kristen and Will Stillman was worse…
Yes, I’m a liver lover. And although I risked the wrath of my dining companions when I ordered this dish, it contained enough iron to stiffen my resolve. Can you guess where I’m eating? Follow @CafeWestword on Twitter…
Downtown Denver may finally get a grocery store, as our Latest Word blog reported yesterday afternoon. But don’t grab your reusable shopping bags yet: Although ground could be broken late this year, the 42,000-square-foot store by Union Station wouldn’t open before 2013. “We are responding to market demand,” Dan Schuetz,…
The news of a pair of surprise closures — the two Mirch Indian Grill restaurants in the south suburbs and Walk-In Burgers in Edgewater– has readers serving up their own theories. Here’s how davebarnes summed up the problems at Walk-in Burger: Reasons for closing: 1. Fishy smell from Sloan’s Lake…
One last beer bill is still alive at the legislature — which means legislators still have a chance to do the light stuff. Although proposals involving which stores can sell what beers have all died, Senate Bill 60 would allow restaurants and bars to sell any beer…
The circa ’60s black-and-white photos from Afghanistan show women without a headscarf, in pencil skirts and bare legs. “It’s straight out of the ’60s here in the Midwest,” explains Shannon Galpin, founder of Mountain2Mountain. “This was the course they were on until forty years of war ravaged the country, and…
Want to own a slightly used swingers’ club? The building that houses Sugar House, the restaurant/bar/(very) short-time hotel, is now for sale for $1,200,000, according to this ad on Loopnet. “This is a freestanding building with a fully equiped Restaurant/Bar on the first floor,” the listing notes. “The second floor…
Has the the Best of Denver curse struck again? Every year, soon after the issue comes out (and sometimes while it’s still on the press!), we hear that one of our picks has closed. Already gone is our Best Breakfast Under $2 in the Best of Denver 2011; Gordo Loco…
