Attorney/urban-homesteading activist James Bertini didn’t even get the cease-and-desist letter the Dervaes Institute sent to other urban-homesteading groups, bloggers and publishers. Instead, he found out on February 14 that Facebook had disabled the page for his year-round, indoor farmers’ market (Westword’s Best Farmers’ Market in 2010) because its name, Denver…
The news this past weekend was shocking: The owners of the Rocky Mountain Diner, a fixture in downtown Denver for two decades, had been unable to come to a lease agreement with the space’s owner, attorney Frances Konciljia, and on Friday had gotten an eviction notice: The restaurant had to…
“Please play,” urges the sign by the display of three playhouses at Denver International Airport, an exhibit officially titled “Form, Fun & Function,” and created by Colorado architects and builders. The kids waiting for their parents to grab bags at DIA last night would have loved to spend some time…
On February 11, the Denver Police Department found the battered body of Ronald Ford in his west Denver home. On February 18, they released the identity of a second body found in the house: Ramiro Sanchez, who’d been a partner with Ford in the short-lived La Fabula restaurant. Sanchez was…
There have been so many restaurants at 26377 West 26th Avenue, the historic bungalow that once housed the original La Loma. So many, in fact, that when I stopped by the newly opened Gordo Loco last week and spoke to the building’s landlord who’s also a partner in this latest…
Why did it take Veggie Girl Amber Taufen so long to go from vegetarian to vegan? Partly the vehement vegans she encountered along the way, as she revealed in her “Open Letter to Militant Vegans”. That letter inspired dozens of responses — some mild, many militant. “Please don’t fight blame…
Last week Cafe Society served up five Guess Where contests, featuring everything from a still unidentified bouillabaisse to a bowl of chili with a grilled cheese side that fell flat at LoHi SteakBar to some ho-hum dim sum. For correctly divining that these dumplings are from Palace Chinese Restaurant, Fletch…
The Green Awards came to Denver yesterday, touting the Green Giant-sponsored program that will give $25,000 to the best idea for greening the environment. And to advertise the contest, a giant, temporary eco-ad mural made of grass was created at 22nd and Blake streets, just past Coors Field. Here’s my…
Although Denver Restaurant Week, which starts on February 26, is the real movable feast, two new kids on the restaurant block are offering major deals on Tuesday, February 22. El Diablo, which opened last August at 101 Broadway, is offering its second tequila dinner featuring Republic Tequila with founder Ken…
Kristen Stillman has a second chance at motherhood. A victim of horrific abuse for more than a dozen years — which resulted in her giving birth to four children before she was twenty, all fathered by her rapist — she’d been in court to testify against Eric Torrez, who wound…
Tart, pretentious, with a touch of bitterness. Comments have been pouring in regarding Laura Shunk’s post about wine scores — hooked to the Infinite Monkey Theorem’s recent 88 from Wine Spectator. Comments about wine scores, about Colorado wines in general, about Infinite Monkey in particular, about Laura Shunk — including…
Seven years ago, Westword introduced the MasterMind program, which every year awards cash prizes to five artists or arts institutions that are changing the cultural landscape of Denver. This week, we revealed the 2011 winners, who will be honored Saturday night at Artopia. The next creative class? Slam Nuba, Illiterate,…
Opinions are revving up in advance of today’s food-truck meeting at the Downtown Denver Partnership, where stakeholders — among them mobile food vendors, restaurant owners, downtown businesses, city agencies and neighborhood groups — will have a preliminary discussion of the role of food trucks in Denver, and whether regulations that…
Mayor Bill Vidal made some noise yesterday — without calling a press conference. It might have been hard to hear over the roaring of all those rescued lions (and the media hubbub), but his recording welcoming travelers to Denver is now live on the train at Denver International Airport. And…
After reading comments about hats, even ballcaps, being prohibited at the Tavern Downtown — which seemed ironic for a joint that had just been named Sports Bar of the Year by the national Nightclub & Bar — I contacted Frank Schultz, the founder of the Tavern Hospitality Group that owns…
As far as Brian Phetteplace can determine, the last time the city revised the rules for mobile food vendors — at least the rules as they applied to downtown — was back in 1996, long before anyone anticipated the current race of food trucks. And now, as the manager of…
The area around 26th Avenue and Federal Bouldevard is already the town’s best neighborhood for breakfast burritos: Jack-n-Grill is serving its $2 special; across the street, you can get a legendary to-go burrito through the Santiago’s drive-through, and around the corner, Araujo’s Restaurant is selling a decent 99 cent breakfast…
It’s patio weather this week, a rare winter opportunity to play hooky and the enjoy the sunshine while you’re eating at one of Snooze’s three metro locations (particularly the original Snooze, if you don’t mind watching the action at the Bumuda Triangle). Unless you’re S_lh, of course, who posted this…
Urban explorers are everywhere these days. They’re breaking into abandoned buildings like the Gates Rubber Company, where a teenage girl fell through the roof this past weekend and wound up badly injured. In steam and transportation tunnels under the city. At old missile silos. And definitely at what’s left of…
The city has just issued its revised Food Truck Guide — a new document that pulls together all the old rules that still regulate the operation of mobile food vendors in this city. Yes, some seem contradictory, others very outdated, as councilmembers acknowledged at a committee meeting three weeks ago,…
Some people thought this refashioned green chile looked delicious. Others, like WFK, did not: I can’t believe i am the first one to say that.. this is the absolute worst and unappealing looking dishes i have ever seen. Is this Willy Wonka’s take on a 5th grade birthday party? Please…
Denver is full of aesthetic entrepreneurs, artists and organizations that are changing the landscape of this city. Some of their efforts are so underground, though, that they’d have miles to go just to reach the grassroots…
