The riot of shepherds and reindeer and snowmen and candy canes and an oddly large cow, not to mention Jesus, Mary and Joseph, appears on the steps of the City & County Building every November, and protests inevitably follow. But Scrooges miss the real question: Why is Denver’s Nativity scene…
The Mayan Theatre marks its eightieth birthday tonight — and the survival of the art deco theater is indeed something to celebrate. There were times when it didn’t seem like the Mayan would make it to the millennium, much less become the city’s premier arthouse — complete with a bar!…
Aaron Youngblood, exec chef at Dixons Downtown Grill (read his recent Chef and Tell interview here), is cooking up a series of $9.99 comfort-food specials at the restaurant at 1610 16th Street. Last night, the deal debuted with chicken pot pie. Tonight’s special is beef brisket; stuffed meatloaf is on…
By now, Kate Hume thought she’d really be cooking at Stir, the recreational cooking school tucked into a storefront at 3215 Zuni Street. But then a city inspector didn’t show the day before Thanksgiving, and so Stir didn’t open this past weekend…
CLEAR is back in business at Denver International Airport, helping ease travelers through the trauma of those invasive security procedures for just $179 a year. And who — besides the prudy-pants traveler — benefits? How about former Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff, a fan of the full-body scan who’s now…
If you go hog wild for Hog Wild BBQ, you’re going to need to drive to Fort Collins to get your fix. The shop, at 2103 South Broadway, has closed — a victim of the City of Denver’s plan to widen Evans. Owners Chris and Katie Robinson, who moved to…
The traffic jam on northbound I-25 started south of Pueblo. There was only one logical course of action: to brake for a slopper at Gray’s Coors Tavern, at 515 West Fourth in Pueblo. This bar has had only two owners since it became Johnny’s Coors Tavern in 1934 (and it…
Cafe Society served up four Guess Where contests last week, ranging from a still-unidentified disaster (perhaps people are too embarrassed to admit they recognize it) to delicious, pre-Thanksgiving tater tots at Table 6, to this plate of tacos. For correctly identifying the the dish as belonging to El Camino, Steve…
The Republican Study Committee of Colorado will hold a summit on illegal immigration at the Capitol today, with an agenda packed with heavyweight speakers and issues (violence, “competitive challenges for businesses”) — but no mention of the man who’s kept the discussion of illegal immigration going in this state: Tom…
After a few days of preview parties and events, Ototo Food and Wine Bar will be opening for dinner at 4:30 p.m. today, with lunch joining the lineup on December 13. The former Den Deli space at 1501 South Pearl Street has a sleek new look and a menu to…
Phil Anschutz, labeled “one of the most secretive moguls in America” by Forbes, nevertheless was the focus of a major profile in the business magazine recently — even if the author never got to interview Anschutz himself…
Procrastinating travelers who had no time to shop for supplies on their way to grandmother’s house for Thanksgiving dinner were in luck if they were driving Interstate 10 through southeastern Arizona. Dwayne’s Fresh Jerky, a stop just off the road at Bowie, was selling both turkey jerky and dried cranberries…
When Michelle Malkin moved to Colorado, Ken Salazar still represented this state in the U.S. Senate. But then Salazar left what would have been a safe seat (judging from Michael Bennet’s victory over Ken Buck) to become Barack Obama’s Secretary of the Interior — a much more dangerous spot, where…
It was just a week ago that former congressman and presidential/gubernatorial candidate Tom Tancredo and “Ask a Mexican” columnist Gustavo Arellano debated immigration in front of a packed house in Denver. And the fun’s not over yet…
Gustavo Arellano, the author of Ask a Mexican, is an expert on many topics — including the evolution of Mexican restaurants in this country. And before his recent visit to Denver, he’d never before encountered what we consider a mainstay in this city: the Mexican hamburger…
After just six months, Leo Goto has closed his Riverfront restaurant and event facility. Goto had taken over the 12,000-square-foot, former Riverfront Events Center at 2852 West Bowles Avenue in Littleton this spring. “It’s a great location, and there’s potential to do a lot of business here,” he said at…
For this year’s Thanksgiving travels, I will not need to carefully plan my wardrobe. I will not need to leave my sequined skirt in the closet, stash my underwire bra in my suitcase, wear a decent T-shirt under my jacket, slip into slip-on shoes, and remove every piece of metal…
Tom Tancredo suddenly found himself with a lot of free time earlier this month. When the five-term Colorado congressman ran for president of the United States on a single platform — illegal immigration — he’d called it his last political act. But then on August 1, 2010, Tancredo became a…
Bad enough when the real health inspector drops by a restaurant — but a phony inspector? That’s enough to get your temperature rising far above what’s considered safe for the storage of food. Over the weekend, the Colorado Department of Public Safety sent word of a phony inspector scam:…
Kristen Stillman, whose story Westword first told back in the September article “Kristen Stillman puts her family first: That’s why she’s letting her four kids go,” was sitting with her twin brother Will at a local Denny’s yesterday, making the kind of plans for their future that they could never…
Cafe Society served up five Guess Where contests last week, including everything from a lucious piece of chocolate cake to rotisserie chcken at Cherry Creek Grill to this green curry. For correctly identifying its source as ChoLon Modern Asian Bistro, Jane D wins an EatDenver deck…
After numerous delays, Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill finally opened this week. But before you scoot your boots over to the Shops at Northfield Stapleton to check out this giant country club, print out a copy of this I Love This Bar bingo game (courtesy of our…
