The restaurant scene is exploding at the edge of Highland — where LoHi SteakBar and Squeaky Bean joined the lineup last summer, and Highland Tap and Burger will soon open in the former home of Aztec Sol and Panaderia Guadalajara, at 2223 West 32nd Avenue. But the scene is just…
In late August 2009, Jane Norton had not yet entered the U.S. Senate race — although her anointment by Republic Party powers was imminent. Former Congressman Bob Beauprez had just announced that he’d decided against a run. That seemed to leave just Aurora City Councilman Ryan Frazier, since reports had…
If you’re a Democrat who hasn’t voted yet, you might want to digest where some of the candidates are throwing their primary-night parties before you give them your support. In the down-and-dirty Senate race, Andrew Romanoff will be at City Hall, 1144 Broadway, while Michael Bennet will be at Mile…
Business has been hot at Saigon Landing, which opened last November in Greenwood Village, but no one wanted it this hot: Late Sunday, the building at 6585 Greenwood Plaza Boulevard caught fire — firefighters suspect lightning — and was heavily damaged…
Free happy-hour feeds have long seemed the stuff of distant memory. But suddenly, what’s old is new again at Casselman’s Bar and Venue, which just introduced Tacos Tuesday — complete with a free ground-beef taco bar “from 6 p.m. till they’re gone.”…
Since January 1, 82,000 unaffiliated Colorado voters have switched their registration to an official party — most allying with the Republicans. But that leaves over 750,000 unaffiliated voters who still have a chance to affiliate with a party today…
Zeke Emanuel admits he has no qualifications to review food, and that he’s writing about restaurants for the Atlantic’s website only because he “argued with Corby Kummer about the merits of molecular gastronomy and Alice Waters’ cooking.” Still, Emanuel knows what he doesn’t like — and he really didn’t like…
Cafe Society served up five Guess where? contests this week, featuring everything from this very scary slice of watermelon served at a still-unidentified restaurant to a surprising cheesesteak at Den Deli to an incredible breakfast sandwich. For correctly pegging that to the Crushery, Jim Rome wins a DINR deck…
A third of Denver’s 423,622 registered voters didn’t get mail-in ballots for tomorrow’s primary — not because of any postal snafu, but because these voters are officially registered as unaffiliated, and ballots only went to voters registered with parties that have contested races. Very contested races, as Michael Bennet v…
Once a year, the weekly Channel 12 roundtable Colorado Inside Out takes a trip back to the past on a time-machine show, with the panelists (of which I am one) all playing historic figures taking about the events of the day. And not only are these shows big favorites with…
If you thought Michael Bennet’s Regal Cinema deal for Philip Anschutz was complicated, just try to wrap your brain around the Denver Public Schools financing deal he arranged in 2008. The New York Times did, and just published “Exotic Deals Put Denver Schools Deeper in Debt.” Here’s the start of…
I love the history of Denver — even though I lost a large slice of my personal view of the past when Denver’s Landmark Commission allowed the destruction of the oldest building on my historic block, which has been replaced by a huge, modern structure going up on the very…
Highland Tap and Burger didn’t just take over the space that once held Panaderia Guadalajara. It’s also swallowed up the spot next door at 2223 West 32nd Avenue that had been occupied by Aztec Sol. The tequila bar had a selection of tequila as impressive as the setting was modest…
Representative Wes McKinley was standing on the steps of the State Capitol yesterday, discussing the discovery of “breathable particles of plutonium” near the now-defunct Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant, when hundreds of bicyclists and a whirring helicopter drowned out the revelations. Calling Dan Maes!…
While SmartCo continues its march towards domination in southeastern metro Denver (with yet another store, SmartCo’s fifth, opening today in Littleton), northwest Denver is finally getting a new grocery store: Colorado Ranch Market, with a ribbon-cutting at 10 a.m. today at 4860 Pecos Street. That’s right in the heart of…
Bernie’s Hot Dog Co., at 1601 Mayberry Drive in Highlands Ranch, is named after the pet beagle of owner Joe Zemla. But Bernie himself is on the lam. “This past Friday night, Bernie went missing and he has not come home as I write this e-mail,” Zemla says. “Our family,…
The Libertarian Party — which got its start in Colorado close to forty years ago — has two candidates for governor in the upcoming primary. But you don’t hear David K. Williams, chair of the Libertarian Party of Colorado, whining about Tom Tancredo entering the race as a third-party candidate…
Breckenridge Brewery is marking its twentieth anniversary by making an exclusive gift to local Old Chicago locations: Buddha’s Hand Witbier. The beer, brewed in the Belgian tradition with an American twist, will be released at a special party at all Colorado Old Chicago locations at 6 p.m. tomorrow — and…
A third of Colorado’s registered voters haven’t gotten their ballots for the August 10 primary — because they’re officially registered as unaffiliated, and only voters affiliated with parties that have contested races get to vote in the primary. But that also means independent voters have a real chance to be…
Diego Zhang’s Burger Cafe invites you to “taste the adventure,” but there’s one less place where you can do that. The owners — who just took third place in a business-plan competition — have closed their outpost at 12073 East Arapahoe Road and are focusing on their store at 6851…
RESTAURANTS/VENUES OPENING IN JULY * Applebee’s (re-opening after remodel), 410 South Colorado Boulevard, Glendale Aviano Coffee, 3031 East Second Avenue Bites, 2796 South Broadway…
Just six weeks ago, Kevin Foote was opening his third BenchWarmers Tavern & Grill in a month, and offering this explanation of the origins of his mini-chain: “I was at a Colorado Avalanche game one evening with friends. We overheard some of the fans complaining about how cold they were…
