Denver Police Department Offense Report No: 07-5003857 Date: 3-02-07 Type of Offense: Theft Location of Offense: Armida’s, 840 Lincoln Street Loss: $300 25-year-old victim reports: “I was at Armida’s for Karaoke night. My purse was on the table with my wallet and cash inside it. Some guy tried flirting with…

Tyrie is the best The Real World has to offer. It’s been a while since I last picked apart the travesty that is The Real World: Denver. And although it can be argued — and rightfully so — that I’ve been shirking my responsibilities, I’m blaming MTV. I mean, come…

If there were video footage of myself dancing with the young Guatemalteca in that sweaty, dingy club in Coban, Guatemala, it would look something like this: Adam approaches said young Maya, asks her to dance; young Maya reluctantly agrees. Adam swills heavily from beer one final time for a little…

Evil comes in many forms, and often isn’t identified until it’s infiltrated a community. But if a community is prepared for evil’s unpredictable appearances, good can often triumph — or at least stop evil dead in its tracks, making recovery easier. Bryan Krause knows all about evil. He’s the principal…

Fruition, which opened last month in the former Somethin’ Else space on Sixth Avenue, opted out of Denver Restaurant Week because owners Paul Attardi and Alex Seidel wisely decided that the crushing DRW scrum might be tough on such a new place. Still, it’s doing a respectable business this week…

A special report by Amy Haimerl Ugly Americans. That’s the only way to describe the party that was celebrating a fiftieth birthday at Bistro Vendome last night. Of course, if we’d really been sitting on the patio of a Parisian bistro, we’d be saying “Ugly Americans” with an accent and…

I know, I know… this is twice in one week that I’m making fun of the New York Times (see “$115,000 Worth of Pointless Revenge” a few blogs below for my first shot at the Old Gray Lady), but I just couldn’t let this one go without a comment. In…

We’re midway through Denver Restaurant Week, and reports are coming in. Restaurant Kevin Taylor? Full to capacity. Barolo Grill? Booked solid. Luca d’Italia? Ditto. Owner Frank Bonanno (above) has said that he couldn’t find a table for even his mother if she were to wander into Mizuna one night this…

I’d been visiting this stretch for years, following chefs and menus and openings and closings in the rich yuppie/college kid/soccer-mom microcosm of South Gaylord Street. Baked goods, sushi, cheeseburgers, tacos, cold beers, warm sake, expensive wine. There was already plenty to do and plenty to eat. To me, Reiver’s was…

Offense Report No: 07-84105 Date: 2-07-07 Type of Offense: Trespass Location of Offense: Parkway Center Apartments, Golden Triangle Type of Premises: Apartment building Suspect: A 30-year-old male wearing a black leather jacket and blue jeans. Officer R. Koenigsfeld reports: “Investigation disclosed on the listed date [at 10:50 pm], the victim…

Big-time international restaurant owner Jeffrey Chodorow — who owns a couple dozen name joints in New York, Vegas and elsewhere, but who you may remember as Rocco DiSpirito’s money guy from that unconscionably awful reality show The Restaurant — got his name in the papers again last week. This time,…

If you are where you eat, a lot of people are Benny’s, since the Denver institution is usually packed with fans, including Leslie Fry, who offers this: Benny’s is my all-time favorite Denver restaurant. I have been there with family, friends, boyfriends, blind dates, out-of-towners, foreigners, children, grandparents, co-workers and…

Here’s Kate’s take on the quintessential Denver restaurant: It would have to be My Brother’s Bar at 15th and Platte. My stepdad has been taking me there since I was six and we would play “I Spy” while waiting for our gooey JCBs; he’d sometimes let me have a sip…