The storefront space at 15th and Champa streets that once held Champa Street Liquors, next to Shag Lounge, for many months wore a sign promising that it would become a second location of Beirut Grill. But that restaurant never materialized. And now, two years later, the spot has a brand-new…
The stretch of I-70 that crosses north Denver is a rough ride — and the reputation of that 1.2 mile patch of pavement — and plans for its replacement — will get roughed up even further today, at the North Metro Denver Citizen’s Transportation Summit. The Colorado Department of Transportation…
After four years, Waffle Brothers will be closing its original location at 393 Corona Street at the end of service Sunday, and moving to a bigger spot a few blocks away. But while that space is being renovated, you’ll still be able to get your fix: The Waffle Brothers Pub…
Today is Dining Out for Life, and more than 250 metro area restaurants are participating in the fundraiser for Project Angel Heart, donating 25 percent of their food sales to the non-profit that provides life-sustaining meals for those suffering from life-threatening illnesses. The restaurant where we ate this Caesar salad…
Manners don’t seem to improve with age. Since Sean Kenyon offered his list of the “Ten rudest things servers and bartenders do to guests to make them wish they’d never come in” two years ago, restaurant behavior has not improved, judging from the comments posted after we reheated and served…
“Want to provoke a fight? Just start a discussion of where to find the best pizza in town.” That was the intro to yesterday’s list of the twelve best pizzas in Denver, and the fight got off to a fast start, with readers serving up many other favorites: Proto’s. Pizza…
Just in time for Earth Day, PETA has released the finalists in its PETA’s Sexiest Vegan Next Door 2014 contest, and Jeb Brovsky, a 25-year-old Lakewood resident — when he’s not playing soccer for the Montréal Impact of Major League Soccer — is one of ten male finalists. “I am…
LYFE Kitchen — the acronym stands for “Love Your Food Everyday” — is a national chain that opened its first store last year in Chicago, but plans to add 250 locations across the country over the next five years. One of them will be in Park Meadows Mall, where a…
Matt Stein specializes in gourmet waffle sandwiches at Bruxie, but he’s obsessed with cheeseburgers. “My ongoing discussion obsession with my partners about who makes the best burger was charming four years ago,” he says in this week’s Chef and Tell. “But who knew that it could go on as long…
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. If you haven’t made your Easter plans, it’s not too late to get out of the house and bend an elbow, if not a knee. Although you won’t find a lavish brunch spread here, the proprietors want you to know that the…
Just in time for 4/20, a third Sexy Pizza has opened in Denver — this one in Jefferson Park, at 2460 Elliott Street, right across the street from the new Jefferson Park Pub and what will one day be the home of Brian Laird’s Sarto. See also:Kayvan Khalatbari bankrolls comedy…
Reaction to the news that Noboru Muraishi has closed Oshima Ramen, the very authentic Japanese noodle bar that Jason Sheehan raved about in “Finding My Religion,” has been swift, with diners wondering where they will get their ramen now — and hold the dirt. See also: After fourteen years, Noboru…
On April 12, 1864, Black Hawk became the second city in Colorado to be incorporated — three years behind Denver and just a few hours ahead of Central City, the booming mining town up Gregory Gulch. But Black Hawk is the boom town today — thanks not just to its…
Ka-ching. Coloradans could vote on at least three new gambling proposals this November, including one that would allow Kiowa County to host a single casino. That proposal’s boosters want legislators to put a measure on the November ballot asking voters statewide to authorize casino gambling in the parched — both…
On April 12, 1864, Black Hawk became the second city in Colorado to be incorporated — three years behind Denver and just a few hours ahead of Central City, the booming mining town up Gregory Gulch. But Black Hawk is the boom town today — thanks not just to its…
Dos Casas, the fundraising dinner featuring some of the town’s top chefs at Lola tonight, is almost completely sold out, but if you work fast, you may be able to grab a seat at the bar or that last-four-top and enjoy good food for a very good cause. “Brent’s Place,…
Dave Philipps, an investigative reporter for the Gazette in Colorado Springs, just won the Pulitzer Prize in National Reporting for “Other Than Honorable,” his three-day investigative series that examined how soldiers injured during war were being discharged without benefits. Philipps wasn’t in the newsroom when the announcement of the Pulitzers…
The city wants to make sure that no one lights up at Civic Center Park this weekend, but you will be able to drink — as long as you’re in the McNichols Building. As our Latest Word blog reported yesterday, Miguel Lopez, organizer of the 4/20 rally, submitted a special-permit…
After Mark Antonation reached the end of the Federal line with a stop at Viva Burrito, a reader weighed in with the best time to eat at Viva Burrito — when you’re drunk and without shame. Which prompted many other suggestions of the best places to eat when you’re drunk…
Just a few days after the Archive Room closed in Olde Town Arvada, the Bar-On family took on the space, which was right across from an Udi’s Pizza Cafe & Bar, one of nine restaurants in the family’s homegrown empire. But for the new space, they chose a new concept:…
The forecast is sunny, at least for tomorrow, so diners all over Denver are already making plans for brunch, this city’s favorite meal. After the Best of Denver 2014, in which we named Fooducopia the Best Brunch, we served up our list of the dozen best brunch spots in Denver…
A black hole at 2200 South Broadway has swallowed another restaurant: an outpost of Zocalo. The building that was once home to Mr. Steak has housed a succession of unsuccessful spots over the last decade, and the news of yet another closure prompted one reader to suggest that it’s time…
