The Cantina has closed. Curt Sims and his wife, singer/chef Pam Savage, had opened the casual spot last spring, in the Golden Triangle space most recently occupied by the Hive. With the transition, the address returned to its roots: Sims owns the building, which long ago was the Denver Buffalo…
Hot dog! There will be a new entree on the protest menu today: a giant, blow-up puppy on a bun that Mercy for Animals will serve up at the edge of Larimer Square, one of this city’s hottest dining destinations, this morning, along with a banner asking this question: Why…
The rumor started over a year ago, and Voodoo Doughnut has finally rolled into town — with the location at 1520 East Colfax Avenueslated to open later this month. “We’re bringing the circus to town,” says Tres Shannon, who founded the Portland-based chain with Kenneth “Cat Daddy” Pogson. “And Denver…
When the Ballpark Neighborhood Association announces its “Neighbor of the Year” on November 13, it’s a cinch that Mayor Michael Hancock won’t be winning top honors. In fact, he’ll be lucky to get an invitation. The neighborhood group of residents and businesspeople around Coors Field have been trying to talk…
Nicole Millman, aka Nicole Sisneros, aka the Crazy Jesus Lady, has come back from the dead. Two years ago, when Occupy Denver was a couple of months into occupying Denver, a rumor spread that an occupier had died, succumbing to hypothermia while camped out in Civic Center Park. The rumor…
It’s been called the “sniff-test” proposal, “prudey-pants” ordinance and the Gladys Kravitz rule, in honor of that nosy neighbor from Bewitched. And even though Denver City Council, which faces considerable opposition from residents who don’t want the city interfering with what happens on their private property, dialed down the initial…
The first Gunther Toody’s in Denver is gone, and although there are still six more along the Front Range, the closing of this location at 4500 East Alameda opened the floodgates on a lot of memories. Bree Davies recalled how in the ’90s, she met her first love in this…
The Candlelight has been a ray of light on South Pearl Street for close to sixty years…but the original sign out front (above) was looking a little dim. So last month the owners, who bought the classic tavern fifteen years ago, started giving the Candlelight a facelift. See also: Sign…
Thump Coffee opened last week in Capitol Hill, and Cafe Society was there to take pictures of the place and talk with one of the owners, who brought the concept here from Portland. “We’re trying to educate people that coffee isn’t this burnt, pungent, bitter, harsh, carbon-y substance that a…
Two decades ago, Cherry Creek was the heart of Denver’s dining scene, with both tried-and-true favorites and inventive new restaurants all over the increasingly chi-chi neighborhood. Although this city’s food focus long ago shifted from that part of town, Gretchen Kurtz saw new signs of life at Harman’s eat &…
TheViewHousehas been a hit since it opened last March in the Ballpark neighborhood — but it took a hit early this morning, when a man who’d attended a Zombie rock concert there fell from the top deck onto some wooden scaffolding fourteen or so feet below. Let this be a…
Yesterday we published our Restaurant Roll Call for October, a compendium of all the openings and the closings on the scene over the last 31 days. Among the places that shuttered their doors was The Desk, a coffeehouse/shared workspace concept that closed last week in the former home of the…
The University of Colorado is not the only school to take a scary interest in what its students will be wearing for Halloween. Although CU’s memo urging students to avoid “inaccurate and hurtful portrayals of other people’s cultures” — including any hillbilly or ghetto outfits — has been roundly mocked…
If you’ve been to The Pullman, Mark Fischer’s acclaimed restaurant in Glenwood Springs, you might notice the similarities between that spot and Harman’s eat + drink, which Fischer opened in Cherry Creek North this summer, in the former home of Phat Thai. “Honestly,” says executive chef John Little, the concepts…
Is Denver dining turning into a scene that’s all about pizza and beer? That’s what yesterday’s Comment of the Day suggested, and whether or not the original remark was made in jest, Cafe Society readers responded seriously, with a strong defense of the scene — and many suggestions of worthwhile…
The lights were on but no one was home last night at the Wahoo’s Fish Taco at 1521 Blake Street, the first Colorado location opened by the California-based chain. “After 18 plus years, Wahoo’s on Blake Street will be serving its last guest on Saturday, October 26,” reads a sign…
Denver has New Haven-style pizza, New York-style pizza, Chicago-style pizza, California-style pizza and now St. Louis-style pizza. And if you’re willing to go to Telluride, you can even get Detroit-style pizza. But isn’t there more to this dining scene than pizza? And imported pizza at that? See also: Denver almost…
St. Louis-style pizza isn’t the only foreign flavor invading this city. Denver is also being infiltrated by businesses from Oregon, most recently Thump Coffee, a mini-coffeehouse chain that just opened its first location outside of Oregon on East 13th Avenue, in the heart of Colorado’s Capitol Hill. See also: First…
Denver International Airport has an out-of-this-world art collection — literally, if you believe the people who think some of the pieces speak to the Martians that inhabit those underground tunnels, or predict the coming of the New World Order, or simply signify hell on earth — in the form of…
Last week Mutiny Information Cafe unveiled its new mural highlighting the characters of Broadway. But this is far from the only tasty mural on the side of a local watering hole. At Highland Tavern, an outside wall boasts Rosie the Riveter urging you to drink Pabst. But is that co-opting…
Are these the kinds of drinking companions you crave? Then you’re going to love Watering Bowl, the very dog-friendly bar that could finally open this weekend at 5411 Leetsdale Drive. But according to one reader, dog lovers might find another kind of love here. See also: Watering Bowl, “your best…
We’ve all heard of Chicago-style deep-dish pie and a New York slice — but St. Louis pizza? That’s what Marc Kak says that he and his partners, wife Stacy and Matt Leiss, are bringing to Denver with Arch Pizza, which just opened on just East Colfax Avenue and will soon…
