The marketing mavens behind makingcolorado.gov, the state’s rebranding campaign, quickly realized they needed to emphasize altitude. Colorado is “king of the mountains,” points out Aaron Kennedy, the state’s chief marketing officer. Still, pushing altitude also created another dilemma: They didn’t want a logo-slogan combo that might confuse being in the…
Tamayo, the modern Mex restaurant that Richard Sandoval opened on the edge of Larimer Square a dozen years ago, wasn’t looking so modern last winter. That’s when the internationally renowned restaurateur put a million bucks into an update of the space. In her current review, Gretchen Kurtz suggests that Tamayo’s…
The “Peak.” That’s what Colorado’s new logo has been dubbed — officially, at least. But plenty of people have their own, unofficial nicknames for the green-and-white triangle introduced yesterday by brandcolorado.gov as the state’s next brand. When we reported yesterday on the new slogan, “It’s our nature,” readers also weighed…
The nose knows. You walk into a room, and instantly a smell connects you to a memory. And when that smell is connected to food, it’s often a family memory. “Smell is such a powerful sense, and it lives in the base of your neck, where all your memories are…
Fast-food workers struck around the globe yesterday, including at two Denver-area McDonald’s locations, demanding an increase in the minimum wage — to $15 an hour in this country. Do fast-food workers deserve $15 an hour? With Labor Day looming, more than a hundred readers weighed in on that question yesterday…
Here in Colorado, it’s in our nature to fight for the state we love — and to get quite cranky when we see something that we don’t think does this state justice. For the past year, Colorado chief marketing officer Aaron Kennedy has led an-all Colorado crew on what’s billed…
For the most recent Chef and Tell, Lori Midson talked with Marty Steinke, the executive chef at Linger. That interview inspired a lot more talk — about Steinke himself, about whether talent in Denver is overrated, and whether the title “chef” is tossed around too casually these days. See also:…
The current Chef and Tell interview with Marty Steinke, exec chef at Linger, has people talking all over town. Some of the talk is about Linger, but most of it was inspired by Steinke’s comment that the “talent pool in Denver is so overrated.” See the Chef and Tell interview…
The 1500 block of Platte Street is quiet this morning, with regulars stopping by Paris on the Platte after exercising in Confluence Park and neighbors running in to grab coffee on their way to work. The scene is quite a contrast to the action on Wednesday night, when the roof…
At least ten new craft brewers hope to open their doors in the metro area before the Great American Beer Festival kicks off on October 11 — eight within Denver city limits alone. And there are many more to come, with plans for breweries up and down the Front Range…
Quick — buy state senator Vicki Marble a copy of Adrian Miller’s Soul Food: The Surprising Story of An American Cuisine, One Plate at a Time. In his new book, Denverite Miller, an attorney and politico, tells the history of how soul food evolved, corrects plenty of misconceptions about the…
When Colorado’s new brand is introduced next week, it will have a brand-spanking new tag line to go with it. Last month makingcolorado.com, the website that’s been collecting input and keeping people posted on the project’s progress, listed two possibilities that sounded like Cialis ads: “Rise” and “Ever Upwards.” Those…
Platte Street is becoming a hot restaurant neighborhood — too hot last night, when a fire broke out on the roof of the Paris on the Platte bar. But one of the benefits of a hot neighborhood is neighbors: They spotted the blaze, and called the fire department. And the…
DISH, our annual celebration of the Denver dining scene, will fill Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex on Sunday, September 22. The event has evolved over the years — just as Denver’s restaurants have evolved. In delicious anticipation of DISH 2013, we’ve been looking back at many of…
When you Google “Colorado Flag” and see crocheted hats, beer-can coolers, tie-dyed T-shirts and incredible tattoos, all bearing the image of that golden sun and the big red C, you’re at first impressed by Colorado’s endless creativity. And then, when you search more and find Sons of the Confederate decals…
Just about every day, Cafe Society posts a mystery dish/drink ordered somewhere in the metro area, and asks readers to guess where we’re eating; every Monday we award one of the previous week’s winning answers an EatDenver deck. And the guesses have been coming out of the circa ’70s woodwork…
Ten northeastern counties are considering seceding from Colorado to protest the state’s perceived snub of rural affairs. Cheyenne County (population 1876, appropriately enough) was the first to put the proposal on its November ballot; Segwick, Yuma, Weld and Phillips have since joined those counties that might no longer want to…
From the dark days of two years ago, when the Colorado Symphony Orchestra was facing big losses and worse morale, the situation keeps getting brighter, with innovative programming attracting more support — and expanded audiences. And this morning the spotlight will shine on the CSO’s new music director: conductor Andrew…
Adrian Miller wrote the book on soul food — even though while he was growing up in the Denver suburbs, there weren’t many places he could get soul food beyond his own kitchen. But while there still aren’t many soul-food restaurants in Denver, there are at least five that Miller…
The Broncos may have taken a beating in that preseason game in Seattle Saturday night, but the team’s Executive Vice President of Football Operations still has fans across the country. Here’s proof — an artistic endorsement of the sixteen-year team veteran and Hall of Famer that seems better suited to…
In one of the more interesting real-estate deals of the last few years, the Breckenridge-Wynkoop group swapped property — and cash — with the brothers behind Sushi Den and Izakaya Den, taking on the Izakaya space at 1518 South Pearl in exchange for giving up the Pearl Street Grill at…
Growing up in the suburbs of Denver, Adrian Miller didn’t see a lot of soul food at nearby restaurants — but he did see it on his family’s table every holiday. His culinary obsession, though, was barbecue (he’s a certified judge) until he stumbled across John Egerton’s book Southern Food:…
