While September witnessed a score of new restaurant and bar openings, the big news was the closings — some expected, some not. The original Las Delicias shuttered its doors at the corner of Pearl and East 19th Avenue — but promises to return early next year after a big remodeling…
This past weekend Pueblo hosted its 21st annual Chiles and Frijoles Festival, which celebrates the bounty of Colorado’s farms — and the great chiles grown there. Farmers brought in Pueblo, or Mirasol, chiles; Anaheims and Big Jims; scorching Dynamite and lesser-known varieties like Mosco and Marconi — and there wasn’t…
The Alamo Drafthouse was buzzing yesterday with the appearance of legendary comedian Jack Black on the red carpet, alongside Goosebumps co-stars Odeya Rush, Dylan Minnette and Ryan Lee. The film, based on the beloved ’90s kids’ horror-book series, opens in theaters October 16 — but will kick off the Mile…
Tomorrow we’ll publish our Restaurant Roll Call for September, compendium of all the openings and closings around town. And there were plenty of closings — some expected, some not. The original Las Delicias shuttered its doors, but promises to return to its Uptown home next spring after a big remodeling…
Boulder duo Dominic Lalli and Jeremy Salken, who make up the band Big Gigantic, played their fourth Rowdytown show at Red Rocks over the weekend. As usual, the group brought a particularly impressive light show. Photographer Brandon Marshall was there to capture the scene. Check out a few highlights below,…
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 Cannibal Ox$13/$15 9 p.m. Cervantes’ Other Side TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 Queensrÿche$32.50-$89.50 7:30 p.m. Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre Purity Ring$25 8 p.m. Boulder Theater Shannon & the Clams$10 9 p.m. Larimer Lounge WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 A$AP Rocky$45 7 p.m. Red Rocks Amphitheatre KRS-ONE$20/$25 9 p.m. Cervantes’ Other Side Calexico$25…
Tom+Chee, a fast-casual concept that takes its name from the tomato soup-and-cheese sandwich combo we all loved as kids, got a big boost when it was featured on Shark Tank in 2013; the chain now has more than forty locations across the country, and just opened its first Colorado spot last…
There will be plenty of craft beers consumed at the Great American Beer Festival tonight, but the festivities end at 10 p.m., which means that thousands of buzzed and hungry beer drinkers will spill out onto the streets looking for good eats. Pinche Taqueria has planned ahead: While the the…
They were some of the hottest tickets in town. But for medical reasons, the Dalai Lama will not be coming to Boulder for a series of scheduled programs on October 20 and October 21, or attending any of his planned events in the United States next month. Today the Tibetan Association…
This weekend’s concert calendar includes a couple good festivals: Life’s a Beach at 3 Kings Tavern and the Larimer Block Party in RiNo. Elsewhere, Big Gigantic returns to Red Rocks, Def Leppard and Styx co-headline the Pepsi Center and more. See the full list of our picks below. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER…
When Gretchen Kurtz visited Baur’s Restaurant and Listening Lounge, the hostess asked if she planned to stay for the music that night, because the band could get loud. And so could the band’s sound check, Kurtz notes in this week’s review of Baur’s, where she discusses the challenges of trying…
Barbecue and beer: Everyone has opinions about those. But while people uniformly praise Colorado craft beers, opinions of this state’s barbecue offerings are much more mixed. Last week we served up our updated list of the Ten Best Barbecue Joints in Denver, which includes Brewshine — a place that happens…
Michigan native Ryan Leinonen had worked the burners in several restaurants in Boulder and Denver — including The Kitchen and Q’s (now Spruce), as well as Colt & Gray and Root Down — when he decided to strike out on his own, drawing knowledge from his experience and inspiration from…
Denver’s being invaded by craft-beer lovers coming to town for this weekend’s Great American Beer Festival — or, if they couldn’t get tickets, the many beery events connected with GABF. But there’s another sudsy holiday already being celebrated all along the Front Range and in the mountains: Oktoberfest. And if…
Since the passage of Amendment 64 in November 2012, Colorado has been in the forefront of regulating the use of marijuana, both for medical and for recreational purposes – and Colorado State University’s library archive has begun collecting materials related to this historic event. “The Amendment 64 Collection is focused…
As we celebrated tacos last week, we reported that the fried taco — a particularly juicy, greasy concoction glued together with melted American cheese — was created decades ago in Denver, and lives on at Mexico City Lounge and El Toro. But Nick has another version of the story: In…
The Jolly Roger flew over E.B. Rains Park on Saturday for the inaugural Northglenn Pirate Fest, a local nod to Talk Like a Pirate Day that included live music and circus performances, a cardboard-boat regatta, and — what else? — a Talk Like a Pirate contest. Photographer Ken Hamblin was…
There was a guy in tights and a wrestling mask; there were Mexican dancers in traditional costumes; there were cooks and chefs and bakers and ice-cream makers; but mostly there were hundreds of Denverites out in the gorgeous September sun enjoying food and drinks from more than forty metro area…
Another Westword DISH is in the books: hundreds of hungry Denverites feasted at the 21st annual food and beverage extravaganza yesterday at Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. This year featured Tacolandia, a celebration of some of the city’s top tacos, enhanced with Mexican folk dancers, margarita samples…
It’s another good week for music in Denver — be sure to catch the 303 Choir with Danielle Ate the Sandwich at the King Center tonight. Elsewhere, Best Coast plays the Bluebird, Kraftwerk at Ellie Caulkins and more. See the rest of our picks below. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 Best Coast…
After we served up our summer 2015 edition of the Ten Best Barbecue Joints in Denver, readers quickly weighed in: Where was Golden’s Tin Star? Longmont’s Georgia Boys? Or Jabo’s, which had made the summer 2014 list? And then there’s Robert, who thinks Denver doesn’t have any good ‘cue. Responds Martin: I…
Henry’s Tavern got a jump on its September 22 grand opening when the restaurant on the ground floor of the Denver Pavilions, facing the 16th Street Mall, had a soft opening on Wednesday. The Henry’s chain was founded in Portland, Oregon, in the original powerhouse of the defunct Blitz-Weinhard Brewery…
