Denver will lose a dining mainstay when Le Central closes its doors this weekend; owner Robert Tournier, who opened “the affordable French restaurant” in 1980, got an offer too good to refuse on his place at Eighth and Lincoln, so he’s sold the building and is retiring. Since he announced…
On Sunday, September 20, Westword will host DISH, its twenty-first annual celebration of the Denver dining and drinking scene. More than forty favorite restaurants of Westword food writers and readers will be sampling delectable dishes at DISH, including Rosenberg’s Bagels and Delicatessen. Since it opened in Five Points last summer, Rosenberg’s…
Ototo, the “little brother” in the Sushi Den and Isakaya Den family from Toshi and Yasu Kizaki, closed on the first day of 2012, but reopened this week with an updated look and menu. The Kizaki brothers are doing a three-week, reservations-only test run before rolling out the full menu…
On Sunday, September 20, Westword will host DISH, its 21st annual celebration of the Denver dining and drinking scene. More than forty favorite restaurants of Westword food writers and readers will be offering samples of delectable dishes at DISH, including Americatus New-World Italian, which Ian Chisholm opened in the summer of…
On Sunday, September 20, Westword will host DISH, its 21st annual celebration of the Denver dining and drinking scene. More than forty favorite restaurants of Westword food writers and readers will be offering samples of delectable dishes at DISH; The Kitchen Next Door Union Station will be bringing bacon-wrapped Medjool…
Before there was brunch, there was breakfast — and Pete’s Kitchen was serving it morning, noon and night. The classic diner on East Colfax was already decades old when Pete Contos acquired it, and turned it into the flagship in his fleet of Greek restaurants. And Pete’s Kitchen, which Lauren…
On Sunday, September 20, Westword will host DISH, its twenty-first annual celebration of the Denver dining and drinking scene. More than forty favorite restaurants of Westword food writers and readers will be sampling delectable dishes at DISH; crowd-pleaser Patxi’s Pizza qwill return, bringing meatballs and deep-dish pizza. Patxi’s got its start…
LA Weekly film critic Amy Nicholson found out first-hand that Michael Shannon is a pretty stern Monopoly player during a recent game with the actor, who portrays a tortured Orlando real-estate baron in the upcoming 99 Homes. Nicholson and Village Voice film editor Alan Scherstuhl open this week’s Voice Film…
While Illegal Pete’s just celebrated its twentieth anniversary, another Denver taco spot, Moontower Tacos, has called it quits after two and a half years. Says Ruben: They were just one of the good taco spots in Denver. I liked them because of their breakfast tacos, but found myself going to places…
On September 16, and September 16 alone, the state will not collect the 15 percent retail marijuana excise tax — a tax holiday that could reduce state revenues by as much as $3.7 million, but greatly increase the happiness of Colorado’s cannabis consumers. When Amendment 64 passed, Governor John Hickenlooper…
On Sunday, September 20, Westword will host DISH, its 21st annual celebration of the Denver dining and drinking scene. More than forty favorite restaurants of Westword food writers and readers will be sampling delectable dishes at DISH. Milk & Cake will bring several kinds of cupcakes, including red velvet, pumpkin spice and chocolate salted…
On Sunday, September 20, Westword will host DISH, its twenty-first annual celebration of the Denver dining and drinking scene. More than forty favorite restaurants of Westword food writers and readers will be sampling delectable dishes at DISH, including Chuey Fu’s. Joe Knoblich will be pulling his truck right up to DISH,…
The local anime and fantasy convention Nan Desu Kan moved to downtown Denver in 2015, bringing some of the region’s most stunning cosplayers along to strut their stuff onstage and on the 16th Street Mall. Danielle Lirette brought back these images of the con’s ongoing costume show. Now see the…
Last week we reported on the upcoming MassRoots Munchie Crawl, a variation on the popular pub-crawl concept that “will take a group of stoners to a string of locations along Broadway.” While some readers applauded the move, one did not approve of our choice of nouns. Says Cr Del: So,…
It’s been almost eleven months since a fire closed the Denver Diner, a fifty-year-old Denver institution that George Skordas has owned for almost half of its life. Since the blaze, this classic coffee shop/late-night hangout at 740 West Colfax Avenue has been kept under wraps while it undergoes not just repairs, but…
On Sunday, September 21, Westword will host DISH, our twenty-first annual celebration of Denver’s dining and drinking scene. More than forty favorite restaurants of Westword writers and readers will be sampling dishes at DISH; Angelo’s Taverna will be back with a selection of oysters. Angelo’s will be offering raw East…
On Sunday, September 20, Westword will host DISH, its twenty-first annual celebration of the Denver dining and drinking scene. More than forty favorite restaurants of Westword food writers and readers will be sampling delectable dishes at DISH; City, O’ City, always a big draw, will be serving Thai tempeh cabbage rolls. The…
On Sunday, September 20, Westword will host DISH, its twenty-first annual celebration of the Denver dining scene, in Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, where more than forty favorite restaurants of Westword food writers and readers will be sampling delectable dishes. Here’s what Cracovia Polish-American Restaurant & Bar will be…
Welcome back, Ototo. The space at 1501 South Pearl Street that debuted five years ago as Ototo Food and Wine Bar is returning as a new incarnation of Ototo, with an intimate dining room and the same signature raw bar and sashimi of the Den Corner. For the next three weeks,…
The Denver Film Society’s Reel Social Club hosted its annual adults-only Summer Scream benefit at Lakeside, setting a flock of big kids loose on the amusement park’s retro rides, from the fabulous Wild Chipmunk to the ever-popular Auto Skooters. Photographer Ken Hamblin joined in the fun with camera in tow…
You don’t need to be an expert in math to know that schmucky behavior can be multiplied. And if law enforcers are right, the story of Claudia Barajas is a case in point. A resident of Fountain, Barajas is accused of setting a fire to her ex-girlfriend’s mobile home in…
Baum has gone through several incarnations since it first opened on Capitol Hill as a bakery specializing in Japanese baum cakes. It morphed into a bakery/cafe, then a sushi bar/bakery, then back to a bakery/cafe. But the current incarnation of Baum will close at 6 p.m. today, and the fiery…
