No. 48: Cabeza Tacos at Taqueria El Trompito 10021 East Hampden Avenue 303-750-2345 The original location of El Trompito in far north Denver has been slinging tacos stuffed with just about every meaty bit and chile-based sauce you could hope for since the last decade. The newer location, on the…
Artopia, Westword’s annual celebration of art, culture and fashion, returns to City Hall on February 21. In addition to plenty of visual artists and the Whiteout fashion show, the event will feature some highlights from Colorado’s music scene — this year, over a dozen groups and artists will perform on four stages. …
Hey! Snow! Winter still exists, which is kind of a relief. The shows continue, obviously, because this is Colorado. So put on the fleece and go see Pitbull at the Pepsi Center, Machine Head at Summit Music Hall or any number of other good ones. Our other picks follow. Joe…
February has been dubbed “Lamb Lover’s Month,” and Panzano chef Elise Wiggins — a definite lamb lover — was just named one of five national winners in the Chefs Feed contest hosted by the Denver-based American Lamb Board. Her prize? A whole lamb from the family-run Triple M Bar Ranch in Manzanola,…
It’s a beery week for Denver and Boulder as two new breweries, Ratio Beer Works in RiNo and Declaration Brewing just off South Broadway, open on Saturday, while Avery Brewing in Boulder moves to a spacious Gunbarrel campus with a new restaurant, bigger taproom and plenty of indoor and outdoor…
There’s plenty to do this Valentine’s Day weekend, no matter what kind of love (or whatever) you’re celebrating. There’s Ariel Pink for the weirdos and Hellyeah for the cynics and Chris Daniels and the Kings for the funky. The rest of our picks follow. Josh Gracin When: 8:30 p.m. Friday, February…
Artopia, Westword’s annual celebration of art, culture and fashion, returns to City Hall on February 21. In addition to plenty of visual artists and the Whiteout fashion show, the event will feature some highlights from Colorado’s music scene — this year, over a dozen groups and artists will perform on…
Last year, we told you about Georgia’s James Lee Pierce, a convicted child molester who allegedly spent months grooming an underage teen for sex before he could round up the money for a trip to Colorado in order to get his swerve on, only to discover that the object of his…
When it opened in 2006 as a low-maintenance, LoHi watering hole, Highland Tavern quickly became a hangout with a large fan base of regulars, some from the neighborhood, some who came in with their scooter clubs or kickball teams for beers and bloodies. The Tavern kicked things up a notch…
Station 26 Brewing Co. hosted a beer, bluegrass and brunch party over the weekend as part of its monthly ongoing series. In addition to numerous brews, guests scarfed down doughnuts from Glazed and Confuzed and piles of smoked meats from the Rolling Smoke food truck. Photographer Ken Hamblin tapped into…
Fifty Shades of Grey is opening is nationwide, and in New York, Village Voice film editor Alan Scherstuhl connects via the magic of the Internet with LA Weekly film critic Amy Nicholson discuss the hotly anticipated movie starring Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson, adapted from the E. L. James novel…
Rioja celebrated its tenth anniversary at the end of last year — and then owners Beth Gruitch and Jennifer Jasinski promptly closed the place for the better part of January to bring the dining room up to date. Jasinski and Gruitch were so pleased with the results at their newest…
Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos stopped performing sometime in December, long before they fell flat on their faces during the playoffs. But the team’s cheerleaders kept on going. This week the squad is traveling to Hong Kong, where they’ll join several other performance groups from around the world as…
This week brings an interesting array to Denver: Billy Idol is still kicking, for example, and songwriting genius Todd Snider’s around as well. There are a few more (you can see some highlights below), but let’s not bury the lede. Sleater-Kinney is back and its tour comes to the Ogden…
Two local favorites that presaged the Denver restaurant boom by several years and garnered early attention for the city’s national dining reputation reopened this week after makeovers. Rioja swung open the doors on Wednesday to a refresh which modernized the space after ten years on Larimer Square. Fruition is doing…
This weekend brings plenty of good concerts to Colorado, including jam veteran moe., jazz mainstays Medeski, Martin & Wood and producer/DJ duo Nervo. The rest of our picks follow! See also: 50 Photos That Prove Red Rocks Is the Most Beautiful Venue on the Planet…
Richard Reid is in a Colorado supermax facility for an attempted crime that goes way beyond mere schmuckiness: In 2001, he tried to blow up an American airliner occupied by 197 passengers using explosives in his shoe. But the man now better known as the “Shoe Bomber” than by his…
Chinese New Year falls on February 19 this year; celebrations and feasts traditionally last for two weeks (at least in China), making February the perfect month to sample your way through the city’s best noodle houses, wok kitchens and dim sum eateries. Although two of our favorites, Chef Liu’s Authentic…
By Jim Louvau The post-Cobain era of alternative rock was very kind to Gavin Rossdale and his band, Bush. The band’s multi-platinum debut record, Sixteen Stone, thrust them into mainstream and made Rossdale the crush of sixteen-year-old girls around the world. But let’s face it, Bush happened to be in…
Chipotle Mexican Grill is everywhere — on street corners and in the news. Yesterday the company announced that its fourth quarter earnings rose 52 percent. Bloomberg Business just published “The Definitive Oral History of Chipotle,” a fascinating look at the $22 billion burrito business that Steve Ells started in a…
Before seventeen-year-old Jessica Hernandez became a household name after she was shot to death by Denver officers while in a stolen car, she was part of Art From Ashes, a local program — and MasterMind Award winner — that works with at-risk youth through creative-empowerment workshops. Here are two of…
Late last year, chef William Wahl decided to put Indulge French Bistro, which he’d opened seven years ago on the edge of the now-hot Berkeley neighborhood, on the block. An ad on Zillo offered the French restaurant for just $200,000 (although the “Zestimate” of the property’s value was $426,981). See…
