There are many kinds of charmers in Denver this week: Holly Golightly brings her impressive catalog and excellent humor to the hi-dive, and later in the week cock-rocking joker/not joker Steel Panther plays the Ogden. The rest of our picks follow…
Although Cinco de Mayo is far from an official holiday in Mexico, it’s become a major deal in this country — and the celebrations started early this year, with deals and parties all weekend. But they’re not over yet: Here are cinco places to really mark Cinco de Mayo today…
Mixing up rock-themed drinks, a select crew of Colorado bartenders showed off their skills pouring Jack at the Jack Daniels Rock N’ Roll Bartender Competition Wednesday night. Our photographer was at Herman’s Hideaway to capture all the fun and drinks. Keep reading for a taste of all the action, and…
Here at Schmuck of the Week headquarters, we’re all for families that stick together through thick and thin. But even this fine quality can be taken too far. As evidence, we submit the strange story of Monique Armstrong, a twenty-year-old from Grand Junction who reacted to her brother being jailed…
A half-dozen years ago, there was a race to see which restaurateur would open the first hip noodle bar in the area. Frank Bonanno won when he opened Bones at the very end of 2008; soon after, Dave Query’s Big Red F group debuted Happy Noodle Houseat 835 Walnut Street…
Pepper Asian Bistro has opened at 2831 East Colfax Avenue, in the former home of China Star. Owner Shi Bing Ke has given the space a facelift, and also introduced a smart menu that reflects the restaurant’s connection with Shiso Sushi in Edgewater. The spicy edamame is already getting rave…
The Five Star Burgers at 555 Broadway had a lot going for it, even on the restaurant-heavy corner of Sixth and Broadway. The green chile on that big, fat cheeseburger featured real Hatch chiles. If that and the hand-cut fries didn’t fill you up, you could order deep-fried banana bread…
It was kind of cold and crappy this week, but that was just a way to enhance your appreciation for this weekend, which is supposed to be the kind of beautiful where cartoon birds appear from trees. Ride your bike to one of these shows:…
Park Hill is becoming less and less of a food desert these days. Last week Gretchen Kurtz saluted the Abbey Tavern, which turned a former florist shop on East Colfax into a neighborhood hangout, and yesterday chef/owner Jon Robbins, founder of Gypsy Kitchen, opened Bistro Barbès at 5021 East 28th…
Red Robin has been getting schooled on how tough it can be to create a spin-off of a successful concept. The Red Robin’s Burger Works that opened in September 2012 on the Auraria Campus — then the sole restaurant option in the new, $45 million Hotel and Hospitality Learning Center,…
More than two dozen restaurants opened last month in metro Denver, ranging from ethnic eateries like A Taste of Haiti and Jamaican Grill to the Thirsty Lion, a bar/gastropub that’s the first place to open in the new developments around Union Station. But the area also lost several stalwarts, including…
The dreaded lime shortage is hitting home — and restaurateurs are starting to put the squeeze on customers. Not only are bartenders slicing limes thinner and thinner, but some spots are raising prices for anything that calls for the in-short-supply citrus. Benny’s Restaurante y Cantina, for example, has just added…
Copper Kettle Brewing celebrated its third anniversary last week with a four-day long party that came complete with special beer tappings, food trucks, live music and a glimpse at the east Denver brewery’s new fifteen-barrel brewing system — something that should make fans happy. Westword photographer Danielle Lirette was there…
There’s plenty going on in the friendly confines of Denver this week, but if you’re looking for a field trip, we advise going to see Warpaint at Belly Up Aspen or Gogol Bordello in Boulder. Of course, you could also just see the latter at the Ogden later this week…
The Berkeley neighborhood went back to the ’80s this weekend when Totally Tennyson took over the Tennyson Street strip from 35th to 46th avenues for a street crawl and party that ended with live music and a high-stakes costume contest at the Oriental Theater. Photographer Marissa Shevins brought back these…
Bobby Stuckey, co-owner of Frasca Food and Wine, is a Master Sommelier, and he proves it every Monday night when the landmark Boulder restaurant invites a winemaker to be the featured guest at a special Monday Night Wine Dinner, the only menu served that night. Tonight the four-course menu will…
Vincent Terry and his girlfriend, Chrystal Hassell, met in Colorado five years ago, and while they’re still in love, Hassell admitted to a reporter that “we’re the worst thing for each other.” And how. Hassell recently gave birth in a motel bathroom following a crack binge, severing the umbilical cord…
It has been rough and rocky traveling for cannabis cowboys for most of the 40 years since “Me and Paul,” the hounded-by-the-Man classic in which Willie Nelson tipped off like-minded longhairs to the presence of narcs in Laredo. “If you’re staying in a motel there,” he warned dryly, “don’t leave…
This Saturday, The Lobby kicks off Adult Day Care, its monthly summer beer dinner series, with a beer-vs.-wine-themed event that will pair libations from River North Brewery and Infinite Monkey Theorem with bites from Tender Belly, MM Local and the Growhaus. And while you can buy tickets for $65, we’re…
The space at 2200 South Broadway that was recently vacated by Zocalo already has a new tenant, and one with a long history in Denver: 4G’s Mexican Restaurant. And after several recent failures in this spot (including El Olvido, Hades and South Broadway Grill, as well as Zocalo), 4G’s should…
The first annual BrüFrou beer and food pairing event went down last Saturday at the Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum in Lowry. There were forty Colorado breweries paired with dishes from forty Front Range chefs, along with music and big airplanes. Westword photographer Ken Hamblin was there;…
The race to find PETA’s Sexiest Vegan Next Door 2014 is down to the wire, and Jeb Brovsky, a 25-year-old Lakewood resident — when he’s not playing soccer for the Montréal Impact of Major League Soccer — is one of ten male finalists. “Being vegan has helped me greatly on…
