The Capitol Hill neighborhood has changed a lot over the past twenty years, but through it all, Barricuda’s Restaurant & Lounge, at 1076 Ogden Street, has been a true neighborhood hangout, a place for stiff drinks, good food (served until 4 a.m. on weekends!) and very good times. And all…
The infamous lime shortage — which has been blamed on everything from a citrus disease to a Mexican drug cartel — has hit Denver. And while it didn’t seem to affect the taste of the the Best of Denver 2014’s Best House Margaritas at Adelitas Cocina y Cantina(two-for-one on Monday…
This week in Cafe Society, Gretchen Kurtz reviewed the Best New Restaurant in the Best of Denver 2014: Lower48 Kitchen. Lori Midson talked to Shoni Jones, executive chef at the Best New Restaurant at DIA, Root Down at DIA, about the importance of local restaurants for this week’s Chef and…
For close to four decades, this modest storefront on Welton Street was home to Ethel’s House of Soul. Then six years ago, after Ethel closed up shop, Henry Coleman took over the spot, opening Coleman’s Soul Food and serving a taste of Detroit. But Coleman is now back in Detroit,…
Hoo, boy, it’s SnowBall weekend, here in Denver for the first time in the festival’s young history. The dance-heavy lineup features reliable names like Pretty Lights and Griz as well as some curveballs, like Earl Sweatshirt and Warpaint. There’s more: In the Whale will spend two nights celebrating its new…
The latest Schmuck of the Week post is trickier than usual. Rather than bestowing this honor on Natalie Carpenter, who’s reportedly suffering from mental illness, we direct it at what she represents: the ongoing fascination with the 1999 Columbine High School killers. Subsequent school shootings have been more lethal. Yet…
The northern suburbs just got another ethnic option when Babajoon’s Kabobs opened Westminster. We sent photographer Ursula Romaine to capture a taste of this fresh, fast-casual Middle Eastern food spot. See also: First look: Mayan Manjar Yucateco opens in the former Maria Empanada space…
It’s not really steampunk without the proper headgear, and the hats, goggles and helmets at this past weekend’s AnomalyCon steampunk convention were an anachronistic sight to see. Photographer Danielle Lirette roamed the halls of the con with her camera; keep reading for her shots of some of the best costumerie…
Spring is officially here, and important culinary events are popping up across Colorado — from the annual Taste of Vail to the twentieth anniversary edition of Dining Out For Life, which benefits Project Angel Heart. There are also special dinners, lectures and beer festivals, of course. Keep reading for the…
Left Hand Brewing in Longmont closed out Colorado Craft Beer Week with its second annual Hops & Handrails Beer Fest & Rail Jam last weekend. The family-friendly hybrid-season event featured 35 Colorado’s craft breweries alongside a snowboard competition featuring a thirty-foot-high high ramp and some of Colorado’s best riders. Westword…
More than two dozen restaurants opened this month, including the long-awaited Gozo and Troy Guard’s stunning Guard and Grace. But the big news was how many longtime spots on the Denver dining scene called it quits — including longtime steak-mecca Emilene’s in Aurora and the Catacombs Bar in the Hotel…
Maybe you saw Neutral Milk Hotel last night in Boulder; if not you have another shot at it tonight in Denver. If the line “putting fingers in the notches of her spine” sends ice through your veins as consistently as it does ours, we can strongly recommend finding your way…
First things first: The Original Chubby’s outpost that just opened in Westminster is not officially related to the original Chubby’s, the iconic Mexican joint that grew out of the Chubby Burger Drive Inn on West 38th Avenue, which Stella Cordova bought in 1967 and where she kept working four four…
To mark Colorado Craft Beer week, Governor John Hickenlooper hosted a celebration of the $826 million craft-beer industry at the Governor’s Mansion last Friday, where he also displayed the building’s new beer taps — paid for by the Colorado Brewers Guild — while Mason Tvert, father of Amendment 64, protested…
A LoDo version of Cherry Creek’s Machete has finally opened in the former home of Zydeco’s in LoDo. Machete opened quietly last week, but things promise to get rowdy as the weather heats up; we sent photographer Danielle Lirette to get a taste of the place. See also: Photos: Lon…
It is Texas time in Denver. All we’d need is the Geto Boys and Gary Clark Jr. to hit the spectrum of Lone Star exports: St. Vincent brings her shock of white hair to town tomorrow, the Toadies’ Rubberneck victory lap hits Englewood and songwriting genius Joy Ely makes the…
There was a whole lot of shaking going on in northwest Denver last Sunday, when an attempt to make hash oil exploded in a rental duplex in the 2900 block of Julian Street. Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey formally charged 40-year-old Jeff Garbarek, 39-year-old Steve Donnel and and 43-year-old Scott…
For a while there it looked like Jammin Joe’s was really jamming. After opening a barbecue joint in West City Park last summer, Joe Van Dyke recently opened a second location at 4272 South Broadway, and right after that a third restaurant in Wheat Ridge. While the South Broadway spot…
Westword’s annual Best of Denver issue is on newsstands now. Within it, you’ll find several hundred of our favorite things about this city, everything from best handcrafted signs to best tater tots. Go find yourself a copy to earmark and keep in your car or bicycle basket or whatever. It’s…
Editor: Westword’s 2014 Best of Denver issue is on news stands now. You can peruse several hundred categories to find your next meal, night out or whatever thing you’re into. And while we’re thrilled with the results, we encountered plenty of debate while determining our favorites across this great city…
World of Beer Cherry Creek celebrated its one-year anniversary at CitySet this past weekend. It was the first restaurant/bar to open in the Glendale project, but far from the last. Although last summer the developers had predicted that “the state’s first urban gastronomic urban village” would be full by fall,…
Yes, that was Amendment 64’s author Mason Tvert — not John Belushi — standing outside the Governor’s Mansion last Friday in a bedsheet toga, complaining that John Hickenlooper was turning the place into an Animal House knock-off by installing a draft system that dispenses Colorado craft beers, liquid assets from…
