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Best Lakewood Hole-in-the-Wall Restaurants in CO
Lakewood, Colorado, is home to a rich and diverse food culture, with the best Lakewood Hole-in-the-Wall restaurants offering unique and authentic dining experiences. This article highlights three such gems: Danny Ray’s Food & Spirits, The Rusty Bucket Bar and Grill, and Westrail Tap & Grill. They truly are one of the best Hole-in-the-Wall restaurants in Lakewood.
Painful Insect Could Be on Its Way In Colorado
Summer is what makes Colorado one of the best places to live in the entire country, but it also means we can get some unwelcome guests. For example, summer is when the buck moth caterpillar comes out here, which can give you a painful poisonous sting from its countless barbs.
Colorado City Named ‘Foodie Capital’ of The Nation, Here Is Why
When you hear the word foodie what do you think of? Foodie is a term used to describe a person who is passionate about food. This person might use foodie as a way to describe themselves. The pursuit of finding a good restaurant and dish. I am passionate about finding...
Illegal Pete's DU Reopens After Remodel
It's back! One of our favorite places for a burrito fix when we're high (or anytime, really) is serving once again near the University of Denver. The Illegal Pete's at 1744 East Evans Avenue had been closed since late December for a refresh after fifteen years in business. At the...
Denver aquarium welcomes rare 1-in-30 million crustacean found at Red Lobster
An extremely rare orange lobster nearly landed on a dinner plate in Pueblo last week, but instead, it'll soon be on display at the Downtown Aquarium in Denver. A long-term Red Lobster employee who is a dishwasher and head biscuit maker spotted the bright orange lobster while unpacking a shipment last Friday at the Pueblo restaurant and alerted restaurant managers, aquarium officials said.
Denver Tattoo Arts Festival brings out the Medusas, Buddhas and nuns
Calves, foreheads, shoulders, knuckles and toes (knuckles and toes) became skin canvas for ink artists at this weekend’s Denver’s tattoo festival. The popular 7th annual convention drew all ages, genders and skin types who strolled through 400 booths which offered everything from realism to mysticism, crystal jewelry to all colors of tattoo ink. Halls A and B in the downtown Colorado Convention Center presented a circus-like atmosphere as crowds gathered to watch sword swallowers, suspension artists and a contortionist who shot a bow and arrow...
New ramp added outside Denver airport to make passenger pickup easier
Administrators of Denver International Airport have created an easier way for passengers to get picked up from the airport and improved the waiting area experience for drivers. In the past, when travelers wanted to leave the Final Approach cellphone lot to pick someone up at the Jeppesen Terminal, they had to take East 78th Avenue and get onto Jackson Gap Road to get eastbound on Peña Boulevard. Now, travelers can take Gun Club Road and go straight to eastbound Peña Boulevard from the on-ramp. This cuts down travel times by a lot.Airport spokesman Michael Konopasek told CBS Colorado First Alert Traffic...
The long history of Sam’s No. 3: How a Greek immigrant jumped ship in NYC and made a lasting Denver impact
DENVER • One spring morning in 1936, after years of trying to track him down, federal agents finally delivered an illegal immigrant to a courtroom. He was a Greek man named Efstathios Armatas. For more than a decade he’d gone by Sam Andrews. That’s how the judge that day knew him: Sam of Sam’s No. 3 and other beloved diners that spotted downtown. “The judge looks up and says, Sam,...
Reader: This List Is a Burger Tour for the Ages
"On this site in 1935, Louis Ballast created the cheeseburger." That's according to a stone marker in front of the Key Bank outlet at 2776 Speer Boulevard. The location was once "Colorado's first drive-in," the Humpty Dumpty Barrel, which Ballast owned when he trademarked "cheeseburger" on March 5, 1935. Nearly...
Let's take a ghostly graveyard tour of Denver's shuttered theater spaces | John Moore
There was a time when I could walk a few blocks, knock on a neighbor’s door and be led downstairs to watch a fully staged play in a completely fitted, 76-seat boutique theater. The Victorian Playhouse was just two blocks from the house where I babysat my nephew in high school. For exactly 100 years, The Vic was the most distinct and storied live theater venue in Denver. George Swartz,...
These 4 Colorado eateries landed on Yelp's Top 100 list for 2024
If you're craving something new, and willing to journey beyond the bounds of Fort Collins, Yelp has you covered. The online review site unveiled its 2024 ranking of the Top 100 U.S. restaurants. Colorado is home to four. While none are location in Northern Colorado, these top-ranked eateries may be worth the drive.
Denverites can cool off like cowboys this summer
A galvanized steel trough could be the coolest way to beat the summer heat.Why it matters: Typically meant to store water for horses and cattle, stock tanks are making a splash across the U.S. as backyard pools.This comes at a time when demand for in-ground pools — which cost between $28,000 and $66,500 on average — takes a dive.The big picture: Cowboy Pools, which ships stock tank pools starting at $3,450 nationwide, reports pool sales are up roughly 30% year-over-year.Amanda Shaftel, co-founder of Cowboy Pools, says some Denverites have already jumped on the trend, and the stock tank pool company...
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