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Here in Colorado, people see the need 64

for transportation infrastructure investment.
Its the how that gets very tricky.
CDOT executive director SHAILEN BHAT T
WHERE TO EAT NOW
Whether youre headed out
for breakfast, lunch, dinner,
or a late-night bite, we have
your go-to guide to the
most delectable food and
drink in Denver and beyond.
BY DENISE MICKELSEN &
CALLIE SUMLIN

74
THE HIPSTERFICATION
OF DENVER
The skinny-jeans-loving,
ironic-glasses-wearing set
has descended on the Mile
High City in a big way in
recent years. But who are
these tragically cool people,
exactly? And how is this
notoriously apathetic
counterculture shaping the
local landscape? (Not that
we really care, of course.)
BY LINDSEY B. KOEHLER

84
COLLISION COURSE
Combine CDOTs dreadfully
inadequate coffers with
Colorados soaring popu-
lation, and it becomes
painfully clear that I-70s
epic gridlock isnt going
to be xed anytime soon.
But thats not stopping
executive director Shailen
Bhatt from trying.
BY MICHAEL BEHAR

90
BACK TO SCHOOL
From learning to scuba
dive or juggle to building
a guitar or joining a curl-
ing league, we found
38 ways to nurture your
intellect, challenge
yourself, or just have some
fun as you continue your
coursework in Life 101.
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80 very nice and profes-
sional. But RTDs
decisions are terrible.
Meanwhile, Aaron
Schultz bemoaned the
[ FROM THE EDITOR ] consequences of the
commuting stats: This
Traffic Report is bad for everyone. In-

T
creased housing costs,
wo weeks before we sent this issue to the printer, more trac, more
my family and I nally got to go skiing for the rst pollution, and more
time this season. We love to ski, and even though dangerous streets.
we dont go very often, my wife and I have made
a point to start our boys young. But increasingly, ski THE TINIEST FOODIE TOWN
days cause me no small amount of dread: Its a bit of a December 2016
logistical nightmare to coordinate the gearskis, boots,
An exclusion in our
long underwear, gloves, goggles, sunscreen, Clif bars,
story about Ridgways
passesfor four people, including a seven-year-old and
culinary cred drew
a 10-year-old. And I am not a morning person. So as I stared at the red lights in front of
the ire of Joseph Parr.
me at 6:30 on that Saturday morning, all I could think about was Michael Behars feature
GREAT Glaringly omitted is
MAIL.
(Collision Course, page 84). Every Denverite knows that I-70s mountain corridor is
perhaps the most wide-
pretty much a disaster at peak travel times. But what most people dont know is how we got
ly known restaurant
to this point and where were going from here. Behar elucidates the complicated policy (and @marissa
moomaw, in this tiny Colorado
political) issues that have earned I-70 the ire of just about every Front Ranger looking to rejoicing after town, True Grit Cafe.
recreate in the mountains, along with candidand occasionally concerningcommentary receiving 5280:
This restaurant is
from Colorado Department of Transportation executive director Shailen Bhatt. The good The Cookbook
as a gift from known nationwide as
news is Bhatt and his team are exploring techniques, including the creation of the nations her brother a shrine to the 1969
rst smart highway, to try to ease the jams that so frequently plague I-70 in the mountains.
movie True Grit,
The bad news is that no matter how innovative these technological upgrades are, theyre
starring legendary
almost certainly not going to be enoughwhich means those ski days, such an integral
Western actor John
part of our lives and identities as Coloradans, will likely only become more anxiety-
Wayne.... We Western
inducing in the years to come.
movie acionados from
across the nation know
about the True Grit
GEOFF VAN DYKE Cafe and basically pil-
grimage there one time
in our lives. What can
generation Coloradan, I or carpoolingincreased I KNOW we say, Joseph, except,
am SO PROUD of my in 2016, according to the FIRSTHAND Sorry, pilgrim.

state and my hometown
and the way you repre-
sent us. Thank you for
your service and your
THE UNITER leadership. Thank you demographic to drive solo.
January 2017
for being a voice for
EDUCATION
Downtown Denver Com-
muter Survey. Women
in their 30s and 40s were IS PARA- CORRECTION
MOUNT TO
In Earning Her Stripes
more likely than any other (February 2017), we reported
PRISON
that no woman has ever
It would appear that reached the top level of cer-

In a time of great political
divisiveness, 5280s prole
of Crisanta Duran, the
rst Latina speaker of the
Colorado House of Rep-
resentatives, elicited only
glowing responses. Wow!
Deborah wrote on 5280.
com. Colorado should
be proud of this native
daughter. Great Ameri-
can story. NTB agreed,
directing her kudos straight
to Duran: Having grown
the voiceless. public transportation has
a safety image problem,
COMMUTER SURVEY Johnny Mercer wrote on
Facebook. Lainie Lipson
SEES DECREASE IN PUBLIC
TRANSIT USERS was less forgiving of RTD.
January 26, 2017 I pay $2,000 a year for
Toward the end of Janu- regional bus passes for
ary, we reported on 5280. my Flatiron Failure com-
com that the percent- mute...and RTD service
age of people driving to keeps getting worse,
downtown aloneas Lipson commented, refer-
opposed to using RTD encing RTDs Flatiron Flyer
bus, which runs between
Boulder and Denver. Not
REFORM.
tication available for a roller
derby ofcial. Although there
are no active women who have
reached that ranking, two
Michael
McCarthy, an women have done so in the
past. We regret the error.
inmate at Buena
Vista Correc-
tional Facility, on
School Of Hard CONTACT US
Knocks, our Send email to letters@5280.
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Letters, 5280, 1515 Wazee St.,
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You can also follow us and join
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80 Behind The Stories

C.J. BURTON
DENISE MICKELSEN
Food Editor
MICHAEL BEHAR
3
People In This
Issue Who Are
Transforming The
Front Range

Photographer Freelance Writer

Just days into her THE ENTERPRISING
Los Angelesbased new job as 5280s As a longtime skier and PHOTOGRAPHER
artist C.J. Burton food editor, Denise hiker, Boulder freelance Mark Sink helped found
describes his work as Mickelsen was tasked writer Michael Behar both the Museum of
with deciding how to Contemporary Art Denver
if a photograph and has watched trac
present this months and the Month of Photog-
an illustration fell on I-70 (Collision raphy, now in its seventh
in love and started cover story, Where To Course, page 84) year. In this issue, we talk
making babies. Cant Eat Now (page 64), go from gridlock to THERES to Sink (Big Picture,

SAILING,
picture this peculiar which details Denvers deadlock. During page 22) about why a
not-to-be-missed thriving arts culture is nec-
hybrid? Turn to page ski season, Id have
GLASS-
essary for a citys growth
74 to see how he dining spots of the to take my son out of and development.
moment. No pressure,
transformed a hipster
into a hunting trophy right? Then it dawned
school just so we could
drive back on Monday BLOWING,
for the opening spread on me that telling the
story of our food-
instead of Sunday, BURLESQUE...
EVEN THE
of The Hipstercation Behar says. He started
Of Denver. The photo and-drink scene asking questions and
shoot was relatively
easy, Burton says, but
through a delicious
24 hours around
discovered that plans to
improve congestion on
JAPANESE THE WATERCOLOR ACTIVIST
ART OF
Boulder illustrator Jessica
he did end up needing town would be fun the mountain corridor Lanan (Down To An Art,
to do more illustrating
than he expected.
and, more important,
useful for our readers,
existbut theres
no money to pay for
KEY-CHAIN page 36) brings attention
to social issues, like the

Finding antlers to Mickelsen says. For them, largely because FIGHTING! plight of female scientists,
through an unlikely me-
t a hipsters head late-night suggestions, Coloradans have Editorial dium: childrens books.
is not as easy as it she (and co-author resisted increases in director Geoff
Callie Sumlin, 5280s Van Dykes
may seem, Burton taxes for transportation surprise at
says. You cant just go assistant food editor) since the 90s. The Colorados wide THE CHEF TURNED
into Bass Pro Shops gured there would be I-70 problem is array of classes
for adults (Back
BUSINESSMAN
and pry them o of the no better group to ask a home-grown To School, Contributing editor
wall. (I know because than the citys front-of- calamity and will page 90) Amanda M. Faison details
house restaurant sta. Lachlan Mackinnon-
I tried.) Burtons work require a home- Pattersons surprising
has also been featured Alas, Mickelsen found grown solution, transition from head chef
in the Wall Street that some of them didnt Behar says. Everyone of Frasca Food and Wine,
Journal and ESPN The have recommendations bitches about it, but its a celebrated Italian restau-
Magazine. becausein true problems are our own rant in Boulder, to head
of operations for the fast-
iStock; Illustrations by Dierdra Olin

Colorado fashion fault. His work has casual joint Pizzeria Locale
they go straight home also been published in (Shift Change, page 56).
so they can get up Wired and Outside.
early to ski.

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THE STATE This month, the seventh iteration of Month of Photography
arrives in Denver and Boulder. But this every-other-year event

OF ART
isnt just about beautiful pictures. As we discuss with founder
Mark Sink on the following page, its also about providing Den-
ver with a gateway drug for a serious arts addiction.
From top: iStock; Sam Nguyen

RedLine Contemporary Art Center, the

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 Q&A

Big Picture 5280: Why did you

launch MoP?
Mark Sink: Its showing
off the Denver photo
Building on weekends
so artists could use the
space for free. When
we were building MCA
nonprot space to their
buildings. I believe in
patronage, too. Its in
a developers interest
Photographer Mark Sink has a community. You get Denver, we had all sorts to support an artists
this momentum going, of code issues. Old co-oplike in a big
request: Ask not what the arts and its fun to watch it Hickenlooper took care industrial building.
can do for Denverask what take on its own shape. of that in a blink. I shot Then the area around
Denver can do for the arts. Our high school show his Christmas card last that building becomes

I
is one of my favorites. year and had lunch with hot property. That
These kids, theyre him afterward. One of developer would be
n a 1962 issue of Look magazine, John F. taking pictures next to my points that I slid into the Medici of Denver.
Kennedy said, The life of the artsis a RESUM their work and are so the conversation was Thats on my bucket
test of the quality of a nations civilization. NAME: Mark Sink grateful. I love that. about how much artists list, to land a Medici.
Mark Sink, a renowned ne-art photog- are hurting now.
AGE: 59 How has the city This year, MoP will
rapher in Denver, was only four years old at
OCCUPATION: helped artists? Are artists hurting? feature any type of
the time, but the line has become one of his Fine-art In the late 1970s, early Gentrication is sort of artas long as it in-
favorites because it captures his own belief photographer; 80s, downtown was snufng out that incu- cludes an element of
that a city cant be great without a thriv- co-founder of abandoned. Then bation that makes great photography. Do you
the Museum [now Governor] John art. And who knew pot believe MoP serves as
ing cultural scene. Thats why Sinkwhose of Contem- Hickenlooper came in. would force artists out a gateway to less ac-
parents were part of the group that brought porary Art
After starting Wynkoop of affordable spaces? cessible art forms?
Denver;
the rst modern art curator to the Denver founder of Brewing Company [in A group of artists I Oh, sure. I call it the
Art Museumhelped co-found the Museum Month of 1988], he bought art know trying to form a trickle-down effect.
of Contemporary Art Denver and, in 2004, Photography from local artists for his co-op found a space on Photography is one
brewpub. He gave free Federalthen a grower of the best ways to
launched Month of Photography (MoP). The kegs to Pirate, a con- scooped it up with cash start because people
latter, a biennial celebration, brings together temporary art gallery. out of his satchel. get comfortable with
more than 125 local galleries to host over 250 When he ran for mayor seeing art. Plus, you
Courtesy of Michael Ortiz

photo-related events. With MoP returning to in 2002, part of his
platform was based on
the Front Range in March and April for the
The Rise of the Creative
seventh time, we spoke with Sink about how Class. After being elect-
Denver can make JFK proud by scoring bet- ed, he opened the then
ter on its art test. SPENCER CAMPBELL new Wellington Webb
What should Denver can get a substantial
do to help? collection of famous
Tax incentives for photographers for a
developers to add fraction of the cost it
would take to collect in
the Art Basel world.

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Extreme ski phenom

Chris Davenport although the real-time
reaching the summit nature of the feeds
of Star Peak in the Elk
Mountains near Aspen makes it impossible for
sponsors to edit them.
Not all expeditions
lend themselves to live
streams. A BGAN
terminal weighs eight
pounds, making it
impractical to add
to certain climbs.
(On Everest, porters
help carry your load.)
Other times, stop-
ping to live-stream
might actually be an
impediment to your
adventure, like when
youre, say, trying
to clock the fastest
known time (FKT) for
the Longs Peak Tri-
athlonbiking from
Boulder to Longs
Peak, running the
approach, climbing

The Live-Stream Effect the Diamond, run-

ning down, and biking
backlike Boulder
Real-time social media is changing how many in the outdoor superstar Anton Kru-

L
sports industry reach fans and tell stories. picka. His sponsor,
La Sportiva North
ast May, alpinist and professional photographer Cory Richards, who was a resi- America, also based in
123
dent of Boulder at the time, shared his ascent of Mt. Everest live via Snapchat. Boulder, was happy to
His stream, titled #EverestNoFilter, introduced hundreds of thousands of view- pay the higher cost for
ers to vertiginous peaks and stunning vistasas well as some of the climbs a video crew instead.
more unsavory aspects (e.g., packing out poop). It marked the rst time anyone For many adventure
has provided a live, unedited look at what its like to climb the worlds tallest athletes, the ability to
mountain on whats become one of the fastest-growing social media platforms. let passionate fans feel
Richards broadcast is just one example of how Colorado athletes are ocking to like theyre part of the
real-time feeds as a new outlet to reach their fans. Aspen resident and big-mountain action makes up for
skier Chris Davenport jump-started the trend in November 2015 when he became the such downsides. Thats
Professional
rst person to use Facebook Live from Antarctica. Snapchat, Facebook, and Instagram athletes who the belief of Ridgway
all have invested signicant dollars in live-streaming capabilities since then, making it have signed mountaineer Chad
easier than ever for followers to watch your moves as they happen. (Snap Inc.s version with Like a Pro, Jukes, who became
a Denver web-
of Google Glass, called Spectacles, launched in November.) Its kind of like how real- site that allows the second combat-
ity television took o in the 90s, Davenport says. Only this is reality internet. sports stars to wounded veteran to
When it comes to extreme adventuring, though, nothing is easy. In contrast to static share training summit Everest in
tips directly
social media posts, live video streams require Wi-Fi or a 4G connection on your mobile with fans May and plans to
phone. In remote areas of the world, that means tapping into the Broadband Global document his attempt
Courtesy of Chris Davenport; iStock (iPad)

Area Network (BGAN), a satellite network that provides internet coverage nearly on the Mooses Tooth
everywhere on Earth. Users connect to one of BGANs three geostationary satellites peak in Alaska this
through a portable, laptop-size terminal, which creates a Wi-Fi hot spot. month. In his words:
Of course, this type of access comes at a price. Davenports handful of posts in Ant- You cant beat the
arctica cost thousands of dollars, and Richards sessions on Everest totaled $23,000 excitement of a live
all paid by the athletes sponsors, who tend to see the feeds as a valuable tool to promote stream from a truly
their brands. (See the Kstle logo in the photo above.) So while it may seem like ath- remote and wild place.
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IN THE
AIR
Things To Discuss
This MonthOn The
Unofcial Denver
Day, 3/03

The full-orchestra per-

formance of Game of
Thrones music at the
Pepsi Center on March
19. (Spring is coming.)

The Best-Laid Plans

Denver kicks off its most comprehensive neighborhood planning
initiative in more than a decade.

O
The Maven Hotel at Dairy
cially speaking, Denver contains 78 neighborhoods. Currently, 42 percent of them dont have Block, a luxury lodging
neighborhood plans, which are supposed to address everything from land use to transportation on option opening in LoDo
this month.
a micro level. Most of the plans that do exist are more than 15 years oldand 15 years ago, Denver
developers barely registered places like LoHi and RiNo. (The city still doesnt recognize these districts
as ocial hoods.) But under our cumbersome planning model, it would take nearly 80 years to upgrade or

Clockwise from top left: Sarah Boyum; AF archive/Alamy Stock Photo; Courtesy of Dairy Block; Courtesy of Christo and Jeanne-Claude; iStock
create blueprints. Solution: The city of Denver is creating broader area plans for two to six neighborhoods
at a time (except for Stapleton, which will have its own plan) over the next 10 to 14 years. Because planning
for the rst regionthe far northeaststarts this month, we asked leaders in some of the neighborhoods Artist Christo
scheduled to receive 2017 plans what needs to be addressed in their precincts. MARY CLARE FISCHER abandoning his pro-
posed Arkansas River
public art installation
AREA NEIGHBORHOODS PROBLEM SOLUTION in protest of Donald
Trumps presidency
The 13 motels on Colfax between The motels make up a good 30 percent of the property in after years of legal and
Hale
Quebec and Yosemite streets our economic district, says Tom Fesing, board member of regulatory battles.
Montclair
(the boundaries of the East Colfax the East Montclair Neighborhood Association. That means,
EAST

East Colfax
hood) that house parolees and sex
South Park Hill
offenders are one of the pressing
problems facing the avenue.
Fesing says, that someone would likely have to buy the
buildings and either raze or repurpose themalthough
thatd be contingent on the owners wanting to sell.

Many of the districts in the East City Council recently came to a compromisethere will
Capitol Hill Central region are heavily popu- need to be some additional parking for these develop- Whether your child
Cheesman Park lated with apartments and multiunit ments but not a 1-1 resident-to-parking-spot ratio. Not was placed in your
EAST CENTRAL

North Capitol Hill homes. That high density was the
(aka Uptown) root of a recent battle in Uptown
Congress Park between developers who wanted to
City Park
build microapartments without off-
City Park West
street parking and residents already
peeved about circling the block.
everyones thrilled with the decision. The citys pretty Denver public school
committed to the idea that if they dont provide park- of choice. Last year, 77
ing, then people wont have cars, says Caroline Schomp,
percent of kids got their
a Denver native and board member of Capitol Hill United
(parents) rst pick.
Neighborhoods. But Schomp believes the citys public tran-
sit isnt extensive enough for most residents to go carless.

Food deserts have long been a Grocers opening locations in the area would be the easiest
FAR NORTHEAST

problem for northern Denver, and
Gateway-Green the Montbello neighborhood is
Valley Ranch no exception. Its 4.4 square miles
Montbello
havent housed a full-service gro-
DIA
cery store since Safeway moved out
of the district in 2014.
x. But: Our conversations with them dont seem to be
going anywhere, says Erik Penn, co-chair of the Montbello
20/20 neighborhood organization. Theres also been talk
The North African and
of a multipronged approach that could include part-
Middle Eastern tapas
nering with Denver Urban Gardens, holding farmers
markets, and implementing a grocery delivery service.
at Justin Cuccis new-
est eatery, El Five.

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George Franklin from Chicagos
Sno-Gophers Ski Club, one of
the 13 founding clubs in the
National Brotherhood of Skiers
From top: Gianfranco Gorgoni/Courtesy of Art Production Fund and Nevada Museum of Art; Chip Kalback
DROPPING IN
Keystones slopes get a
little more diverse when
the National Brotherhood
of Skiers comes to town.
Why now is the best time of year
to jet over to Nevada. PAGE 30
If youre making turns at Keystone this month, you may cross paths with members of one of the larg-
est ski clubs in the United States. The National Brotherhood of Skiers (NBS), an organization of more
than 3,000 black powderhounds, is holding its annual Black Summit at the resort from February 25 to
March 4. The rst meeting of NBS took place in Aspen in 1973, when Art Clay and Ben Finley created
a national network to recruit more blacks to skiing; today, one of NBS goals is to see an American
athlete of color reach the podium at the Winter Olympics. Several of the groups members have come
close, including freeskier Zyre Austin, a Colorado native, and Denverite Jahi Rohrer, an alpine skier
who attended Burke Mountain Academy (the alma mater of Olympic slalom champion Mikaela
Shiffrin) on an NBS scholarship. Which gives us even more reason to watch in 2018. NICOLA PAYNE
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 TRAVEL

LOW-COST
LODGING
Budget travelers
rejoice: Cheap has
become chic in some
of Colorados most
enticing vacation spots.

Located just off of

Leadvilles Main Street,
rooms at the Colorado
Trail House range from

Clockwise from top left: Gianfranco Gorgoni/Courtesy of Art Production Fund and Nevada Museum of Art; Courtesy of Victor Leung; Courtesy of Sarah Allen; Courtesy of Townsend Bessent; Courtesy of
$50 to $80 per night. The
year-old inn also boasts a
shared kitchen and year-
round hot tub.

Desert Oasis Seven Magic

Mountains, an
installation on
Nevada may be the (nearby, affordably priced, balmy) the Free-Range
Art Highway
spring vacation spot youve been searching for. At the recently remod-

L
eled Mancos Inn & Hos-
as Vegas average March highs (high 60s to low 70s) might hover only a few degrees tel, shared spaces start
above Denvers, but Nevadas temperate weather isnt punctuated by the occasional at just $30, providing an
blizzard. All the more reason to jump on a cheap ight to the Silver State for a snow- economical base camp for

free spring escape. KARAH KEMMERLY
1 2
FOR LOVERS OF
(ECCENTRIC) ART
If your Vegas art tastes run
more Neon Museum than
Cirque du Soleil, opt
for the liberating
drive up the Free-
Range Art Highway,
a 473-mile stretch
of U.S. 95 dotted
with a dozen quirky
9
adventures in and around
Mesa Verde. Housed in
one of the towns original
3
1894 buildings, the his-
FOR HARD-CORE FOR CULTURED toric inn sits less than a
block from Mancos clutch
CLIMBERS ADVENTURERS Fully of charming art galleries
fossilized
From March 24 to 27, Near the tiny town of Austin ichthyosaurs and shops.
adventurers gather at Red in central Nevada, visitors (prehistoric
Rock Canyon 20 can view ancient artwork aquatic
miles beyond Vegas and spend the day outside. reptiles) on
for a different kind of A self-guided half-mile tour display at
the Berlin-
thrill: the Red Rock around Hickison Petroglyph
Ichthyosaur
Rendezvous ($59 to Recreation Area will earn State Park
$1,599), a smorgasbord you a look at primitive in central
of climbing workshops, engravings dating back to Nevada,
Bureau of Land Management; Courtesy of Eric Odenthal

sculptures. If youve trail running, and 10,000 B.C. And which

only got time for one outdoor yoga on the second used to be You no longer have to
stop, make it the classes. Or explore and fourth covered give up your rstborn to
Goldwell Open Air Museum the conservation Saturday of with a warm score a room near Vail,
ocean; thanks to the year-old
and its seven outdoor art area on your own each month, the
tours start Bunkhouse in Minturn. As
pieces. Our favorite is sculptor timethe American Bureau of Land the third
Albert Szukalskis rendition Alpine Institutes Management little as $50 reserves a bed
Saturday in at the hostel, which also
of The Last Supper, which private, guided rst- runs free tours March
plays off the identity of ascent program lets of western offers a free shuttle to Vail
Rhyolite, a nearby ghost town, intermediate and advanced Nevadas Hidden Cave, an and Beaver Creek during
through its depiction of Jesus climbers conquer and name excavation site featuring ski season.
PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO
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Following The Leader

Mikaela Shiffrin looks to grab her rst world title in Aspen.
Many have predicted that Vails Mikaela Shirin (right) will someday succeed Vails Lindsey Vonn
as the best female skier alive. Shirin, 22, is set to take a huge step toward fullling that prophecy
this month when the 2017 FIS World Cup Finals (March 15 to 19) come to Aspen Snowmass, marking the rst time in two decades that
an American mountain will host the capstone competition. Shirin, a slalom ace, is on track to capture her rst overall World Cup title in
Aspenin only her sixth year of Cup racing. That would put her a full year ahead of the pace set by Vonn, who specializes in the downhill
and super-G events. (Thirty-two-year-old Vonn missed most of this seasons events due to a broken arm.) So what does Shirin need to
accomplish over the rest of her career to match her Eagle County neighbors resum? A lot, as the chart below indicates. SPENCER CAMPBELL

YEAR ON FIS ALPINE WORLD CUP TOUR

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

KEY
1
SLALOM CHAMPION 1ST 1ST 1ST 1ST 1ST*
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120 118th

ASPEN BOUND
The only thing standing between SheLift and its rst ski retreat, from March 18 to 22, is the price
tag: $7,500 per participant. The organization empowers girls with physical disabilities by chal-

BE GOOD
lenging them to overcome their insecurities through new experiencessuch as an all-expenses-
paid trip to Aspen. (Founder and Evergreen native Sarah Herron, whom you might recognize as a former contestant on The Bach-
elor, was born without half of her left arm because of amniotic band syndrome.) Support SheLifts efforts by purchasing a new
pair of Icelantic Skis or (c)3 wines or by making a direct donation at shelift.org. SARAH SOENKE

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Culture
Alaina Moore and
Patrick Riley of
Tennis will perform
at the Bluebird
Theater on March 4.

BREAK POINT One of the drawbacks to marriage can be a lack of privacy. Then
again, if youre Patrick Riley and Alaina Moorethe husband-and-
wife team behind Denver indie-rock band Tennissometimes
Will Tennis new snooping unearths the backbone of your next record. While
From top: Courtesy of Sleeping Bear Press; Courtesy of Luca Venter

album propel the rooting around in an old computer le, Riley stumbled across an
acoustic piano tune lead singer Moore had recorded years earlier.
Denver band to The track became In the Morning Ill Be Better, a single on the
rock stardom? groups fourth album, Yours Conditionally. Moore credits the songs
soulful melody to the inuence of singer-songwriters Carole King
and Laura Nyro, whose work Moore listened to while recording it. Were trying to break out of
the girl-group sound, Moore says. Yours Conditionally kicks off an important spring for Tennis:
After the album comes out this month, the duo will travel to California to play the Coachella
Valley Music and Arts Festival for the rst time. But Tennis 2017 is already off to a good start,
with In the Morning being hailed as Your new favorite chill-wave escape by New York
magazine. Not bad for a song left to languish inside a hard drive. STEVE KNOPPER

MARCH 20 17 | 5280 | 35
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locavore.

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rado-brewed IPAs
and your made-
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tend that regional
loyalty to your
nightstand with
a selection from
Hometown Reads.
Launched in March
2016, the website
makes it easier to

nd books by local

Down To An Art authors. Recom-

mended texts
range from Denver
Inside the vivid world of a local childrens book illustrator.

M
romance novelist
ost kids like to touch the images in picture books. Jessica Lanan preferred to draw Barbara Oliverios
her own. At age 10 or so, she began copying fantastical creatures out of classics such Glimpse Passports and
Jessica Lanans
as Saint George and the Dragon and Where the Wild Things Are. Now the 32-year-old illustrations in Plum Blossoms:

From top: Julia Vandenoever; Courtesy of Sleeping Bear Press; Illustration by Amanda Croy
Longmont native has turned her childhood hobby into a career. Lanans watercolors the upcoming An International
childrens
have been featured in two childrens books, and a third, Out of School and Into Na- book Out of Romantic Com-
ture: The Anna Comstock Story, is due to be released in mid-March. Her training as an artist School and edy to Aloha, Mr.
Into Nature:
started with a degree in studio art (emphasizing sculpture) from Californias Scripps College. The Anna Hand: An Alterna-
Then, from 2006 to 2007, Lanan traveled between India, Laos, Thailand, and Japan, toting a Comstock Story tive Trip Through
portable set of paints and studying the art traditions of Asian fairy tales. Although now based Education by
in Boulder, Lanan is still on the move. She often takes her mountain bike Douglas County
to Golden Gate Canyon State Park or Fruitas Kokopelli Trail and sets up teacher Antho-
her easel for plein airor, as she says, free rangesketching. As such, nette Klinkerman.
she was thrilled to take on the illustrations for Out of School, a biography
Purchase one (or
of a little-known female biologist and naturalist who pioneered outdoor
a few) and delight
science classes for kids in New York. Publishing houses in Manhattan
tend to want cityscapes, Lanan says. Its refreshing to do a book about
in the fact that you
nature. Her projects usually take six to 12 months to complete and in- really are turning
volve hundreds of thumbnail drawingssimilar to a movies storyboard over a new leaf. MCF
processbefore she ever puts paintbrush to paper. When she does, Lanan
tries to convey the same beauty and wonder that captured her budding
imagination more than 20 years ago. MARY CLARE FISCHER

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purchased the show,

and Critical Content
shot six episodes in
July and August.
Wyman is afraid
that if he reveals too
much about Shinesty,
MTV will sue him. He
will say that each epi-
sode revolves around
a loose story line, such
as a conict over, um,
oce-bathroom eti-
quette. But like other
reality shows, Shinestys
success will depend
on its characters, and
Wymans early favorite
to become a star is
handlebar-mustache-
sporting copywriter
Ben Smooches
Lauderdale, who has a
knack for countried

Time To Shine From left:

Shinestys Jens
Nicolaysen,
Allie Thielens,
Chris White,
one-liners.
With all due re-
spect to Smooches, one
How an off-kilter Front Range costume company landed its Michelle Frey- demographic will be
very own show on MTV. Tarbox, and
watching for a dier-

S
Drew Wyman
ent reason. Shinesty
ome might consider it strange to base a reality show on Shinesty, a Boulder compa- is hunting for capital
ny that sells novelty clothing (everything from the Notorious V.I.P. Ugly Christmas right now, and inves-
Sweater Vests to the Trouser Snake Boa Boxer Briefs). Others might even call it tors might not be en-
bad business. Then again, the 2013 premier of Duck Dynasty, which followed the thused about pouring
hillbilly high jinks of a Louisiana family as it ran its duck-call business, was the money into a company
most-watched nonction show ever on cable. So perhaps Shinesty, a six-episode that, at least on TV,
docu-comedy premiering this month on MTV, makes sense. In fact, maybe its brilliant. appears to be run by
Chris White and Jens Nicolaysen started Shinesty in 2014, while students at the Univer- degenerates, to use
sity of Colorado Boulder, after realizing that millennials didnt abandon their love of theme Wymans descriptor.
parties post-college. What started as a novelty has exploded into a business whose sales have Yet questionable be-
doubled every year. Much of that revenue comes from Shinestys party suits: traditionally cut havior probably draws
suits bearing elaborate patterns, such as cheetah print. In October 2015, one of those suits more millennials, and
(a blood-spattered, zombie-themed one) found its way onto the shoulders of a producer at if they like the show,
Critical Content, a Los Angeles production company. He had a hunch the people behind Shinestys sales could
such unique products might make a cool TV show and lmed a demo in February 2016 at explode. Either way, it
Shinestys headquarters. The sta gured that was the last theyd hear about the project. should make for good
Then, three weeks later, [the producer] sent us the sizzle reel, and we were like, Holy crap, TV. (See? Brilliant.)
this is really good, says Drew Wyman, Shinestys business development director. MTV SPENCER CAMPBELL
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Eat Drink &

HOT STUFF
When the urries inevitably y
this month (Colorados snowi-
est, historically), youll nd us
getting warm from the inside
out via Chinese hot pot at
the eight-month-old Bronze
Empire on South Colorado
Boulevard. The communal,
fondue-esque dining experi-
ence heats up as your server
plunks down a metal pot lled
with the avored broth of your
choicewe love the spicy ver-
sions moderate kick. Individual
table burners bring the savory
liquid to a vigorous simmer.
Co-owner and Beijing na-
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choose what goes into your pot
by offering a variety of combi-
nations, from the tofu combo
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tofu skins, and a bounty of
fresh veggies) to meatier op-
tions such as the Empires
tender rib-eye and brisket,
pork belly, and crispy ramen
noodles. Youll soon gure out
the ideal amount of time to
dunk each item: three quick
seconds for tenderloin; a full
ve minutes for hearty cab-
bage leaves. The broths avor
intensies as it bubbles away,
providing ample reason to lin-
ger at the table (and stay out
of the cold). 1591 S. Colorado
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Where Were Eating
The restaurants, dishes, and drinks on our dining radar.
1 2
OHANA ISLAND KITCHEN
Love brought Louis Louie
and Regan Colburn together
a decade ago, and its what
the couple brings to their four-
month-old LoHi restaurant,
Ohana Island Kitchen, every
day. The proof is in the addic-
tive tuna poke, savory kalua
pulled-pork sliders on soft
Hawaiian rolls, way-better-
than-youd-think Spam musubi,
and just about everything
else Louie makes and Regan
smilingly serves. Drawing on
lessons from his Japanese
mother and childhood in
Hawaiinot to mention
culinary school at Johnson &
Wales and stints at Snooze and
the Trufe Cheese Shop
Louie is meticulous about his
ingredients, techniques, and
training his expanded team.
(At Ohanas former walk-up
window across the street,
the Colburns were the only
employees.) This attention
to detail pays off with fresh
avors, the perfect sushi rice
that anchors many of Ohanas
dishes, and crowds of regulars
who are as smitten as we are.
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neighborhood joint into a din-
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offers inventive spuntini (aka
snacksthe plural of the res-
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pastas, and expertly executed
secondi such as brick-roasted
chicken. Strathmanns house-
made amari take this spot
over the top. Made with
herbs from the restaurants
garden and locally foraged
botanicals, the digestifs range
from limoncello to saffron
liqueur to a house version that
changes with the season. All
are eminently quaffable and
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Across the country, Mexican
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ine benches and that nothing tastes
tables now ll the better than a quaff
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tric Associations on the hill. Abbott
eet of service Smith (pictured),
trucks once parked, and a master distiller for
row of shiny fermentation Telluride Distilling
tanks supplies the beers Company, had this
for Mountain Tap, the in mind when he
newest of several brew- created the aptly
pubs to have opened in named Chairlift
this ski town over the past Warmer. This
few years. This one has super-smooth pep-
the requisite fun factor: permint schnapps
Theres a loft with boxes relies on real pep-
of Legos for the kids; a glittering, glass-tiled wood oven for baking pizzas and roasting permint (i.e., no
Mountain Tap
chickens; and a wall of massive garage doors that blurs the line between indoors and out. founder and
But theres something else that sets it apart: Mountain Taps brewer, Rich Tucciarone, is brewer Rich
already one of the most respected names in the business. Tucciarone
with a SUP
By the time he opened Mountain Tap in July 2016, Tucciarone had logged nearly 25 years paddle he
of brewing experience and earned a reputation for technical mastery. When you apply good uses to mix
his mash
brewing science and maintain control over the technique, you can produce a sublime prod-
uct, says brewer John Mallett of Michigans legendary Bells Brewery. Rich has that ability.
Tucciarones training began in 1993 when he signed on to help establish Breckenridge
Brewery in Denver. Though he had no brewing backgroundjust a degree in food science
and several years experience as a Steamboat ski bumit took him just two years to advance
to head brewer. Tucciarone moved west in 1999 to Hawaiis Kona Brewing, where he grew
chemical additives)
the operation from 1,600 barrels to 200,000 barrels in 12 years across four dierent brewer-
and less sugar than
ies. And he created Konas trademark avored beers, novelties at the time, which inspired a
the average ver-
host of imitators. Now, there must be 20 passion fruit beers on the market, Tucciarone says.
sion. We freeze a
Tucciarone relishes his return to hands-on brewing at Mountain Tap. In a produc-
bottle for icy after-
tion brewery, you get locked into making the 10 beers youre known for, so you really
dinner nips and of
cant experiment, he says. Now hes got more exibility, and his Mountain Tap recipes
From left: Sean Boggs (2); Courtesy of Melissa Plantz

course add a glug

range from classic to quirky. His Locals Lager is a German-style Pilsner, which a lot of
to a thermos of
American brewers are scared of because they take more time, he explains.
hot chocolate for a
The Current IPA is a session brew (six percent ABV) that balances hoppi-
warm pick-me-up
ness with a solid malt backbone; the Passionate Pedal is an unltered wheat
beer with a zingy hit of tropical passion fruit.
on powder days.
AMANDA M. FAISON
But dont look for the brews in cans or bottles anytime soon. Mountain Tap is
so popular that drinkers are nishing o everything Tucciarone makes, leaving
no surplus for broader distribution. In which case, you can consider Mountain
Tap just another great reason to visit Steamboat. 910 Yampa St., Steamboat
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K N I F E C A R E 1 0 1 Moisture is

CUTTING EDGE
knives biggest enemy, Chon
says. Always hand-wash blades in
warm, soapy water (no dishwash-
ers allowed!) and dry thoroughly.
Whether you store the knife on a
A new culinary store magnetic strip, in a drawer, or in
in RiNo offers quality a wood block, keeping it free of
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blades for pros and to extending its life.
novices alike.

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top-grade, super-sharp Consider the pros and
cons of carbon steel
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safer. Knife geeks (and former are sharper, Chon
says. However, blades
Rioja cooks) Craig Field and made from the stores
Tina Chon opened the store namesake material
which also stocks cookbooks require special care
(exposure to acidic
and kitchen equipmentfour ingredients or failure to
months ago to ll a void. Not clean them can invite
rust). For most home
only were there few options for cooks, easy-to-maintain
buying knives in the city, but stainless steelwhich
shopping online often meant is still plenty sharp
may be best.
weeks of waiting and possibly
a disappointing outcome if the
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unparalleled in Denver. says, youll want
to get it sharpened
While the cost of a nice blade every other month.
might seem steep (Carbons Youll notice when
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professional attention:
consider Chons rationale: You Cutting will require
only need a couple of knives, P A R E D O W N Theres a knife more force, which
for every purpose: meat, bread, is often how injuries
she says, and buying one or two vegetables, Chon says. But that occur. Luckily, when
good ones is often cheaper than doesnt mean you must amass a top- you buy a knife at
buying an entire lower-quality chef-worthy collection. Just twoa Carbon, your rst
versatile, six-inch utility knife and a sharpening is free; after
set. 3264 Larimer St., 720-292- seven- to eight-inch chefs knife that, expect to pay
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From left:
Chocolate
custard dessert;
culinary director
Gregory Gourdet

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er stools, an illuminat-
ed white glass counter
DEPARTURE
Departure Restaurant & Lounge brings its slick travel 249 Columbine St. with white padded
aesthetic and ne Asian fusion fare to Cherry Creek North. 720-772-5020 rails, and the tail end
departure of a shiny white air-
BY SCOTT MOWBRAY

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denver.com
plane overhead. Zagat,
ometimes a single dish embodies the mission of an ambitious restaurant, and at De- excited by the aero-
parture Restaurant & Lounge, that dish is the crispy whole striped bass. Its the sort THE DRAW: dynamic thrust of the
of tour de force I go out to eat for: showmanship on a plate, requiring a seasoned fry Ambitious fusion bar, elected Departure
cuisine rooted in
cook and surgical knife work. The skeleton of the sh, lightly battered and deep- Asian avors and to its list of the sexi-
fried until crunchy, comes wrapped like a turban around the lleted, aky white techniques est restaurants in 15
meat. Crowning the whole business is shredded green mango salad, nuggets of cashew, THE DRAWBACK: U.S. cities. Certainly
Some dishes
and a sweet sauce redolent of garlic, lime, and sh sauce. You chopstick chunks of the sh tend toward
the room, lled with
and mango onto perfectly cooked rice (make sure you get the rice, which is a side order), blandness nattily dressed Cherry
then begin pulling apart the n-and-bone framework with your ngers. Soon youre DONT MISS: Creekers, was roaring
poking for cheek and collar meat and other hidden tender bits. Its an elaborate dish, but Whole fried on the Saturday that
sh, crispy lamb
also primitive: a classic Asian presentation and technique meant to be devoured tooth and cakes, Korean we demolished that
claw, served in a setting as slick as any youll nd in Hong Kong. glass noodles, striped bass.
grilled tiger
Departure, which is attached to the new Halcyon hotel in Cherry Creek North, is an prawns, pork
The globe-trotting
Sarah Boyum (2)

impressive architectural statement. The main dining room is modern, woody, dark, and styl- banh mi, choco- theme is intended to
late custard
ish, with banquettes and intriguing art. The large, open kitchen is boldly tiled in bright col- accent culinary direc-
ors. But the scene setter is the bar, a gleaming homage to a rst-class airport lounge, perhaps tor Gregory Gourdets

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Pan-Asian cooking style. Gourdet had

several jobs with Jean-Georges Vongeri-
chten in New York City before moving
to Portland, Oregon, to open the rst
Departure in the Nines Hotel (one of my
favorite hotels in the country) in 2009.
Executive chef Khamla Vongsakoun,
meanwhile, cooked at the Pan-Asian
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and techniques. If they dontand many
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Happily, much that emerges from De-
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beyond the bass, include the lamb cake
appetizer, which consists of fried pastry
pockets lled with spicy pulled lamb and
long beans. Eating these treats, I really
did feel like Id been transported to a
savory Indian pancake stall in Malaysia

Dr ristine Rodgers or Thailand. Equally satisfying are the

lunchtime Korean glass noodles, supple
and slippery as any Ive had in Seoul or
Singapore. Soy-dark and slightly sweet,
theyre tangled up with scallion, carrot
threads, peppers, and bits of shiitake.
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4 6 0 0 H A L E P A R K W A Y, S U I T E 3 3 0 D E N V E R , C O 8 0 2 2 0 The meat is pushed, lollipop-style, down
the bone into bite-size globes, then fried
to a crisp and given a sweet chile glaze.
There are lots of shareable small bites like
Sarah Boyum

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coal, were gently charred and tangy. Less
intense but just as tasty were the grilled
tiger prawns, aromatic with makrut lime
and lemongrass, which reminded me of
grilled seafood eaten on a beach southeast
of Bangkok half a lifetime ago.
I also liked the wok-red Thai sausage
and egg fried rice, though I did have a few
quibbles. The sausage was rather ordinary;
the dish would have been elevated by, say,
slices of Isan sausage, which is fermented
until sour. And the egg came fried on top of
the rice with a loose yolk. Id argue for egg
integrated into the fried rice as bits or rib-
bons, Chinese-style, because the weeping
yolk only confused the chewy texture of the
rice. Still, its notable that the Departure
kitchen understands riceno small thing
for American restaurants, which often miss
the nuances of this complex grain.
After these suc-
cesses, I was surprised Top Flight
that, here and there,
blandness crept in.
The complex,
sweet-bitter
The smoked salmon Wind Rises
cocktail
roll from the sushi menu was under-
whelming, despite the promise of yuzu
kosho (a vibrant citrus-chile paste). Ditto
the dinner entre of black-pepper chicken
with tamarind, red chile, and lime: I
expected a erce, peppery crust, but the
avors were muted. Pork siu mai, from the
dinnertime dim sum appetizer list, arrived
as chewy golf balls, capped with an insuf-
cient quantity of hot Chinese mustard.
They were forgettable.
Believe it or not, the above hardly
touches on the range of Departures menus,
which at dinner alone feature more than
35 oerings, including stone-grilled wagyu
sirloin, a Vietnamese duck curry, grilled
Sarah Boyum
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HAIR MATTERS. dessert, a sensational ve-spice-infused

chocolate custard with huckleberry granita.
Our group dug into the layers of that des-
serts profound richness until the bowl was
clean. On a less successful note, the sticky
rice, made purple-ish and tart with hibiscus
and blanketed by foam and sesame seeds,
was an example of overcomplicating a dish.
In Bangkok, this dessert typically features
sweet sticky rice and a salty coconut cream
and is a delicious lesson in simplicity.
The lunch menu presents an edited
version of dinner but adds bento boxes,
noodle bowls, and sandwiches, including
a grilled pork banh mi with fresh mint,
tangy green mayo, and ample spice from
jalapeos. (The bread was crisp-crusted
and soft within, allowing for the smooth
chomp essential to a good banh mi ex-
perience.) None of this even gets us near
brunch, with its sweet and savory dim
sum menu and a raft of egg dishes such as
a Dungeness crab omelet. All of which is
to say that there may be a few too many
dishes on the menua bit of concision
would bring more consistency.
On the drinks side, expect an equally
wide reach. The wine list includes more
than two dozen wines by the glass,
extending to spice-friendly whites from
Germany, Italy, the Finger Lakes region
of Upstate New York, Oregon, and even
Greece, plus ve bubblies (including
Dom, if youre out to impress, at $45 a
glass). Cocktails are complexwell made,
well icedwith names like Monk Reviver
and the Wind Rises. The latter combined
mezcal, gin, Cherry Heering, and yuzu
syrup into a luminously clear drink, sweet
and bitter, the color of old Madeira.
Oddly, there was one consistent,
niggling miss at Departure: the
onboarding. A restaurant of this style
requires a proper greeting. On three
occasions I had to wander well past the
bar, seeking someone to check me in.
After that, service smoothed out and was
cheery and ecient.
I quickly got over
the bumpy takeos.
Departure is a splashy
urban operation that,
like Matsuhisa nearby, Find our
is a sign of Denvers Dining
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Shift Change
Why Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson, Frasca Food and Wines founding
chef and co-owner, traded ne dining for fast casual.
BY AMANDA M. FAISON

L
ate one Friday in July 2015,
Lachlan Mackinnon-Pat-
terson took off his apron
and chef s coat and dropped
them into the hamper in
Frasca Food and Wines
employee locker room. For
the previous 12 hours, he
had fastidiously coached his
line cooks and plated and
inspected almost every dish that came out
of his Boulder kitchen, known as one of
the nest in the country. But now, all of
the guests had departed, and it was time
for Mackinnon-Patterson, Frascas exec-
utive chef and co-owner, to go home.
On his way out, he stopped by the back
oce he shared with fellow co-owner and
master sommelier Bobby Stuckey and the
restaurants other managers, grabbed his
laptop, and stuffed a towering stack of
papers into his briefcase.
Over the weekend, Mackinnon-Pat-
terson shued through the printouts: a
mix of profit and loss sheets, expenses,
payroll, and bills. He studied Frascas num-
bers, as well as those for Scarpetta Wine
and several Pizzeria Locale outposts, all
of which he owned with Stuckey. The
then 40-year-old ran calculations in his
head, scribbled half-thoughts on paper,
and nally, exhausted, opened his com-
puter and tapped out a short email. It was
addressed to Stuckey and read, in part,
Starting Monday, our lives change.

M A C K I N N O N - PAT T E R S O N discovered his

love for the food industry while enrolled
at Colorado State University in Fort Col-
lins. Multiple times a week, he would
Rollerblade to work at Brueggers Bagels
for the 4:30 a.m. shift. Mackinnon-Pat-
terson was fascinated by the operation and
even aimed to improve the system: Instead
Aaron Colussi

of following the standard of having three

hot bagels of each variety in the case at
any given moment, he devised a way to

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make every bagel hot and fresh all of the
time. Its one of my characteristics, Mack-
innon-Patterson says. I go deep with the
unfamiliarthats where I nd challenge.
His drive, however, frustrated the shop
owner, and he was let go.
A Toronto native whod moved to St.
Louis with his family when he was 16,
Mackinnon-Patterson returned to the
Show-Me State when he transferred from
CSU to Missouris Washington Univer-
sity and took a weekend kitchen job at the
Old Warson Country Club. The chef, Aidan
Murphy, recognized Mackinnon-Patter-
sons potential and put him on the cold line.
He would return home each night, hands
green from peeling hundreds of asparagus
spears or ngers stained red from labori-
ously pitting cherries, relishing the rush
of performing under pressure. Restaurant
cookings pursuit of perfection appealed to
his incessant need to master something new.
One day, Murphy pulled Mackinnon-
skinned wild hares, trussed birds, and spent
feathers from pigeons. Mackinnon-Patter-
Quick Serve Pizzeria Locales fast-casual
eats benet from a founders touch.
telling administrators that Mackinnon-
Patterson was undertrained but mentally
overprepared. I told Chef I wanted to be
the best, Mackinnon-Patterson says. I was
honored that he stuck out his neck for me.
In the summer of 1999, 24-year-old
Mackinnon-Patterson arrived in Paris
to begin his coursework. It was intense
and seriousexactly what he craved. He
spent nights in his apartment practicing
citys best butcher, and asked for work. He
long hours in a refrigerated closet plucking
sons work ethic and focus impressed the
butcher, who helped him land an appren-
ticeship under Benot Guichard at Jamin,
then a two-star Michelin restaurant. He
went on to train under Guy Guilloux at the
one-star La Taupinire in Brittany, France.
When Mackinnon-Patterson returned to
the United States in 2001, he sought a posi-
tion at the French Laundry in Yountville,
California, because it was, rst and fore-
most, French. Under celebrated chef-owner
Thomas Keller, he honed his skills plating
cheeses and working the cold and sh sta-
tions while also learning about the business
of running restaurants.
A year later, Keller held a rare all-com-
pany meeting and explained the business
razor-thin margins. He made it clear that in
ne dining, every detailevery ladle, every

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Patterson aside and told him that if he
was serious about being a chef, he needed
to study in Europe. Murphy wrote a letter
to cole Grgoire-Ferrandi, a prestigious,
highly selective culinary school in Paris,
his knife skills, carving carrots into per-
fect tournes (seven-sided football-like
shapes). When the school closed for a hol-
iday, Mackinnon-Patterson knocked on
the door of Boucheries Nivernaises, the
bar mop, every ingredient, every drop of
cleaning solutionmattered. It was in this
stimulating environment that Mackinnon-
Patterson met his future business partner,
then Laundry wine director Bobby Stuckey.

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In 2003, Mackinnon-Patterson left
the French Laundry; Stuckey had also
departed to pursue restaurant consulting.
The two were determined to start a res-
taurant together, and after searching for
locations on the West Coast, they headed
to Colorado. Stuckeys wife, Danette, sug-
gested Boulder, a city that oered a high
quality of life and seemed like it would
be supportive of a white-tablecloth res-
taurant. I still remember when we came
here to look at spaces, Stuckey says. The
farmers market was going off, and we
thought this community could be amazing
for us.
Frasca Food and Wine, with its focus on
northeastern Italys Friuli region, opened
on the corner of Pearl and 18th streets
in August 2004. The local and national
acclaim was immediate. Within a year,
Mackinnon-Patterson had been named a
best new chef byFood & Winemagazine.
Kate Krader, thenthe magazines restau-
rant editor, recalls, It was like a dream
team, him and Bobby Stuckeya pair of
French Laundry alums obsessing over a
nonobvious place in Italy. [Lachlans] food
was transcendent.In 2008, Mackinnon-
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best chef in the Southwest. In 2013, Frasca
won a James Beard Award for outstanding
wine program.
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send on his email to Stuckey, he had made
the decision to step back from Frasca, the
restaurant that symbolized everything he
had achieved. The reason Frasca is suc-
cessfulis because theres a founders spirit
there. A founder clocks in each morning
and takes care of everyone, Mackinnon-
Patterson, a self-proclaimed control freak,
says. That was missing from PL 2.0.
PL 2.0 referred to the fast-casual version
of Pizzeria Locale, the full-service restau-
rant Mackinnon-Patterson and Stuckey
opened next door to Frasca in 2011. Its
Naples-style pizzas, topped with high-
quality, often imported ingredients, quickly
inspired intense loyalty. It was a pizza place,
yes, but it was upscale, boasting Frasca-level
hospitality and a deep, impressive wine list.
Enter Steve Ells, founder and CEO
of Chipotle Mexican Grill and a friend
of Mackinnon-Patterson and Stuckey.
The three began tossing around the idea
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of a fast-casual Locale in 2011. What
would it look like if we did our pizza, but
at a fast-food price in a fast space? Mack-
innon-Patterson asks. Can we inuence
a wider range of people? They decided to
nd out, and the rst quick-service Pizzeria
Locale opened on Broadway in Denver in
January 2013, signaling a formal partner-
ship with Chipotle. (A Highland location
followed in 2014, and today there are also
three eateries in Kansas City, Missouri, and
two in Cincinnati.)
By 2015, PL 2.0, Frasca, the original piz-
zeria, and Scarpetta were all expanding, but
Mackinnon-Patterson and Stuckey were
doing too much. I told Bob that we were
everything and nothing at the same time,
Mackinnon-Patterson says. You cant
reach your full potential if you do a dab
here and a dab there.
T H I S WA S N T T H E F I R S T time Mackinnon-
Patterson had brought change to the
company. In 2007, two years after he had
won Food & Wines best new chef award,
he and Stuckey were running a restau-
rant that, to the outside observer, had all
the hallmarks of success. Inside, however,
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Frasca was less nancially sound. Despite

praise from the James Beard Foundation,
the New York Times, Gourmet, Esquire,
and others, Frascas servers were making
more money than Mackinnon-Patterson
and Stuckey. Ever the problem-solver,

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Mackinnon-Patterson drew on his French
Laundry experience and began dissecting

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every component of the restaurant. He
and Stuckey raised wine prices and cut
back on selection, and they began edu-
cating every line cook, runner, back waiter,
and server about the value of detail, from
saving artichoke stems for stock to the
precise dilution of cleaning fluid. They
even hired Tony McClung, the general
manager of a Napa vineyard, to run Scar-
petta. All of those decisions added to the
bottom line, making the business more
protable. If youre willy-nilly nancially,
other things become willy-nilly, Stuckey
says. Lachlan found black and white in
the gray of the restaurant industry.
And so Mackinnon-Patterson turned his
attention to PL 2.0. He was vexed by his
feeling that the business lacked soul. We
opened it kinda freestyle, Mackinnon-Pat-
terson says. But it needed a founders touch.
One of us needed to be there. The solution:
He would step away from Frasca, entrusting
the concept to Stuckey and chefs Duncan
Holmes and Ian Wortham. (Mackinnon-
Patterson is still involved in menu changes
and special events.) He told Stuckey, You
take Frasca, PL Boulder, and Tavernetta
[the duos Union Station restaurant, slated
to open in May], and Ill take PL 2.0.
With 90 percent of Mackinnon-Patter-
sons time now devoted to the pizza chain, he
is drilling down on the details. Take the red
wine vinaigrette. The recipeItalian olive
oil, red wine vinegar, wild Sicilian oregano,
and sea saltwas the same for all seven
locations, but the avor changed depending
on which line cook made it. He retooled the
process so the vinaigrette is blended directly
into squeeze bottles standing on a scale.
That way, every ingredient is weighed and
every batch is exactly the same. In a sense,
what Lachlan does at Pizzeria Locale isnt
much dierent than what he did at Frasca,
Chipotles Ells says. He pays attention to
quality and cooking techniques in exactly
the same way.
After decades in the ne-dining realm,
Mackinnon-Patterson also knows a thing
or two about hospitalitysomething often
missing from fast-casual restaurants. At
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are plenty of opportunities for innovation

around connecting with diners. At Frasca,
you have a guest for two to three hours.
You can go in as strangers and leave as
friends, Mackinnon-Patterson says. How
do you bring that to fast food? With gentle
coaching, he pushes PL 2.0 employees on
the pizza line to engage with customers they
recognize. A simple introduction and nice
to see you again goes a long way toward
making a diner feel appreciated.
He also responds to every post on
Twitter, Facebook, and Yelp. Then he runs
each comment through his brain: Are
there improvements to be made? Yes. Should
we serve ranch dressing? No. When diners
complained that the tomato sauce was too
wet, Mackinnon-Patterson accepted the
criticism. After much ddling, the pizzas
are now topped with a blend of tomatoes
that have been cooked down to concen-
trate their avor. The ingredients are exactly
the same, but the ratio of tomatoes to salt,
garlic, oil, oregano, and peperoncino chiles
is dierent. The avor is bright and com-
fortingand recognizable as pizza sauce.

D U R I N G LAST Y E A R S A U T U M N true season,

Asian Street Food &

Mackinnon-Patterson was back in Frascas
dining room, standing shoulder to shoulder
with his fellow chefs. He is satised that
the restaurant remains at peak performance

New late-night happy hour. without him. (Others agree: On December

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5 of this past year, Bill Addison, Eaters
national restaurant editor, named Frasca
one of the 38 best restaurants in America.)
The move has not been without heart-
ache, though. Since we dreamed up Frasca,
Stuckey says, [Lachlan and I] have done
everything together. But the division makes
sense. Stuckeys easy grace and hospitality
are a hallmark of the Frasca experience,
and Mackinnon-Patterson, though a cel-
ebrated culinary force, has the business and
operational acumen to recognize day-to-
day issues as well as the long view. What I
really care about is making a bigger impact,
and doing that with PL 2.0 is motivating,
Mackinnon-Patterson says.
Through his new role, Mackinnon-Pat-
tersons views of both Frasca and Pizzeria
Locale have changed. In both spaces, he
observes the atmosphere, surveys the crew,
and basks in the energy. But no matter
where he is, Mackinnon-Patterson stands
between two worlds. He is a bystander and
a central force, and its from that vantage
that he hunts for his next challenge. m

Amanda M. Faison is a 5280 contributing editor.

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Where To Eat Now

Whether youre headed out for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or a

late-night bite, consider this your go-to guide to the most delectable
foodand drink!in Denver and beyond.
BY DENISE MICKELSEN & CALLIE SUMLIN

PHOTOGR APHY BY A ARON COLUSSI

Telegraph, a cozy Washington
Park bistro, doesnt appear
on most Denver late-night
dining lists. But when we
asked the talented folks who
run the front-of-house at our
local restaurants where they
go for an after-hours nosh,
Cho77 server Evan Dale
said,Telegraph has really
good, affordable wines, and
I like going there for some
late-night charcuterie.
295 S. Pennsylvania St.,
720-440-9846, telegraph
denver.com

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Rise & Dine
Is there a tastier, more portable morning meal than the breakfast
sandwich? We couldnt think of one, eitherso we ate our way through
the Mile High Citys creations to nd you the very best.
Hi Rise owner Doug Andersons superb
breads and bagels anchor the extensive menu
of breakfast sandwiches at this Ballpark spot.
In particular, the Uncle Garys delightful
marriage of a fried egg, Canadian bacon,
caramelized onions, fontina, and tangy honey
mustard on a house-made English mun is
one for the books. 2162 Larimer St., 303-296-
3656, hirisedenver.com
Looking for a fancy breakfast sandwich?
Go elsewhere. Congress Park staple Under
the Umbrella Cafe and
Bakery has served simple,
cheap, and reliably satis-
fying options to hungry
Denverites for years. Our
favorite is the Shannon:
scrambled eggs, spinach,
tomato, onion, and pepper
jack cheese on a bagel. 3504
E. 12th Ave., 303-256-0797
If youre craving an East
Coaststyle breakfast,
look no further than
Rosenbergs Bagels and Delicatessen.
The Jersey Boy extols the classic combo of a
rich egg bagel, runny-yolk fried egg, Taylor
ham, American cheese, and ketchup. Grab a
few napkins and dig in. 725 E. 26th Ave., 720-
440-9880, rosenbergsbagels.com
Moxie Eatery on Broadway has become one
of our mainstays since it opened nine months
ago. The sherry-vinaigrette-drizzled bacon
Gorgonzola breakfast beauty (served on an
English mun) isnt traditional, but thanks
to its balanced avors, dont be surprised if it
becomes a regular xture in your morning
routine. 70 Broadway, Suite 150, 303-524-
9236, moxieeatery.com
A F T E R- H O U R S H O T S P O T S From those in the know
A.J. Snowhite, bartender at the Squeaky Bean
The Wazee Supper Club pours more than 30
beers, and its Parmesan-garlic wings are the best.
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If you count a McDonalds
McMufn among your guilty
pleasures, then you have to try
the Golden Arches sandwich
from Carbon Cafe & Bar.
A fresh brioche doughnut (from
Habit Doughnut Dispensary
next door) is split and served
with bourbon-blueberry
jam, a fried egg, caramelized
Spam, American cheese,
and tater tots. Healthy? Not
quite. Delicious? Oh yes.
1553 Platte St., 720-428-8565,
carbondenver.com
The breakfast sandwiches at Highlands
charming Wooden Spoon Cafe & Bakery
are the stu of dreams. House-baked brioche
pillowy, rich, and slightly sweetcradles uy
eggs and the toppings of your choice. We
always return to the tasty combo of sausage,
tomato, and cheddar. 2418 W. 32nd Ave.,
303-999-0327, woodenspoondenver.com
Rise & Shine Biscuit Cafe oers house-
made breakfast sandwiches that make getting
out of bed worthwhile. Choose the Golds-
boro, a freshly baked biscuit
heaped with salty country
ham. Add scrambled egg
and cheddar cheese to round
it out. Douse with hot sauce
to taste. Enjoy. 5126 W. 29th
Ave., 720-855-0540,
riseandshinedenver.com
At $7.25, the sauted wild
mushroom breakfast sand-
wich from Justin Brunsons
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Masterpiece Delicatessen
may not be the cheapest
in townbut its certainly among the most
delicious. Choose a Rosenbergs bagel or an
English mun as the base, and ask for the egg
cooked over medium. The earthy, nutty mush-
rooms add an indulgent touch. 1575 Central
St., 303-561-3358; 1710 Sherman St., 303-832-
5555; masterpiecedeli.com
The Sammie Bing Bing at Taxis Black Black
Coffee employs a supermarket throwback
Boursin cheeseto terric eect. The creamy
herbed spread mingles with an organic fried
egg, a swipe of chipotle aoli, arugula, and your
choice of avocado or meat (go for bacon) on a
squishy brioche bun. 3459 Ringsby Court, 720-
595-1708, blackblackcoee.com
Austin Heidt, server/sommelier at Frasca Food &
Wine I go to the Kitchen Upstairs for the grilled
cheese with tomato soup; always add prosciutto.
DINER LOVE
For early risersand those who
detest waiting in line for brunch.

Petes Kitchen began feeding the hungry

masses in 1942, and beef-and-lamb gyro
has been a house specialty ever since. Petes
serves it any way you like: in an omelet
or breakfast burrito, as any number of
sandwiches, or as a plate. Each and every
iteration is downright tasty. 1962 E. Colfax
Ave., 303-321-3139, petesrestaurants.com

Lancers Diner is a neighborhood haunt

worthy of a visit. The from-scratch menu is
lengthy, but favorites include crpes with a
cream-cheese-and-berry lling paired with
hash browns and bacon or sausage. Its a
balanced, bountiful plate that goes down
easy. 2991 W. Evans Ave., 303-936-4007

Cherry Creeks Zaidys Deli offers

exceptional Jewish delistyle fare and a
down-to-earth vibe. Try a different kind
of breakfast sandwich thatll ll you up for
hours: two massive latkes encasing smoked
salmon, cream cheese, capers, red onion,
and tomato. 121 Adams St., 303-333-
5336, zaidysdeli.com

Cozy DJs Caf is the kind of spot where

regulars chat with their servers throughout
their meals. The menu tempts across the
board, but give the spicy chorizo stew a try:
Packed with sausage crumbles, potatoes,
and tomatoes and topped with slices of
baguette and a wobbly poached egg, its a
bowl of warm-you-to-your-toes goodness.
Multiple locations, breakfastdenver.co

No list of area diners would be complete

without the Denver Diner. This stalwart
reopened in 2015 after extensive repairs due
to a re, and wed argue that the refabbed
yet still classicspace is all the better for it.
Fortunately, staples like biscuits and gravy
and creamy milkshakes havent changed a
bit. 740 W. Colfax Ave., 303-825-5443

When it comes to classic greasy spoons,

Breakfast King in the Overland neighbor-
hood rules. Settle in among regulars for the
legendary Texas country-fried steak, a ten-
der, 11-ounce behemoth laden with gravy
and crowned with two eggs. 1100 S. Santa
Fe Drive, 303-733-0795

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 Anytime Eats
When the will to cook just isnt there, weve got you covered.
Here are eight places you can go to feed yourselfand the little
oneswell without resorting to a drive-thru.

For multiple unique dining options, a party- Atlantic cocktailsbourbon, Bndictine, Lil-
loud atmosphere thatll absorb the kids ruckus, let Rouge, bitters, honeyand nibble on the
and a full bar for Mom and Dad, head to sweet potato and avocado salad, while even the
Highlands Avanti Food & Beverage. There, pickiest of ospring will be pleased with the
children can choose from pizza (Brava! Piz- pint-size plate of meatballs with polenta. 1644 Parents of pasta-loving
zeria Della Strada), pasta (Chow Morso), and Platte St., 303-455-3084, denverbrider.com children, hear this: Dio Mio
in RiNo is the fast-casual
burgers (American Grind), or branch out with restaurant youve been
arepas (Quiero Arepas) and beef shawarma Retro-homey Steubens is a go-to for adults waiting for. Not only can you
(Souk Shawarma). 3200 Pecos St., 720-269- thanks to its renowned cocktail program and order a well-crafted cocktail
4778, avantifandb.com well-executed classics such as lobster rolls, or affordable glass of wine,
fried chicken, and pot roast. Parents will also delightful small plates,
lunchtime sandwiches, and
River and Woods, a six-month-old Boulder appreciate its health-conscious kids menu: All pastas for yourself (squid
restaurant from chef Daniel Asher and Josh entres come with three nger-friendly fruit- ink spaghetti with pork belly
Dinar, welcomes families with a collection and-veggie sides (think cucumber slices with and kimchi, anyone?), but
of games and books sure to ranch dressing, edamame, the counter-service vibe is
so relaxed that your kids will
keep little ones occupied. The and berries). 523 E. 17th feel at home, too. Plus, the
menu follows suit, particu- Ave., 303-830-1001; 7355 homemade cacio e pepe
larly at brunch, when it oers Ralston Road, Arvada, 303- topped with crushed pink
Capn Crunch cereal with a 830-0096; steubens.com peppercorns might just inspire
from-scratch cookie as one them to expand their noodle
toppings beyond butter and
option but also has French Angelos Taverna is made cheese. 3264 Larimer St., 303-
toast and specialty pancakes. for families, especially if 562-1965, diomiopasta.com
For a grown-up guilty plea- the ones in charge like
sure, go for the decadent mac oysters. Bivalves come on
and cheese at dinner. 2328 the half shell or chargrilled
Pearl St., Boulder, 303-993- with four avoring options
6301, riverandwoodsboulder.com (the original, with garlic butter and pecorino,
is our favorite). Young diners will happily dig
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Four Friends Kitchen is a Stapleton fam-
ily go-to with its playful vibe, locally sourced
breakfast and lunch fare, and ample distrac-
tions for young hands, including Etch A
Sketches in the dining room and yard games
on the rooftop. Best bets include the grits with
spicy andouille sausage and red chile sauce (for
you) and PB&J waes or mac and cheese with
grilled hot dog slices (for them). 2893 Roslyn
St., 303-388-8299, fourfriendskitchen.com
Between its kid-friendly eats and fast-casual
service, Brider is something like a frazzled
parents best friend. Adults can sip Across the
into half portions of the homemade pastas and
pizzas on the menu. 620 E. Sixth Ave., 303-
744-3366; 6885 S. Sante Fe Drive, Littleton,
720-532-1389; angelostaverna.com
At Punch Bowl Social, parents need not
worry about keeping the kids entertained.
With bowling, vintage arcade games, foosball,
and plenty of other fun available, theyll never
want to leave. And thanks to celeb chef and
culinary partner Hugh Achesons crave-worthy
menuwhich ranges from grain bowls to mini
grass-fed burgersyou wont, either. 65 Broad-
way, 303-765-2695, punchbowlsocial.com

A F T E R- H O U R S H O T S P O T S From those in the know

Ryan Rebhan, server at Mercantile Dining & three times a week. Order a chicken bowl (pro tip:
Provision Illegal Petes feeds the majority of the guacamole is free if you dont get cheese and sour
hospitality crowd in this city; I end up there two to cream) and any Ratio brew from the bar.

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 Mile High
Vienna Stand

HOT DOG DAYS

Whether youre nine or 99, there
are times when a good old-fash-
ioned hot dog is just the thing.
When the craving strikes, head to
one of these classic spots.

Biker Jims Gourmet Dogs caramelized

onions and cream cheese topping combo
is a Denver favorite. But we suggest
shaking things up on your next visit with a
ery El Diablo: tomatillo green chile salsa,
Sriracha-lime mayo, and smoked bacon
bits on your choice of dog. 2148 Larimer
St., 720-746-9355, bikerjimsdogs.com

While youre putting away the cheddar-

cheese-, jalapeo-, and barbecue-
sauce-topped Bronco Billy dog at Billys
Gourmet Hot Dogs, take a minute to
check out the tables, which are covered
with photos of the owner and his family
(Grandpa Billy included). 2445 Larimer St.,
303-284-2714, billygourmethotdogs.com

With just one guy acting as the cashier,

cook, and waiter at this small Arvada
stop, Jiffys Hot Dog Deli still nails it
when it comes to delivering excellent
service and tasty specials such as the
European: German sausage, sour cream,
mustard, grilled onions, sweet peppers,
and sauerkraut on a deli roll. 10370
Ralston Road, Arvada, 303-423-8083,
jiffyshotdogdeli.com

You cant have a Chicago dog without the

signature xingsa pickle spear, a tomato
wedge, Chicago-style relish, onions, yellow
mustard, sweet peppers, and celery salt
on a poppy-seed bunand thats just the
way Mile High Vienna Stand serves them.
Multiple locations, milehighvienna.com

The standout chili cheese dog at Chicago

Mikes Beef & Dogs in Centennial delivers
piping-hot cheddar cheese sauce and
bean-free chili thats good enough to
scoop up with a spoon. 11405 E. Briarwood
Ave., Suite 900, Centennial, 720-773-
2333, chicagomikes.net

We cant decide if its the friendly staff,

the soft, uffy buns, or the addition of red
onions and mustard on the NY Coney Style
Dallas Dog (which comes with shredded
jack cheese and chili con carne) that makes
dining at Steves Snappin Dogs such a
treat. You tell us. 3525 E. Colfax Ave., 303-
333-7627, stevessnappindogs.com

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Whats For Dinner?
If a splurge is in order, this is where to go.
Matsuhisas $45 bento box with sushi is a
double-decker beauty. Although available
only during lunch, its bountiful enough to
count as dinner, too. We cant stop thinking
about the beef teriyaki version, which comes
with miso soup, a tuna sashimi salad, the
chef s choice of nigiri, Nobus famous miso
black cod, and rock shrimp tempura dressed
in a creamy, spicy sauce. 98 N. Steele St., 303-
329-6628, matsuhisarestaurants.com
For a rened celebration, afternoon tea at the
Brown Palace Hotel and Spa is unsurpassed.
There are varying levels of indulgence that
range from $36 to $128 per person (the lat-
ter price includes Champagne), but all come
with high-end teas, scones with cream and
preserves, delicate nger sand-
wiches, and exquisite pastries. Izakaya Den
321 17th St., 303-297-3111,
brownpalace.com
Mizuna is a mainstay for spe-
cial-occasion dinners, but wed
argue that its also one of the
citys preeminent cocktail desti-
nations. Barman Austin Carson
nails fanciful takes on the clas-
sics. One example: his verdant
and refreshing $12 version of the mojito,
which features Don Q Cristal, fresh spear-
mint (from owner Frank Bonannos garden),
matcha tea, melon, and lime. 225 E. Seventh
Ave., 303-832-4778, mizunadenver.com
Barolo Grills wine list is 115 pages long
(there are bottles stored in almost every corner
of the restaurant and even across the street).
For a special bottle on a special night, consider
the 2005 Prinsi Barbaresco Gaia Principe
($149), all plum and black licorice, which the
sta discovered on its annual summer pilgrim-
age to Piedmont, Italy. 3030 E. Sixth Ave.,
303-393-1040, barologrilldenver.com
A F T E R- H O U R S H O T S P O T S From those in the know
Gene Fereda, general manger at Old Major My
late-night spot is Sputnik on Broadway for the killer
Cubano and ghost-pepper-infused vodka shots!
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You can score a mighty ne
piece of beef at plenty of steak
houses around town. But when
only the nest 30-ounce wagyu
tomahawk will do, head to
the Edge Restaurant & Bar
inside the Four Seasons. There,
you can slice into a perfectly
marbled, pecan-wood-grilled
steak for a cool $125. Ask for
the Stranahans Whiskey butter
sauce on the side. Four Seasons
Hotel, 1111 14th St., 303-389-
The quickest way to feel like a VIP at the new 3343, edgerestaurantdenver.com
Breckenridge Distillery Restaurant is to order
the $128 caviar service ($140 with vodka) for two.
Its all pomp and circumstancethe caviar tin
gleams like a jewel, the bowl beneath glitters with
ice, and a mother-of-pearl spoon feels delicate in
your handmet with the crispiest of potato chips
and crme frache. Sip anice-cold shot of vodka
(pinky up, of course) with each bite.1925 Airport
Road,970-771-3251,breckenridgedistillery.com/
restaurant amanda m. faison
Omakase translates roughly to trust the chef,
which is what youll do when you settle in for
Sushi Sasas nine-course feast. Chef Wayne
Conwell dives deep into Japanese-Italian fusion
with dishes such as pecorino-dusted halibut and
crisp veggies with a bagna-cuda-
esque anchovy, miso, and olive
oil fonduta. Its an unforgettable
experience thats worth the $120
per person. 2401 15th St., Suite 80,
303-433-7272, sushisasa.com
Lobster is a classic indulgence,
and nowhere is the crustacean
tastier than in the heavenly ra-
men ($13 to $16) at Izakaya Den.
Lobster shells and red snapper
bones lend the stock rich avor, while lobster-
This spread: Courtesy of Izakaya Den (Izakaya Den); Courtesy of Welton Street Cafe (Welton Street Cafe)
and-tiger-shrimp-lled dumplings up the ante.
Snappy noodles and fresh scallions round out
the avorful bowl. 1487-A S. Pearl St., 303-777-
0691, izakayaden.net
Foie grasor fattened goose liveris a polarizing
ingredient, but no one can dispute the delicious-
ness of the foie-gras-topped Shroom Luva at
Tap and Burger. This $22 indulgence features
a beef patty, sauted mushrooms, Emmental
cheese, white true aoli, and shavings of the
liver on top. 2219 W. 32nd Ave., 720-287-4493,
highlandtapdenver.com; 1565 N. Raleigh St., Unit
100, 720-456-6779, tapandburgersloanslake.com
Gavin Berry, general manager at Del Friscos Grille
My team and I lovethe Milwaukee St. Tavern:
great local beers and awesome loaded tater tots.
 Welton
Street Cafe

HIDDEN GEMS
Does the truism that cabbies
know all the best places hold up
in the ridesharing era? We took a
eet of Lyfts to nd out; based on
our drivers recommendations, the
answer is yes. Ruth Tobias

Luis, our driver, came to Denver from the

Yucatn, so when he told us to try a Sinaloan
seafood joint, we took his word for it. Our faith
was rewarded. From molcajetes (mortars
overowing with seafood, meats, cheese,
and sauces) to wacky Mexican-style sushi, El
Coco Piratas menu is worth exploring. Start
with an outrageous michelada garnished with
oysters, shrimp, and carne seca; next, try the
cevichelike botana pirata (pirates snack)
full of abalone, snail, and octopus. All are
served by the Spanish-speaking staff with great
cheer. 3325 W. Alameda Ave., 303-934-4133,
elcocopirata.com

Its one of the last remaining authentic Irish

pubs in town, said ex-reghter Rick about
Clancys Irish Pub, open almost continuously
since 1973. Well gladly vouch for its old-
school charm, which stems from the inlaid
wood oors, multiple bars, and Emerald Isle
memorabilia that lls the space. The kitchen
does a proper job with across-the-pond
classics (hearty beef stew, savory bangers and
mash) as well as updates like the delightful
corned-beef-and-pastrami Irish Castro (based
on a Cubano). 7000 W. 38th Ave., Wheat
Ridge, 720-456-7320, iloveclancys.com

All the time, Kyle said when we asked

if riders ever grill him about restaurants.
One of his go-to recommendations is Cafe
Brazil, a festive South American xture in
Berkeley, because its got great atmosphere,
its genuine, and its something different for
Denver. We couldnt agree more. Start in
the bar with a rum ight and (free!) happy
hour tapas, then move on to a feast centered
around robust stews, including the famous
mixed-meatfeijoada completa. 4408 Lowell
Blvd., 303-480-1877, cafebrazildenver.com

Ironically, Ricardo learned about Welton

Street Cafe, a low-key Southern and Caribbe-
an soul food sanctuary, from a passenger who
told me it had incredible food made from
scratch. So it has for years, including some of
the citys nest fried chicken and catsh as well
as seven different kinds of Jamaican-style
patties. 2736 Welton St., 303-308-0860

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 P L AT E P O L I T I C S

FEEL-GOOD
FISH
With all the seafood on local menus,
youd never know Colorado is landlocked.
While thats great news for sh lovers, its
also a worldwide trend thats worrisome
for the long-term health of our oceans.
Diners need to do their parts: Ask res-
taurants if they serve sustainably caught
sh; look to the Monterey Bay Aquarium
Seafood Watch (seafoodwatch.org) and
Marine Stewardship Council (msc.org) for
ocean-friendly options and partnering res-
Fish N Beer taurants; and check out these local spots
for their sensational, sustainable seafood.

Diners at Troy Guards RiNo
eatery, Mister Tuna, have been
smitten with the brown-butter
king crab since day one, with good
reason. The combination of sweet
Alaskan king crab (a good choice,
according to Seafood Watch),
seasonal local fruit (apples now,
Palisade peaches come summer),
brown butter, and Hawaiian black
lava sea salt is impossible not to
love. 3033 Brighton Blvd., 303-831-
8862, mistertuna.com
The name of Kevin Morrisons new
RiNo restaurant, Fish N Beer,
hints at the simple pleasures
found within. From grilled
oysters to wood-red Icelandic
arctic char with salsa verde, chef
Aniedra Nichols concise menu
lets the avors of the responsibly
sourced seafood shine through.
3510 Larimer St., 303-248-3497,
shnbeerdenver.com
Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar,
under executive chef Sheila
Lucero, has made responsible
sourcing its mission since the
rst Boulder location opened in
1994. Three more Colorado spots
and one Kansas City outpost
later, its still going strong: Jax
was the rst Colorado restaurant
to be certied by the Seafood
Watch, and Lucero is also on its
task force. What does that mean
for diners? There are plenty of
sustainable options on the menu,
and the mussels, in particular, are
plump and delicious. Multiple
locations, jaxshhouse.com
If youre leery of farm-raised
sh, allow the specimens at
Silvas Fish Market to change
your mind. Owner (and Sushi-
Rama chef) Jesus Silva sources
from environmentally friendly
aquaculture outlets. These farms
raise sh in low-pollutant waters
and eschew antibiotics, hormones,
and poorly sourced feeder sh.
The results are fantastic. Just
order the salmon cevichemade
Jax Fish
House &
Oyster Bar
with farmed Verlasso salmon,
red onion, coconut, and citrus
juicesand youll taste what we
mean. The Denver Central Market,
2669 Larimer St., 303-353-2995,
denvercentralmarket.com
Shrimp is notoriously difcult to
farm responsibly, and wild-caught
specimens from nondomestic
sources are questionable at best.
But you can still get your ll thanks
to Jennifer Jasinskis thoughtful
sourcing of sweet, wild Mexican
shrimp at Stoic & Genuine. Find
them in her deconstructed paella
or served straight up, chilled,
and ready to peel and eat. Union
Station, 1701 Wynkoop St., 303-
640-3474, stoicandgenuine.com
Denver sushi lovers are lucky to
have Bamboo Sushi at Avanti
Food & Beveragenot only
because its food is so tasty, but
because it partners with nine
environmental groups to ensure
that its ingredients are sustainable.
In fact, Bamboo is one of six
independent U.S. restaurants
(four are in Colorado) certied by
the Marine Stewardship Council,
which puts its stamp of approval
on the albacore tuna Bamboo
serves as a delicate carpaccio
with smoky cipollini onions,
pickled mushrooms, Japanese
sea salt, and ponzu. Avanti Food
& Beverage, 3200 Pecos St., 720-
269-4778, avantifandb.com
Bradford Heap, chef-owner of
Wild Standard in Boulder, takes
sustainability seriously. Exhibit A is
his exclusive Yakutat Bay supplier
of wild king salmon. The sh are
hooked, caught, cleaned, and
arrive at Wild Standards walk-in
within 24 hours. This costly supply
chain results in a $34 entre price
tag for diners, but the choice
reects Heaps commitment; the
sh is full-avored and fresh as can
be. You can order this carefully
sourced salmon as long as the
kings remain in the bay, hopefully
through the middle of April. 1043
Pearl St., Boulder, 720-638-4800,
wildstandard.com

A F T E R- H O U R S H O T S P O T S From those in the know

Sasha Zhelyezna, general manager at Bar Dough Andrew Stahl, restaurant manager at Coperta My
I love the duck roll at Hop Alley, which goes so favorite after-work meal consists of Hudson Hills
well with a glass of J.B. Becker Riesling. Red Hook cocktail with the pork-and-bacon terrine.

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 Last Bites
At Bastiens Restaurant,
Americas favorite dessert
is taken to another level.
The neon-sign-adorned
Colfax classics la mode
skillet pies (cherry, apple,
or peach) come in pools of THE NEW
sizzling cinnamon-pecan,
brandy, or whiskey butter, SWEET SPOT
respectively. 3503 E. Nostalgia be damned. Its time
Colfax Ave., 303-322-0363, to mix up your dessert routine with
bastiensrestaurant.com these delicious recommendations.

TRY
Babettes Artisan
Breads chocolate
If you like sables
brownies The Source,
3350 Brighton Blvd.,
303-993-8602,
babettesbakery.com

TRY
Snowlabs Taiwanese-
If you like
style shaved snow
4360 E. Evans Ave.,
ice cream
720-612-4546,
snowlabco.com

TRY
Izzios kouign-amann
If you like
croissants The Denver Central
Market, 2669 Larimer
St., 720-381-0260,
izziobakery.co

TRY
Avelinas coconut
If you like
panna cotta
1550 17th St.,
pudding
720-904-6711,
avelinadenver.com
This spread: Courtesy of Seesaw Creative (Fish N Beer); Courtesy of Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar (Jax Fish House)

TRY

If you like Spinellis Bakery &

macaroons Cafs ve-layer bars
4628 E. 23rd Ave.,
720-242-6048

TRY
Caf Zuris
If you like
Carmen cake
3718 W. 32nd Ave.,
cheesecake
720-381-4567,
cafezuri.com

TRY
D Bar Restaurants
If you like white chocolate
banana
bread
banana bread pudding
494 E. 19th Ave.,
303-861-4710,
dbardenver.com
m

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 THE

HIPSTER-
FICATION OF

DENVER
The skinny-jeans-loving, tattoo-sporting, ironic-glasses-wearing set has
descended on the Mile High City in a big way in recent years. But who
are these tragically cool people, exactly? What drives them? And how
is this notoriously apathetic counterculture shaping Denvers landscape?
(Not that we really care, of course.)

BY LINDSEY B. KOEHLER
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY C.J. BURTON

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 THE

GOSPEL
ACCORDING TO THE
DISCONTENTED

MINORITY
Its difcult to craft Ten
Commandmentstyle
directives for a group
whose primary reason for
existence is to buck the
rulesbut this decalogue
seems exible enough.

1
Thou shalt not covet clothing

A
except sneakersthat was
manufactured after 1979.

2
Thou shalt live or hang out in
s with many other shifts in American gentrifying and/or moderately seedy
culturee.g., fashion trends, culinary urban neighborhoods.
crazes, musical tasteswhen it came to 3
hipsterism, Denver arrived a little late to Thou shalt subscribe to some
the party. Although the word hipster THE alternative diet, be it gluten-free,
DEFINITION vegan, low-carbon, or macrobiotic.
was coined during the 1940s to refer to OF COOL
jazz acionados, the modern iteration of 4
the term gained popularity in the early
2000s, mostly to pigeonhole the swell of Hipster Thou shalt roll your eyes at the
notion that driving a car is an
acceptable way to get around.
hostile-to-mainstream-America-and- noun | hip t ster
its-frenzied-consumerism twenty- and 5
thirtysomethings living in places like A loosely knit, difcult- Thou shalt wear earbuds at all times
to-dene, ambiguously and own an iPhone, an iPad, and a
Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Its a common nerdy, somewhat MacBook Pro.
refrain, however, that the moment some- acerbic coterie of young
one uttered the word hipster, authentic hipsterism died. adultsusually in their 6
20s and 30swho
Not in Denver. While being a hipster in New York City appreciate intelligence,
Thou shalt work as an artist, a
or Portland or Seattle or San Francisco in 2017 might be software developer, a barista, a sous
cultural sensitivity, free
chef, a writer, a graphic designer, a
borderline pass, the Mile High City has only become thought, left-leaning
craft beer brewer, a mixologist, or a
politics, safe spaces,
surly-chic enough to support a hipster community in artistic creativity, and
hair stylist. Possibly all at once.
the past ve or so years. It took, among other things, an entrepreneurial aptitude 7
entrepreneurial are-up, real estate expansion into once- and who have the
ultimate disdain for overt Thou shalt be self-righteous
dilapidated areas, the legalization of recreational marijuana, consumerism, socially about: politics, religion, bikes, the
and an inux of millennials in the post-recession years constructed notions environment, corporate America,
of beauty and fashion, consumerism, the media, indie
to create the ideal environment for hipsterism to take music, ne art, full-contact sports,
and anything remotely
hold. And take hold it has. A 2016 report from business- mainstream (except for and beard oil.
data giant Infogroup dubbed the Denver metro area the Apple products)
8
third most hipster city (of those with more than a mil-
Thou shalt relish all things local,
lion residents) in America, behind strongholds Seattle and independent, and artisanaland be
Portland. The study zeroed in on the concentration of hip- eminently capable of dying your own
ster-related businesses per 10,000 residents: places like yarn and knitting your own sweaters.
liquor stores and microbreweries, record stores, thrift shops, 9
tattoo parlors, music and live entertainment venues, bike Thou shalt revere revolutionary
shops, and independent coeehouses. With those criteria, groups and iconsChe Guevara,
its little surprise Denver nabbed the bronze. What might Mahatma Gandhiof the past.
Aaron Colussi

be a surprise, however, is just how pervasive the hipsterca- 10

tion of our newly with-it city really is. Thou shalt not (ever) cop to being a
hipster, because labels are lame.

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 THE HIPSTERFICATION OF DENVER
A E S T H E T I C A L LY Loose-tting beanie, worn with
NONCONFORMING
CONSUME
utter disregard for temperature

Much like the Beat Generation and the hip-

pie movement, hipsterism is as much (maybe
more?) about a sense of style as it is a life Androgynous I F YOU M U ST
slicked-back
philosophy. Heres what you need to pull off coiffure
Denvers iteration. The terminally hip
eschew brand names
Androgynous Skrillex Thick-framed glasses that and labelsfor people
cut (read: side cut or may be (but probably are
partially shaved) not) prescription as well as T-shirts.
Still, they cant buy
Plaid button-downs, everything at the thrift
preferably purchased Manicured
at a thrift store but facial hair
shop, right?
also for sale at every
Urban Outtters
BUY Messenger bags
Graphic AT Chrome Industries
T-shirts that
say things BECAUSE This Boulder-
like Han born company makes
Shot First or nearly indestructible
iCompost A cross-body bag
that stays in place gear specically for bike
while biking messengers, xed-gear
freestyle riders, and
urban commuters.

BUY Flannel shirts,

A xie canvas pants, geeky-
road bike, cool backpacks
perfect for
commuting AT Topo Designs
BECAUSE Topos dialed-
Tattoos,
lots of
back palette reects the
tattoos colors of Colorados natural
landscape, the apparel
is made in the United
States, and the companys
marketing materials read
like a page out of the hipster
manual. Exhibit A: The idea
around simplicity and the
sense of connectedness with
the things we own is a huge
part of Topo Designs.
Pourover
coffee made BUY Hand-sewn clothing,
from locally upcycled home decor
roasted beans
AT Sewn
Unnecessary
suspenders BECAUSE This quirky
Broadway boutique walks
Skinny and/or
vintage jeans, the walk when it comes to
preferably pur- creative reuse.
chased at the
consignment store
BUY Graphic T-shirts,
but readily available
at American Apparel distressed military jackets,
reworked vintage dresses,
Euro sunglasses
AT Fancy Tiger Clothing
BECAUSE Graphic,
Distressed, and Vintage
are all chapter headings in
the Hipster Style Bible. Plus,
the store is in the Baker
neighborhood; nuff said.

BUY Vintage furniture, funky

clothes, locally made jewelry
AT Decade

BECAUSE Even if the cute

Marcos Chin

Chunky boots from the Army top you nd in the back isnt
Surplus store or vintage Converse secondhand, the priceand
the grandmas attic setting
will make it seem like it is.

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 Were not sure if hipster-driven businesses opened rst and subsequently
W H AT drew the bearded masses to Denver or if the nonchalants came here for

COOL PEOPLE WANT

tech jobs and companies were born to meet their needs. Either way, over
the past several years the Mile High City has come alive with independent
coffeeshops, microbreweries, live music venues, and a host of other trendy
enterprises where you might need to up your style game to blend in.

ATTEMPT TO FIT IN AT SUCH AS BY TH EN

COFFEESHOPS Prodigy Coffee, Ordering a cup of coffee made with a Snag a two-top and talk about
Corvus Coffee, Chemex from delicately roasted, fair- Denvers disappointing recycling
Steam Espresso Bar trade beans, the provenance of which rates, which a November 2016 report
your barista can articulately explain called abysmal

ARTISANAL MARKETS The Stanley Marketplace, the
Denver Flea, Horseshoe Market
Grabbing a wildly pricey salad or Peruse gluten-free
sandwich (hey, organic ingredients mufns, handmade
from local farmers dont come cheap) jewelry, and hemp
clothing, but walk away empty-handed
because you blew your budget on lunch

CRAFT BREWERIES Trve Brewing Co., Our Mutual
Friend Brewing Company,
Grandmas House Brewery
Asking the
bartender which, if
any, of his brews are
fresh-hopped, preferably
using Western Slope varietals
Inquire about the Wi-Fi password,
insert your earbuds, and break out
your MacBook so you can nish your
blog about what isand what is not
compostable while sipping your IPA

B ICYCL E SHOPS The Urban Spending an inordinate amount of Geek out about the newest, totally-
Cyclist, time talking with the salesperson unnecessary-but-still-sweet-looking
Turin about building a custom steed for aero xie wheel sets
Bicycles Ltd., your everyday commute
Dene Cycling

LIVE MUSIC VENUES Ophelias Electric Soapbox, Screaming, verbatim, Buy a T-shirt (and poster and pin and
the Hi-Dive, Hermans Hideaway the lyrics of the trucker hat and belt buckle) promoting
completely unknown said unknown band
band onstage

THRIFT STORES Buffalo Exchange, Platos Closet,
Arc Thrift Store, Rags, Goodwill
Thrift Stores
Shutterstock (coffee, hops, gluten free, bike, hand, records, gummy bear, bird); Courtesy of Wikpedia (Fred Perry)
Fighting with a 97-pound vegan over Gloat, then
the last Fred Perry polo on the rack surreptitiously ask
Siri who Fred Perry
was, exactly

RECORD STORES Wax Trax Simply walking in; anyone Buy a used CD, because CDs are
Records, who doesnt exclusively stream retro cooland because you
Twist & Shout, music will be taught the need some new coasters
Independent secret handshake
Records

POT SHOPS LivWell, Peak MJ, the Giving Tree Asking the budtender Take home an eighth of Sour Diesel
of Denver which edibles are for your Pax 2 portable vaporizer,
certied as animal- because theres just no reason to
product free choke on smoke

TATTOO PARLORS Sol Tribe, Think Discussing imagerypenny-farthings Leave, promising to return after
Tank, Certied and Cubist birds and anything working up some designs on your own
Customs, Ritual that seems wanderlusty, like a
Tattoo Gallery vintage compass or the word
wanderlustwith the artist

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 THE HIPSTERFICATION OF DENVER

VA R I AT I O N
ON A THEME

THEDENVER
DIFFERENCE
Our counterculture
diverges from other
iterations around the
country thusly.

The unofcial beer of

hipsters elsewhere

Pabst Blue Ribbon

The unofcial beer of

Denver hipsters

Anything in a growler thats
higher than six percent ABV

FOLLOWING
IN THEIR
Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady, Allen Ginsberg, and their
Beat Generation cohorts (that is, yesteryears hipsters)
found inspiration, and like-minded folks, in many Front

FOOTSTEPS Range locales in the 1940s and 50s. We explore their

one-time hideawaysand reveal the modern-day,
hipsteric equivalents.
The recreational drug of
choice of hipsters elsewhere

cocaine, because
everything 80s, even
the drugs, is now
THEN THEN THEN THEN considered classic
The Rossonian Hotel Casino Cabaret My Brothers Bar Larimer Street
dive bars The recreational drug of
A Five Points bastion The stage at this Five This dimly lit watering choice of Denver hipsters
of black culture in the Points live music venue hole in what was a Following World War 
1940s and 50s, the hosted Duke Ellington somewhat seedy part II, Larimer Street weed, because you wont
Rossonians lounge and Louis Armstrong, of Denver was a favorite was home to sketchy end up in jail
was considered the among others. Al- meeting place of the bars, ophouses, and
best jazz club in though no proof exists Beats. Neal Cassady pawnshops. Its said The indie bands loved by
town. Jack Kerouac that the more famous wrote what amounted Kerouac was a near- hipsters elsewhere
visited the hotel and Beats swayed to the to an IOU letter to the permanent xture along 
immortalized it in music here, their dis- bar, saying he owed it what was then not a Bon Iver, Grizzly Bear,
On The Road. ciples denitely did. about 3 or 4 dollars. street of dreams. Animal Collective
Clockwise from left: Courtesy of Star Bar; iStock; Courtesy of Wikipedia

NOW NOW NOW NOW The indie bands loved by

Denver hipsters
The Meadowlark Cervantes My Brothers Bar Star Bar 
Masterpiece Tennis, Sympathy F, Mesita,
At one of the more The bar still exists. Larimer came out of its Conuence, In The Whale
intimate music venues Born in 2003, this And Cassadys original skid row phase by the
in town, trendsters music hall took over IOU note is posted near end of the 1960s, and
bob their heads to the Casino Cabaret, the pay phone. today, its difcult to The preferred outerwear
indie rock and sidle up which closed in 1965. nd a Kerouac-worthy brand of hipsters elsewhere
to the bar hoping to Cervantes musical dive bar with a Larimer 
catch the attention of repertoire is likely address. That is, except Filson
the heavily tattooed, more diverse than its for Star Bar, a cold-beer-
The preferred outerwear
somewhat unrespon- predecessors, but a from-the-can kinda place brand of Denver hipsters
sive bartenders. steady dose of up-and- where distressed jeans 
coming bands attracts are required for entry. Patagonia, because our
a bohemian crowd. Cassady and Kerouac hipsters still ski

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 UNENTHUSIASTIC
HIPSTERS
AND WHERE TO
FIND THEM
These ve Denver neighborhoodssubjectively
judged on our skinny-jeans scalehave charmed
everyones favorite counterculture.
BAKER /SPEER
RATING:
As ground zero for hipsterati
culture in the Mile High City,
the Broadway corridor, which
hosts leafy residential streets
just blocks o an alluringly
gritty main thoroughfare lined
with hipster strongholds such as Sputnik, ticks all of the
necessary boxes. Tattoo parlorscheck. Thrift stores
check. Craft breweriescheck. Record storecheck.
Coeeshops, dive bars, cycleries, and pot shopsquadru-
ple check. Plus, the area has live music venues covered.
Broadway has long been a magnet for the subculture du
jour, but the recent revitalization of the areacharac-
terized by the shuttering of some of the most o-color
purveyors and the opening of farm-to-table restaurants,
kitschy bars, and twee boutiqueshas no doubt elevated
its status as a desirable hood for those who profess not to
care but really kinda do.
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CAPITOL HILL
RATING:
Its not exactly clear why
coeehouses are the preferred
hangout of hipsters, but it is
clear that Cap Hill has one
of the best java scenes in
Denver. Hence, its overrun
with twenty- and thirtysomethings looking for pourovers
and ber-optic Wi-Fi connections. They nd what they
crave at spots like Black Eye Coee Cap Hill, Amethyst
Coee Company, Thump Coee, Pablos Coee, and
Roostercat Coee House. But even a hipster cannot live
on coee alone. Some sort of organic, gluten-free, vegan
fare (like what youll nd at City, O City on 13th Avenue
or at the Corner Beet on North Ogden Street) helps
mitigate too much caeine intake. As day bleeds into
night and beverages move from Americanos to IPAs, the
funperusing vinyl at Wax Trax; committing to some
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new ink at Bound by Design; or listening to live tunes at
the Ogden, the Fillmore, or DazzleJazzonly runs out
when you realize youre too tired, or too high (there are
dispensaries nearby), to ride your bike home.
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RATING:
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For the purposes of this story,
were pairing adjoining micro-
hoods RiNo and Curtis Park
to make one giant efdom of
hipness. The unifying theme
between the two urban enclaves
is like catnip to the young and the restless: artisanal every-
thing. Over the past several years, this swath of northeast
Denver has changed from an industrial-warehouse waste-
land into the artisticand we use that word looselyhub
of the city. Flannel-shirt-wearing hordes are drawn to a
bevy of craft breweries (Ratio Beerworks, Beryls Beer Co.,
Black Shirt Brewing Co.); a cider house (Stem Ciders);
two massive artisan markets (the Source and the Denver
Central Market) with organic bakeries, nose-to-tail eat-
eries, and handmade chocolates; a jazz club (Nocturne
Jazz & Supper Club); socially responsible restaurants (the
Populist, Hop Alley, Work & Class); coeeshops (Crema
Coee House, Ink! Coee, Novo Coee); anduntil
theyre completely priced out of the burgeoning neighbor-
hooddozens of art galleries and artists studios. In short,
its hipster heaven.
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 THE HIPSTERFICATION OF DENVER

POLITICS

atmosphere at Fish N Beer `Comals Latin American

food, which is served with a side of community outreach
on-site job-training classes help low-income women
TA N G L E D UP IN BLUE
Liberal-leaning millennials-cum-hipsters have been
BERKELEY pouring into the Front Range, so it shouldve come
R ATING:
as no surprise the state voted against the Donald.

The recent entrepreneurial explosion along

Tennyson Street between West 38th Avenue
and West 46th Avenue has been inciting some-
thing akin to euphoria amongst a group thats
perennially tough to arouse. This burgeoning
area is evidence that although their aect may
be at, the purposefully meek will inherit the
Earth (or at least the gritty-cool corners of it).
If you sit inside Downpours Coee on Tennyson
long enough, youll hear some iteration of the fol-

A
lowing conversation:
Have you been to BookBar?
Yeah. Its just so nice to nally have an indepen-
dent bookstore nearbyand it doesnt hurt that it lthough it seems
also has wine. like every de-
For sure. I kinda love that craft brewery thats near it, too. mographic stat
Whats it called? possible is col-
De Steeg? lected during
Oh, I like that one, too, but I was talking about Call To election years,
weve yet to
Arms. Their Clintonian Pale Ale is smooth.
see a form
Hey, is that a new tattoo? with a check-
Yeah, you like it? The guys at Mammoth American Tattoo able box for
down the street did it. They completely understood what I hipster.
was going for with the twist on the Eye of Ra. Which makes accounting for
NEW TO THE SCENE `Vital Root, which runs exclusively on wind power this groups political inu-
to deliver delicious organic eats `Any piece of outdoor gear you ence challenging. However,
might need at Feral Mountain Co.
if we, like many other media
outlets, conate hipsters
with millennials, it becomes
a wee bit easier. Although
LOHI
were not comfortable with
R ATING:
saying all hipsters are mil-
lennials or that all millen-
Consider LoHi where hipsters go nials are hipsters (a 2013
when they grow upor at least Public Policy Polling study
when their paychecks do. A little suggested only 50 per-
less intense and a lot more expen- cent of 18- to 29-year-olds
characterized themselves
From left: Courtesy of American Cultures; Jason Connolly/Getty Images
greatest number of any met-
ro area in the United States.
Combine those
factors with the reality
that younger millennials
tend to lean lefteven
if theyre registered as
independentsand youve
got all the ingredients
you need to mix up a nice
shade of electoral blue. To
wit: Of the 35 percent of
registered Colorado voters
between 18 and 40 years
old in the 2016 general
election, 331,182 registered
as Democrats; 253,635 did
so as GOPers; and 414,460
remained unafliated.
While stats revealing
how Coloradans actually
voted on November 8
arent available (ballots are
secret, folks), there are a
few numbers that make
it clear Colorados recent

sivethe average listing price for

as such), its probably safe
a home is about $609,986this dense district has a roster of
to conclude that a large
socially conscious businesses (e.g., even the local ice cream
portion of this subcultures
shop supports hunger relief programs), its own summertime members were born be-
farmers market, an independent theater, art galleries, and a tween the early 1980s and
collective eatery, making it just hip enough. What it lacks in the late 1990s.
thrift stores and tattoo shops, it makes up for with its prox- Another safe conclusion:
imity to downtown (urban commuters, rejoice!), delightfully Millennials love Denver like
unscuzzy dispensaries, and plethora of craft breweries. It also they love a Warby Parker
haswait for itcoeeshops: Maci Cafe, Metropolis Cof- clearance sale. According to
fee, Gallop Cafe, and Black Eye Coees original location, to a 2016 Brookings Institution
name just a few. study of population move-
ment from 2009 to 2014,
NEW TO THE SCENE `Plenty of elbow room and outlets at new coffee
spot LoHi Local `LV>y>pi>pvAmerican Cultures Denver had a net annual something that hasnt
migration gain of 12,682
people ages 25 to 34, the
millennial explosion is at
least partly responsible for
the change in the states
political landscape. The
2016 election was the rst
time in 32 years that active
registered Democratsof
all agesoutnumbered
active registered
Republicans. It was also
the third consecutive
presidential election in
which Colorado went blue,
happened since Woodrow
Wilson was president.

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THE
DOWNSIDE HIPSTER
TO
HOMOGENY
A Portland expat warns against too
much carefully cultivated facial hair
and artisanal, well, everything.
n a city of roughly 50 percent
I
transplants, its natural that small
talk with new acquaintances
follows the where-are-you-from
thread. In my case, the conver-
sation has become particularly
scripted. It goes like this:
So are you from Colorado? asks a new friend/
PR professional/Uber driver.
No, Im from Portland.
Oh wow. I want to visit there. Ive heard
its cool.
I nod, a smile carefully arranged on my face. It is
cool. In fact, its too cool. And thats precisely why I left.
Today, thanks to the popularity of IFCs Portlandia, luxe lumber-
jack fashion la Pendleton, and weird culinary sensations like Voodoo
Doughnut, Portland regularly ranks among the countrys most hip-
stery cities. Second, in fact, on a recent survey from Infogroup. But
take it from a lifelong Portlander who, yes, even briey had a pet
chickenall that funky eyewear and tattoo ink has its downsides, too.
When I moved to Denver, it wasnt just for the mountains and
a bigger city and to get out of the goddamned rain. The move also
promised an escape from what felt like the tyranny of a homogenous
hipster culture. Its not that I dont love a good cup of locally roasted
coee, an esoteric bit of ink, or a hand-knit beanie (albeit actually
pulled down over my ears). My problem is with the groupthink asso-
ciated with any overly pervasive school of thoughtbe it hipsters,
rabid Broncos fans, or Wall Street investment bankers circa 2007.
Its particularly irksomehypocritical evencoming from those
who vehemently reject conformity yet become near identical in their
attempts to out-weird one another.
Besides being annoying, ubiquitous hipsterism can be a serious
wet blanket for political debate and business growth. I witnessed it
regularly: As soon as one of the citys revered artisan brands made it
big, hipsters cheers turned to jeers. There may be no better example
than Stumptown Coee Roasters. Debuting as one of the citys
rst modern microroasters in 1999, Stumptown grew into Port-
lands artisanal darling. What started as a cafe roasting and selling
fair-trade beans grew to 10 roasteries and coeeshops around the
country. In 2011, however, when owner Duane Sorensen took funds
from a private equity rm, Esquire deemed it The End of Stump-
town, Americas Hippest Coee Brand. Then, in 2015, Stumptown
had the audacity to sell to Bay Area caeine godfather Peets Cof-
fee. Many Portlanders were incensed: How dare Stumptown insult
their artisanal sensibilities by realizing the American entrepreneurial
dream? Social media and the comments sections of news stories cov-
ering the sale were peppered with angry sentiments. Money magazine
82 | 5280 | MARCH 20 17
even ran an article about the spectacle titled Why Hipsters Are So
Angry About Peets Buying Stumptown Coee.
Were Stumptown an app or gadget from Silicon Valley, wed
be celebrating. Yes! Sell to Google! Make bazillions and seed other
socially conscious startups! But no. Thats not how many Portland hip-
sters roll. Theyll sport vintage Nikes while simultaneously sneering at
the entrepreneurial spirit that built the Oregon shoe empire to begin
with. (And we wonder why Portland only had one Fortune 500 com-
pany in 2016 while Denver had 10.)
Look. Dont get me wrong. I love Portland. The food. The land-
scape. The derision of umbrellas and people who cant properly operate
them. But theres more to life than left-leaning circle jerks and a per-
vasive all-things-indie aectation. Theres got to be room for growing
a business. For shoppers who cant aord to spend $90 on a hand-
made leather belt but still need something to hold their pants up. For
uncomfortable discussions about immunizations and uoride, about
fracking and ag-burning and the right to bear arms, about gentrica-
tion in the hoods hipsters love, and about more important things, like,
you know, whether or not the NFL should get rid of the point after.
For me, thats the beauty of Denver. I can walk into just about
any LoDo restaurant and see a skinny-jeaned hipster swilling Dad &
Dudes Sativa IPA two tables away from
an Avalanche-jerseyed fan debating the
MY PROBLEM
merits of the 16th Street Mall with a suit
IS WITH THE
sipping Stranahans Colorado Whiskey.
GROUPTHINK Yes, the hipsters have found Denver, but
so far theres still room for all kinds in the
A S S O C I AT E D
WITH ANY Mile High City. I hope it stays that way,
O V E R LY because conict, debate, and compromise
PE RVA S I V E are where the best ideas come fromnot
SCHOOL OF from some aesthetics-driven dream of
T H O U G H T. the 90s that should have died right along
Marcos Chin
with the Macarena. Then again, maybe
Im just not that cool. Kasey Cordell
 THE HIPSTERFICATION OF DENVER

THE J O B A P P R OVA L M AT R I X
In 2015, youth-advocacy nonprot Young Invincibles analyzed numbers from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to
determine the top 25 jobs for millennials. Gigs in IT, nance, and health care, all ubiquitous in Colorado, were on the
list. But what if youre a millennial who wants to wear Chuck Taylors to work? We scrutinized YIs career catalogue
with an eye toward a hipsters need for a creative outlet and disdain for corporate culture.

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WHOS GOT NE X T?
If hipsterism really is on its way out in places other than Denver, which subculture could replace it?

YUCCIES NEO-SURVIVALISTS URBAN TRAVELERS

The yuccie is essentially the love child of the
hipster and the yuppie. Minted by Mashable
in mid-2015, this hybrid word refers to young
urban creatives who may still display some of
the outward affect and retain many of the social
justice beliefs of a hipster but for whom yuppier
iStock (15)
Millennial survivalists are more socially aware,
more willing to collaborate, and more keen on
eco-living than old-school doomsday preppers.
They also dont necessarily believe a reliance
on rearms will save them, preparing instead by
learning outdoor survival, food preservation, and
Advocacy groups say urban travelers are really
just homeless youth; others say its an off-the-
grid lifestyle that attracts societal dropouts and
conspiracy theorists. Travelers seem to be drawn
to cities they perceive to be laid-back, including
Denver, Portland, Seattle, and San Francisco.

idealslike proting hugely from their beetle- basic mechanic skills. Their number one fear? Most of these cities are in states that have
kill furniture businessprevail. Climate-change-induced apocalypse. legalized weed. Coincidence? Probably not. m

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 Combine CDOTs dreadfully inadequate coffers with Colorados soaring
population, and it becomes painfully clear that I-70s epic gridlock
isnt going to be xed anytime soon. Add a few unstable mountainsides,
a couple of bridges in need of replacement, and grades made more
dangerous by winter weather and overcrowding, and our states most
critical east-to-west highway is on a serious...

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COLLISION COURSE
BY MICHAEL
BEHAR
PHOTOGRAPHY BY
BENJAMIN RASMUSSEN
 SHAILEN BHATT IS HUNGRY.
The executive director of the
Colorado Department of
Transportation is at the wheel
of a white Dodge Durango
SUVan ocial CDOT vehi-
cle, retrotted with ashing
amber emergency lightswhen
he exits Interstate 70 in Idaho
Springs, swoops into a McDon-
alds drive-thru, and orders an
Egg McMun. Im sitting in
the passenger seat. Do you
want anything? he asks. Bhatt
clean-shaves his scalp and is a
snappy dresserhes wearing a
pinstripe oxford, a linen sport
jacket, blue jeans, and square-
toe leather loafers. At 41, Bhatt
is the youngest (and undeniably
the most fashionable) direc-
tor to lead the transportation
agency. He is also the kind of
man who listens to his wife.
In fall 2014, then CDOT executive direc-
tor Don Hunt was speaking with Bhatt, who
was the secretary of Delawares department of
transportation. Don and I were colleagues.
We hit it o, and he asked me if I wanted his
job, Bhatt says. I wasnt sure. I was like, Been
there, done that. But my wife always said she
wanted to live in Colorado, so I came out and
talked to the governor.
John Hickenlooper was impressed. Bhatt
had helped dig Delawares transportation
department out of deep debt. He had also
proven to be resourceful, having dealt with
two major hurricanes that severely damaged
roadways across his state. It was a rst-rate
curriculum vitae. But Delawares problems
werent Colorados problems. In the Centen-
nial State, Bhatt would be facing a far more
dicult challenge: a booming population that
has overwhelmed aging highways in a state
where voters have repeatedly opposed taxes to
fund transportation infrastructure. outside but also generated over 12 percent of the states $19.1 billion
Although almost all of the states major roads need attention, the in direct travel spending in 2015. And therein lies the issue: CDOT
trac-choked I-70 mountain corridor is one of the most urgent prob- estimates that westbound I-70 travel times will triple by 2035; east-
lems. The interstate is the principle artery to Colorados high-elevation bound drivers should expect their commutes to quadruple. By any
recreation areas (specically Clear Creek, Eagle, Gareld, Grand, and measure, an increasingly inecient I-70 will be catastrophic, robbing
Summit counties), which not only slake Coloradans thirst for playing Coloradans of their access to the Rockies and costing the state about

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$839 million annually in 2005 dollars, accord-
ing to a study done that year by the Denver
Metro Chamber of Commerce and the Metro
Denver Economic Development Corporation.
If that werent enough, consider this: There
is no major construction currently under way
on the mountain corridor, and no new projects
are scheduled to break ground in at least the
next half-decade. A little more than two years
into a job he wasnt sure he wanted, Bhatt is
now keenly aware that this is not a been there,
done that situation. In fact, its pretty likely
that no one has ever been in a predicament
quite like this one.
IN AUGUST, I ASKED BHATT to take me on a road
trip through the mountain corridor so he could
show me the eort it takes to both maintain
and modernize what is perhaps the most
geographically extreme and weather-racked
section of interstate in the nation. Rather
than covering the entire 144-mile route from
C-470 to Glenwood Springs, we conne our
outing to an infamously gridlocked stretch
from Morrison to the Eisenhower-Edwin C.
Johnson Memorial Tunnel. In the summer,
when the worst trac occurs, weekend back-
ups begin midmorning on Friday and rarely
relent until late Sunday evening. The timetable
is similar in the winter but is often exacerbated
when snowstorms trigger pileups that close
the interstate and strand motorists for hours.
About 15 minutes before our stop in Idaho
Springs, while driving west, Bhatt pulls into a
turnout midway down Floyd Hill. The grade
is treacherous, especially for truckers, some
of whom drive too fast on snowy roads, lose
control, and then jackknife their rigs. This
is wreck central right here, Bhatt says. But
mangled tractor trailers arent the areas only
problem. Bhatt gestures toward a wooded slope
looming 800 feet above I-70s eastbound lanes
and informs me the entire hillside is creeping
toward the roadway, like an advancing glacier.
They call that a moving slide, he explains.
Before we do anything, we have to stabi-
lize that. Next he points to the valley below,
where an overpass on the interstate crosses
Clear Creek. That bridge is in terrible shape;
its the second worst in our state. The price tag
to repair both the unstable mountainside and
the span over the creek: approximately $500
million. A few miles later, Bhatt directs my
attention to several rock slabs that frequently
drop boulders onto the roadwayanother
multimillion-dollar headache.
Bhatt and Hickenlooper, along with the 12 million or so drivers
who use the mountain corridor every year, certainly recognize that
1. Unless the roadway is expandedadding both extra lanes and extensive
mass transitthe roughly 80-mile drive from Denver to Copper Mountain,
for instance, could take four hours one way on a typical winter weekend.
COLLISION COURSE
I-70 no longer functions in its current form during peak travel times.
But before it tackles any major upgrades, CDOT must rst deal with
these more pressing xes. You dont build an addition onto your
houseno matter how big your family isif your furnace is out and
your roof is leaking, Bhatt says. Only after the immediate threats
are addressed would it make sense to expand the mountain corridor
to three lanes in both directions, a project estimated to cost about
$2 billion. Even if Bhatt could rustle up that much cash, a consider-
able bottleneck would remain: the Eisenhower Tunnel. Until a third
shaft is addedwhich would cost between $1.2 billion and $2 bil-
lionmore lanes elsewhere wont do much good because vehicles
would have to squeeze into the existing two-lane tunnela tricky
uphill merge certain to cause lengthy backups.
For a bit of context, CDOTs total annual budget is $1.4 billion,
an amount thats hardly enough to cover basic road upkeep, snow
plowing, and employee paychecks. The department barely has enough
money to keep its existing system going, Bhatt says, much less rem-
edy a long list of pricey problems. So what exactly is the decit? To
address all statewide transportation infrastructure needs, CDOT says
it would require approximately $25 billion.
Coloradans themselves are chiey to blame for the funding short-
fall. The states residents voted for the Taxpayers Bill of Rights in 1992,
TRAFFIC COP
CDOT executive director
Shailen Bhatt hopes technol-
ogy will help solve some of
I-70s myriad woes.
a constitutional amendment that hamstrings government spending
on infrastructure; they tend to loathe tolls; and they havent voted to
raise the states gas tax in more than 25 years. A majority of states tax
their gas at rates higher than Colorado. Next-door neighbor Utah has
raised it twice in the past two decadesall for transportationand
Bhatt notes that the most recent hike was last year. Additionally, Utah
siphons a portion of its sales tax revenues to fund highway projects.
When I ask Utah Department of Transportation executive direc-
tor Carlos Braceras what hes doing with all that extra money, he says
part of the plan is to attract skiers and snowboarders who might oth-
erwise head for Colorado to the Beehive State by making it painless
to reach resorts in Big Cottonwood and Little Cottonwood canyons
via roomy freeways and new bus routes. Braceras likes to advertise
that anyone traveling from Salt Lake City to Park City Mountain,
which Vail Resorts purchased in 2014, will enjoy a six-lane inter-
stateplus passing lanes on the inclines. Braceras also references the
snarky billboards that have, at one time or another, popped up along
I-70 telling people they could be skiing instead of driving.
Although his state is politically reda place where voters would
typically reject big government spendinginfrastructure has been
treated dierently. Good roads cost less, Braceras says. If you
can keep them in good condition, youre passing on less liability
to future generationsand thats Utahs principle behind funding
2. This is already evidenced by the bumper-to-bumper 3. About 22 percent of
crawl that occurs every weekend on the three-lane CDOTs budget comes from
eastbound climb from Silverthorne to the tunnel. the states gas tax.
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transportation adequately. Braceras and Utahs Republican governor, the mid-1990s, when Denvers population began steadily climbing
Gary R. Herbert, have teamed up to successfully pitch this philosophy after having atlined for the previous 25 years. Second, and more
to state legislators, who have consistently supported transportation consequential, local communitiesfrom Silver Plume to George-
funding. That is not the case in Colorado. Braceras sympathizes with town to Idaho Springswere constantly disagreeing about how to
Bhatt, saying, Shailen is in a very dicult position. move forward once it became clear the highways size was insu-
Thats an understatement, especially with regard to the functionally cient. All the parties up and down the corridor were battling, says
obsolete I-70. To wit: During the three 2016 winter holidaysChrist- Steve Con with GBSM, a strategic communications consulting
mas week and Presidents Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day rm that represents Clear Creek County. Many of those who live
weekendsthe combined number of vehicles on the mountain corri- in Clear Creek believed that a six-lane interstate would negatively
dor was 605,518, just slightly less than the entire population of the city impact the county. If the government exercised eminent domain to
of Denver. Its a system that was designed in the 50s and built in the expand the highway, it could wreak havoc on the downtown busi-
60s for a population that they thought would be about three million ness corridor in Idaho Springs and irreparably harm some of the
statewide in the 80s, Bhatt says. smaller towns, like Silver Plume and Georgetown.
There are now six million people living in Colorado, and the pop- Their concerns werent just speculation; I-70 had been a community
ulation is increasing by about seven percent annually,
which makes it the second-fastest-growing state in the
country (Utah is rst). I probably ski six to 10 week-
ends a year, and I have raged in this trac, confesses
Bhatt, who is betting, in part, on technologyinclud-
ing a new CDOT partnership with Panasonic aimed at
creating the nations rst smart highwayto alleviate
some of the snarls. But his boss concedes that with so
little tax revenue, a comprehensive solution isnt immi-
nent. Everybody is always talking about, Why cant we
have nice things like Utah?wider highways, light rail,
and more transit optionsbut they dont want to pay
for any of those things, Hickenlooper says. To play
with our competitors, we probably are going to have
to raise our taxes a little bit. Its political suicide to say
sobut of course, Im not running for re-election.

ABOUT AN HOUR INTO our drive, Bhatt pulls o I-70 into

a CDOT sta parking area at the east portal of the
Eisenhower Tunnel. He stops abruptly, churning up
dust that startles a worker, who grumbles at us, not real-
izing its his superior in the oending vehicle. Looking
at the tunnels before us and the lanes of asphalt behind
us, Bhatt says, Its ridiculous that with all the tourism
dollars generated by outdoor recreation, the artery that
feeds them is in its original conguration.
Hes referring to I-70s four-lane design. Except
for added lanes along two short stretchesone near
C-470, the other east of Silverthornethe highway
has remained nearly unchanged for roughly half a
century. There have only been two major modications: widening the killer in the past. When the highway was originally constructed, 80
900-foot-long Veterans Memorial Tunnels (formerly called the Twin historic buildings in Clear Creek County were lost, and Silver Plume
Tunnels) at Idaho Springs, a project that was completed in 2015, and was robbed of 20 percent of its land. Idaho Springs and Dumont were
then shortly thereafter converting 13 miles of eastbound shoulder into similarly aected. The problem we cant change is that the highway
the new I-70 Mountain Express Lane. With the propensity to become doesnt belong where it is, says Cynthia Neely, the former executive
the nations highest-priced toll road (it uses a congestion-based pricing director of the Georgetown Trust for Conservation and Preservation.
scheme thats generally no more than $5 but has a hypothetical max So in 1989, when CDOT rst proposed a six-lane, attop freeway
of $30), it has cut about 15 to 30 minutes from the average weekend barreling through the county, Neely and other Clear Creek County
commute. I couldnt be prouder of that project, says Bhatts prede- residents were naturally resistant. Much of the interstate between Sil-
cessor, Hunt, who was a strong advocate for the shoulder-lane toll. It ver Plume and Idaho Springs is already wedged into a narrow valley,
takes the edge o, but its a short-term solution. obscuring scenic Clear Creek, amplifying the din of trac, and con-
Why it took approximately 50 years to make any meaningful centrating pollution. We live with the congestion and a horrendous
improvements to the interstates capacity was not solely a result of amount of noise, Neely says. In the summer, you cant carry on a
funding decits. First, trac didnt become a material factor until conversation on my patio when trucks go by.

4. The Eisenhower Tunnel set a record in July 2016 when 153,503 drivers 5. Smart highways will incorporate technology to help monitor road conditions, mitigate
made their way through during a single weekend. trafc, and work in concert with autonomous vehicles, among other things.

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In 2004, CDOT and the Federal Highway Administration
(FHWA) announced their intention to conduct an environmen-
tal impact study to ensure that future highway development in
the mountain corridor met with National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA) provisions, requirements the highway did not have to
contend with when it was originally built. But the local communi-
ties, who felt theyd long been excluded from the process, went on
the oensive, says Tim Mauck, one of three Clear Creek County
commissioners. CDOT sta held town hall meetings in corridor
communities to present the proposed FHWA study. County com-
missioners in Clear Creek, Summit, and Eagle counties worked
together to oppose it, submitting public comments and arranging
PowerPoint presentations that identied glaring [NEPA] prob-
lems, Mauck recounts in a recent email. I attended a couple of the
meetings and recall the public being pretty hostile.
Former CDOT executive director Russell George, who came in
a few years after the environmental impact study debacle and served
until 2011, was determined to break the I-70 deadlock during his
tenure. After taking over the directorship in 2007, George formed
a coalition called the Collaborative Eort. It comprised 27 dierent
stakeholders, including representatives from city and county govern-
ments, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the FHWA, environmental
groups like the Sierra Club, and private interests, such as Vail Resorts
and Colorado Ski Country USA.
George gured if he could get the various parties to hash out their
concerns in person, a plan for how to nally move the mountain cor-
ridor forward would emerge. Despite three separate requests, George
declined to be interviewed for this story. But Con, who was involved
in the process, recalls, Russ told them to stop bickering and arguing
and that if they could come up with a consensus approach for the cor-
ridor, CDOT would back it. He put the ball in their court.
The bottom-up strategy worked, and by early 2011 members of
the Collaborative Eort had mapped out a detailed framework
which included an environmental impact study that took the
communities concerns into accountfor expanding I-70 through
2050. In June of the same year, the FHWA signed o on the plan,
which became known as the Record of Decision, or ROD. It was
historic: It provided a road map that all corridor stakeholders
could agree on, Mauck says. Rather than being held up in lawsuits
[i.e., mountain towns suing the state and/or CDOT], it enabled
CDOT to move into construction, saving a tremendous amount of
time and money.
Although many Coloradans may not have heard of the ROD,
it is a momentous documenta comprehensive blueprint to make
mountain travel on I-70 easy and, dare we say, even enjoyable. The
ROD gave CDOT the go-ahead to begin some projectsfunded
mostly through the departments regular budget as well as through
other CDOT programs and partnershipsimmediately. The Veter-
ans Memorial Tunnels were rst; then came the Mountain Express
shoulder toll lane.
The ROD also sanctioned other improvements, such as a new
bore at the Eisenhower Tunnel; upgrades to 26 interchanges; special
lanes for slow-climbing trucks; more pullouts, parking, and chain-up
stations; a high-speed train that levitates on magnets; more buses,
vans, and shuttles; an infusion of new technologies to better inform
drivers when road and trac conditions deteriorate; and ample
police to make sure everyone is playing nicely. Theres just one enor-
mous problem: The ROD didnt provide a way to pay for any of it.
6. Today, NEPA rules would mean building a much more expensive roadway, possibly modeled
after the elevated portion of I-70 that cuts through Glenwood Canyon. Its this type of low-impact
design that Neely and Clear Creek County residents have longed forbut will likely never see.
COLLISION COURSE
AS WE HEAD FARTHER WEST, Bhatt spots a cyclist pedaling furiously
along the interstates eastbound shoulder. Thats illegal! he declares,
and while keeping his eyes on the road, he yanks out his iPhone and
speed-dials CDOT operations, alerting them to the biker. Here
in Colorado, people see the need for transportation infrastructure
investment, says Bhatt, resuming our grim conversation about fund-
ing. Its the how that gets very contentious.
A few weeks earlier, I had spoken with Margaret Bowes, director
of the I-70 Coalition, a nonprot advocate for local governments and
businesses along the mountain corridor, who explained that the con-
tention isnt about anything except moneyor, more specically, the
lack thereof. She also said we cant depend on federal dollars alone to
resolve things. Colorado gets about $560 million in yearly appropria-
tions from the FHWA. Thats a start, but its nowhere near enough
cash to break ground on the multibillion-dollar improvements
outlined in the ROD. I-70 is the lifeblood of Colorados tourism
industry, Bowes says. But its only one of many corridors nationwide
that needs investment.
Hickenlooper knows acutely that I-70 requires serious, immedi-
ate attention, but he wants some kind of guaranteed state-generated
revenue stream to ensure CDOT can nish whatever projects it
starts. While gas taxes are an obvious source, theyre also a dimin-
A LOT OF MILEAGE
Several of I-70s bridges in the
mountain corridor are in need of
repair. Adequate funding to reno-
vate them remains elusive.
ishing one. Automobiles are more fuel-ecient than ever, averaging
about 34.2 miles per gallon as of 2014. Plus, some estimates say
almost 35 percent of new car sales globally will be electric or hybrid
by 2040. Thats much less gas consumption overall, a trend that
undermines the eectiveness of a tax.
Joe Mahoney, who works in CDOTs Oce of Major Project
Development, has the unenviable responsibility of trying to gure
out how to nance transportation projects in penny-pinching Col-
orado. He concurs with the notion that the gas tax is not a viable
long-term revenue source and will become increasingly obsolete.
Instead, Mahoney supports tolling because its something that can be
implemented immediately. We need money that can be put to use
starting next year, not six years from now, he says. The policies for
tolling are already in place, and they have been for years.
Still, federal regulations on tolling an existing interstate are com-
plex. There is a exible provision in FHWA rules, however, that lets
states toll noninterstate highways and interstate bridges and tunnels
to cover the future costs of upgrading those structures. One of the
ways to increase much-needed revenue in Colorado would be to set
up tolling stations at the Eisenhower Tunnel, which had 11.7 million
vehicles steer through its passageways in 2015. That sounds impressive
until you do the math, which, for a typical toll of $4 a pop, generates
only $46.8 million annually, leaving the state CONTINUED ON PAGE 138
7. Utah gets around this in part because its gas tax is variable,
indexed to ination; the state also diverts the revenues it earns from
taxing automobile sales and services to transportation spending.
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BACK
TO

SCHOOL
You dont need to make
a big career change to
justify a return to the
classroom. Here, 38 local
ways to nurture your
intellect, challenge yourself,
or just have some fun
as you continue your
coursework in Life 101.

EDITED BY LUC HATLESTAD

ILLUSTRATIONS BY SCOTTY REIFSNYDER
 BACK TO SCHOOL

AN MBA perhaps the most classic and practical of masters degreesis one way to pad your
resum and climb the next step on the corporate ladder. But forget about your CV for a moment.
Heck, forget about that ladder, too. Instead, ask yourself, What have I always wanted to learn how to do? Maybe
its scuba diving; maybe its beekeeping. Maybe you want to gure out how to brew beer or captain a sailboat. No
matter what youre curious and passionate about, youre in luck: Colorados vast and varied cultures and geography
allow for countless ways to indulge your desire to learn. (Yes, even if youre into water sports.) Whether you want to
work with your hands in a pottery class or hope to break out of your self-conscious shell by studying public speak-
ing or feel like trying something way outside your comfort zoneburlesque, perhaps?you can do it right here.

When In Colorado...
Classes and activities every Centennial Stater
should tryincluding a few you might be
surprised to nd here. Jordyn Siemens

Victoria Sailing certication, allowing you to

School
303-697-7433
victoriasailingschool.com
Colorado may be landlocked,
but that doesnt mean theres
nowhere here to set sail. With
course offerings that range from
an introductory class to the more
complex Celestial Navigation,
Victoria can school landlubbers
about the basics of four-person
racing sailboats as well as tune
up salty sailors skills (advanced
students have the option to take
the helm of bigger cruisers).
Six expert instructors work out
of four locations: Lake Dillon,
Lake Carter, the Cherry Creek
Reservoir, and the Chateld
Reservoir. Once youve
achieved Basic Coastal Cruising
charter in any U.S. waters,
you can sign up for Victorias
Why Buy Club, which grants
you seasonal, shared access
to a eet of sailboats (a one-
person membership is $539
to $944).
Colorado Springs
Astronomical
Society
csastro.org
Plenty of low light-pollution
spots (see: wilderness
areas, designated dark-sky Colorado Springs Astronomical be an intimidating
communities Westcliffe Societys free, open-to-the- prospect for those new
and Silver Cliff) make the public monthly meetings. Youll to the activity: How much
Centennial State an ideal learn to identify galaxies and star water do I need? Will my
place to stargaze. To nd clusters while CSAS members sleeping bag be warm
out more about what youre answer questions about enough? And should I
looking at, attend one of the constellations, naming stars, be worried about bears?
and more. Plus, monthly star At this free 90-minute
From left: Courtesy of Matthew T. Russell; Courtesy of REI

parties feature guidance on how REI class (offered several

to use telescopes and related
equipment, such as refracting
mirrors and telescope mounts.
REIs Backpacking
Basics Level I
rei.com/learn
Backpacking through
Colorados wilderness can
times a year at many local
storescheck the ones
near you for specics),
participants can ask their
most pressing questions
and learn about proper
gear, trail etiquette, Leave
No Trace principles, trip
planning, and moreall in
a refreshingly judgment-
free environment.

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Colorado Boy Pub &
Brewerys Brewery
Immersion Course
970-626-5333 (Ridgway);
970-240-2790 (Montrose)
coloradoboy.com/brewery/
immersion
You, after a few craft pints at the
neighborhood pub: We should
start a brewery. Your friend:
We should denitely start
a brewery! Sound familiar?
Maybe its time to do something
about itand that something
is letting the Western Slope
craftsmen at Colorado Boy
school you on the business of
making beer (including how to
get into brewing with minimal
up-front investment). Owner
Tom Hennessy says 60 percent
of his courses participants
have gone on to start their own
operations using his newbie-
friendly program. The course
($2,500 total) is designed for
two, and after the three-day
immersion, you and your
drinking buddy just may be
ready for your next (ad)venture.
Denver Divers
303-399-2877
denverdivers.com
Once youve completed a two-
hour introductory scuba class,
during which youll get your
nsand the rest of a full set
of diving gearwet in Denver
Divers Cherry Creek pool,
you can move on to the
Open Water Diver course
($350 to $550, depending
iStock (2)
on class size, and available
year-round). If youre thinking,
EXTRA
CREDIT
I may have nished school years
ago, but Ill never stop going to class.
E
ven though i completed my last academic
degree (probably) about eight years ago, each
fall, I nd myself craving that students thrill:
getting a new class schedule, buying books
and supplies, and opening my mind to foreign,
potentially worldview-shifting topics. But
between work, commuting, preschool pickups, family
dinners, and everything else that lls a working par-
What use is this in Colorado?, ents life, I probably have about 15 minutes a day
well, thats why Denver Divers
of me time.
specializes in organizing group
travel experiences (eight to 10
This isnt a complaint per se: I love my busy life
each year) to scuba destinations
and how nearly every second is lled with report-
around the globe where you ing and writing and time with my family. But I will
can show off your new skills with always try to use any spare moments I can carve out
new friends. for learning. While I stroll the grocery store, squeeze
in a run, or wait in a doctors oce, I put on my ear-
Survive the phones for a quick hit of a nonction audiobook (the
Wilderness Abraham Lincoln biography Team of Rivals is my
970-669-9016
current history lesson). Hardly a month passes when
I dont manage to attend a lecture or sign up for a
wisesurvival.com
workshop. Ive learned how to needle-felt ornaments,
make pajamas, roll tamales, stu sausage, and take
Coloradans tend to make light of
(good) photographs.
our backcountry pastimes (e.g.,
summiting 14,000-foot mountains Its not quite a full-on return to the classroom, but
is considered routine)so it gives me the same charge I felt as a young student
it can be easy to forget how
every time I cracked open a new textbook, sharpened
quickly these adventures can a pencil, and dived into a subject I couldnt wait to
turn into life-or-death situations.
explore. Its my self-nurturing and, dare I say, healthy
Make sure youre prepared
for worst-case scenarios with
addictionone I am certain I will never be able to
mountain safety education from kick. Natasha Gardner
Lovelands Wilderness Survival
Institute, which was launched in
1970 by late search-and-rescue
pioneer Robert Papa Bear
Whitmore. Today, Don Davis of
Larimer County Search & Rescue
continues Whitmores work with
two-day public classes that teach
lifesaving skills such as signaling
techniques, water purication
methods, and re starting.
Courses are $100 per person for
16 hours of instruction.
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Folk singer-songwriter
Andrew Bird performs at the
Chautauqua Community House.

Ivory Tower
While Chautauquas elsewhere have withered,
Boulders outpost of the 19th-century movement
to edify the masses remains vibrant.
of Boulder voted to set aside 80 acres for the assembly, which was
the rst time Coloradans had allocated open space for public use.
The arrival of radio and lm, along with the Great Depression,
largely neutered the Chautauqua Movement, and today the only
remaining permanent assemblies are on the original site in New
York; in Lakeside, Ohio; and in Boulder. Obenchain credits the leg-

I
t may come as a surprise, but lovers of the Colorado Chautau- acy of the original founders for carrying the local assembly through
quamost famous for its Flatiron-adjacent hikes and summer lean years. We still have guests from Texas here every summer
concert series featuring hippie favorites like the Indigo Girls whose families have been visiting Boulder for eight generations,
have Protestants in western New York to thank for Boulders she says. The site also served as the
iconic National Historic Landmark. In the late 1800s, before University of Colorado Boulders
ideas could be widely disseminated via radio, lm, and television, Chautauquas rst accredited summer school in
the Methodist church founded the national Chautauqua Move- New Old- the 1920s and hosted veterans on
ment in an eort to educate the working class. Think of it as the 19th School Classes the GI Bill after World War II;
centurys version of TED Talks: Families would travel to assem- more recently, its become a popu- Jonathan B. Auerbach/Courtesy of Colorado Chautauqua Association

blieswhich began popping up across the countryto hear teachers, In January, Chautauqua
launched a monthly
musicians, religious leaders, and other orators enlighten them about series of history lectures
the issues of the day. dedicated to exploring
In 1898, a group of Texas educators wanting to escape the summer our regional sense of
heat approached city ocials in Boulder about starting an assembly place. Go on March 7
for a discussion about
there. By then there were some 20,000 permanent and temporary
some of the Boulderites
Chautauquas nationwide, and seeking to bolster Boulders claim of who are in the Colorado
being the Athens of the West, the citys citizens quickly voted to Womens Hall of Fame.
approve the proposal. Within four months, organizers built the (still- All events begin at 7
standing) auditorium for $6,700 and wisely included a dining hall. At p.m., and tickets are
$12 for nonmembers
the time, there was as high a demand for these assemblies as there is (members get in for
today for having a football stadium, says Ann Obenchain, the Colo- $9). 303-442-3282,
rado Chautauquas marketing and development director. The citizens chautauqua.com
lar site for weddings, graduation
parties, and reunions.
One thing hasnt changed,
however: Visitors can still choose
from dozens of talks each year
with authors, scientists, and other
intellectuals (Al Gore and Stephen
King are past lecturers). People
have always come here for respite
and enlightenment through
nature and the arts, Obenchain
says. Its endured largely because
of where it is.

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These esoteric, specialized, and occasionally oddball endeavors will teach
you skills you dont necessarily needbut will most certainly enjoy.
Aerial Cirque Over Denver
Attention, Cirque du Soleil fans:
Here, you can hang from silk pleats
of fabric, on a suspended hoop,
or from a Spanish web (a type of
rope). aerialcirqueoverdenver.com
Boulder Circus Center
Run away with the circuswithout
leaving the Front Range. Boulder
Backyard Hive
Circus Center offers classes in Cyr-
wheel tumbling, aerial arts, youth
acrobatics, and even juggling. 303-
444-8110, bouldercircuscenter.net
Gunsmoke School
of Taxidermy
So you bagged an elknow
what? Learn how to skin, salt,
tan, and mount your prize over a
town of Craig. 970-826-4293,
gunsmoketaxidermy.com
Beekeeping is about more than
jars o honey. In Eldorado Springs,
youll also learn about these
insects special place in the food
chain. backyardhive.com
Vivienne VaVoom
Hone your skills in the art of
(tasteful) seduction with performer
Vivienne VaVooms monthly
burlesque classes in Baker. 720-
308-5091, viviennevavoom.com

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Hands On
The appeal of performing
physical tasks in our increasingly
disembodied age.

W
ith every release of the latest
iPhone or a new app comes the prom-
ise of being able to do things in a
better digital wayor at least in a
more fun, and possibly addictive, man-
ner. (See: the Apple Health apps newly
redesigned suite of wellness tools.) So why are so
many people these days interested in completing
taskssuch as spinning wool into yarn or writing
in calligraphyin ways that even their grandpar-
ents might consider to be antiquated?
Perhaps its a reaction to the way technology has
overrun our daily lives, a desire to prove that each
of us can indeed create tangible things using only
raw materials, basic tools, and our own 10 ngers.
The power of working with your hands can have
a tremendous impact on people, says Elizabeth
Uhrich, founder of the Living Arts School in Boul-
der County.
Living Arts is a folk school that preserves and
teaches traditional methods for a wide variety
of crafts, music, and life skills such as furniture-
making and blacksmithing, canning and pickling,
and animal keeping and organic gardening. The
school partners with experts from all over Colorado
to create seminars (for adults and children,
including programs targeted at home-schooled
kids) that show students how they did things in succulents into living frames, which participants nurture and use
the good ol days. for inspiration. We focus on one frame or scene per person and go
Even those who arent inclined to, say, carve a spoon can back and forth between planting, building the frame, and writing
produce beautiful or utilitarian keepsakes while reaping a sense exercises, Kortsch says. I actually dont think this embrace of the
of personal accomplishment thats often missing from our old-school is new at all. The Arts and Crafts movement in the late
increasingly digital days. Christine Kortsch, who teaches creative 19th century was a radical response to industrialization. Were in
writing at the Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design, has a similar moment now in the return to guilds and artisans and an
partnered with Denver Botanic Gardens to lead ink and stem anti-factory trend. People want to feel connected to other human
workshopsseminars that combine writing with planting beings in a more embodied way.

From top: Courtesy of Christine Bayles Kortsch; Courtesy of Maggie Barrett

Apex Movement: Go full Colorado Budokan: Seventh-

GOOD ninja with an intensive eight-class

program that will teach you the
basics of strength, exibility,
degree black belt Isao Gary
Tsutsui teaches basic self-defense
techniques using the Kubotan key-

SPORTS gymnastics, and free running

So youve mastered
mainstream Colorado
athletics: skiing, biking,
hiking. Why stop there?
(a version of parkour that
emphasizes aesthetics). 720-295-
7279, apexmovementdenver.com
Denver Fencing Center:
First a military training exercise,
then a sport for aristocrats,
fencing is now a weekend-
warrior activity. 303-922-7288,
denverfencingcenter.com
chain weapon (denitely cooler
than a pocket knife). 720-253-7473,
coloradobudokan.com
Denver Curling Center: You
know you watch curling in the Winter
Olympics and think, I could do that!
Find out via the Golden-based
centers classes and increasingly
popular league play. 303-321-1107,
denvercurlingclub.com

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 START
I BUILT THAT Unleash your inner
creativity through arts
and crafts.
Face it: Theres not much need for DIY projects in an age when you DO YOU LIKE
can buy just about anything for your home or garden from Amazon BLOWN-GLASS
or IKEA. But even if youre inclined to justify shortcut purchases by ART?
saying things like Im not creative or Ive never made anything, you
might be surprised at what you could produce with a little guidance.

YES
DO YOU WANT
TO MAKE
NO Top Chefs
SOMETHING As a burgeoning
PRETTY WITH hub for foodies of
YOUR KIDS? all stripes, the Front
YES NO
Range has never had
more ways to learn
Great! The Denver
metro areas courses The Art Garage
about cooking, dining,
in glassblowing (artgaragedenver. and drinking.
alone could keep com) hosts classes
you busy for months. in painting,
Agnes of Glass mosaics, jewelry, FOR: Home Cooks
(agnesofglass.com), and more for
Furnace in Lakewood practiced makers Cook Street School of
(furnaceglassworks. and novices alike Culinary Arts
com), and Fire Studio (restudiodenver.com) and also has
will all show you how to turn your lung power This training ground for family
special programs for kids and teens.
into an exquisite vase, bowl, or decorative meal-makers offers one-time and
plate. Goldens Glasscraft (glasscraftinc. extended food classes. 303-308-
com) sells all the supplies youll need and also 9300, cookstreet.com
provides classes, videos, and webinars.
FOR: Food Network Fans
Stir Cooking School
At Stir in Highland, students work
with professional chefs during two-
WOULD YOU to three-hour classes that cover
DO YOU MIND NO RATHER CREATE YES niche topics (e.g., gluten-free or
GETTING YOUR OBJECTS YOU holiday foods, cocktail-making).
HANDS DIRTY? CAN ACTUALLY 720-287-4823, stirtolearn.com
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USE? Denvers River North FOR: Social Butteries

Workshop Company
(rivernorthworkshop. Kitchen Table Cooking School
Courtesy of Dabble; Courtesy of Fire Studio; Katie Moran/Courtesy of Art Garage; Courtesy of AND Collaborative

com) can show you how

to make paper frames, Afliated with the Colorado
bind your own books Culinary Academy and the
YES NO for journaling, practice Espressol Caffe, this Greenwood
aromatherapy, or even Village schools couples-only
make your own soap. and girls-night-out courses are
especially popular. 303-220-9769,
kitchentablegv.com

Denvers chapter FOR: Leftover Lovers

of Dabble (dabble. ARE YOU AFRAID
co/denver) OF WORKING WITH Dream Dinners
has courses in
everything from LIVING THINGS? Watch how meals are prepared
NO YES online, then come into the store
calligraphy to
knitting to ower and cook them yourself. Youll
arranging. end up with multiple items to
take home. Multiple locations,
dreamdinners.com
Denver Botanic Gardens Throw pottery on
(botanicgardens.org) has numerous the wheel at Arvadas FOR: Party Planners
classes that guide students through Stone Leaf Pottery
growing plants or vegetables, (stoneleafpottery. Wine & Whey
ower pressing, bonsai trimming, com) or paint pieces
and more. A range of child- and at Ceramics in Wine & Whey provides instruction
family-focused nature education the City (ceramics in cheese- and wine-making as well
courses are also offered at the inthecity.com). as classes about how to pair them
Denver and Chateld Farms at your next get-together. 303-325-
(Jefferson County) locations. 3831, wineandwhey.com m

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80 Calendar
Our curated guide to the best local events in March.
INSIDE
98 Special Events 101 Music
98 Kids & Family 102 Performing Arts
100 Arts & Exhibits 104 Sports & Recreation
100 Culinary
SPECIAL EVENTS
MARCH 3 Off the Clock: Kilts and Clovers This
celebration of the British Isles will feature tropi-
cal plants and live music, plus traditional Irish
stew, pork panini, and triple chocolate Guin-
ness cookies from Offshoots Cafe. Guests can
dance a jig to tunes from authentic Celtic
bands; search for prizes such as chocolate
coins, candy, tea, and Denver Botanic Gardens
cups in a scavenger hunt; and say hello to a
roving bagpiper making the rounds. Fri 6-9:30
p.m. Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York St.,
720-865-3501, botanicgardens.org. $15-$23.
BEST BET MARCH 7 Boulder Women in the Colo-
rado Womens Hall of Fame Celebrate Wom-
ens History Month by learning about esteemed
Boulder ladies who have earned spots in the Col-
orado Womens Hall of Fame. Hall of Fame
board member Wendy Bohling will discuss the
achievements and lives of remarkable local
women, ranging from Native Americans to early
settlers to groundbreaking scientists. Tue 7 p.m.
Chautauqua Community House, 900
Baseline Rd., Boulder, 303-442-3282,
chautauqua.com. $9-$12.
MARCH 8 Potbelly Perspectives Experi-
ence the Continental Divide Trail
without having to trudge 3,100
miles. All youll need to do is listen
as Denali Barron and Adam McCurdy
recount their epic trek from Mexico
to Canada in the nal installment of
this speaker series that features
Coloradans expounding on their
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international adventures. Wed 7 p.m. Hallam
Lake, Aspen Center for Environmental Stud-
ies,100 Puppy Smith St., Aspen, 970-925-5756,
aspennature.org. $5.
MARCH 10-12 Monte Vista Crane Festival This
month, nearly 20,000 sandhill cranes (the only
species of crane found in Northwest Colorado)
will descend upon the San Luis Valley for their
annual six-week pit stop during the northward
migration. This outdoor festival allows you to
glimpse the birds daily patterns on a free bus
tour plus attend a craft and nature fair, photog-
raphy workshops, and a eld trip to Great Sand
Dunes National Park. Fri 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat 8
a.m.-4 p.m.; Sun 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Ski Hi Complex,
2335 Sherman Ave., Monte Vista, 719-852-2731,
mvcranefest.org. Free.
MARCH 25 Pink Vail Take your skis, snowboards,
and pink attire to Vail for a day packed with
positivity and parties. This event features super-
hero-, disco-, and Hollywood-themed deck
bashes, live music from three Vail Valley bands,
and an extravagant costume contestall in the
name of ghting cancer. Proceeds benet
Shaw Regional Cancer Center and its Spirit of
Survival program, which provides services such
as exercise training, emotional support, mas-
sage, and acupuncture to cancer survivors. Sat
8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Vail Resorts, 450 E. Lionshead
Cir., Vail, 970-476-5601, pinkvail.com. $25.
KIDS & FAMILY
MARCH 4 Girls and Science Encourage your
daughters (and sons) to learn about careers in
science from female leaders in the industry.
Aspiring scientists can learn about meteorol-
ogy from the crew at CBS4 or explore opportu-
nities for careers at the Denver Zoo in hands-
on sessions targeted for ages eight to 13. Sat.
9 a.m.-6 p.m. Denver Museum of Nature and
Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., 303-370-6000,
dmns.org. Free with admission.
MARCH 14 Seedlings: Young Yogis Get your om
on with your little ones. Toddlers through kin-
dergartners are welcome at this introductory
class, which teaches future yogis the
foundations of yogic breathing and
LOOKING FOR Vinyasa poses. Tue 9:30, 11 a.m. Lone
MORE EVENTS? Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St.,
Lone Tree, 720-509-1000, lonetree
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events. inner geek during a week of nerd-
friendly activities including potion
making and a behind-the-scenes look
at the lming of Star Wars. Check out
a special broadcast of the original War
of the Worlds and learn about the intersection
of text, graphics, and characters in comic
books from local artists and writers. Tue-Fri 10
a.m.-1 p.m. Fort Collins Museum of Discovery,
408 Mason Ct., Fort Collins, 970-221-6738,
fcmod.org. Free with admission.
MARCH 18 Lakeshore Learning: Rockin &
Learnin Join Pete the Catof the popular chil-
drens book seriesfor a day of dancing, sing-
alongs, and interactive learning. A creation of
Georgia storyteller Eric Litwin, the books tell the
story of a cat who stays calm in stressful situa-
tions. Pete will lead tykes through educational
songs and dances plus hands-on activities like
crafting funky cat-themed hats. Sat 10 a.m.-
3 p.m. Lakeshore Learning Store, 8680-A S. Park
Meadows Center Dr., Littleton, 303-768-8484,
lakeshorelearning.com. Free. Visit ericlitwin.com.
MARCH 18-19 Littleton Youth Ballets Snow White
Follow Snow White and her seven dwarves on
a magical adventure lled with humor, sus-
pense, and true loves kiss. This family-friendly
production is presented by the Littleton Ballet
Companys nonprot youth branch and will
feature colorful costumes, captivating sets, and
lots of smiles from dancers and audience
members alike. Sat 6 p.m.; Sun noon, 5 p.m.
Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St.,
Lone Tree, 720-509-1000, lonetreeartscenter.
org. $20-$30. Visit littletonyouthballet.org.
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MARCH 28-31 Startup: Think, Speak, and Act like
an Entrepreneur Geared toward budding
businesspeople, this 10-hour curriculum teaches
kids how to succeed in the professional world.
Young entrepreneurs in grades ve through nine
can practice budgeting and interview skills and
learn how to create a business plan with Anna
Leer, director of local nonprot Youth Biz. Then
they can show off their new skills in a Shark
Tankstyle business pitch competition for a cash
prize. Tue-Fri 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Denver Public
Library, 10 W. 14th Pkwy, 720-865-1111,
denverlibrary.org. Free. Visit youthbiz.org.
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MARCH 1-APRIL 1 The Sometimes Pop Up Kiosk
Local artist Stephanie Kantor puts a spin on the
classic tourism kiosk at her latest quirky install-
ment. Shell use her pop-up to educate visitors
on the gift shop aspect of the cultural landmark
experience. When shes inside, Kantor will sell
handmade knickknacks, including cups, vases,
and 16th Street Mall memorabilia. Tip: Barter-
ing is encouraged. Mon-Sun, times vary. 16th
St. and Stout St., blackcubeart.org. Free.
Visit stephaniekantor.com.
MARCH 2-APRIL 15 Paper Skies and Of Progress
These trippy exhibitions will have you marveling
at the works of three innovative artists. See the
heavens from a fresh perspective through Bren-
da Biondos abstract photographs, which feature
cut, folded, and reshaped images of the sky.
Duo Douglas Kahn and Renee Alpert will trans-
form your idea of urban construction through
their vibrant geometric photographs of industrial
sites. Thu 5-8 p.m.; Tue-Fri 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m.;
Sat 11 a.m.- 4 p.m. Goodwin Fine Art, 1255 Del-
aware St., 303-573-1255, goodwinneart.com.
Free. Visit brendabiondo.com.
MARCH 3-APRIL 30 Meetings in Isolation Swedish
artist Anna Olssons vivid textiles tell stories of
social injustices. Inspired by her interactions
with inmates of her home countrys prisons, the
tapestries convey both the vulnerability of isola-
tion and the strength of the spirit through
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discuss the profound differences in her subjects
lives before and after incarceration. Mon-Sun 9
a.m.-8 p.m. The Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut
St., Boulder, 303-440-7826, thedairy.org. Free.
MARCH 9-APRIL 30 Storm Warning: Artists on
Climate Change Engage in the national
conversation about climate change and environ-
mental issues by attending this multimedia
exhibit featuring 13 passionate artists. The
show, which includes dramatic installation piec-
es, photography, lm, and even Instagram
shots, captures some of the most serious factors
threatening the environment, such as pollution,
deforestation, melting ice caps, and rising sea
levels. Tue-Sun noon-5 p.m.; Thu noon-7 p.m.
Vicki Myhren Gallery, 2121 E. Asbury Ave., 303-
871-3716, vicki-myhren-gallery.du.edu. Free.
MARCH 10-APRIL 8 Untitled Using her iPhone and a
host of apps and lters, award-winning artist
Penelope Umbrico pays homage to the
worlds mountainsand to the photographers
who have captured them over time. By
manipulating images taken by well-known
creatives such as Ansel Adams and Edward
Weston, she explores the mutability of both
the photos and the peaks themselves. This
exhibit is the latest example of how Umbrico
adds her own air to existing images and
works of art. Wed-Fri noon-6 p.m.; Sat noon-5
p.m. David B. Smith Gallery, 1543 Wazee St.,
Ste. A, 303-893-4234, davidbsmithgallery.
com. Free. Visit penelopeumbrico.net.
CULINARY
MARCH 4 Magic Meadows Yurt Dinner Take a
guided mile-long cross-country ski trip from
the Crested Butte Nordic Center to the Yurt,
where a four-course meal accompanied by
cocktails and nonalcoholic drinks awaits.
Guests will enjoy live music, libations courtesy
of Montaya Distillery and Elevation Beer Com-
pany, and a decadent mealmade by local
catering company Tim Egglehof Chef Servic-
esthat includes atiron steak, mashed
potatoes, duckling cassoulet, and roasted por-
tobello mushrooms. Sat 5 p.m. Crested Butte
Nordic Center, 620 Second St., Crested Butte,
970-349-1707, cbnordic.org. $85-$135.
MARCH 11 Taste of Thailand With the arrival of this
authentic cooking class, Southeast Asian din-
ing is no longer reserved for street carts and
open-stall markets. Youll learn classic Thai
techniques and craft well-known dishes such as
pad thai and sticky rice. Bonus: Bring home
recipes for tom kha gai (spicy chicken soup
with coconut milk), roasted red chile sauce,
and panang meatballs. Sat 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Auguste Escofer School of Culinary Arts, 637
S. Broadway St., Ste. H, Boulder, 303-494-
7988, escofer.edu. $99.
MARCH 18 Rocky Mountain Oyster Fry Give back
to your local community by celebrating a clas-
sic Colorado delicacy: Rocky Mountain oysters.
In addition to the selection of top-grade testi-
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cles, this fry will also offer beef, pasta salad,
rolls, and a large assortment of homemade
desserts. The family-friendly event will include
a bouncy castle for the kids and live music by
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parents. Proceeds benet Eagle County 4-H
clubs. Sat 6 p.m. Eagle County Fair & Rodeo,
426 Fairgrounds Rd, Eagle, 970-328-3646,
eaglecounty.us. Ticket prices vary.

MARCH 19 Cochon 555 Heritage BBQ Five wine-

makers, ve chefs, and ve heritage pigs come
together to bring pork lovers their quintessential ROUND
PICK
meal. Guests can indulge with drinks such as
Manhattans; small bites such as artisan cheese
and bacon; and up to six pork entres created
by each participating chef. The winner of this
local contestselected by 20 judgeswill go
on to compete in the national Grand Cochon
competition in October. Sun 4-7:30 p.m. $125-
$200. Visit cochon555.com.

MARCH 25-26 Dim Sum and Oolong Afternoon

Tea During this serene afternoon, traditional tea
and crumpets will take on an Asian twist.
Between sips of oolong (which tastes like a
smoky hybrid of black and green tea), guests will
enjoy an assortment of tea-infused, small-plate
dim sum delicacies handmade by executive chef
Aaron Nielsonan homage to teahouses serv-
ing travelers along the ancient Silk Road trading
route. Sat-Sun, times vary. Boulder Dushanbe
Teahouse, 1770 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-
4993, boulderteahouse.com. $25.

MARCH 30 The Sushi Series Rolling Class Take

sushi night into the comfort of your own kitchen
after attending this hands-on cooking class.
Youll learn the art of making both sushi rolls and
nigiri sushi from Zengos master sushi chef. For
an extra $15, attendees can opt for sake pair-
ings, in which a sake sommelier will perfectly
match tipples to every roll. Thu 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Zengo, 1610 Little Raven St., 720-904-0965,
richardsandoval.com. $50-$65.

MUSIC
MARCH 1 The Splendor Of Schubert Acclaimed
pianist Jeffrey Siegel brings the music of
famed composer Franz Schubert to life in a
vibrant performance. (You may recognize Sie-
gel from his appearance on The Dr. Oz Show.)
At this concert and master class, expect
Schubert classics such as Ave Maria and
Serenade accompanied by lively commen-
tary from Siehel and a post-concert Q&A
session. Wed 7:30 p.m. Arvada Center for the CHERRY CREEK
Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd.,
All Seasons Patio
Arvada, 720-898-7200, arvadacenter.org. $29-
$35. Visit keyboardconversations.com. Validated Parking
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MARCH 3 Vince Staples This Long Beach rapper
rst garnered critical acclaim for his work in hip- DOWNTOWN & VAIL
hop trio Cutthroat Boyz and on his debut record, Seasonal Patio
Summertime 06. His latest album, Prima Donna, Validated Parking
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fame and his battles with self-destructive ten-
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dencies on tracks like Let it Shine and War
Ready. Fri 9 p.m. Gothic Theatre, 3263 S. DENVER INTL AIRPORT
Broadway, Englewood, 303-789-9206, gothic Enjoy in Concourse B E LWAYS .CO M
theatre.com. $25-$40. Visit vincestaples.com.

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music from this energetic Celtic folk band. The
seven-piece set formed in the Emerald Isle in
1995 and has brought its mix of ancient and
contemporary Irish tunes to venues across the
globe for more than 20 years. Sat 7:30 p.m.
Macky Auditorium Concert Hall, 1595 Pleasant
St., Boulder, 303-492-8423, colorado.edu. $45-
$75. Visit danu.net.
MARCH 8 World Beat! Music of Mexico, Bali and
India Embark on a harmonious journey around
the world when music from three different
countries comes together on one stage. This
installment of the Soundscape miniseries, which
fuses various styles of music to celebrate many
different cultures, will feature tunes from the
Denver-based Balinese-Gamelan ensemble
Tunas Mekar as well as groups performing
traditional Mexican and Indian melodies. Wed
2 p.m. The Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St.,
Boulder, 303-440-7826, thedairy.org. $10-$15.
Visit tunasmekar.org.
MARCH 9 Donavon Frankenreiter This California
guitarist takes the term surf rock to another
level: The frequent Jack Johnson collaborator
is also a professional surfer. When hes not
cresting the currents, he croons about the sea
on songs like Big Wave. The recording
sessions for his most recent album, The Heart,
were live-streamed on the internet to promote
transparency and intimacy with his fans. Thu 8
p.m. Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave.,
303-377-1666, bluebirdtheater.net. $25-$30.
Visit donavonf.com.
MARCH 17-19 St. Matthew Passion Inspired by
chapters 26 and 27 of the Gospel of Matthew,
Johann Sebastian Bachs St. Matthew Passion is
considered a staple in the world of classical
sacred music. This stirring rendition will include
vocals by the Colorado Childrens Chorale. Fri 7
p.m.; Sun 4 p.m. Montview Boulevard Presbyte-
rian Church, 1980 Dahlia St., 303-355-1651,
montview.org. $10-$35. Visit coloradobach.org
and childrenschorale.org.
MARCH 31 Modern English The 80s are trending
and so is this iconic band hailing from that outra-
geous decade. The British new wave rockers
reunited in 2016 for Take Me to the Trees, their
rst album with the original lineup in three
decades. Famous for the 1982 hit I Melt with
You, the group is exploring an edgier sound
and grittier lyrics. Fri 9 p.m. Larimer Lounge,
2721 Larimer St., 303-291-1007, larimerlounge.
com. $25-$27. Visit modernenglish.me.
PERFORMING ARTS
MARCH 1-18 Million Dollar Quartet This Tony
Awardwinning Broadway musical chronicles the
iconic 1956 impromptu jam session of four musi-
cal legendsJohnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Jerry
Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkinsat Sun Records in
Memphis. Walk the Line, Hound Dog,
Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On, and Match-
box are just a few of the hit songs included in
the show. Thu-Sat 6 p.m; Sun noon. Midtown
Arts Center, 3750 S. Mason St., Fort Collins, 970-
225-2555, midtownartscenter.com. $54-$64.
Visit milliondollarquartetlive.com
BEST BET MARCH 2-4 As One In this groundbreak-
ing chamber opera, two vocalists will voice Han-
nah, a transgender protagonist, illustrating her
transition from male (baritone) to female (mezzo-
soprano). Inspired by the life experiences of
acclaimed lmmaker Kimberly Reed, the shows
lush libretto helps the audience understand Han-
nahs emotions as she navigates the dissonance
between her inner self and her outward appear-
ance. Thu-Sat 8 p.m. Performing Arts Complex
at Pinnacle Charter School, 1001 W. 84th Ave.,
303-450-3985, pcsarts.com. $35-$75.
MARCH 3-5 Shen Yun Immerse yourself in ancient
Chinese traditions and culture with this captivat-
ing dance performance that uses movement to
act out long-revered legends. Historical cos-
tumes, animated screens, and a beguiling
orchestral score will transport audiences to a dis-
tant time in the East. Fri 7:30 p.m.; Sat 2, 7:30
p.m.; Sun 2 p.m. Buell Theatre, 14th and Cham-
pa streets, 303-893-4100, artscomplex.com.
$70-$175. Visit shenyunperformingarts.org.
MARCH 9-26 MS Watch as local actors re-enact
the story of the Tucson Unied School Districts
decision to end its Mexican American Studies
programand the surrounding communitys
ght to maintain both the curriculum and the
towns identity. Held purposefully at a multidisci-
plinary center that focuses on Chicano and
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MARCH 17-21 The Drowning Girls Alice, Margaret,

HERE. and Bessie are dead. Death, however, does not
keep the trio from gathering evidence against
the philandering and murderous husband who
#BeerGarden fooled them all. By reliving the shocking events
preceding their deaths, the ladies begin to bet-
ter understand their delusions surrounding love
and marriage in this poignant play and social cri-
tique. Thu-Sat 7:30 p.m.; Wed 1 p.m.; Sun 2
p.m. Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities,
6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200,
arvadacenter.org. $25-$45.

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the Centennial State will compete in events
found at the real Olympic Games, including
alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, and snow-
boarding. Participants will take on groomed
alpine runs such as Carefree, Scooter, and Cop-
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Mountain Resort, 509 Copper Rd., Copper
Mountain, 970-968-2318, coppercolorado.com.
Free. Visit specialolympicsco.org.

MARCH 11 Erin Go Braugh Run There might not

be a pot of gold at the end of this happy-go-
PROUDLY MADE lucky fun run, but there will be all-you-can-eat
in COLORADO Lucky Charms cereal at the nish line. Runners
will embark on a 4.83-mile course that follows
the Big Dry Creek Trail north and nishes near
the Buttery Pavilion in Westminster. Post-race,
participants can head to Rails End Brewery for a
buy-one-get-one-free beer special (as long as
theyve held on to their race bibs). Sat 7:30-
10:15 a.m. Promenade Terrace, 10600 West-
minster Blvd, Westminster, ci.westminster.co.us.
$40. Visit eringobraughrun.com.

MARCH 16 Harlem Globetrotters This legendary

basketball squads athletic (and comedic)
antics will have audience members howling
with laughter in between rounds of applause.
Trick shots, rim-rattling slam dunks, and, of
course, a few practical jokes at the referees
expense are all part of the game plan. Thu
p.m. 1stBank Center, 11450 Broomeld Ln.,
Broomeld, 303-410-8497, 1stbankcenter.
14K WHITE GOLD com. $20. Visit harlemglobetrotters.com.
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SYMBOL KEY RiNo / Italian At this seasonal, new-world Italian spot,
just about everything on the menu is house-made.
Uptown Area / Contemporary A mainstay of the
Uptown neighborhood, this restaurant offers an eclectic
NEW Enjoy a menu of traditional favorites, such as gnocchi or menu that includes seafood, steak, and more. Try the
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wi}iVi>>i>> Larimer St., 303-862-9850. Lunch, Dinner and harissa mayo on a brioche roll. Reservations
that has just opened). accepted. 630 E. 17th Ave., 303-861-2820. Lunch,
Arcana $$$$ Dinner, Brunch
25 BEST Boulder / American This gathering spot aims to
`V>iV>>vii explore the roots of American heritage through food. In Axios Estiatorio $$$
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303-444-3885. Lunch, Dinner St., 720-328-2225. Lunch, Dinner
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Congress Park / American With a menu offering
18 small plates meant for sharing, Jeff Osakas new
iteration of his celebrated restaurant is ideal for
dining with a group. Dont miss the radicchio salad
with anchovy dressing. Reservations accepted. 1160
Madison Street, 720-216-0190. Dinner, Brunch
24 Carrot Bistro $$$
Erie / American This cozy neighborhood watering
hole specializes in craft cocktails and farm-to-table
cuisine. Start your meal with the crispy fried calamari.
Reservations accepted for parties of ve to 10. 578
Briggs St., 303-828-1392. Lunch, Dinner, Brunch
and take in the view as you dine. Current listings at
tenants include American Grind, Brava! 5280.com/ Bacon Social House $$
Pizzeria, Bamboo Sushi, Quiero Arepas, restaurants. Sunnyside / Contemporary Chef Brian
Souk Shawarma, Chow Morso, and the Crow brings the restaurants beloved name-
Regional. Reservations accepted for parties sake ingredient, bacon, to the forefront of
of 10 or more. 3200 Pecos St., 720-269- many of his dishes. Youll nd bacon ights as
4778. Lunch, Dinner, Brunch well as plates crafted with fresh and local
ingredients on the innovative menu. Reserva-
Avelina $$$ tions accepted. 2434 W. 44th Ave., Breakfast, Lunch,
Downtown / American John Broening and Yasmin Dinner, Brunch
Lozada-Hissom have teamed up once again at this
upscale LoDo restaurant. Broenings cooking skews Ital- 25 BEST Bar Dough $$$
ian, and the menu offers beautifully composed dishes LoHi / Italian Tuck into wood-red pizzas , fresh salads,
like smoked trout bruschetta. Lozada-Hissoms stunning and comforting pastas from chef Max MacKissock
dessertssuch as the dulce de leche stackare worth (formerly of the Squeaky Bean) at this casual gathering
a trip in their own right. Reservations accepted. 1550 spot. Reservations not accepted. 2227 W. 32nd Ave.,
17th St., 720-904-6711. Lunch, Dinner 720-668-8506. Dinner, Brunch

Abejas $$$
Golden / Seasonal Enjoy seasonal new American DIGGING FOR
plates at this community restaurant. The ever- TREASURE
changing menu features farm-fresh produce, |
sustainable sh, and organic meats, and the bar Tucked away in Erie
highlights small wineries and local brewers. (about 40 minutes
Reservations accepted. 807 13th St., 303-952-9745. north of Denver),
Lunch, Dinner, Brunch youll nd the sweet
spot that is 24 Carrot
Ace Eat Serve $$ Bistro. Executive
Uptown Area / Asian This Uptown restaurant and chef and co-owner
ping-pong hall features Asian-inspired cuisine, ping- Kevin Kidds farm-to-
pong tables, and house-made sodas. Reservations table cookingwe
accepted. 501 E. 17th Ave., 303-800-7705. Dinner love the local Swiss
chard and feta fritters
25 BEST Acorn $$ and the pan-seared
RiNo / American First-class Boulder eatery Oak at red snapper with
Fourteenth dials it down a bit with this Denver itera- sweet potatois well
tion, located in the urban environment of the Source. worth the drive. 578
Contemporary cuisine is served from an oak-red Briggs St., Erie,
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grill, and youll notice some familiar dishes, like the 303-828-1392,
kale salad. Reservations accepted. 3350 Brighton 24carrotbistro.com
Blvd., 720-542-3721. Lunch, Dinner

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RiNo / Contemporary This hip, industrial, neighbor-
hood hangout serves seasonal craft cocktails and
shareable plates, both cooked and crudo. Reservations
not accepted. 3126 Larimer St., 720-445-9691. Dinner

Bar Max $$
Congress Park / Contemporary Formerly known as
Cafe Max, this European bistro offers a simple, curated
menu. Pair the prosciutto, Brie, and g spread sandwich
with a glass of Prosecco. Reservations not accepted.
2412 E. Colfax Ave., 303-333-0003. Lunch, Dinner

25 BEST Barolo Grill $$$$

Cherry Creek / Italian Barolo Grills waitstaff takes an
Julia S. annual trip to Italy to learn about the cuisine. That dedi-
cation to authenticity translates to the food and wine
BLOOD TYPE: O+ menus, too. Try the agnolotti del plin, or opt for the
chefs tasting menu with optional wine pairings for the
full experience. Reservations accepted. 3030 E. Sixth
Ave., 303-393-1040. Dinner

25 BEST Basta $$$

Boulder / Italian This wood-red eatery offers straight-
forward avors and good wine. Try the cart-driver
pizza with house-made sausage, rapini, mozzarella,
fennel pollen, and chiles. Save room for the chocolate-
hazelnut bread pudding. Reservations accepted. 3601
Arapahoe Ave., 303-997-8775. Lunch, Dinner

25 BEST Beast & Bottle $$$$

Uptown Area / Seasonal The farm to fork mantra
permeates a menu featuring small plates like mussels
and crudo, creative vegetable dishes, and dinner-size
plates (including pan-roasted lamb and Cape Cod

Ryan S. uke). Reservations recommended. 719 E. 17th Ave.,

303-623-3223. Dinner, Brunch
BLOOD TYPE: A+
Beatrice & Woodsley $$$
Baker / American Inspired by the love story of a wine-
makers daughter and a lumberjack, the space is
designed to resemble a cabin in the woods. Small-plate
dishes offer a modern, eclectic mix of regional Ameri-
can cuisine. Reservations accepted. 38 S. Broadway ,
303-777-3505. Dinner, Brunch

Bijus Little Curry Shop $

RiNo / Indian Get your ll of southern Indian food at
this RiNo curry shop. Top a bowl of biriyania dish of
fruits, nuts, spices, and ricewith Indian-spiced chicken,
beef, or veggies. Multiple locations. Reservations not
accepted. 1441 26th St., 303-292-3500. Lunch, Dinner

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Our type gives freely without knowing Downtown / American This spots unusual menu
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duck-cilantro). Toppings include unique combinations
like wasabi aoli, caramelized apples, and shaved Irish
cheddar cheese. Reservations not accepted. 2148
Larimer St., 720-746-9355. Lunch, Dinner
25 BEST Bistro Barbs $$$
Park Hill / Contemporary Jon Robbins, host of the
popular pop-up Gypsy Kitchen, has created a menu
inspired by the French, North African, and Middle East-

MORE MOMENTS POSSIBLE. ern avors of Barbs, the Paris neighborhood where he
spent three years. Reservations recommended. 5021 E.
28th Ave., 720-398-8085. Dinner
GIVE BLOOD. Bistro Vendme $$$
Downtown / French This romantic spot on Larimer
Visit bonls.org for more information. Square conjures up Paris with crusty bread, excellent
coffee, and a tranquil patio. Indulge in French bistro
classics, such as steak frites with barnaise sauce. Week-
end brunch is particularly good, with a to-die-for croque
madame. Reservations accepted. 1420 Larimer St.,
303-825-3232. Dinner, Brunch
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 25 BEST Bittersweet $$$$
Washington Park / American Chef Olav Petersons
latest undertaking is an American farm-to-table restau-
rant with its own 600-square-foot garden. The decor is
both old and new, while the constantly changing menu
takes classic dishes and gives them a fresh twist. Try the
squash soup. Reservations recommended. 500 E. Alam-
eda Ave., 303-942-0320. Dinner
Black Eye Coffee (Capitol Hill) $ Reservations accepted. 1606 Conestoga St., #3,
Capitol Hill Area / American An expansion of LoHis
beloved coffee shop, this location boasts the same
high-quality coffee and pastries for the early bird, but it
also caters to the night owl with its evening alter ego,
White Lies. Stop by for dinner and a cocktail after 5 p.m.
Reservations accepted for parties of eight or more. 800
N. Sherman St., 303-955-1205. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
25 BEST Blackbelly Market $$$
Boulder / Contemporary Chef Hosea Rosenbergs
meaty menu focuses on charcuterie, small plates, and
daily butcher specials. Try the sweet potato blini with
cured salmon. Check out the butcher shop and grab-
and-go market, Blackbelly Butcher, located next door.
303-247-1000. Dinner
Blue Bonnet Cafe and Lounge $$
Central Denver / Mexican Killer margaritas, house-
made chips and salsa, and chiles rellenos make this fun,
casual spot an enduring favorite. Reservations accepted.
457 S. Broadway, 303-778-0147. Lunch, Dinner
Blue Pan Pizza $$$
Highland / Pizza Masterfully crafted Detroit-style pizza
is the draw at this tiny spot. Try the Brooklyn Bridge,
topped with pepperoni, Italian sausage, and ricotta and
pecorino cheeses. Reservations not accepted. 3930 W.
32nd Ave., 720-456-7666. Lunch, Dinner
Bones $$
Capitol Hill Area / Asian This noodle bar dishes up
savory duck cont egg rolls, candy-like black cod
tempura, and addictive steamed buns stuffed with
either suckling pig or (our fave) pork belly. Noodle bowl
selections are always changing. Reservations accepted.
701 Grant St., 303-860-2929. Lunch, Dinner

Bonnie Brae Tavern $$

Central Denver / American This tavern has been dish-
ing up all-American eats, including fried chicken, green
chile, and apple pie, since 1934but its most famous
for its pizza. Reservations accepted. 740 S. University
Blvd., 303-777-2262. Lunch, Dinner, Brunch

Brewery Bar II $
Southwest Denver / Mexican Legions of customers
are loyal to this casual joints signature chiles rellenos,
award-winning green chile, solid margaritas, and great
specials. Reservations accepted for four or more. 150
Kalamath St., 303-893-0971. Lunch, Dinner

Renew, refresh, Brider

LoHi / Contemporary The newest installment from
$$

chef Steven Redzikowski of Acorn features fast-casual

revive your skin dining with a focus on rotisserie meats such as chicken,
pork, and lamb leg. Reservations not accepted. 1644
Platte St., 303-455-3084. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Brik $$$
THE MEDICAL SPA OF AURORA offers personalized services for all skin types so you can look
City Park / Italian This modern wine bar features
your very best. Our lasers and our procedures are state-of-the-art and offer minimal recovery time. Neapolitan pizzas, antipasti platters, and small plates
like wood-red Brussels sprouts. Reservations accepted.
TREATMENTS 2223 E. Colfax Ave., 303-284-6754. Dinner, Brunch

Rejuvenation Laser Hair Removal PRP Services British Bulldog Pub $

Botox Scar & Acne Dermaplanning Downtown / Pub This pub serves up a mlange of
Removal farefrom Pakistani curries to all-American burgersin
Xeomin Facials a casual setting. Reservations not accepted. 2052 Stout
Lip Injections St., 303-295-7974. Lunch, Dinner, Brunch
Dermal Filler Chemical Peels
Anti-Aging
Microneedling Micro-Current Buchi Cafe Cubano $
Skin Care
IPL Lash Tinting Sunnyside / Latin American This tiny cafe dishes up
Eye Wrinkle traditional Cuban coffee and pressed sandwiches.
DR. SEUNG H. LEE, Owner Vascular Treatments Treatments Eyebrow Tinting Reservations not accepted. 2651 W. 38th Ave.,
Medical Spa of Aurora and Dental
Associates of Aurora NIR Skin Tightening Therapeutic Laser Lash Lifting 303-458-1328. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Brunch

Buckhorn Exchange $$$$

Visit us today and Central Denver / Steak House This Denver classic
exudes a Wild West feel with taxidermied animals on
the walls and a menu that includes Rocky Mountain
feel better tomorrow! oysters and wild game. Reservations recommended for
dinner. 1000 Osage St., 303-534-9505. Lunch, Dinner

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Bull & Bush Pub & Brewery $
Glendale / Pub Like the London original but with
sports bar entertainment. Try the caramelized burger.
Reservations accepted. 4700 Cherry Creek Dr. South,
303-759-0333. Lunch, Dinner
Butchers Bistro $$$
Ballpark / American The New American menu at this
spot focuses on whole animals, seasonal ingredients,
and local products. Try the Butcher Burger prepared to
order with seasonal toppings that change daily. Reser-
vations accepted. 2233 Larimer St., 303-296-2750.
Lunch, Dinner

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 C Capital Grille
Cafe 180 $ and fresh seafood. Reservations accepted. 1450 Larimer
Englewood / American Eat what you want and pay
what you can is the motto at this nonprot restaurant.
Reservations accepted for large parties. 3315 S. Broad-
way, 303-761-4510. Lunch
Cafe Brazil $$$
Berkeley / Latin American This colorful South Ameri-
can restaurant specializes in seafood and shellsh and is
great for those with dietary restrictions; the menu is
almost entirely gluten free. Reservations recommended.
4408 Lowell Blvd., 303-480-1877. Dinner
Cafe Jordano $$
Lakewood / Italian This authentic Italian spot offers
generous portions of good food (try the gnocchi).
Reservations accepted for six or more. 11068 W. Jewell
Ave., 303-988-6863. Lunch, Dinner
Caf Marmotte $$$$
Washington Park / French Romantic and inviting, this
modern-yet-cozy spot in the heart of Washington Park
serves up French bistro fare with a contemporary twist.
Try the signature coq au vin. Reservations accepted.
209 S. Downing St., 303-999-0395. Dinner, Brunch
Cafe Paprika $$
Aurora / Middle Eastern A casual dining area and a
varied menu of Middle Eastern, Moroccan, and Medi-
terranean to satisfy your appetite. Reservations
accepted for six or more. 13160 E. Mississippi Ave.,
303-755-4150. Lunch, Dinner
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$$$$
Downtown / Steak House This Larimer Square desti-
nation serves dry-aged steaks, north Atlantic lobster,
St., 303-539-2500. Lunch, Dinner
Carbon Cafe & Bar
LoHi / American This cafe (the sister restaurant to
Habit Doughnut Dispensary) offers drinks for any time
of day and an eclectic menu. Reservations accepted.
1553 Platte St., 720-428-8565. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Carmines on Penn $$
Central Denver / Italian This Italian restaurant serves
huge platters of hearty food on a year-round patio.
Reservations recommended. 92 S. Pennsylvania St.,
303-777-6443. Dinner
Cart-Driver $$
RiNo / Pizza Inspired by Italys roadside cafes, Cart-
Driver slings oysters and wood-red pizzas. Finish with
the house-made soft-serve gelato. Reservations
accepted for parties of eight or more. 2500 Larimer St.,
303-292-3553. Lunch, Dinner, Brunch
Cherry Creek Grill $$$
Cherry Creek / American Specialties include grilled
sh, ribs, and wood-roasted steaks. Reservations
accepted. 184 Steele St., 303-322-3524. Lunch, Dinner
Chile Verde $$
Central Denver / Mexican This restaurant is modest
in appearance, but its cuisine bursts with avor. Go for
the poblano crpes. Reservations accepted. 2311
Federal Blvd., 720-287-2296. Lunch, Dinner
Cho77
Baker / Asian Chef Lon Symensma (of the acclaimed
$$
ChoLon) has created a more casual environment at the
approachable Cho77. The Asian-inspired menu features
winners like the Thai chicken curry and crispy tofu balls.
Reservations accepted for parties larger than nine. 42 S.
$ Broadway, 720-638-8179. Dinner
25 BEST ChoLon $$$
Downtown / Asian Before opening ChoLon, execu-
tive chef Lon Symensma spent more than two months
in Southeast Asia scouring markets for inspiration. His
extensive travels inform this contemporary Asian restau-
rant and its authentic-with a-modern-twist cuisine. Try
the soup dumplings. Reservations accepted. 1555
Blake St., 303-353-5223. Lunch, Dinner
Chowder Room $$
Washington Park / Seafood Find plenty of ways to
enjoy seafood at this low-key spot, including a variety of
riffs on classic chowder. Reservations accepted. 560 S.
Broadway, 303-777-3474. Lunch, Dinner
City & Country Deli & Sausage Co. $$
University / Deli This quaint shop (the sister restaurant
to Roaming Buffalo BBQ) offers smartly crafted artisan
sandwiches with house-made condiments and quality
meats. Reservations not accepted. 2393 S. Downing St.,
720-216-0573. Lunch
City, O City $$
Capitol Hill Area / American This meat-free zone
features pizza, vegan pastries, and strong ales on tap.
Reservations accepted for parties of ve or more. 206 E.
13th Ave., 303-831-6443. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
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 Clyde $$
Capitol Hill Area / American Bring a group and
sample shared plates and tapas, including smoked TACO THE TOWN
hummus served with taro chips and tomato salad.
This past November, chef and restaurateur Richard
Reservations accepted for parties of ve or more. 112 E.
Sandoval transformed La Biblioteca restaurant into
Eighth Ave., 646-275-9967. Breakfast, Dinner
La Gera Gastro Cantina. He partnered with
Edwards-based Crazy Mountain Brewery on the
Cochino Taco $$
craft beer program, and the menu offers Mexican
Englewood / Mexican The menu at Johnny Ballens
street food such as tacos and sopes. Pair your
(of the Squeaky Bean) taqueria features 16 different
carnitas tacos with the house specialty La Gera
taco options and a poblano chile-topped burger. Try
Pilsner. 1610 Little Raven St., Suite 200, 303-945-
the fried chicken tacos. Reservations not accepted.
4791, richardsandoval.com/laguera
3495 S. Downing St., 720-542-9829. Lunch, Dinner

Colt & Gray $$$$

Downtown / Contemporary This intimate neighbor-
hood pub presents a superior roster of seasonal
farm-to-plate options. Start with the roasted marrow
bones with caramelized onions, grilled country bread,
green salad, and herb vinaigrette. Reservations
accepted. 1553 Platte St., #120, 303-477-1447. Dinner

Comal $
RiNo / Latin American Youll nd family dishes from El
Salvador, Mexico, and Peru, at this Latin American
restaurant, which provides job experience to women
living in Globeville and Elyria-Swansea neighborhoods.
Choose from three scratch-made lunch options each
day. Reservations not accepted. 3455 Ringsby Ct., Ste.
105, 303-292-0770. Lunch

Comida $$$
RiNo / Mexican Find creative tacos and lounge on the
patio at this Mexican-inspired cantina. Stop by for
happy hour and order the spicy shrimp and a margarita.
Multiple locations. Reservations accepted. 3350 Brigh-
ton Blvd., 303-296-2747. Lunch, Dinner, Brunch

Coohills $$$
Downtown / French Enjoy the French-inspired cuisine
made with local, sustainable products as you sip cock-
tails in a dining room that opens right onto Cherry
Creek. Reservations accepted. 1400 Wewatta St.,
303-623-5700. Dinner all-day menu that offers avorful picks like the sweet
potato wafe. Reservations not accepted. 2862 Larimer
The Cooper Lounge $$ St., 720-284-9648. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Downtown / Seafood This Union Station speakeasy
overlooks the Great Hall, serving craft cocktails and an Cucina Colore $$$
extensive wine list. Order luxurious bites including Cherry Creek / Italian An upbeat dining room, bar,
tableside Caesar salad with Parmesan fondue from chef and patio are a great backdrop for this menu of
Lon Symensma. Reservations recommended. 1701 contemporary Italian food. Reservations accepted. 3041
Wynkoop St., 720-460-3738. Dinner E. Third Ave., 303-393-6917. Lunch, Dinner, Brunch

Coperta $$$ Curtis Park Delicatessen $

Capitol Hill Area / Italian Warm up with comforting
Italian fare at this restaurant, which celebrates the
cuisine of Rome and Southern Italy. Sit at the mozzarella
bar and top the house-made cheese with your choice
of garnishes like fried peppers. Reservations accepted.
400 E. 20th Ave., 720-749-4666. Lunch, Dinner
Curtis Park / Deli This neighborhood deli serves a
menu of ne classic sandwiches (like the Curtis, made
with corned beef, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese, and house-
made Thousand Island). Reservations not accepted.
2532 Champa St., 303-308-5973. Lunch

D
Corner Ofce $$$
Downtown / International Find global comfort food
from chicken tikka masala to shrimp cevicheand every
type of martini you can imagine at this trendy spot.
Reservations accepted. 1401 Curtis St., 303-825-6500. D Bar $$$
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Uptown Area / Contemporary Chef Keegan Gerhard
and his team produce exquisite desserts and modern
Cozy Cottage Breakfast & Lunch $ comfort food. Bonus: Check out the grab-and-go coffee
Berkeley /Breakfast The homey feel of this eatery is and pastries. Reservations accepted. 494 E. 19th Ave.,
perfectly aligned with the menu of signature fruit and 303-861-4710. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Brunch
nut pancakes and French toast. Reservations accepted.
4363 Tennyson St., 720-855-9800. Breakfast, Lunch DCorazon $
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Downtown / Mexican Known for the authentic, slow-

Crema Coffee House $ simmered carnitas, this locale offers Mexican comfort
RiNo / Contemporary At this hip cafe, youll nd food at its best. Reservations not accepted. 1530 Blake
beans from seven of the countrys top roasters and an St., Ste. C, 720-904-8226. Lunch, Dinner

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Congress Park / Korean Enjoy bold and authentic
Korean avors at this Congress Park eatery. Order the
spicy pork bulgogi or try the bibimbapa stone pot
lled with steamed rice, vegetables, and egg yolk.
Multiple locations. Reservations accepted. 827 Colo-
rado Blvd., 720-639-9986. Lunch, Dinner
Damascus $ Berkeley / American This hip neighborhood cafe, with
Southeast Metro / Middle Eastern This Syrian gem
hidden in a shopping plaza serves falafel, hummus,
kabobs, baba ghanoush, and more. Reservations
Bed & Breakfast accepted for six or more. 2276 S. Colorado Blvd.,
303-757-3515. Lunch, Dinner
Darcys Bistro & Pub $$
Southeast Metro / American Enjoy traditional Irish
pub fare with draft beers. Dont miss house specialties
like bangers and mash as well as sirloin shepherds pie.
Reservations accepted. 4955 S. Ulster St., #103,
303-770-0477. Lunch, Dinner
Del Friscos Grille $$$
Cherry Creek / Contemporary A more casual itera-
tion of the beloved steak house, this venue serves up
classic dishes with modern twists and local ingredients.
Reservations accepted. 100 St. Paul St., Ste. 140,
303-320-8529. Lunch, Dinner, Brunch
Denver Central Market $$
RiNo / Global This RiNo marketplace features 11
vendors with dining options ranging from ceviche to ice
cream. Take your pick from Crema Bodega, Culture
Meat & Cheese, Curio, Green Seed, High Point Cream-
ery, Izzio Artisan Bakery, Silvas Fish Market, SK
Provisions, Temper Chocolates, Vero Italian, and the
Local Butcher. Reservations not accepted. 2669 Larimer
St., Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Brunch
Denver ChopHouse & Brewery $$$
Downtown / Steak House Classic American steak
house favorites. Reservations accepted. 1735 19th St.,
303-296-0800. Lunch, Dinner
Denver Deep Dish $
Highland / Pizza This casual joint serves up authentic
Chicago-style deep-dish pizza, hot and cold subs, and
hot dogs. Reservations not accepted. 1200 W. 38th
Ave., 720-619-3337. Lunch, Dinner
Denver Diner $$
Golden Triangle / American This casual, old-school
joint on West Colfax is open at all hours and draws in
night owls and early birds alike for comforting, home-
style entres. Reservations not accepted. 740 W. Colfax
Ave., 303-825-5443. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Departure Restaurant $$$
Cherry Creek / Asian Located inside the Halcyon
Ideal for weddings or Hotel, this Portland import serves coastal Asian fare in a
sleek space. Celebrity chef Gregory Gourdet balances
your corporate retreat. avor, texture, and spice in dishes like crispy whole sea
Make Mein Haus your bass with green mango. Reservations accepted. 248
home in the Vail Valley. Columbine St., 720-772-5020. Lunch, Dinner, Brunch
Desmond Bar and Grill $$
Park Hill / Mediterranean Chef Sean Kelly brings his
970-949-4287 Mediterranean-inuenced small plates to this comfort-
able Park Hill spot. Try the potted salmon. Reservations
B E AV E R C R E E K accepted. 2230 Oneida St., 720-542-9035. Dinner
Devils Food $$
Washington Park / Contemporary Head to this
popular spot for scratch-baked treats or try the Bene-
MeinHausUSA.com dict from the Breakfast at Night menu. Reservations
accepted for 2 p.m. afternoon tea. 1020 S. Gaylord St.,
303-733-7448. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
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Dio Mio $$
RiNo / Italian One thing you can count on at Alex
Figura and Spencer Whites new fast-casual Italian
eatery: pasta. Try fresh takes on plates such as cacio e
pepe. Reservations accepted for parties of eight or
more. 3264 Larimer St., 303-562-1965. Lunch, Dinner
DJs Berkeley Cafe $
exposed brick walls and a long coffee bar, dishes up
breakfast (think crab cake eggs Benedict), sandwiches,
and espresso. Multiple locations. Reservations not
accepted. 3838 Tennyson St., 303-482-1841. Breakfast,
Lunch, Brunch
Domo Restaurant $$$
Central Denver / Asian Enjoy authentic Japanese
country foods in a traditional setting. Reservations
accepted for six or more. 1365 Osage St., 303-595-
3666. Lunch, Dinner
Dos Santos Taqueria de Mexico $
Uptown Area / Mexican Two brothers are behind this
fresh taqueria. The menu features light, seafood-centric
dishes like aguachiles and a green taco made with
butter lettuce, raw tuna, fried leeks, and poppy seeds.
Reservations not accepted. 1475 E. 17th Ave., 303-386-
3509. Lunch, Dinner, Brunch
Doughertys Restaurant and Pub $
Northeast Metro / American Along with plenty of
beer, this neighborhood pub serves tasty American-Irish
dishes, such as shepherds pie. Reservations accepted.
5 E. Ellsworth Ave., 303-777-5210. Lunch, Dinner
Duo Restaurant $$$
Highland / Contemporary With Duo, owners Stepha-
nie Bonin and Keith Arnold have captured the true
essence of the neighborhood restaurantsimple food,
a low-key but polished ambience, and the hum of
neighbors trading stories. The seasonal cuisine
constantly surprises. Reservations accepted. 2413 W.
32nd Ave., 303-477-4141. Dinner, Brunch
E
Edge Restaurant & Bar $$$
Downtown / Steak House Choose your cut, sauce,
and sidelike a porterhouse steak with brandy-pepper-
corn sauce and battered onion ringsat this upscale,
contemporary steak house in the Four Seasons Hotel.
Reservations recommended. 1111 14th St., 303-389-
3343. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Edgewater Inn $$
Northwest Metro / Italian This inn has been family
owned and operated for more than 50 years. Try the
Howdy Pizza, a combo of sausage, green peppers,
mushrooms, and jalapeo peppers. Reservations
accepted Tue-Thu. 5302 W. 25th Ave., 303-237-3524.
Lunch, Dinner, Brunch
NEW El Jefe $$
Sunnyside / Mexican Farm-to-table Mexican fare will
lure you to this friendly Sunnyside spot. Pair a house
margarita with the four-cheese dip. Dont miss the
enchiladas or the mushroom tacos with huitlacoche
crema. Reservations accepted. 2450 W. 44th Ave.,
720-389-7615. Dinner
El Noa Noa $$
Central Denver / Mexican Authentic Mexican food
with top-notch margaritas. Reservations accepted. 722
Santa Fe Dr., 303-623-9968. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
El Taco de Mexico $
Southwest Denver / Mexican Mexican food with an
emphasis on authenticity. Dont miss the chile relleno
burrito. Reservations not accepted. 714 Santa Fe Dr.,
303-623-3926. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Urban Dining & Cocktail Lounge
Elways (Cherry Creek) $$$$
Cherry Creek / Steak House Owned by Broncos
great John Elway, this Colorado steak house serves top-
Brunch
notch beef, seafood, salads, sandwiches, and more. Try
the weekend brunch specialties, like biscuits and gravy
or French toast. Check out the downtown location.
Sat & Sun
Reservations recommended. 2500 E. First Ave.,
303-399-5353. Lunch, Dinner
11am-3pm
Elways (Downtown) $$$$
Downtown / Steak House This sleek restaurant Enjoy a variety of seasonal
named after the Broncos greatserves Belgian wafes creative american cuisine and
and hand-cut steaks; and dont miss the daily happy brunch libations!
hour. Also try the DIA location. Reservations recom-
mended. 1881 Curtis St., 303-312-3107. Breakfast,
Lunch, Dinner

The Empress $$
Happy hour
Southwest Metro / Asian Cantonese food, specializ-
ing in dim sum. Reservations accepted. 2825 W.
Alameda Ave., 303-922-2822. Lunch, Dinner
Everyday
Ernies Bar & Pizza $$$
Sunnyside / Pizza This neighborhood New York-
style pizza place features antipasti plates, 21 signature
3pm-7pm
pizza pies, and calzones. Take a seat at the 40-foot 3570 E Colfax Ave Denver Co. 80206
bar and choose among the 30 brews on tap. Reserva-
(303)--597--0624
tions accepted. 2915 W. 44th Ave., 303-955-5580.
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Euclid Hall Bar & Kitchen $$

Downtown / Pub Innovative and high-quality interna-
tional pub food is on the menu, including house-made
sausages, schnitzels, and po boys. Try the poutine.
Reservations accepted for seven or more. 1317 14th St.,
303-595-4255. Lunch, Dinner

F
Finns Manor $
RiNo / Global Finns Manor serves a wide selection of
craft cocktails, and the rotating food trucks on site offer 5280 TOP DENTIST
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Golden Triangle / American Located inside the Art, a Cosmetic Dentistry, American Dental
Hotel, Fire Restaurant serves contemporary American Association, and Colorado Dental Association
dishes made with locally sourced ingredients, including
a Colorado lamb chop and a bison eggs Benedict. BEFORE
Reservations accepted. 1201 Broadway, 303-572-8000.
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Firenze a Tavola $$$

Berkeley / Italian Parisis answer to upscale Italian, this
restaurant is located downstairs of the popular Berkeley
spot and offers a savory Tuscan experience. Reserva-
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Fish N Beer $$$
RiNo / Seafood Kevin Morrison (founder of Tacos
Tequila Whiskey) and Chef Aniedra Nichols offer fresh
seafood and a hearty beer list at this casual oysterette.
Try the grilled whole bass. Reservations not accepted.
3510 Larimer St., 303-248-3497. Dinner
Flagstaff House $$$$
Boulder / Contemporary Located atop Flagstaff
Mountain, this restaurant has a huge wine list and a
spectacular view of Boulder. For dessert, have a piece
of seasonal cheesecake. Reservations recommended.
1138 Flagstaff Rd., 303-442-4640. Dinner
Fork & Spoon
Capitol Hill Area / American Enjoy a full menu of
American breakfast and lunch favorites every day of the
week. Dont miss out on the hearty Pearl Street biscuits
and gravy. Reservations accepted. 341 E. Colfax Ave.,
25 BEST Frasca Food and Wine $$$$
Boulder / Italian Former chef Lachlan Mackinnon-
Patterson and master sommelier Bobby Stuckeys
ne-dining mecca has racked up scores of accolades
over the years (including nods from James Beard). The
Friulano cuisine, extensive wine list, and gracious
service combine for a memorable experience. Reserva-
tions accepted. 1738 Pearl St., 303-442-6966. Dinner
25 BEST Fruition Restaurant $$$
Country Club / American Executive chef Alex Seidels
tiny kitchen focuses on seasonal dishes (any of the
ingredients come straight from his farm) that are big on
avor and presentation. Diners ock for the approach-
$ able eats, like pasta carbonara with hand-made cavatelli
and house-cured pork belly. Reservations accepted.
1313 E. Sixth Ave., 303-831-1962. Dinner
The Goods $$
Congress Park / Global Head to this casual spot for a
relaxed meal with friends or family. The menu of wood-
red fare includes everything from burgers to
vegetarian lasagna to braised short ribs. Reservations
accepted. 2550 E. Colfax Ave., 303-355-5445. Lunch,
Dinner, Brunch
Green Russell $$
Downtown / Pub This chef-driven cocktail bar offers a
variety of small plates and libations. Reservations not
accepted. 1422 Larimer St., 303-893-6505. Dinner
25 BEST Guard and Grace $$$$
Downtown / Steak House Chef Troy Guards modern
steak house offers a chic setting for his innovative fare,
which includes a raw bar, delicate salads, and house-
made charcuterie. Try the ight of let mignon: Four
ounces of prime, Angus, and grass-fed beef all cooked

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303-847-0345. Breakfast, Lunch over oak re. Reservations recommended. 1801 Califor-
nia St., 303-293-8500. Lunch, Dinner
The Fort $$$$
Morrison / American This Colorado institution offers

ne buffalo, beef, seafood, and game. Enjoy breathtak-
ing views of the mountains and Denvers city lights
while you dine. Reservations strongly recommended.
19192 Hwy. 8, 303-697-4771. Dinner
Four Friends Kitchen $ Dinner, Brunch
Stapleton /Breakfast This breakfast-and-lunch spot
offers a mix of healthy and indulgent eats with Southern
air. Try the berries and cream French toast, shrimp and
grits, and the classic beignets. Reservations accepted
for large parties only. 2893 Roslyn St., 303-388-8299.
Breakfast, Lunch, Brunch
Gaetanos $$$
Sunnyside / Italian This comfy neighborhood hangout
features old-school favorites such as chicken Parmesan,
linguine with clams, and shrimp scampi. Reservations
recommended. 3760 Tejon St., 303-455-9852. Lunch,
Globe Hall $ ites, and fresh sushi. Try the aptly named Amazing Roll:
RiNo / Barbecue Come to this Texas-style barbecue
joint for foot-stomping musical performances, authentic,
slow-cooked brisket, and cocktails. Reservations not
accepted. 4483 Logan St., 720-668-8833. Lunch, Dinner
H
Hasu Sushi & Grill $$
Cherry Creek / Asian This subterranean spot in Cherry
Creek offers traditional Chinese dishes, Pan-Asian favor-
chopped fatty tuna, cucumber, and scallion on the
inside; avocado, crispy kani, eel, and special sauce on
the outside. Reservations accepted. 250 Steele St., Ste.
104, 303-722-9968. Lunch, Dinner

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 NEW Hearth & Dram $$$$
Downtown / American This modern saloon features
more than 360 whiskey selections from all over the
world. The menu offers wood-red proteins (pork ribs,
duck breast) as well as plenty of creative vegetable
plates such as grilled broccoli with yuzu and hen of the
woods mushroom with celeriac. Reservations accepted.
1801 Wewatta St., 303-623-0979. Dinner

Highland Tap and Burger $$

LoHi / American Pick your patty, bun, and premium
toppings for a customizable meal enhanced with a
choice of 18 to 20 Colorado craft beers. Also try the
Sloan Lake location. Reservations accepted for eight or
more. 2219 W. 32nd Ave., 720-287-4493. Lunch, Dinner

Honor Society $$
Downtown / Contemporary At this ne-casual eatery,
guests pick their protein of choice to be enjoyed in a
salad, sandwich, or plate. Reservations not accepted.
1900 16th St., 720-420-0614. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

25 BEST Hop Alley $$

RiNo / Asian The newest venture from Tommy Lee of
Uncle, this neighborhood hangout serves dishes rooted
in Chinese tradition with a touch of Lees distinctive air.
Try the steamed eggplant, the chilled tofu, or the rice
cakes. Reservations accepted for parties of six to eight.
3500 Larimer St., 720-379-8340. Dinner

Hops & Pie $$

Berkeley / Pizza Handmade pizza and craft brews are
this spots forte. Reservations not accepted. 3920
Tennyson St., 303-477-7000. Lunch, Dinner

Hutch & Spoon $

RiNo / Deli Cheer up your palate at this funky cafe with
an uncomplicated menu that focuses on natural avors.
Reservations not accepted. 3090 Larimer St., 303-296-
2317. Breakfast, Lunch

I
Il Porcellino Salumi $$
Berkeley / Deli This market and deli strives to provide
the highest quality cured meats in Colorado. Pick a
selection to take with you, or enjoy a fresh salumi plat-
ter or sandwich in house. Reservations not accepted.
4334 W. 41st Ave., 303-477-3206. Lunch, Dinner

Il Posto $$$$
RiNo / Italian The new location of this Uptown favorite
features stunning views and Andrea Frizzis upscale Ital-
ian cuisine. Try the uni cream. Reservations accepted.
2601 Larimer St., 303-394-0100. Lunch, Dinner

Imperial Chinese $$ AUTHENTIC INDIAN FARE WITH A UNIQUE FLAIR

Washington Park / Asian This stalwart offers Canton-
ese food in an elegant setting. Reservations accepted.
431 S. Broadway, 303-698-2800. Lunch, Dinner

Indias Restaurant $$$

Southeast Metro / Indian This spot serves traditional
Indian fare, including avorful dishes like tandoori
chicken. Reservations accepted. 8921 E. Hampden Ave.,
303-755-4284. Lunch, Dinner
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Izakaya Den $$ a culture, tradition and standards
Platt Park / International Its been dubbed Sushi Den in culinary tastes that a real life
II, but Izakaya Den is more than a replica of its popular Nawab would appreciate.
cousin. You can still order ultrafresh sushi and sashimi,
but the most exciting dishes come in the form of small
plates. Reservations accepted. 1487-A S. Pearl St., 535 Zang St, Suite C, Broomfield, CO | 303.465.4444 | Azitra.com
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 J Katsu Ramen $
Aurora / Japanese Satisfy a ramen craving with one of
the traditional styles offered at this cozy spot. Reserva-
La Gera Gastro Cantina
Central Denver / Mexican Richard Sandovals casual
$

cantina offers an array of bites such as tacos, enchiladas,

Jax Fish House $$$
Downtown / Seafood Enjoy fresh, sustainable
seafood in an upbeat atmosphere. Specialties include
raw shellsh, po boy sandwiches, and seasonally
composed plates. Multiple locations. Reservations
accepted. 1539 17th St., 303-292-5767. Dinner
Jerusalem Restaurant $$
University / Middle Eastern You cant beat this tasty,
traditional Middle Eastern fare. Favorites include the
silky hummus, crispy falafel, and pillowy pita. Reserva-
tions accepted. 1890 E. Evans Ave., 303-777-8828.
Lunch, Dinner
tions not accepted. 1930 S. Havana St., 303-751-2222.
Lunch, Dinner
The Kitchen Denver $$$
Downtown / Contemporary This community bistro
features consciously sourced ingredients and a raw
seafood bar. Also try the Boulder location. Reservations
accepted. 1520 16th St., 303-623-3127. Lunch, Dinner
Kobe An $$$
Cherry Creek / Asian Everything is traditional at this
Japanese restaurant, which features Japanese favorites,
such as tempura and gyoza. Dine in one of the tradi-
tional tatami rooms for the full Japanese experience.
Reservations accepted. 231 Milwaukee St., 303-989-
and tortas. Dont miss the hibiscus agua fresca. Reserva-
tions not accepted. 1610 Little Raven St., 720-904-0965.
Lunch, Dinner, Brunch
La Loma $$
Downtown / Mexican This local favorite offers a menu
of classic Mexican eats (think: autas, tacos, and fajitas)
in a new downtown location. Pair your meal with one of
the refreshing house margaritas. Reservations accepted.
1801 Broadway, 303-433-8300. Lunch, Dinner, Brunch
Latigo $$
Ballpark / Mexican Inspired by chef Ignacio Leons
rich heritage, this restaurant mixes traditional Mexican
fare with modern touches. Pair the shrimp ceviche

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5907. Lunch, Dinner with a tangy margarita. Reservations accepted. 2229
Blake St., 303-537-7682. Lunch, Dinner
Kobe An Shabu Shabu & Sushi $$$$
Highland / Japanese This restaurant sticks to fresh, Lea $$
Kaos Pizzeria $$ healthy, and traditional Japanese cuisine. Reservations Baker / Latin American Inspire your palate with the
Platt Park / Pizza A wood-red oven, gourmet ingredi- accepted. 3400 Osage St., 303-284-6342. Dinner rich and vibrant avors of Latin America. The menu
ents, and wine to-go make a perfect pizzeria for dine-in features authentic favorites like chilaquiles. Reservations
or delivery. If the weathers nice, eat outside in the accepted. 24 Broadway, Ste. 104, 720-550-7267. Dinner

spacious garden area. Reservations accepted. 1439 S.
Pearl St., 303-733-5267. Lunch, Dinner
Karma Asian $$
Southeast Denver / Asian Go out to this trendy Asian
eatery for a variety of Asian tapas (such as spicy
edamame), or get more bang for your buck with the
Thai bang bang shrimp. Reservations accepted. 22 S.
Broadway, 303-871-0167. Lunch, Dinner
L
La Cueva $$
Aurora / Mexican Youll nd excellent chiles rellenos at
this spot, plus a nice wine list and more than 120 types
of tequila. Reservations accepted. 9742 E. Colfax Ave.,
303-367-1422. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Linger $$
LoHi / International Set in the former three-story
Olinger Mortuarys parking garage, this restaurant takes
you around the world with a menu of small plates.
Enjoy fabulous views of downtown while choosing from
inviting menus of food and cocktails. Reservations
accepted. 2030 W. 30th Ave., 303-993-3120. Lunch,
Dinner, Brunch

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Little Anitas New Mexican Food $
Washington Park / Latin American Serving up
great New Mexican fare. The breakfast burritos are
divine. Multiple locations. Reservations not accepted.
1550 S. Colorado Blvd. #103, 303-691-3337. Breakfast,
Lunch, Dinner

Little India $$
Capitol Hill Area / Indian Casual yet upscale Indian
dining with just the right spices. Multiple locations.
Reservations accepted. 330 E. Sixth Ave., 303-871-
9777. Lunch, Dinner

Little Ollies $$
Cherry Creek / Asian This restaurant serves classic
Chinese fare. Reservations accepted. 2360 E. Third Ave.,
303-316-8888. Lunch, Dinner

Lo Stella $$$$
Golden Triangle / Italian Lo Stella is the sister restau-
rant to the acclaimed original of the same name in
From gender reveals to
Portono, Italy. Dont miss the authentic, ingredient-
driven Italian dishes like house-made ravioli with walnut
sauce, or the scratch-made desserts. Reservations
recommended. 1135 Bannock St., 303-825-1995.
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Lunch, Dinner

Locanda Del Borgo $$$

Highland / Italian This modern setting offers authentic
sweetest moments, choose
house-made pasta and entres such as sea bass
cooked on a wood-burning grill. Enjoy the extensive
wine list and lively atmosphere. Reservations recom-
mended for parties of 5 or more. 5575 E. Third Ave.,
303-388-0282. Lunch, Dinner

LoHi Steakbar $$$ C U P C A K E R Y A N D C R E A M E RY

LoHi / American Steak is an obvious favorite at this
casual bar, but you can nd burgers, chicken, and sh
on the menu, too. Try a specialty cocktail, like a
Moscow mule or a lavender 75. Reservations accepted.
3200 Tejon St., 303-927-6334. Lunch, Dinner, Brunch
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Lola Coastal Mexican $$$
LoHi / Mexican Grab a coin-style margarita at the
tequila bar, then order the whole gold snapper, grilled
15% off your next purchase!
or fried. Reservations recommended. 1575 Boulder St.,
720-570-8686. Dinner, Brunch

Los Carboncitos $$
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Northwest Metro / Mexican Enjoy fresh, authentic
Mexican food cooked in an open kitchen. Order the Cupcakes * Cakes * Delivery * GF/DF/NF Menu
alambreMexican stir-fry with your choice of tortilla,
meat, cheese, and vegetables. Multiple locations.
Reservations not accepted. 720 Sheridan Blvd., 303.688.CAKE | coloradosmallcakes.com
303-573-1617. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Los Chingones $$
RiNo / Mexican Los Chingones offers shareable Mexi-
can cuisine with distinctive style. Find a menu marked
by ceviches, funditos, and tacos. Also try the DTC loca-
tion. Reservations not accepted. 2463 Larimer St.,
303-295-0686. Lunch, Dinner

Lous Food Bar $$

Sunnyside / American This Sunnyside restaurant
serves up a menu of American comfort food such as
super spicy Nashville-style fried chicken and macaroni
and cheese. Reservations accepted for large parties.
1851 W. 38th Ave., 303-458-0336. Breakfast, Lunch,
Dinner, Brunch

Luca $$$$
Capitol Hill Area / Italian Convivial hospitality and
exquisite Italian dishes greet you at this sophisticated
spot. Favorite dishes include the pappardelle Bolog-
nese. Reservations strongly recommended. 711 Grant
St., 303-832-6600. Dinner

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Lucky Cat $$
Lowry / Chinese Restaurateur Troy Guards Lucky
Cat offers a fun take on Chinese fare. Sit back, sip a
sake cocktail, and nosh on bao buns, spring onion
pancakes with roasted duck, or dan dan noodles.
Reservations accepted. 7559 E. Academy Blvd.,
303-364-2025. Dinner
Lucky Pie Pizza & Tap House $$
Downtown / Pizza Try brick oven Neapolitan-style
pizzas such as the Prosciutto, made with wild arugula,
Grana Padano cheese, and house-made mozzarella.
Also try the Louisville location. Reservations accepted.
1610 16th St., 303-825-1021. Lunch, Dinner
M
Machete Tequila & Tacos $$
Cherry Creek / Mexican Classic Mexican cuisine is
infused with creative culinary twists. Enjoy an extensive
list of ne tequilas, and dont forget to order the sump-
tuous tacos al pastor. Also try the Union Station location.
Reservations accepted. 2817 E. Third Ave., 303-333-
1567. Lunch, Dinner
Makan Malaysian Cafe
Platt Park / Asian Enjoy traditional Malaysian
cuisine at good prices. Try the curry puff, a fried aky
pastry lled with curried vegetables. We also love the
kaya toast, congee, and avorful roti atbreads.
Reservations not accepted. 1859 S. Pearl St., 720-524-
8093. Lunch, Dinner
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Marrakech Grill $$
University Hills / Mediterranean The decor comple-
ments the Lebanese and Persian cuisine offered at this
eatery. Try the shish kebabs. Reservations accepted.
2290 S. Colorado Blvd., 303-759-3611. Lunch, Dinner
Mas Kaos $ accepted. 98 Steele St., 303-329-6628. Lunch, Dinner
Berkeley / Global Mexican meets Italian in this hybrid
between two South Pearl favorites, Kaos Pizzeria and
Uno Mas Taqueria y Cantina. Sip on a cold brew as you
make the decision between an elevated street taco or a
Napoli wood-grilled pizza. Reservations accepted. 4528
Tennyson St., 720-638-2100. Lunch, Dinner
Masalaa $$
Aurora / Indian A vegetarians dream, Masalaa has top-
notch Southern Indian cuisine, including mouth-tingling
curries. Reservations accepted. 3140 S. Parker Rd.,
303-755-6272. Lunch, Dinner
Masterpiece Delicatessen $$
LoHi / Deli This masterpiece of a deli serves sand-
wiches such as white trufe egg salad, cubano,
pastrami, and smoked turkeyall are far from ordinary.
Also try the Capitol Hill location. Reservations not
accepted. 1575 Central St., 303-561-3354. Breakfast,
Lunch, Dinner
$ Masterpiece Kitchen $$
Lowry / American Chef Justin Brunsons new Ameri-
can bar and grill features familiar favorites from
Masterpiece Deli and Old Major. Dig into standards like
fried chicken, meatballs, burgers, and nachos. Reserva-
tions not accepted. 84 Rampart Way, 720-324-8873.
Lunch, Dinner, Brunch
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Matsuhisa Denver $$$$
Cherry Creek / Japanese This legend of a restaurant
has hit Denver. Chef Nobu Matsuhisa kicks Japanese
staples up to the next level with Peruvian and Argentine
ingredients. Start with signature uni shooters and dont
miss the black cod with sweet miso. Reservations
Meadowlark Kitchen $$
RiNo / American Located adjacent to Meadowlark Bar,
this rustic eatery boasts a tightly edited menu focused
on local offerings. Try the burger and one of the barrel-
aged old fashioneds. Reservations accepted. 2705
Larimer St., 303-953-1815. Dinner
25 BEST Mercantile Dining & Provision $$$
Downtown / Seasonal Award-winning Fruition chef
Alex Seidel and chef Matt Vawter offer a menu full of
creative vegetable preparations, pasta dishes, and
family-style shared plates (try the Colorado lamb shoul-
der). Reservations accepted for dinner. 1701 Wynkoop
St., #155, 720-460-3733. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Mister Tuna $$
RiNo / American Troy Guards chic new RiNo spot
offers modern, eclectic cooking inspired by his Hawai-
ian upbringing. Go for rotisserie-roasted meats and
oak-grilled veggies. Reservations accepted. 3033 Brigh-
ton Blvd., 303-831-8862. Dinner
Mizu Izakaya $$
LoHi / Sushi This Japanese restaurant offers an impres-
sive bar and a hip atmosphere. Try the cream pork
kimchi. Reservations accepted. 1560 Boulder St.,
720-372-7100. Lunch, Dinner, Brunch
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 25 BEST Mizuna $$$$
Capitol Hill Area / Contemporary Chef-owner Frank
Bonannos seasonal cuisine capitalizes on exquisite
ingredients, and service is friendly and knowledgeable.
Dont miss the beef Wellington or the lobster macaroni
and cheese. Reservations recommended. 225 E.
Seventh Ave., 303-832-4778. Dinner
Moes Original Barbeque & Bowling $
Englewood / Barbecue Beer, barbecue, and bowling.
Also visit the location at sixth and Broadway. Reserva-
tions accepted for parties and bowling. 3295 S.
Broadway, 303-781-0414. Lunch, Dinner
Mortons The Steakhouse $$$$
Downtown / Steak House Top quality steaks in a
comfortable setting. Reservations recommended. 1710
Wynkoop St., 303-825-3353. Dinner
My Brothers Bar $ Reservations strongly recommended. 1400 Pearl St.,
Downtown / Pub Enjoy beers and burgers with classi-
cal music in one of Denvers oldest bars. Reservations
accepted. 2376 15th St., 303-455-9991. Lunch, Dinner
N
New Saigon $$
Southwest Denver / Asian This Vietnamese spot
serves a massive menu of specialties, including deli-
cious seafood curries. Check out the bakery next door.
Reservations accepted for ve or more. 630 S. Federal
Blvd., 303-936-4954. Lunch, Dinner
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The Nickel $$$$
Downtown / American This elegant New American
BIRD IS THE WORD restaurant is located inside the Hotel Teatro. Start with
a wood-grilled atbread and some house-made char-
Most Front Range residents are familiar
cuterie before enjoying the braised beef short rib
with White Fence Farm, Lakewoods iconic
Genovese. Reservations accepted. 1100 14th St.,
44-year-old fried-chicken restaurant. But now that
720-889-2128. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Brunch
theres a Capitol Hill outpost, Denverites dont
have to travel far for tender, pressure-fried
bird, sweet-corn hushpuppies, and from-scratch
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25 BEST Oak at Fourteenth $$$
Boulder / Seasonal This bright, open space just off the
Pearl Street Mall offers a diverse, ever-changing menu
of seasonal, oak-red eats from chef Steve Redzikowski
and creative cocktails from Bryan Dayton. Order the
kale-apple salad, braised meatballs, or smoked brisket.
303-444-3622. Lunch, Dinner
Ocean Prime $$$$
Downtown / Seafood A marriage between land and
sea, this upscale supper club offers steak house dining
and fresh sh in one chic downtown location. Reserva-
tions recommended. 1465 Larimer St., 303-825-3663.
Lunch, Dinner
Next Door Eatery (Union Station) $$
Downtown / Contemporary The cuisine at this casual Oceanaire Seafood Room $$$
community pub is focused on fresh soups, salads, and Downtown / Seafood This upscale restaurant (deco-
sandwiches. Dont miss the legendary beet burger. Also rated in a 1930s ocean liner-style) does seafood right.
try the Boulder location. Reservations accepted for Order your selection to your liking: broiled, grilled, fried,
parties or 20 or more. 1701 Wynkoop St., 720-460- sauted, or steamed. Reservations accepted. 1400
3730. Lunch, Dinner Arapahoe St., 303-991-2277. Dinner
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LoHi / Seafood This Hawaiian-inspired eatery has
relocated across the street from a window counter into
a sunny brick-and-mortar. The menu is small but
mighty. Go for the tuna poke, Spam musubi, and
aloha kale salad. Reservations not accepted. 2563
15th St., 303-718-6580. Lunch
25 BEST Old Major $$$$
LoHi / American Go for owner Justin Brunson and
executive chef Amos Watts bistro-style, seasonal dining
with an emphasis on locally raised heritage meat. If
youre a steak acionado, try the 24-ounce, bone-in rib-
eye. Reservations accepted. 3316 Tejon St.,
720-420-0622. Lunch, Dinner, Brunch
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Uptown Area / International Discover wholesome,
inspired meals at this restaurant, bakery, and juice bar,
where youll nd a full coffee bar, artisan sandwiches,
fresh soups, tasty salads, and house-made pastries.
Also try the new Cherry Creek location. Reservations
not accepted. 1552 E. 17th Ave., 303-832-8663.
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Onefold $$$
Uptown Area / Breakfast Enjoy plates like fried
rice with bacon or the breakfast burrito stuffed with
duck fat fried potatoes at this hip breakfast joint.
Reservations not accepted. 1420 E. 18th Ave.,
303-954-0877. Breakfast, Dinner, Brunch
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Ophelias Electric Soapbox $$
Ballpark / Contemporary The gastro-brothel menu
encompasses globally inspired pub fare like atbreads,
small plates, and stone-re skillets. Try the green chile
cornbread with goat cheese. Reservations accepted.
1215 20th St., 303-993-8023. Dinner, Brunch
Osaka Ramen $$
RiNo / Japanese Jeff Osakas modern ramen shop
features traditional and original noodle soups, bento
boxes, and creative small plates. Try the mochi dough-
nuts for dessert. Reservations not accepted. 2611
Walnut St., 303-955-7938. Lunch, Dinner
Osteria Marco $$$
Downtown / Italian This casual tavern features deep-
set wooden booths, a spacious bar, and simple Italian
cuisine. The menu lists approachable eats such as rustic
pizza and stacked panini. Reservations recommended.
1453 Larimer St., 303-534-5855. Lunch, Dinner
Ototo $$$
Platt Park / Japanese Sushi Dens Toshi Kizaki has
relaunched his Japanese robata-style tapas spot in a
remodeled dining space. Market-driven dishes like
whole grilled sh complement a selection of sashimi
and yakitori. 1501 Pearl St., 303-733-2503. Dinner
P
Panzano $$$$
Downtown / Italian Grab a seat at the exhibition
kitchen and enjoy rustic northern Italian cuisine. Reser-
vations recommended. 909 17th St., 303-296-3525.
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Brunch
Parisi Italian Market & Deli $
Berkeley / Italian Enjoy quick, casual dining, including
wood oven pizzas, house-made pasta, gelato, and
espresso. Reservations not accepted. 4401 Tennyson
St., 303-561-0234. Lunch, Dinner
Park & Co. $
Uptown Area / American This casual tavern serves
sandwiches and salads but specializes in gourmet burg-
ers. Reservations not accepted. 439 E. 17th Ave.,
720-328-6732. Lunch, Dinner
Park Burger $
Platt Park / American This neighborhood eatery
serves top-notch burgers, such as the Croque, topped
with Swiss, a fried egg, and a slice of ham. Multiple
locations. Reservations not accepted. 1890 S. Pearl St.,
720-242-9951. Lunch, Dinner
Petes Kitchen $
Capitol Hill Area / American A Denver landmark
and a staple for late-night comfort food, Petes is known
for its breakfasts but also serves gyros and souvlaki
sandwiches. Reservations not accepted. 1962 E. Colfax
Ave., 303-321-3139. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Brunch
Pho-natic $
Central Denver / International Choose from more
than 20 pho variations at this upscale Vietnamese street
food restaurant. Reservations accepted. 229 E. Colfax
Ave., 303-832-3154. Lunch, Dinner
The Pig & the Sprout $$
Central Denver / American Order the sliced brisket
with grilled scallions from the Pig side of the menu, or
opt for the fresh crudit platter from the Sprout side.
Reservations accepted. 1900 Chestnut Place, 720-535-
9719. Lunch, Dinner, Brunch
Pizza Republica $$$
Downtown / Pizza This Italian fare is made from
scratch. Try a Neapolitan pizza or the stuffed shells. Also
try the Greenwood Village location. Reservations
accepted. 890 14th St., 303-623-2811. Lunch, Dinner
25 BEST Pizzeria Locale (Boulder) $$
Boulder / Pizza Inspired by the pizzerias of Napoli,
Italy, this contemporary pizza joint offers a modern
take on a traditional classic. It also features the rst
Stefano Ferrara oven in the state. Try the mais pizze
with prosciutto cotto, sweet corn crme, and fresh
mozzarella. Also try the fast-casual locations in Denver.
Reservations accepted. 1730 Pearl St., 303-442-3003.
Lunch, Dinner
25 BEST The Plimoth $$$
City Park / American This New American restaurant
draws from classic Italian and French cuisines for a fresh,
unpretentious dining experience. An emphasis on
locally farmed and foraged ingredients results in an
ever-changing menu of seasonal dishes, like cauliower-
turnip gratine. Reservations recommended. 2335 E.
28th Ave., 303-297-1215. Dinner
25 BEST The Populist $$$
RiNo / Contemporary This pared-down, old-fash-
ioned eatery offers thoughtful small plates. Favorites
include the bourbon-maple Brussels sprouts, Colorado
grass-fed burger, and tandoori chicken. Reservations
accepted. 3163 Larimer St., 720-432-3163. Dinner
NEW The Post Chicken & Beer $$
Rosedale / American Colorado-style fried bird is
the specialty at this laid-back joint. Diners ock for
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crispy (gluten-free!) fried chicken as well as creative
sides, tasty craft brews, and down-home desserts.
Also try the Longmont location. Reservations not
accepted. 2200 S. Broadway, 720-466-5699. Lunch,
Dinner, Brunch
Post Oak Hall $ Broadway, 303-765-2695. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Wheat Ridge / American Take a quick trip to Houston,
Texas with these authentic po boy sandwiches, which
come topped with Southern chow-chow, cheese, and
pickles. This shop (which doubles as Helliemaes retail
outlet) is only open on Saturdays, so plan accordingly.
Reservations not accepted. 6195 W. 44th Ave.,
303-834-7048. Lunch
Potager $$$
Capitol Hill Area / Contemporary This family-owned
restaurant specializes in seasonal, locally sourced food.
(The menu changes once a month.) We love the grilled
king trumpet mushrooms and marinated Monroe Farm
beets. Dine in the back garden. Reservations not
accepted. 1109 Ogden St., 303-832-5788. Dinner
Protos Pizzeria Napoletana $$
Downtown / Pizza Enjoy Italian-style pizza and a nice
wine list. Multiple locations. Reservations accepted.
2401 15th St., 720-855-9400. Lunch, Dinner
Public School 303 Restaurant & Bar $$
Downtown / American Offering a fun mix of tradi-
tional American fare, this restaurant brings the
school-house theme into every aspect of the experi-
ence. Start your meal with the crispy buffalo
cauliower. Reservations accepted. 1959 16th St.,
303-446-8671. Lunch, Dinner, Brunch
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Baker / American This gastro-diner is perfect for food
and play. Dine any time of day while entertaining your-
self with bowling, ping pong, shufeboard, and more.
Celeb chef Hugh Achesons menu features a killer grain
bowl. Reservations accepted for private parties. 65
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Que Bueno Suerte $$$
Platt Park / Latin American The menu at this vibrant
restaurant offers regionally inspired Mexican fare. Try
the pulpo a la parrilla (grilled citrus-garlic octopus with
huitlacoche-butter sauce). Reservations accepted. 1518
S. Pearl St., 720-642-7322. Dinner
R
Raccas Pizzeria Napoletana $$
Downtown / Pizza Formerly known as Marcos Coal-
Fired Pizza, this spot serves Neapolitan-style pies with
imported artisanal cheeses and local produce. Multiple
locations. Reservations accepted. 2129 Larimer St.,
303-296-7000. Lunch, Dinner
Racines $$
Capitol Hill Area / American A Denver institution,
Racines offers traditional American fare. Reservations
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 accepted for six or more. 650 Sherman St., 303-595-
0418. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Rebel Restaurant $$$$
RiNo / Contemporary Eastern European avors
mingle with contemporary inuences in Rebel Restau-
rants small plates. Menu selections include dishes like
foie gras pierogi. Reservations not accepted. 3763
Wynkoop St., 303-297-3902. Dinner
RiNo Yacht Club $ Downtown / Asian Ramen is king at this Japanese
RiNo / American Enjoy classic and creative cocktails at
this loungelike RiNo bar. The menu includes a raw
seafood bar and Southern-inspired fare. Reservations
not accepted. 3350 Brighton Blvd., Ste. 100, 720-443-
1135. Dinner
Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant $$
Downtown / Mexican Natural ingredients and fresh
produce characterize this Mexican spot. Enjoy the
famous margaritas, but be carefulthey cut you off at
three. Multiple locations. Reservations accepted for six
or more. 1525 Blake St., 303-623-5432. Lunch, Dinner
Rioja $$$$
Downtown / Mediterranean James Beard award-
winning chef Jennifer Jasinski creates
Mediterranean-inuenced cuisine with juxtaposing
tastes and textures, such as hot beignets with a port
wine reduction. Reservations recommended. 1431
Larimer St., 303-820-2282. Lunch, Dinner
River and Woods $$
Boulder / American Chef Daniel Ashers eclectic menu
features community-sourced cuisinesubmit your
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recipe online in hopes it will land on the menu. Reserva-
tions not accepted. 2328 Pearl St., 303-993-6301.
Dinner, Brunch
Roaming Buffalo Bar-B-Que $$
University / Barbecue House-smoked, Colorado craft
barbecue is the specialty at this laid-back spot. Innova-
tive meats like bison short ribs and lamb shank are
available by the pound. Reservations not accepted.
2387 S. Downing St., 303-722-2226. Lunch, Dinner
Root Down $$$
LoHi / Contemporary Located in a refabbed 1950s
service station, this hip restaurant serves globally
inspired cuisine, with a focus on veggies. Also try the
DIA location. Reservations strongly recommended.
1600 W. 33rd Ave., 303-993-4200. Dinner, Brunch
Rosenbergs Bagels & Delicatessen $$
Five Points / Deli Get your x of New York-style bagels
at this Five Points deli. Dont miss the Standarda
bagel and cream cheese topped with gravlax, tomato,
and onion. Reservations not accepted. 725 E. 26th Ave.,
720-440-9880. Breakfast, Lunch
Royal
Berkeley / American Order a French onion burger
and a boozy shake. Reservations not accepted. 4000
Tennyson St., Ste. 100, 303-862-9394. Lunch, Dinner
Russells Smokehouse $$$
Downtown / Barbecue Diners ock to this subterra-
nean smokehouse for classic cue. Try the
fall-off-the-bone rib combo. Reservations accepted.
1422 Larimer St., 720-524-8050. Lunch, Dinner
S
Sakana Sushi & Ramen $$
Westminster / Japanese Enjoy traditional Japanese
fare at this spot. Warm up with a bowl of ramen or
sample the nigiri platter. Reservations not accepted.
7520 Sheridan Blvd., 303-429-6646. Lunch, Dinner
Sakura House $$
noodle house. Other options include udon bowls,
bento boxes, and rice bowls. Reservations accepted.
1255 19th St., Ste. A, 303-292-2323. Lunch, Dinner
Salt & Grinder $
Highland / Deli Chef Frank Bonanno takes on the deli.
Expect house-cured meats and hand-crafted salads. Try
the French toast. Reservations not accepted. 3609 W.
32nd Ave., 303-945-4200. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Sartos $$$
Jefferson Park / Italian This authentic Italian restaurant
serves house-made pastas, soups, and more. Stop into
Sartos Pantrythe adjacent marketfor grab-and-go
$ sandwiches, salads, and pizzas. Reservations accepted.
2900 W. 25th Ave., 303-455-1400. Dinner, Brunch
Sassafras American Eatery $$
Jefferson Park / Southern Located in a repurposed
Victorian home, this eatery charms. Expect to nd
Southern classics such as eggs Sardou. Also try the
Capitol Hill location. Reservations accepted Monday
through Friday 2637 W. 26th Ave., 303-433-0080.
Breakfast, Lunch, Brunch
Second Home Kitchen and Bar $$$
Cherry Creek / American Enjoy beef, chicken, sh,
and pizza in a stylish wood-hued dining room. Reserva-
tions accepted. 150 Clayton Lane, 303-253-3000.
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Shanahans Steakhouse $$$$
Southeast Metro / Steak House Former Broncos
coach Mike Shanahans modern interpretation of a clas-
sic steak house serves Prime-aged beef and fresh
seafood. Reservations accepted. 5085 S. Syracuse St.,
303-770-3600. Dinner
Simms Steakhouse $$$$
Lakewood / Steak House Steaks are the signature
item at this spacious restaurant, but also enjoy seafood
options like halibut with lobster cream sauce. Reserva-
tions accepted. 11911 W. Sixth Ave., 303-237-0465.
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Steubens $$
Uptown Area / American With food like house-made
mac and cheese and fried chicken, plus retro booths,
this restaurant makes the 1950s feel right around the
corner. Desserts, such as the lemon icebox bar, are
particularly good. Also try the Arvada location. Reserva-
tions accepted for six or more. 523 E. 17th Ave.,
303-830-1001. Lunch, Dinner
Steves Snappin Dogs $ The Squeaky Bean Farm & Table
Congress Park / American Delicious hot dogs with all
the xins served at a happy-to-please stand. Try the
deep-fried Chimi dog, which comes smothered in
green chile. Reservations accepted for more than 15.
3525 E. Colfax Ave., 303-333-7627. Lunch, Dinner
25 BEST Stoic & Genuine $$$
Downtown / Seafood Impeccably fresh and creative
seafood preparations are the star of this iconic oyster
house. Sip on craft cocktails or grower champagnes as
you nosh on Alaska king crab legs, Maine lobster, and
caviar at the raw bar. For a satisfying entre, try the
paella moderna. Reservations accepted. 1701
Wynkoop St., 303-640-3474. Lunch, Dinner
$$$
Downtown / American Experience progressive
seasonal cuisine in a spacious, warm dining room with a
communal-style menu. Try the classic cheeseburger.
Reservations accepted. 1500 Wynkoop St., 303-623-
2665. Lunch, Dinner, Brunch

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Ballpark /Breakfast Sip a mimosa as you choose
between pineapple upside down pancakes and huevos
rancheros. Multiple locations. Reservations accepted
Mon-Thu for eight or more. 2262 Larimer St., 303-297-
0700. Breakfast, Lunch

Solera $$$
Park Hill / Contemporary This contemporary Ameri-
can menu starts with anything-but-ordinary fried
calamari and ramps up to savory roasted duck. Reserva-

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Solitaire $$$
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ethically sourced global cuisine. Reservations accepted
for parties of eight or more. 3927 W. 32nd Ave.,
303-447-4732. Dinner

Spuntino $$$
Highland / Italian Enjoy the locally sourced menu at
this Italian-inspired spot. Try the cavatelli pasta, made
with ricotta cheese and served with spicy sausage.
Reservations accepted. 2639 W. 32nd Ave., 303-433-
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Baker / Pub Asian and American street food round out
this pub-fare menu. Reservations not accepted. 3 S.
Broadway, 720-570-4503. Lunch

NEW Stanley Marketplace $$

Aurora / Global Formerly the Stanley Aviation building,
this site is now home to a sprawling food-centric
marketplace. Stop by and check out the offerings from
Yellowbelly, Stanley Beer Hall, Cheluna Brewing Co.,
Sweet Cow Ice Cream, Comida Cantina, Logan House
Coffee, and Miette et Chocolat. Reservations not
accepted. 2501 Dallas St., 720-990-6743. Breakfast,
Lunch, Dinner

Ste. Ellie $$
Highland / American Head to this chic subterranean
bar beneath Colt & Gray for expertly crafted cocktails
and inventive bar snacks. Reservations accepted. 1553
Platte St., 303-477-1447. Dinner

NEW Stellas on 16th $$

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Sugarmill $$
RiNo / American The menu focuses on plated
desserts but is rather inclusive, featuring savory dishes
like quiches, sandwiches, and salads. Reservations not
accepted. 2461 Larimer St., #101, 303-297-3540. Break-
fast, Lunch, Dinner, Brunch

Super Star Asian Cuisine $

Southwest Denver / Asian Dont overlook this glitz-
free eatery with top-notch dim sum. Reservations not
accepted for six or more. 2200 W. Alameda Ave., Ste.
34, 303-727-9889. Lunch, Dinner

25 BEST Sushi Den $$$

Platt Park / Asian Sushi Den offers fresh, vibrant
seafood own in daily from Japan and a hip, lively
scene. Sit at the bar and watch the masterful sushi chefs
as they banter in Japanese and work their artistry.
Reservations accepted for ve or more, except Fri-Sat.
1487 S. Pearl St., 303-777-0826. Lunch, Dinner

25 BEST Sushi Ronin $$$

Highland / Japanese Sushi Ronins casual and
comfortable vibe complements the traditional, omak-
ase-style Japanese cuisine. For the full experience, opt
for chef Corey Bakers seven-course tasting menu.
Reservations accepted for parties of eight or more.
2930 Umatilla St., 303-955-0741. Dinner

Sushi Sasa $$$

Downtown / Asian Enjoy Japanese fusion cuisine in a
minimalist setting. Reservations accepted. 2401 15th St.,
Ste. 80, 303-433-7272. Lunch, Dinner

Sushi-Rama $$
RiNo / Sushi This high end sushi joint in the heart of
the RiNo neighborhood features a fun, conveyer belt
style dining experience. Reservations not accepted.
2615 Larimer St., 720-476-4643. Lunch, Dinner

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Capitol Hill Area / American This spaces warm and
cozy atmosphere extends to chef Mike Winstons Ameri-
can bistro cuisine, which is elevated by haute foodie
touches. Reservations accepted for ve or more. 609
Corona St., 303-831-8800. Dinner, Brunch

Tables $$$
Park Hill / American A glass of wine, ickering candle-
light, and mismatched tables set the tone at this cozy
neighborhood restaurant. Reservations accepted. 2267
Kearney St., 303-388-0299. Dinner

Tacos Tequila Whiskey $

City Park / Mexican Often referred to as Pinche Tacos,
this taqueria offers a variety of Mexican specialties. Try
the queso a la plancha taco. Also try the Highland loca-
tion. Reservations not accepted. 1514 York St.,
720-475-1337. Lunch, Dinner

TAG $$$
Downtown / International Chef Troy Guard describes
the food at his Larimer Square restaurant as continental
social cuisine. Translation: He serves shareable plates
with worldly avors. Reservations accepted. 1441
Larimer St., 303-996-9985. Lunch, Dinner

Tamayo $$$
Downtown / Mexican This spots menu is rooted in
authentic Mexican ingredients. Reservations srecom-
mended. 1400 Larimer St., 720-946-1433. Lunch,
Dinner, Brunch
Telegraph $$
Speer / Contemporary This friendly neighborhood
bistro and bar is home to contemporary dishes with
worldly inuences. Order a bowl of ramen or try the
luxurious seafood tower. Reservations accepted. 295 S.
Pennsylvania St., 720-440-9846. Lunch, Dinner, Brunch

Thai Flavor $
Aurora / Asian Exemplary Thai food and gracious
service. Try the pla goong and the creamy Thai tea.
Reservations not accepted. 1014 S. Peoria St., 720-859-
7648. Lunch, Dinner

Thai Pot Cafe $

Southwest Denver / Asian Try a variety of curries,
noodle bowls, soups, salads, and coconut-infused
desserts at this cozy Thai restaurant. The drunken
noodles with eggplant are a favorite. Reservations
accepted. 1350 S. Colorado Blvd., Ste. #191, 303-693-
6200. Lunch, Dinner

There Denver $$$

LoHi / American Order one of the jam cocktails, then
indulge in a variety of eclectic small plates like tostadas,
steamed buns, and lettuce wraps. Youll want to try
everything at this quirky Telluride-born eatery. Reserva-
tions accepted. 3254 Navajo St., 720-500-3254. Dinner

Thunderbird Imperial Lounge $

Highland / American Restaurateur Jesse Morreales
new neighborhood bar and restaurant offers 20 beers
on tap and a wide-range of comfort food. The classic
bar fare includes mozzarella sticks, nachos, burgers,
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wings, and sloppy joes. Reservations accepted for
parties of eight or more. 3759 Lipan St., 720-255-2485.
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City Park / Contemporary This cozy neighborhood
restaurant offers a fresh, casual take on bistro fare and a
top-notch craft beer selection. Youll nd eclectic plates
like cornmeal wafes with roasted pork shoulder,
kampachi poke, and buttermilk chicken with pink
banana squash. Reservations not accepted. 3333 E.
Colfax Ave., 303-316-3333. Dinner
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Aurora / Korean Enjoy authentic Korean fare. This
neighborhood spot specializes in soups and stews, but
also offers a variety of other options. Try the soft tofu
soup (sundubu jjigae) or the bibimbap. Reservations
accepted. 2353 S. Havana St., Unit D1, 303-751-2840.
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Cherry Creek / Health You can count on this health- love
inspired cuisine to make your mouth and body happy.
The menu features nutrient-dense foods such as kale
and quinoa as well as fresh juices. Reservations not love
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LoHi / Seasonal Given that this wine bar is an offshoot
of the Trufe Cheese Shop, cheese is the answer. A vari-
ety of cheese boards and small plates color the menu,
while artisan desserts offer a delightful end to your
meal. Reservations not accepted. 2556 15th St.,
303-455-9463. Dinner

U
Uncle $$
LoHi / Asian A sleek, contemporary atmosphere
denes this bustling modern noodle house. The selec-
tive menu includes dishes such as Chinese-style
steamed buns and, of course, noodles (options include
pork belly chashu, a spicy kimchi ramen, and the crowd
favorite, spicy chicken). Reservations not accepted.
2215 W. 32nd Ave., 303-433-3263. Dinner

The Universal $
Sunnyside / American This breakfast and lunch spot
enjoys an industrial farmhouse-chic home. Breakfast
foods, including eggs Benedict and biscuits and gravy,
are served all day. Reservations not accepted. 2911 W.
38th Ave., 303-955-0815. Breakfast, Lunch, Brunch

Uoki $$
Capitol Hill Area / Asian This Asian restaurant, whose
name means happy sh in Japanese, serves Korean
and Japanese cuisine. The house favorite is the bibim-
bap. Reservations accepted. 701 E. Sixth Ave.,
303-837-4380. Lunch, Dinner

US Thai Cafe $
Northwest Metro / Thai Classic, fresh ingredients,
spicy-hot recipes, and a chef straight from Thailand
make for an authentic, if mouth-tingling, dining experi-

HISTORIC ence. Try the green curry. Reservations accepted. 5228

W. 25th Ave., 303-233-3345. Lunch, Dinner

DENVER
WALKING TOUR
Vert Kitchen
V
$$
Washington Park / French Salads and sandwiches
(think curry chicken or skirt steak with arugula and
walnut mustard) dot the thoughtful menu at this small,
European-inuenced cafe. Reservations not accepted.

History, 704 S. Pearl St., 303-997-5941. Breakfast, Lunch,

Dinner, Brunch

architecture, Vesta $$$

Downtown / Fusion Visit this stylish LoDo stalwart for

and stories upscale-yet-approachable fare. Start with the house-

made bread and charcuterie, then move onto entres
such as the luxe lobster cioppino or the hearty Madras
youll love. grilled venison. Reservations strongly recommended.
1822 Blake St., 303-296-1970. Dinner

Visit HISTORICDENVER.ORG for more The Village Cork $$$

information on our popular LoDo,
Capitol Hill, and Larimer
Square Walking Tours.
Platt Park / American Dark wood and exposed brick
give this wine bistro a charming feel. Patrons can enjoy
artisanal cheeses and plates like the warm Brie and
roasted garlic. Reservations accepted. 1300 S. Pearl St.,
303-282-8399. Lunch, Dinner

Vital Root $
$15-20: General Public Berkeley / American Justin Cuccis newest eatery
$12-17: Historic Denver Members focuses on quick, healthy food. Nosh on creative,
wholesome fare such as chilled carrot-ginger soup or a
breakfast dosa. Reservations not accepted. 3915 Tenny-
son St., 303-474-4131. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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W
$
Local. Custom.
Crafted on site.
Uptown Area / Breakfast This sweet Uptown break-
fast hub offers wafes with a variety of toppings as well
as a beer garden. Reservations not accepted. 1707
Lafayette St., 720-708-5150. Breakfast, Lunch, Brunch

The Walnut Room $$

RiNo / American At this laid-back live music venue,
the most popular drink is PBR. Try the Mile High Pizza
made kitchen sink-style with more than 10 toppings.
Reservations not accepted. 3131 Walnut St., 303-295-
1868. Lunch, Dinner

WaterCourse Foods $$
Uptown Area / American This vegetarian icon has
been serving wholesome food since 1998. The zesty
soups, salads, and wraps are healthy and delicious.
Dont miss the brunch specials. Reservations accepted
after 5 p.m. 837 E. 17th Ave., 303-832-7313. Lunch,
Dinner, Brunch

The Way Back $$

Highland / Seasonal Three Denver restaurant veterans Providing Personal Service Since 1965
offer upscale comfort food, including dishes like roasted
chicken. Drinks are simple in ingredients yet complex in
avors. Reservations accepted for parties of six or more.
4132 W. 38th Ave., 720-728-8156. Dinner
S I LV E R GOLD P L AT I N U M
Wazee Supper Club $$
Downtown / American Wazee serves super tasty
pizza pies, strombolis, and sandwiches. Try the meatball
hoagie. Reservations accepted. 1600 15th St., 303-623-
1418 LARIMER STREET Q 303.629.6927 Q GUSTERMANS.COM
9518. Lunch, Dinner, Brunch

Weathervane Cafe $
Uptown Area / American Enjoy a small but sumptu-
ous menu of breakfast items, sandwiches, and salads at
this cozy Uptown cafe. We recommend a black bean,
egg, and red pepper burrito at breakfast or a citrusy
kale salad for lunch. Reservations not accepted. 1725 E.
17th Ave., 303-355-5863. Breakfast, Lunch

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot $$

Ballpark / American This watering hole offers a
vintage-inspired vibe and a menu curated by Old
Majors Justin Brunson. Wash down your burger or
fried chicken with one of 95 whiskeys. Reservations
not accepted. 2907 Huron St., 303-226-1540. Lunch,
Dinner, Brunch

White Fence Farm $$$

Capitol Hill Area / American An offshoot of the
popular Lakewood theme park restaurant, this Denver
location offers the same crispy, pressure-fried chicken
Color.
and down-home sides. Multiple locations.. Reserva-
tions accepted for parties of six or more. 1025 E.
Ninth Ave., 303-832-7384. Lunch, Dinner
Clarity.
Wooden Spoon Cafe & Bakery $ Detail.
Highland / American Start your morning off right with PolarizedPlus2 Sunglasses
hot drinks, fresh baked goods, and pastries. Or, stop in
for a hearty sandwich at lunchtime. To satisfy your sweet
tooth, pick up a mini Boston creme pie. Reservations
not accepted. 2418 W. 32nd Ave., 303-999-0327.
Breakfast, Lunch Maui Jim Trunk Show: March 24, 25, & 26
The Wooden Table $$$$
Flatiron Marketplace | Cherry Creek North | Promendate at Briargate | Noon-5PM
Greenwood Village / Italian Hand-crafted wooden
tables set a welcoming tone at this elegant restaurant. www.europtics.net
Dig into the veal osso buco, a braised veal shank
served with hedgehog mushrooms, horseradish sauce,
and pine nut gremolata. Reservations strongly recom- Cherry Creek North Greenwood Village Aspen Grove Flatiron Marketplace Colorado Springs
303.321.3000 303.721.9666 303.706.9900 720.566.0300 719.473.2020
mended. 2500 E. Orchard Rd., Unit C, 303-730-2152.
Lunch, Dinner

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 GOOD SHEPHERD CATHOLIC SCHOOL 25 BEST Work & Class $$$
RiNo / American This elevated meat-and-three

Learn, Love, Pray, and Serve concept offers a unique hybrid of American and Latin
cuisine in raucous, repurposed-shipping-container digs.
Our pick: the Buffalo-style rotisserie chicken, chickpea

Preschool Elementary Middle croquettes, cochinita pibil, and peppers ve ways.

Reservations not accepted. 2500 Larimer St., Ste. 101,
303-292-0700. Dinner

Wynkoop Brewing Company $$

Downtown / Pub Enjoy freshly brewed beer and feast
on pub favorites such as the hanger steak or the corn
and poblano chowder at one of Denvers original brew-
pubs. Reservations accepted. 1634 18th St.,
303-297-2700. Lunch, Dinner

Wystones World Teas $$

Lakewood / American This charming cafe features an
extensive tea menu with dessert, fruit, and cheese pair-
ings. Stop in for a quick cup or a grilled pear salad for
lunch. Also try the Stapleton location. Reservations
Academic Excellence | Catholic Faith and Service | Nurturing Community accepted. 7323 W. Alaska Dr., 303-663-5775. Breakfast,
Lunch, Dinner
Extraordinary Educational Attention | Dynamic Extracurricular Opportunities

TOURS AVAILABLE BY APPOINTMENT Y

For more information: Yard Bird $$

Call (303) 321-6231 or visit goodshepherddenver.org
620 Elizabeth Street, Denver, Colorado 80206
Platt Park / American This elevated diner offers
comfort food for anytime of day. Regulars love the
meatloaf sandwich, fried chicken, and savory pot pies.
Reservations accepted for dinner and for parties of six
or larger for breakfast and lunch. 1529 S. Pearl St.,
303-777-0500. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Yard House $$$

Downtown / Fusion A fun and casual American eatery
which features a center island bar and classic rock tunes.
Try the porcini crusted halibut or the ahi salad. Also try
the Lakewood location. Reservations not accepted.
1555 Court Place, 303-572-9273. Lunch, Dinner

Yazoo Barbeque Company $

Five Points / Barbecue This unpretentious BBQ joint

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offers a Deep South menu, featuring slow-smoked pork
ribs and brisket. Also try the Greenwood Village loca-
tion. Reservations not accepted. 2150 Broadway,
303-296-3334. Lunch, Dinner

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Patients Choice Award by Vitals.com Zeal $
Compassionate Doctor Award by Vitals.com Boulder / Health Find healthy options any time of day
at this spot that caters to health enthusiasts. Try the
Conscious Kale salad or one of the many freshly
squeezed juices. Reservations accepted. 1710 Pearl St.,
720-708-6309. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Brunch

Zengo $$$
Downtown / Fusion Executive chef Robert Wojtow-
iczs new menu takes inspiration from time spent
traveling abroad and as a sous chef at Eleven Madison
Park in New York. Try the Szechuan beef wok. Reserva-
720-420-1570 tions strongly recommended. 1610 Little Raven St.,
720-904-0965. Dinner, Brunch
Dr. Bruce Albrecht
Dr. Dana Ambler Zoe Ma Ma $
9780 Pyramid Ct. #260 Downtown / Chinese This cozy, counter-service spot
Englewood, CO 80112 offers Chinese home-style cooking. Order the Szechuan
braised beef noodle soup. Also try the Boulder location.
www.AlbrechtWomensCare.com
Reservations not accepted. 1625 Wynkoop St.,
303-545-6262. Lunch, Dinner

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Broker in Colo., Assoc. Broker in Mich., Certified Residential Appraiser
225 Union Boulevard, Suite 150 | Lakewood, CO 80228
Helping Families Make the Right Move Phone: 303-522-2857 | Erik@RealtyProsCo.com

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I would first like to thank my clients, with a deep sense of humility and
gratitude, who have placed their trust with me over the years. I am truly
honored to be a recipient of this award and recognition and owe it all to you.
I received many five-star reviews such as this one that compliments me more
than anything: Erik helped us find the perfect property for my family. His
blended expertise as a top Realtor and appraiser helped us avoid pitfalls on
other properties that would not have been good for us I would recommend
him to anyone that wants the best Realtor around! Andrew S.
Receiving reviews such as this enabled me to receive this award.
I love the real estate business and know that being a Realtor means more
than just buying/selling a home or property; its about people, families,
hopes and dreams. Its about personal relationships built on trust, knowledge
2017 WINNER 2017 winner Erik Hanson and expertise. I would be honored to be your confidant to help you realize
your real estate goals and dreams.

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Jason Dalbey PorchLight Real Estate Group
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Diane Glick BTT Real Estate
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Ashley Kipfer Wright Kingdom Real Estate
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TIMMY DUGGAN
Realtor
2425 Canyon Boulevard, Suite110 | Boulder, CO 80302
www.BoulderPropertyNetwork.com Phone: 303-441-5611
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Dedicated to building long-term client relationships

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Real Estate Negotiation Expert (RENE)
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2015, 2016 RE/MAX International 100% Club award winner

Timmy Duggan, a Colorado and Boulder County native, is focused on helping

people buy and sell homes in and around Boulder and Nederland, Colorado.
He is truly passionate about sharing the amazing place where he grew up
and continues to live in. As a second generation Realtor, Timmy is thoroughly
aware of the commitment it takes to give clients the best service possible.
No stranger to passion, perseverance, and discipline, Timmy spent his 20s
as a professional road cyclist on the World Tour, and counts winning the US
PRO National Championship and competing in the 2012 London Olympic
Games among his proudest accomplishments. He spent much of his career
sheltering his Tour de France-winning teammates from the wind and leading
them safely through the chaos of a professional cycling race. A world class
2017 WINNER 2017 winner Timmy Duggan, Realtor performer in the toughest, high-pressure situations, you can expect Timmy to
guide you smoothly to the finish line of your real estate transaction!

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Specializing in Evergreen, the foothills, and western suburbs

Our motto says it all. We are engaged, energetic, and passionate about our business and our lives. We love
people and are relationship oriented. When working with us, you have the benefit of a true team as both of
us work on every transaction to bring you the highest level of service, expertise and results.
Our clients have said: excellent at negotiating, great instincts, wonderful, honest, good people,
fantastic communication, and they go above and beyond.
We are honored to be selected by our peers and clients for this award thank you!

PandoraJohnProperties at RE/MAX Alliance

2017 WINNER
30480 Stagecoach Boulevard | Evergreen, CO 80439
Phone: 303-888-6298 | Phone: 303-618-4900 2017 winners Pandora Erlandson, Realtor,
Pandora@PandoraJohnProperties.com | PandoraJohnProperties.com and John Erlandson, Realtor

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Chers enthusiasm for real estate is contagious!
She spends time understanding each clients
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into their dream home. Having lived on acreage
property for over 17 years, she has a special love Because its
for helping clients buy and sell horse properties. Never Crowded
She is known for her outstanding customer service, 9800 Pyramid Ct., Ste. 400
accessibility, high-tech marketing and personal Englewood, CO 80112
touches.
Phone: 303-880-7638
deb@sellingmilehigh.com
www.sellingmilehigh.com 2017 WINNER

A Trusted Partner Through All of Lifes Transitions

RE/MAX Southeast, Inc.
I want to thank my clients for this award, my business is founded on client service and my
7555 E Hampden Ave., Ste. 103 performance is measured on client satisfaction, this award only reinforces my commitment to
Denver, CO 80231 helping clients successfully realize their dreams during all of lifes transitions. Deborah
Cell: 303-884-2738 Deborah brings 20 years of professional consultative sales experience to the industry. Her
CherRevolinski@remax.net ability to build strong trusting relationships with everyone involved in the process ensures a
www.CherSellsHomes.com smooth and successful transaction.
2017 WINNER

NEXTHOME SOLUTIONS BRANDI ASPINALL

Realtor, CNE, GRI

Left to right: Kelly Johnson, Owner; Left to right: 2017 winner Brandi Aspinall;
2017 WINNER 2017 winner Troy Johnson, Broker/Owner 2017 WINNER Mark Aspinall

Commitment to Real Estate Excellence Its Not About the Numbers, Its About the People
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Committed to the success and goals of our clients In October of 2016, Mark and Brandi joined as a team, combining their expertise. Their
enthusiasm for real estate, commitment to personal growth, desire to cultivate an atmosphere
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Clear and concise marketing strategy Mark and Brandis approach to real estate starts with caring about the individual. Asking the
question what are the needs and wants of each buyer/seller?

Innovative Real Estate Group, LLC.

P.O. Box 352075 | Westminster, CO 80035 2460 West 26th Avenue, Suite 120 | Denver, CO 80211
Troy: 303-929-8954 | Kelly: 303-928-9631 | www.coloradonexthome.com Mark: 303-946-6468 | mark@aspinallCOliving.com
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drivers in its voluntary VMT pilot pro-
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way you get something like this funded is by
having people believe that the new revenues
will really make a dierence in their lives,
the governor says. For this reason, Hicken-
looper once again looks to our neighbor to
the west. The governor is a big fan of Envi-
sion Utah, a nonprot, nonpartisan group
that organized several workshops in the
late 1990s that brought together Utah resi-
dents, business leaders, developers, elected
ocials, and others to discuss growing their
transportation infrastructureand, just as
important, how to pay for it. They went all
over and made sure they got everybody into
these town hall meetingsRepublicans,
Democrats, liberals, conservativesand
imagines a world of self-driving cars, con-
nected and communicating over a wireless
transportation networka bona de infor-
mation superhighway.
That may sound like a fantasy, but its
one Bhatt willingly entertainsand with
good reason. CDOT research shows that
by 2025, even a six-lane I-70 wont have
enough capacity to keep trac owing
during peak periods. More public trans-
portation is neededan armada of regional
buses that depart from Park-n-Rides on
weekends and perhaps a high-speed mag-
lev train from Union Station to many of
the mountain resorts (CDOT says feasibil-
ity studies show the train would never pay
for itself )but it likely wont be enough
on its own. Bhatt knows this, which is why
hes banking on technology to relieve some
of the tracand to do so for much less
money than massive construction projects.
Widening roads all the time is just
a 20th-century mindset, Bhatt told the
Denver Post in January 2015, shortly after

WERE WITH THE TEAM

had them really haggle and get down into
the weeds, he says. What came out is a
plan that pretty much everybodyevery
mayor, every county commissionerhad
signed o on.
Hickenlooper wants to do the same
thing in Colorado. It would be a statewide
conversation about how we are going to
deal with transportation infrastructure in
our future, he says. Although Hickenlooper
has already met with two potential funders
for the program, its uncertain whether he
can get the money or momentum required
to make it happen before his term ends next
year. Until then, hes going to have to listen
to Bhatts nagging. Shailen keeps point-
ing out these things that are very irritating,
Hickenlooper says. Things that we should
have xed long agoand havent.

IVE BEEN DRIVING with Bhatt for almost two

hours when we round Dead Mans Curve,
located at the end of the steep, seven-
mile descent into Morrison. Hundreds of
crashes, some of them fatal, have occurred
here since the highway was built. If this sec-
tion of road were being constructed today,
engineers would never combine such a
sharp bend with a precipitous grade. In
1990, CDOT erected several bright yel-
A winning attitude while caring for patients and their dental health is a passion of all
low signs with warnings like Truckers,
the doctors and staff at Southbridge Dentistry. Our commitment to excellence is why
dont be fooled: 4 more miles of steep grades
we were chosen as the team dentist for the Denver Grizzlies, Colorado Avalanche,
and sharp curves. The signage helped, and and Denver Cutthroats, and currently serve the Denver Nuggets, Denver Outlaws,
CDOT has outlined design improvements and University of Denver Athletics.
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but dollar signs are getting in the way of We treat all of our patients like champions. As a patient, you will receive the same
preventing collisions. superstar care as our professional athletes. Call us to schedule your appointment so
When pileups do occur, Bhatt wants we can be on your team!
drivers to know immediately. Currently, that
information comes almost exclusively from
technologies that require drivers to take
their eyes o the road while careening down
overcrowded interstates: CDOTs Twitter
feed and text alerts, its website (cotrip.org), 7889 S. Lincoln Court, #202, Littleton, CO 80122
and its 21 variable message boards. (Not to (303) 798-4967 | southbridgedentistry.com
mention third-party, crowd-sourced apps
such as Waze.) Eventually, however, Bhatt
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MUSEUM OF
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DENVER accepting the executive director position. To
provide an example of how technology

SEE THIS
not more asphaltmight be implemented
to alleviate congestion, Bhatt points to a
new vehicle-to-vehicle data protocol called

NOW dedicated short-range communications, or

DSRC. Normally, I have to keep a safe dis-
tance from the person in front of me, Bhatt
explains. But, in theory, self-driving autos
equipped with DSRC could drive 70 mph
with just inches between them. Should
the car in front tap its brakes, the DSRC
technology would transmit this action in
a fraction of a second to the trailing vehi-
cle, which would respond by automatically
slowing down to avoid a collision. Bhatt
says the elimination of those gapsthe
prevailing three-second rulecould more
BASQUIAT than triple the capacity of a roadway.
In early December, the National High-
BEFORE BASQUIAT: way Trac Safety Administration (NHTSA),
EAST 12TH STREET part of the U.S. Department of Transpor-
tation, announced a proposed federal
1979-1980 mandate that would require automobile
manufacturers to install DSRC systems in
HOURS & DETAILS: all new cars. The NHTSA solicited public
comments on the proposal until the end of
MCADENVER.ORG January; a multiyear phase-in period was
Basquiat performing in the apartment, c. 19791980. Photograph by Alexis Adler. scheduled to begin shortly thereafter. While
it may take a decade before all new vehicles
are equipped, Bhatt wants CDOT to be
ready, so he launched a new program called
RoadX in 2015.

home!
W E LC O M E I spoke with RoadX director Peter Kozin-
ski in November, a few days after Panasonic
had announced its new partnership with
CDOT to create the nations rst smart
highwayor integrated connected vehi-
cle platform, in industry jargonon
the mountain corridor. Panasonic will
work with CDOT to convert an ordinary
blacktop interstate into a sophisticated
communications network. The basic idea is
to collect and disseminate data from multi-
ple sources, including embedded pavement
sensors and roadside weather towers (many
of both are already in place) that can detect
things like rain and snow. Meanwhile,
DSRC-equipped vehicles can dispatch
their speeds, locations, and other useful

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driving from C-470 to Glenwood Springs
will be alerted immediately when there is an
accident or road closure, or her self-driving
car will reduce its speed because the net-
work notied it to an upcoming patch of
black ice. Its likely Panasonic will be sup-
plying much of the hardware and software
at a heavily discounted cost as well as kick-
ing in other signicant resources (CDOT is
committing $7.5 million). It could be the
national model for how vehicles, infrastruc-
ture, and systems all talk to one another,
Kozinski says.
Later this year, CDOT will outt 500
vehicles in its eet (and potentially the
same number of private cars) with DSRC
devices to act as probespart of a test
to determine how to collect and dissemi-
nate data. The agency also launched a
pilot program this winter, enlisting 1,000
frequent mountain corridor drivers to
evaluate a system that promptly delivers
trac info to smartphones over existing
cellular networksa measure that will
complement DSRC once it becomes less
of a fantasy and more of a reality.
BEFORE HEADING BACK to CDOTs headquar-
ters in downtown Denver, Bhatt swings by
the agencys Trac Management Center
in Golden and invites me inside. Sta-
ers at computer terminals are monitoring
highways around the state, primarily by
watching a wall-to-wall video projection
that displays live feeds from roadside cam-
eras. Today, when an accident occurs, the
information is conveyed manually: Trac
managers compose warnings for physi-
cal message boards, send texts and tweets,
update CDOTs travel website and 511
information line, and alert emergency per-
sonnel. Eventually, says Bhatt, the facility
in Golden (along with a similar center
located above the Eisenhower Tunnel) will
share data with drivers automatically.
If an RV ahead of me blows a tire, that
vehicle would start broadcasting that its
stopped, Bhatt says. CDOT would receive
that information and then transmit it to
vehicles on the aected roadway. At this
point, hypothetically, your self-driving car
would quickly change lanes to avoid rear-
ending the disabled RV. Or if youre a few
miles back, it would preemptively reroute
youand everyone elseonto a frontage
road to help thwart a major backup.
Bhatts vision is compelling. But CDOTs
track record for leveraging technology isnt
exactly stellar. Im a regular I-70 traveler
and can conrm, at least anecdotally, that
CDOTs existing systems arent consistently
reliable. The agencys 511 line is an analog
holdover with time-lagged reports oering
limited usefulness, and CDOT currently
doesnt have a functioning smartphone app.
The overhead signboards along the
mountain corridor arent always eective,
either. On I-70 in Vail, Ive seen them dis-
playing two-hour drive-time estimates to
Denver only to discover the interstate is
closed a few miles ahead. While heading
home from skiing with my family recently,
the signboard message at Empire Junction
read, Heavy trac. Slower speeds to Idaho
Springs. But we did 65 mph to Idaho
Springs, where we stopped for dinner. An
hour later, the warning remained despite
zero congestionan avoidable hiccup that
caused precautionary braking because driv-
ers were expecting to come to a screeching
halt at any moment.
When I ask Amy Ford, director of
communications for CDOT, about this,
she tells me that operators working in the
control center at the Eisenhower Tunnel
update the signs every 30 to 60 minutes.
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tasks, including maintenance, dispatch, emer-

gency response, and running the express
lanes. Thats fair, but one has to wonder
how CDOT could possibly be trusted to
deliver real-time data to my car so I can
safely drive three inches from the guy
in front of me if the agency cannot even
refresh its freeway message boards more
than once or twice an hour.
Then again, with its laughably small
budget, CDOTs ability to keep its road
system operating is nothing short of a mir-
acle. Even during major blizzards, its plows
somehow get the major highways cleaned
up in a few hours, with rare exceptions. And
lately, the agency has been working with
tow-truck drivers to halve the time it takes
to clear wrecks. Even with those minor
wins, CDOTs top brass rarely get to relax.
Hunt explains it this way: My wife and
I would read tweets on CDOTs trac-
information website over the weekend as
we sat and watched how I-70 was operat-
ing, living in fear I was going to get a phone
call at any minute on a Sunday afternoon.
When Hunt was at CDOTs helm, he
occasionally spoke with Bhatt to talk shop
because they shared a common philosophy:
that interstates are catalysts for a states eco-
nomic growth and prosperity. The Denver
metro area stays competitive in the country
because of what we have to oeraccess
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to incredible outdoor recreation, Hunt
says. To ensure that access remains, he says,
you need to make the mountain corridor
a priority, and you have to be creative to
make the situation better. But Hunt and
Bhatt, and Hickenlooper too, will tell you
that its imprudent to add capacity to I-70
without also addressing critical shortcom-
ings elsewhere in the state. And there are
plentyColorados road system ranks
among the 10 worst in the United States.
All this is to say that it may be a while
before the mountain corridor gets the atten-
tion it so desperately needsand we all so
desperately want but havent been willing to
pay for. Which, Bhatt says, makes it critical
to implement programs like RoadX as soon
as possible. Until then, Im abandoning
modern technology and going old-school.
I carry a VHF radio in my SUV to eaves-
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MON-FRI 3PM TO 6PM S AT- S U N 1 0 A M T O 2 P M M A R G A R I TA + T E Q U I L A Bhatt, who says to me, only half-jokingly,
Youre like the road whisperer.
B L U E A G AV E G R I L L C O L O R A D O . C O M
Michael Behar is a Boulder-based freelance
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DENVER | $1,895,000 NIWOT | $1,365,000 LONE TREE | $750,000

Beautiful New Construction Custom Home in desirable Elegant and spacious ranch with old world craftsmanship, Open and spacious floor plan with over 4,400 finished square
Observatory Park! Built by reputable Sam Wyatt Homes / Anderson sparing no expense. Open floor plan, high ceilings, hardwood foot. boasting five bedrooms and five baths and a list of
Construction. One of the top builders in Observatory Park. floors. A gorgeous chefs kitchen with large eat in area. features that is uncompromised. Offering style and function.

DARLENE EMORY 303.886.0671 BARBARA RUNGE 303.775.3329 BRANDON DUDLEY 720.939.9968

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BOULDER | $749,000 HIGHLANDS RANCH | $685,000 CASTLE ROCK | $600,000

This charming historic Farmhouse sits on an approximately Highly desired Timberline floor plan built by Shea Homes. Come in and preview the five showcase homes with custom
15,000 square foot lot with stone ice house and artesian spring. Natural light abounds from soaring ceilings and multiple builder to create the home of your dreams. Located perfectly
The original Martin Farmhouse built by New England craftsmen. outdoor spaces. Many upgrades include slab granite counters. nuzzled in foothills at the High Prairie Collection at Upland Park.

KIM DUNNING 303.588.6037 CINDY KEAN 303.919.6304 FAITH YOUNG 720.270.9467

LAFAYETTE | $600,000 BROOMFIELD | $595,000 DENVER | $550,000

Shows like a designer model home, light and bright! Gorgeous Welcome home to this impeccably remodeled tri-level in Fabulous Penthouse With Breathtaking Views Of The City and
craftsman style home with windows above doors and high Mustang Acres! Beautifully thought-out floor plan with modern Mountains. Enjoy Your 600+ Square Foot Expansive Wrap-
baseboards, door and window casings! Gorgeous kitchen. design features that include an open main level with office. Around Patio While You Watch The Sunset Over The Rockies.

JEN MCGUIRK 303.949.3331 THOMAS DUTZER 720.563.7177 KATHRYN FARROW 720.987.8660

LITTLETON | $540,000 PARKER | $524,999 WESTMINSTER | $520,000

This remarkable ranch home in the Meadows in desirable Ken Great family home six bedrooms, five baths. Main floor office (or Live in one of Denvers most popular communities! This stunning
Caryl area of Littleton has been meticulously maintained and bedroom six), cul-de-sac location. Walking distance to Cimmagon all brick craftsman style two story in Bradburn is in easy walking
updated. The home boasts an open formal living and dining area. and legend Fikas Coffee House. Approx quarter acre lot distance to serene parks and community clubhouse.

DAVE TODD 303.918.5117 JOSH SIMPSON 720.244.4648 JANET BRUNNER 303.589.5327

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ERIE | $500,000 HIGHLANDS RANCH | $499,700 PARKER | $490,000

Entertainers dream! Gorgeous, unobstructed mountain views Spectacular Views of the Mountain Range and the City. The This beautiful and spacious home features five bedrooms, four
from large patio and private gas fire pit! Marvelous sunsets year home sits on a rise and you have an unobstructed awesome baths, and a unique four-car garage with full epoxied floor.
round! Backs to open space, walking trail and park! view. Enjoy relaxing atmosphere from both Trex decks. Open floor plan with lots of windows and natural light.

JEN MCGUIRK 303.949.3331 DICK AND CONNIE QUINN 720.635.0177 KYLIE RUPERT 303.842.8205

AURORA | $474,900 DENVER | $465,000 DENVER | $449,000

Spacious two story home with three bedrooms upstairs and Amazing opportunity in N Park Hill! This classic brick bungalow Unique Remodeled Bungalow Home in Desirable Location. Home
an additional main floor bedroom. Kitchen includes new granite has it all; spacious master suite with master bath, finished has outstanding features! Enjoy the open floor plan with original
countertops. New carpeting throughout, and a three car garage. basement, over-sized lot and much more! Charm abounds. hardwood flooring. Living room has two stained glass windows

AIMEE SHONROCK 303.437.0901 MARCUS HARRIS 720.217.8904 TOM THORNE 303.898.6962

PARKER | $449,000 FORT COLLINS | $443,000 ERIE | $425,000

Spectacular low-maintenance ranch! Features a custom slate Golden Meadows Gem! Beautiful four level with four bedroms Beautiful, low maintenance paired home in Heritage at Vista
entry and extended wide-plank hardwood floors through the and three baths. You will find a home chefs dream kitchen with Ridge Golf Community with finished basement! Open floor plan
main living areas. Includes a main-floor study and a great room. commercial style six burner gas cooktop, hood and double oven. with vaulted ceilings and lots of natural light.

THE ROWLEY GROUP 303.717.5611 WENDY BURNETT 970.222.4929 JEN MCGUIRK 303.949.3331

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THORNTON | $420,000 BROOMFIELD | $414,500 ERIE | $410,000

Come Check Out This Beautiful South Facing Ranch Home! Beautiful and spacious four bedroom, four bath home in Fantastic four bedrooms (all upstairs), three bath home in
Four Bedrooms Plus An Office and Movie Theater Room in The desirable Northmoor Estates. Brand new carpet throughout and Kenosha Farm with a huge three car garage. Updated master
Basement! Open Floor Plan With A Huge Kitchen, Large Island. a gourmet kitchen with gas stove and stainless steel appliances. bathroom, New Carpet throughout, New underground irrigation.

AMANDA DURAN 720.427.9882 KYLIE RUPERT 303.842.8205 BRIAN MYGATT 303.910.1205

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PARKER | $408,000 DENVER | $400,000 THORNTON | $380,000

Buyers will love this warm, inviting and spacious two story in Just around the corner from everything E 29th Ave in Stapleton Enjoy this spacious ranch with a three car attached garage
desirable Stroh Ranch! This beautifully maintained and updated has to offer, this handsome townhome, nestled within a quiet in the Eastlake Village Subdivision. Bright open floor plan with
four bedroom, three bath home shows pride of ownership. tree-lined block, has been meticulously updated. approximately 1,745 square feet on the main floor.

JANET BRUNNER 303.589.5327 GARTH CRISWELL 303.669.0252 DICK AND CONNIE QUINN 720.635.0177

COMMERCE CITY | $380,000 PARKER | $380,000 LONGMONT | $380,000

Im better than new! I feature a premium lot, with no lot premium. Wonderful single family home in the coveted Stonegate Meticulously Maintained and Move-in Ready. Large Corner Lot with
This lovely home is located on a corner lot, welcomes you with a community across street from wonderful neighborhood park. Private Serene Fenced Backyard. Covered Porch Entry. Mountain
charming front porch and has view of the golf course. Stonegate has a great community feel with two wonderful pools. Views. Concrete Stamped Covered Patio with Ceiling Fan.

HEATHER MCNICHOLAS 720.255.7056 MATT BROOKSHIER 303.880.2214 THE STORCKNEST TEAM 303.502.4003

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CASTLE ROCK | $370,000 BAILEY | $370,000 BLACK HAWK | $360,000

Stunning four bedroom, four bath, two-story home with many Beautiful Cedar Sided Raised Ranch on approximately 1.10 Quintessential Colorado log home on private one acre lot in the
upgrades. Plantation shutters, slab granite kitchen counters, Pristine Acres in Elk Creek Highlands. Only 15 minutes to Highway desirable Dory Lakes community! This home features an open floor
stainless steel upgrade appliances, 42-inch kitchen cabinetry. 285. Beautiful Views of Mount Logan and Mount Rosalie. plan with vaulted ceilings, exposed beams, and mountain views!

GARY ENDERLE 303.587.9552 VICKI WIMBERLY 303.210.8577 TINA FORD 303.717.7871

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ENGLEWOOD | $360,000 HIGHLANDS RANCH | $359,900 GOLDEN | $359,000

Gorgeous mid-century modern single family residence, three Tresana, a Tuscan inspired community in the heart of Highlands Beautiful Bi-Level home featuring four bedrooms, two baths, a two
bedrooms - (one non-conforming in basement), two full baths, Ranch is calling you! This beautiful condo, lives like a Car Attached Heated Garage, a Spa, and RV Parking! This home
one car attached garage, open floor plan with nice dining room. townhome, private, end unit offers $40k in upgrades. has been updated and has so much to offer. Newer windows.

LISA HEAGNEY 720.338.8095 DONNA BIRD 303.523.9301 LILIA GONZALEZ 720.467.0022

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AURORA | $359,000 MEAD | $350,000 THORNTON | $339,900

Beautiful Updated Ranch in A Nice Neighborhood. Great Location, Beautiful Ranch style home with three car garage now available All brick ranch on desirable large corner lot! All main level living
Easy Access To DIA, I-70, I-25 and Just Minutes To Buckley Air in Liberty Ranch. As you enter this home youll see the grand including laundry. All appliances included, perfect for first time
Force Base. Bright and Super Open Floor Plan. New Cabinets room that comes with beautiful kitchen filled with sunlight. buyer looking for Adams 12 schools! Open kitchen.

MIKE DESMARAIS 303.594.4100 JILL AND GREG SVENSON 303.522.0631 JEN MCGUIRK 303.949.3331

ARVADA | $335,000 CASTLE ROCK | $325,000 LONGMONT | $320,000

Immediately upon entering this charming ranch home, you will Youll love this home on a big corner lot. Three Bedrooms, This home has a welcoming entrance with vaulted ceilings
love the artistic features in this open floor plan. Upstairs has a Three Bathrooms Plus a Loft. Fenced Back Yard with Deck is and open living space. New water heater, upgraded laminate
huge master bedroom complete with sitting area. perfect for kids and pets. Family Room/Dining Room adjoin. counters and 16 inch tile floors in entry, kitchen/dining and baths.

LORI VIALPANDO 303.324.5731 KATHY RECKER 303.807.0803 ALEXIS ADKINS 303.775.6953

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PLATTEVILLE | $317,500 AURORA | $310,000 FIRESTONE | $300,000

Step into this large, very open home with plenty of updated This four or five bedroom ranch style home sits on a large lot Priced to sell! Ridge Crest Subdivision. Great open floor plan,
and remodeled features. Complete addition built on to original across from Sixth Avenue Elementary School. The kitchen has vaulted ceilings. Fireplace in living room. Great Kitchen. Three
structure including large two-car garage. Beautiful hardwoods. been completely remodeled with white cabinets and slab granite bedrooms, three baths. Large master, closet. Basement.

MICHAEL CUTBIRTH 720.339.9608 JENNIFER OLDHAM 720.234.3863 DONNA HOCKSTRA 303.818.8326

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DENVER | $295,000 COLORADO SPRINGS | $295,000 NORTHGLENN | $292,000

Walk to Mile Hi and Lohi, this one bedroom, one bath Immaculate, Classic Homes Four Bedroom, Three Bath Ranch Come and see this wonderful four bedroom, two bath home!
home has been fully remodeled inside out! New stainless Style Home. As you step into the Foyer, you immediately notice So many upgrades are included: windows, electrical panel and
Samsung appliances augment the sparkling white cabinets. the Expansive Living room with Vaulted Ceilings. interior wiring, plumbing, vinyl siding, kitchen, appliances.

KIMBERLY RYAN 5280 RESULTS TEAM 303.523.8333 PETE FRECH 719.290.1000 CHRISTINA KERN 303.915.0809

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Executives Hathaway Williams Banker Homes &
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*Berkshire Hathaway includes dollar volume from Prudential Real Estate

Source: 2015 REAL Trends 500 Report

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COMMERCE CITY | $289,000 LITTLETON | $285,000 COLORADO SPRINGS | $279,000

Three bedroom, two and one half bath townhome is move in Wonderful two bedroom, four bath townhome ready to move Terrific Rancher With Tons of Upgrades. Exterior Xeriscaping
ready! Largest end unit with lots of natural light and open floor in and enjoy! This unit has nice, easy flowing open floor plan, and Easy-Care Flooring. Hardwood Floors and Wood-Style
plan. Updated kitchen with stainless appliances. spacious kitchen with all stainless steel appliances included. LVT. Remodeled Kitchen With New Professional Appliances.

TRISH ARMSTRONG 303.378.9544 CHRISTY HEPP 303.910.5393 PETE FRECH 719.290.1000

AURORA | $275,000 THORNTON | $275,000 AURORA | $271,000

Fabulous light and bright contemporary home offers beautiful Beautiful townhouse style condo. Updated kitchen with granite Raised Ranch Home with a Two Car Attached Garage and room
hardwood floors on the main level, stainless steel appliances, countertops, travertine tile floor and stainless steel appliances. for RV! This beautiful home features three bedrooms, two baths,
and an open floor plan. Fall in love with the master retreat. Quiet neighborhood close to highway and toll road. and a finished basement currently used as fourth bedroom.

NITA KOLARSICK 303.250.8280 DUANE PENNY 970.290.2220 LILIA GONZALEZ 720.467.0022

LITTLETON | $269,900 BRIGHTON | $265,000 DENVER | $260,000

Columbine Lakes Townhome with Great Deck Overlooking Pond! Beat the Spring Rush with this Move in Ready, Original Owner Home Convenience and comfort at its best! Southern facing condo
Spacious Bedrooms, Master Suite with Full Bathroom, Finished in Holly Crossing. Home features newer Laminate Floors throughout. with open floor plan and large covered balcony. Washer and
Basement, Two Car Covered Parking just Steps from Front Door. Main Floor Master Bedroom and Two Large Bedrooms Up. dryer in unit are included, along with TWO PARKING SPACES.

JESSICA MARTINEZ 303.229.9621 SHAWN LEIGHMAN 303.235.0400 ELIZABETH MURPHY 303.842.5063

LITTLETON | $260,000 AURORA | $258,500 GREELEY | $250,000

This is the one youve been waiting for; spotless, move-in Beautiful home in highly sought after Hoffman Town, wonderful Two bedroom townhome with full finished basement in Summer
ready, end unit with mountain views and next to open space. location, close to light rail off I-225, CU Health Science Center, Park. Corian countertops with acaci hardwood throughout first
Beautiful hardwood floors, newer carpet, paint, new windows. VA Hospital, shops and restaurants. Great curb appeal. floor plus new carpet on second floor. Gas fireplace.

MARY ANN OTOOLE 720.530.6878 HEATHER MCNICHOLAS 720.255.7056 JIMMY STEWART 970.290.3755

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WESTMINSTER | $242,000 COLORADO SPRINGS | $239,900 AURORA | $230,000

Check out this beautifully updated townhome in the heart Meticulously maintained home is light and bright with windows This three bedroom, two bathroom home has approximately
of Westminster. From soaring two story ceiling to hardwood galore! Enjoy the 10x15 flagstone patio and larger-than- 1270 square feet with an inviting fireplace.
floors, lots of details make this home special. Updated kitchen. average landscaped backyard.

CHRISTINA KERN 303.915.0809 JENNIFER MONTOYA 719.232.3397 SONYA PETERSON 303.587.7969

COLORADO SPRINGS | $207,000 DENVER | $190,000 GREELEY | $190,000

Picture perfect home, along with a picture perfect location. Dont miss your chance at the penthouse you have been Low maintenance at its finest! One Level Ranch Style condo
Extremely well cared for home, brand new paint on the interior dreaming of, all newer system and appliances. Fantastic light and has two bedrooms, two baths plus a two Car Garage! Cathedral
and exterior of entire home. Recently updated kitchen. bright unit is ready and waiting for you. FHA approved complex. ceiling, open concept, fireplace, patio, all appliances included.

JERMAINE BUTLER 719.963.2053 KRIS HANSEN 303.956.6068 CARRIE HOLMES 970.988.0242

LAKEWOOD | $190,000 AURORA | $186,900 LAKEWOOD | $168,900

Amazing Townhome in Jefferson Green Lakewood. Beautifully Immaculate, light filled two bedroom, two bathroom condo Charming and just renovated! Two bedroom, two bath condo
maintained and very clean non-smoking unit. Newer stainless in the highly desirable Aurora at Cross Creek Neighborhood. conveniently located near shopping, transit, restaurants, trails,
appliances in kitchen. Open floor plan, great for entertaining. Conveniently located near I70 and e470; just minutes to DIA. mountains and still offers an easy commute to the city!

MATT BROOKSHIER 303.880.2214 BRANDON KOCH 303.841.5263 LYNNE ROSS 303.520.8800

DENVER | $159,900 LAKEWOOD | $156,000 AURORA | $150,000

Capitol Hill charmer! Great location near Cheesman Park and Wonderful One Bedroom Condo on the first floor at Snowbird Experience the pride of home ownership in this updated
restaurants. Incredible walk score in one of Denvers hippest Condos. This condo has been updated and has the coziest townhome with private outdoor space. Youll appreciate upgrades
areas! Stainless appliances included. wood burning fireplace, perfect for our Colorado winter. throughout, including newer wood laminate on main level.

MEDRA VOLPI 303.378.1144 HEIDI P. MARTINEZ 303.717.1870 LANE LYON 303.667.0309

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BOULDER | $150,000 AURORA | $140,000 DENVER | $135,409

Very affordable one bedroom condo in Gunbarrel. Walking This FHA approved condo is super convenient to get anywhere Location, Location, Location!!! This one bed one bath Condo has
distance to Gunbarrel restaurants, shopping and employers. in the city with Nine Mile RTD station walking distance away. fresh paint throughout, professionally cleaned drapes and carpet,
Perfect for investor or first time buyer. Ground floor location. You wont even need a car! It has a fully UPDATED bathroom. and bamboo laminate flooring in the bedroom. Property Sold As Is.

TOM FOWLER 303.956.2575 BRYAN KURTZ 720.421.4580 JANICE HOVORKA 303.324.4705

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From Portland With Love
Get a taste of Americas second most hipster cityDenver is third (see The Hipsterfication Of
Denver, page 74)without stepping a Chuck Taylored toe outside the Centennial State. KASEY CORDELL

URBAN FARMER VOICEBOX MOUNTAIN SUN PUB AND BREWERY

Another steak house arrives downtown in
June. Urban Farmerwhich Denver-based
hospitality giant Sage Restaurant Group
debuted in Portland, Oregon, in 2008 and
which was named one of the countrys best
steak houses by Travel & Leisurewill take
over the former McCormick Fish House &
Bar space at 17th and Wazee streets.
Portland borrowed a South Korean
conceptprivate karaoke roomswhen
it launched Voicebox in 2008. Then
Denver borrowed the idea from Portland
when the Mile High Citys rendition
opened this past September.
Technically this isnt a Portland brewery,
but...as a law student in Portland, founder
Kevin Daly frequented McMenamins Fulton
Pub and Brewery. When he opened Mountain
Sun in Boulder in 1993, he incorporated many
of the McMenamins miniempires elements
chalkboard art, community tables, and even
some burger combinations and menu designs.

VOODOO DOUGHNUT FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN CLYFFORD STILL MUSEUM

Cat Daddy Pogson and Tres Shannon
have a thing for gritty streets: They opened
the original Voodoo near Burnside Street,
Portlands equivalent to LAs Skid Row, in
2003. Ten years later, when they brought
their beloved pink boxes and cream-lled
phallic designs to Denver, the duo planted
Of course Portlands signature wing joint
is named after a Grateful Dead song.
And of course the lone Denver outpost,
launched in 2012, is located in one of
the citys original hipster hoods: West
Highland. Just remember to roll up the
sleeves of your annel before diving into
Abstractionist Clyfford Still was one of the
15 Irascibles who complained that New
York Citys iconic Metropolitan Museum of
Art was hostile to advanced art. When
Denver won the bid to house Stills entire
body of work after his death, the city
tapped renowned Portland- and New
Photo Illustration by Sean Parsons

their rst shop on the countrys wicked- the meaty wings glazed with your choice Yorkbased modern architecture rm
est street, aka Colfax Avenue. of FOTMs 12 sauces. Allied Works to design the museum.

PLUS: Three hipster brands we wish would establish outposts in the Mile High City.
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