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Williams & Graham, Sean Kenyon finalists for Tales of the Cocktail Awards

By Lori Midson
First look: Jimmy's Urban Bar & Grill opens in LoDo

By Lori Midson
Crooked Stave celebrates the end of the rainbow

By Jonathan Shikes
Five things NOT to do in restaurants

By Jenn Wohletz
First look: Pizza Republica opens tomorrow downtown

By Lori Midson
Ten favorite cocktails Denver bartenders

By Sean Kenyon
The vegan Beet Box opens a retail bakery

By Kate Gibbons
Strange Brewing will release Dr. Strangelove in bottles

By Jonathan Shikes
Chef & Tell round two with Wynkoop's Cory Treadway

By Lori Midson
American Craft Beer week on the beer calendar

By Jonathan Shikes

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Five things you shouldn't have to be told NOT to do in restaurants

By Jenn Wohletz Fri., May 17 2013 at 7:58 AM

Categories: Cafe Society, The List

A couple took their infant to a Denver Starbucks this week, and when they didn't find a changing table in the restroom, they decided to do a ragey protest-change on a table in the dining room. This incident didn't end well. After being confronted by store employees about the public diaper change, the dynamic duo threw a hissy fit, one of them dumped coffee on the floor, and the cops were called in to keep the peace.

It's pretty gross to change a dirty diaper on a table where people eat and drink, with other people eating and drinking at tables around you. But sadly, this isn't the only bad behavior exhibited in dining rooms. Here are five things people shouldn't have to be told NOT to do in public eating spaces.

See also:
- Video: Alex and Ruth Burgos face cops after diaper change at Starbucks
- Five reasons why you should buy your coffee at Starbucks
- Name the candy in the poopy-looking diaper

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AXE, body spray, diaper, diaper change, dining room, mani, PDA, pedi, restaurant, Starbucks

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Five food gadgets and gimmicks that are impossible to resist

By Jenn Wohletz Fri., May 10 2013 at 7:58 AM

Categories: Cafe Society, The List

Any food-nerd knows that it's almost impossible to keep up with every new culinary gadget or cool DIY kit -- but it's almost as tough to resist them. You contemplate giving up imported cheese or cartons of duck fat for a month just so you can buy some food-tastic item you really don't need -- but really, really have to have.

Here are five completely unnecessary, food-nerdy items that I dare you to resist.

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coffee, Darth Vader, DIY, food-nerd, foodie, jam, rubber duckie, shiitake mushroom, Star Wars, ThinkGeek

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From burnt eggs to brown cheese: Five more terrible foods -- and how we got stuck with them

By Jenn Wohletz Fri., Apr. 26 2013 at 10:11 AM

Categories: Cafe Society, Jenn in Chains, The List

Like everyone else who eats and drinks, I have a list of certain grubs and sips that are so foul that I won't go near them, and it is a constant source of curiosity for me that other people would -- to the point that some of the grossest edibles are actually quite popular.

Here are five more terrible foods and drinks -- and how we got stuck with them.

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The five best new breakfast spots in Denver

By Gretchen Kurtz Mon., Apr. 22 2013 at 7:56 AM

Categories: Best of Denver, The List

Devin Stallings and his brother just opened a sibling breakfast spot.

If breakfast means more to you than a cup (or three) of coffee, you're probably already acquainted with the pancakes, eggs and crepes at such perennial favorites as Gaia Bistro, Jelly, Snooze, Devil's Food and DJ's Berkeley Cafe. The latter's sibling restaurant, DJ's 9th Avenue Café, which opened in January and was the subject of my most recent review, isn't the only new eatery vying to brighten up your day. In no particular order, here's a list of the five best new breakfast spots in town...with a special bonus at the end.

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Five fast-food meals to stimulate your 4/20 palate

By Jenn Wohletz Fri., Apr. 19 2013 at 7:58 AM

Categories: Cafe Society, Jenn in Chains, The List

Here's the good stuff.

Tomorrow is April 20, which means that you are smoking your "4/20 Eve" stash today in preparation for smoking even more tomorrow. In order to properly pay homage to this greenest of green holidays, you should stay hydrated, stay stoned -- and keep the munchies fed with the best possible eats if you are cruising fast-food restaurants for fuel. The well-stoned palate is not particularly difficult to please, but there are definitely some foods that will stimulate THC taste buds better than others. So in advance of this year's 4/20 celebration, here are five fast-food meals to stimulate your 4/20 palate.

See also:
- Ask a Stoner: What's the deal with 4/20?
- Where to party in Denver on 4/20
- A new juice bar at Ace, 4/20 parties and more on the menu this week

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4/20, April 20, cannabis, Fazoli's, Jack in the Box, marijuana, Panda Express, pot, Sonic, Taco Bell, weed

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From Oreos to margarine: Five terrible foods -- and how we got stuck with them

By Jenn Wohletz Fri., Apr. 12 2013 at 9:04 AM

Categories: Cafe Society, The List

Fish sticks....

There are some foods that are so vile that it defies belief that they ever got created -- let alone stuck around through always-changing markets and tastes. Necessity is the mother of invention, in some cases with shortages and substitutions, but imitation can be flattery, or just cooked up to make a buck in a free, open market -- either way, some of the nargiest edible inventions that people have come up with keep hanging around despite being basically inedible curses upon humanity, and here's a list of five terrible foods -- and how we got stuck with them.

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fish sticks, inventions, margerine, mashed potato flakes, Napoleon, Oreo cookies, terrible foods, WWII

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Denver's five best patios to celebrate the arrival of spring (despite the snow)

By Lori Midson Wed., Apr. 10 2013 at 10:01 AM

Categories: Best of Denver, Midson: Gastronaughty, The List

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The crew at Crimson & Gold, a bar near the University of Denver, apparently didn't venture outside yesterday, because while Denver's finest meteorologists had it all wrong when they predicted that the city would be snowballed by Snowzilla-Snowmageddon-Snowpocalypse, it was definitely not "patio weather," despite the bar's signage pointing to the contrary. Nonetheless, this is still a good time to start thinking about where to hang once the blizzard-that-wasn't slips away. As a starter set, here are our five best patios that are sweet on spring.

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Bittersweet, Kaos, Linger, patio weather, Potager, springtime, Vita

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Five reasons restaurant employees should be allowed to have tattoos and piercings

By Jenn Wohletz Fri., Apr. 5 2013 at 7:56 AM

Categories: Cafe Society, The List

Being stylish has its price: For restaurant employees, having a tongue barbell, ear plugs, bright pink locks or an anime tattoo on their arms could get them fired, bitched at -- or not hired in the first place. An unconventional look with body modifications and Manic Panic really should not be a deterrent to working in the food-service industry, but it often is -- and while some employers are rational and realistic, there are still other who actually believe that customers will be freaked out to the point of choking on their meatloaf and mashed potatoes at the sight of some ink or a nose ring.

I'm calling bullshit on all that. Here's my list of five reasons why restaurant employees should be allowed to have visible tattoos and piercings. Let the freak flags fly, with a side of fries and a Coke.

See also:
- Top eight Colorado flag tattoos
- Top ten most unusual Denver Broncos tattoos
- Tattoo artist/rock star Corey Miller on music, ink and television

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blue hair, food service, Generation X, ink, old people, piercings, restaurants, tats, Tattoos, Warped Tour, Zima

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Five retro foods and drinks that should be resurrected

By Jenn Wohletz Wed., Apr. 3 2013 at 9:58 AM

Categories: Cafe Society, The List

We want wasabi!

There are certain snacks and sips that were just too good to last forever -- but they damn well should have! Some really great ideas didn't last much past their initial hype; the companies responsible hurled them almost as quickly as they'd unfurled them. And while discontinued items do, on occasion, pop up on eBay or Amazon, they cost tens to hundreds of dollars more than their original price tags -- and are lo-o-ong past their "use by" dates. So those of us who harbor sentimental attachments to products that got the ax can do little more than recall fond food memories.

Here are five retro foods and drinks that need to be resurrected. These products may be gone, but complaining about their loss lives on.

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Bigfoot pizza, Crystal Pepsi, Little Debbie coconut sticks, sparkling white grape Jello, wasabi Funyuns

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Denver's five best homegrown, fast-casual chains -- from Noodles to Chipotle

By Jenn Wohletz Fri., Mar. 29 2013 at 7:56 AM

Categories: Cafe Society, Jenn in Chains, The List

The fajita burrito from Chipotle.

Fast-casual restaurants are taking over the world, one burrito, burger and bowl of pasta at a time, offering customers the convenience of quick-service joints and some of the atmosphere and ingredient quality of sit-down places. And given Colorado's casual lifestyle and entrepreneurial spirit, it's not surprising that this state has been the birthplace of some of the country's most popular -- and lucrative -- fast-casual concepts.

Here's our list of Colorado's top five homegrown chains -- and what customers love about them. The eateries may be fast-casual, but their fans' devotion is very, very serious.