Former Edgewater police officer McKinzie Rees hopes to serve and protect again, but first she must get her name removed from a so-called “bad cops list” maintained by the Colorado Attorney General’s Office. It landed there, she said, as retaliation after she reported sexual assaults by a supervising sergeant. That sergeant went on to work … Read more
Denver restaurateur Frank Bonanno stepped in to take over operations at Evergreen’s famed El Rancho when it reopened after a very contentious and public ownership battle in 2022. Now, Bonanno is out. “Bonanno Concepts will no longer operate El Rancho Colorado as our vision and values differ from the rest of the current investor group,” … Read more
When Joshua Pollack first started serving New York-style bagels at Rosenberg’s Bagels & Delicatessen in 2014, Denver was practically a bagel desert. “I couldn’t get bagels with schmear or lox really anywhere in Denver,” Pollack said. “There were no, in my opinion, traditional East Coast bagel shops in Colorado, period. I longed for the food. … Read more
City Street Investors is raising a glass in Arvada. The Denver-based company that develops, owns and invests in retail and restaurant properties is building another beer garden project — similar to existing ones in Edgewater, Lowry and Green Valley Ranch — at 9248 W. 58th Place. Co-founder Joe Vostrejs said the Arvada Urban Renewal Authority … Read more
When the Collaboration Beer Fest comes to The Westin Westminster hotel (10600 Westminster Blvd.) on March 30, drinkers will have more than 130 different beers to choose from. These aren’t your run-of-the-mill recipes that can be easily found in a liquor store. The whole premise of Collab fest, as the name suggests, is to pair … Read more
Bakery Four’s pastries, bread and bagels have been in high demand ever since owner Shawn Bergin started baking out of his basement in 2019. The high-end bakery even moved from its tiny, 350-square-foot space in the Highlands to a larger 3,000-square-foot space on Tennyson Street in 2022 to keep up with its two-hour-long lines. But … Read more
For 50 years, a Pepto Bismol-pink tower has loomed large over the Lakewood shopping center marking the spot of the legendary Casa Bonita. The tower is something of a beacon, calling to longtime fans and would-be diners with the promise of mariachi music, cliff divers, crispy sopapillas and the kind of fun that inspires childlike … Read more
Colorado’s new voter-approved universal free school meals program is already tens of millions of dollars short, jeopardizing some of the auxiliary programs tied to the ballot measure as lawmakers scramble to keep the initiative solvent and meals paid for. The state faces a combined shortfall of about $50 million to pay for students’ food under … Read more
Jodi Lovejoy can look out the window of her Westminster apartment and see the mountains of the Front Range. She can track the rolling clouds and watch the weather change over the peaks, something she used to do with her children. The neighborhood is quiet, dotted by mature trees. She doesn’t own the two bedrooms … Read more
Three is the magic number for Kal Pant. Pant and fellow co-owners of Spice Room last month purchased an Arvada property that will become the Indian restaurant’s third location. “Somebody told me a long time ago don’t do more than three, three is ideal,” Pant said. “That stuck with me.” Pant — along with executive … Read more
