GetRight’s bakery adding pizza in Wheat Ridge

GetRight’s bakery adding pizza in Wheat Ridge

Born in Naples, Italy, the modern concept of pizza is about 150 years old. The industry now boasts a quarter of a million parlors around the world, $160 billion in sales, hundreds of styles, shapes and variations, passionate opinions, prestigious contests and at least three museums. That’s a lot of baggage – and certainly more … Read more

As Denver’s minimum wage increases, restaurateur confidence lowers

As Denver’s minimum wage increases, restaurateur confidence lowers

When Joel Appel bought Zaidy’s Deli & Bakery, he didn’t expect it to be this hard. At the time he reopened the Jewish joint’s doors in 2022, Denver’s minimum wage was $15.87. On Jan. 1, that number will be $18.81. According to a survey from The Colorado Restaurant Association, the hike will cost Denver restaurants … Read more

Denver’s Café Brazil closing in 2025 after 32 years

Denver’s Café Brazil closing in 2025 after 32 years

Café Brazil, which served a blend of South American and Mediterranean cuisine in Denver’s Berkeley neighborhood for more than three decades, is closing. Chef Tony Zarlenga and his wife, Marla, bought Café Brazil in the 1990s and moved it from its original location to a large building at 4408 Lowell Blvd. where they expanded it. … Read more

Wash Park Grille reopens after city’s tax seizure

Wash Park Grille reopens after city’s tax seizure

Wash Park Grille, the longtime restaurant that was seized by the city earlier this month for back taxes, reopened last week and is working to remedy its recent financial woes. “Our priority now is to get the employees paid as soon as possible,” said owner Jeff Estey. “Then my other priority is to get vendors paid. So, … Read more

TSA braces for 1 million holiday travelers

TSA braces for 1 million holiday travelers

More than 1 million travelers are expected to pass through a new configuration of security screening checkpoints at Denver International Airport from Dec. 19 through Jan. 1, Transportation Security Administration officials said Thursday. TSA supervisors also are anticipating a surge of items in baggage that agents will have to confiscate. They displayed a cache of … Read more

6 restaurants in Yelp’s Top 100

6 restaurants in Yelp’s Top 100

Denver has six of the best Chinese food restaurants in the country, according to Yelp, which released a list of its reviewers’ 100 favorites on Wednesday. The “Top 100 Chinese Restaurants of 2024,” which excludes national chains, used “a number of factors including the total volume and ratings of reviews.” The top 30 restaurants are … Read more

36 Denver legacy businesses, restaurants recognized for long-time success

36 Denver legacy businesses, restaurants recognized for long-time success

The Bonnie Brae Ice Cream shop, with its red and white striped awning and red and white neon sign, has long been one of the most recognizable sights in Denver. And on a warm summer day, the line of people stretching out the door and along the brick building at the corner of South University … Read more

Morrison, Colorado is closing its police department

Morrison, Colorado is closing its police department

Starting next year, there won’t be any police officers in Morrison. Instead, this tiny town of 400 residents — home to the busy Red Rocks Amphitheatre and a steady stream of tourists window-shopping on Bear Creek Avenue — will contract with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office for round-the-clock law enforcement services. The new arrangement is … Read more

Colorado secretary of state orders mandatory recount in House District 16 race

Colorado secretary of state orders mandatory recount in House District 16 race

Colorado election officials must recount more than 40,000 ballots cast in El Paso County’s House District 16 as Republican Rebecca Keltie holds a six-vote lead over incumbent Democratic Rep. Stephanie Vigil. The recount, already a certainty in the razor-thin race, was made official in an order from Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold on Monday … Read more

How the TSA plans to handle record air travel for Thanksgiving

How the TSA plans to handle record air travel for Thanksgiving

By DAVID KOENIG DALLAS — Just as there are good odds the turkey will taste dry, airports and highways are expected to be jam-packed during Thanksgiving week, a holiday period likely to end in another record day for air travel in the United States. The people responsible for keeping security lines, boarding areas and jetliners … Read more