Alma Fonda Fina joins list of Colorado Michelin-star restaurants

Alma Fonda Fina joins list of Colorado Michelin-star restaurants

Colorado gained just a single Michelin-starred restaurant on Monday as the vaunted guide company announced its 2024 list of dining recommendations. In addition, the five existing Michelin-starred restaurants all reclaimed their stars from 2023. Alma Fonda Fina, a high-end Mexican dining room, which opened just nine months ago at 2556 15th St., in Denver’s Lower … Read more

Would Colorado’s mountain lion population grow if hunting is banned?

Would Colorado’s mountain lion population grow if hunting is banned?

For decades, licensed hunters have killed hundreds of Colorado mountain lions every year to control the state’s population of the elusive feline. Voters in November will decide whether to ban the practice, along with the trapping of bobcats. That prospect has set off a deluge of competing claims about what will happen if big-cat hunting … Read more

Denver’s rising minimum wage squeezes restaurants, small businesses

Denver’s rising minimum wage squeezes restaurants, small businesses

Bobby Stuckey, the founder of the Front Range restaurant owner Frasca Hospitality Group, insists he’s a positive guy — but not when it comes to the impact Denver’s fast-increasing minimum wage is having on the industry he loves. As the local government mandate forces wage increases on an industry that already operates on thin margins, … Read more

Casa Bonita reservations open to general public soon

Casa Bonita reservations open to general public soon

It’s time to practice your best Eric Cartman impression because you’ll be able to book a reservation soon at Casa Bonita — no lottery luck needed. The famed Lakewood restaurant officially opens to the general public on Oct. 1, owners Matt Stone and Trey Parker told The Denver Post in an exclusive interview. That’s the … Read more

Rocky Flats Stewardship Council will disband after a quarter century

Rocky Flats Stewardship Council will disband after a quarter century

Rocky Flats is at a crossroads once again. For 25 years, 10 city and county governments near the former nuclear weapons manufacturing site northwest of Denver have monitored for contaminants and other hazards through their participation in the Rocky Flats Stewardship Council. But now the council, which has met regularly to discuss conditions on the … Read more

“¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor!” screening announced in Denver

“¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor!” screening announced in Denver

It took about two years for “South Park” creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker to revive the beloved Casa Bonita restaurant, and soon local fans can see behind the scenes of what it took to get the project to the finish line. On Thursday, the duo announced public screenings of a documentary about the Pink … Read more

East Ute Trail and West Ute Trail in RMNP

East Ute Trail and West Ute Trail in RMNP

The Ute Trail is a lengthy path that crosses alpine, subalpine and montane habitats in Rocky Mountain National Park. The trail follows parts of an ancient route across the tundra of Rocky that was used by indigenous peoples for thousands of years to cross the steep mountains. The western portion of the trail starts at … Read more

A look at the chaos of ‘overtourism’ in the summer of 2024 – The Denver Post

A look at the chaos of ‘overtourism’ in the summer of 2024 – The Denver Post

By LAURIE KELLMAN SINTRA, Portugal — The doorbell to Martinho de Almada Pimentel’s house is hard to find, and he likes it that way. It’s a long rope that, when pulled, rings a literal bell on the roof that lets him know someone is outside the mountainside mansion that his great-grandfather built in 1914 as … Read more

George Santos expected to plead guilty; Harris campaign reserves $370M in ads after Labor Day

George Santos expected to plead guilty; Harris campaign reserves 0M in ads after Labor Day

Ticker: George Santos expected to plead guilty; Harris campaign reserves $370M in ads after Labor Day Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To login in, click here. Originally Published: August 17, 2024 at 3:22 p.m. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. … Read more

Three years after selling, Mercury Cafe owner looks to sell

Three years after selling, Mercury Cafe owner looks to sell

The Mercury Cafe is in retrograde. The decades-old Denver restaurant and music venue, and its real estate at 2199 California St., was listed for sale last week with an asking price of $2.5 million. Owner Danny Newman, who is also open to leasing the property, told BusinessDen an unexpected family medical emergency has forced him … Read more