Colorado chef Manny Barella will be on “Top Chef” Season 21

Colorado chef Manny Barella will be on “Top Chef” Season 21

Colorado might not have anyone to root for in this year’s Super Bowl, but there is a local player worth cheering on your big screen next month. Chef Manny Barella is one of 15 chefs competing on Bravo’s “Top Chef” Season 21, set in Wisconsin and airing weekly on March 20. He will go head-to-head … Read more

This former dentist has a sweet tooth. Welcome to Cioccolatier, a gourmet chocolate shop with a bite.

This former dentist has a sweet tooth. Welcome to Cioccolatier, a gourmet chocolate shop with a bite.

Did you hear about the dentist who’s now a chocolatier? It almost sounds like the set-up for a joke, and Cioccolatier owner Silvia Valentoni leans into that, quipping that the goal of both of her careers has been to “make people smile.” Valentoni and her husband, Ronald Peach, are the forces behind Cioccolatier, a gourmet … Read more

Millions of Gmail accounts receive ‘game-changing’ upgrade from Google so users never have to read emails again

Millions of Gmail accounts receive ‘game-changing’ upgrade from Google so users never have to read emails again

GOOGLE has introduced a ‘game-changing’ Gmail feature that means users never have to read an email again. The Reading Mode feature essentially gives Gmail the ability to speak the text of an email aloud to the user. 1 Inside the Reading Mode appCredit: Google Reading Mode is a Google app has been around since 2022. … Read more

Colorado lawmaker voluntarily kills pet registration bill after outcry

Colorado lawmaker voluntarily kills pet registration bill after outcry

A Democratic state lawmaker voluntarily killed her own bill Thursday over a wave of criticism –and some threats — sparked by the proposal to require Colorado pet owners to register their animals and pay fees. The bill, HB24-1163, would have required pet owners to pay a small, per-animal annual fee to support shelters across the … Read more

Dio Mio reopens in Denver after month-long refresh

Dio Mio reopens in Denver after month-long refresh

When Alex Figura and Spencer White opened Dio Mio in the River North Art District nearly eight years ago, they did most of the construction work themselves. “We’re definitely not construction people at all, so there were just some things that were, to be honest, a little goofy,” Figura laughed. “We really wanted to give … Read more

World temperatures go a full year above 1.5 C warming limit, EU scientists say

World temperatures go a full year above 1.5 C warming limit, EU scientists say

The world just experienced its hottest January on record, continuing a run of exceptional heat fuelled by climate change, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said on Thursday. Last month surpassed the previous warmest January, which occurred in 2020, in C3S’s records going back to 1950. The exceptional month came after 2023 ranked … Read more

Super Bowl LVIII Denver sports bars for Chiefs, 49ers fans

Super Bowl LVIII Denver sports bars for Chiefs, 49ers fans

Football fans, rejoice: Super Bowl LVIII is this Sunday when the Chiefs take on the 49ers at 4:30 p.m. MT at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. For Denverites who consider themselves part of the Chiefs Kingdom or a member of the 49er Faithful, we’ve compiled a list of sports bars hosting watch parties for your … Read more

Bluesky barrels toward 1 million new sign-ups in a day

Bluesky barrels toward 1 million new sign-ups in a day

Social media app Bluesky has picked nearly a million new users just a day after exiting its invitation-only beta and opening to everyone. In a post on its main rival — X (formerly Twitter) — Bluesky shared a chart showing a sudden boost in usage on the app, which can now be downloaded for free … Read more

Trump’s presidential bid hangs in the balance at the Supreme Court. Here’s what to know.

Trump’s presidential bid hangs in the balance at the Supreme Court. Here’s what to know.

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — The fate of former President Donald Trump’s attempt to return to the White House is in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court. On Thursday, the justices will hear arguments in Trump’s appeal of a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that he is not eligible to run again … Read more

Union Station adds jazz club while Cooper Lounge is renovated

Union Station adds jazz club while Cooper Lounge is renovated

As part of an $11 million renovation which includes updates to the great hall and The Crawford Hotel, Denver Union Station, at 1701 Wynkoop St., has temporarily closed its swanky upstairs cocktail bar, The Cooper Lounge, with plans to reopen it in late May. In the meantime, La Caverne Supper Club, a French-inspired pop-up jazz lounge … Read more