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Windy City Antics


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Published Feb. 18, 2010 at 1:00 a.m.

When improv hotshot and Bovine Metropolis player Justin Franzen began the weekly J&K Fun Hour (with Kerstin Caldwell) at the Mercury Cafe more than a month ago, his goal was to give Denver an independent long-form evening in a bar setting similar to what he had in the back room of Ginger’ ...

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Double the Meal, Double the Deal


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Published Feb. 18, 2010 at 1:00 a.m.

Reservation lines all over town are ringing off the hook with customers snatching up seats for Denver Restaurant Week , which begins today and, as you may already know, is really two weeks long. “We did a survey of restaurants, and the vast majority favored two weeks,” says Rich Gran ...

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Matching up with the Chargers


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Published Oct. 15, 2009 at 7:30 a.m.
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More photos » ... by Chris Schneider - AP ... Denver Broncos coach Josh McDaniels salutes the crowd after the Broncos defeated the New England Patriots 20-17 in overtime in an NFL football game Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009, in Denver. (AP Photo/Chris Schneider) ... Browse more photos » ... Living in San Diego now (up north, in Carlsbad), I've had a classic opportunity to follow and spy on the Chargers. Milling around the town, lounging on the beach, watching the newspapers and the tube analysis, as

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Why does Denver love green chile? Don't ask Encore's Paul Reilly.


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Published Sept. 17, 2009 at 12:00 a.m.

Ever since I saw Grover waiting tables on Sesame Street , I knew I wanted to work in restaurants," says Paul Reilly ... And he didn't waste much time following in Grover's footsteps, considering that he got his first taste of restaurant life while washing dishes in a German joint at the ...

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More on Big Bill's Donation Day for the JoAnn B. Ficke Cancer Foundation


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Published Sept. 7, 2009 at 9:24 p.m.
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My page 2 piece Tuesday morning, available here, is about another donation-only day, honoring the victims of 9/11, on Friday at Big Bill's New York Pizza, the Centennial restaurant owned by former Nuggets assistant coach Biil Ficke. The donations this year will go in honor of the 9/11 victims to the JoAnn B. Ficke Cancer Foundation. Now I'm going to tell you a little more about the woman it is named for ... After his Air Force stint, young New Yorker Bill Ficke landed a job at Allstate

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Tyler Wiard talks about Elway's, lobster and why Denver needs a good diner


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Published Sept. 3, 2009 at 12:00 a.m.

"I got my ass kicked, but man, did I learn a lot," recalls Tyler Wiard, talking about the early '90s and his days as a line cook for Dave Query and John Platt at Q's Restaurant in the Hotel Boulderado. He must have been up to the task, because Query pulled him off that line and into the fray of J ...

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A Guide to 'Getting Along' on MHR


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Published Aug. 31, 2009 at 11:29 a.m.
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NOTE - I wrote this post a while back but wanted to repost it today.  I am hoping it clears up some of the pending issues on the website.  For the 'regulars' this will be the last post I dedicate to this subject.  Moving forward, I will assume anyone taking the line that their opinions are not welcomed here at MHR are simply trying to stir the pot and will be banned.  Hi-Jacking threads and trying to create controversy are not going to be tolerated.  There are NO VICTIMS here.  ... Please

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Only in Denver: Making a case for Federal Boulevard


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Published Aug. 27, 2009 at 12:00 a.m.

I have lived in quite a few places: Rochester and Buffalo, Tampa, Albuquerque and Denver. I've spent time in even more, on my own American Iliad that stretched from coast to coast and back again and saw me sleeping on the streets in Berkeley and Seattle, dining at the best restaurants in M ...

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Hed:Smashburger continues its march for world hamburger domination.


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Published Aug. 6, 2009 at 12:00 a.m.

It's been a smashing week for Smashburger ... The Denver-based chain of fast-casual burger restaurants has suddenly exploded, with plenty of ink documenting how it's gone big-time. First, Nation's Restaurant News tapped the operation as one of its "Hot Concepts" for 2009 — a very ...

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Uncorked: Are restaurants ripping customers off?


Published July 30, 2009 at 4:25 p.m.


How often have you walked into a restaurant, opened the wine list and stared wide-eyed at the seemingly ridiculous prices? You scan down the list, looking for one or two of your most recent favorites, find them and can't believe that the restaurant wants $125 for the bottle you paid $35 for last week. Uncorked explores the meaning of this markup, explains the rationale and talks about a world with reasonably-priced wines.

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